2018 SCHEDULE Overall Record: Big 12: 7-11 Non-Conference: Home: 13-6 Away: 9-13 Neutral: 2-2

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1 GAME 46 // VIRGINIA TECH May 9, 2018 Monongalia County Ballpark (3,500) Morgantown, W.Va. GAME INFORMATION Tuesday, May :30 p.m. ET LIVE COVERAGE TV...AT&T SportsNet Video (Out of Market)... WVUsports.com/Watch...Mountaineer Gameday App... Roku & Apple TV Radio...Mountaineer Sports Net. from IMG.. TuneIn Radio or Mountaineer Gameday App...WVUSports.com/Watch Live Stats... WVUsports.com/Stats WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES (7-11 Big 12) Record (8-16 C) NR / 46 NCBWA / RPI NR / 112 Randy Mazey (6th) Head Coach (Season) John Szefc (1st) ( , 12th) Record at School (Overall, Seasons) ( , 13th) Darius Hill (59) Hits Leader Sam Fragale, Tom Stoffel (58) Kyle Gray (.361) Avg. Leader (min. 100 AB) Luke Horanski (.314) Jackson Wolf (2.70_ ERA Leader (min IP or 15 app.) Ian Seymour (3.18) Shane Ennis, Kade Strowd (4) Wins Leader Graham Seitz (4) 13 BY THE NUMBERS While riding a 22-game hit streak, Kyle Gray has 13 home runs this season, including four in three games at Kansas last weekend. His 13 homers are tied for seventh-most in a single season in program history. The record is 19, set by Mark Landers in 1994 and tied by Jedd Gyorko in WVU won last year s meeting at Virginia Tech, 8-6. The Mountaineers trailed 5-0 early, but responded with six runs in the fourth inning, three 6 unearned, to take a 6-5 lead. The Hokies answered to tie the game in the fifth, but again WVU answered with a run to take the lead back for good the following inning. Kyle Gray leads the Big 12 and is No. 11 nationally with a slugging percentage. Gray leads the Mountaineers with 13 home runs, three triples and 26 extra-base hits, while he has 10 doubles, third on the team. In Big 12 play, he boasts a slugging percentage of SCHEDULE Overall Record: Big 12: 7-11 Non-Conference: Home: 13-6 Away: 9-13 Neutral: 2-2 Fri., Feb. 16 at Jacksonville W, 5-4 Sat., Feb. 17 at Jacksonville L, 7-4 Sun., Feb. 18 at Jacksonville L, 2-1 Fri., Feb. 23 vs. VCU ^ L, 6-2 (11) Sat., Feb. 24 vs. Illinois ^ W, 10-8 Sat., Feb. 24 vs. VCU ^ L, 8-5 Sun., Feb. 25 at Coastal Carolina ^ L, 5-2 Fri., March 2 at Western Kentucky W, 7-5 Sat., March 3 at Western Kentucky W, 11-9 (10) Sun., March 4 at Western Kentucky W, 7-1 Fri., March 9 at Middle Tennessee State L, 8-7 Sat., March 10 at Middle Tennessee State W, 8-4 Sun., March 11 at Middle Tennessee State W, 10-4 Tues., March 13 at Tennessee Tech L, 8-0 Wed., March 14 at Tennessee Tech L, 9-1 Fri., March 16 Canisius W, 10-9 Sat., March 17 Canisius W, 2-0 Sun., March 18 Canisius L, 4-3 Tues., March 20 La Salle Postponed Fri., March 23 at Oklahoma * - FCSC L, 19-6 Sat., March 24 at Oklahoma * - FSOK L, 10-2 Sun., March 24 at Oklahoma * L, 2-1 Tues., March 27 Pitt Postponed to April 11 Thurs., March 29 at #7 Texas Tech * - FSSW W, 1-0 Fri., March 30 at #7 Texas Tech * - FS1 L, 4-1 Sat., March 31 at #7 Texas Tech * - FSSW+ L, 8-5 Tues., April 3 at Penn State - BTN Postponed Tues., April 3 Niagara W, 9-6 Fri., April 6 UNLV - Game 1 L, 11-4 Fri., April 6 UNLV - Game 2 W, 8-7 Sun., April 8 UNLV W, 7-5 Tues., April 10 vs. Penn State (PNC Park) W, 3-2 (10) Wed., April 11 Pitt W, 12-1 Fri., April 13 Oklahoma State * L, 7-4 Sat., April 14 Oklahoma State * W, 10-7 Sun., April 15 Oklahoma State * L, 6-4 Tues., April 17 at Pitt Postponed Wed., April 18 Canisius W, 9-2 Fri., April 20 Kansas State * W, 8-5 Sat., April 21 Kansas State * W, 6-0 Sun., April 22 Kansas State * L, 7-4 Tues., April 24 at Marshall & - Stadium W, (13) Fri., April 27 #19 Texas * L, 11-6 Sat., April 28 #19 Texas * W, 8-6 Sun., April 29 #19 Texas * W, 8-3 Tues., May 1 Maryland W, 9-5 Fri., May 4 at Kansas * W, 21-3 Sat., May 5 at Kansas * L, 13-3 Sun., May 6 at Kansas * L, 5-2 Wed., May 9 Virginia Tech - AT&T SportsNet 6:30 p.m. Fri., May 11 at TCU * 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 12 at TCU * - FSSW 5 p.m. Sun., May 13 at TCU * 2 p.m. Tues., May 15 Marshall 6:30 p.m. Thurs., May 17 Baylor * 6:30 p.m. Fri., May 18 Baylor * 6:30 p.m. Sat., May 19 Baylor * 1 p.m. May Big 12 Championship % TBD * Big 12 Conference Game ^ Brittain Resorts Invitational, Conway, S.C. & Charleston, W.Va. % Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Oklahoma City All times Eastern and subject to change Home games, in bold, played at Monongalia County Ballpark

2 QUICK FTS General Information Location Morgantown, W.Va. Founded Nickname... Mountaineers Conference... Big 12 Enrollment...31,287 Colors...Old Gold (PMS 124 C) and Blue (295 C) President...Dr. E. Gordon Gee (Utah, 68) Director of Athletics... Shane Lyons (WVU, 87) Athletic Department Phone Ticket Office Phone WVU GAME Coaches and Staff Head Coach...Randy Mazey (6th Season) Alma Mater...Clemson ( 88) WVU Record (6 Seasons) Career Record (12 Seasons) Assistant Coach...Steve Sabins (3rd Season) Alma Mater... Embry-Riddle ( 11) Assistant Coach...Dave Serrano (1st Season) Alma Mater...Trinity College & University ( 03) Volunteer Assistant... Dallas Burke (1st Season) Alma Mater...Missouri Southern State Univ. ( 13) Director of Baseball Operations...Pat Crowe Director of Player Development... Zach Bargeron Director of Player Personnel...Jared Fabian Strength Coach...Lance Sewell Baseball History First Season Seasons...123rd Season (126 Years) All-Time Record (.582) All-Time Big 12 Record (Since 2013) NCAA Tournaments (Record) (10-24) 1955, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67, 82, 85, 87, 94, 96, 2017 Conference Championships.. 19 (14 Reg, 5 Tourney) Regular Season: 1955, 61, 62, 63, 64, 67 (SoCon); 1981, 82 (Eastern 8); 1984, 85, 86, 87, 88 (A-10); 1996 (Big East) Tournament: 1982 (Eastern 8); 1985, 87, 94 (A-10); 1996 (Big East) Monongalia County Ballpark Capacity...3,500 First Season All-Time Record Playing Surface...AstroTurf, Clay Mound Dimensions... RF/LF - 325, RC/LC - 375, CF Team Information Lettermen Returning/Lost...23/7 Starters Returning/Lost...6/3 Position Players Returning/Lost...13/3 Pitchers Returning/Lost /5 Newcomers Record (Big 12) (12-12, 4th) 2017 Postseason...NCAA Regional Final FOLLOWING THE MOUNTAINEERS Website...WVUsports.com Twitter...@WVUBaseball Facebook... /WVUBaseball Instagram...@WVUBaseball Coach Mazey...@CoachMazey WVUsports.com For official news, notes and more on the Mountaineer baseball team, visit WVUsports.com, the official website of the West Virginia University Mountaineers Social Don t miss a pitch this season by following and connecting with the Mountaineers on social media. By on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, fans will get official news and notes, behind-the-scenes updates and an exclusive look at the team both on and off the field. MOUNTAINEERS ON THE RADIO Full Schedule Market Station Frequency Morgantown Jack-FM WZST Clarksburg WPDX-FM/AM 104.9/750 Sutton-Gassaway WSBG-AM/FM 1490/96.5 Richwood WVAR-AM 600 Summersville WVAR-FM 98.1 Hinton WMTD-FM Partial Season (Check Local Listings) Martinsburg WRNR-AM/FM 740/106.5 Charleston WJYP-AM 1300 Charleston WMON-AM 1340 Charleston WSCW-AM 1410 Postseason Beckley-Fayetteville WVBD-FM MEDIA INFORMATION The West Virginia University Athletic Communications Office will be available throughout the 2018 season to accommodate any media requests. Interviews During the Week Any member of the media wishing to interview a student-athlete or member of the coaching staff during the week are asked to contact WVU baseball SID Charlie Healy (Charles.Healy@mail.wvu.edu or ) at least 24 hours in advance. Postgame Interviews Postgame interviews for all home games with coach Randy Mazey and select studentathletes will take place on the field 10 minutes following the conclusion of the game. Online Streaming Every WVU home game will feature a free video stream on WVUsports.com/Watch and the WVU Gameday App. Links to each broadcast, along with road games being live streamed by the home team, can be found on the baseball schedule page on WVUsports.com. New this season, fans also can access the video streams via Roku, via MountaineerTV by downloading the West Virginia Mountaineers channel. Additionally, select practices, interviews and more will be broadcast live on Facebook or Periscope and can be accessed by following the team Radio WVU baseball can be heard on the radio throughout the state on the Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG. Dan Zangrilli will have the play-by-play call, while Ernie Galusky provides color commentary. Radio Schedule The 39-game radio schedule begins on March 16, opening day at Monongalia County Ballpark, and continues with every game through the end of the season, including the postseason. Online and on Mobile Fans across the country can listen to every broadcast on the WVU Gameday App and the TuneIn App on their mobile device, as well as online at WVUsports.com/Watch. Receiving Information Media members may receive press releases, notes and more via . To be added to the list, please Charles.Healy@mail. wvu.edu. WVUsports.com Visit WVUsports.com for player and coaching staff bios, the latest news, stories and updated stats and the WVU baseball media guide and record book. Athletic Communications Baseball SID... Charlie Healy Office Phone Cell Phone Charles.Healy@mail.wvu.edu Twitter...@CharlieHealy4 Fax Mailing Address...PO Box 0877 Morgantown, WV

3 Mountaineers Host Hokies Wednesday The West Virginia University baseball team returns home to host Virginia Tech on Wednesday, May 9, at 6:30 p.m. ET, at Monongalia County Ballpark, in a contest that will be televised regionally on AT&T SportsNet. Wednesday s game is a Gold Rush, and fans are encouraged to wear gold. Foam fingers will be given out to the first 1,000 fans, and all fans can play Baseball Bingo. Tickets are available at WVUGAME.com, by calling WVU GAME, at the Mountaineer Ticket Office at the WVU Coliseum or on game day at Monongalia County Ballpark. Admission for WVU students is free with a valid student I.D. The contest marks the first time a WVU baseball game at Monongalia County Ballpark has aired on AT&T SportsNet. The Mountaineers (24-21) and Hokies (20-26) meet for the 89th time and the fifth consecutive season on Wednesday. WVU has won two in a row and eight of the last 12 games between the former Southern Conference and Big East rivals. West Virginia has won four of its last six games and seven consecutive midweek contests. Virginia Tech has won two in a row and has had the last week off, after a pair of midweek wins on May 1 and 2. Junior Kyle Gray enters the week with a career-long and team-best 22-game hit streak, the longest by a Mountaineer since 2009, while he has 13 home runs, tied for seventh-most in a single season in program history. Gray hit four home runs last week and was named the Big 12 Player of the Week, one of Collegiate Baseball s National Players of the Week and the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week. Following Along There are a number of ways to follow along with Wednesday s game, with Dan Zangrilli and Ernie Galusky calling the action. The game will be televised regionally on AT&T SportsNet. The AT&T SportsNet Channel Finder and Territory Map can both be found on Pittsburgh-attsn.att.com. The game also will be streamed live on WVUsports.com/Watch for free outside of the AT&T SportsNet viewing footprint. The stream will be blacked out inside the viewing footprint. The stream is available on WVUsports.com and the WVU Gameday App. New this season, fans also can watch the video stream live via Roku and Apple TV, by searching for the WV Mountaineers channel. Fans can listen to the game on the Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG on various affiliates throughout the state, while fans across the country can tune in to the broadcasts online at WVUsports.com and on the WVU Gameday App, as well as the TuneIn App on their mobile device. Dan Zangrilli will have the call. Direct links to the video streams, radio broadcasts and live stats can be found on the baseball schedule page on WVUsports.com. Additional behind-the-scenes updates, news and notes can be found on social media by following and connecting with the team on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram Quick Hits: Key Team Notes The 2018 season marks the 126th year of baseball at West Virginia. Founded in 1892, WVU owns an all-time record of 2,155-1, The Mountaineers are the second-oldest program in the Big 12. Coach Randy Mazey is in his sixth season at the helm and owns a record in Morgantown. He is the fifth coach in team history to eclipse the 100-win mark and the second to accomplish the feat in his first four seasons. Mazey is in his career. Due to a pair of rain-postponed games, West Virginia played 21 of its first 24 games, including its first 15, on the road. Six of the first seven weeks of the season were spent away from home. However, following the first 24 games, 16 of the Mountaineers next 18 games were at home. Then, the final 11 games see five home games and six road contests. Kyle Gray has a 22-game hit streak, the longest by a Mountaineer since 2009, while he has 13 home runs, tied for seventh-most in a single season in program history. Gray hit four home runs in WVU s series at Kansas and was named the Big 12 Player of the Week, one of Collegiate Baseball s National Players of the Week and the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week. A pair of Mountaineers have been named to the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List. Braden Zarbnisky and Isaiah Kearns are two of 25 recognized on the watch list. Last year, Zarbnisky was a finalist for the award. Marques Inman was named the Big 12 Player of the Week and the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on April 9. In WVU s series win vs. UNLV, Inman hit.750 with a slugging percentage and.833 on-base percentage with six hits in eight at-bats, including a home run in every game. In four games from April 2-8, Inman led the Big 12 with a.667 batting average. Jackson Wolf was named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on April 2, after he earned his first career win on March 29 at No. 7 Texas Tech. Wolf pitched 4.0 shutout innings in relief and allowed just two hits in WVU s 1-0 shutout win. Kevin Brophy was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 26, following a three-home run, eight-rbi performance on Feb. 24. He is the third player in team history to hit at least three home runs and drive in eight or more runs in a single game, and his home run total included his first career grand slam. Braden Zarbnisky was named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on March 5, after going 5-for-5 and driving in the game-winning run while earning the win on the mound in WVU s 11-9, 10-inning win at Western Kentucky on March 3. Former WVU left-hander Harrison Musgrave made his Major League debut with the Colorado Rockies on April 23. He pitched a perfect sixth inning with one strikeout, throwing 10 pitches, eight for strikes. Musgrave is the 23rd Mountaineer in program history to play in the big leagues and the first player coached by Randy Mazey at WVU to earn an MLB call-up. Musgrave joins fellow Mountaineer and West Virginia native Jedd Gyorko of the St. Louis Cardinals currently on an MLB roster. Twenty-four players return from last year s team, including nine of a program-record 12 that earned All-Big 12 Team honors in 2017: senior BJ Myers, juniors Jimmy Galusky, Kyle Gray, Michael Grove, Darius Hill and Braden Zarbnisky and sophomores Sam Kessler, Alek Manoah and Brandon White. Twelve newcomers join the squad in , including two SEC transfers and three junior college transfers. West Virginia was ranked No. 22 in the D1 Baseball Preseason Top 25. WVU was ranked in the preseason for the first time since the 1960s, and the Mountaineers also were No. 27 in the NCBWA Preseason Poll and received votes in three other preseason polls. WVU was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll for the second consecutive year. West Virginia has finished fourth in the final standings in back-to-back seasons. Mazey has signed the highest-ranked recruiting class in program history. The signing class of 16 student-athletes is ranked No. 26 in the nation by Perfect Game, the best in WVU history and the first in the top 30, and will join the Mountainers for the season. WVU s 2018 schedule features 23 home games and 21 games against teams that made the NCAA Tournament in The 54-game regularseason also includes 30 contests on the road and one at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Zarbnisky earned Preseason All-America First Team honors by the NCBWA and was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. Last year, Zarbnisky was named a NCBWA Third Team All-American, the NCBWA District II Player of the Year, a John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award finalist and an All-Big 12 First Team honoree as a sophomore. 3

4 WVU s Record When... Overall Big 12 Home Road Neutral Day Games Night Games WVU Scores First Opponent Scores First WVU Scores in the 1st Opp. Scores in the 1st vs. Top Following Loss TV Game vs. Right-Handed Starter vs. Left-Handed Starter Hitting One Home Run Hitting 2+ Home Runs Not Hitting a Home Run Out Hit Opponent Equal Number of Hits Get Out Hit by Opponent One-Run Games Two-Run Games Five+ Run Games Leading After Trailing After Tied After Leading After Trailing After Tied After Leading After Trailing After Tied After Shutouts Extra Innings Score 0-2 Runs Score 3-5 Runs Score 6-9 Runs Score 10 or More Runs Allow 0-2 Runs Allow 3-5 Runs Allow 6-9 Runs Allow 10 or More Runs Commit 0 Errors Commit 1 Error Commit 2+ Errors February March April May June Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday On Deck: Last Big 12 Road Weekend West Virginia plays its final regular-season road games this weekend at TCU. The series in Fort Worth, Texas, begins on Friday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. ET/6:30 p.m. CT. Saturday s first pitch is set for 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT, and the game will air on FSSW. The series wraps up on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT. Last Time Out: Road Series at Kansas West Virginia is coming off a series loss at Kansas. WVU won the opener, 21-3, before its four-game win streak was snapped with a 13-3 loss on Saturday. KU won the series finale on Sunday, 5-2. In the series opener at Kansas, WVU scored 21 runs on 23 hits, as 11 batters had at least one hit and West Virginia scored three or more runs in five innings. Seven Mountaineers had multiple hits and seven drove in at least two runs. Kyle Gray led the way with a career-high-tying four hits and four RBIs with four runs scored while hitting the first of four home runs on the weekend and finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Marques Inman also homered in the contest, his sixth of the year. BJ Myers earned the win and had his fourth quality start of the season and 17th of his career. WVU s 21 runs and 18-run victory were both program-records in a Big 12 Conference game, while the Mountaineers 21 runs and 23 hits are both the most since WVU scored 22 runs on 29 hits in a 22-9 victory at No. 18 Coastal Carolina on Feb. 25, Gray homered twice for the third time this season and extended his hit streak the following day, on May 5, but it was not enough in a 13-3 loss. WVU took a 2-0 lead in the second, but the Jayhawks responded with runs in each of the next five innings to halt West Virginia s win streak. Kansas won Sunday s finale, 5-2, as Gray had two hits, including his fourth homer of the weekend, to extend his hit streak to 22 games. Isaiah Kearns struck out a careerbest nine batters in 5.0 innings, striking out the side twice. Honoring the Mountaineers Kevin Brophy Big 12 Player of the Week Feb. 26 Kyle Gray Collegiate Baseball National POTW May 7 Big 12 Player of the Week May 7 WVU Student-Athlete of the Week May 7 Marques Inman Big 12 Player of the Week April 9 WVU Student-Athlete of the Week April 9 WVU In the National Rankings Players in the top 50 nationally or top 10 in the Big 12 Statistic Player Total NCAA Big 12 Walks Braden Zarbnisky Walks/Game Braden Zarbnisky Batting Avg. Kyle Gray Marques Inman Doubles Marques Inman Darius Hill Doubles/Game Marques Inman Darius Hill Home Runs Kyle Gray HR/Game Kyle Gray On Base Pct. Kyle Gray Pitching App. Shane Ennis Sacrifice Bunts Braden Zarbnisky Sac Bunts/Game Braden Zarbnisky Sacrifice Flies Darius Hill Slugging Pct. Kyle Gray Marques Inman Stolen Bases Braden Zarbnisky Brandon White SB/Game Braden Zarbnisky Brandon White AB/Strikeout Darius Hill Ivan Gonzalez Triples Tyler Doanes Kyle Gray The Mountaineers rank among the NCAA and Big 12 leaders in several categories. West Virginia leads the Big 12 and is No. 22 nationally with 78 stolen bases, while WVU is No. 2 in the league and No. 14 in the country with 45 double plays turned. Additionally, the Mountaineers are No. 3 in the conference with 15 triples and a.437 slugging percentage. Individually, Marques Inman ranks No. 10 nationally with 0.44 doubles per game, while Kyle Gray is No. 11 with a.709 slugging percentage. Braden Zarbnisky s 0.97 walks per game is No. 12 in the country, and he also is No. 17 in the NCAA with 0.58 stolen bases per game. Darius Hill also ranks inside the top-25 nationally, at No. 20, with an average of 13.7 at-bats per strikeout. Isaiah Kearns John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Watch List Jackson Wolf WVU Student-Athlete of the Week April 2 Braden Zarbnisky John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Watch List WVU Student-Athlete of the Week March 5 NCBWA Preseason All-America First Team NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List 4

5 Statistical Comparison (NCAA/Conference Rankings in parentheses) (7-11) Record (Conf.) (8-16) 13-6 Home (2-2) Road (Neutral) 6-13 (5-4) 3-3 vs. Top (132/7) Win-Loss Pct..435 (205/13) HITTING STATISTICS.277 (96/4) Batting Average.269 (143/7) 428 (104/5) Hits 427 (109/5) 267 (121/5) Runs 267 (121/8) 5.9 (114/6) Runs Per Game 5.8 (125/8) 90 (45/4) Doubles 72 (161/9) 15 (33/3) Triples 7 (204/9) 42 (54/4) Home Runs 38 (76/8).363 (139/8) On Base Pct..358 (168/12).437 (44/3) Slugging Pct..395 (128/9) 191 (122/7) Walks 161 (223/14) 78 (22/1) Stolen Bases 36 (188/10) SB-Attempts (102/4) Sacrifice Bunts 35 (39/2) 17 (160/6) Sacrifice Flies 24 (37/5) 27 (275/9) Hit by Pitch 72 (23/2) PITCHING STATISTICS 4.67 (139/6) ERA 5.25 (200/13) 1.86 (159/4) K-to-BB Ratio 2.19 (91/10) 8.7 (72/5) K per 9 Inn. 8.4 (94/11) 4.65 (218/5) BB per 9 Inn (106/6) 9.09 (133/5) Hits per 9 Inn (201/14) 1.53 (171/6) WHIP 1.50 (153/12).263 Opponent BA (74/6) Shutouts 0 FIELDING STATISTICS.962 (239/9) Fielding Pct..965 (193/13) 45 (14/2) Double Plays 72 (161/9) 0 Triple Plays 0 NATIONAL RANKINGS NR NCBWA NR NR USA Today Coaches NR NR Baseball America NR NR Collegiate Baseball NR NR D1 Baseball NR NR Perfect Game NR 46 RPI 112 Scouting Virginia Tech Virginia Tech is on the season and 8-16 in C play. The Hokies, who have not played since May 2, won both midweek contests last week, 8-3 vs. VMI and 11-5 at Liberty, after a series loss at home to No. 9 Duke. Luke Horanski leads the team with a.314 average, while Tom Stoffel and Sam Fragale both have 58 hits and seven home runs. Fragale also leads the team with 38 RBIs, 14 doubles and a.495 slugging percentage. On the mound, Graham Seitz s four wins leads the team, while Ian Seymour has a team-best 3.18 ERA in 62.1 innings pitched. Connor Coward has 74 strikeouts, while Andrew McDonald has a team-best five saves. John Szefc is in his first season as the head coach at Virginia Tech, and holds a career record of in 13 seasons as a head coach. Szefc comes to the Hokies from Maryland, where he led the Terrapins to the NCAA Tournament in 2017 and a matchup with WVU in the Winston-Salem Regional. Series History vs. Hokies All-Time Virginia Tech Leads Last Meeting April 25, 2017: W, 8-6 In Morgantown In Blacksburg Neutral Site 4-11 Under Coach Mazey (Since 2013) 3-1 Series since 2003 Date Site Result 4/17/2003 Morgantown W, /17/2003 Morgantown W, 3-1 5/23/2003 Bridgewater, N.J. W, /23/2004 Blacksburg L, /23/2004 Blacksburg W, 8-2 2/25/2006 Greenville, N.C. W, 5-0 2/21/2010 Myrtle Beach, S.C. L, /24/2012 Myrtle Beach, S.C. L, 7-4 5/6/2014 Princeton, W.Va. W, 4-3 5/5/2015 Blacksburg L, /3/2016 Morgantown W, 5-4 4/25/2017 Blacksburg W, 8-6 # - Big 12 Championship Former Southern Conference and Big East rivals, West Virginia and Virginia Tech have met 88 times. WVU trails the all-time series , but has won three of the last four, including an 8-6 road win in Under coach Randy Mazey, the Mountaineers are 3-1 in the series. West Virginia is at home, in Blacksburg and 4-11 at a neutral site. WVU and Virginia Tech met for the first time in 1905, in Morgantown, where the Hokies won, 6-9. West Virginia got its first win in the third game of the series, in The Mountaineers won both games that year, 3-2 and 11-7, both in Blacksburg. In 2016 at Monongalia County Ballpark, WVU scored a run in five of the first six innings and fought off a late comeback attempt by the Hokies to beat Virginia Tech, 5-4. On April 25, 2017, West Virginia capped a five-game road trip with an 8-6 win at Virginia Tech, thanks to a six-run fourth inning and a dominant bullpen. The Mountaineers trailed 5-0 early, but responded with six runs in the fourth inning, three of them unearned, to take a 6-5 lead. The Hokies answered to tie the game in the fifth, but again WVU responded with a run to take the lead back for good the following inning. Reliever Jackson Sigman fueled the win with 3.2 lights-out innings in relief, striking out a career-best eight batters while allowing just one hit with no runs and no walks. Sigman picked up the win. West Virginia s six-run fourth was highlighted by a three-run home run by Kyle Davis. He led the team with three RBIs. Brandon White scored two runs and extended his hitting streak to eight games and his reached-base streak to 16 games, both career-longs. 5

6 LAST FOUR TIMES VS. VIRGINIA TECH No. 25 West Virginia 8, Virginia Tech 6 April 25, 2017 // Blacksburg, Va. West Virginia 5, Virginia Tech 4 May 3, 2016 // Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia 8 (24-15) Virginia Tech 6 (20-23) Virginia Tech 4 (15-31) West Virginia 5 (24-19) Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Gray, Kyle 2b Jack Owens 2b Gonzalez, Ivan c Ryan Tufts ss Cramer, Jackson 1b Tom Stoffel rf/p Austin, Cole 3b Sam Fragale 1b Hill, Darius rf Nick Anderson dh/p Davis, Kyle lf Mac Caples lf Lake, TJ pr/lf Joe Freiday, Jr. c Grove, Michael dh Matt Dauby 3b Illig, Chase ph/dh Rahiem Cooper cf Zarbnisky, Braden pr/ph Andrew McDonald p Galusky, Jimmy ss Joey Sullivan p White, Brandon cf Totals Kearns, Isaiah p Wood, Cody p Sigman, Jackson p Totals Score by Innings R H E West Virginia Virginia Tech E - Galusky, J.(10); Tufts, R.(9); Fragale, S.(6); Dauby, M.(6). DP - Hokies 1. LOB - Mountaineers 4; Hokies 8. 2B - Austin, C.(6); Stoffel, T.(16); Caples, M.(3). 3B - White, B.(2). HR - Davis, K.(6); Dauby, M.(3). HBP - Gray, K.; Cooper, R.. SH - Gonzalez, I.(5); Galusky, J.(6); Cooper, R.(2). SF - Gray, K.(1). SB - Gonzalez, I.(4). CS - Gray, K.(6); Cooper, R.(2). West Virginia ip h r er bb so ab bf np Virginia Tech ip h r er bb so ab bf np Andrew McDonald Kearns, Isaiah Joey Sullivan Wood, Cody Nick Anderson Sigman, Jackson Tom Stoffel Zarbnisky, Braden Win - Sigman, J. (2-2). Loss - Sullivan, J. (1-3). Save - Zarbnisky, B (2). WP - Kearns, I. 2(4); McDonald, A.(7). HBP - by Wood, C. (Cooper, R.); by McDonald, A. (Gray, K.). Pitches/strikes: Kearns, I. 60/34; Wood, C. 35/23; Sigman, J. 63/44; Zarbnisky, B 11/7; McDonald, A. 95/60; Sullivan, J. 25/14; Anderson, N. 10/7; Stoffel, T. 25/15. Umpires - HP: Tony Carilli 1B: Greg Howard 2B: Greg Walls 3B: Thomas Stallings Start: 5:33 pm Time: 3:04 Attendance: 356 Weather: Overcast, 63F Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob avg Davis, Saige Jenco cf Kyle dh Hill, Darius rf Ryan Tufts ss Vera, Ivan 3b Garrett Hudson ph Cramer, Jackson Tom Stoffel lf b Guerrini, Ray c Logan Bible pr Potter, Caleb lf Phil Sciretta 1b Huth, KC pr Nick Anderson p Austin, Cole 2b Sam Fragale 3b Gray, Kyle cf Joe Freiday, Jr. c Galusky, Jimmy Matt Dauby 2b ss Zarbnisky, Braden Rahiem Cooper rf p Boone, Brandon p Chris Monaco p Sigman, Jackson p Connor Coward p Brewer, Jacob p Ryan Lauria p Dotson, Conner Paul Hall, Jr. p p Morales, Endy p Cole Kragel p Smith, Blake p Totals Totals H Score by Innings R E Virginia Tech West Virginia X E - Anderson, N.; Fragale, S.. LOB - VT 9; Mountaineers 9. 2B - Freiday, Jr.; Galusky, J.. HR - Cramer, J.. SH - Hill, D.; Vera, I.; Gray, K.. SF - Galusky, J.. SB - Davis, K.; Vera, I.. CS - Hill, D.. Virginia Tech ip h r er bb so ab bf np era West Virginia ip h r er bb so ab bf np era Zarbnisky, Braden Nick Anderson Boone, Brandon Chris Monaco Sigman, Jackson Connor Coward Brewer, Jacob Ryan Lauria Dotson, Conner Paul Hall, Jr Morales, Endy Cole Kragel Smith, Blake Win - Zarbnisky, B (2-0). Loss - Anderson, N. (0-1). Save - Smith, B. (6). BK - Anderson, N.. PB - Freiday, Jr.. Inherited runners/scored: Monaco, C. 1/0; Hall, Jr. 1/0; Sigman, J. 3/1; Brewer, J 2/2; Dotson, C. 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Anderson, N. 84/52; Monaco, C. 8/4; Coward, C. 24/11; Lauria, R. 16/12; Hall, Jr. 2/1; Kragel, C. 16/10; Zarbnisky, B 57/40; Boone, B. 34/17; Sigman, J. 30/16; Brewer, J 4/2; Dotson, C. 10/8; Morales, E. 12/9; Smith, B. 17/11. Umpires - HP: Matt Neader 1B: Mark Schmitt 2B: Jim Schaly 3B: Michael Abruzzino Start: 6:36 pm Time: 3:03 Attendance: 1217 Weather: Low 60s, Cloudy Virginia Tech 13, West Virginia 3 May 5, 2015 // Blacksburg, Va. West Virginia 4, Virginia Tech 3 May 6, 2014 // Princeton, W.Va. West Virginia 3 (24-23) Virginia Tech 13 (26-24) Virginia Tech 3 ( ) West Virginia 4 (27-17) Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Huth, KC cf Casserly, Kyle ph Fox, Justin 3b Munden, Taylor ss Cramer, Jackson dh Potter, Caleb lf Corso, Shaun 1b Hope, Garrett c Strasiser, Tony rf Wood, Shaun ph/rf Cascadden, Tucker 2b Hardy, Jeff p Ennis, Shane p Sigman, Jackson p Jordan, Seth p Wernke, Nick p Keller, Adam p Totals Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Jenco, S. cf Cooper, R. rf Wernicki, K. ph/rf Caples, M. rf Perez, A. ss Surum, R. ss Hayden, B. 1b Sciretta, P. 1b Payne, E. lf Ceballos, M. lf Keselica, S. dh Burns, R. ph Fragale, S. 2b Ponzurick, M ph Dauby, M. 2b Freiday, Jr. c Tufts, R. 3b Woodcock, J. p Scherzer, L. p McGarity, A. p Totals Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Player ab r h rbi bb so po a lob Saige Jenco cf Munden, Taylor ss Alex Perez 2b O'Brien, Cameron c Mark Zagunis c Fleming, Billy 2b Brendon Hayden dh/1b McBroom, Ryan 1b Sean Keselica 1b/p Rice, Jacob cf/lf Phil Sciretta lf Johnson, Brad rf Kyle Wernicki pr/rf Musgrave, Harrison dh Logan Bible rf/lf Cramer, Jackson dh Ricky Surum ss Fox, Justin dh Tom Stoffel ph Wood, Shaun lf Ryan Tufts 3b Nogay, Max ph Ryan Burns ph Simms, Trevor cf Aaron McGarity p Constantini, Michael 3b Tanner McIntyre p Walter, Corey p Totals Tezak, Ryan p Carley, Sean p Totals H Score by Innings R E Virginia Tech West Virginia X Score by Innings R H E West Virginia Virginia Tech X E - Cascadden, T(2); Fragale, S.(3). DP - Hokies 2. LOB - Mountaineers 8; Hokies 11. 2B - Huth, K.(8); Payne, E.(12); Freiday, Jr. 2(5). 3B - Jenco, S. 2(3). HR - Potter, C.(4); Payne, E.(7). HBP - Tufts, R.. SH - Fox, J.(5). SB - Jenco, S.(10). E - Sciretta, P.(2). DP - Hokies 1. LOB - Hokies 8; Mountaineers 7. 2B - Hayden, B.(14); McBroom, R.(11); Rice, J.(7). HBP - O'Brien, C.. SB - Munden, T.(10). CS - Bible, L.(1); Constantini,(1). Virginia Tech ip h r er bb so ab bf np West Virginia ip h r er bb so ab bf np Walter, Corey Aaron McGarity Tezak, Ryan Tanner McIntyre Carley, Sean Sean Keselica West Virginia ip h r er bb so ab bf np Virginia Tech ip h r er bb so ab bf np Woodcock, J Hardy, Jeff Scherzer, L Ennis, Shane McGarity, A Sigman, Jackson Jordan, Seth Wernke, Nick Keller, Adam Win - Woodcock, J. (3-2). Loss - Hardy, J. (2-1). Save - None. WP - Scherzer, L.(11). HBP - by Hardy, J. (Tufts, R.). Inherited runners/scored: Sigman, J. 2/1; Jordan, S. 2/0; Wernke, N, 2/2. Pitches/strikes: Hardy, J. 51/28; Ennis, S. 54/30; Sigman, J. 10/6; Jordan, S. 20/12; Wernke, N, 16/5; Keller, A. 40/23; Woodcock, J. 98/66; Scherzer, L. 28/19; McGarity, A. 11/8. Win - Tezak, R. (4-0). Loss - Keselica, S. (3-4). Save - Carley, S. (3). WP - Tezak, R.(2). HBP - by Keselica, S. (O'Brien, C.). PB - O'Brien, C.(5). Inherited runners/scored: McIntyre, T. 1/0. Pitches/strikes: McGarity, A. 102/69; McIntyre, T. 5/4; Keselica, S. 28/14; Walter, C. 110/67; Tezak, R. 22/14; Carley, S. 12/9. Umpires - HP: Chris Ward 1B: Ron Whiting 3B: Jim Schaly Start: 6:09 pm Time: 2:45 Attendance: 2084 Weather: 82 degrees, sunny Umpires - HP: Matthew Pearman 1B: Tony Carilli 3B: Troy Fullwood Start: 5:34 pm Time: 2:54 Attendance: 719 Weather: M. Cloudy, 78F 6

7 This Week in the Big 12 TUESDAY, MAY 8 Dallas Baptist at No. 10 Texas Tech 7:30 p.m. Prairie View A&M at Baylor 7:35 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 Virginia Tech at West Virginia Prairie View A&M at Baylor FRIDAY, MAY 11 No. 26 Oklahoma at UCF Kansas at K-State* West Virginia at TCU* No. 14 Oklahoma State at Baylor* SATURDAY, MAY 12 No. 14 Oklahoma State at Baylor* West Virginia at TCU* No. 26 Oklahoma at UCF Kansas at K-State* SUNDAY, MAY 13 Kansas at K-State* No. 26 Oklahoma at UCF West Virginia at TCU* No. 14 Oklahoma State at Baylor* All Times Eastern * Big 12 Series Big 12 Standings 6:30 p.m. 7:35 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 7:35 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 5 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2:05 p.m. Big 12 Overall Team Record Record Pct Oklahoma State Texas Oklahoma Texas Tech Baylor TCU West Virginia Kansas Kansas State Big 12 in the RPI RPI Team Record 5 Texas Tech Texas Oklahoma State Oklahoma Baylor West Virginia TCU Kansas Kansas State Kyle Gray s Hot Hitting Continues Junior Kyle Gray is putting up offensive numbers at a record pace, with a 22-game hit streak and 13 home runs. After extending his hit streak to 22 games and hitting four home runs in three games, Gray was named the Big 12 Player of the Week, one of the National Players of the Week by Collegiate Baseball and the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on May 7 Gray s 22-game hit streak is the longest by a Mountaineer since Dan DiBartolomeo s 23-game streak in His 13 home runs are tied for seventh-most in a single season in program history. Fourteen homers will put Gray in a tie for sixth place, while 15 puts him in a tie for fourth. The record is 19, set by Mark Landers in 1994 and tied by Jedd Gyorko in In four games from April 30-May 6, Gray led the league in nearly every statistical category, with a.588 average, a slugging percentage, 10 hits, four home runs, nine RBIs, 24 total bases and eight runs scored, while he was second with a.632 on-base percentage and two doubles. His average in WVU s series at Kansas increased to.615, his slugging percentage to and his on-base percentage was up to.667. Gray had at least two hits, an RBI and a run scored in every game this week for the Mountaineers and hit four home runs in three games at Kansas. His week was highlighted by a career-high-tying four hits and four RBIs with four runs scored on May 4 at KU. He hit the first of four homers on the weekend and was a triple shy of the cycle. The next day, Gray hit a career-high-tying two home runs with three RBIs before closing the week with another two-hit day with his fourth homer in three days on Sunday. In Big 12 play, Gray leads the conference with a.409 batting average and.833 slugging percentage, is second with seven home runs and 55 total bases, fifth with a.474 on-base percentage, sixth with 27 hits, seventh with 20 runs scored. Ranked Series Win West Virginia earned its second consecutive series win from April against No. 19 Texas. An 11-6 loss on April 27 was followed by an 8-6 win the next day and an 8-3 victory in Sunday s finale. West Virginia lost the series-opener, The Mountaineers took a 2-0 lead and led 6-3 after six innings, but the 19th-ranked Longhorns rallied late. On Saturday, WVU used a three-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning after UT scored three of its own to take a 6-5 lead in the top of the inning. The win was secured when righty Alek Manoah stranded the bases loaded with no outs in the ninth inning after also leaving two on in the top of the eighth after UT had taken its lead. Kyle Gray hit home runs and had three RBIs. All but one WVU starter had a hit in the win, in front of a season-high crowd of 2,618, the ninth-largest home crowd in program history. The Mountaineers benefited from a three-run fourth inning, a four-run eighth and a strong performance from the pitching staff in Sunday s 8-3 win. Starter Isaiah Kearns was strong on the mound and earned his first quality start of the season, while Tyler Doanes had a careerbest four RBIs, with a bases-loaded, three-rbi triple in the eighth inning that turned a 4-3 WVU lead into a four-run advantage. In the series, Gray extended his team-best and career-long hit streak to 18 games and his reached-base streak to 19, while Darius Hill extended his career-long hit streak and reachedbase streak to 17 games. Braden Zarbnisky extended his reached-base streak to a careerhigh-tying 18 games and Marques Inman s was extended to a career-best 16 games. Musgrave Earns First Big League Call-Up Former WVU left-handed pitcher Harrison Musgrave earned his first Major League call-up by the Colorado Rockies on April 23, and made his big league debut that night. In his MLB debut with the Rockies on April 23, Musgrave pitched a perfect sixth inning with one strikeout. He threw 10 pitches, eight for strikes. Musgrave is the 23rd Mountaineer in program history to play in the big leagues. He is the first player coached by Randy Mazey at WVU to earn an MLB call-up. Musgrave joins fellow Mountaineer and West Virginia native Jedd Gyorko of the St. Louis Cardinals currently on an MLB roster. A Mountaineer from , Musgrave was drafted by the Rockies in the eighth round of the 2014 MLB Draft. From Nutter Fort, West Virginia, Musgrave earned Second Team All-America honors and was the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year in A two-time All-Big 12 Team honoree, Musgrave s career winning percentage of.750 is eighth-best in program history. In his WVU career, Musgrave went 18-6 with a 2.89 ERA. In 39 starts, he allowed 83 earned runs on 210 hits in innings. He struck out 209 and walked 74. Two-Way Players Kearns, Zarbnisky Recognized on Watch List Junior Braden Zarbnisky and sophomore Isaiah Kearns are two of 25 players named to the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award Watch List. are two of 25 recognized on the watch list. Zarbnisky, who was a finalist for the award last year, also has earned NCBWA Preseason All- America First Team accolades and was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List this season. He was named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on March 5. Kearns and Zarbnisky are two of four players honored from the Big 12 Conference. 7

8 NCBWA Poll May 7 Team Record Last 1 Stanford Florida Oregon State North Carolina N.C. State Arkansas Clemson Ole Miss Southern Miss Texas Tech T-11 Duke T-11 UCLA East Carolina Florida State Georgia Minnesota Texas Kentucky T-19 Auburn T-19 Tennessee Tech Coastal Carolina UConn Stetson Texas A&M Oklahoma State USF Indiana Louisville NR 29 Oklahoma NR 30 Saint John s NR Others receiving votes (Alphabetical): Arizona (28-17), Baylor (26-17), Cal State Fullerton (25-20), Cal (26-19), Dallas Baptist (31-15), FAU ( ), FGCU (31-15), Houston (29-19), Iona (14-30), Iowa (24-16), Jackson State (26-14), Jacksonville (31-16), Louisiana (28-21), Louisiana Tech (32-17), LSU (28-20), Michigan (29-13), Mississippi State (26-22), Nevada (25-19), New Mexico State (31-16), Northeastern (30-14), Pepperdine (24-18), San Diego (21-27), San Diego State (33-15), South Alabama (26-19), South Carolina (28-19), Stony Brook (26-20), Troy (32-16), Tulane (22-27), UC Irvine (27-19), UCF (32-16), UNC Greensboro (33-11), Vanderbilt (25-22), Wichita State (29-16) D1 Baseball Top 25 May 7 Team Record Last 1 Florida Stanford Oregon State North Carolina NC State Ole Miss Arkansas Clemson Southern Miss East Carolina UCLA Texas Tech Duke Florida State Minnesota Georgia NR 17 Texas UConn Auburn NR 20 Stetson NR 21 Kentucky Oklahoma State Tennessee Tech USF Coastal Carolina WVU opponents listed in bold. WVU Walks Off in 10th at PNC Park In their return to PNC Park, the Mountaineers walked off against Penn State, 3-2 in 10 innings, on April 10. Chase Illig drove in the game-winning run as WVU improved to 2-0 at the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Illig drove in the game-winner with a 10th-inning single to score Darius Hill. WVU scored two runs in the first before PSU tallied one in the third and another in the ninth to tie the game at 2-2. Reliever Sam Kessler earned the win after he got a groundout to strand the bases loaded in the top of the 10th. Hill led off the bottom half of the 10th inning with a single and was sacrifice bunted to second. An intentional walk and pop-up followed, to set up Illig. Freshman left-handed starter Jackson Wolf pitched well in his second career start. In 5.0 innings, he allowed one run on three hits with a career-high five strikeouts and one walk. Hill led the Mountaineers with two hits, had an RBI and scored two runs. West Virginia also won last year s meeting at PNC Park, 4-2 win over Penn State. Illig drove in the eventual game-winning run in that contest as well. The was WVU s third visit to an MLB facility in as many years, after playing an exhibition game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at their Spring Training ballpark in 2016 and last year s inaugural college baseball game at PNC Park. Inman Tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week Following an impressive offensive showing vs. UNLV, sophomore Marques Inman was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on April 9. It is the first award of any kind in Inman s career, and he also was named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week. Inman swung a hot bat to lead WVU to a series win vs. UNLV. In three games, he hit.750 with a slugging percentage and a.833 on-base percentage with six hits in eight at-bats, including a home run in every game. He drove in five runs, scored five runs and added three walks, 15 total bases and was hit by a pitch once. From April 2-8, Inman led the Big 12 with a.667 batting average, nearly.100 points higher than the next-highest in the league and had a Big 12-best three homers and 15 total bases. The Elyria, Ohio, native tied for third with five runs scored and tied for fourth with five RBIs. Wolf Named WVU Athlete of the Week Freshman left-hander Jackson Wolf was named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on April 2. Wolf came on in relief on March 29 at No. 7 Texas Tech and pitched four scoreless innings while allowing just two hits. He struck out three and earned his first career win in the 1-0 shutout victory. Zarbnisky Earns WVU Weekly Honor Junior Braden Zarbnisky was named the WVU Student-Athlete of the Week on March 5. Zarbnisky had a career-high five hits, drove in the game-winning run in the 10th inning and earned the win on the mound in a 11-9 victory at Western Kentucky on March. He went 5-for-5 at the plate and drove in the game-winning run in the 10th inning on a single before he scored the team s 11th run, his third run scored of the day. On the mound, Zarbnisky pitched the ninth and 10th innings to earn his first win of the season. In three games on the weekend, Zarbnisky was second in the Big 12 with a.571 batting average and a.600 on-base percentage, tied for sixth with eight hits, including at least one in every game, and had a double and a triple while going 2-for-2 on the basepaths and not committing an error in the field. Brophy Named Big 12 Player of the Week Following a three-home run, eight-rbi performance on Feb. 24, sophomore first baseman Kevin Brophy was named the Big 12 Player of the Week. Brophy hit three home runs, tied for second-most in a single game in team history, with eight RBIs, tied for fifth-most in the Mountaineer record books and two shy of the record, in WVU s 10-8 win over Illinois. He is the third WVU player to hit at least three home runs and drive in eight or more runs in a single game. Along with his first career grand slam in the seventh inning to break a 6-6 tie, Brophy hit a three-run home run in the first inning and a solo homer in the sixth. The three home runs and eight RBIs are the most by a Mountaineer since Grant Buckner had three homers and a programrecord 10 RBIs on May 8, Brophy is one of six Mountaineers all-time to hit three or more home runs in a game and one of six to have eight or more RBIs. In WVU s second game of the day, vs. VCU that night, Brophy hit his fourth home run of the day. In WVU s four games in Conway, South Carolina, he hit.375 with a on-base percentage and 18 total bases. WVU Fifth in Big 12 Preseason Poll West Virginia was voted to finish fifth in the 2018 Big 12 Conference preseason coaches poll for the second straight year. The preseason ranking is tied for WVU s highest since joining the conference in WVU has finished in the top four in the final Big 12 standings in back-to-back seasons and in three of its first five years in the league Big 12 Coaches Preseason Poll 1. Texas Tech (5) TCU (4) Texas Oklahoma West Virginia Kansas 26 Oklahoma State Baylor Kansas State 9 First-place votes in parentheses. Coaches were not permitted to vote for own team.

9 Zarbnisky Earns Preseason Accolades Junior Braden Zarbnisky was named to the Preseason All-America First Team by the NCBWA as the team s utility player. He also was recognized on the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. Zarbnisky is the seventh Mountaineer in program history to earn preseason All-American accolades and the third since coach Randy Mazey took the helm in Zarbnisky joins Matt Schubert (1992) as the only Mountaineer to be recognized on the first team. He is the lone Big 12 player named to the first team and one of four who were named to one of the three NCBWA teams. As a sophomore, Zarbnisky was named to the NCBWA All-America Third Team, the NCBWA District II Player of the Year and was a John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award finalist. He also added All- Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Tournament Team honors. One of the nation s best two-way players, Zarbnisky played in 52 games, with 17 games where he pitched and played in the field or was the designated hitter. At the plate, Zarbnisky led the team with a.336 batting and a.417 on-base percentage and finished second with 12 stolen bases in 12 attempts. He had 42 hits with 12 RBIs, 17 walks and 32 runs scored. On the mound, Zarbnisky led the team in both wins and saves, with six apiece, earning a 6-2 record with a 2.75 ERA, second-best amongst pitchers with at least 3.0 innings pitched. In 39.1 innings pitched, he struck out 46, fourth-most on the team, and allowed 12 earned runs on 35 hits. Homegrown Talent Four West Virginia natives are on the 2018 roster, tied for the secondmost represented state on the team, behind Texas (8). Player Position Year Hometown Shane Ennis RHP Sr. Romney Jimmy Galusky SS r-jr. Arthurdale Michael Grove RHP Jr. Wheeling Chase Illig C r-so. Bluefield Mazey Climbing Up the Wins Chart Coach Randy Mazey is in his sixth season at WVU and owns a record. After leading WVU to the NCAA Tournament in 2017, Mazey was named the East Regional Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the Chuck Tanner College Coach of the Year Award by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh. Mazey became the fifth coach in program history to eclipse the 100- win mark in 2016 and the second to accomplish the feat in his first four seasons. Mazey joins Ira Errett Rodgers ( , 46), Steve Harrick ( ), Dale Ramsburgh ( ) and Greg Van Zant ( ) with at least 100 wins at WVU. Along with Mazey, only Van Zant won his 100th game in his fourth season. Harrick won his 100th game in his eighth, and Rodgers and Ramsburg reached the milestone in their ninth seasons at WVU. In his career, Mazey is and eclipsed the 300-win mark on May 6, Highest-Ranked Recruiting Class in 2019 On Nov. 15, 2017, coach Randy Mazey announced that the highestranked recruiting class in program history has committed to WVU for the 2019 season. The signing class of 16 student-athletes is ranked No. 26 in the nation by Perfect Game, the best in WVU history and the first in the top 30. This year s class eclipses the 2016 class, ranked No. 41 on signing day in The class features Ryan Bergert (Canton, Ohio/GlenOak High), Drew Britt (Downingtown, Pennsylvania/Downingtown West High), Alec Burns (Amherst, New Hampshire/Souhegan High), Lawrence Butler (Atlanta, Georgia/Westlake High), Austin Davis (Orlando, Florida/Conrad Academy), Phillip Dull (Alum Bank, Pennsylvania/ Chestnut Ridge High), Brock Helverson (Schwenksville, Pennsylvania/ Perkiomen Valley High), Madison Jeffrey (Barboursville, West Virginia/ Cabell Midland High), Gabe Kurtzhals (Fort Worth, Texas/Boswell High), Jeremy Lapp-Barger (Sykesville, Maryland/Century High), Theo McDowell (Essex Junction, Vermont/Salisbury School), Paul McIntosh (Miami Gardens, Florida/Motlow State CC), Zach Ottinger (Marietta, Georgia/Lassiter High), Daniel Ouderkirk (Penn Laird, Virginia/ Spotswood High), JJ Sousa (Palm Coast, Florida/Matanzas High) and Tevin Tucker (Petersburg, Virginia/Prince George High). A Look Back on 2017 West Virginia had a record-breaking 2017 season, highlighted by an NCAA Tournament appearance, an All-American, a pair of MLB draft picks, a historical appearance in the national rankings and a win at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. While celebrating their 125th year of baseball, the Mountaineers posted a record, eclipsing the 35-win plateau for the second consecutive year. The 62 games marked the most in a single season in team history. West Virginia earned an NCAA Tournament berth for the 12th time in program history, playing in the Winston-Salem Regional. Seeded second, the Mountaineers made their first tournament appearance since 1996 and were an at-large selection for the first time in team history. WVU went 2-2 and advanced to the regional final for the third time and first since The Mountaineers opened with a 9-1 win over Maryland on June 2 before a 4-3 loss to top-seeded and 13th-ranked Wake Forest, the host of the four-team regional, the following day. West Virginia followed with an 8-5 win over Maryland on June 4 to avoid elimination. Later that evening, WVU s run came to an end with a 12-8 loss to Wake. WVU finished fourth in the Big 12, the No. 1-ranked RPI conference in the country, with a record. The Mountaineers advanced to the Big 12 Championship semifinals for the second straight year. On April 17, West Virginia entered the national rankings for the first time since WVU was ranked nationally in five of the six major polls for the first time in program history. WVU debuted at No. 21 by Baseball America and D1 Baseball, marking the first time that West Virginia made an appearance in either poll. The NCBWA and USA Today Coaches Poll also voted WVU into the Top 25 for the first time ever, while Collegiate Baseball Newspaper had the Mountaineers at No. 25, the first time they were in that poll since the final rankings in 1982, when they were No. 16. Coach Randy Mazey concluded his fifth season at the helm. Following the season, he was named the East Regional Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the Chuck Tanner College Coach of the Year Award by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh. Designated hitter/right-handed pitcher Braden Zarbnisky was named an All-American by the NCBWA, as he was selected to the third team as a utility player. He became the 17th All-American in program history and was awarded the 15th total All-America accolade in Mazey s five years. Zarbnisky earned several additional regional and national honors. The NCBWA District II Player of the Year and a John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award finalist, he also was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and the Big 12 All-Tournament Team. Headlined by All-Big 12 First Team honoree Braden Zarbnisky, West Virginia earned 12 All-Big 12 honors, the most in team history. Kyle Davis, Michael Grove and BJ Myers were named to the second team, while Cole Austin, Jackson Cramer, Jimmy Galusky, Kyle Gray and Darius Hill, Sam Kessler and Brandon White earned honorable mention. Alek Manoah was on the All-Freshman Team. In total, WVU s entire infield and outfield, three starting pitchers and one reliever were honored, along with Zarbnisky s first team accolades as a utility player. Additionally, for the second consecutive year, WVU earned a teamrecord-tying four Big 12 All-Tournament Team accolades. Cramer, Hill, Zarbnisky and Isaiah Kearns were recognized. WVU s four honors were the second-most amongst Big 12 schools. Among the individual records broken, Cramer and Davis each played in a school-record 62 games. Gray walked a team-record 44 times and Jackson Sigman made 36 appearances, the most in a single season in WVU history. Grove was named the NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week, the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and one of the National Players of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, on April 10, after taking a perfect game into the eighth inning in WVU s 8-0 win against Kansas on April 8. The Mountaineers played in front of record-breaking crowds throughout the 2017 season at Monongalia County Ballpark. A total of 40,616 fans in 22 games, for an average of 1,846 per game, filled the stands in 2017, both program records. Additionally, 3,415 saw the Mountaineers face No. 3 TCU on April 15, the largest home crowd in team history. West Virginia played its first-ever game at PNC Park on May 10, a 4-2 victory over Penn State in the first collegiate baseball game at the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A pair of Mountaineers were selected in the 2017 MLB Draft, becoming the 85th and 86th draft selections in team history. Davis was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 15th round and Cramer was picked in the 35th round by the Washington Nationals. WVU has had 16 draft picks in Mazey s five seasons, the most in a five-year stretch in team history. Along with Davis and Cramer, Sigman signed a free agent contract with the Kansas City Royals organization. 9

10 Season Preview A year after making history, the West Virginia University baseball team has raised expectations, increased national attention and an eagerness to keep the momentum going. The Mountaineers, ranked No. 22 in the D1 Baseball Preseason Top 25 and receiving votes in four additional polls, enter the 2018 season with sights set on a return trip to the NCAA Tournament and beyond. WVU made the tournament for the first time in 21 years in 2017, and a loss in the regional final has fueled the fire for 23 returning lettermen and 12 newcomers. When you lose your last game, the summer and fall is going to be pretty long, sixth-year coach Randy Mazey said. So, we feel like we re coming off a great year. We ve set the bar pretty high in this program. Things have changed a little bit, as far as I m concerned, in Mountaineer baseball. The run to the 2017 NCAA Tournament was the latest, and biggest, of many changes around this program. It began in , with the move to the Big 12 Conference and Mazey s arrival in Morgantown. The 2015 season saw the opening of Monongalia County Ballpark, one of the finest collegiate baseball facilities in the country. WVU just missed an NCAA Tournament berth in 2016, with an extra-inning loss in the Big 12 Championship title game. Now, after entering the national rankings last year for the first time since 1982 and appearing in five of the six major polls for the first time ever, WVU is ranked in the preseason for the first time since the 1960s. National media outlets have started to take notice of West Virginia, featuring Mountaineers on preseason watch lists and position rankings and putting the team in postseason conversations. All this while home attendance records have been broken on a yearly basis. Things have changed, but a lot is still the same from 2017, as a strong nucleus from last year s squad returns. Thirteen position players and 12 pitchers are back, while losing just three position players and five pitchers. Six of nine starting position players return, and everyone has extensive starting experience. These guys have been through a lot, Mazey said. A lot of them have been playing every day since they were freshmen, and they have lost some really tough games and won some really big games. That s going to help us when we get into those situations, close games in the ninth inning. When the new guys in the program don t know how to react, the older guys have been through it. Hopefully, that s going to account for some wins this year. The group that returns includes every start at catcher, center field and right field, all but one start at second base, 58 of 62 starts at shortstop and 57 starts at designated hitter. On the mound, every start and save is back. In total, nine of a program-record 12 players who earned All-Big 12 Team honors last season return. That includes junior right-handed pitcher/outfielder Braden Zarbnisky, a Preseason All-America First Team honoree by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer s Association (NCBWA). Last year, Zarbnisky was named to the NCBWA All-America Third Team, the NCBWA District II Player of the Year, a John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award finalist and an All- Big 12 First Team honoree as a sophomore. Added to that is a highly-touted group of 12 newcomers, including two SEC transfers and three junior college transfers, and Mazey has a team he likes. I love this team, Mazey said. We have speed at the top and the bottom. We have guys in the middle who can run the ball out of the yard. We can do some different things and play an up-tempo game. We re going to win some games that way, we re going to win some games by slugging the ball, we re going to win some games by pitching, and we re going to win some games defensively. I don t think we re a one-dimensional team by any stretch of the imagination. It s nice to know that you have a team that s capable of winning in different ways. We ve got a lot of options. One of many things that stands out about the 2018 Mountaineers is its depth and versatility. That will help fill the void left by the three major losses from last year s team, who all played in the minor leagues last summer. Jackson Cramer started all but three games at first base last year and hit a team-high 11 home runs before getting drafted in the 35th round by the Washington Nationals. Left fielder Kyle Davis started every game as a junior, hitting 10 home runs with a team-best.526 slugging percentage, and was drafted in the 15th round by the Houston Astros. Jackson Sigman made a school-record 36 appearances on the mound and notched a teamhigh-tying six wins before graduating and signing a free-agent contract with the Kansas City Royals. The trio left big shoes to fill, but several players returning from injury or waiting for their chance expect to be strong options to take those spots. In the field, Mazey has four catchers, 10 infielders and six outfielders to choose from. On the mound, it s 18 right-handed pitchers and four lefties. The 36-man roster includes seven freshmen, 15 sophomores, 11 juniors and two seniors. Eight Mountaineers come from Texas, and another four from New Jersey, Ohio and West Virginia. Three are from Florida and New York, while two come to WVU from Georgia and Pennsylvania. Alabama, Colorado, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia are all represented on the roster once. Position-by-Position Breakdown PITCHING The pitching staff is headlined by returning weekend right-handed starters BJ Myers and Alek Manoah, who combined for 26 starts a season ago, and Zarbnisky, who had a team-best six saves and six wins. I think we have some depth on this team that we haven t had in the past, Mazey said. I think we can go 10 or 12 guys deep and still put somebody out there that can get good hitters out. So, I m excited about the depth, but we need somebody on this team to step up and win 10 games. If you don t have that guy, then it s hard to have a great year. Somebody s got to take the bull by the horns and be that guy. Myers and Manoah, who both earned All-Big 12 Team accolades a year ago, are expected to lead the starting rotation. Myers, a senior, led the team with 16 starts, 73 strikeouts and 97.2 innings pitched. He has 35 career starts and tied for the team lead with five wins as a junior. Manoah, a sophomore, made 19 appearances with 10 starts. He started his freshman season as a reliever, transitioned to closer before moving to starter, going from WVU s fifth starter up to second in a span of five starts in less than four weeks. In 55.2 innings, he posted a 3.07 ERA, fourth-best among all pitchers with more than 3.0 innings pitched and second among pitchers with at least three starts. There are several contenders to finish out the rotation. Sophomore righty Isaiah Kearns was strong down the stretch in 2017, highlighted by an eight-inning complete game performance in the Big 12 Championship. He allowed one run on three hits against Baylor to earn all-tournament team accolades. Sophomore right-hander Kade Strowd made 17 appearances with eight starts last year, while redshirt junior Conner Dotson returns from an arm injury that sidelined him after he made six starts in You have Myers and Manoah who have pitched in this role last year, Mazey said. So, it looks like they re going to be starting on the weekends, and that third spot is up for grabs. Isaiah Kearns pitched really well going down the stretch last year, as did Kade Strowd. We have some options. In the bullpen, Zarbnisky returns after making 23 relief appearances last year, though he also is an option to start after making four starts as a freshman. Sophomore Sam Kessler was third on the team with 15 appearances in relief in 2017, while Riley Troutt came out of the bullpen 13 times. Myers and Dotson also have experience in relief. We have (Zarbnisky) back there, who had six saves last year, but he also had six wins, Mazey said. So, we re toying with the idea of making him a starter. Sam Kessler had a great year pitching out of the bullpen, and BJ Myers has been a starter and a reliever in his career. Conner Dotson is the same way. We ll just see how it shakes out. It s early and pitch counts aren t very high yet, but a lot of guys are going to get opportunities to finish games. The guy that takes more pride in that role is going to end up being that guy. There also are eight newcomers on the mound. That includes freshmen Tristen Hudson, the 2016 Mountain Lakes Region Player of the Year, and Jackson Wolf, a Perfect Game Underclass All-America Honorable Mention 10

11 in Junior Christian Young was named an NJCAA All-America First Team last season at Niagara CC. Another big addition in the pitching is assistant coach Dave Serrano. One of the most respected and accomplished coaches in collegiate baseball, Serrano has won 446 games and has taken two different teams to the College World Series in 13 years as a head coach. In 23 years as a coach at the Division I level, Serrano has helped guide his teams to seven College World Series appearances and 16 NCAA Tournaments, including the 2004 national title at Cal State Fullerton as an assistant coach. They re buying in to what he s teaching, so I think he s got their attention, Mazey said of Serrano. Whether that be his background or his pedigree or the fact that he s won national championships and been on Team USA. You get instant buy-in even before you meet him, so I think they re buying in to the success that he s had and his ability. I think he s coached 34 pitchers who have gone on to pitch in the big leagues, so how can you not buy in? If you don t, that s your fault, it s not his. INFIELD Juniors Jimmy Galusky and Kyle Gray bring a wealth of experience and solid fielding to the infield. Galusky has started 115 of a possible 120 career games, all at shortstop, while Gray has started 104 of 120 games, the majority at second base. An Arthurdale, West Virginia, native, Galusky was named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention team a year ago after hitting.244 with 48 hits, seven doubles, 26 RBIs, 22 walks and eight stolen bases. He added a team-best 12 sacrifice bunts. Gray also was named to the All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team. He led the team with 44 walks and six triples and finished third with a.393 on-base percentage, while hitting.260 with nine doubles and 31 RBIs. Jimmy Galusky and Kyle Gray, in the middle of the infield, have worked as hard as two middle infielders can at playing together, Mazey said. If there s any justice in this world, then both of those guys will have really good years for us, because our message to the team this year has been you ll get what you deserve and what you ve earned, and those guys deserve to have a great year, based on how hard they ve worked at it. At the corner infield positions, Mazey has several options to fill roles that were taken by veterans a year ago. At first base, redshirt sophomore Marques Inman returns after suffering a season-ending injury early in 2017, along with sophomore Kevin Brophy, who played in 25 games, primarily off the bench. Both put up impressive numbers last year, as Inman hit.351 with a.544 slugging percentage in 57 at-bats, while Brophy hit.300 in 40 at-bats. Manoah s a two-way guy who can play first base, Mazey said. He s got great feel around the bag. Inman is back, and he s working every day to become a great first baseman, and Brophy has shown some great things offensively. So, that s a position that he s been working really hard at. There also are a number of strong options at third base. Freshman Tyler Doanes is expected to see playing time, along with junior Ivan Gonzalez, who has plenty of experience at the hot corner as well as behind the plate. A freshman All-American in 2016, Gonzalez has made 87 career starts, 26 at third base. Twenty of his 37 starts as a freshman came at third base in the final month of the season. Doanes, from Fayetteville, Georgia, helped his team to a pair of state championship appearances, while serving as team captain in 2016 and 17. OUTFIELD The outfield is anchored by a wealth of experience in junior Darius Hill in right and sophomore Brandon White in center. Plenty of options are available in left, including Zarbnisky and sophomore TJ Lake. Hill will once again patrol right field, a post he has held for all but one game of his career. Named to five freshman All-America teams in 2016, Hill was an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team honoree as a sophomore, leading the team with 75 hits and tying for the team lead with 46 RBIs and 14 doubles. His.307 batting average was fourth best on the Mountaineers. Hill also has a knack for clutch hits, with a team-best seven game-winning hits last year, while also recording 14 hits, five RBIs and eight runs scored in WVU s eight postseason contests. He is joined by White in center, also an All-Big 12 Honorable Mention Team honoree in As a freshman, White played in 55 games with 50 starts, all in center field. He led the team with 13 stolen bases and hit.277 with 44 hits and 21 walks. His speed and ability to track down balls in center also led to several dazzling catches, including one that made SportsCenter s Top 10 plays. The Mountaineers speed on the base paths, along with several players who can lay down a bunt, provides an added wrinkle to the lineup. It s letting guys steal bases but, at the same time, if the guy on base is disturbing the pitcher and making him pitch differently, you get a lot better pitches to hit too,, Mazey said of WVU s speed and impact on the team s hitting. Even if we don t steal more bases, I think we can create the impression that we re going to play that way and get a lot better pitches to hit. We might have a game where we don t steal any bases, but the fact that we can run a little bit really helped us win the game. In left, Zarbnisky and Lake have both seen time at the position, either as a starter or a defensive replacement. Zarbnisky hit a team-best.336 in 125 at-bats, with 42 hits and 12 stolen bases in 12 attempts. Lake played in 45 games with 17 starts, hitting.233 with 20 total bases and six steals. Like Zarbnisky, Kearns also can play the outfield when he s not on the mound. Kearns, he s a two-way guy and has tremendous power, Mazey added. He s going to see some days in left field. Zarbnisky, you have to manage him as a two-way guy. He can play left when he s not pitching. TJ Lake is a great defensive outfielder, and he s going to get a lot of games under his belt. So, we have a couple options out there. CATCHER Behind the plate is two familiar faces in Gonzalez and sophomore Chase Illig. Gonzalez started 40 games behind the plate as a sophomore, while Illig played the remaining 22. A freshman All-American in 2016, Gonzalez was named to the Johnny Bench Award Watch List a season ago. He finished second on the team with a.317 batting average and fourth with a.444 slugging percentage. With a career batting average of.342, Gonzalez s bat is expected to find its way into the lineup, even if he s not behind the plate. Illig, from Bluefield, West Virginia, hit.242 as a freshman with three home runs and a.396 slugging percentage. He is coming off a strong summer season with the Bellingham Bells, where he broke the West Coast League record with 15 home runs. We ve got an option behind the plate because Chase Illig had a great summer and is very capable, Mazey said. If we need to get him in the lineup, then that can push Pudge (Ivan Gonzalez) to third base. It just depends on who the matchup is on that particular day how we re going to go, but you re going to see those guys split time quite a bit. Ivan can always go out there when he s not catching and play a pretty good third base for us, Mazey added. We have a new guy, Tyler Doanes, who might see some action over there. He s just a gamer. He can play all three infield positions. He can hit anywhere in the lineup. He can handle the bat. He s got a great mentality, great work ethic. He s going to be, before he leaves here, a tremendous, tremendous player. As far as opening day lineup, I don t know how that s going to shake up yet. If he s in the lineup, I feel pretty good about it and if he s not in the lineup, I ll feel pretty good about his mentality. He s trying to get in the lineup. He s just a real pleasure of a kid to be around, and I m really glad that we have him in the program. 11

12 14 RANDY MAZEY HEAD COH Coaching Record Personal Hometown Johnstown, Pa. Alma Mater Clemson, 1988 (B.S.) Clemson, 1993 (M.S.) Family wife, Amanda; son, Weston; daughter, Sierra Playing Experience Clemson (NCAA) Burlington (Rookie) Miami (Class A) Playing Honors All-C First Team All-C First Team All-C Academic Team All-C Second Team All-C Academic Team Postseason Experience at Clemson NCAA Regional 1991 College World Series at Charleston Southern 1996 NCAA Regional at Tennessee 2001 NCAA Regional 2001 NCAA Super Regional 2001 College World Series at East Carolina NCAA Regional 2004 NCAA Super Regional at TCU , NCAA Regional NCAA Super Regional College World Series at West Virginia 2017 NCAA Regional 12 Year School Clemson Clemson Clemson Clemson Char. Southern Char. Southern Char. Southern Georgia East Carolina Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee East Carolina East Carolina East Carolina TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia West Virginia Pos. W-L NCAA Regional CWS Regional Regional HC HC HC Regional CWS HC Regional HC S. Regional HC Regional Regional 44-1 Regional S. Regional CWS Regional S. Regional HC HC HC HC HC Regional HC Total Years Coaching Total Years Head Coach NCAA Tournaments College World Series Record at WVU Head Coaching Record 28th 12th (.557) (.547)