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1 2015 schedule date opponent time 2.13 at No. 3/7 houston L, at No. 3/7 houston L, at No. 3/7 houston L, at No. 10/10 texas L, at No. 10/10 texas (2) L, 5-0 & L, at No. 10/10 texas L, at Florida Gulf coast W, at Florida Gulf coast W, at Florida Gulf coast W, at Minnesota twins (exh.)* (L, 3-1) 3.7 at creighton W, 8-6 (12) 3.8 at creighton W, at creighton canceled VcU tournament 3.13 james Madison L, Monmouth W, VcU L, at richmond W, at richmond L, at No. -/14 Maryland L, at No. -/14 Maryland L, at No. -/14 Maryland L, AUGsBUrG canceled 3.27 NorthWesterN W, NorthWesterN L, 2-1 (13) 3.29 NorthWesterN L, st. john s (MINN.) W, at rutgers L, at rutgers W, at rutgers L, st. thomas postponed 4.8 carleton W, at -/23 Nebraska (BtN) W, at -/23 Nebraska L, at -/23 Nebraska L, North dakota state W, penn state W, penn state W, penn state W, south dakota state W, MIchIGAN W, MIchIGAN L, MIchIGAN L, KANsAs state W, KANsAs state L, Uc IrVINe L, Uc IrVINe L, 6-5 (12) 5.3 Uc IrVINe L, at North dakota state L, 5-4 (10) 5.8 at No. 16/18 Iowa L, at No. 16/18 Iowa L, at No. 16/18 Iowa (BtN) L, MIchIGAN state 6:35 p.m MIchIGAN state 6:05 p.m MIchIGAN state 1:05 p.m Big ten tournament% tba NcAA regionals tba NcAA super regionals tba college World series tba All times Central Big ten game * In Fort Myers, Fla. % At target Field rankings reflect Baseball America/d1Baseball Minnesota Big ten LAst WeeKeNd Minnesota was swept at No. 16/18 Iowa despite outhitting the hawkeyes in two of the three games. the Gophers tied Friday s game in the sixth, but fell behind again in the same inning. BIG ten tournament scenarios In order to make the Big ten tournament, Minnesota must sweep Michigan state in three games, and Nebraska or Indiana must be swept in three games. If weather forced Minnesota to cancel a game, or if Indiana or Nebraska had a cancellation, Minnesota would not be able to catch up to that team in winning percentage. Free AUdIo Is BAcK this WeeKeNd tom Witschen will have the call for audio broadcasts on Friday and saturday. the links can be found on the baseball schedule page on Gophersports.com. siebert FIeLd New siebert Field is in its third. the dimensions are , and the capacity is 1,420. Gophers probable starters 2015 G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L Minnesota vs. Michigan State siebert Field - Minneapolis, Minn. thursday, May 14-6:35 p.m. (BtN plus) Friday, May 15-6:05 p.m. (BtN plus/free Audio) saturday, May 16-1:05 p.m. (BtN plus/free Audio) other coverage: Gametracker & Live Blog (Gophersports.com) Michigan state Big ten series NotABLes Minnesota is against Michigan state under head coach john Anderson, including a mark in regular- conference games. Last year, the Gophers won the series opener against the spartans before losing both games of a doubleheader. ABoUt the spartans Michigan state, led by head coach jake Boss jr. in his seventh, is tied for third in the Big ten standings. projected rotation: Lhp cam Vieaux (4-6, 3.40 era), rhp Mick VanVossen (4-4, 5.35 era), Lhp jeff Kinley (4-2, 3.02 era). Vieaux and VanVossen have made 13 starts apiece, while three of Kinley s 23 appearances have been starts. the MsU pitching staff s overall era is B ryan Krill is the spartans leading hitter with a.352 average and nine home runs. he is batting.438 with seven homers in Big ten play. MsU s team average is.295. Michigan state went 2-1 against penn state last weekend and won a midweek game at central Michigan. pos.no. Name Yr. stats Notes c 6 Matt halloran r-sr..227, 20 rbi, 3 hr hit 4-for-10 at Iowa 1B 20 toby hanson Fr..248, 13 r, 17 BB 31 starts are most by a Gophers freshman this year -or- 19 Austin Athmann so..300, 10 r, 8 rbi Also has eight starts at catcher -or- 15 tyler hanson so..185, 9 Gs has made 13 relief pitching appearances 2B 4 connor schaefbauer jr..251, 23 r, 11 2B two multi-hit games at Iowa last weekend 3B 1 tony skjefte sr..241, 20 r, 23 rbi played LF on sunday after jordan smith was injured -or 8 Micah coffey Fr..227, 8 r, 10 rbi started at 3B twice at Iowa ss 9 Michael handel r-sr..321, 19 r, 28 rbi slugging.455 and and tied for team hr lead (4) LF 16 Matt stemper r-so..277, 13 r, 14 rbi could also start at c or rf -or- 2 Alex Boxwell Fr..194, 10 r, 6 rbi has played all three of positions cf 30 dan Motl jr..305, 28 r, 13 sb returned last week from an injury rf 3 Matt Fiedler so..312, 34 r, 30 rbi Leads team in r, rbi, sb (15) dh 10 jake Bergren sr..270, 4 r, 4 rbi dhed and played rf at Iowa Gophers projected rotation No. Name Yr. t stats Notes 28 Ben Meyer sr. r 4-5, 4.22 era, 66 K has 79.0 Ip, including 47.2 Ip in Big ten play 3 Matt Fiedler so. r 1-0, 1.96 era, 18 K Making his first start; 5.0 Ip in relief last week (2 app.) 37 dalton sawyer jr. L 3-3, 5.19 era, 31 K returned to the starting rotation last weekend

2 2015 BIg TEN STANdINgS Big ten overall team record pct. record pct. Illinois Iowa Maryland Michigan state ohio state Michigan Indiana Nebraska Minnesota penn state Northwestern rutgers purdue Includes all games through May 12 BIg TEN WEEKENd SLATE thursday, May 14 Iowa at rutgers - 2 p.m. Maryland at Northwestern - 3 p.m. penn state at purdue - 4 p.m. oklahoma state at Michigan - 5 p.m. Nebraska at Illinois - 6:05 p.m. Michigan state at Minnesota - 6:35 p.m. ohio state at Indiana - 7 p.m. Friday, May 15 Iowa at rutgers - 12 p.m. Maryland at Northwestern - 3 p.m. oklahoma state at Michigan - 5 p.m. penn state at purdue - 5:30 p.m. ohio state at Indiana - 5:35 p.m. Michigan state at Minnesota - 6:05 p.m. Nebraska at Illinois - 6:05 p.m. saturday, May 16 Iowa at rutgers - 10 a.m. oklahoma state at Michigan - 11 a.m. penn state at purdue - 12 p.m. ohio state at Indiana - 12:05 p.m. Maryland at Northwestern - 1 p.m. Michigan state at Minnesota - 1:05 p.m. Nebraska at Illinois - 1:05 p.m. All times central Follow the Minnesota MINNESOTA ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Gopher Baseball contact: justine Buerkle, Athletic communications Assistant jbuerkle@umn.edu office phone: requests for working media credentials (newspaper, radio, tv, photo) for Minnesota home games must be made through justine Buerkle. Media are also requested to contact athletic communications for interviews. senior sendoff Minnesota will honor its eight seniors following saturday s game. outfielder jake Bergren, infielder Kyle crocker, catcher Matt halloran, shortstop Michael handel, pitcher Neal Kunik, pitcher Ben Meyer, infielder chris schaaf and infielder tony skjefte will be recognized. crocker, halloran and handel are in their fifth year with the program, Bergren, Meyer and schaaf their fourth, and Kunik his second. still preoccupied WIth 1985 on Friday, the Gophers will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their 1985 Big ten tournament championship. Members of the team who are able to attend will be introduced on the field. the 1985 team came back to beat Michigan in its tournament opener and beat ohio state twice to win the title and clinch an NcAA regional berth. MotL MoMeNtUM dan Motl had a 17-game hitting streak (March 13-April 18), the Gophers longest since Aj pettersen in (22 games). Motl batted 30-for-64 (.469) during the streak. he was injured by a pitch on April 19, and did not record a hit his first game back. the hitting streak was part of a 21-game on-base streak (March 13-May 9). FIedLer on olerud WAtch LIst right fielder/pitcher Matt Fiedler has been named to the john olerud two-way player of the Year Watch List. he has played in all 48 of the Gophers games as a right fielder, pitcher and/or designated hitter. he is batting.312, slugging.409 and has a team-high 15 steals (fourth in the Big ten). on the mound, Fiedler has a 1.96 era and.103 opponent average in 18.1 innings of relief. he is scheduled to make his first start on the mound this weekend. FAster, stronger the Gophers have more than doubled their 2014 home run total of 12 with 26 this in the new flat-seamed baseball era. the 26 homers are the most Minnesota has hit since knocking out 41 in Michael handel and jordan smith have the most with four. the Gophers have converted 59 of 77 stolen base attempts. they were 39-for-56 all last. Matt Fiedler (15-19), dan Motl (13-15) and connor schaefbauer (9-14) are leading the way. the 59 steals are the Gophers most since swiping 78 bases in Gophers toss No-hItter on the two-year anniversary of tom Windle s no-hitter, the Gophers threw a combined no-hitter at creighton on March 8. dalton sawyer pitched the first seven innings, then tyler hanson and Lance thonvold went one inning each. Four walks and three hit batsmen reached base. MeYer ANd sons Bob Meyer pitched for john Anderson s Gophers from Now his sons, Ben and reggie, are both on the team. Ben, a senior, has been in the starting rotation since his sophomore year. he passed Bob (257.0) on the Gophers innings list, rating second with Ben is eighth in Gophers history with 214 strikeouts. he is fifth in the Big ten with 66 strikeouts this year, and ninth with 79.0 innings pitched. Ben was named capital one Academic All-district for a second straight year. reggie is a freshman, the third rhp in the family to put on the Maroon and Gold. he has made seven appearances, including four starts. BY the NUMBers Minnesota Michigan state overall record Big ten record Batting Average.295 handel.321 top Batting Average Krill runs hits Walks home runs stolen Bases-Attempts era Innings pitched earned runs strikeouts Walks hits 418 Meyer 4.22 top regular starter era Vieaux G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L

3 MINNESOTA IN W L overall home 10 8 Away 8 20 Neutral 1 1 Big ten conference play 7 14 home 5 4 Away 2 10 Neutral 0 0 Non-conference home 5 4 Away 6 10 Neutral 1 1 day games Night games 5 11 With left-handed starters 3 4 With right-handed starters Against left-handed starters 10 8 Against right-handed starters 9 21 one-run games 5 6 two-run games 3 2 When leading after: six innings: 15 4 seven innings: 17 2 eight innings: /2 innings: 17 1 When trailing after: six innings: 1 19 seven innings: 1 23 eight innings: /2 innings: 0 24 When tied after: six innings: 3 5 seven innings: 1 4 eight innings: /2 innings: 2 3 extra-inning games 1 3 shutouts 4 5 scoring first 11 8 scoring in the first inning 4 9 doubleheader games 2 6 teams combine for fewer than 10 runs 9 13 teams combine for runs 8 14 teams combine for 20 or more runs 2 2 scoring five or more runs 15 6 scoring four or fewer runs 4 23 Allowing five or more runs 6 26 Allowing four or fewer runs 13 3 February 2 7 March 7 8 April 10 7 May 0 7 sunday 4 9 Monday 0 1 tuesday 4 1 Wednesday 2 2 thursday 0 0 Friday 4 5 saturday 5 11 A.M. starts 1 1 p.m. starts Against ranked teams 1 15 Against top-25 teams 1 15 Against top-20 teams 0 13 Against top-15 teams 0 10 Against top-10 teams 0 10 Against top-5 teams 0 3 ANdersoN LeGAcY since john Anderson s first as head coach, there have been 27 coaching changes in the Big ten. Michigan has had the most coaching changes at five, while Michigan state has had four. Between Anderson and his legendary coach, dick siebert, the duo has coached in more than 3,000 Gopher games. Anderson coached his 1,900th game at Michigan last year. Anderson is in his 34th year as the Gophers head coach and 37th year overall coaching at the University of Minnesota. Anderson currently holds an all-time record of 1, (.593), including a (.620) mark in Big ten play. he is the conference's all-time wins leader. the current full-time coaching staff has been together for 17 years. Assistant head coach rob Fornasiere is in his 30th year and pitching coach todd oakes is in his 17th year. Volunteer assistant coach patrick casey is in his second year. Interim pitching coach scott Matyas is in his first working with the program. MAtYAs called FroM the BULLpeN Former Gophers closer scott Matyas is serving as interim pitching coach until todd oakes is ready to come back on a full-time basis. oakes leukemia is in remission after his second bout with the disease. Matyas, who pitched under oakes tutelage from , set a Big ten record with 36 saves. he holds the Minnesota record for appearances with 94, and the top two single- save totals with 15 in 2009 and 11 in 2011 (tied for second). VeterAN INFIeLd junior 2B connor schaefbauer has started 47 of 48 games this year, while senior 3B tony skjefte has started 42. redshirt senior ss Michael handel has started 42 games. the trio has started a combined 440 games, mainly in the infield. handel has been the starting shortshop since his redshirt freshman. schaefbauer started at second for most of 2013, with skjefte starting the other games. In 2014, skjefte made most of his starts at third while also filling in when needed in the outfield. MANAGer MoLItor the Minnesota twins hired paul Molitor as their manager in November. he is the first former Gopher baseball player to become an MLB manager. Molitor, a National Baseball hall of Famer, was an All-American for the Maroon & Gold before going on to the pros. he has remained in contact with his college teammate, head coach john Anderson, and served as chairman of the siebert Field campaign to fundraise for the new field that opened in MINNesotA Vs. MINNesotA on March 4 in Fort Myers, the Gophers went up 1-0 before losing 3-1 to the twins in the two teams first exhibition meeting since It was paul Molitor s first game as the twins manager. Former Gopher Glen perkins pitched an inning for the twins. Michael handel had the Gophers only hit, scoring dan Motl. the Gophers turned three double plays. toby Anderson struck out the twins eddie rosario, who hit a home run in his first MLB at bat on May 6. Gophers IN the MAjors three former Gophers played in Major League Baseball games during the Glen perkins ( ), the Minnesota twins closer, earned a save for the America League in the Allstar Game. seth rosin ( ) made his major league debut for the texas rangers. jack hannahan ( ) came off the disabled list to play in several games for the cincinnati reds. perkins pitched a inning against his former team in the exhibition game. rosin is now part of the philadelphia phillies minor league system, and hannahan signed to play in south Korea. Gophers IN MLB s MINor LeAGUe system Nate hanson ( ) is part of the twins minor league system. tom Windle ( ) has been rated one of the top philadelphia phillies prospects. seth rosin ( ) is also in the phillies system. dj snelten ( ) is in the san Francisco Giants system, and Alec crawford ( ) spent last summer with the colorado rockies rookie team. Mike Kvasnicka ( ) and Kyle Knudson ( ) were in the twins system last year, playing with hanson for much of the year. Kvasnicka has signed with the st. paul saints. WeLcoMING NeW Gophers Minnesota has announced nine members of the signing class for the eddie estrada (Litchfield, Minn.), Ben humbert (International Falls, Minn.), Nick Lackney (Whitefish Bay, Wis.), cole Mcdevitt (Apple Valley, Minn.), Ben Mezzenga (shoreview, Minn.) and terrin Vavra (Menomonie, Wis.) signed National Letters of Intent, while jordan Kozicky (Minneapolis), riley smith (Broken Arrow, okla.) and jake stevenson (Waconia, Minn.) each signed an Acceptance of Admission G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L

4 THE LAST TIME IT HAppENEd team turned a triple play Feb. 22, 1992 vs. ole Miss ( ) had a triple play turned against Apr. 16, 2005 by penn state (5-4-3) Allowed a straight steal of home Mar. 5, 2006 by Nebraska (Bryce Nimmo) had a straight steal of home Michael Kvasnicka vs. Illinois state (3/6/2009) had any steal of home jake Bergren at saint Mary s (calif.) (3/19/2014) Beat a top-5 team vs. No. 2 UcLA (2/15/2013) Beat a top-10 team at. No. 8 Indiana (5/15/2014) Beat a top-25 team at. No. 23 Nebraska (4/10/2015) swept a series from a ranked team vs. No. 19 Michigan (4/1-3/2005) Beat ranked teams in consecutive games.. 3/6-7/04 (#14 Nebraska & #22 Florida st.) Won a series from a ranked team vs. #18 ohio state (4/3-5/2009) Won on a walk-off home run vs. purdue (5/10/2014) Won on a walk-off hit vs. purdue (5/10/2014) Won on a walk-off play vs. purdue (5/11/2014) (hit by pitch) Lost on a walk-off home run vs. james Madison (3/13/2015) Lost on a walk-off hit at NdsU (5/5/2015) Lost on a walk-off play at NdsU (5/5/2015) swept a Big ten team at home (3 games) vs. penn state (4/17-19/2015) swept a Big ten team on the road (3 games) Northwestern (4/12-14/2013) swept a Big ten team on the road (4 games) purdue (5/4-6/2002) swept a non-conference home series (3 games) Western Illinois (3/8-10/2013) swept a non-conference road series (3 games).. at Florida Gulf coast (2/27-3/1/2015) swept a non-conference road series (2 games) at creighton (3/7-8/2015) swept a non-conference neutral site series (3 games) vs. NIU (2/14-16/2014) Got swept in a non-conference series on the road (3 games) at houston (2/13-15/2015) Got swept in a non-conference series on the road (4 games).. at texas (2/20-22/2015) Got swept in a non-conference series at home (3 games) Uc Irvine (5/1-3/2015) Got swept by a Big ten team at home (3 games) Nebraska (4/11-13/2014) Got swept by a Big ten team on the road (4 games) purdue (4/25-27/2008) Got swept by a Big ten team on the road (3 games) Iowa (5/8-10/2015) Lost a three-game Big ten series Iowa (5/8-10/2015) Won a three-game Big ten series vs. penn state (4/17-19/2015) shut out a non-conference opponent Kansas state,5-0 (4/28/2015) shut out a conference opponent at Nebraska, 3-0 (4/10/2015) shut out an opponent in the Big ten tournament purdue, 1-0 (5/27/2011) shut out opponent in back-to-back games... vs. penn state, 4-0 and 12-0 (4/26/2014) Got shut out in back-to-back games at texas (3 games) (2/21-22/2015) committed 4 errors at Indiana (5/15/2014) committed 5 or more errors vs. Michigan (5/11/2008) Got shut out by a non-conference team Kansas state, 9-0 (4/29/2015) Got shut out by a conference team at Indiana (8-0, 5/17/14) Won in extra innings (12) at creighton (3/7/2015) Lost in extra innings (10) at NdsU (5/5/2015) Lost after leading by five runs or more at Maryland (3/21/2105) - led 7-0 Won after trailing by five runs or morew, 11-9 at dallas Baptist (3/21/2009) - trailed 8-3 Both teams combined for 35 runs in a game (Minn 26, Iowa 9, 5/2/2009) Both teams combined for 30 runs in a game (Minn 26, Iowa 9, 5/2/2009) Won by 10 or more runs in a game vs. Augsburg (5/6/2014) Won by 15 or more runs in a game (26-9) vs. Iowa (5/2/2009) Won by 20 or more runs in a game (25-4) vs. hamline (4/30/2002) Lost by 10 or more runs in a game (19-7) vs. Northwestern (3/29/2015) Lost by 15 or more runs in a game (15-0) vs. Michigan state (3/30/2014) Lost by 20 or more runs in a game (32-9) vs. Baylor (3/24/1986) Won 10 straight April 20-May 6, 2002 (11 games) Lost 10 straight (within ) April 28-May 26, 1928 (10 games) Lost 10 straight (across s) May 16, 2014-Feb. 22, 2015 (11 games) hitting had 5 or more hr in a game at ohio state (5/20/2010) had 4 or more hr in a game at richmond (3/17/2015) had 3 or more hr in a game at richmond (3/17/2015) had 8 or more hr in a game vs. Viterbo (4/29/1998) had 15 or more hits in a game vs. NdsU (4/14/2015) had 20 or more hits in a game at ohio state (5/20/2010) had 25 or more hits in a game vs. penn state (4/11/2003) stole 5 or more bases in a game vs. james Madison (3/13/2015) stole 10 or more bases in a game vs. Northern Illinois (3/9/1997) Allowed 10 or more stolen bases in a game vs. Indiana (5/21/2006) scored 10-plus runs in four straight gamesmar (dallas Baptist 3 games, Indiana 1) scored 10 or more runs in a game vs. North dakota state (4/14/2015) scored 15 or more runs in a game at saint Mary s (calif.) (3/18/2014) scored 20 runs in a game vs. Iowa (5/2/2009) Gave up 15 runs in a game vs. Northwestern (3/29/2015) Gave up 20 runs in a game at Missouri (4/8/2009) scored five or more runs in an inning (B1) vs. psu (4/19/2015) scored eight or more runs in an inning vs penn state (5/26/2011) scored 10 or more runs in an inning at purdue (4/3/2010) Got 8 or more hits in an inning vs penn state (5/26/2011) Got 8 or more straight hits vs. penn state (4/11/2003) Got 7 or more straight hits vs. NdsU (4/14/2014) Allowed nine runs in an inning at VcU (3/16/2015) Allowed five or more runs in an inning vs. Michigan (t7) (4/26/2015) turned four or more double plays in a game at North dakota state (4/28/2010) had four or more double plays turned against at Iowa (5/2/2010) pitching threw a shutout vs. Kansas state (Anderson, Gilbreath, Fiedler; 4/28/2015) threw consecutive shutouts.... vs. carleton (4/8/2015) and at Nebraska (4/10/2015) threw a no-hitter at creighton (d. sawyer, ty. hanson, L. thonvold) (3/8/2015) threw a one-hitter vs. Kansas state (Anderson, Gilbreath, Fiedler; 4/28/2013) had 4 or more pitchers combine for a shutout vs. carleton (9) (4/8/2015) had 5 or more pitchers combine for a shutout vs. carleton (9) (4/8/2015) Allowed 20 or more hits in a game vs. Northwestern (3/29/2015) Allowed 25 or more hits in a game at Baylor (5/30/1999) struck out 15 or more batters in a game vs. Northern Illinois (2/14/2014) Walked 15 or more batters in a game vs. Michigan state (3/30/2014) INdIVIdUAL hitting hit for the cycle rob Larue vs. hamline (4/30/2002) opponent hit for the cycle tyler chism, Gonzaga (3/12/2011) hit an inside-the-park home run Bobby juan vs. Michigan (3/30/2012) had hits in seven or more AB in a row Kyle Knudson (7) vs. psu & osu (5/15-20, 2010) Nate hanson (7) at Illinois games 1 & 2 (4/28/07) had rbi in 10 games in a row derek Mccallum (5/1-16/2009) had 10 or more rbi in two games derek Mccallum, 12 (4/14-15/2009) Matt scanlon, 11 (4/17/1999) had 5 hits in a game Kyle Knudson (5) vs. penn state (5/16/2010) had 4 hits in a game connor schaefbauer vs. Uc Irvine (5/2/2015) had 4 doubles in a game chris herbert (4) at Michigan state (4/22/2006) had 3 doubles in a game Michael handel (3) (4/19/2014) had 2 triples in a game Mark tatera vs. Kansas state (3/19/2013) had 2 hr in a game Kyle Geason at ohio state (5/20/2010) had 3 hr in a game jason Kennedy vs. ohio state (5/21/1999) had a home run to lead off a game dan Motl at Maryland (3/21/2015) had back-to-back homers Bobby juan and Michael handel (5/6/2012) had 3 hr in 1 inning..... M. halloran, M. Fiedler, t. skjefte at richmond (3/17/2015) homered in 3 straight innings craig selander vs. Viterbo (4/29/1998) homered in 3 straight games Nick o shea at Michigan (5/6-8/2011) homered in each of the first two games of the year Nate hanson vs. UNc-Asheville (2/23/07) and vs. the citadel (2/24/2007) Freshman homered in back-to-back gamesmike Kvasnicka (tulane, 3/1 & pepperdine, 3/2) had 5 rbi Mark tatera vs. Northern Illinois (2/16/2014) had 6 rbi derek Mccallum vs. south dakota state (4/15/2009) had 7 or more rbi Nick o shea (7) vs. penn state (5/16/2010) stole 2 bases in a game Matt Fiedler vs. penn state (4/19/2015) stole 3 or more bases Michael handel (4) vs south dakota state (3/28/2012) scored 5 or more runs jack hannahan (6) vs. Michigan (4/15/2001) scored 4 or more runs jake Bergren (4) at saint Mary s (calif.) (3/18/2014) had 7 or more at-bats in a game... olinger, puhl, halloran (8) vs. hamline (3/7/2012) Walked 5 or more times in a game Matt Nohelty (5) vs. Iowa (5/2/2009) reached base 6 or more times in a game Matt Nohelty (6) vs. Iowa (5/2/2009) hit a grand slam Michael handel vs. Northwestern(3/23/2014) hit a walk-off hr Bobby juan vs. purdue (5/10/2014) had a pinch-hit hr jon hummel at Indiana (3/27/2009) had a 15-game or more hitting streak dan Motl, 17 games (3/13-4/18/2015) had a 20-game or more hitting streak.... Aj pettersen, 22 games (6/5/10-4/8/2011) reached base 20 or more straight games dan Motl, 21 games (3/13-5/9/2015 reached base 30 or more straight games Aj pettersen, 33 games (6/5/10-4/29/2011) reached base 40 or more straight gamesmatt Nohelty, 44 games (Apr. 26, 2008-Apr. 11, 2009) derek Mccallum, 42 games (315/09-5/31/09) Luke Appert, 41 games (2/21-4/27/03) Most consecutive games with a hr Nick o shea, 3 games (5/6-8, 2011) derek Mccallum, 3 games (4 hr, 4/14-17, 2009) jake elder, 3 games (4/16-17, 2004) robb Quinlan, 3 games (6 hr, 5/5-8, 1998) hbp 3 or more times in a game Kyle Geason, 3 times vs. ohio state (4/4/09) Luke MacLean, 3 times vs. Michigan (4/7/06) pitching 2015 G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L threw a 7-inning complete game shutout Kyle carr at ohio state (4/5/2008) threw a 9-inning complete game shutout dj snelten vs. ohio state (4/7/2013) threw a 7-inning complete game Kyle carr at ohio state (4/5/2008) threw a 9-inning complete game Ben Meyer vs. Michigan (4/25/2015) threw a 7-inning no-hitter joe Westfall vs. penn state (4/4/1993) threw a 9-inning no-hitter tom Windle vs. Western Illinois (3/8/2013) threw a complete-game one-hitter dj snelten (4/7/2013) threw a perfect game roger Zahn and Karl johnson vs. Macalester (4/14/1970) struck out 15 or more batters , Glen perkins vs. purdue (5/27/2004) struck out 10 or more batters , tom Windle vs. texas (3/22/2013) opponent struck out 10 or more batters , Brett Adcock, Michigan (4/26/2015)

5 2015 Starting Batting Orders date opponent First second third Fourth Fifth sixth seventh eighth Ninth Feb. 13 at houston Motl Fiedler schaefbauer handel smith skjefte halloran ty. hanson to. hanson Feb. 14 at houston Motl Fiedler schaefbauer handel smith skjefte to. hanson Athmann ty. hanson Feb. 15 at houston Motl smith schaefbauer handel to. hanson skjefte Boxwell halloran Bergren Feb. 20 at texas Motl schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson handel smith skjefte halloran Boxwell Feb. 21 at texas Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel skjefte Athmann traxler ty. hanson smith Feb. 21 at texas Motl schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson handel halloran skjefte Boxwell smith Feb. 22 at texas Motl schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson handel smith skjefte Athmann Boxwell Feb. 27 at FGcU Motl schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson handel smith skjefte halloran Boxwell Feb. 28 at FGcU Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel traxler ty. hanson skjefte Athamnn smith March 1 at FGcU Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel ty. hanson stemper skjefte halloran smith March 7 at creighton Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel skjefte ty. hanson stemper Athmann smith March 8 at creighton smith schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson handel halloran skjefte Bergren Boxwell March 13 vs. james Madison Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel skjefte ty, hanson halloran traxler smith March 15 vs. Monmouth Motl schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson handel halloran skjefte smith crocker March 16 at VcU smith schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson handel coffey skjefte Boxwell Athmann March 17 at richmond schaefbauer traxler Fiedler handel skjefte ty. hanson smith Athmann stemper March 18 at richmond smith coffey Fiedler handel to. hanson skjefte schaefbauer Boxwell stemper March 21 at Maryland smith schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson skjefte halloran coffey Boxwell pettersen March 21 at Maryland Motl schaefbauer Fiedler Athmann skjefte stemper smith ty. hanson pettersen March 22 at Maryland Motl smith Fiedler to. hanson skjefte halloran schaefbauer Boxwell pettersen March 27 Northwestern Motl smith Fiedler handel skjefte Athmann halloran stemper schaefbauer March 28 Northwestern Motl schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson skjefte halloran smith Boxwell pettersen March 29 Northwestern Motl schaefbauer Fiedler to. hanson skjefte halloran coffey smith pettersen March 31 st. john s (Minn.) Bergren schaefbauer Fiedler coffey Boxwell Athmann Motl stemper pettersen April 4 at rutgers Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel stemper skjefte halloran Athmann smith April 4 at rutgers Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel Athmann to. hanson skjefte smith halloran April 5 at rutgers Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel to. hanson skjefte halloran Bergren smith April 8 carleton Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel coffey stemper to. hanson smith Bergren April 10 at Nebraska Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel coffey skejfte to. hanson halloran smith April 11 at Nebraska Motl schaefbauer Fielder handel skjefte coffey to. hanson stemper smith April 12 at Nebraska Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel to. hanson skjefte smith halloran Bergren April 14 North dakota state schaefbauer coffey Fiedler handel to. hanson skjefte Athmann halloran smith April 17 penn state Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel Athmann skjefte traxler halloran smith April 18 penn state Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel stemper skjefte traxler Athmann smith April 19 penn state Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel to. hanson coffey halloran Bergren smith April 22 south dakota state Boxwell schaefbauer Fiedler handel to. hanson coffey schaaf halloran smith April 25 Michigan Boxwell schaefbauer Fiedler handel to. hanson skjefte Bergren halloran smith April 25 Michigan smith schaefbauer Fiedler handel to. hanson skjefte coffey halloran Boxwell April 26 Michigan Fiedler smith handel stemper skjefte schaefbauer Athmann ty. hanson Boxwell April 28 Kansas state Fiedler schaefbauer handel to. hanson skjefte halloran coffey smith Boxwell April 29 Kansas state Fiedler schaefbauer handel to. hanson skjefte schaaf stemper smith Boxwell May 1 Uc Irvine schaefbauer Fiedler handel stemper skjefte Athmann halloran traxler smith May 2 Uc Irvine schaefbauer Fiedler handel halloran to. hanson skjefte smith Bergren Boxwell May 3 Uc Irvine schaefbauer Fiedler handel stemper skjefte Athmann to. hanson ty. hanson smith May 5 at North dakota state Motl coffey Fiedler handel halloran stemper skjefte Athmann smith May 8 at Iowa Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel halloran Bergren skjefte Athmann smith May 9 at Iowa Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel halloran stemper Bergren coffey to. hanson May 10 at Iowa Motl schaefbauer Fiedler handel halloran Athmann smith stemper coffey 2015 G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L

6 2015 Starting Lineups date opponent catcher First second shortstop third Left center right dh Feb. 13 at houston halloran ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler to. hanson Feb. 14 at houston Athmann ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler to. hanson Feb. 15 at houston halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Boxwell Bergren Feb. 20 at texas halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Boxwell Fiedler Feb. 21 at texas Athmann ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler traxler Feb. 21 at texas halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Boxwell Fiedler Feb. 22 at texas Athmann to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Boxwell Fiedler Feb. 27 at FGcU halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler Boxwell Feb. 28 at FGcU Athmann ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler traxler March 1 at FGcU halloran ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl stemper Fiedler March 7 at creighton Athmann ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte stemper smith Fiedler Motl March 8 at creighton halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler Bergren March 13 vs. james Madison halloran ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler traxler March 15 vs. Monmouth halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler crocker March 16 at VcU Athmann to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler coffey March 17 at richmond stemper ty. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte traxler smith Fiedler Athmann March 18 at richmond stemper to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler coffey March 21 at Maryland halloran to. hanson schaefbauer pettersen skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler coffey March 21 at Maryland Athmann ty. hanson schaefbauer pettersen skjefte smith Motl Fiedler stemper March 22 at Maryland halloran to. hanson schaefbauer pettersen skjefte smith Motl Boxwell Fiedler March 27 Northwestern halloran Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler stemper March 28 Northwestern halloran to. hanson schaefbauer pettersen skjefte smith Motl Boxwell Fiedler March 29 Northwestern halloran to. hanson schaefbauer pettersen skejfte smith Motl Fiedler coffey March 31 st. john s (Minn.) stemper Athmann schaefbauer pettersen coffey Boxwell Motl Bergren Fiedler April 4 at rutgers halloran Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl stemper Fiedler April 4 at rutgers haloran Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte stemper Motl Fiedler to. hanson April 5 at rutgers halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Bergren Fiedler April 8 carleton stemper to. hanson schaefbauer handel coffey smith Motl Bergren Fiedler April 10 at Nebraska halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler coffey April 11 at Nebraska stemper to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler coffey April 12 at Nebraska halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Bergren Fiedler April 14 North dakota state halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel coffey skjefte smith Fiedler Athmann April 17 penn state halloran Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler traxler April 18 penn state stemper Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler traxler April 19 penn state halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel coffey smith Motl Bergren Fiedler April 22 south dakota state halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel coffey smith Boxwell Fiedler schaaf April 25 Michigan halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler Bergren April 25 Michigan halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler coffey April 26 Michigan stemper Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler ty. hanson April 28 Kansas state halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler coffey April 29 Kansas state stemper to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler schaaf May 1 Uc Irvine halloran Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte stemper smith Fiedler traxler May 2 Uc Irvine halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Boxwell Fiedler Bergren May 3 Uc Irvine Athmann to. hanson schaefbauer handel skjefte stemper smith Fiedler ty. hanson May 5 at North dakota state halloran Athmann skjefte handel coffey smith Motl stemper Fiedler May 8 at Iowa halloran Athmann schaefbauer handel skjefte smith Motl Fiedler Bergren May 9 at Iowa halloran to. hanson schaefbauer handel coffey stemper Motl Bergren Fiedler May 10 at Iowa halloran Athmann schaefbauer handel coffey smith Motl stemper Fiedler

7 2015 gopher BASEBALL ROSTER No. NAMe Yr pos B-t hgt Wt hometown (previous school) 1 tony skjefte sr IF r-r eden prairie, Minn. (eden prairie) 2 Alex Boxwell Fr of L-r coon rapids, Minn. (coon rapids) 3 Matt Fiedler so p/if r-r eagan, Minn. (st. paul Academy) 4 connor schaefbauer jr IF L-r sioux Falls, s.d. (o Gorman) 6 Matt halloran r-sr c L-r eden prairie, Minn. (eden prairie) 7 Kyle crocker r-sr 1B L-r Baxter, Minn. (Brainerd) 8 Micah coffey Fr of L-r Batavia, Ill. (Batavia) 9 Michael handel r-sr ss r-r sun prairie, Wis. (sun prairie) 10 jake Bergren sr of L-L st. charles, Ill. (st. charles North) 13 Luke pettersen Fr IF L-r Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka) 15 tyler hanson so p/of r-r savage, Minn. (Burnsville) 16 Matt stemper r-so IF/oF r-r Burnsville, Minn. (Burnsville) 17 Brian Glowicki so rhp r-r downers Grove, Ill. (south) 18 chris schaaf sr IF L-r huntington Beach, calif. (Marina) 19 Austin Athmann so c r-r cold spring, Minn. (rocori) 20 toby hanson Fr c L- r delano, Minn. (delano) 21 jordan jess r-jr Lhp L-L ripon, Wis. (ripon) 22 tim shannon r-so rhp r-r hopkins, Minn. (Michigan/hopkins) 23 troy traxler r-so c/of r-r La crescent, Minn. (La crescent) 27 ty Mcdevitt r-jr rhp r-r Apple Valley, Minn. (eastview) 28 Ben Meyer sr rhp r-r New Brighton, Minn. (totino-grace) 29 joe Martinson r-fr rhp r-r Minnetonka, Minn. (Minnetonka) 30 dan Motl jr of r-r Burnsville, Minn. (Burnsville) 32 cody campbell so rhp r-r Naperville, Ill. (central) 33 toby Anderson so rhp r-r Nampa, Idaho (skyview) 35 reggie Meyer Fr rhp L-r New Brighton, Minn. (totino-grace) 36 jordan smith r-so of L-L eden prairie, Minn. (eden prairie) 37 dalton sawyer jr Lhp L-L Waconia, Minn. (Waconia) 40 Fred Manke Fr rhp L-r Lodi, Wis. (Lodi) 41 jeff Fasching Fr Lhp L-L st. cloud, Minn. (cathedral) 42 Lance thonvold r-jr rhp r-r eden prairie, Minn. (eden prairie) 43 Lucas Gilbreath Fr Lhp L-L Westminster, colo. (Legacy) 44 Neal Kunik sr rhp L-r eagan, Minn. (eagan) 14 john Anderson head coach (34th year) 12 rob Fornasiere Assistant head coach (30th year) 25 todd oakes pitching coach (17th year) 47 scott Matyas Interim pitching coach 48 patrick casey Volunteer Assistant coach (2nd year) Lee swenson director of Baseball operations pronunciation guide Austin Athmann jeff Fasching Matt Fiedler rob Fornasiere Lucas Gilbreath Michael handel Neal Kunik Fred Manke scott Matyas dan Motl chris schaaf connor schaefbauer tony skjefte AAht-man FAAh-shing Feed-ler for-nah-seer GIL-breth handle cue-nick MAN-kee MAYt-ess Moe-tull shawf shayf-bauer sheff-tee 2015 G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L

8 JOHN ANdERSON HEAd COACH 34th YEAR six-time BIG ten coach of the YeAr ALL-tIMe BIG ten conference LeAder IN VIctorIes ABcA hall of FAMe INdUctee -In the fall of 1981, john Anderson took over the job of leading the tradition-rich University of Minnesota baseball program, thereby retracing the footsteps of his mentor, legendary hall of Fame coach dick siebert. thirty-three years later, Anderson continues to uphold the lofty standards of the Golden Gopher baseball program. A history of WINNING on May 14, 2009, a 7-6 win at penn state gave Anderson his 1,000th victory. he became the 29th coach to reach 1,000 wins, and the 20th to do so with the same school. he was also the 10th-youngest coach to win 1,000 games. entering the 2015, Anderson's record is 1, (.598). he ranks 29th all-time among division I coaches in collegiate victories, and 10th among active head coaches. Anderson holds the record for overall wins and conference wins while coaching at a Big ten university. he earned his 500th Big ten victory on April 14, 2013, and has a (.628) conference record through While Anderson has been the head coach at Minnesota since the 1982, there have been 27 coaching changes in the conference. the Gophers' 8-5 victory against Iowa on May 12, 2002, made Anderson the winningest coach in school history. his 755th win moved him past siebert, his mentor, in the record books. the Gophers have had winning s in 32 of Anderson's 33 years as head coach. Anderson hasput together 28 s with at least 30 wins, and nine s with at least 40 wins. BIG ten titles Anderson has guided the Gophers to nine regular Big ten titles and a conference-best nine Big ten tournament titles. his regular championships came in 1983, '84, '86, '87, 2000, '02, '03, '04 and '10, and his tournament championships in 1982, '85, '88, '92, '93, '98, 2001, `04 and '10. (the first four regular titleles were divisional.) Anderson has led Minnesota to 22 finishes of second or better in the conference standings, and 19 tournament championship games. this included seven-straight title game appearances from overall, the Gophers have played in the tournament in 28 of Anderson's 33 s. the Gophers' 2003 and 2004 senior classes graduated with four Big ten championship rings, from either regular or conference tournament. the regular titles were the Gophers' first string of three in a row since Minnesota won or split 38 of its 43 Big ten series from It also set a conference record with 45 Big ten wins in two s from was the Gophers' first time winning both the regular and tournament championships. they did the same in NcAA AppeArANces Under Anderson, Minnesota has appeared 17 times in the NcAA post. the first was during Anderson's inaugural, 1982, and the most recent back-to-back in 2009 and twice in Anderson's tenure, the Gophers have put together four-year streaks of NcAA regional appearances: and In 2009, the Gophers lost to eventual national champion LsU in the title game of the Baton rouge regional. At the 2010 Fullerton regional, they won their first two games against cal state-fullerton before being eliminated. halls of FAMe Anderson has been inducted into four different organizations' halls of fame: the American Baseball coaches Association (2008), the University of Minnesota "M" club (2002), the Minnesota high school Baseball coaches Association (2013) and hibbing community college. With his induction into the ABcA hall of Fame on jan. 4, 2008, Anderson joined his mentor, siebert, and another former Gophers coach, Frank Mccormick. Anderson was the eighth coach from the state of Minnesota and the 15th Big ten coach to receive that honor. he was inducted into the MhsBcA hall of Fame despite never having coached at the high school level. Anderson's contributions to high school baseball in the state include organizing camps/clinics and fall leagues and fundraising for siebert Field, which frequently hosts high school level games. coaching AWArds six times Anderson has been recognized as Big ten coach of the Year. he earned the honor as a rookie head coach in 1982, and again in Anderson became the first coach to win the award three times in a row (2002, '03, '04) a few years later. he was named Big ten coach of the Year for the sixth time in 2010, a year in which Minnesota won both the regular and tournament conference titles. Anderson was also named ABcA Mideast region coach of the Year in 2004 and INdIVIdUAL player AccoLAdes All-Americans six different Gophers have earned seven All-America First team honors under Anderson. second baseman Brian raabe and catcher dan Wilson both earned the award in shortstop Brent Gates (1991), second baseman Mark Merila ( ), catcher shane Gunderson (1995) and second baseman derek Mccallum (2009) also received first-team nods. Merila (1992, '94), first baseman robb Quinlan (1998), second baseman Luke Appert (2003) and pitcher Glen perkins ( ) were named to All-America second teams, and Gunderson (1995), Quinlan ( ), third baseman jack hannahan (2001), Appert ( ) and perkins (2004) to All-America third teams. Anderson has coached seven Freshman All-Americans in catcher darren Grass (1992), outfielder sam steidl (2001), perkins (2003), catcher/dh Andy hunter (2003), first baseman/dh Mike Mee (2004), outfielder Matt Nohelty (2006) and shortstop Aj pettersen (2009). receiving Freshman All-America honorable Mention were: pitchers james Brower and Mark Vandersall (1992), shortstop rick Brousseau (1998), Appert (2000), first baseman Nick o'shea (2009) and outfielder justin Gominsky (2009). Big ten Awards seven different Gophers have won eight Big ten player of the Year awards under Anderson's tutelage: catcher terry steinbach (1983), shortstop Brent Gates (1991), second baseman Mark Merila (1994), catcher shane Gunderson (1995), first baseman robb Quinlan (1999), third baseman jack hannahan (2001) and second baseman Luke Appert ( ). c.j. Woodrow (2002) and Glen perkins (2004) have earned pitcher of the Year accolades, and three Gophers--dan Wilson (1988), Merila (1991) and perkins (2003)--have been named Freshman of the Year. Minnesota has had 69 All-Big ten First team selections with Anderson at the helm. Most recently, pitchers tom Windle and dj snelten were both named to the First team in In 2014, pitcher Alec crawford was selected to the third team and catcher Austin Athmann to the All-Freshman team. Anderson has also coached several Academic All-Americans, including troy Larson ( ) and Matt Nohelty (2009), and Academic All-district honorees, including Ben Meyer in AcAdeMIc success developing all-around student-athletes is Anderson's top priority. As well as succeeding on the field, the Golden Gophers have excelled in the classroom. Anderson has coached 244 Academic All-Big ten selections, including 17 honorees in siebert FIeLd thanks to Anderson's fundraising ability, Minnesota was able to build the new siebert Field, a state-of-the-art facility with a Mondoturf playing surface. construction was completed in 2012, and the Golden Gophers opened their new home with a game against ohio state on April 5, the addition of a lighting system brought the first night games to new siebert in other coaching opportunities ANd BAseBALL development In the summer of 1993, Anderson served as head coach for UsA Baseball. he guided team UsA to a record, including a silver medal finish at the Intercontinental cup in parna, Italy. the squad also went 8-1 in the World championships. Anderson had served as an assistant for UsA Baseball in Anderson co-authored a book, Why Good coaches Quit--And how You can stay in the Game, with sports psychologist rick Aberman. In the book, Anderson offers practical solutions to the problems that coaches at all levels routinely encounter on and off the field. ANdersoN s MILestoNe WINs 2015 G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L ALL GAMes No. date opponent place score 1 March 21, 1982 texas Lutheran seguin, texas April 9, 1985 st. thomas Minneapolis May 12, 1987 Augsburg Minneapolis May 8, 1990 st. thomas Minneapolis April 4, 1993 penn state Minneapolis May 20, 1995 purdue columbus, ohio May 7, 1998 Northwestern evanston, Ill March 24, 2001 purdue West Lafayette, Ind May 31, 2003 pepperdine Long Beach, calif May 20, 2006 Indiana Minneapolis May 14, 2009 penn state state college, pa March 8, 2013 Western Illinois Minneapolis (dome) 3-0 BIG ten GAMes No. date opponent place score 1 April 24, 1982 Northwestern Minneapolis May 9, 1987 Iowa Iowa city, Iowa April 22, 1990 ohio state columbus, ohio May 6, 1995 Michigan state Minneapolis May 7, 1998 Northwestern evanston, Ill April 8, 2001 Michigan state Minneapolis May 9, 2003 Iowa Iowa city, Iowa Apr. 23, 2006 Michigan state east Lansing, Mich Apr. 14, 2013 Northwestern evanston, Ill. 7-1

9 ANdersoN At A GLANce coaching resume 1978 (University of Minnesota),Graduate Assistant (University of Minnesota), Assistant Men's coach 1981-present (University of Minnesota), head coach coaching record Overall Record: 1, (.593) * All-time winningest coach in school history * one of 39 division I coaches to win 1,000 games, and one of 20 do so with one program * Was the 10th-youngest collegiate coach to 1,000 wins Big Ten Record: (.620) * All-time winningest coach in B1G history BIG ten championships Nine regular Big Ten titles:1983, '84, '86, '87, 2000, '02, '03, '04, '10 * First four titles were division (West), and most recent five nondivisional * the titles were Minnesota's first string of three in a row since * Anderson has led Minnesota to 22 finishes of second place or better Nine Big Ten Tournament titles: 1982, '85, '88, '92, '93, '98, 2001, '04, '10 * Minnesota has the most B1G tournament titles of any school, all under Anderson * In 2004, Minnesota won both the regular and tournament B1G titles for the first time in program history * the Gophers have played in 19 B1G championship games under Anderson and set a B1G record with seven straight championship appearances from * Anderson has led Minnesota to 27 B1G tournament appearances in 32 years NcAA tournament AppeArANces 17 NCAA post appearances * Made NcAA tournament in Anderson's first year as head coach (1982) * Most recent NcAA berths were back-to-back appearances in 2009 and 2010 AWArds ANd honors Six-time Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year: 1982, 2000, '02, '03, '04, '10 * First coach in B1G history to win the award three years in a row American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2008) * the third Gopher coach to be inducted, joining Frank Mccormick and dick siebert "M" Club Hall of Fame (2002) Minnesota High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame (2013) * Inducted despite never coaching at the high school level hibbing community college hall of Fame playing experience - MINNesotA pitcher student Assistant team Most Valuable player in 1977 college University of Minnesota (1977) B.s. in education high school Nashwauk-Keewatin high school (1973) personal Born: May 16, 1955 (hibbing Minnesota) Family: wife, jan, and daughter, erin elizabeth Gophers IN the pros eighteen Gophers who played for Anderson have gone on to play Major League Baseball, with many others continuing their s in the minor leagues All-star closer Glen perkins (twins) is the Gophers top MLB name right now. pitcher seth rosin made his MLB debut for the rangers in 2014 and is currently in the phillies system. jack hannahan was with the reds last and signed to play in south Korea in the off. MLB teams have made 90 draft picks of Gophers since Anderson became head coach. FroM player to coach After graduating from Nashwauk-Keewatin high school in northern Minnesota, Anderson was a pitcher for the Gophers in An injury ended his playing, but he remained involved as a student coach. he was voted team MVp of the 1977 Gophers squad which featured Future hall of Famer paul Molitor and played in the college World series. Anderson started his coaching in 1978 as a graduate assistant under siebert. After siebert's death in december 1978, Anderson was elevated to the position of assistant coach under then-head coach George thomas. Upon thomas' resignation after the 1981, Anderson was named the 13th coach in Gopher baseball history. At the time, at age 26, he was the youngest head baseball coach in Big ten history. personal Anderson and his wife, jan, have been married for 21 years. their daughter, erin elizabeth, attends the University of Minnesota. ANdersoN s record overall record Big ten conference Year W L t pct. W L pct. Finish playoffs NcAA nd; West 1st st; West 3rd st; West 3rd nd; West 1st st; West 2nd st; West 4th nd* 1st th nd (tie) 4th nd 2nd nd 1st nd 1st nd 3rd nd 2nd th th nd 1st nd 2nd st 3rd rd 1st st 2nd st 2nd st 1st th 2nd th 2nd t-2nd 2nd th nd 2nd st 1st t-4th 3rd t-6th th # t-4th # total 1, * Big Ten discontinued use of divisions in 1988 # Played in tournament, but no definitive place 2015 G olde N Goph er BAs ebal L