Oakland BASEBALL 2009 Quick Facts General Information

School:....................................................................... Oakland University Location:........................................................................ Rochester, Mich. Founded:...........................................................................................1957 Enrollment:....................................................................................18,082 Nickname:......................................................................Golden Grizzlies Colors:............................................................................. Gold and Black Affiliation:................................................................................... NCAA I Conference:...................................................................... Summit League President:..................................................................... Dr. Gary D. Russi Alma Mater:........................................................(SW Oklahoma St., ‘69) Athletics Director:...................................................................Tracy Huth Alma Mater:.......................................................................(Oakland, ‘85) Athletics Phone:................................................................. 248-370-3190 Ticket Office Phone:.......................................................... 248-370-4000

Baseball Information

2008 Record:................................................................................... 15-30 2008 Summit League Record/Finish:.......................................7-14 (Xth) 2008 Post Season:................................................................................NA Letterwinners Ret./Lost:.................................................................. 24/12 Field Starters Ret./Lost:....................................................................... 8/1 Pitchers Ret./Lost:............................................................................. 11/6 Head Coach:..................................................................... John Musachio Alma Mater..........................................................................(Bradley, ‘96) Record at OU:............................................................................15-30 (1) Career Record:................................................................................. Same Asst. Coaches:...............................................Del Young, Mike Takashima Office Phone:..................................................................... 248-370-4059 Home Field:........................................................OU Baseball Field (500) NCAA Tournaments:..............................................................................0

Sports Information

Baseball SID:............................................................................Paul Smith Office:................................................................................ 248-370-3123 Cell:................................................................................... 586-337-6841 Email:..................................................................smith234@oakland.edu Office Fax:.......................................................................... 248-370-4056 Website:................................................................... www.ougrizzlies.com Mailing Address:....................................................................................... Oakland University Athletics Center 2200 N. Squirrel Road Rochester, MI 48309

Oakland Baseball 2009 Schedule Date Day Opponent Place February 21 Sat. at Eastern Kentucky (DH) Richmond, Ky. 24 Tue. at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. 25 Wed. at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. 26 Thu. at Charlotte Charlotte, N.C. 27 Fri. vs. Canisius Charlotte, N.C. March 6 Fri. at Dallas Baptist Dallas 7 Sat. at Dallas Baptist (DH) Dallas 8 Sun. at Dallas Baptist Dallas 13 Fri. vs. Wright State Dayton, Ohio 14 Sat. at Dayton (DH) Dayton, Ohio 15 Sun. vs. Eastern Michigan Dayton, Ohio 20 Fri. at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 21 Sat. at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 22 Sat. at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 25 Wed. at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 27 Fri. CONCORDIA ROCHESTER 31 Tue. at Western Michigan Kalamazoo, Mich. April 1 Wed. at Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 3 Fri. WESTERN ILLINOIS* ROCHESTER 4 Sat. WESTERN ILLINOIS* (DH) ROCHESTER 5 Sun. WESTERN ILLINOIS* ROCHESTER 7 Tue. WESTERN MICHIGAN ROCHESTER 8 Wed. TOLEDO ROCHESTER 10 Fri. NORTH DAKOTA STATE* ROCHESTER 11 Sat. NORTH DAKOTA STATE* (DH) ROCHESTER 12 Sun. NORTH DAKOTA STATE* ROCHESTER 14 Tue. at Eastern Michigan Ypsilanti, Mich. 15 Wed. BOWLING GREEN ROCHESTER 17 Fri. at IPFW* Fort Wayne, Ind. 18 Sat. at IPFW* (DH) Fort Wayne, Ind. 19 Sun. at IPFW* Fort Wayne, Ind. 24 Fri. at Southern Utah* (DH) Cedar City, Utah 25 Sat. at Southern Utah* (DH) Cedar City, Utah 29 Mon. at Toledo Toledo, Ohio May 1 Fri. at South Dakota State* Brookings, S.D. 2 Sat. at South Dakota State* (DH) Brookings, S.D. 3 Sun. at South Dakota State* Brookings, S.D. 5 Tue. EASTERN MICHIGAN ROCHESTER 6 Wed. OLIVET ROCHESTER 8 Fri. ORAL ROBERTS* ROCHESTER 9 Sat. ORAL ROBERTS* (DH) ROCHESTER 10 Sun. ORAL ROBERTS* ROCHESTER 12 Tue. at Bowling Green Bowling Green, Ohio 14 Thu. at Centenary* Shreveport, La. 15 Fri. at Centenary* (DH) Shreveport, La. 16 Sat. at Centenary* Shreveport, La. 21-23 Thu.-Sun. at Summit League Championship Tulsa, Oklahoma June 5/30-2 Thu.-Sun. NCAA Regional TBA 6-9 Thu.-Sun. NCAA Super Regional TBA 14-25 Thu.-Wed. NCAA College World Series Omaha, Neb. * Mid-Continent Conference game Home games in BOLD CAPS All times Eastern and subject to change

Time 12 Noon 4 p.m. 4 p.m. 4 p.m.

4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 5 p.m. 12 Noon 11 a.m. 3:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 5:05 p.m. TBA 3 p.m. 3:05 p.m. 3 p.m. 12 Noon 1 p.m. 3 p.m. TBA 3 p.m. 12 Noon 1 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 3 p.m. 3 p.m. 12 Noon 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 2 p.m. TBA 3 p.m. 12 Noon 4 p.m. TBA TBA 3 p.m. 12 Noon 1 p.m. 3 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. TBD

Golden Grizzlies At A Glance Starters Returning Name Pos. Cl. GP-GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld% Brett Geschke C Jr. 24-23 .259 54 10 14 6 0 3 12 1 1.000 Rob Merkle 2B Sr. 43-42 .325 160 35 52 13 0 3 25 2 .962 Dan Ryan OF Sr. 45-44 .298 168 35 50 10 2 4 23 5 .958 Scott Sexton 3B So. 42-42 .342 158 25 54 14 1 2 38 1 .877 Andrew Stafford SS Sr. 41-39 .319 144 26 46 6 0 5 34 6 .929 Taylor Traub 1B Sr. 44-44 .303 165 23 50 8 0 3 29 7 .990 Justin Wilson OF Sr. 42-41 .338 151 42 51 5 1 7 23 19 .953 Key Letterwinners Returning Name Pos. Cl. GP-GS Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld% Dan Gliot OF/IF So. 17-6 .115 26 4 3 0 0 1 2 3 1.000 Jeff Gorecki IF/LHP So. 9-1 .273 11 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 .909 Tommy Jablonski* C/IF So. 31-15 .237 59 15 14 2 0 2 9 3 1.000 D.J. Jarrad IF/RHP So. 24-12 .211 57 3 12 3 0 0 4 1 .894 Keith Kampe OF Jr. 23-6 .156 32 5 5 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 Eric Ogg OF So. 25-15 .270 63 10 17 3 0 0 5 5 1.000 Ryan Waldhart C/IF So. 25-17 .333 60 12 20 3 0 1 11 0 .966 Aaron Wick UT/LHP So. 17-6 .320 25 3 8 1 0 0 5 1 1.000 Jonathan Zalenski IF Sr. 20-6 .207 29 5 6 1 0 1 7 0 .839 *2007 Statistics Letterwinners Lost Name Kevin Annett Tony Fazi Dustin Joffrion Josh Kozuch Justin Murdock Pitchers Returning Name Jake Arendsen* Andrew Estes Jeff Gorecki D.J. Jarrad Kasey Kearcher* Mark Leichtman Shane McCatty Greg Welke Aaron Wick Chad Yinger *2007 Statistics

Pos. IF C OF C OF

Cl. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Sr.

GP-GS 17-6 2-0 41-34 16-7 23-14

Avg. .300 .333 .273 .233 .224

AB 30 3 110 30 58

R 8 0 17 5 8

H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Fld% 9 1 0 1 3 0 .909 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 30 6 2 3 21 2 .964 7 0 0 1 4 0 .984 13 3 0 2 8 0 1.000

Cl. So. Jr. So. So. So. So. Sr. So. So. Jr.

W-L 1-0 3-4 1-0 0-0 0-1 2-1 2-1 1-4 2-2 0-1

ERA 9.20 9.27 2.20 9.00 5.59 4.11 7.27 6.41 4.97 32.79

GP-GS CG/Sho SV 10-0 0/0 1 15-9 1/1 0 9-2 0-0 1 1-0 0/0 0 7-1 0-0 0 12-0 0/0 0 15-1 0/0 0 12-6 1/1 0 12-4 0/0 0 5-1 0/0 0

IP 14/2 43.2 16.1 1.0 9.2 15.1 26.0 46.1 38.0 4.2

H 16 65 14 2 9 18 32 54 34 14

R 19 47 4 1 7 12 23 41 28 17

ER 15 45 4 1 6 7 21 33 21 17

BB 13 25 11 1 11 9 21 12 14 8

K 8 17 10 0 10 6 24 21 24 6

Pitchers Lost Name Ben Darga John Large Brad Noel Dan Stinchcombe Mike Takashima John Toth Matt Trausch

Cl. Sr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr.

W-L 0-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-4 0-0 3-7

ERA 4.18 10.80 0.00 17.55 4.68 9.53 7.27

GP-GS CG/Sho SV 15-0 0/0 0 7-0 0/0 0 0-1 0/0 0 12-0 0/0 0 11-11 1/0 0 4-0 0/0 0 12-11 1/0 0

IP 28.0 8.1 1.0 6.2 65.1 5.2 60.2

H 36 13 1 8 67 15 87

R 19 10 0 18 44 12 55

ER 13 10 0 13 34 6 46

BB 8 4 1 13 47 2 16

K 14 1 0 5 50 2 33

Newcomers Name Ken Constance John Estes Matt LaMothe Russell Luxton Connor Mielock Tim Ryan Ryan Schario Kyle Teague Alex Wierenga Tony Williams

Pos. C/OF OF/C RHP/OF RHP/IF RHP/OF OF RHP/UT RHP RHP OF/IF

Ht. 5-9 5-11 6-1 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-0

B/T 180 175 160 180 170 170 180 160 190 165

Cl. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr.-R Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr.

Hometown (Last School / College) Madison Heights, Mich. / Lamphere Blissfield, Mich. / Blissfield Troy, Mich. / Athens Oxford, Mich. / Oxford Lake Orion, Mich. / Lake Orion Saginaw, Mich. / Nouvel Catholic Central Royal Oak, Mich. / Southfield Christian Oxford, Mich. / Oxford Grand Rapids, Mich. / West Catholic Grand Rapids Royal Oak, Mich. / Hanover-Horton

2009 Oakland University Baseball Roster # Name 2 Andrew Stafford 3 Scott Sexton 4 Justin Wilson 5 Tony Williams 6 D.J. Jarrad 7 Tim Ryan 9 Taylor Traub 10 John Estes 11 Matt LaMothe 12 Eric Ogg 14 Jonathan Zalenski 15 Rob Merkle 16 Tommy Jablonski 18 Shane McCatty 19 Aaron Wick 20 Ryan Waldhart 21 Mark Leichtman 22 Dan Augustine 23 Dan Gliot 24 Brett Geschke 25 Connor Mielock 26 Jeff Gorecki 27 Dan Ryan 28 Keith Kampe 31 Ken Constance 33 Kyle Teague 35 Russell Luxton 36 Ryan Schario 37 Andrew Estes 38 Jake Arendsen 39 Kasey Kearcher 40 Greg Welke 44 Chad Yinger 46 Alex Wierenga

Pos. IF IF OF OF/IF IF/RHP OF OF OF/C RHP/OF OF IF IF C/IF RHP 1B/OF INF RHP OF/RHP OF/IF C RHP/OF IF/LHP OF OF C/OF RHP RHP/IF RHP/Util. LHP LHP LHP RHP RHP RHP

B/T Ht. R/R 5-10 R/R 6-1 L/L 5-11 R/R 6-0 R/R 6-1 L/L 6-2 L/L 6-0 L/R 5-11 R/R 6-1 S/R 5-10 R/R 5-10 L/R 6-1 L/R 5-10 R/R 6-2 L/L 6-1 S/R 5-9 R/R 6-5 R/R 6-3 R/R 6-2 R/R 5-10 R/R 6-2 L/L 6-5 L/R 6-1 L/L 5-9 R/R 5-9 R/R 6-1 R/R 6-2 R/R 6-0 L/L 5-11 R/L 6-3 L/L 6-5 R/R 6-2 R/R 6-8 R/R 6-4

Wt. Class Hometown / Previous School / Previous College 170 Sr. Sterling Heights, Mich. / Adlai E. Stevenson 190 So. Oak Lawn, Ill. / Oak Lawn Community 185 Sr. Blissfield, Mich. / Blissfield 165 Sr. Royal Oak, Mich. / 170 So. Portage, Mich. / Portage Northern 170 Fr.-R Saginaw, Mich. / Nouvel Catholic Central 175 Sr. Rochester Hills, Mich. / Rochester 175 Fr. Blissfield, Mich. / Blissfield 160 Fr. Troy, Mich. / Athens 165 So. Clarkston, Mich. / Clarkston 170 Sr. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / Grosse Pointe North 185 Sr. Bay City, Mich. / Bay City Central / Garden City CC 170 So. Rochester, Mich. / Oakland Christian 190 Sr. Oxford, Mich. / Lutheran Northwest / Grand Rapids CC 175 So. Flushing, Mich. / Flushing 165 So. Grand Rapids, Mich. / Kenowa Hills 180 So. Rochester, Mich. / Adams 205 Fr.-R Chelsea, Mich. / Chelsea 170 So. Broadview Heights, Ohio / North Royalton 175 So. Paw Paw, Mich. / Paw Paw 170 Fr. Lake Orion, Mich. / Lake Orion 225 So. Northville, Mich. / Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 185 Sr. Saginaw, Mich. / Nouvel Catholic Central / Central Mich. 190 Jr. Rochester Hills, Mich. / Notre Dame Prep / Cincinnati 180 Jr. Madison Heights, Mich. / Lamphere 160 Fr. Oxford, Mich. / Oxford 180 Fr. Oxford, Mich. / Oxford 180 Fr. Royal Oak, Mich. / Southfield Christian 170 Jr. Blissfield, Mich. / Blissfield 180 So. Zeeland, Mich. / Holland Christian 170 So. Otsego, Mich. / Mattawan 170 So. Kalamazoo, Mich. / Portage Central 210 Jr. Monroe, Mich. / Monroe 190 Fr. Grand Rapids, Mich. / West Catholic Grand Rapids

Head Coach: 34 – John Musachio (Bradley, ’96), 2nd season Assistant Coaches: 13 – Del Young (Northwood, ’04), 1st season 30 – Mike Takashima, 1st season