USD Baseball 2005

I UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO BASEBALL

USD wee HONOR ROLL wee Player of the Year Kevin Herde C 1993 Dave Rolls C 1988 wee Pitcher of the Year Ricky Barrett LH 2002 wee Freshman of Year Jordan Abruzzo C 2004 Joey Prast OF 2001 Greg Sain UT 1999 Tony Betancourt C 1996 Mike Saipe P 1992

West Coast Conference Success

Over the past three seasons no West Coast Conference (WCC) team has been as successful as San Diego. The Toreros have won two of the last three WCC Championships, and enteri ng the 2005 season, USO owns the league's best overall record (106-74) since 2002. The Toreros were impressive a year ago against peren– nial baseball powers in the Big West Conference, defeating each of the top five teams in the BWC , including a 7-4 victory vs. eventual National Champion Cal State Fullerton. USO posted the best record in the WCC (35-21) last season, leading the league in batting average (.328), ERA (4.68), fielding % (.969) and on-base

% (.4 12). San Diego's .328 batting average also ranked 7th-best nationally.

USD Record 10 Players Earn All-Wee Honors in 2004 A school record ten San Diego players were rec– ognized as All- West Coast Conference performers followi ng the 2004 season. USO catcher Jordan Abruzzo was named the 2004 wee Freshman of th e Year. Senior standout's RHP Kyle Collins , OF Joey Prast, OF Tom Caple and SS Jose Ortega all received first team honors. Prast, one of two unani– mous picks, received his second consecutive first team award while Caple took home his third in as many seasons as a Torero. Caple also becomes the first player in San Diego school history to be named a First Team AII-WCC player three times. Senior OF Josh Hansen garnered his second consecutive AII-WCC award as he and teammates RHP Aaron Wilson , C Jordan Abruzzo and 1B Randy Curtis were tabbed as second team picks. Infielder's Freddy Sandoval and Keoni Ruth were honorable mention selections.

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SAN DIEGO'S WCC RECORDS 1a11 games>

wee Coach of the Year Rich Hill

2002

BATTING

1993, 98

John Cunningham

Runs

Batting Average

2003 1993

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Tony Perez

1993

.386

Josh Stepner

David Pingree'

wee CHAMPIONS 2004 Pepperdine 2003 San Diego 2002 San Diego 2001 Pepperdine 2000 Loyola Marymount 1999 Loyola Marymount 1998 Loyola Marymount 1997 Santa Clara 1996 Santa Clara 1995 Pepperdine 1994 Santa Clara 1993 Pepperdme 1992 Pepperdine 1991 Pepperdine 1990 Loyola Marymount 1989 Pepperdine 1988 Pepperdine 1987 Pepperdine 1986 Loyola Marymount Pepperdine 1985 Pepperdine

Hits Joey Prast Kevin Reese Doubles Joey Prast Kevin Herde Robbie Rogers SC. Assael' Kevin Reese' Brady Clark' Josh Stepner' Brady Clark Mark Trafton' Triples

2003 1998

90 88

PITCHING

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2004 2003 2002 1998 1995 1994

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Aaron Wilson Kyle Collins' Ricky Barrett Brian Mazone Travis Burgus'

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Milke Saipe

2002 1999 1993 1993 1992 1988

5 5 4 4 7 6

Strikeouts Ricky Barrett

2002

98

Saves

2003 2001

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Tony Perez Tom Caple

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Homeruns Greg Sain

2001 1988

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7th-year Toreros head coach Rich Hill ranks #1 among active WCC coaches in career (342) and league (172) victories as well as winning %

ERA

Dave Rolls

2004

3.59

Kyle Collins

(537) and wins per season (31.1)

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2004 2003

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Freddy Sandoval

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