2012 Media Guide. Building Selfless Individuals with Championship Character

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1 Date Sat. Jan. 28 Sun. Jan. 29 Wed. Feb. 1 Fri. Feb. 3 Sat. Feb. 4 Mon. Feb. 6 Wed. Feb. 8 Sat. Feb. 11 Sun. Feb. 12 Mon. Feb. 13 Wed. Feb. 15 Sat. Feb. 18 Sun. Feb. 19 Wed. Feb. 22 Fri. Feb. 24 Sat. Feb. 25 Mon. Feb. 27 Wed. Feb. 29 Fri. Mar. 2 Sat. Mar. 3 Mon. Mar. 5 Wed. Mar. 7 Fri. Mar. 9 Sat. Mar. 10 Mon. Mar. 12 Wed. Mar. 14 Fri. Mar. 16 Sat. Mar. 17 Sun. Mar. 18 Mon. Mar. 19 Fri. Mar. 23 Sat. Mar. 24 Mon. Mar. 26 Fri. Mar. 30 Sat. Mar. 31 Mon. Apr. 2 Wed. Apr. 4 Fri. Apr. 6 Mon. Apr. 9 Wed. Apr. 11 Fri. Apr. 13 Sat. Apr. 14 Sun. Apr. 15 Mon. Apr. 16 Wed. Apr. 18 Fri. Apr. 20 Sat. Apr. 21 Opponent Polk State College South Florida CC Flagler College JV Brevard CC Indian River State Flagler College JV Hillsborough CC Brevard CC Broward College Indian River State Polk State College Miami-Dade College Palm Beach State CCBC Dundalk Pasco-Hernando CC Pasco-Hernando CC Hillsborough CC South Florida CC CC of Rhode Island St. Pete College Prairie State College St. Pete College Team Canada Time 4:00 PM 2:00 PM Noon (DH) Noon (DH) 7:00 PM 5:00 PM Noon TBA Location Winter Haven St. Augustine Melbourne Ft. Pierce Tampa Miami Lake Worth New Port Richey Leesburg (Pat Thomas Stadium) Avon Park Jacksonville Sanford Daytona Beach Gainesville Ocala Palatka Daytona Beach Gainesville Sanford Clearwater Ocala Disney s Wide World of Sports Jacksonville Palatka 2012 Media Guide Building Selfless Individuals with Championship Character

2 Spring is in the air and one of our favorite Rites of Spring is the launch of another exciting season of Lakers Baseball! It is my pleasure to bring greetings to our loyal fans and to express our appreciation to our sponsors and benefactors on behalf of the Lake-Sumter Community College family. I chose the word family because here at we truly strive to develop relationships with our students that will assist them on their journey to find their futures. To this end, we have established a Service Excellence initiative with this goal: We inspire confidence through every interaction to empower lives and build futures by providing a caring and supportive learning environment. Our student athletes thrive in this environment, under the mentoring of not just the coaches, but advisors and faculty as well. As a result, our teams excel not only on the field and the court but in the classroom and the community. In addition to the honors already mentioned by Coach Matulia, I also note with pride that many of our team members received leadership and service awards for their contributions to the college and the community. Lake-Sumter Community College continues to be one of the leading colleges in the state and the nation. We were selected as being in the Top Ten Percent of all U.S. community colleges by the Aspen Prize for Excellence; and we placed #5 for colleges of our size in the use of technology by the erepublic Center for Digital Education. When our students complete their studies here they are ready to go anywhere, as evidenced by their high job placement rates and average GPA of 3.18 after transfer to the university system. As we enter our 50 th Anniversary year and begin the application process to initiate bachelor s degree programs at, we are indeed appreciating the past while anticipating the future. Thanks for your support and Go Lakers!.Beginning his 15 th year as the Athletic Director, Mike Matulia has guided the Athletic Programs during the New Era for Lake-Sumter Community College. During his tenure, Matulia has lead the athletic teams, designed and supervised the construction of facilities and oversaw the entire athletic program. Matulia served as the FCSAA State baseball chair, and the Suncoast Conference Baseball Commissioner. He currently serves as the Vice Chair on the Lake County Children s Services Council and as the Chair of the FCSAA Council for Athletic Affairs. This past year the athletic programs posted two student-athletes on the NJCAA Academic All-American Team, while nineteen received all-state academic honors; in addition, twenty six student-athletes received All-Conference Academic honors in their respective sports and eleven received All-Conference Team honors; including former baseball players, Nic Kovacs, Jason Matusik, Ethan Bader and current sophomore, Chris Suto. Kovacs and Matusik also received FCSAA All-State Team honors marked history for the Lakers baseball program, making their first appearance at the FCSAA State tournament. Matulia states, this past year was a great step in meeting what we have been expecting from our baseball program and this year should be no exception. Coach Billings has assembled a talented group with the help of the recruiting of Coach Holt. I believe the Lakers will be in contention at the end of the season. The Laker Nation looks for big things from Coach Billings and his 2011 Lakers. See you at the ballpark! Matulia resides in Eustis with wife Betsy and third son, Jake (13). Matulia has two other sons: Matt and John; and his first granddaughter: Emma.

3 Rich Billings begins his fifth season as the Lakers Head Baseball Coach. This will be Billings seventh season with Lake-Sumter Community College overall. Billings came to, first as a player in 2001 after graduating from Leesburg High School. While at he played for former Head Coach and current Athletic Director, Mike Matulia. Billings was an All-Conference outfielder and is still the only player in the program s history to start every game in his two-year career at. He earned his Associates Degree from in 2003 and went on to play his final two seasons for Tony Skole at East Tennessee State University where he would complete his Bachelor s Degree in History in Billings remained at ETSU as a student assistant coach for a semester before returning to as a full time assistant coach in the spring of Billings went on to earn his Master s Degree in Education from the University of Phoenix in He was named s head coach in July of 2007, when he became one of the youngest college head coaches in the country at 24 years old. In 2011 Billings led to a 2 nd place Mid-Florida Conference finish earning the Lakers their 1 st ever appearance in the FCSAA State Tournament. While there, also earned the 1 st state tournament victory in athletic history by defeating State College of Florida 8-5. The Lakers finished the season with a record which is the 2 nd most wins all time and the first winning season since In his four seasons as a head coach at, Billings has had 12 players move on to the Division I level. He has seen 16 players move on to the Division II and NAIA levels. He has also had one player drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft. He has coached 13 All-Conference performers and three All-State selections as well as the 2008 Florida Defensive Player of the Year. In addition to the success on the field, Billings has also had four Academic All-Americans. Three of them came from the 2009 sophomore class in which the Lakers posted a 3.1 overall team GPA which ranked 15th nationally and 3rd in the state of Florida. The academic success continued in 2011 when 10 Lakers earned spots on the Mid-Florida Conference All Academic Team along with seven who earned Academic All-State honors. Billings has had other coaching experience with the Leesburg Lightning of the Florida Collegiate Summer League. In the summer of 2007 he served as an assistant coach for the Lightning team that went on to win the Florida Collegiate Summer League Championship in their inaugural season. Billings has also served as a volunteer coach for several area youth all-star teams. He has also been an instructor for the Mike Matulia All-Star Baseball School for the past 12 years. In the fall of 2011, Josh Holt will enter his sixth season as an assistant coach at Lake-Sumter Community College and seventh overall as a college coach. He will also enter his fourth season as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach for the Lakers. Holt came to Lake-Sumter Community College from Florida Tech University where he served as an assistant baseball coach in the spring He graduated from Leesburg High School in 2001 and then furthered his baseball career at Flagler College. While at Flagler College, he was a four-year starter at first base. He graduated from Flagler College in December 2005 with a Secondary Education-Social Science degree. Holt went on to earn his Master s degree from the University of Phoenix in March Holt also has head coaching experience by leading the Leesburg Lightning of the Florida Collegiate Summer League to the championship in its inaugural season in the summer of 2007 with a record of In the summer 2006, Holt also won the FCSL Championship as an assistant coach with the Winter Park Diamond Dogs. During his two years as an assistant coach and head coach in the FCSL, Holt coached eight players that went on to play professional baseball. In 2011, the pitching staff had its best year under Holt. The pitching staff finished with a 4.98 team E.R.A. which is the fifth best in school history. Two pitchers, Nic Kovacs and Ethan Bader earned All Mid- Florida Conference recognition. Kovacs was also selected to the FCSAA All-State Second Team and finished tied for second place in school history for wins in a single season with eight. Three pitchers from the 2011 pitching staff moved on to the four year level. In his time as a collegiate coach, Holt has coached eighteen All-Conference performers and two All-Americans. In the last four years, Holt saw fourteen former baseball pitchers move on to the four year level, including six at the NCAA Division One level. Holt comes from a baseball family; his father Roger played in the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers organizations in the 1970 s and his brother Jonathan was a 2007 draft pick by the Cleveland Indians out of the University of Tampa and played professional baseball for three years. Holt is currently the Head Groundskeeper for the Athletic Complex and is an adjunct professor in the Student Development Department. He resides in Leesburg with his wife Lindsay and daughter Ella. DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mrs. Margo Odom, Chairman - Mr. Timothy Morris, Vice Chairman - Mr. Scott Blankenship - Mr. Richard Bowersox - Mrs. Marcia Butler - Ms. Kelly Flores - Dr. Kenneth Kelly - Ms. Emily Lee - Mr. Kelly Rice - Dr. Charles R. Mojock, President Ms. Anita Geraci-Carver, Board Attorney

4 #1 Ray Atkinson 6 1 INF/OF Tavares HS Tavares, FL #2 James Lang 5 11 INF Flagler Palm Coast HS Palm Coast, FL #4 Nate Damron 5 11 Catcher Leesburg, HS Fruitland Park, FL #6 Brandan Keen 5 10 RHP Olympia HS Orlando, FL #7 Jonah Davis 6 0 RHP Leesburg HS Lady Lake, FL #8 Beau Beaudreau 6 0 LHP Fletcher HS Atlantic Beach, FL #10 Mitch Okey 5 7 INF/C Eustis HS Eustis, FL #11 Mitchell Dolan 6 1 LHP Dr. Phillips HS Orlando, FL #14 Chris Suto 5 10 OF Lake Brantley HS Longwood, FL #15 Chad Buckley 6 5 RHP/OF Lincoln HS Tallahassee, FL #16 Dylan Price 6 2 RHP Winter Park HS Orlando, FL #20 Alex Arellano 6 0 INF East Ridge HS Clermont, FL #23 Zach Oliver 6 0 LHP Eustis HS Eustis, FL #24 Tyler Kellmann 6 0 INF/OF East Lake HS Tarpon Springs, FL #27 Dominique Allen 5 11 OF University HS Orlando, FL

5 #3 Austin Pereira 6 0 OF Eau Gallie HS Melbourne, FL #5 Albert Lefran 5 9 INF West Orange HS/Nova SE Windermere, FL #9 Kyle Schnell 6 2 RHP Milton HS Alpharetta, GA #12 Rudy Salazar 5 9 INF Wekiva HS Apopka, FL #17 Jordan Bitting 6 1 Catcher Tavares HS Sorrento, FL #18 Bobby Holsombach 6 1 LHP Eau Gallie HS Melbourne, FL #22 Nick Palmer 5 11 RHP Leesburg HS Okahumpka, FL #26 Kory Jean 6 0 INF Olympia HS Windermere, FL #35 Masaki Hook 5 7 OF West Orange Hs Windermere, FL

6 # Name Yr. Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. HS/PC Hometown 1 Ray Atkinson So. INF/OF R/R Tavares HS Tavares, FL 2 James Lang So. INF R/R Flagler Palm Coast HS Palm Coast, FL 3 Austin Pereira Fr. OF R/R Eau Gallie HS Melbourne, FL 4 Nate Damron So. C R/R Leesburg HS Fruitland Park, FL 5 Albert Lefran RS Fr. INF L/R West Orange/Nova SE Windermere, FL 6 Brandan Keen So. RHP R/R Olympia/UNF Orlando, FL 7 Jonah Davis So. RHP R/R Leesburg HS Lady Lake, FL 8 Beau Beaudreau So. LHP L/L Fletcher HS Atlantic Beach, FL 9 Kyle Schnell Fr. RHP R/R Milton HS Alpharetta, GA 10 Mitch Okey So. INF/C R/R Eustis HS Mt. Dora, FL 11 Mitchell Dolan So. LHP L/L Dr. Phillips HS Orlando, FL 12 Rudy Salazar Fr. INF R/R Wekiva HS Apopka, FL 14 Chris Suto So. OF R/R Lake Brantley HS Longwood, FL 15 Chad Buckley So. RHP/OF R/R Lincoln HS Tallahassee. FL 16 Dylan Price So. RHP R/R Winter Park HS Orlando, FL 17 Jordan Bitting Fr. C R/R Tavares HS Sorrento, FL 18 Bobby Holsombach Fr. LHP L/L Eau Gallie HS Melbourne, FL 20 Alex Arellano So. INF R/R East Ridge HS Clermont, FL 22 Nick Palmer RS Fr. RHP R/R Leesburg HS Okahumpka, FL 23 Zach Oliver So. LHP L/L Eustis HS Eustis, FL 24 Tyler Kellmann So. INF/OF L/R East Lake HS Tarpon Springs, FL 26 Kory Jean Fr. INF R/R Olympia HS Windermere, FL 27 Dominique Allen So. OF R/R University HS Orlando, FL 35 Masaki Hook Fr. OF S/R West Orange HS Windermere, FL Leesburg, FL

7 Justin Bass Marlins ( ) Brendan Katin Brewers (2005 Present) Nick Pugliese Angels (2008 Present) 2011 FCCAA All-Academic Team Nathan Damron Tyler Kellmann Chris Suto Chad Buckley Jonah Davis Alex Arellano Zachary Oliver 2011 Mid-Florida Conference All-Academic Team Alex Arellano Dave Thomas Chad Buckley Jonah Davis Tyler Kellmann Zachary Oliver Scott Robinson Chris Suto Zachary Hubbard 2011 Mid-Florida Conference All-Conference Team *Jason Matusik (1st team) *Nic Kovacs (1st Team) Chris Suto (2nd team) Ethan Bader (2nd team) *All FCSAA (2nd Team) Lake-Sumter Community College 9501 US Highway 441 Leesburg, FL Tel: Fax: Website: Media Guide Printed by Ford Press, Leesburg, FL

8 Date Sat. Jan. 28 Sun. Jan. 29 Wed. Feb. 1 Fri. Feb. 3 Sat. Feb. 4 Mon. Feb. 6 Wed. Feb. 8 Sat. Feb. 11 Sun. Feb. 12 Mon. Feb. 13 Wed. Feb. 15 Sat. Feb. 18 Sun. Feb. 19 Wed. Feb. 22 Fri. Feb. 24 Sat. Feb. 25 Mon. Feb. 27 Wed. Feb. 29 Fri. Mar. 2 Sat. Mar. 3 Mon. Mar. 5 Wed. Mar. 7 Fri. Mar. 9 Sat. Mar. 10 Mon. Mar. 12 Wed. Mar. 14 Fri. Mar. 16 Sat. Mar. 17 Sun. Mar. 18 Mon. Mar. 19 Fri. Mar. 23 Sat. Mar. 24 Mon. Mar. 26 Fri. Mar. 30 Sat. Mar. 31 Mon. Apr. 2 Wed. Apr. 4 Fri. Apr. 6 Mon. Apr. 9 Wed. Apr. 11 Fri. Apr. 13 Sat. Apr. 14 Sun. Apr. 15 Mon. Apr. 16 Wed. Apr. 18 Fri. Apr. 20 Sat. Apr. 21 Opponent Polk State College South Florida CC Flagler College JV Brevard CC Indian River State Flagler College JV Hillsborough CC Brevard CC Broward College Indian River State Polk State College Miami-Dade College Palm Beach State CCBC Dundalk Pasco-Hernando CC Pasco-Hernando CC Hillsborough CC South Florida CC CC of Rhode Island St. Pete College Prairie State College St. Pete College Team Canada Time 4:00 PM 2:00 PM Noon (DH) Noon (DH) 7:00 PM 5:00 PM Noon TBA Location Winter Haven St. Augustine Melbourne Ft. Pierce Tampa Miami Lake Worth New Port Richey Leesburg (Pat Thomas Stadium) Avon Park Jacksonville Sanford Daytona Beach Gainesville Ocala Palatka Daytona Beach Gainesville Sanford Clearwater Ocala Disney s Wide World of Sports Jacksonville Palatka 2012 Media Guide Building Selfless Individuals with Championship Character