2016 WKU BASEBALL QUICK FACTS

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1 2016 WKU BASEBALL QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION LOCATION...Bowling Green, Ky FOUNDED ENROLLMENT... 20,178 NICKNAME...Hilltoppers COLORS...Red and White HOME FIELD...Nick Denes Field (1,500) NCAA AFFILIATION... Division I CONFERENCE... Conference USA PRESIDENT...Dr. Gary Ransdell DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS...Todd Stewart FAR...Craig Martin WKU BASEBALL MEDIA RELATIONS BASEBALL CONTACT... Brett Pund ... brett.pund@wku.edu Office Cell WEBSITE... FACEBOOK...Facebook.com/WKUAthletics INSTAGRAM... WKUBaseball ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS MAILING ADDRESS 1605 Avenue of Champions E.A. Diddle Arena Room 1454 Bowling Green, KY WKU BASEBALL HISTORY FIRST YEAR OF PLAY ALL-TIME RECORD (.547) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS... 1 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS... 2 LAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP , Sun Belt TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP , Sun Belt YEARS IN NCAA TOURNAMENT... 4 LAST NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE POSTSEASON RECORD COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH...John Pawlowski (1st Season) Career Record (14 Seasons) Record at WKU (1st Season) ASSISTANT COACH... Ty Megahee (1st Season) ASSISTANT COACH...Rob Reinstetle (1st Season) VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT... Devin Kelly (2nd Season) TEAM INFORMATION 2015 OVERALL RECORD CONFERENCE RECORD (FINISH) (12th) LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST...22/9 POSITION PLAYER STARTERS RETURNING/LOST... 4/5 PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST...11/3 NEWCOMERS...11 KEY PITCHERS LOST Tate Glasscock (Reliever) 2015: 2-2, 3.58 ERA, 24 app., 27.2 IP, 27 K Brennan Pearson (Reliever) 2015: 0-6, 3.60 ERA, 20 app., 50.0 IP, 42 K KEY POSITION PLAYERS LOST OF Anderson Miller 2015:.295 avg,.560 slg, 57 H, 35 RBI, 12 HR DH Philip Diedrick 2015:.291 avg,.475 slg, 52 H, 22 RBI, 8 HR 1B Ryan Church 2015:.284 avg,.445 slg, 60 H, 45 RBI, 14 2B KEY POSITION PLAYERS RETURNING 2B Leiff Clarkson - r-jr. 2015:.327 avg,.392 slg, 50 H, 27 R, 6 2B,.372 OB% 3B Danny Hudzina - Sr All-C-USA Second Team 2015:.327 avg,.515 slg, 66 H, 43 RBI, 9 HR, 39 R OF Kaleb Duckworth - So. 2015:.291 avg,.512 slg, 25 H, 17 RBI, 5 HR, 15 R OF Paul Murray - Jr. 2015:.265 avg,.393 slg, 31 H, 16 R, 11 RBI,.351 OB% KEY PITCHERS RETURNING RHP Josh Bartley - Sr. 2015: 6-4, 4.85 ERA, 17 app., 1 S, 59.1 IP, 29 K LHP John Harman - Sr. 2015: 4-5, 5.08 ERA, 18 app., 56.2 IP, 43 K,.241 opp BA RHP Ben Morrison - Jr. 2015: 2-1, 4.79 ERA, 20 app., 20.2 IP, 25 K, 6 SV

2 2016 WKU BASEBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS YR. B/T HT. WT. HOMETOWN (Previous School) 1 Steven Kraft INF So. R/R Gainesville, Va. (Battlefield HS) 2 Leiff Clarkson INF r-jr. R/R Union, Ky. (Ryle HS) 3 Danny Hudzina INF Sr. R/R Palm City, Fla. (Palm Beach State College) 6 Paul Murray OF Jr. R/R San Bruno, Calif. (Junipero Serra HS) 7 Thomas Peter INF r-jr. R/R San Ramon, Calif. (California HS) 9 Hunter Wood C Jr. S/R Mt. Washington, Ky. (Bullitt East HS) 10 Ben Morrison RHP Jr. R/R Bowling Green, Ky. (Bowling Green HS) 11 Josh Bartley RHP Sr. L/R Bowling Green, Ky. (South Warren HS) 13 Kaleb Duckworth OF So. R/R Henderson, Ky. (Henderson County HS) 15 Cody Coll RHP Jr. R/R Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley HS) 16 Grant Malott OF So. R/R New Castle, Ind. (New Castle HS) 17 Ty Hogan C r-jr. R/R Lisle, Ill. (Naperville North HS) 18 Austin King LHP Sr. L/L Canyon, Texas (Seward County CC) 19 Sam Higgs RHP Jr. R/R Henderson, Ky. (Henderson County HS) 20 Ryan Thurston LHP Jr. L/L Madison, Ind. (Madison HS) 21 Chris Rogers OF Jr. R/R Issaquah, Wash. (Lower Columbia College) 22 Grayson Ivey INF Jr. R/R Winder, Ga. (Chattahoochee Valley CC) 23 Ty Downing C Gr. R/R Bowling Green, Ky. (Gulf Coast State College) 24 Brandon Pollock INF Fr. R/R Gilbert, Ariz. (Campo Verde HS) 25 Caleb Bruner RHP Fr. R/R Russellville, Ky. (Logan County HS) 26 Connor McHugh RHP So. R/R Lexington, Ky. (Paul Laurence Dunbar HS) 27 Steven DiPuglia INF Fr. R/R Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Cooper City HS) 28 John Harman LHP Sr. L/L Carrollton, Ga. (Darton State College) 29 Jackson Sowell RHP r-jr. R/R Bowling Green, Ky. (Bowling Green HS) 30 Jake Griffin RHP Fr. R/R McHenry, Ky. (Ohio County HS) 31 Evan Acosta LHP Fr. L/L Batavia, Ill. (Batavia HS) 32 Harrison Scanlon INF/OF r-so. L/R Louisville, Ky. (DuPont Manual HS) 34 Jacob Lewis C Fr. R/R Bowling Green, Ky. (South Warren HS) 37 Cole Womack INF Fr. R/R Paducah, Ky. (McCracken County HS) 38 Kevin Elder RHP r-jr. R/R Hampshire, Ill. (Iowa Western CC) 40 Zach Janes OF r-jr. L/L Louisville, Ky. (Cleveland State College) 41 Logan Weins LHP So. L/L Frankton, Ind. (Frankton HS) 43 Cameron Shryock RHP Fr. R/R Bowling Green, Ky. (South Warren HS) 45 Micah Kaczor RHP Fr. R/R Nolensville, Tenn. (Ravenwood HS) COACHES NO. NAME POS. YEAR AT WKU ALMA MATER 8 John Pawlowski Head Coach 1st Season Clemson (1985) 4 Ty Megahee Assistant Coach 1st Season Mercer (2008) 12 Rob Reinstetle Assistant Coach 1st Season Ohio Dominican (1999) 33 Devin Kelly Volunteer Assistant 2nd Season WKU (2014) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 2 Leiff Clarkson LAY-ph 16 Grant Malott MUH-lot 41 Logan Weins WINES

3 BREAKDOWN BY BATTING HAND Right (25): Caleb Bruner, Leiff Clarkson, Cody Coll, Steven DiPuglia, Ty Downing, Kaleb Duckworth, Kevin Elder, Jake Griffin, Sam Higgs, Ty Hogan, Danny Hudzina, Grayson Ivey, Micah Kaczor, Steven Kraft, Jacob Lewis, Grant Malott, Connor McHugh, Ben Morrison, Paul Murray, Thomas Peter, Brandon Pollock, Chris Rogers, Cameron Shryock, Jackson Sowell, Cole Womack Left (8): Evan Acosta, Josh Bartley, John Harman, Zach Janes, Austin King, Harrison Scanlon, Ryan Thurston, Logan Weins, Switch (1): Hunter Wood WKU ROSTER BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BY THROWING HAND Right (27): Caleb Bruner, Leiff Clarkson, Cody Coll, Steven DiPuglia, Ty Downing, Kaleb Duckworth, Kevin Elder, Jake Griffin, Sam Higgs, Ty Hogan, Danny Hudzina, Grayson Ivey, Micah Kaczor, Steven Kraft, Jacob Lewis, Grant Malott, Connor McHugh, Ben Morrison, Paul Murray, Thomas Peter, Brandon Pollock, Chris Rogers, Hunter Scanlon, Cameron Shryock, Jackson Sowell, Cole Womack, Hunter Wood Left (7): Evan Acosta, Josh Bartley, John Harman, Zach Janes, Austin King, Ryan Thurston, Logan Weins PITCHING STAFF BREAKDOWN BY THROWING HAND Right (13): Josh Bartley, Caleb Bruner, Ethan Cleary, Cody Coll, Kevin Elder, Jake Griffin, Sam Higgs, Micah Kaczor, Connor McHugh, Ben Morrison, Cameron Shryock, Jackson Sowell, Jared WIlson Left (5): Evan Acosta, John Harman, Austin King, Ryan Thurston, Logan Weins

4 2016 WKU BASEBALL SCHEDULE Date Day Opponent Location Time F19 Friday Youngstown State Bowling Green, Ky. 3PM F20 Saturday Youngstown State Bowling Green, Ky. 1PM F21 Sunday Youngstown State Bowling Green, Ky. 1PM F26 Friday vs. Cincinnati (1) Athens, Ga. 12PM F27 Saturday vs. South Alabama (1) Athens, Ga. 11AM F28 Sunday at Georgia (1) Athens, Ga. 2PM M1 Tuesday at Belmont Nashville, Tenn. 4PM M2 Wednesday Lipscomb Bowling Green, Ky. 3PM M4 Friday at Jacksonville State Jacksonville, Ala. 3PM M5 Saturday at Jacksonville State Jacksonville, Ala. 1PM M6 Sunday at Jacksonville State Jacksonville, Ala. 1PM M8 Tuesday at Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. 5 PM M11 Friday Albany Bowling Green, Ky. 3PM M12 Saturday Albany Bowling Green, Ky. 1PM M13 Sunday Albany Bowling Green, Ky. 12PM M15 Tuesday at Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 3PM M18 Friday at Old Dominion* Norfolk, Va. 5PM M19 Saturday at Old Dominion* Norfolk, Va. 2PM M20 Sunday at Old Dominion* Norfolk, Va. 11AM M22 Tuesday Austin Peay Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM M24 Thursday Middle Tennessee* Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM M25 Friday Middle Tennessee* Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM M26 Saturday Middle Tennessee* Bowling Green, Ky. 1PM M29 Tuesday Louisville Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM A1 Friday at UAB* Birmingham, Ala. 6:30PM A2 Saturday at UAB* Birmingham, Ala. 2PM A3 Sunday at UAB* Birmingham, Ala. 1PM A5 Tuesday Evansville Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM A6 Wednesday at Austin Peay Clarksville, Tenn. 6PM A8 Friday Louisiana Tech* Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM A9 Saturday Louisiana Tech* Bowling Green, Ky. 2PM A10 Sunday Louisiana Tech* Bowling Green, Ky. 1PM A12 Tuesday at Louisville Louisville, Ky. 5PM A15 Friday at Rice* Houston, Texas 6:30PM A16 Saturday at Rice* Houston, Texas 2PM A17 Sunday at Rice* Houston, Texas 1PM A19 Tuesday Belmont Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM A20 Wednesday at Evansville Evansville, Ind. 6PM A22 Friday UTSA* Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM A23 Saturday UTSA* Bowling Green, Ky. 3PM A24 Sunday UTSA* Bowling Green, Ky. 12PM A26 Tuesday at Lipscomb Nashville, Tenn. 6PM A29 Friday FIU* Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM A30 Saturday FIU* Bowling Green, Ky. 2PM M1 Sunday FIU* Bowling Green, Ky. 12PM M3 Tuesday at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 6:30PM M6 Friday at Southern Miss* Hattiesburg, Miss. 6PM M7 Saturday at Southern Miss* Hattiesburg, Miss. 2PM M8 Sunday at Southern Miss* Hattiesburg, Miss. 1PM M13 Friday Marshall* Bowling Green, Ky. 6PM M14 Saturday Marshall* Bowling Green, Ky. 2PM M15 Sunday Marshall* Bowling Green, Ky. 1PM M19 Thursday at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 5:30PM M20 Friday at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 5:30PM M21 Saturday at Florida Atlantic* Boca Raton, Fla. 12PM M25-29 Wed.-Sun. Conference USA Championship Hattiesburg, Miss. TBA (*) Conference USA Games Home games in bold All times CT and subject to change (1) Bulldog Invitational hosted by Georgia

5 2015 WKU Baseball Overall Statistics for WKU (as of May 15, 2015) (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: Away: Neutral: 1-3 C-USA: Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2 Leiff Clarkson Danny Hudzina Anderson Miller Philip Diedrick Ryan Church Paul Murray Cody Wofford Hunter Wood Ryan Messex Steven Kraft Kaleb Duckworth Harrison Scanlon Trevor Lowe Thomas Peter Ty Hogan Grant Malott Zach Janes \ Totals Opponents LOB - Team (398), Opp (403). DPs turned - Team (47), Opp (34). CI - Team (3), H. Wood 1, T. Hogan 1, R. Messex 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (11), A. Miller 5, R. Church 1, D. Hudzina 1, L. Clarkson 1, P. Diedrick 1, H. Scanlon 1, H. Wood 1, Opp (5). Picked off - R. Church 2, D. Hudzina 2, P. Murray 2, C. Wofford 2, R. Messex 1, L. Clarkson 1, G. Malott 1, T. Hogan 1, S. Kraft 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 11 Josh Bartley / John Harman / Austin King / Anderson Miller / Jackson Sowell / Kevin Elder / Tate Glasscock / Brennan Pearson / Ben Morrison / Logan Weins / Ryan Thurston / Sam Higgs / Brandon Allen / Cody Coll / Connor McHugh / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (13), R. Messex 6, T. Hogan 4, H. Wood 3, Opp (13). Pickoffs - Team (14), R. Messex 4, R. Thurston 4, J. Bartley 2, C. McHugh 1, A. King 1, J. Harman 1, B. Morrison 1, Opp (12). SBA/ATT - R. Messex (34-50), T. Hogan (10-16), B. Pearson (7-12), J. Harman (5-10), K. Elder (8-9), H. Wood (5-7), T. Glasscock (5-6), A. King (2-6), B. Morrison (3-5), J. Bartley (3-5), C. McHugh (4-5), B. Allen (3-4), L. Weins (3-3), J. Sowell (1-3), S. Higgs (2-3), R. Thurston (1-2), C. Coll (2-2).

6 2015 WKU Baseball Game Results for WKU (as of Sep 24, 2015) (All games) Date Opponent Score Inns Overall C-USA Pitcher of record Attend Time! Feb 13, 2015 vs Maryland L R. Thurston (L 0-1) 842 2:58! Feb 14, 2015 at Coastal Carolina W J. Bartley (W 1-0) :12 Feb 21, 2015 vs Evansville-1 W T. Glasscock (W 1-0) 352 2:57 Feb 22, 2015 vs Evansville-1 L (10) B. Pearson (L 0-1) 211 3:21 Feb 22, 2015 vs Evansville-2 L A. King (L 0-1) 207 3:23 Feb 24, 2015 at Belmont L C. Coll (L 0-1) 108 3:00 Feb 25, 2015 at #1 Vanderbilt L B. Pearson (L 0-2) :11 Feb 28, 2015 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-1 W J. Bartley (W 2-0) 308 3:04 Feb 28, 2015 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS-2 W J. Harman (W 1-0) 187 2:40 Mar 01, 2015 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W C. Coll (W 1-1) 173 2:58 Mar 03, 2015 BELMONT W R. Thurston (W 1-1) 161 3:10 Mar 08, 2015 OHIO STATE L J. Bartley (L 2-1) 622 2:44 Mar 09, 2015 OHIO STATE L T. Glasscock (L 1-1) 274 2:48 Mar 10, 2015 at #13 Mississippi State L 5-6 (10) B. Pearson (L 0-3) :29 Mar 11, 2015 at #13 Mississippi State W C. Coll (W 2-1) :28 * Mar 14, 2015 OLD DOMINION-1 L J. Harman (L 1-1) 483 2:11 * Mar 14, 2015 OLD DOMINION-2 W J. Bartley (W 3-1) 483 2:53 * Mar 15, 2015 OLD DOMINION W A. King (W 1-1) 408 3:05 Mar 17, 2015 LIPSCOMB W L. Weins (W 1-0) 479 2:35 * Mar 20, 2015 at UTSA W J. Harman (W 2-1) 137 3:11 * Mar 22, 2015 at UTSA-1 W J. Bartley (W 4-1) 145 2:02 * Mar 22, 2015 at UTSA-2 L A. King (L 1-2) 145 2:16 Mar 24, 2015 KENTUCKY W S. Higgs (W 1-0) :51 * Mar 27, 2015 UAB L J. Harman (L 2-2) 308 2:50 * Mar 28, 2015 UAB L J. Bartley (L 4-2) 516 2:52 * Mar 29, 2015 UAB L A. King (L 1-3) 315 2:40 * Apr 03, 2015 at Louisiana Tech L R. Thurston (L 1-2) 437 3:00 * Apr 04, 2015 at Louisiana Tech-1 W K. Elder (W 1-0) - 3:19 * Apr 04, 2015 at Louisiana Tech-2 W 3-1 (10) B. Morrison (W 1-0) 513 3:24 * Apr 10, 2015 SOUTHERN MISS W J. Harman (W 3-2) 683 2:36 * Apr 11, 2015 SOUTHERN MISS L J. Bartley (L 4-3) 689 2:44 * Apr 12, 2015 SOUTHERN MISS L A. King (L 1-4) 333 2:57 Apr 14, 2015 at Kentucky W 5-3 (10) T. Glasscock (W 2-1) :14 Apr 15, 2015 MURRAY STATE W L. Weins (W 2-0) 268 2:40 * Apr 17, 2015 at FIU W J. Harman (W 4-2) 329 2:54 * Apr 18, 2015 at FIU L B. Pearson (L 0-4) 361 3:17 * Apr 19, 2015 at FIU W L. Weins (W 3-0) 293 2:59 Apr 22, 2015 at #3 Louisville W J. Bartley (W 5-3) :37 * Apr 24, 2015 #16 RICE-1 L J. Harman (L 4-3) 209 3:08 * Apr 24, 2015 #16 RICE-2 L A. King (L 1-5) 517 2:47 * Apr 26, 2015 #16 RICE L J. Bartley (L 5-4) 362 3:13 Apr 28, 2015 AUSTIN PEAY W 6-5 (10) B. Morrison (W 2-0) 324 4:06 Apr 29, 2015 at Austin Peay W B. Allen (W 1-0) 211 3:49 * May 01, 2015 at Middle Tennessee L T. Glasscock (L 2-2) 504 2:53 * May 02, 2015 at Middle Tennessee L K. Elder (L 1-1) 475 3:01 * May 03, 2015 at Middle Tennessee L L. Weins (L 3-1) :00 May 05, 2015 at Lipscomb L B. Morrison (L 2-1) 324 3:04 * May 08, 2015 at Marshall L J. Harman (L 4-4) 284 2:09 * May 09, 2015 at Marshall L B. Pearson (L 0-5) 481 2:34 * May 10, 2015 at Marshall W J. Bartley (W 6-4) 232 2:54 * May 14, 2015 #19 FLORIDA ATLANTIC L J. Harman (L 4-5) 449 2:46 * May 15, 2015 #19 FLORIDA ATLANTIC L B. Pearson (L 0-6) 391 3:10 * = Conference game () extra inning game

7 2015 WKU Baseball Conference statistics for WKU (as of May 15, 2015) (C-USA games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: 3-11 Away: 7-8 C-USA: Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2 Leiff Clarkson Danny Hudzina Ryan Church Philip Diedrick Anderson Miller Paul Murray Ryan Messex Cody Wofford Hunter Wood Kaleb Duckworth Steven Kraft Trevor Lowe Harrison Scanlon Ty Hogan Grant Malott Totals Opponents LOB - Team (220), Opp (208). DPs turned - Team (25), Opp (23). CI - Team (1), R. Messex 1, Opp (1). IBB - Team (8), A. Miller 4, R. Church 1, H. Wood 1, D. Hudzina 1, P. Diedrick 1, Opp (4). Picked off - G. Malott 1, R. Church 1, P. Murray 1, R. Messex 1, T. Hogan 1, C. Wofford 1. (C-USA games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 35 Brennan Pearson / Josh Bartley / John Harman / Austin King / Jackson Sowell / Kevin Elder / Tate Glasscock / Ben Morrison / Brandon Allen / Ryan Thurston / Logan Weins / Sam Higgs / Cody Coll / Connor McHugh / Totals / Opponents / PB - Team (9), R. Messex 5, H. Wood 2, T. Hogan 2, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (6), J. Bartley 2, R. Thurston 2, R. Messex 1, J. Harman 1, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - R. Messex (22-33), B. Pearson (6-10), K. Elder (7-7), A. King (2-6), J. Harman (3-6), T. Hogan (3-5), J. Bartley (3-4), B. Morrison (1-3), J. Sowell (1-2), L. Weins (1-1), B. Allen (1-1), H. Wood (0-1), T. Glasscock (0-1).