WEEK NO. 15 MAY 26-28, 2016

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1 CAL STATE FULLERTON BASEBALL GAME NOTES Baseball Contact: Rafael Guerrero / raguerrero@fullerton.edu Office Phone: (657) / Cell Phone: (310) RECORD: 33-20, 15-6 (Big West) 2016 REGULAR SEASON DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME/SCORE Sat. Jan. 30 Alumni % Fullerton, Calif. 1:00 PM Sat. Feb. 20 at Stanford (DH1) Stanford, Calif. L 2-0 Sat. Feb. 20 at Stanford (DH2) Stanford, Calif. L 2-1 Sun. Feb. 21 at Stanford Stanford, Calif. W 4-3 Tues. Feb. 23 NC Dinos % Fullerton, Calif. L 10-1 Fri. Feb. 26 Indiana Fullerton, Calif. W 8-3 Sat. Feb. 27 Indiana Fullerton, Calif. W 3-2 (14) Sun. Feb. 28 Indiana Fullerton, Calif. W 6-1 Wed. March 2 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. L 2-0 Fri. March 4 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas W 7-3 Sat. March 5 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas L 6-5 Sun. March 6 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas W 4-1 Tues. March 8 Arizona State Fullerton, Calif. L 5-3 Wed. March 9 Arizona State Fullerton, Calif. L 2-1 (14) Fri. March 11 Wichita State Fullerton, Calif. W 9-1 Sat. March 12 Wichita State Fullerton, Calif. W 5-0 Sun. March 13 Wichita State Fullerton, Calif. W 7-1 Tues. March 15 San Diego State Fullerton, Calif. W 8-1 Fri. March 18 Maryland Fullerton, Calif. W 3-2 (10) Sat. March 19 Maryland Fullerton, Calif. L 8-4 Sun. March 20 Maryland Fullerton, Calif. L 1-0 Mon. March 21 at USC (PAC-12 Los Angeles) Los Angeles, Calif. L 3-2 Thurs. March 24 #20 Long Beach State Fullerton, Calif. L 5-4 (12) Fri. March 25 #20 Long Beach State Fullerton, Calif. W 4-2 Sat. March 26 #20 Long Beach State Fullerton, Calif. L 5-4 Tues. March 29 at UCLA (PAC-12 Los Angeles) Los Angeles, Calif. W 14-7 Fri. April 1 CSUN* (ESPN3) Fullerton, Calif. W 7-4 Sat. April 2 CSUN* Fullerton, Calif. W 2-1 Sun. April 3 CSUN* Fullerton, Calif. W 8-5 Tues. April 5 San Diego Fullerton, Calif. W 4-2 Fri. April 8 at Cal Poly* San Luis Obispo, Calif. W 2-1 Sat. April 9 at Cal Poly* San Luis Obispo, Calif. L 1-0 Sun. April 10 at Cal Poly* San Luis Obispo, Calif. L 6-3 Fri. April 15 UC Davis* (ESPN3) Fullerton, Calif. W 10-0 Sat. April 16 UC Davis* Fullerton, Calif. W 3-2 Sun. April 17 UC Davis* Fullerton, Calif. W 13-3 Tues. April 19 at CSU Bakersfield Bakersfield, Calif. W 8-3 Fri. April 22 UNLV Fullerton, Calif. W 12-4 Sat. April 23 UNLV Fullerton, Calif. W 6-0 Sun. April 24 UNLV Fullerton, Calif. L 2-0 Tues. April 26 UCLA (ESPNU) Fullerton, Calif. W 10-7 Fri. April 29 at UC Irvine* (ESPN3) Irvine, Calif. L 2-0 Sat. April 30 at UC Irvine* Irvine, Calif. W 6-4 Sun. May 1 at UC Irvine* Irvine, Calif. W 7-2 Tues. May 3 at San Diego State San Diego, Calif. L 7-2 Fri. May 6 UC Riverside* Fullerton, Calif. W 2-1 Sat. May 7 UC Riverside* Fullerton, Calif. W 6-2 Sun. May 8 UC Riverside* Fullerton, Calif. W 9-2 Fri. May 13 at #24 UC Santa Barbara* Santa Barbara, Calif. L 3-2 Sat. May 14 at #24 UC Santa Barbara* Santa Barbara, Calif. W 18-2 Sun. May 15 at #24 UC Santa Barbara* Santa Barbara, Calif. W 6-3 Fri. May 20 Hawai i* (ESPN3) Fullerton, Calif. L 6-3 Sat. May 21 Hawai i* (ESPN3) Fullerton, Calif. W 8-3 Sun. May 22 Hawai i* Fullerton, Calif. L 3-2 Tues. May 24 USC Fullerton, Calif. L 2-1 Thurs. May 26 at #22 Long Beach State* Long Beach, Calif. 6:00 PM Fri. May 27 at #22 Long Beach State* Long Beach, Calif. 6:00 PM Sat. May 28 at #22 Long Beach State* (PT) Long Beach, Calif. 1:00 PM NCAA POSTSEASON Fri-Mon June 3-6 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA Fri-Mon June NCAA Super Regionals TBA TBA Sat-W. June NCAA College World Series Omaha, Neb. TBA WEEK NO. 15 MAY 26-28, 2016 this week in titan baseball Date...Opponent (Venue) Pacific Time... How to Follow the Titans Thurs. May 26...at #22 Long Beach State (Blair Field) 6 p.m... LVS/AUDIO Fri. May 27...at #22 Long Beach State (Blair Field) 6 p.m... LVS/AUDIO Sat. May 28...at #22 Long Beach State (Blair Field) 1 p.m... TV/LVS/AUDIO LVS = Live Stats; AUDIO = Listen for free on fullertontitans.com BWTV = Video on BigWest.tv; TV = Broadcast; VIDEO = Video NO. 23 CAL STATE FULLERTON OVERALL: CONFERENCE: 15-6 BIG WEST CONFERENCE IN THE POLLS CSF LBSU BASEBALL AMERICA COLLEGIATE BASEBALL USA TODAY COACHES NCBWA D1Baseball.com RV NR NR PROBABLE PITCHING MATCH-UPS NO. 22 LONG BEACH STATE OVERALL: CONFERENCE: 14-7 BIG WEST CONFERENCE THURSDAY CSF - RHP, Connor Seabold (6-5, 2.35 ERA) at LBSU - RHP, Chris Mathewson (7-4, 3.63 ERA) FRIDAY CSF - LHP, John Gavin (6-2, 2.31 ERA) at LBSU - RHP, Darren McCaughan (9-1, 2.04 ERA) SATURDAY CSF - RHP, Colton Eastman (7-2, 2.28 ERA) at LBSU - RHP, Tanner Brown (7-3, 3.30 ERA) NO. 23 TITANS FACE OFF WITH NO.22 DIRTBAGS FOR CONFERENCE CROWN: After 53 games, the Big West Conference title will be decided on the final weekend of the regular season as the first-place Titans travel to Blair Field to take on the Dirtbags. CATCH ALL THE ACTION: Fans can follow the action for all this week s games with live stats and live audio. All links can be found on FullertonTitans.com. SOCIAL MEDIA: on Twitter for daily updates during the 2016 season. Fullerton baseball is also on Instagram, so make sure to follow the 2016 team all * Big West Conference contest. (ESPN#) - Game will be televised by ESPN family of networks. (PT) - Game will be televised by Fox Sports Prime Ticket %Exhibition at Goodwin Field # - Baseball America Top-25 Ranking at time of game Dates and times are subject to change. Home games in BOLD. ON THE TICKET: Saturday s series finale, a game that could be for the outright Big West title, will be broadcast on Fox Sports Prime Ticket. First pitch is set for 1:06 p.m. The game will also be available online and on mobile devices via FoxSportsGo.com and the FoxSportsGo app. A cable or satellite TV subscription is required.

2 PRESEASON Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 FINAL NATIONAL POLL TRACKER WEEK BA CB USA NCBWA D1 PREV WK NR NR NR NR RV NR NR RV NR NR RV RV NR 2-2 NR NR NR NR NR 1-3 NR NR NR RV NR 4-0 NR NR NR NR NR 2-2 NR 28 RV RV NR 3-0 NR 28 RV RV NR 3-1 NR 17 RV RV NR RV RV NR RV RV BA = Baseball America, CB = Collegiate Baseball, USA = USA Today, NCBWA = NCBWA, D1 = D1Baseball.com WEEK 2/22 2/29 3/7 3/14 3/21 3/28 4/4 4/11 4/18 4/25 5/2 5/9 5/16 5/23 5/ BIG WEST STANDINGS BIG WEST CONFERENCE PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK PLAYER Big West Games PITCHER All Games TEAM W L T Pct. GB W L T Pct. CSF LBSU UCSB UH CSUN CP UCR UCI UCD UCR = UC Riverside, LBSU = Long Beach State, UCI = UC Irvine, CP = Cal Poly, CSF = Cal State Fullerton, UCSB = UC Santa Barbara, CSUN = Cal State Northridge, UCD = UC Davis * Big West Champions, ^ Automatic bid to NCAA Postseason #Postseason Berth Alex McKenna, Fr., 2B, CP Colton Eastman, Fr. RHP, CSF Austin Bush, So., INF, UCSB Kenny Rosenberg, So., LHP, CSUN John Schuknecht, Sr., OF, CP Angel Rodriguez, Sr., RHP, CSUN Fred Smith, Jr., INF, CSUN Connor Seabold, So., RHP, CSF Keston Hiura, So., OF, UCI Erich Uelman, So., RHP, CP Josh Adams, So., DH, UCSB Kenny Rosenberg, So., LHP, CSUN Vince Fernandez, Jr., OF, UCR Tanner Brown, Sr., RHP, LBSU Jacob Sheldon-Collins, Sr., SS, UH Darren McCaughan, So., RHP, LBSU Tanner Pinkston, Sr., 1B, CSF Shane Bieber, Jr., RHP, UCSB John Schuknecht, Sr., OF, CP Kyle Smith, So., LHP, CP Ruben Cardenas, Fr., OF, CSF Elliot Surrey, Sr., LHP, UCI Dalton Blaser, Sr., OF, CSF Connor Seabold, So., RHP, CSF John Schuknecht, Sr., OF, CP Darren McCaughan, So., RHP, LBSU Vince Fernandez, Jr., OF, UCR Kenny Rosenberg, So., LHP, CSUN WHAT S THE SCENARIO?: There are three possible outcomes this weekend as the Titans face the Dirtbags, nursing a one-game lead atop the conference standings. Fullerton needs just one victory in the threegame series to earn a share of the Big West title, which happened in Two Titans victories would clinch the title outright for Fullerton. If the Dirtbags sweep the series, they would earn the conference championship outright for their first Big West title since 2008 and first solo title since Two wins for the Dirtbags would also secure Long Beach State the conference s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament since they would own the tiebreaker over the Titans by winning the head-to-head conference series. POLL POSITION: The Titans are ranked No. 23 in this week s Baseball America top-25 poll and No. 25 in D1Baseball.com s poll. Fullerton is ranked No. 20 in Collegiate Baseball s top-30 rankings while coming in at No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. The Titans are receiving votes in the NCBWA poll. RPI WATCH: The Titans checked in at No. 53 in Wednesday s NCAA RPI ratings after dropping a 2-1 decision to USC on Tuesday night and losing three of their last five contests.. CSF vs. LONG BEACH STATE ALL-TIME SERIES First Year Played/Last Year Played /2016 Overall Record Current Streak... Lost 1 PCAA/Big West Conference Record SCBA Conference Record Overall Conference (PCAA/Big West and SCBA) Big West Conference Tournament Record NCAA Regional Record Overall NCAA Postseason Record Home Record Road Record Neutral Record Longest Winning Streak games (04/12/85 to 04/10/88) Longest Losing Streak...5 games (05/24/02 to 03/28/03) Extra Innings Most Runs Scored in a Game runs (05/02/80) Most Runs Scored in a Game by Opponent runs, 2 times (last on 05/19/01) Largest Margin of Victory runs (03/31/81) Largest Margin of Defeat runs, 2 times (last on 05/16/99) TITANS AND THE BIG WEST: Overall, Cal State Fullerton has posted a dominant (.742) conference record over 42 seasons. Rick Vanderhook, the school s fifth Div. I head coach, has compiled a Big West Conference record in his five seasons at the helm and won consecutive conference titles in 2012 and He helped lead the Titans to another title in 2015, following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Augie Garrido (14). Larry Cochell (1), George Horton (7) and Dave Serrano (3). Overall, the Titans have won 28 conference titles. A further breakdown has the Titans winning three PCAA conference championships ( , 1987), eight straight SCBA titles ( ), and 17 while playing under the Big West name ( , 94-95, 1997, , , 2008, , 2015). The Big West absorbed the PCAA records in 1990 upon its formation, giving the Titans 20 total Big West championships and a (.727; 34 years) PCAA/Big West Conference record. LONG BEACH STATE NOTES: The Dirtbags are on fire, having won nine straight games including a three-game sweep over UC Davis this past weekend in which they outscored the Aggies Earlier this season, Long Beach State took two of three games from the Titans in the annual non-conference series between the teams. It was the 13th time the teams had met in a non-conference three-game set during the season and just the fourth time Fullerton dropped it to Long Beach State. The Titans lost the series in consecutive seasons in and also dropped the series last season. In conference play, the Titans swept the series against Long Beach State last season after dropping two of three to the Dirtbags at Blair Field in FEELING PRESIDENTIAL: For the fourth straight presidential election year, the Titans and Dirtbags will square off in the final weekend of the season at Blair Field with the conference title on the line. In 2004, the

3 PROBABLE STARTERS POS PLAYER NOTES C Chris Hudgins Returned to starting lineup Tuesday vs. USC 1B Jake Pavletich In the midst of a 13-game hitting streak 2B Hank LoForte Batting.283 in 32 games this season, making 23 starts SS Timmy Richards Leads team with nine home runs. Batting.292 w/ 35 runs scored 3B Jerrod Bravo Batting.286 with a.365 on-base percentage in Big West play. LF Josh Vargas Leads the team with 13 stolen bases CF Scott Hurst Batting.333 with six RBIs in Big West Conference play RF Dalton Blaser Leads the team with a.361 batting average DH Ruben Cardenas Drove in a career-high six RBIs Saturday at UC Santa Barbara SP Connor Seabold 6-5, 2.35 ERA with 90 strikeouts and 7 walks in 76.2 innings pitched SP Colton Eastman 7-2, 2.21 ERA with 84 strikeouts and 20 walks in 85.2 innings pitched SP John Gavin 6-2, 2.31 ERA with 55 strikeouts and 28 walks in 78 innings SP Blake Quinn 4-3, 2.59 ERA with 58 strikeouts in 55.2 innings pitched RP Scott Serigstad Leads team with 23 appearances and 4 saves. RP Chad Hockin Has a 1.17 ERA, 21 Ks and.165 opp. BA in 18 appearances this season Titans held a two-game lead over the Dirtbags with three to play. Fullerton proceeded to sweep the series and eventually roll along to its fourth NCAA national championship. In 2008, the teams faced an identical situation to this season. The Titans were 15-6 in conference and held a one-game lead over the 14-7 Dirtbags. Long Beach State dropped the first game but took the next two to grab a share of the title and secure the conference s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. In 2012, the 15-6 Titans again held a one-game lead over the 14-7 Dirtbags going into the final three games at Blair Field. The Titans shutout the Dirtbags, 4-0, in the first game and then won the third game by a score of 5-1 after dropping game two by the same score. The Titans won the conference title and Cal Poly leaped over Long Beach State for second place after sweeping UC Riverside on the final weekend to finish 16-8 in conference play. Fullerton secured the automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament, the only Big West team to advance to the postseason in PICKED TO WIN IT: Cal State Fullerton was selected as the favorite to win the 2016 Big West titles as selected by the nine conference head coaches in the Big West Preseason Coaches Poll. The Titans received four first-place votes and 71 points overall. UC Irvine received one first-place vote and 65 points. Long Beach State garnered three first-place votes and 62 points overall to slot in at third while UC Santa Barbara was picked fourth with 60 points overall. CSUN (44), Cal Poly (43), Hawai i (27), UC Riverside (17), and UC Davis (16) round out the poll Coaches Poll Results 1. Cal State Fullerton (4) UC Irvine (1) Long Beach State (3) UC Santa Barbara (1) CSUN Cal Poly Hawai i UC Riverside UC Davis 16 ( ) First Place Vote HOMECOMING: Timmy Richards went to Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif., which is located directly across the street from Blair Field. His childhood home was mere blocks away from the Long Beach State campus and the 6-foot shortstop could be a key in wiping out the Dirtbags conference title hopes. Richards leads the Titans and is tied for the Big West lead with nine home runs on the season, a mark that has him ranked 148th in the nation. He is batting.292 on the season and leads Fullerton with a.503 slugging percentage. He is second on the team with 10 stolen bases and tied for second with 31 RBIs. Richards also ranks third on the team in runs (35), hits (57), doubles (12) and walks (22). WHO DOES WHAT? Rick Vanderhook: A long-time veteran of the 3rd base coaching box, Hook calls the offense and also manages the outfielders from the dugout Jason Dietrich: Coach Dietrich is in his third season on the staff and serves as the recruiting coordinator. Dietrich is the pitching coach and makes the trips to the mound and the pitching changes. Chad Baum: Coach Baum is in charge of the catchers, and helps with the hitting instruction and defensive alignments from the dugout. He coaches third base. J.J. Altobelli: Entering his first season with the Titans, coach Prettyman is in charge of the infielders. TITANS IN THE POSTSEASON Fullerton made its 37th NCAA postseason appearance in its 41 seasons at the Div. I level. The exceptions were 1985, 1986, 1989 and The current string of 24 CONSECUTIVE appearances is third longest in the nation behind Miami (43), Florida State (38), who both made the tournament in Fullerton s streak of eight consecutive Regional victories came to an end in 2011, but won its 21st Regional title in Overall it has won 21 Regional titles including a national best 11 on the road (two each in Fresno and Baton Rouge and one each at USC, Austin, Starkville, Stillwater, South Bend, Tempe and San Diego). The Titans NEVER hosted a regional before 2000 but have since hosted 12 at home (10-2) they lost the first (USC, 2000) and won eight in a row before being eliminated by Illinois in In 2015, they went 3-0 at the Fullerton Regional, defeating No. 4 seed Pepperdine twice and No. 2 seed Arizona State. The Titans have NEVER gone winless in Regional play., the only program with more than 37+ appearances (8 total) to do so. They have gone 0-2 only twice in a Super Regional (2008 & 2013) and five times in Omaha (1975, 1982, 1990, 2007 and 2009). The Titans all-time NCAA record is (.651) including in Regional (99-41,.707); Super Regional (18-11,.620) play and (.540) in Omaha. The Titans CWS appearance in 2015 was their 17th, which is now tied with LSU for seventh most. Fullerton is ranked No. 2 in the Super Regional Era (since 1999), making eight appearances in Omaha. (LSU, Miami, North Carolina, Rice, South Carolina and Stanford have made six). A THOUSAND TO ONE SHOT: Titans assistant coach Chad Baum is in the midst of his 18th season as an assistant coach. Following Saturday s series finale, he will have coached in 1,000 games. He currently holds a record as an assistant at the NCAA Division I level. He has coached more than half of those games as a member of

4 the Titans coaching staff ( , 2012-present), holding a record as a member of the Titans coaching staff. BASEBALL INFORMATION 2015 Overall Record: Big West Conference Record (Place): (1st) 2015 Postseason: at Fullerton Regional, Fullerton, Calif at Louisville Super Regional, Louisville, Ky at NCAA College World Series, Omaha, Neb. Final 2015 Rankings:...9th (Baseball America)... 8th (Collegiate Baseball)...7th (USA Today Coaches)...7th (NCBWA)...7th (D1Baseball.com) HISTORICAL First Year of Div. I Baseball (Years) (40 years) All-Time Div. I Record (.699) Conference Record: (.741) Record at Goodwin Field (since late 1992) Conference Championships Won (Years): ( , 1987, , , 1997, , , 2008, , 2015) All-Time Postseason Record (.651) All-Time NCAA Regional Record (.707) All-Time NCAA Super Regional (.621) All-Time College World Series Record (.540) NCAA Appearances (Years): ( , , 1990, ) Consecutive NCAA Appearances:...24 Super Regional Appearances (Years) (1999, 2001, , 2013, 2015) College World Series Appearances (Years): (1975, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, , , 2001, , , 2009, 2015) National Championships (Years):...4 (1979, 1984, 1995, 2004) TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE 0...Losing Seasons in 39 Years at the Div. I level 3...Golden Spikes Award Winners 4...National Championships 5...College World Series Most Outstanding Players 5... United States Olympians 6... National Players of the Year 7...National Coach of the Year Awards First-Round Draft Picks Consecutive Years with At Least One All-American/...All-American Pitcher College World Series Appearances Current Consecutive Postseason Berths US National Team Members 28...Division I Conference Championships 37...NCAA Regional Appearances 59...Former Titans to Have Played in the Major Leagues All-Americans BLASER FEASTING ON THE BIG WEST: Senior Dalton Blaser has wreaked havoc on Big West competition this season, batting.425 (31-for-73) in 21 conference games. He has posted a OPS (.616 slg/.500 obp) in Big West play and has tallied at least one hit in 11 of the last 13 conference games, going hitless in both losses to Hawai i over the weekend. He has 10 multi-hit games in conference play and has driven in three or more runs three times in conference. PINKSTON SUFFERS ELBOW INJURY: Titans first baseman Tanner Pinkston played in 52 games and had not missed a start for the team this season before suffering a dislocated elbow in the third inning on a play at first base. He missed his first game of the season Tuesday night against USC and is considered a game-time decision all weekend at Long Beach State. HUDGINS RETURNS TO LINEUP: Sophomore and Johnny Bench Award Watch List catcher Chris Hudgins made his return to the Titans lineup this week after missing 20 games with a finger injury. He entered Sunday night s game against Hawai i as a pinch-hitter and got started at catcher Tuesday night against USC. It was Hudgins first start since April 10 at Cal Poly. PITCHING AIN T EASY, UNLESS YOU RE THESE GUYS: This weekend s series will feature the top-two teams in the Big West Conference in terms of pitching. The Titans are first in strikeouts (461) and team ERA (2.27) while the Dirtbags are second in both categories (446 Ks; 3.19 ERA). The Titans have four pitchers ranked in the top-100 in the nation with Colton Eastman (56th, 2.21), John Gavin (71st, 2.31), Blake Quinn (75th, 2.34) and Connor Seabold (76th, 2.35). Meanwhile, Seabold ranks second in the country with a strikeout-to-walk ratio and fifth in the country with a 0.82 walks allowed per-nine innings average. He s also 11th in WHIP. Not to be outdone, Long Beach State s Darren McCaughan is currently 33rd in the nation and first in the conference with a 2.04 ERA. He is also ranked fourth in the nation and leads the Big West with a 0.81 WHIP. Dirtbags closer Chris Rivera leads the conference with 13 saves, a mark which ranks ninth in the nation. SMALL BALL COMING UP BIG: The Titans currently rank 21st in the nation and second in the conference with 54 sacrifice bunts. They trail only the Dirtbags, who lead the conference with 64 and rank eighth in the country in the category. The Dirtbags have two players ranked in the top-50 in sacrifice bunts including Zach Domingues, who MISCELLANEOUS TALLIES 2016 Most runs for CSF in a game...18 at UC Santa Barbara (May 14) Most runs by an opponent in a game...8 vs. Maryland (March 19) Most hits for CSF in a game...21 at UC Santa Barbara (May 14) Most hits for an opponent in a game vs. Maryland (March 19) Fewest hits in a game for CSF...3 at Cal Poly (April 9) Fewest hits in a game for an opponent...1 vs. Wichita State (March 11) Titan come-from-behind wins...12, last vs. Hawai i (May 21) Titans biggest comeback...2 runs, 5x, last vs. Hawai i (May 21) Biggest lead blown (to lose)... 2 runs, 5x, last at San Diego State (May 3) Last at bat Titan victories... 3x, last vs. #20 Long Beach State (March 25) Titan walk-off victories... 2x, last vs. Maryland (March 18) Last at bat Titan losses...2 vs. #20 Long Beach State (March 24) Walk-off losses...na Overcome 1-run deficit to win... 8x, last vs. Hawai i (May 21) Overcome 2-run deficit to win... 5x, last vs. Hawai i (May 21) Overcome 3-run deficit to win...na Overcome 4-run deficit to win...na Overcome 5-plus run deficit to win...na Biggest Titan inning... 8 runs (2nd inning) at UCLA (March 29) Biggest opponent inning...4 runs, 2x, last (3rd inning) at San Diego State (May 3) Titans scored at least 3 runs in an inning...30x, last (5, 3rd inning) vs. Hawai i (May 21) Titans scored at least 4 runs in an inning...15x, last (5, 3rd inning) vs. Hawai i (May 21) Titans scored 5-plus runs in an inning... 6x, last (5, 3rd inning) vs. Hawai i (May 21) Opponent scored at least 3 runs in an inning...8x, last (6th inning) vs. Hawai i (May 20) Opponent scored at least 4 runs in an inning...2x, last (3rd inning) at San Diego State (May 3) Opponent scored at least 5-plus runs in an inning...na

5 2016 HONOR ROLL is second in the country with 19 sacrifice bunts. BIG WEST CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dalton Blaser (May 9) Ruben Cardenas (May 2) Tanner Pinkston (April 18) BIG WEST CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK Connor Seabold (March 14, May 9) Colton Eastman (Feb. 23) JOHNNY BENCH AWARD WATCH LIST Chris Hudgins (Initial) NCBWA STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST Chad Hockin (Initial) PAV STILL RAKES: Jake Pavletich made his Titans debut as a pinch-hitter on April 17 against UC Davis, getting a hit in his first career at-bat. The hits have not stopped for Pavletich as he is in the midst of a 13-game hitting streak, having appeared in 14 games for the Titans this season including 11 straight starts at third base. The only game where he didn t register a hit came on April 22 against UNLV when he entered solely as a defensive substitution at first base and he did not register an at-bat. Pavletich is currently batting.386 (17-for-44) and has seven RBIs in 14 games, 11 of them starts. He has three multi-hit games including his first career three-hit game on May 14 at UC Santa Barbara, where he recorded his first multi-rbi game by driving in two in the Titans lopsided 18-2 win against the Gauchos. HOLDING DOWN THE FORT: Freshman Hank LoForte has started to find his stride for the Titans lately, particularly in conference play. LoForte has played in 32 games this season, making 23 starts overall. He has hits in 10 of the last 13 games he has played including three multi-hit games. His batting average was at.143 on April 22 but he has improved that to a.283 mark in the 15 games since. LEADING THE WAY: The Titans pitching staff is ranked first in the nation with a 2.27 ERA. They have allowed 122 earned runs in 482 and 2/3 innings pitched. This season, they allowed just one earned run in a three-game sweep of Wichita State and three earned in a sweep of UC Davis. In addition, the Titans are ranked first in the country in hits allowed per nine innings, allowing just 6.82 hits per game. Fullerton is also ranked first in the nation with a 1.04 WHIP, third in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.44) and seventh in walks allowed per nine innings (2.50). YOU DON T SCORE UNTIL YOU SCORE: This season, the Titans are just 3-13 when scoring two runs or less in a game. However, the Titans have lost nine times when holding opponents to score two runs or less including Tuesday s 2-1 loss to USC at Goodwin Field. GOING, GOING, GONE: The Titans have blasted 25 home runs in 53 games this season after belting 20 in 64 games all of last year. They hit three home runs on May 8 against UC Riverside, marking the first time the Titans hit three in a game since Overall, Timmy Richards leads the way this season with nine homers. Dalton Blaser has four homers while Chris Hudgins has gone yard three times along with freshman Ruben Cardenas. Josh Vargas has belted a pair of homers along with Tanner Pinkston. Niko Pacheco and Jerrod Bravo each have one. Of the 25 homers, 19 have been hit at Goodwin Field. The Titans are 16-4 this year when hitting at least one home run in a game and are 10-7 when the opponent hits at least one homer. THOSE WHO FALL BEHIND, GET LEFT BEHIND: The Titans have been nearly unbeatable when holding a lead late in a game. Fullerton is 29-1 when leading after six innings, 30-2 when ahead after seven innings and 31-1 when leading after eight innings. PLAYING ALL THE HITS: Fullerton has out-hit its opponent on 32 occasions this season and holds a 30-2 record when that happens. It s a much different story when the Titans are out hit in a game as the team is winless this year on those occasions, holding an 0-16 record. The Titans are 3-2 this year when the hits are tied. CLOSE CALLS: Fullerton has played 18 one-run games this year and are 7-11 in those contests. SETTING THE TONE: Cal State Fullerton has outscored its opponents in the first inning of games this season and have put up at least one run in the opening frame 21 times. They are 17-4 when scoring in the first inning this season. FIRST BLOOD: The Titans are 23-5 when scoring first in a game and when the opponent gets on the board first. CONTINUED EXCELLENCE: The Titans beat UC Riverside on May 8 for their 30th win of the season. Fullerton has won 30-plus games in each of its 42 seasons at the Div. I level and are tied for third in the nation when it comes to most consecutive 30-win campaigns. The only Titan team to win as few as 30 games was the 1989 squad skippered by Larry Cochell. The Titans clinched a winning season on Friday night and have never had a

6 losing season at the Div. I level. Fullerton comes in tied for third with Clemson and behind Arizona State and Miami. Consecutive 30+ win seasons (active) 1...Arizona State Miami, Fla Cal State Fullerton Clemson...42 ON THE SIX: Freshman Ruben Cardenas set a new career high on May 14 at UC Santa Barbara, driving in six runs in the Titans 18-2 win. Cardenas was a triple short of hitting for the cycle as he went 4-for-6 with a double and a two-run home run while also scoring three runs. MADE IN FULLERTON: Titans head coach Rick Vanderhook collected his 1,100th win as a member of the Cal State Fullerton coaching staff on May 1 at UC Irvine, a 7-2 victory. He has recorded 1,100 victories in 26 seasons as a member of the Titans coaching staff. He was a part of 913 wins as an assistant coach with the Titans ( , ) and has recorded 193 victories in five seasons as head coach of the Titans. Overall, Vanderhook has posted a record as a member of the Titans coaching staff. BLASER AND SEABOLD SWEEP PLAYER OF THE WEEK HONORS: Dalton Blaser and Connor Seabold garnered the weekly Big West Conference baseball awards on May 9 after a sweep of UC Riverside. In four games last week, Blaser batted 9-for-14 (.643) with five runs scored and five RBIs on his way to Big West Player of the Week honors. In the series opener vs. UCR, Blaser batted 4-for-4 with a double and run scored to help the Titans to a 2-1 victory. Overall, he finished the UCR series batting 8-for-10 (.800), producing three consecutive multiple-hit games with four RBIs and five runs scored, including hitting two home runs in the series finale, a 9-2 victory. For Blaser, this is his first Big West Player of the Week Award in 2016 and the third for the Titans as a team. He is also in the midst of a nine-game hitting streak heading into this weekend and leads the team with a.372 batting average. Seabold tossed seven shutout innings and scattered four hits to pick up his sixth win of the season Friday night against UC Riverside as well as Big West Pitcher of the Week accolades. He struck out a career-high 12 batters while issuing just one walk and allowed just two batters to advance to second base. He retired 10 of the last 11 batters he faced including nine straight. For Seabold, it was his second Pitcher of the Week award and the third this year for the Titans. CARDENAS NAMED BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Cal State Fullerton outfielder Ruben Cardenas was named the Big West Conference Field Player of the Week on May 2. He became the second Titans player to earn the nod this season after Tanner Pinkston earned the award on April 18. Connor Seabold and Colton Eastman have each been named the conference s pitcher of the week this season. Cardenas had a role in more than half of the Titans run total in the four games as he scored four runs and drove in eight. He had a slugging percentage in the UC Irvine series. He also nabbed a runner at the plate in the team s game two win, preserving a three-run lead for Fullerton. Of his eight hits during the week, six went for extra bases. The right fielder produced four doubles and two triples, hitting.500 (8-for-16) with a slugging percentage to help lead the team to three wins. Cardenas delivered a career-high four RBIs in a 10-7 non-conference win over UCLA on April 29. He had a bases-clearing three-run double that gave Fullerton a 10-3 lead and ultimately proved to be the gamewinning runs. He clubbed a pair of run-scoring doubles in a 6-4 win over UC Irvine on April 30 including a two-run double in the fifth that proved to be the game-winning runs once again. On May 1, Cardenas knocked in his third game-winning run of the week, belting a two-run triple in the Titans five-run third inning to put Fullerton up 3-0. The Titans would go on to win 7-2 as he finished the game 3-for- 5 with a double, triple and two RBIs. GAME-WINNING RBI TRACKER Timmy Richards 6 May 14 at #24 UC Santa Barbara, 1-run 1B (2nd inning) April 23 vs. UNLV, 1-run double to RF (1st inning) April 2 vs. CSUN, 1-run single to CF (4th inning) March 25 vs. Long Beach St., 1-run HR to CF (8th inning) March 18 vs. Maryland, 1-run HR to LF (10th inning) March 4 at Texas Tech, 2-run single to CF (5th inning) Jerrod Bravo 5 April 17 vs. UC Davis, 1-run sacrifice fly (3rd inning) April 16 vs. UC Davis, 1-run sacrifice bunt (8th inning) March 29 at UCLA, 1-run groundout (2nd inning) Feb. 26 vs. Indiana, 1-run SAC bunt (3rd inning) Feb. 21 at Stanford, 1-run single (6th inning) Ruben Cardenas 4 May 21 vs. Hawai i, 2-run HR to LF (3rd inning) May 1 at UC Irvine, 2-run 2B to RF (3rd inning) April 30 at UC Irvine, 1-run 2B to LF (5th inning) April 26 vs. UCLA, 3-run 2B to LF (6th inning) Josh Vargas 4 May 8 vs. UC Riverside, 1-run 1B to RF (2nd inning) April 1 vs. CSUN, 3-run 3B to RF (8th inning) March 12 vs. Wichita State, 1-run HR to RF (1st inning) Feb. 28 vs. Indiana, 2-run 3B to RF (3rd inning) Dalton Blaser 3 May 7 vs. UC Riverside, 1-run 1B to CF (5th inning) April 22 vs. UNLV, 1-run BB (6th inning) March 11 vs. Wichita State, 1-run single to RF (1st inning) Tanner Pinkston 3 April 15 vs. UC Davis, 1-run sacrifice fly (1st inning) March 15 vs. San Diego St., 1-run groundout (1st inning) March 6 at Texas Tech, 1-run single to LF (3rd inning) Tristan Hildebrandt 1 May 6 vs. UC Riverside, 1-run 1B to SS (2nd inning) Jake Pavletich 1 April 19 at CSU Bakersfield, 1-run 1B to RF (5th inning) Scott Hurst 1 April 3 vs. CSUN, 2-run 2B to LF (3rd inning) Taylor Bryant 1 March 13 vs. Wichita State, 1-run triple to RF (2nd inning) Dakota Wix 1 Feb. 27 vs. Indiana, 1-run HBP (14th inning) PINKSTON NAMED CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Pinkston became the first Titans player to earn the conference s field player award this season, receiving the nod on April 18. The Titans first baseman reached base in all three games in the team s series against UC Davis. Pinkston batted.643 with four runs scored and five RBIs against the Aggies and slugged.929 with a double and a home run. TITANS IN THE BIG LEAGUES - DEVENSKI BECOMES NO. 60: The Titans have had 60 former players ascend to the major leagues since their first products, Dan Whitmer and Tim Wallach, got there in Chris Devenski became the latest to make his debut and the first of 2016, as he entered the game in relief for the Houston Astros on April 8. Devenski came into the game in the fourth

7 inning with the Astros down 4-0 and went on to allow just one hit in four innings of work. He struck out four and made 38 pitches, 27 for strikes. The right-hander s debut came one day after he was called up from Triple-A Fresno. Dustin Garneau, Noe Ramirez, Michael Lorenzen and Danny Dorn all made their debuts in Former Titans Christian Colon (Kansas City Royals), Justin Turner (Los Angeles Dodgers), Kurt Suzuki (Minnesota Twins), Noe Ramirez (Boston Red Sox) and Khris Davis (Oakland Athletics) were each on their respective team s roster when the 2016 got underway on April 3. SEABOLD EARNS BIG WEST CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS: Seabold earned conference pitcher of the week honors on March 14. He had an outstanding start on March 12 against Wichita State and set the tone right from the jump, tossing an immaculate inning in the first as he struck out the side on nine strikes. He would go on to toss five and 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball before Shockers second baseman Tanner Kirk singled through the left side to break up the no-hit bid. It would be the only hit Seabold allowed in six innings of work as he struck out six. HUDGINS NAMED TO JOHNNY BENCH AWARD WATCH LIST: Sophomore catcher Chris Hudgins was named to the 2016 Johnny Bench Award Watch List presented by BaseballSavings.com, it was announced by The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission on March 8. Seventy-four catchers were nominated for the award by their coaches. Because the award is given annually to the top Division I collegiate catcher, the list will be updated to include other candidates until May 3, Hudgins is one of two catchers from the Big West Conference on the list. The watch list will be narrowed down to the semifinalists, whom will be announced May 18, Ballots will be sent to the national voting panel at the end of May for a vote to determine the three finalists. The finalists will be announced June 6, A final vote among the national committee will occur during the College World Series. All finalists will be brought to Wichita and the winner will be announced at the 19th Annual Greater Wichita Sports Banquet on June 30, HOCKIN NAMED TO STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST: Cal State Fullerton right-hander Chad Hockin was one of 70 players named to the initial Watch List for the 12th annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, the association announced on Feb. 15. In 2015, Hockin made 18 appearances and one start, tossing 18 and 1/3 innings. He was a part of three shutouts for the Titans last season and struck out 17 batters and issued just three walks, finishing the season with a 2.95 ERA. During the summer, Hockin pitched in the renowned Cape Cod League and was part of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox squad that scored its second straight Cape League Championship in Hockin appeared in nine games for the YD Red Sox and tallied two saves, including one in the Cape League playoffs. He posted a 2.08 ERA and struck out 19 batters in 13 innings pitched. SERIES STATS Batting W-L Avg. R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO Arizona State at Cal Poly CSUN Hawai i Indiana No. 20 Long Beach State Maryland San Diego State at Stanford at Texas Tech UC Davis at UC Irvine UCLA UC Riverside at #24 UC Santa Barbara UNLV USC Wichita State Pitching W-L ERA H R ER BB SO SV SCORE Arizona State at Cal Poly CSUN Hawai i Indiana No. 20 Long Beach State Maryland San Diego State at Stanford at Texas Tech UC Davis at UC Irvine UCLA UC Riverside at #24 UC Santa Barbara UNLV USC Wichita State SAVE TRACKER Scott Serigstad 4 for 4 Longest Save Streak: 4 Current Save Streak: 4 Last Save: May 15, 2016 at UC Santa Barbara Last Blown Save: NA Chad Hockin 3 for 5 Longest Save Streak: 2 Current Save Streak: 1 Last Save: March 26, 2016 vs. #20 Long Beach State Last Blown Save: March 24, 2016 vs. #20 Long Beach State Dylan Prohoroff 2 for 2 Longest Save Streak: 2 Current Save Streak: 2 Last Save: April 5, 2016 vs. San Diego Last Blown Save: NA Miles Chambers 1 for 2 Longest Save Streak: 1 Current Save Streak: 0 Last Save: April 9, 2016 at Cal Poly Last Blown Save: May 24 vs. USC John Gavin 1 for 1 Longest Save Streak: 1 Current Save Streak: 1 Last Save: April 2, 2016 vs. CSUN Last Blown Save: NA

8 RICK VANDERHOOK Head Coach Fifth Season Trinity University, 2003 HONORS 1995 National Assistant Coach of the Year - Collegiate Baseball 2012, 2013 and 2015 Big West Conference Coach of the Year 28 BY THE NUMBERS 2 National Championships 3 National Runners-Up 12 College World Series Appearances 8 Super Regional Titles 15 Regional Titles 16 Conference Championships YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORDS YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT TITLES 1985 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C 1986 Cal State Fullerton Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant C 1988 Cal State Fullerton Assistant R/* 1989 Cal State Northridge Assistant Cal State Northridge Assistant C/R/N Cal State Fullerton Assistant C 1992 Cal State Fullerton Assistant R/*/N Cal State Fullerton Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/* 1995 Cal State Fullerton Assistant R/*/N 1996 Cal State Fullerton Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant C 1998 Cal State Fullerton Assistant South 1999 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/* 2000 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C 2001 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/* 2002 Cal State Fullerton Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant R/SR/* 2004 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/*/N 2005 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R 2006 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/* 2007 Cal State Fullerton Assistant R/SR/* 2009 UCLA Assistant UCLA Assistant R/SR/*/N UCLA Assistant C 2012 Cal State Fullerton Head C 2013 Cal State Fullerton Head C/R 2014 Cal State Fullerton Head Cal State Fullerton Head C/R/SR/* 2016 Cal State Fullerton Head YEARS SCHOOL RECORD PCT 5 Years Career as Head Coach Years Career as Assistant Coach Years Div. I as Assistant Coach Years Div. II as Assistant Coach Years Cal State Fullerton Years Cal State Northridge Years UCLA C = Conference Title, R = Regional Title, SR = Super Regional Title, * = College World Series Appearance, N = National Championship, N2 = National Runner-Up After two seasons at the helm of the Cal State Fullerton baseball program, head coach Rick Vanderhook quickly ingrained a hard-working philosophy, and he was rewarded with a five-year contract extension through the 2018 season on April 15, He signed a contract revision on Oct. 13, 2015 which extended his deal through the 2019 season and included an increase in base pay as well as an increased bonus structure for him and his coaching staff. It also included an automatic extension clause contingent on the Titans reaching the NCAA Super Regional round. The 2015 season was his 27th year as a Titan, and his third as the program s skipper. During the past four years, Vanderhook has won three Big West Conference championships, garnered three Big West Coach of the Year awards and has guided the Titans to four straight NCAA postseason appearances. The Titans made their 17th apperance in the NCAA College World Series in 2015, ending a five-year drought which was the longest in program history. The individual success hasn t hindered the team success as Vanderhook s head coaching record enters 2016 at (.667). In 2015, Vanderhook earned his third Big West Conference Coach of the Year award in four seasons. He was also named the American Baseball Coaches Association West Region Coach of the Year. There have been 18 Titans selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft in Vanderhook s four seasons at Fullerton, including six more in He has also coached 16 All-Americans and eight Big West Conference Player of the Year honorees, including the co-field Player of the Year (David Olmedo-Barrera) and Pitcher of the Year (Thomas Eshelman) in Vanderhook also led the Titans to a record in 2013, the second best winning percentage (.836) in program history, trailing only the national championship squad from 1995 (57-9,.864). The 51 wins were also the fourth most in program history. In four years, Vanderhook has led the Titans to three conference titles, two Super Regionals appearances and one College World Series appearance. He reached 100 head coaching victories on March 23, 2014 against Long Beach State at Goodwin Field, becoming the second fastest coach in Titans history to reach the mark, doing so in 139 games, four more than Titans legendary coach Augie Garrido. On June 24, 2011, Vanderhook was announced as the program s fifth Division I head coach. He will enter his 26th season with the Titan baseball program in 2015 after surpassing Garrido as the longest-serving baseball coach in school history. Prior to being named the head coach at Cal State Fullerton, in 24 seasons as a Division I assistant coach (21 at Fullerton), Vanderhook accumulated a total of 12 conference championships, 20 postseason appearances, eight Super Regionals appearances, 11 trips to the College World Series and two national championships. Vanderhook spent the better part of a quarter century under head coaches Garrido, Larry Cochell and George Horton. He began his coaching career as an assistant to Garrido from , serving as the bullpen coach for the first two years before stepping into the third base coaching box and working with the hitters and defense in He remained on staff in 1988 under Cochell but then spent two seasons ( ) as an assistant to former Fullerton assistant coach Bill Kernen at Cal State Northridge. Vanderhook returned to Cal State Fullerton with Garrido in 1991 and remained through the 2007 season. Vanderhook then spent three seasons ( ) as an assistant coach to John Savage at UCLA, where he helped lead the Bruins to a conference title, a pair of postseason appearances and a runner-up finish at the 2010 College World Series. A product of the prominent Cerritos College program where he played for Horton, Vanderhook originally came to the Titans in 1983 when he took a redshirt season. He was a member of the Titans 1984 national championship team, earning his first of three Cal State Fullerton championship rings. Vanderhook prepped at Lakewood High School and received his bachelor s degree in physical education from Trinity University in Vanderhook and his wife, April, reside in Yorba Linda, Calif., with their daughters, Noelle (18) and Autumn (16), and their son, R.J. (13), who serves as the Titans bat boy.

9 JASON DIETRICH Assistant Coach Fourth Season Cal State Fullerton, 1999 Azusa Pacific, Veteran pitching coach Jason Dietrich was added to the Cal State Fullerton baseball coaching staff on July 7, Dietrich replaced departed Kirk Saarloos, who took a similar position at TCU on June 20 after two seasons with the Titans. In 2014, Dietrich took over as the recruiting coordinator for Vanderhook s coaching staff. In his first two seasons at Cal State Fullerton, Dietrich helped develop one of the best pitching staffs in Titans history. In his first season with the program, the 2013 Titans pitching staff set new single-season records at Fullerton including earned run average (2.47), fewest walks (86), walks per nine innings pitched (1.41), hits per nine innings pitched (7.59) and shutouts (11). In 2014, the Titans staff shattered the earned run average record set the previous season, posting a miniscule 2.24 ERA. The Titans allowed 136 earned runs in innings pitched, the second fewest amount in school history. Along with the best ERA in school history, the 2014 Titans pitching staff ranked near the top of the school record book in the following categories: lowest opponent batting average (4th,.234), fewest walks allowed per nine innings (2nd, 1.52), most shutouts (t2nd, 9), fewest hits (7th, 471), fewest runs (2nd, 136), fewest walks (2nd, 92) and fewest home runs allowed (2nd, 12). Dietrich coached pitchers such as Thomas Eshelman, Justin Garza, Tyler Peitzmeier and Michael Lorenzen, all who have since been drafted into Major League Baseball. Eshelman and Garza were each named All-Americans on multiple occasions. Eshelman set the NCAA record with a 0.23 walks allowed per nine innings mark in Garza pitched the fourth no-hitter in Cal State Fullerton history, holding CSUN without a hit on May 23, In 2015, Eshelman posted a 1.58 ERA, the third best single-season mark in Titans history. Freshman Connor Seabold posted a 9.91 strikeouts per nine innings average, which ranks as the ninth best mark in a single season and Peitzmeier recorded 16 saves during the season, which was the third most in a single season behind Lorenzen s 19 in 2013 under Dietrich and Scott Wright s 24 in As a team, the Titans posted a 2.89 collective ERA and tallied 546 strikeouts as opposed to 110 walks. The team was ranked first in the nation in strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.96) and walks allowed per nine innings (1.70). Dietrich, 40, came to Fullerton after spending five seasons ( ) in the UC Irvine program, the last two serving as Head Coach Mike Gillespie s pitching coach. Over those two seasons the Anteaters posted a combined ERA of 3.10 and a WHIP (walks and hits per innings pitched) of In 2012, Dietrich s staff set a Big West Conference record for fewest hits allowed (422) in a season, ranking them sixth in the nation in fewest hits allowed per nine innings. He also helped script Irvine s fifth no-hitter in school history on Apr. 20, 2012, when right-hander Andrew Thurman blanked the Long Beach State 49ers at Blair Field. Dietrich also helped the all-conference first-teamer Thurman to an additional pair of one-hitters against Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Bakersfield. Under his guidance in 2011, the Anteaters posted their lowest ERA (2.95) in nearly 40 years led by the Big West Pitcher of the Year Matt Summers (11-4, 2.15 ERA, 100 K), who finished conference play with an unblemished 8-0 record and wound up being an All- American and a fourth-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins. Dietrich was also part of a Summers no-hitter against Long Beach State on May 28, 2011, in Irvine. The Anteaters finished the 2011 season just one win away from their second College World Series appearance with a Super Regional series loss to No. 1 national seed Virginia. Dietrich spent his first three seasons with Irvine as its director of baseball operations. Before joining the Anteaters in 2008, he was the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach for then-head Coach Pat Shine s Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles, who won a West Regional championship and finished third at the Div. II College World Series in Four of his hurlers received all-conference recognition that year. In the junior college ranks, Dietrich spent four seasons ( ) as the pitching coach at Irvine Valley College where he helped the Lasers to a 2005 Super Regional appearance. He also served in the same capacity at Los Angeles City College, where he assisted the Cubs to a 2002 South Coast Conference championship. Dietrich s other coaching experience includes two summer seasons in the prestigious Cape Cod League with the Hyannis Mets in 2004 and 2005, and a season (2003) with the Southern California Fire in the Western Wood Bat Collegiate Summer League. He got his start in 1999 as the varsity pitching coach at Arcadia High School. The Apaches won two Pacific League titles (2000 and 2001) in his three seasons there. As a player, Dietrich spent three seasons ( ) with Rancho Santiago College (now Santa Ana College) before transferring to Pepperdine for a season in After three straight junior college conference championships he declined an offer from the New York Yankees as a 23rd-round pick to move to Malibu. The right-hander was an All-West Coast Conference honoree under then-wave Head Coach Andy Lopez and is still in the Pepperdine single-season record book for the second lowest batting average against (.186) and most strikeouts per nine innings (10.77). His 1.66 ERA that year led the WCC and he was eventually a 19th-round pick and signee of the Colorado Rockies. Dietrich s professional career lasted five seasons, four in the Rockies minor league system and one in the independent Northeast League. He was a combined 7-2 with a 2.39 ERA in four seasons with the Portland Rockies, Asheville Tourists and the Salem Avalanche and 2-0 with a 1.45 ERA with the independent New Jersey Jackals in Dietrich owns a master s degree in physical education from Azusa Pacific University (2001) and a bachelor s degree from Cal State Fullerton (1999) in criminal justice. He prepped at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif. YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORDS YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT TITLES 2002 Los Angeles City College Assistant C 2003 Irvine Valley College Assistant Irvine Valley College Assistant Irvine Valley College Assistant Irvine Valley College Assistant Cal State Los Angeles Assistant UC Irvine Assistant UC Irvine Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R 2014 Cal State Fullerton Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/* 2016 Cal State Fullerton Assistant YEARS SCHOOL RECORD PCT 12 Years Career as Assistant Coach Years Junior College as Assistant Coach Years Div. I as Assistant Coach Year Div. II as Assistant Coach C = Conference Title, R = Regional Title, SR = Super Regional Title, * = College World Series Appearance, N = National Championship, N2 = National Runner-Up

10 CHAD BAUM Assistant Coach 36 Seventh Season Cal State Fullerton, 1999 Azusa Pacific, 2005 Now entering his tenth season at Cal State Fullerton, former Titan catcher Chad Baum returned to Cal State Fullerton as the program s volunteer assistant in 2012, his 13th season as a college coach. In 2014, Baum shed the volunteer label and became the team s second assistant coach. Baum, entering his 17th year as a collegiate coach, is a veteran of five College World Series appearances as a Titan player and coach including a trip in 2015, and spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at both UC Irvine and Santa Clara. Baum first served on a Titan staff in 2000 as an undergraduate assistant coach for then-titan skipper George Horton. The next season he assumed the volunteer position and completed a coaching staff that led Fullerton to three College World Series appearances and the school s fourth national championship between 2001 and His expertise behind the plate helped him tutor 2004 All-American and Johnny Bench Award winner Kurt Suzuki, who has since gone on to a seven-year major league career with the Oakland A s and Washington Nationals. In all, Baum has YEAR-BY-YEAR COACHING RECORDS YEAR SCHOOL POSITION RECORD PCT TITLES 2000 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C 2001 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/* 2002 Cal State Fullerton Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant R/SR/* 2004 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/*/N 2005 UC Irvine Assistant UC Irvine Assistant Santa Clara Assistant Santa Clara Assistant Santa Clara Assistant Santa Clara Assistant Santa Clara Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant C 2013 Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R 2014 Cal State Fullerton Assistant Cal State Fullerton Assistant C/R/SR/* 2016 Cal State Fullerton Assistant YEARS SCHOOL RECORD PCT 17 Years Career as Assistant Coach Years Div. I as Assistant Coach Years Cal State Fullerton Years UC Irvine Years Santa Clara BAUM S CAL STATE FULLERTON STATISTICS YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-A TOTALS worked with 25 Titan position players who were selected in the major league draft and also worked with Titan major leaguers Mike Rouse (2001), Shane Costa (2002), Justin Turner and Blake Davis (2004). In 2005, he left Fullerton to be a part of Dave Serrano s first staff at UC Irvine, where he served two seasons as the Anteaters first base coach, hitting instructor and catching tutor. He moved out of the Big West Conference and into the West Coast Conference in 2007 when he joined Mark O Brien s staff at Santa Clara. While in the Bay Area, Baum served as the Broncos third base coach, primary hitting/catching instructor and also assisted in the program s recruiting efforts. The Broncos hit.325 and scored more than seven runs per game in both 2008 (ranked 19th in the nation in batting average) and 2010 (ranked 42nd in the nation in batting average), while leading the WCC in nearly all offensive categories those same years. In five seasons with Santa Clara, he helped five position players get drafted including catchers Tommy Medica (14th round) and Geoff Klein (15th round). In his past four years at Cal State Fullerton, Baum has coached third base and tutored the team s catching staff, including 2013 MLB fifth-round draft pick Chad Wallach. In 2013, the Titan offense batted.285 with 89 doubles, 24 triples and 35 home runs while driving in 339 runs. Baum also tutored Jared Deacon in 2014, who went on to be selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 33rd round of the 2014 MLB Draft. In 2015, catcher A.J. Kennedy was selected by the San Diego Padres in the MLB Draft. Baum, who graduated with a degree in kinesiology in 1999, was a Titan team captain in 1998 and again in 1999, when Fullerton reached the College World Series. Baum appeared in 38 games over the two-year stretch and hit three home runs in just 44 atbats. He was also reliable behind the plate, turning in a perfect career fielding percentage (70 chances). Prior to his pair of seasons in a Titan uniform, Baum spent a season each at Santa Ana College and Golden West College in Huntington Beach. Baum batted.306 in 1997 for the Dons, who were ranked No.1 in the country during most of the season. He was selected in the 42nd round of the 1997 draft by the San Francisco Giants. Baum prepped for Coach Mike Najera at Canyon H.S. in Anaheim Hills and earned honorable mention All-Century League honors. While at Canyon, Baum hit one of nine home runs that set a one-game CIF record for the Comanches. Baum earned his master s degree in education in 2005 from Azuza Pacific. He, his wife, Kristin, and daughter, Kennedy, live in Anaheim Hills. C = Conference Title, S = State Championship, R = Regional Title, SR = Super Regional Title, * = College World Series Appearance, N = National Championship, N2 = National Runner-Up

11 J.J. ALTOBELLI Assistant Coach First Season Oregon, CHAD CORDERO Undergraduate Assistant Coach Second Season 32 J.J. Altobelli was brought aboard the Titans coaching staff in 2016 to serve as the volunteer assistant coach. A 2013 graduate from the University of Oregon, Altobelli played three seasons ( ) at shortstop for the Ducks and head coach George Horton after getting drafted in the 49th round (1,486th overall) of the 2009 MLB First Year Player Draft. He most recently served as a graduate assistant at Oregon. In his three seasons at Oregon, Altobelli played in 168 games, making 166 starts. He batted.259 with 156 hits in 603 at-bats. He tallied 32 doubles, three triples and one home run in his career and stole 16 bases. Altobelli was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List in 2012 and earned PAC-10 Honorable Mention honors in He won the team s Outstanding Defensive Player Award in 2010 and In 2013, Altobelli was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 18th round of the MLB Draft. He went on to play in 48 games in rookie ball for the Johsnon City Cardinals of the Appalachian League. He batted.284 with 48 hits in 169 at-bats and scored 18 runs. He had 12 doubles, two triples and two homers with 18 RBI. He played 29 games, starting 28, at third base and had a.989 fielding percentage at the hot corner. He played shortstop in 16 games, all starts, and committed three errors and had a.958 fielding percentage. His full name is John Altobelli Jr. and his father, John, currently serves as the head coach at Orange Coast College, a post he s held for 24 seasons. Chad Cordero enters his second season as an undergraduate assistant on Rick Vanderhook s coaching staff. He assists mainly with the Titans pitching staff and bullpen. Cordero pitched for three seasons ( ) at Cal State Fullerton and tallied 34 saves in his collegiate career. Cordero went 12-8 and made 111 appearances out of the bullpen with the Titans. He posted a 2.09 career ERA and struck out 212 batters in innings pitched. In the Titans record book, Cordero is ranked second in saves, total career apperances, strikeouts per nine innings average (10.8), and fourth in ERA. Cordero earned All-American honors 2001 and 2003 and was ninth Titan ever drafted in the first round, taken by the Montreal Expos with the 20th overall pick in the 2003 MLB Draft. Cordero went on to pitch seven seasons in the Majors, six of them with the Montreal/Washington Nationals organization. Cordero played in the College World Series in June of 2013 and made his MLB debut just two months later on Aug. 30 with the Expos. He became the first Titan to ever garner a Cy Young Award vote and finished fifth in the voting in 2005 after leading the Majors in saves with 47. He also became the first Titan to ever reach the 20, 30, and 40-save plateaus and lead the MLB in a major statistical category. In 2005, he won the NL Rolaids Relief Man of the Year Award and was also selected to the National League All-Star Team. Cordero was also the last Expos pitcher to pitch in Montreal s Olympic Stadium before the team moved to Washington D.C. He pitched the top of the ninth inning against the Florida Marlins on Sept. 29, 2004, striking out two of the four batters he faced in a 9-1 loss. Overall, Cordero went in 314 games in the MLB and tallied 128 saves. He posted a 2.89 ERA in innings pitched. He alowed 27 hits, walked 122 and struck out 298 batters. CORDERO S CAL STATE FULLERTON STATISTICS YEAR ERA W-L APP GS CG SO SV IP...H R ER BB SO / / / TOTALS /

12 MEET THE 2016 TITANS NUMERICAL ROSTER NO PLAYER HT WT POS B/T CL EXP HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL 1 Taylor Bryant INF R/R JR 2V La Quinta, Calif. La Quinta HS 2 Tristan Hildebrandt INF R/R SO 1V Yorba Linda, Calif. Esperanza HS 3 Tyler Stieb OF S/R SR* 2V Clements, Calif. Delta College 4 Ruben Cardenas OF R/R FR HS Saugus, Calif. Bishop Alemany HS 5 Chris Ceballos C R/R FR HS Chino Hills, Calif. Chino Hills HS 6 Scott Hurst OF L/R SO 1V Glendora, Calif. Bishop Amat HS 8 Coby Kauhaahaa INF R/R FR HS Yorba Linda, Calif. Valencia HS 9 Hank LoForte INF L/R FR HS Elk Grove, Calif. Franklin HS 11 Blake Workman RHP R/R FR HS Ramona, Calif. Ramona HS 12 Jerrod Bravo B/C R/R SR 1V Cameron Park, Calif. Sacramento C.C. 13 Timmy Richards INF R/R JR 2V Long Beach, Calif. Wilson HS 17 Colton Eastman RHP R/R FR HS Fresno, Calif. Central HS 18 Brett Conine RHP R/R FR HS Orange, Calif. El Modena HS 20 Chad Hockin RHP R/R JR 2V Upland, Calif. Bonita HS 22 Dalton Blaser B/OF L/L SR 1V Roseville, Calif. Sierra College 23 Jake Pavletich C R/R FR* RS Bakersfield, Calif. Garces Memorial HS 24 Chris Hudgins C R/R SO 1V El Cajon, Calif. Valhalla HS 25 Erik Cha LHP L/L FR HS Chino Hills, Calif. Ruben S. Ayala HS 26 Connor Seabold RHP R/R SO 1V Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor HS 27 Niko Pacheco C R/R SO* 1V Fresno, Calif. Bullard HS 30 Dylan Prohoroff RHP L/R JR JC Placentia, Calif. Fullerton JC 31 Zach Weisz OF R/R FR HS Poway, Calif. La Jolla Country Day HS 33 Hunter Cullen OF L/L JR 1V Newport Beach, Calif. Saddleback College 35 Tanner Pinkston B L/R SR 3V Dublin, Calif. Dougherty Valley HS 38 Josh Rios RHP R/R FR HS Lakewood, Calif. Long Beach Poly HS 40 Josh Vargas INF/OF L/R JR JC Santa Ana, Calif. Santa Ana CC 41 Turner Buis INF/OF L/R SO 1V Fullerton, Calif. Fullerton HS 42 Gavin Velasquez RHP R/R FR HS Covina, Calif. South Hills HS 43 Maxwell Gibbs LHP R/L JR 2V Huntington Beach, Calif. Marina HS 44 John Gavin LHP R/L SO 1V San Jose, Calif. St. Francis HS 46 Miles Chambers RHP R/R JR* 2V Elverta, Calif. Rio Linda HS 47 Shane Stillwagon RHP R/R JR* 2V Long Beach, Calif. Valley Christian HS 48 Scott Serigstad RHP R/R JR JC Placentia, Calif. Orange Coast College 53 Blake Quinn RHP R/R JR TR Fresno, Calif. Fresno State 55 Dakota Wix INF R/R SR 1V Fullerton, Calif. Fullerton JC ALPHABETICAL NO PLAYER 22 Dalton Blaser 12 Jerrod Bravo 1 Taylor Bryant 41 Turner Buis 4 Ruben Cardenas 5 Chris Ceballos 25 Erik Cha 46 Miles Chambers 18 Brett Conine 33 Hunter Cullen 17 Colton Eastman 44 John Gavin 43 Maxwell Gibbs 2 Tristan Hildebrandt 20 Chad Hockin 24 Chris Hudgins 6 Scott Hurst 8 Coby Kauhaahaa 9 Hank LoForte 27 Niko Pacheco 23 Jake Pavletich 35 Tanner Pinkston 30 Dylan Prohoroff 53 Blake Quinn 13 Timmy Richards 38 Josh Rios 26 Connor Seabold 48 Scott Serigstad 3 Tyler Stieb 47 Shane Stillwagon 40 Josh Vargas 42 Gavin Velasquez 31 Zach Weisz 55 Dakota Wix 11 Blake Workman COACHING STAFF NO COACH POSITION YEAR ALMA MATER, YEAR 28 Rick Vanderhook Head Coach Fifth Season Trinity University, Jason Dietrich Assistant Coach Fourth Season Cal State Fullerton, 1999 Azusa Pacific, Chad Baum Assistant Coach Tenth Season Cal State Fullerton, 1999 Azusa Pacific, J.J. Altobelli Volunteer Assistant First Season University of Oregon, Chad Cordero Undergraduate Asst. Second Season ADDITIONAL STAFF Cory Vanderhook Director of Baseball Operations 4th Season Joe Jameson Player Development 1st Season 50 Jesus Ramos Student Manager 4th Season 58 Brian DeJesse Student Manager 2nd Season 54 Kyle Murray Student Manager 1st Season A.J. Briones Manager 4th Season Max Gaines Manager 4th Season Mike Hoang Athletic Trainer 1st Season PRONUNCIATION GUIDE PLAYERS/STAFF J.J. Altobelli... AL-TOW-Belly Chad Baum...BOMB Dalton Blaser...Doll-TON Blazer Jerrod Bravo...Jerrid-BRA-VO Turner Buis... BY-US Ruben Cardenas... CAR-Day-NUS Chris Ceballos... Suh-By-Os Brett Conine...Cuh-NINE Brian DeJesse...Duh-Jesse Tristan Hildebrandt...TRIS-ton HILL-duh-BRANT Mike Hoang...HWANG Coby Kauhaahaa... COW-HAHA Hank LoForte... Luh-FORT Jake Pavletich...PAV-luh-ditch Dylan Prohoroff... PRO-Huh-ROFF Tyler Stieb...STEEB Zach Weisz...WHY-S * Has utilized his redshirt season.

13 2016 RADIO AND TV PHOTO ROSTER 1 TAYLOR BRYANT JR INF R/R La Quinta, Calif. 2 TRISTAN HILDEBRANDT SO INF R/R Yorba Linda, Calif. 3 TYLER STIEB SR* OF S/R Clements, Calif. 4 RUBEN CARDENAS FR OF R/R Pleasanton, Calif. 5 CHRIS CEBALLOS FR OF R/R Valencia, Calif. 6 SCOTT HURST SO OF L/R Glendora, Calif. 8 COBY KAUHAAHAA FR INF R/R Yorba Linda, Calif. 9 HANK LoFORTE FR INF L/R Elk Grove, Calif. 11 BLAKE WORKMAN FR RHP R/R Romona, Calif. 12 JERROD BRAVO SR INF R/R Cameron Park, Calif. 13 TIMMY RICHARDS JR INF R/R Long Beach, Calif. 15 J.J. ALTOBELLI VOLUNTEER ASST. COACH 1st Season 17 COLTON EASTMAN FR RHP R/R Fresno, Calif. BRETT 18 CONINE FR RHP R/R Orange, Calif. 20 CHAD HOCKIN JR RHP R/R Upland, Calif. 22 DALTON BLASER SR INF/OF L/L Roseville, Calif. 23 JAKE PAVLETICH FR* C L/R Bakersfield, Calif. 24 CHRIS HUDGINS FR C R/R El Cajon, Calif. 25 ERIK CHA FR LHP L/L Chino Hills, Calif. 26 CONNOR SEABOLD SO RHP R/R Newport Beach, Calif. 27 NIKO PACHECO SO* C 6-0 / 205 R/R Fresno, Calif. 28 RICK VANDERHOOK HEAD COACH Fifth Season 30 DYLAN PROHOROFF JR RHP L/R Plancentia, Calif. 31 ZACH WEISZ FR OF R/R Poway, Calif.

14 2016 RADIO AND TV PHOTO ROSTER 32 CHAD CORDERO 33 HUNTER CULLEN 35 TANNER PINKSTON 36 CHAD BAUM 38 JOSH RIOS 39 JASON DIETRICH UNDERGRAD. ASST. COACH Second Season SO OF L/L Newport Beach, Calif. SR INF L/R Dublin, Calif. ASSISTANT COACH Tenth Season FR RHP R/R Lakewood, Calif. ASSISTANT COACH Fourth Season 40 JOSH VARGAS 41 TURNER BUIS 42 GAVIN VELASQUEZ 43 MAXWELL GIBBS 44 JOHN GAVIN 46 MILES CHAMBERS JR OF L/R Santa Ana, Calif. FR INF L/R Fullerton, Calif. FR RHP R/R Covina, Calif. JR LHP R/L Huntington Beach, Calif. SO LHP R/L San Jose, Calif. JR* RHP R/R Elverta, Calif. 47 SHANE STILLWAGON 48 SCOTT SERIGSTAD 53 BLAKE QUINN 55 DAKOTA WIX JR* RHP R/R Long Beach, Calif. JR RHP R/R Placentia, Calif. JR RHP R/R Fresno, Calif. SR INF R/R Fullerton, Calif.