2006 Washington State University review C o u g a r B a s e b a l l 57

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1 2006 Washington State University 2005 review C o u g a r B a s e b a l l 57

2 Washington State University baseball began the Donnie Marbut era in 2005 by winning its season-opener over Sacramento State, an 8-7, extra-inning victory in Sacramento. Comprising a roster of 19 first-year players, the Cougars learned on the fly as they posted a record. Among the Cougar highlights: With the Cougars season-opening, 8-7, win over Sacramento State, head coach Donnie Marbut became the ninth WSU head coach to win his first baseball game as a Cougar and the first since Bobo Brayton beat Gonzaga 9-4 March 22, 1962; WSU had a season-long four-game win streak late in the nonconference season, defeating Portland, Lewis-Clark State and taking the first two games against Northern Colorado (3/4-12); WSU won three series during the season, defeating Southeastern Louisiana (2-1), Northern Colorado (2-1) and Utah Valley State (3-1); Kaeo Rubin tied a school record with six hits against Northern Colorado (3/11); Dane Renkert established a new school record by appearing in 30 games during the season; James Freeman tied a WSU single-season record by starting 17 games on the mound; Senior Brady Everett was the first Cougar in three seasons to be named to the All-Pacific- 10 Conference first team; Jay Miller moved into 10th place on the alltime hits list at WSU with 219; Jim Murphy s 440 putouts marked the 9th highest single-season output at WSU; Dane Renkert s five saves tied for 7th on the Cougars single-season list while his seven career saves are tied for 9th; Four Cougars were named to the Pac-10 All- Academic team, including one first-team selection, Zach Kostorus. Leading the Cougars with the battling title for 2005 was Zach Franklin who hit.364, raising his career average to.328. Franklin also led the Cougars with an OBA of.455. Coming in second for the batting race, Brady Everett finished with a solid.337 average. Everett also contributed in many other categories by finishing first in runs scored with 50, total bases with 126, runs batted in with 62 and homeruns with 15. He kept the power alive by also finishing atop the list for slugging percentage with a.606 average. Winning the batting title in 2003 and 2004, Jay Miller continued to hit well as he posted a.322 average and finished with a team high 12 doubles and 74 hits. Miller comes in 10 th on the career hit list at 219. As a team, WSU hit.285, had 566 hits and drove in 319 runs. The Cougars also tallied 34 homeruns, 209 walks and 70 stolen bases. On the mound, James Freeman finished the season with a 7-8 record and an ERA of Freeman led the team in innings pitched with 88.2 and struck out 71. His notable 17 starts tie the all time record. Relief pitcher Dane Renkert finished the season with a 1-3 record and led WSU with a 4.89 ERA. Achieving a school record 30 appearances with 29 games in relief, Renkert posted a team 2005 review high 5 saves and secured his name on the leader board for all time saves. Cougar pitchers struck out 329 opponents and allowed 256 walks. RECORD SETTERS Several WSU Cougars moved into the record books on both the single season and career lists: Jay Miller, Junior, Outfielder Career Hits 219 (10th) Dane Renkert, Senior, Pitcher Career Saves 7 (10th) Season Saves 5 (T-7th) Season Games Pitched 30 (1st) Jim Murphy, Freshman, Infielder Season Strikeouts 47 (7th) Season Putouts 440 (9th) James Freeman, Senior, Pitcher Season Games Started 17 (T-1st) Season Losses 8 (T-3rd) Season Walks 54 (6th) COUGAR BASEBALL RANKS SEVENTH IN ALL- TIME NCAA VICTORIES: Washington State University is ranked seventh in all-time NCAA Division I baseball victories with 2,347 at the end of the 2005 season a list of the top seven baseball programs appears below with their respective records and number of seasons played through 2005: SCHOOL W L T YRS 1. Fordham 3,912 1, Texas 2,971 1, USC 2,537 1, Michigan 2,468 1, Stanford 2,450 1, Arizona State 2,399 1, WSU 2,351 1, THE EDMONDS CC CONNECTION: Four current Cougars played for WSU Head Coach Donnie Marbut during his tenure as head coach at Edmonds Community College former Tritons new to the squad this year are Eric Dingwall and Brady Everett Kaeo Rubin and Zach Kosturos both played under Marbut at Edmonds before coming to WSU last season all four players won a NWAACC Championship under Marbut. EXTRA INNINGS FIRST SINCE 1975: The 10-inning opening game of the 2005 WSU baseball season against Sacramento State Friday, February 4, was the first time since 1975 a Cougar team has played extra innings in its first outing of the season the Cougars lost 7-6 to LCSC at the start of the 1975 season. NCAA TOURNEY INCLUDES FIVE WSU FOES Washington State played six teams that reached the 2005 postseason, including five conference opponents to play in the 2005 NCAA Baseball Championships. Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon State, Stanford and USC all played in regional tournaments, with Arizona State, Oregon State and USC advancing to Super Regionals and ASU and OSU participating in the 2005 College World Series. In addition to the five Pac-10 teams, NAIA power Lewis-Clark State also reached the NAIA World Series, finishing one win shy of the championship game. FOUR COUGARS NAMED TO ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Zach Kosturos earned first team honors, Jason Freeman was named to the second team, while Jay Miller and Jeff Miller each earned honorable mention honors when Pacific-10 Commissioner Tom Hansen announced the conference allacademic baseball teams. Kosturos, a junior communications major, held a 3.52 GPA while starting 28 games in 2005, collecting 31 hits, including 11 doubles and a team-high three triples. He also earned CoSIDA All-Academic District VIII second-team honors. Freeman, a senior business administration major, carried a 3.25 GPA. The outfielder recorded 51 hits, 24 RBI and scored 30 Cougars in 55 starts last season. Jay Miller, a two-time all-academic honoree, held a 3.10 GPA in business administration. The junior posted a.322 batting average and led the team with 74 hits, including a team-high 22 multiple hit games. Jeff Miller, a 3.00 GPA student, made 57 starts in the Cougar infield, posting a.282 batting average with 59 hits and 40 RBI. Miller posted a team-high five RBI against Portland, March 4, last season. EVERETT, THREE OTHERS EARN PAC-10 HONORS Washington State senior Brady Everett was named to the All-Pacific-10 Conference first team while teammate Jay Miller, Jeff Miller and Dane Renkert earned honorable mention recognition. Everett led all Cougar regulars with a.337 batting average and led the team in runs batted in (62), runs scored (50) and home runs (15), which ranked second in the Pac-10. The senior catcher started 57 games for WSU, collecting 70 hits, including a team-high 18-game hitting streak early in the season. Jay Miller started all 58 games in the outfield for the Cougars and ended the season with a.322 batting average. Renkert led the team with a school record 30 appearances and ranks seventh on the singleseason saves list with five. Jeff Miller made 57 starts in the Cougar infield, posting a.282 batting average with 59 hits and 40 RBI. EVERETT CONCLUDES BRIEF COUGAR CAREER Brady Everett s brief WSU career concluded with the senior leading the Cougars in several offensive categories. Everett played just the 2005 season at WSU after spending one year at Edmonds CC and two seasons at Clemson, but he made a big impact. Everett led all Cougar regulars with a.337 batting average and led the team in runs batted in (62), runs scored (50) and home runs (15). The senior catcher started 57 games for WSU, collecting 70 hits, including a team-high 18-game hitting streak early in the season. Everett finished the season ranked 48th nationally in home runs per game (.26) and was No. 30 on the hardest to strike out list. Everett also left his mark on the Pac-10, ranking second in home runs, tied for third in RBI, and fifth in slugging percentage (.606). He capped his season year by being selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 15th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft C o u g a r B a s e b a l l

3 2005 review MURPHY S A MIDSEASON FRESHMAN ALL- AMERICAN: Jim Murphy was named to Baseball America s College Midseason All-Freshman Team, April 8 the first baseman was the only Pac-10 player named to the rookie team the Juanita High graduate from Kirkland led WSU regulars at the plate for four consecutive weeks in the 13-game span beginning March 24 and ending April 19, he hit.365 Jay Miller was the last freshman to lead WSU in batting average at the end of the season, hitting.341 in 2003 before Miller, the last time a freshman finished the season with the batting title was 1997, when red-shirt freshman Steve Curran led with a.350 batting average Murphy is currently fourth among Coug regulars with a.296 overall batting average and second with a.496 slugging percentage has 13 extra-base hits, including six doubles second on team with seven long balls. PAC-10 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Bellevue, Wash. native, Jay Miller was named the Pacific-10 Conference Player of the Week for the week of March for his.688 hitting performance against Utah Valley State went 11-for-16 against the Wolverines, including three doubles, a triple and a homer scored six runs, while driving home as many and stole base three times with his performance he improved his overall batting average from.318 to.376, which led the team the week of March he is the first Cougar to receive the weekly honor this season. RUBIN SETS AND TIES WSU RECORDS: During the course of the Banana Belt Tournament and the following series against Northern Colorado, Kaeo Rubin set a school record with hits in nine consecutive trips to the plate tied a school record set in 1992 with hits in 10 consecutive at bats, not counting walks the record was originally set by current Cleveland Indian Mike Kinkade went 6-for- 6 March 11, tying a school record for hits in a game set in 1907 Rubin used hits over threegame span to set and tie school records had two hits sandwiched around a walk March 6 hit in first two plate appearances, going 3-for-4 March 12 against Northern Colorado had 11 hits with three doubles and five RBI in the threegame span. WSU ALL-TIME BANANA BELT CHAMPS: For the second consecutive season, WSU came away victorious at the Banana Belt tournament, going 3-1with victories over Gonzaga, Portland and Lewis-Clark State since the tournament s inception in 1950 WSU has won the title 20 times, including the last two, going 7-1 in that span host LCSC has captured the tournament title 19 times the last time WSU won the Banana Belt Tournament in consecutive years was 1979 and 1980 the longest WSU streak for consecutive Banana Belt titles is four years, 1963 through 1966 WSU has placed second 11 times and won titles in 1950, 1951, 1961, , , 1973, 1975, 1977, , 1982, 1988, 1990, 2004 and Game Results for Washington State (All games) WSU OPPONENT DATE OPPONENTS W/L Score R-H-E R-H-E ATT Feb 04 at Sacramento State W Feb 05 at Sacramento State L Feb 06 at Sacramento State L Feb 11 at Southeastern La. W Feb 12 at Southeastern La. W Feb 12 at Southeastern La. L Feb 18 vs Portland W Feb 19 vs Portland L Feb 19 vs Portland L Feb 20 PORTLAND W Feb 24 at Hawai`i W Feb 25 at Hawai`i L Feb 26 at Hawai`i L Feb 27 at Hawai`i W Mar 03 vs GONZAGA BULLDOGS W Mar 03 vs Utah Valley State L Mar 04 vs Portland W Mar 05 at Lewis-Clark State W Mar 11 NORTHERN COLORADO W Mar 12 NORTHERN COLORADO W Mar 13 NORTHERN COLORADO L Mar 18 UTAH VALLEY STATE W Mar 19 UTAH VALLEY STATE W Mar 19 UTAH VALLEY STATE L Mar 20 UTAH VALLEY STATE W *Mar 24 at California L *Mar 25 at California L *Mar 26 at California L Mar 29 GONZAGA L *Apr 01 STANFORD L *Apr 02 STANFORD L *Apr 03 STANFORD L Apr 05 at GONZAGA BULLDOGS W *Apr 08 ARIZONA L *Apr 09 ARIZONA L *Apr 10 ARIZONA L Apr 12 at GONZAGA BULLDOGS W Apr 19 GONZAGA BULLDOGS W *Apr 22 at Oregon State L *Apr 24 at Oregon State L *Apr 24 at Oregon State L Apr 27 at Lewis-Clark State L *Apr 29 WASHINGTON L *Apr 30 WASHINGTON L *May 1 WASHINGTON L May 07 SACRAMENTO STATE W May 08 SACRAMENTO STATE W May 09 SACRAMENTO STATE L May 11 LEWIS-CLARK STATE L *May 13 at USC Trojans L *May 14 at USC Trojans L *May 15 at USC Trojans L *May 20 UCLA BRUINS L *May 21 UCLA BRUINS W *May 22 UCLA BRUINS L *May 27 at Arizona State L *May 28 at Arizona State L *May 29 at Arizona State L () extra inning game C o u g a r B a s e b a l l 59

4 2005 REVIEW Overall Statistics for Washington State (All games Sorted by Batting avg) Record: Home: Away: 8-18 Neutral: 3-3 Pacific-10: 1-23 Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 19 Zach Franklin Brady Everett Jay Miller Kaeo Rubin Scott Suttmeier Jim Murphy Zach McAngus Jeff Miller Grant Alexander Zach Kosturos Garrett Kimbrel Jason Freeman Matthew Thomas Justin McClure Nick Hall Kyle Henselman Bryan Yates Trent Smith Adrian Valdez Nick Cebula James Freeman Totals Opponents LOB - Team (452), Opp (504). DPs turned - Team (53), Opp (67). CI - Team (3), Everett 3. IBB - Team (8), Murphy 4, Everett 3, Alexander 1, Opp (11). Picked off - Rubin 2, Kosturos 1, McAngus 1, Everett 1, Kimbrel 1, Freeman, Jas 1, McClure 1, Miller, Je 1. (All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 21 Dane Renkert Wayne Daman Jr Brett Sommer James Freeman Jayson Miller Steve Kost Matt Oye Dustin Willis Nick Cebula Eric Dingwall Travis Webb Reese Baker Bradley Selinger Grant Alexander Totals Opponents PB - Team (6), Everett 5, Smith, T. 1, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (2), Everett 2, Opp (9). SBA/ATT - Everett (57-80), Freeman, Jam (14-23), Webb (10-11), Daman (6-11), Miller, Jsn (5-10), Renkert (4-8), Sommer (5-6), Baker (5-6), Kost (3-5), Oye (4-5), Cebula (1-3), Alexander (3-3), Franklin (3-3), Smith, T. (2-2), Dingwall (2-2) C o u g a r B a s e b a l l

5 2005 REVIEW Conference statistics for Washington State (Pacific-10 games only Sorted by Batting avg) Record: 1-23 Home: 1-11 Away: 0-12 Pacific-10: 1-23 Player AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD% 13 Brady Everett Jeff Miller Zach Franklin Jay Miller Jason Freeman Jim Murphy Scott Suttmeier Garrett Kimbrel Matthew Thomas Zach McAngus Zach Kosturos Kaeo Rubin Nick Hall Justin McClure Bryan Yates Grant Alexander Trent Smith James Freeman Totals Opponents LOB - Team (181), Opp (213). DPs turned - Team (26), Opp (34). CI - Team (2), Everett 2. IBB - Team (4), Everett 2, Murphy 2, Opp (10). (Pacific-10 games only Sorted by Earned run avg) Player ERA W L APP GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA 21 Dane Renkert Steve Kost Brett Sommer Jayson Miller Wayne Daman Jr Nick Cebula James Freeman Travis Webb Eric Dingwall Dustin Willis Matt Oye Grant Alexander Reese Baker Totals Opponents PB - Team (3), Everett 3, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - Everett (35-48), Freeman, Jam (13-18), Renkert (3-6), Sommer (4-5), Miller, Jsn (3-5), Kost (2-4), Daman (3-4), Webb (4-4), Cebula (1-2), Baker (2-2) C o u g a r B a s e b a l l 61

6 2005 pacific-10 REVIEW 2005 PAC-10 BASEBALL STANDINGS Pac-10 Conference Overall Team W L Pct W L Pct Oregon State%*@# Arizona* USC*@ Arizona State*@# California Washington Stanford* UCLA Washington State % = Pac-10 Champion * = NCAA Regional = NCAA Super Regional participant # = College World Series participant 2005 ALL-PACIFIC-10 BASEBALL TEAM Name School Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown Brennan Boesch California OF So Los Angeles, Calif. Jordan Brown Arizona 1B Jr Vacaville, Calif. Travis Buck (2) ASU OF Jr Richland, Wash. Dallas Buck OSU RHP So Newberg, Ore. Jeff Clement (3) USC C Jr Marshalltown, Iowa Brady Everett WSU C Sr Federal Way, Wash. Jeff Gilmore Stanford RHP Jr Huntington Bch, Calif. Kevin Gunderson OSU RP So Portland, Ore. Nick Hundley Arizona C Jr Seattle, Wash. Andy Jenkins OSU 1B Sr Salem, Ore. Jeff Larish (2) ASU 1B Sr Tempe, Ariz. Brent Lillibridge (3) Washington INF Jr Everett, Wash. Tim Lincecum (2) Washington RHP So Renton, Wash. Jed Lowrie (2) Stanford INF Jr Salem, Ore. John Mayberry Jr. (2) Stanford 1B Jr Kansas City, Mo. Mark Melancon Arizona RP So Golden, Colo. Jonah Nickerson OSU RHP So Oregon City, Ore. Josh Satin California INF Fr Calabasas, Calif. Travis Talbott California RP Sr Santa Cruz, Calif. Jeff Van Houten (2) Arizona OF Sr Paradise Valley, Ariz. (2) - Two-time All-Conference selection. (3) - Three-time All-Conference selection. Honorable Mention: Erik Averill, Jr., Arizona State; Eric Berger, Fr., Arizona; Bret Bordes, Jr., Arizona State; Brad Boyer, Jr., Arizona; Pat Bresnehan, So., Arizona State; Zach Clem, Jr., Washington; Josh Conover, Sr., Washington; Allen Craig, Jr., California; Colin Curtis, So., Arizona State; Matt Cusick, Fr., USC; Seth Dhaenens, So., Arizona State; Jason Donald, So., Arizona; David Dowling, Sr., Washington; Eric Dworkis, Sr., California; Hector Estrella, So., USC; Nate Fogle, Jr., Oregon State; Chris Frey, Jr., Arizona; Ryan Gipson, Jr., Oregon State; Tuffy Gosewisch, Sr., Arizona State; Tyler Graham, Jr., Oregon State; Kevin Guyette, Jr., Arizona; Matt Hague, Fr., Washington; Cyle Hankerd, So., USC; Billy Hart, Jr., USC; John Hester, Jr., Stanford; Chris Jensen, Jr., UCLA; Taylor Johnson, Sr., Washington; Bryan Kervin, Fr., Arizona; Anton Maxwell, So., Oregon State; Shea McFeeley, Jr., Oregon State; Brandon McKerney, Fr., Washington; John Meloan, Jr., Arizona; Jay Miller, Jr., WSU; Jeff Miller, So., WSU; Dane Renkert, Sr., WSU; Mark Romanczuk, Jr., Stanford; Andrew Romine, Fr., Arizona State; J.J. Sferra, Fr., Arizona State; Blake Sharpe, Jr., USC; Adam Sorgi, So., Stanford; Jack Spradlin, Jr., USC; Matt Swanson, Sr., California; Jason Urquidez, Sr., Arizona State. CO-PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: Trevor Crowe, Arizona and Jacoby Ellsbury, Oregon State PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Ian Kennedy, USC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Darwin Barney, Oregon State COACH OF THE YEAR: Pat Casey, Oregon State 2005 ALL-PACIFIC-10 ACADEMIC TEAM First Team Yr. GPA Major Erik Averill, Arizona State Jr Finance Brett Bannister, USC Jr Business Scott Botterman, UCLA Jr Business-Economics Travis Buck, Arizona State Jr Management Matthew Einspahr, California Sr Sociology Chris Jensen, UCLA Jr Civil Engineering Zach Kosturos, WSU Jr Communications Jon Meloan, Arizona Jr Engineering Management Chris Minaker, Stanford Jr Sociology Mark Romanczuk, Stanford Jr Economics Second Team Yr. GPA Major Mitch Canham, OSU So Business Administration Jason Freeman, WSU Sr Business Administration Tuffy Gosewisch, Arizona State Sr Marketing Kevin Guyette, Arizona Sr Business Management Blake Holler, Stanford So Undeclared Ty Marotz, Arizona State Sr Interdisciplinary Studies David Dowling, Washington Sr Economics Billy Hart, USC Jr Business Matt Manship, Stanford Jr Economics Jim Rapoport, Stanford So Undeclared Honorable Mention: Jordan Brown, So., Arizona; Jeff Clement, Jr., USC; Allen Craig, Jr., California; Chris Denove, Jr., UCLA; Seth Dhaenens, So., Arizona State; Jacoby Ellsbury, Jr., Oregon State; John Hester, Jr., Stanford; Chris Lewis, Jr., Stanford; Jake Mc- Cormick, So., Oregon State; Jay Miller, Jr., WSU; Jeff Miller, So., WSU; Billy Munich, Jr., Oregon State; Brett Munster, So., California; Joe Persichina, So., Arizona State; Michael Rundle, Jr., Washington; Kurt Steele, Jr., Oregon State; Alexander Trafton, Jr., California; Darin Vieira, Jr., USC; Eric Williams, Fr., Arizona State PACIFIC-10 BATTING/PITCHING LEADERS TEAM BATTING Arizona.328 Oregon State.316 Arizona State.310 Washington.292 California.291 USC.290 Stanford.287 Washington State.285 UCLA.254 TEAM PITCHING (ERA) Oregon State 3.06 Stanford 3.77 California 4.08 USC 4.09 Washington 4.13 Arizona 4.37 Arizona State 4.59 UCLA 5.65 Washington State 6.17 BATTING AVERAGE Jacoby Ellsbury, OSU.406 Trevor Crowe, Arizona.403 Andy Jenkins, OSU.388 Travis Buck, ASU.382 Brennan Boesch, California.355 Nick Hundley, Arizona.352 Josh Satin, California.348 Jeff Van Houten, Arizona.348 Jeff Clement, USC.348 Colin Curtis, ASU.342 HOME RUNS Jeff Larish, ASU 23 Jeff Clement, USC 15 Brady Everett, WSU 15 Nick Hundley, Arizona 15 Jordan Brown, Arizona 14 Jed Lowrie, Stanford 14 Trevor Crowe, Arizona 9 Jeff Van Houten, Arizona 9 10 tied at 8 ERA Dallas Buck, OSU 2.09 Jonah Nickerson, OSU 2.13 Ian Kennedy, USC 2.54 Mark Melancon, Arizona 2.58 Kevin Gunderson, OSU 2.76 Tim Lincecum, Washington 3.11 Erik Averill, ASU 3.39 Eric Dworkis, California 3.41 Michael Cooper, California 3.47 John Meloan, Arizona 3.70 PITCHING VICTORIES Dallas Buck, OSU 12 Ian Kennedy, USC 12 Anton Maxwell, OSU 11 Erik Averill, ASU 11 John Meloan, Arizona 10 Jeff Gilmore, Stanford 10 Kevin Guyette, Arizona 10 Jason Urquidez, ASU 10 Jonah Nickerson, OSU 9 2 tied at C o u g a r B a s e b a l l