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GENERAL INFORMATION: Location ... ........... ............ ... .......... ......... ........ ...... ......... San Diego, CA Founded ... .......... .............. ... .. .................... .... .. .. ....... ... ...... ... ..... ..... 1949 Enrollment .......... ................ .. ....... .... .... .... ... ...... .......... ... .. ............. 7,200 President ........................................ ................... Mary E. Lyons, Ph.D. Executive Director of Athletics........................................ Ky Snyder Athletic Director ............................................ ............ Jo-Ann Nester Associate Ath letic Director .................. .... ...................... . Dan Yourg Dir. of Development Student Affairs/ Athletics....... Brian Fogarty Assoc. AD for Compliance .......................................... Mike Matoso Assoc. AD for Facilities & Operations .... ......... .......... .. John Martin Assoc. AD for Sports Medicine ............................... Carolyn Greer Assist. Director for Athletic Development.... .... ...... . Erin Sheehan Assist. AD for Marketing/Promotions ........ . Wendy McReynolds Assist. AD for Facilities & Operations ...... ................ .. .... Andy Fee Assist. AD for Academics ......... .. ....... .. ..... ..... .. .... .......... Shaney Fink Marketing Assistant. ... ................................ ...... ...... Brent DiGiacomo Affiliation ................ ..................... .. ... ..................... NCAA Division I Conference ...... ...... ....... ... ... ...... ....... ..... ..................... ...... .. . West Coast Nickname ............................ ................................................... ... Toreros School Colors ...... .. ............ .. ...... .. ....... Columbia Blue, Navy, White Athletic Dept. Phone ........................ ...................... .. ..... (619) 260-4803 HOME FIELD: Ballpark .. ........ .. ...... ......................... Cunningham Baseba ll Stadium Capaci ty ..... .. ........ ........... ..... .. ... .... .................... ..... ... .... .. ...............1,200 Surface ... ..... ... ...... ....................... .. ................. ................... Na tural Grass Dimensions ...... .............. .............. .. .. .. ...... .......LF-309, CF-395, RF-329 Press Box Phone ............................... ......... .................... (619) 260-8829 BASEBALL HISTORY: First Year of Baseball (Began Division I play) .. .......... 1975 (1980) Overall All-Time Reco rd ............ ..... ...... .... ...... ...... 1,011-967-2 (.511) NCAA Appearances -Div. I (Last) ............... .. .......... ...... ........ . 2 (2003) NCAA Tournament Record .................... ... ................................... 2-4 Bes t All-Time Record .. ..... ...... ......................................... 39-23 (2002) B ASEBALL S TAFF: Head Coach ....................... ............ .. ............ .................... ..... Rich Hill Alma Mater ............. ... .. ... .. ............ ....... .. ... ............ Ca l Lutheran, 1984 Record at USD .. ............................................. .... 168-128-2 (Sixth Year) Overall Record .............. ...................... .... ...... ... 501 -348-2 (1 6th Year) Assistants .. .... ........................ Michael Kramer (Pepperd ine, 1999) .................... .. .. ..... ... .... ................. Eric Valenzuela (Pepperdine, 2001) ........... .... ........................... .. .. ......................... .... ......... Chri s Cannizzaro Undergraduate Assistant ......... .. ..... .. ................. ......... .Mark Johnston Team Manager.. ............ .... ........ .. ........... ... ....... .... .......Joseph Gaggero Baseball Trainer ........ .. .. ...... .... .. .. ........ .. .................... Pau l Signorelli Baseba ll Strength & Condi tioning Coach ................. Dean Aresco Baseball Phone .............................. .... .... .......... .. ........ .. .. (619) 260-5953 Baseball Fax .. .... .. .. ............... ................ .. .... ........ .... .. ...... (619) 260-7750

Junior Freddy Sandoval is one of three all-conference players USD returns for the 2004 season.

T EAM INFORMATION: 2003 Overa ll Record .. ................. .............................. ......... 32-30 2003 WCC Record (Place) .. ... ................. 18-12 (l st-WCC Wes t) 2003 Horne Record .................. ........ ................ ............... .... . 16-16 2003 Road Record ........ ....................... ..... ........................... 13-13 2003 Neu tral Field Record ...... .......................................... ..... 3-1 2003 Post Season .................. Won WCC Championship Series ... .... ... ....... ............. ..... ........ ..... ... ........ ..*Back-to-Back WCC Titles ...................................... ... ...... ........ ...... ............. NCAA Regionals Position Sta rters returning/ lost ........................ ................... 5/4 Starting Pi tchers returning/ lost .............. .. ......... ............... .. 4/0 Overall returners ... ............ ....... ... .... .......... ..... .. ........ .... ........... 20

San Diego is try ing to take home the school's third consecutive West Coast Conference trophy.

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THE 2004 TOREROS

THE REIGNING CHAMPS SAN DIEGO NATIONALLY RANKED IN TWO PRESEASON PUBLICATIONS

San Diego returns its entire pitching rotation from its WCC Championship team of 2003 and the league's best closer in two-time All-WCC performer TomCaple. Senior's Kyle Collins and AaronWilson along w ith sopho– more left-hander Justin Blaine make up the USD starting rotation that pro– pelled USD into the NCAA Regionals a year ago. The trio is complemented by the return of Caple, a 5' h -year senior from Rancho Bernardo High School. Caple was named the WCC Pitcher of the Week three times as a junior and returns to assume the role of USD's closer after taking a medical red shirt last season. Caple led the WCC and set a then-USD school record with nine saves as a sophomore in 2001. A .313 career hitter, Caple is also expected to be San Diego's everyday centerfielder and leadoff hitter. The heart of the San Diego order is highlighted by senior Joey Prast, a 2004 Preseason Third TeamAll-America pick by CollegiateBaselxlllsNewspaper. Prast is also BaseballAmericas projected wee Player ofthe Year. Ayear ago Prast led the WCC in hits (90), RBI (57), 2B (26) and total bases (154) as a junior. Prast also has an endorsement from his coach RichHill (the 2002 WCC Coach of the Year), who for the first time in his 17-year head coaching career named a team captain, that being Prast, his 5-foot-11 , 180-pound right fielder Prast is surrounded by talented players throughout the line-up. All-WCC outfielder Josh Hansen returns for his senior season after powering USD into the 2003 NCAA Regionals with a pair of title-clinching homeruns. Hansen will likely be the cleanup hitter, possessing the ability not only to play left field and DH, but also can catch and play first base. The infield returns its left side in standout third baseman FreddySandoval and shortstop Jose Ortega. Samdoval, a junior from Tijuana, Mexico, is arguably USD's best professional prospect, displaying excellent defensive skills while hitting for power from both sides of the plate . Sandoval hit .319 last year with nine homers and 20 doubles. Ortega has been dubbed by Baseball America as the WCC's 'Best Defensive Shortstop' and 'Best Arm. ' Ortega, a senior from Riverside, started in 60 ofUSD's 62 games last season, stringing together a team-high 12-game hitting streak and batting .348 during San Diego's last nine games of the regular season. With all the returning talent, San Diego is drawing national attention in the form of a No. 39 pre-season ranking by CollegiateBaseballNewspaper. It is the first time in USD's program history that the Toreros have been included in CollegiateBaseballs Fabulous 40 pre-season rankings. The Toreros will take that ranking into its regular season opener scheduled forJanuary 23,

San Diego's senior class is highlighted by record– breaking outfielder Joey Prast above, and a pair of starting pitchers from USD's championship team of 2003, including right-hander AaronWtlson below.

accept a baseball scholarship at Arizona State University where he was a mernber ofthe Sun Devil's 1998 College World Series team. After transferring to Pepperdine, Valenzuela would be honored as the Waves team cap– tain his senior year, leading Pepperdine to the 2001 West Coast Conference Championship title.

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2004 Player Notes:

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2-time All-WCC UT player 11·ill close and play CF League leader in hits (90), R131 (57). doubles (26) in ·03 20 doubles in ·03 ,vas 3rd highest ;di-time at USO First-team All-WCC ou tfielder, 9 HF(s in ·03 True freshman, 2003 Hawaiian State Player of the Year ·wees Best Defensi,·e Sho,tstop· - 8aseball America One of fastest players in WCC..320 13A in ·03 R/ R Hit for a .312 average as a true freshman last season R/ R L/ L. Expected starter at first base, redshin in ·03 R/ R R/ R L/ L R/ R Hit .380 during an J 1-sta rr stretch as a sophomore R/ R Sophomore utility infielder S/ R S11·itch-hining freshman catcher. 6-2, 200 pounds L/ R 2002 Mountain West Freshman o f the Year at UNLV L/ L Left-handed bat and arm from Laguna Beach R/ L Junior transfer, local product from St. Augustine HS R/ L H ighly regarded frosh from Rancho Bernardo HS R/ R Redshirr freshman. may also pitch L/ L Lots o f size. 6-4, 225 from San Ramon and Cal High

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Pitchers: I Pitcher R Kyle Collins R Aaron Wilson L .Justin Blaine

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Nebraska

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Arizona

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Washington Florida State

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COACHING STAFF

RICH HILL HEAD COACH 6th-year Cal Lutheran 1984

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San Diego head coach Rich Hill completed his fd'th season as San Diego's baseball coach by taking the Toreros to the school's second consecutive NCAA Tournament and winning back-to-back West Coast Conference Champ ionships. Hill and his teams, ove r five complete seasons in San Diego, continue to shatter school records and receive national recognition as one of the best collegiate programs on the West Coast. In the past two seasons, Hill has been honored as the WCC Coach of the Year, led San Diego to a pair of conference championships and has become one of the youngest coaches in Division I hist01y to reach 500 wins. In 16 years as a collegiate head coach, Hill has enjoyed 13 winning seasons including five in as many years in San Diego. As a proven winner, Hill owns a 168-128-2 (. 567) record as San Diego's manage r and improved the Torero's record in each of his first four seasons in San Diego. Hill's Tore ros finished the record setting year of 2002 with the best overall mark in USD school history (39-23) and advanced into the NCAA Regionals for the fu-st time in 23-years of Division I play. Hill and tJ1e To re ros re-wrote the San Diego record books during tlie run, breaking countless school and conference records and Hill in tum was honored as tJ1e West Coast Conference Coach of tlie Year. The 41-year-old Hill has a record of success in each of his three head coaching stops - first at his alma mate r Cal Lutheran. In his first head

coaching job as tJ1e manager at Cal Lu, he won 83% of his games during his final tl1ree seasons (1991-93). Hill led Cal Lutheran to a record of 194-76 (.719) over six ~ r seasons, including two World Series appearances. His 1992 squad posted a 43-6 .,:, ' record before falling a couple of outs shy of the NCAA Division III title, while the 1993 team finished first in the Western Region with a 32-7 record. Unde r Hill's guidance, the Kingsmen knocked off Divisio n I opponents such as USC, Pepperdine, San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara and Cal State Notthridge. During his six seasons at Cal Lutlieran, 92 percent of his players received their degrees. Hill was hired by the University of San Francisco in 1994, taking tJ1e Dons from tJ1e WCC cellar to a school record 34-win season in his final year in 1998. During a five-year coaching stint at San Francisco (1994-1998), Hill !X)Sted tliree consecu– tive winning seasons, including a school best 18 wins in tJ1e West Coast Confer– ence in 1998 as tJ1e Dons finished tied witJ1USD for tJ1ird place in tJ1e WCC. Over his fi nal three seasons there, Hill guided USF to upper division fin ishes in the WCC; and !X)Sted tJ1ree straight winning seasons, including two campaigns of 30 o r more victo1ies. Hill's track record boasts record-breaking seasons for wins in a single season at eve1y stop - Cal Lu (43), USF (34), USD (39) and Chatl1am in Cape League(35)

Rich Hill w ith his w ife, Lori and two children, Robbie and Lindsey In addition to his collegiate coach ing positio ns, Hill was head coach for the Chatham A's of tJ1e Cape Cod League between 1990-93, winning tJ1e league title in 1992 witJ1 a franchise record of 35-11. He has twice been recognized as the ABCA West Region Coach of the Year (1992, 1993); was the 1992 Cape Cod Baseball League "Manager of tJ1e Year"; was twice named the SoutJ1ern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of tlie Year (1992, 1993); and twice was the recipient oftJ1e California Lutheran Alumni Career Excellence Award 0 993, 1994). Hill's assistants have gone on to successful careers in baseball, including five earning head coaching !X)Sitions, and two w itli administrative positions with Major League clubs. Hill has made his mark off the fie ld as we ll . The past nine years he has served on the Ame rican Baseball Coaches Association Editorial Committee; and has been an advisor witJ1 tl1e Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He sta1ted an innovative peer-mentoring program with his USF team. Dons p layers and coaching staff volunteered at the nearby Hamilton Community Cente r, reading stories and playing games with homeless children. Fu1thennore, Hill is a speaker and clinician at various conventions and camps throughout tJ1e region.

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Hill earned his Bachelor ofArts degree (Physical Education) in 1984 from California Lutheran University. After playing one season with the St. Louis Cardinals organization in 1985 (Single A afftliate in Savannah, Georgia), he returned to his alma mater where he earned his Master of Science degree in Education in 1988. Rich and his wife, Lori, live in San Diego with their two children, Robbie (10) and Lindsey (7). In six years under the direction of Rich Hill, the San Diego baseball program... earned a national ranking of #15 (4/ 25/ 02) by Baseball America, its highest in school history... has appeared in consecutive NCAA Tou rnament's... was recognized as one of Collegiate Baseball Newspapers' Fabulous-4Ocollegiate baseball programs (12/ 19/03) ... challenged a non-conference schedule which ranked #2 nationally by NATIONAL ACCOLADES...

Boyd's Wor!d(2003) ... plays six pre– season nationally ranked opponents in 2004 and nine NCAA Regional participants from a year ago. Two WCC CHAMPIONSHIPS • 2002 wee C OACH OF THE Y EAR • 501 CAREER C OACHING VICTORIES • 13 WINNING SEASONS IN 16 YEARS • USD R ECORD 39 W1Ns IN '02 •

The USO coaching staff (l-r) Eric Valenzuela, Michael Kramer, Rich Hill & Chris Cannizzaro.

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22-33 24-35 30-25 29-27 34-24

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COACHING STAFF

MICHAEL KRAMER ASSISTANT COACH 2nd-year Pepperdine 1999

Michae l Krame r is in his second season as an assistant coach fo r the USD baseball pro– gram. As the Torero hitting coach, Kramer helped the Toreros capture the 2003 West Coast Conference Championship. During the o ff season Kra me r was eleva ted to th e program's top ass istan t. A 1999 Pepperdine graduate and fou r-year colle– giate player for the Waves, he returned to the West Coast Conference in 2003 after spending two sea–

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sons as an ass istant at UNC Greensboro. As a college player, Kramer helped Pepperdine amas.s a 46-16 record du1ing his senior year playing mostly as a catcher. After graduating in 1999 he began his coadling career as an assistant at Pepperdine tl1e following season. Kramer served as USD's first base coach last season and also directs the e ffo rts of San Diego's offense as the To reros primary hitting coach .

ERIC VALENZUELA ASSISTANT COACH 1st-year Pepperdine 2001

The USD baseba ll program was p leased to announce the hiring of Eric Valenzue la as an assistant baseball coach this past off season . Va le nzue la , a coll egiate pitcher fo r both Ari– zona State and Pepperdi ne , takes on the role o f p itching coach for the reigning back-to– back West Coast Co nfe re nce Champion Toreros.

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A native of West Covina , Valenzuela re turns to Soutl1ern California after se1ving as an as.sistant coach

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at St. Ma ry's Coll ege fo r the past two seasons. Va le nzue la brings w ith him a strong background develop ing young tale nt, most recently directing the pitching staff of the Brewster White Caps of the Cape Code League th is past summe r. As an as.sistant coach at St. Ma1y's from 2001-2002, Valenzuela coordinated much of tl1e team's community programs, including directing youth camps and clinics. Valenzuela served as the Gaels third base coach, managed recruiting effo1ts and also directed the team·s strength and conditioning program. Valenzuela garnered AJI-Ame1ica honors as a prep athlete at Bishop Amat High School

and went o n to accept a baseba ll scho larship at Arizona State Univers ity whe re he was a member of the Sun Devil 's 1998 College World Seri es team. After transfe rring to Pepperdine , Va le nzue la wou ld be honored as the Waves team captain his seni o r yea r, lead ing Peppe rdine to the 2001 West Coast Confe re nce Championship title. Valenzuela graduated from Pepperdine in 2001 witl1a B.A. in Crimina]Justice. His fatl1er Victor was an as.sistant boxing coach for me United States in the 1984 Olympic Games and currently runs the Azusa Boxing Club in East Los Angeles.

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COACHING STAFF

CHRIS CANNIZZARO ASSISTANT COACH 6th-year

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Chris Cannizzaro , now in his sixth season with the Tore ros, brings a wealth of major league expe rie nce to USD head coach Rich Hill 's staff. No stranger to base ball in the city of San Di– ego, Canni zzaro spent 13 yea rs in the majo rs - including two stints with the San Diego Pa– dres , whe re he became the first All-Star in Pa- dre baseball histo ry in the 1969 campaign. A durable defe nsive catche r, Cannizzaro p layed in 740 major league games whil e p laying fo r the St. Louis Cardinals 0960-61) , New York

• 13-YEAR M AJOR L EAGUE PLAYER

• F1RsT ALL-STAR I N P ADRE HisrnRY

• MLB R ECORD H o LDER

Me ts 0962-65) , Pittsburgh 0968), San Diego 0969-71; 1974), Chicago Cubs 0971) and the Los Angeles Dodgers 0972-73). Canni zzaro holds a share of the Major League record for most unassisted double plays by a catche r (2).

Once his playing career ended , Cannizzaro shifted his focus to coaching and spe nt three seasons 0976-78) with the Atlanta Braves organization before coaching in the California Angels organizati on from 1979-82 in the Class A Cal State League. Cannizzaro has two sons - Chris Jr. and Ken , and a daughte r, Kimbe rlee. Chris Jr. was a two-time All– America selection at San Diego State where he was a teammate of USD head coach Rich Hill for one season. Cannizzaro also has three stepdaughters -Marcia, Tricia andJennifer. Aside from his lifelong passion for the game of baseball, Cannizzaro also enjoys golf and spending time with his four grandchildren - Brittney (16), Morgan (12), Zachary (11) and Cassidy (8). Cannizzaro and his wife, Janice, reside in San Die o. TORERO BASEBALL SUPPORT STAFF e,

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JoeGaggero Team Manager

MarkJohnston Undergraduate Assistant Coach

Paul Signorelli Team Athletic Tra iner

Dean Aresco Strength & Cond. Coach

Karlene Sugannan Team Psychologist

Mike Matoso Assoc. AD · Comp liance/ Adm in.

DanYourg Assoc. AD

Andy Fee Assistant AD Facilites/ Operations

We ndy McRey nolds Assistant AD Marketing/ Promotions

Bre nt DiGiacomo JViarketing Assistant

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NUMERICAL ROSTER

THE 2004 TOREROS II NAME POS

Hometown/HighSchooJ/Last College El Cajon, CA/Grossmont HS Riverside, CA/Ribidour HS/ Riverside CC San Jose , CA/Westmont HS/ San Jose CC Vista, CA!Fallbrook HS Poway, CA/Poway HS Westlake Village, CA;'Westlake HS San Diego, CA/Rancho Bernardo HS/Texas

B/T HT

YR so SR*

WT 100 100 165 175 100 185 185 l(i) 210 165 175 l(i) 165 15X) 185 215 185 ;ro 205 185 185 100 ;ro 100 185 ;ro 100 100 205 15X) 225

R/ R R/ R R/ R R/ R R/ R R/ R R/ R R/ R R/ R LIL L/L SI R L/L R/ R R/ R R/ R L/ L SI R R/ R L/L L/R R/ L R/ R R/ L R/ R SI R L/L R/ R R/ R R/ R L/L

6-1 6-0 6-1 5-9

Trevor Pike Jose Ortega Kyle Collins Kyle Smith

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9

INF RHP INF

SR so SR

OF

5-11 5-11

Joey Prast

INF

Jamie Hci5elgesser

JR

6-0

SR°

RHP/ OF

Tom Caple SeanWarlop Patrick Lucy

RHP RHP

Bonita, CA/Bonita Vista HS Fallbrook, CA/Fallbrook HS Mililani, HI/Mililani HS

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6-3 5-9 6-4

11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 a) 21 22 23 24 25 Xi Z7 28 ~ 'jJ 31 32 35 36

OF

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JR so FR FR FR

Westlake Village, CA/Westlake HS Oakland, CA/Bishop O'Dowd HS Laguna Beach, CA/Laguna Beach HS Aiea, Hawaii/Kamehameha HS

LHP INF INF INF RHP

Justin Blaine

Steve Singleton Brian Beck KeoniRuth Aaron Wilson Josh Hansen Randy Curtis Freddy Sandoval

5-11

6-0

5-10

SR*

Lakeside, CA/Santana HS Irvine, CA/Mater Dei HS Calabasas, CA/Calabasas HS/ L.A. Pierce CC Tijuana, Mexico/Marian Catholic HS Santee, CA/Santana HS San Diego, CA/USD HS/Texas Tech Las Vegas, NV/ Silverado HS/ UNLV San Diego, CA/St. Augustine HS/ Mesa CC Las Vegas, NV/ Silverado HS/ UNLV Rancho Bernardo, CA/Rancho Bernardo HS San Diego, CA/USD HS/ Grossmont CC El Cajon, CA/El Capitan HS

6-3 6-0

SR

OF! C

INF/ OF

5-11

JR* JR*

6-1 6-3 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-1 6-2 6-5 6-4 6-0 6-4

INF RHP LHP

Michael Bass Andy Martin

JR JR

OF OF

JosephWickman

JR*

T.J. Merritt

5-11

JR

RHP

James Wickman

JR*

FR SR FR FR FR

Tristan Gale BrianJones

OF

RHP

C

Jordan Abruzzo Nate Boman Josh Butler Brett Gillespie Justin Holmes Shane Buschini

San Diego, CA/Patrick Henry HS Danville, CA/San Ramon Valley HS West Linn, OR/West Linn HS Lakewood, WA/Clover Park HS San Ramon, CA/California HS

LHP/ OF

5-11

RHP RHP

JR*

INF/ RHP FR*

OF

FR

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10 Rich Hill - Head Coach (6th year, Cal Lutheran '84) 14Michael Kramer - Assistant Coach ( 2nd year, Pepperdine, 1999) 34 Eric Valenzuela - Assistant Coach ( 1st year, Pepperdine, 2001) 8 Chris Cannizzaro -Assistant Coach (6th year)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 12 Gavin Ng .... .......Ng (I NG) 17 Keoni Ruth ...... Keoni ( KEY-o-KNEE) ROSTER BREAKDOWN By Class: Freshmen .. .......... .... . .. . . .. .. .... ........ . ...... 9 Sophomo res ........... .... ..... .... . Juniors Seniors.... By State/ Country: California .. Nevada ....... 3 ..... l 1 ············· 8

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Hawaii Oregon Mexico Washington

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For the first lime in his 17-year head coaching career Rich Hill /e/i mmed a team captainJoeyPrast 1igbt.

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THE 2004 TOREROS

Top Row (l-r) Jordan Abruzzo, Andy Ma11in,Josh Butle r, Shane Buschini,Justin Blaine, Michael Bass, Brett Gillespie, Pat Lucy Sta nding (l-r) Michael Kramer, Eric Vale nzuela,Joseph Wickman,Joe Gaggero, Freddy Sandoval, Aaron Wilson,Justin Ho lmes,James Wickman, Kyle Collins, Brian Jones, Chris Cannizzaro, Rich Hill. Third Row (l-r) Tristan Gale, Keoni Ruth,Jamie Hesselgesser, Mark Johnston, Trevo r Pike, Tom Caple ,Josh Hansen, Steve Singleron,Jose Onega. Bottom Row (l-r) Nate Boman, Brian Beck,Joey Prast, Randy Cwtis, T.J. Merritt, Gavin Ng, Sean \'(larlop, Kyle Smith.

Alphabetical Roster No. Naine ~ Abruzzo,Jordan 22 Bass, Michael 16 Beck, Brian 13 Blaine,Justin 30 Boman, Nate 36 Buschini, Shane 31 Butler,Josh 7 Caple, Tom 37 Collins, Kyle 20 Cunis, Randy 27 Gale, Tristan 32 Gillespie, Brett 19 Hansen, Josh 6 Hesselgesser,Jamie 35 Holmes,Justin 28 Jones, Brian 11 Lucy, Patrick 23 Manin, Andy 25 Merritt, T.J. 16 Ng, Gavin 2 Onega,Jose 17 Pike, Trevor 5 Prast,Joey 17 Ruth, Keoni 21 Sandoval, Freddy 15 Singleton, Steve 38 Smith, Kyle 30 Warlop, Sean 26 Wickman,James 24 Wickman,Joseph 18 Wilson, Aaron

FRESHMAN PITCHING

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Left-hander Nate Boman (Patrick Henry HS, San Diego CA)

Righty Josh Butler (Cal ifornia HS, Danville CA) NCS Player of the Year and All-State selection as a prep senior.

Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 39th round of the 2003 MLB First Year Player Draft.

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THE 2004 TOREROS

JordanAbruzzo Freshman Catcher 6'2" - 200 1bs S/R

ceiver and All-CIF selection while playing football at Santana... Baseball coach at Santana was Jerry Henson. Personal: Full name is Michael Nation Bass... Also recruited by Pepperdine, USC and Loyola Marymount. .. Chose USD for its academic programs, location and baseball team ... Son of Bart & Darcy Bass ... Born October 10, 1982 in San Diego, California.

El Cajon ,CA El Capitan HS

BrianBeck Freshman Infielder 6'0" -160 1bs L/L LagunaBeach, CA LagunaBeach HS

Prep: Starred at El Capitan High School in nearby El Cajon ... Was a First– Team All-State selection, hitting .455 with 8 HR and 44 RBI 's as a prep senior. .. Led El Capitan to a 26-8 overall record and a CIF Championship in 2003 ... As a junior hit .430 with 7 HR and 45 RBI's and was named an AJI-Grossmont No11h League player. .. Helped El Capitan compile a 25-10 record his junio r year... Played for the Encinitas Reds club program on a team that reached the Connie Mack World Series. Personal: Born on August 2, 1984 in San Diego, California ... Son of Steve and Marsha Abruzzo... Also recru ited by Long Beach State and Loyola Marymount. .. Brother, Spike played collegiate baseball ... Chose to attend USO for the academic and athletic oppo11Unities.

Prep: Played at Laguna Beach High School... Named team MVP and was the school's Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senio r. .. 1 s' team Al l-Pacific Coast League player, hitting .404 and stealing 18 bases his senior year. .. As a junior, was named a 2 nd team AJI-PCLperformer and the Breaker's Most Valuable Pitcher. .. During his sophomore season, Beck was Laguna's Most Valuable Defensive Player. .. Coached by Mike Schube1t at Laguna and also played for the Orange County Yard Dogs club team. Personal: Business Administration major at USD ... Chose to attend USD for the strong academic programs... Born on July 24, 1985 .. Son of Bob and Sue Beck.

MichaelBass Junior Pitcher 6'3" - 2051bs R/ R

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Justin Blaine Sophomore Pitcher 6'4"- 1751bs L/L Westlake Village, CA WestlakeHS

Bass' Collegiate Pitching Stats Year GIGS W -L sv IP 2002 2010 2-1 1 -i<;J.2 2003 1110 0-0 0 14. I Career 3110 2-1 1 44.0

ER

ERA

BB

H

K

16 15 31

12

32 12 44

9.71 7.53 9.14

53 26 79

4

16

Sophomore in 2003: Appeared in 11 games, all in relief. .. Struck out a season-high five in fou r innings against St. Mary's (4-18-03) ... Did not allow a run in his first six outings... Pitched a perfect inning during a USD win over Cal Poly SLO (1-26-03)... Over two games, worked two score- less innings in Lubbock, Texas against Texas Tech... Struck out 15 in 14 plus innings on the season ... Posted an ERA of 7.53. Freshman in 2002: Bass appeared in 20 games, all in relief as a true freshman ... Pitched three scoreless innings while fanning three to pick up a save against Oregon State (2-10-02)... Posted a 2-1 overall record, win– ning in USD's opening series at UC Irvine (2-27-02) and early in the season at Cal Poly SLO (2-3-02) ... Bass struck out 16 in 29.2 innings of work as a frosh ... Walked 12 and gave up 53 hits. Prep: Attended local Santana High School .. Earned All-Grossmont North League honors for three consecutive seasons .. Was named All-CIF as a junior and senior. .. Led Santana to league titles as a sophomore and jun– ior... Recorded a 8-2 record and a 2.04 ERA as a junior. .. Was a three– sport letterman in baseball, basketball and football. .. All-State wide re-

ONE OF THE BEST LEFT-HANDED STARTERS IN THE wee LED THE TORERO STAFF WITH A 3.10 ERA IN LEAGUE PLAY

Blaine's Collegiate Pitching Stats Year G IGS W-L sv IP

ER

BB ERA

H

K

36 36

84 84

,KJ 46

21112 21112

2003

4-5 4-5

0 0

752 75.2

4.28 4.28

52 52

Career

Team Leader

Freshman in 2003: Led the Torero staff with a 3.10 ERA in West Coast Conference play... Bounced back from a slow stal1 to become one of the best left-handed stal1ers in the West Coast Conference .. Was roughed up by Texas and Texas Tech in two of his first three collegiate starts and was reassigned to the bullpen for the better pan of the non-conference sched– ule ... Took advantage of a mid-week start, throwing four scoreless in– nings against USC (4-8-03), earning his second win of the season ... Never

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THE 2004 TOREROS

Ebrnancont .. 10 record ... Twice named a First Team All-Easte rn League player .. Also played for San Diego's Dugout Club program, being named an all-tourna– ment player twice. Personal: Born on February 4, 1985 in Grand Forks, Not1h Dakota ... Son of Rick and Lo rraine Boma n ... Heavily recru ited by UC Riverside, San Diego State, Arizona , Santa Clara and Long Beach State... Chose to attend USD for the academic programs and the great baseba ll program.

Shane Buschini Freshman Outfielder 6'4" - 225 llis L/ L SanRamon, CA California HS

Justin Blaine's 3. 10 ERA in wee play ,Yas 4th hest in the league .

Blainecont.. left the starting rotation after that win, turning in six strong performances in a row- propelling USD into the WCC Champio nships and NCAA Regionals. . Was 3-1 with a 2.48 ERA during that six game span... During a three week stretch in April the Torero offense provided little to no run support for Blaine, going scoreless through 16 plus innings... Struck out 17 in his first 19 innings of wo rk as a freshman ... Worked a season-high six and a third innings twice, vs. Loyola Marymount (5-4-03) and at Portland (5-11-03) ... Struck out a season-high seven against Po rtland (5-11-03) .. Posted a record of 4-5, 52 K's a nd an ERA of 4.28. Prep: Attended Westlake High School and was named the Waniors Pitcher of the Year as a senior. .. Compiled a 19-6 overall record as a prep junior and senior... Helped the Warriors reach postseason play for three straight seasons, making a CIF Finals appearance as a junior... Honored as an All– County and All-Marmonte League player as a junior and senior. .. Coached by Chuck Berrington at Westlake High School. Personal: Born on March 12, 1984 in Los Angeles, Ca lifornia as Davis Justin Blaine .. Was also recruited by UCLA, Michigan and Loyola Marymount ... So n of Davis and Karen Blaine .. . Notes ping-pong as a favorite activity... Business Administration majo r.

Prep: Hit 8 homers and posted a .440 batti ng average while playing fo r Ca lifornia High School as a prep senio r... Twice named an All-East Bay Athletic League player as a prep... Honored as an All-State selection fol– lowing his senior campaign... Led California High to the league champion– ship as a junio r batting .500 and hitting six homeruns... During that same year, Buschini took California into the sectional semi-finals, helping Ca l High finish with a record of 22-4... Twice mentioned as an all-area player. . Coached by Dave Hamilton at Ca l High ... Also played for the Lafa yette General Club team. Personal: Heavily recruited out of high school by Santa Clara , Pepperdine, California, Ca l Poly SLO and Fresno State ... Chose to attend USD to play for a championship basebaUprogram... Also played Water Polo, Soccer and football in high school. .. Son of Mark and Mary Buschini ... Born on April 24 , 1985 in Ma rtinez, Ca lifornia. Josh Butler Freshman Pitcher 6'5" -180 llis R/ R Danville,CA SanRamon Valley HS Prep: Attended San Ramon Valley High School and played for Rick Steen.. Was named the NCS Playe r of the Yea r as a prep senio r. .. All-State pe r– former and East Bay Athletic League Player of the Yea r after leading the Wolves to the East Bay Championship in 2003. Personal: Born on Decembe r 11 , 1984 in Auburn, California ... Son of Jeff and Susan Boman .. . Also recruited by California, Santa Clara and Notre Dame.. Chose to attend USD for the location, academics and team reputation... Also lettered as a prep basketball player at San Ramon.

NateBoman Freshman Pitcher/ Outfielder 5'11" -180llis L/L San Diego, CA Patrick HenryHS

Prep: Drafted by the Anaheim Angels in the 39'1, round of the 2003 MLB First Year Player Draft after starring at San Diego's Patrick Henry High School. .. Two-way standout at Patrick Henry posting a 9-3 record with 96 K's on the mound and hitting .360 with 5 homeruns as a prep senior.. Helped the Patriots reach post season play for three consecutive seasons... Hit A43 with 3HR and 39 RBI as a junio r leading Patrick Henry to a 22-

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TomCa le Senior Pitcher/ Outfielder 6'0" - 185 lbs R/ R San Diego, CA UofTexas RanchoBernardo HS

FIRST TEAM Au-wee PlAYER IN 2001 & 2002 NAMED THE wee PITCHER OF THE W EEK 3 TIMES IN 2002 OWNS A .313 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE SET A THEN-SCHOOL RECORD WITH 9 SAVES IN 2001

Caple's Collegiate Pitching Stats Year G I GS

W-L sv IP E R

K

H

BB ERA

18.00 2431'

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4

1

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0

2000# 2001 2002 2003' Career

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23 35

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251\/6 20/ 13

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72

4.05

49

119 95"

109

3

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14-8 12 1961 76

195 173

47/19

78

3.48

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Tom Caple has proven to be one of the best two-way players in college baseball.

Capie's Collegiate Batting Stats Year G-GS AB R H

2B 3B HR RBI SB-A BA

1

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0

0 0

0 3 0 0 3

2000# 3-1

3 1

0-0

195 53" 61 217 54" 69

14 11

11-15 313

2001 2002

2 1 0 3

53-53 54-54

Cajiecant...

33 30

6-10

.318 290 .313

Sophomore in 2001: First Team All-West Coast Conference player asa sophomore ... Posted a team-high 53 runs in 53 games in 2001. .. Hit .313 playing and starting in all 53 games... Hit two homers drove in three runs at Gonzaga (4-7-01) ... Posted a .438 on-base percentage .. . Hit 14 doubles and three triples ... As the Torero's closing pitcher, Caple posted a 5-3 record and 2.43 ERA... Struck out 77 batters in 85 innings of work while walking just 23 ... Led the conference and set a USD school record with 9 saves ... Finished third in the WCC with a 2.43 ERA and was tied for fifth in the conference with 25 appearances. Freshman in 2000 (Texas): Played freshman year wid1 Texas Longhorns.. Appeared in 5 games, two in relief pitching outings.... Registered three at– bats over three games and one start ... Scored a run and posted an RBI. Prep: Played at Rancho Bernardo HS where senior year helped lead Bron– cos to CIF championship ... Selected All-State and 2nd Team All-American (BaseballAmerica). .. Junior year earned All-State honors with team placing 2nd in CIF championships... A two-time California State Player of the Year and three-time All-San Diego County selection... Named to the Team USA Junior National Team in 1998... Senior year batted .375, and was 10-2 on mound with 151 Ks. Personal; Communications Studies major ... Also recruited by USC, Florida, Arizona and Pepperdine ... Parents are Jo & Brian Caple of San Diego, CA ... Born on August 20, 1980 in Denver, Colorado.

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2-2

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9-8

9

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Career 116-115 443 113 139 26

67

19-27

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2003: Drafted in the 44th round of the 2003 MLB First Year Player Draft by Boston despite taking a medical redshi.rt -appearing in just nine games at the beginning of the season ... Did not pitch ... Registered 31 at-bats and hit for a .290 average... Stole a pair of bases and went 2-for-4 with an RBI against his former team, Texas (2-2-03)... Put up back-to-back 2-hit games against both UC Riverside (2-21-03) and Oregon State (3-1-03)... Knocked in four RBI in just nine games and eight starts, all as a DH. Junior in 2002: Caple did it all for the Toreros during USD's champion– ship season of 2002 ... He was honored as an All-West Coast Conference First Team player for the second consecutive season ... As San Diego's everyday centerfielder, he hit .318 in 2002, helping USD amass a school record 39 wins... Enjoyed a 12-game hitting streak in which he went 4- for-6 and drove in five runs at San Francisco (3-8-02) ... Scored 54 times, hit 11 doubles and drove in 30 nms ... As a pitcher, Caple earned WCC Pitcher of the Week honors three times... Allowed San Diego the school's first ever NCAA Tournament win, beating New Mexico State (6-1-02) 2- 1 in Regional action, working seven scoreless innings, allowing just five hits and striking out four. .. Began the season 6-0 as USD's Saturday starter.. Posted a USD single-game best 11 K's in just four innings against UC Irvine (1-25-02)... Fanned 95 batters on the year, second only to teammate Ricky Barrett in d1e WCC. .. BaseballAmerica tabbed Caple's breaking ball as the best in the league entering the 2003 season... On four different occasions Caple fanned 10 or more batters, including doing so in back-to-back starts against division rivals Portland (3-23-02) and Loyola Marymount (3-30- 02).

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