UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA BASEBALL 2015 GAMEDAY NOTEBOOK

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1 UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA 2015 WOLVES BASEBALL BASEBALL 2015 GAMEDAY NOTEBOOK Overall: Home: 14-5 Away: 11-8 Neutral: 0-0 GSC Conference: Regular Season Schedule 1/31 VS Paine Carrollton,GA W /31 VS Paine Carrollton, GA W /3 VS Georgia Regents Carrollton,GA W 4-3 2/6 VS Montevallo Carollton,GA W 5-0 2/7 VS Montevallo Carrollton,GA L 7-2 2/8 VS Montevallo Carrollton,GA W 9-0 Stillman Tuscaloosa,AL W 11-4 Alabama Huntsville Huntsville,AL L 5-2 Alabama Huntsville Huntsville,AL W 17-5 Alabama Huntsville Huntsville,AL L 5-4 Morehouse Atlanta,GA Canceled 2/20 VS West Alabama Carrollton,GA L 2-1 2/21 VS West Alabama Carrollton,GA L 6-4 2/21 VS West Alabama Carrollton,GA W 5-2 Georgia Regents Augusta,GA Canceled 2/27 VS Lee Carrollton,GA W 4-3 2/28 VS Lee Carrollton,GA W 8-1 2/28 VS Lee Carrollton,GA W 6-3 Mississippi College Clinton,MS W 6-4 Mississippi College Clinton,MS W 5-4 Mississippi College Clinton,MS W 5-0 Georgia College Milledgeville,GA L 9-2 Shorter Rome,GA W 9-5 Shorter Rome,GA W 8-1 Shorter Rome,GA W 4-3 Georgia Southwestern Americus,GA L 5-4 3/20 VS West Florida Carrollton,GA W 5-4 3/21 VS West Flordia Carrollton,GA L 5-2 3/21 VS West Florida Carrollton,GA W 6-1 North Georgia Dahlonega,GA W 7-6 Delta State Cleveland.MS L 2-1 Delta State Cleveland,MS W 3-2 Delta State Cleveland,MS L /31 VS North Georgia Carrollton,GA Canceled 4/3 VS North Alabama Carrollton,GA W 8-6 4/4 VS North Alabama Carrollton,GA W /4 VS North Alabama Carrollton,GA L 6-5 4/8 VS Miles Carrollton,GA W 12-1 Valdosta State Valdosta,GA L 7-2 Valdosta State Valdosta,GA W 8-7 Valdosta State Valdosta,GA L 3-2 Miles Birmingham,AL Canceled 4/16 VS Stillman Carrollton,GA Canceled 4/17 VS Christian Brothers Carrollton,GA 1pm 4/17 VS Christian Brothers Carrollton,GA 4pm 4/18 VS Christian Brothers Carrollton,GA 1pm 4/22 VS Georgia Southwestern Carrollton,GA 5pm Union Jackson,TN 1pm Union Jackson,TN 4pm Union Jackson,TN 1pm 4/29 VS North Georgia Carrollton,GA 5pm WEST GEORGIA VS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FRIDAY, APRIL 17th- 1/4PM (Doubleheader) VENUE: COLE FIELD RADIO: THE WOLF INTERNET RADIO UWG Set to Resume Conference Play In the last home series of the season, the Wolves will take on Christian Brothers in what will be one of the most important series of the year for the team. The Wolves have a chance to rise in the Conference standings as the season is winding down and they own a tie breaker over third place West Florida which could prove to loom large after the season is over. Senior Day In the final game of the series against Christian Brothers on Saturday, UWG will honor this year s senior class with a ceremony before the first pitch of the ballgame. The senior class includes A.J. Sunstrom, Neal Gandee, Troy Brown, Chris Burdette, Sumner McWhorter, and Jamie Sexton. Wolves 4th in GSC After the tough weekend in Valdosta, the Wolves are now in fourth place in the Gulf South Conference entering this weekend s series against Christian Brothers. Leading the Conference is West Alabama who currently has an 18 game winning streak. Alabama Huntsville sits second in the GSC followed by West Florida and West Georgia. The Wolves have six Conference games remaining with three against Christian Brothers and three against Union. The two teams have combined for only nine Conference wins for the season. Four Players Hitting Over.300 Coming into the game against the Golden Bears, the team has four players hitting over.300 for the season. Garrett Hayes currently leads the team with a.372 batting average, followed by Tyler Hutch at.362, Dalton Rogers who is hitting.321, and Artemis Kadkhodaian who is batting.311 for the season. For the year, the Wolves have a.279 batting average as a team opposed to a.255 average for their opponents. Leading the team in hits is leadoff man Tyler Hutch who already has 51 for the year, and he only needs six more hits to beat the team high 56 hits from last season.

2 2015 UWG BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T HT WT CL Hometown Pronunciation Guide 1 Tyler Hutch OF R/R Jr. Braselton,GA 2 Taylor Bentley OF R/R Jr. Cartersville,GA 3 David Grindstaff INF. R/R So. Cedartown,GA 4 Keith Buckhault 3b R/R Jr. Covington,GA Buck-halt 5 Artemis Kadkhodaian SS R/R So. Fayetteville,GA Kad-KOE-dee-an 6 Payton Mann C R/R So. Tifton,GA 7 A.J. Sunstrom RHP R/R Sr. McDonough,GA Sun-strom 8 Drew Eady OF R/R So. LaGrange,GA 9 Neal Gandee CF L/L Sr. McDonough,GA 10 Troy Brown SS/2B R/R Sr. Spanish Fort,AL 11 Ben Venters 2B R/L Jr. Cartersville,GA 13 Walker Borneman C R/R Jr. Cataula,GA Born-a-man 14 Chris Burdette RHP R/R Sr. Clay,AL 15 Jake Shirley OF L/L Jr. Flowery Branch,GA 16 Garrett Hayes OF L/R Jr. Winston,GA 17 Matthew Pope C R/R Jr. Carrollton,GA 18 Cody Short OF R/R So. Suwanee,GA 19 Colton Duttweiler LHP L/L So. Clermont,GA Dutt-y-ler 21 Sumner McWhorter 3B/2B L/R Sr. Fitzgerald,GA Mc-wore-ter 22 Josh Morgan RHP R/R Jr. LaFayette,GA 24 Brandon Goldsmith RHP R/R Jr. Hamilton,GA 25 Jamie Sexton RHP R/R Sr. Braselton,GA 27 Matthew Norton RHP R/R Jr. Muscadine,AL 28 Dalton Rogers 1B L/L Jr. Soddy Daisey,TN 29 Justin Croft 1B L/L Jr. Cartersville,GA 32 Tyler Gunnin RHP R/R Jr. Watkinsville,GA Gun-in 33 John Gaiter 1B R/R Fr. Carrollton,GA 34 Ethan Hunter RHP R/R Jr. LaFayette,GA RS Jake Wilkinson 2B R/R Fr. Brooks,GA RS Nick Mollica OF R/R Fr. Dracula, GA Head Coach Assistant Coach Graduate Assistant Skip Fite Jeff Smith Stephen Huff Alphabetical Roster Name No. Pos. Taylor Bentley 2 OF Walker Borneman 13 C Troy Brown 10 SS/2B Keith Buckhault 4 3b Chris Burdette 14 RHP Justin Croft 29 1B Colton Duttweiler 19 LHP Drew Eady 8 OF John Gaiter 33 1B Neal Gandee 9 CF Brandon Goldsmith 24 RHP David Grindstaff 3 INF. Tyler Gunnin 32 RHP Garrett Hayes 16 OF Ethan Hunter 34 RHP Tyler Hutch 1 OF Artemis Kadkhodaian 5 SS Payton Mann 6 C Sumner McWhorter 21 3B/2B Nick Mollica RS OF Josh Morgan 22 RHP Matthew Norton 27 RHP Matthew Pope 17 C Dalton Rogers 28 1B Jamie Sexton 25 RHP Jake Shirley 15 OF Cody Short 18 OF A.J. Sunstrom 7 RHP Ben Venters 11 2B Jake Wilkinson RS 2B uwgsports.com 2

3 Coaching Staff In May of 2009, the University of West Georgia announced the appointment of Stanley Skip Fite as the Wolves new head baseball coach. Fite, 53, returned to the West Georgia family following 25 seasons as head coach at Augusta State University. The 2013 season was the best of the best in Fite s tenure at UWG, as his squad finished the season with a overall record, including a spot in Gulf South Conference play. His Wolves were stellar, especially in the pitching staff that included All-American Jamie Sexton, who became the ninth All-American in UWG history and the first pitcher to ever earn that title. The Wolves made waves at the GSC tournament as well, reaching championship day before losing to Delta State in the conference semifinals. Prior to the 2014 season, Fite was inducted into the Georgia Dugout Hall of Fame at the Ravinia Crowne Plaza Hotel in Atlanta. Head Coach Skip Fite Full Name: Stanley skip Fite Birthday: October 9, 1955 Education: -Valdosta State College~ B.S. in health science/kinesiology, West Georgia College~ M.S. in Physical education, 1981 Career at West Georgia Year School W-L 2010 West Georgia West Georgia West Georgia West Georgia West Georgia Coaching Experience - Augusta State University, Head Coach, Brewton Parker College, Head Coach, player/manager of Ronchide Legionri (Italian professional league), 1979 Coaching Honors - Big South Conference Coach-of-theyear, 1990 and Dick Wallace Coach-of-the-Year, 2004 Success was no stranger to Fite during his playing career. He earned All-America honors as a second baseman while performing for the legendary Tommy Thomas at Valdosta State. He helped the Blazers to a two-year record of and a third place finish in the NCAA Tournament. Also, Fite briefly played professionally in the Minnesota Twins organization before starting his coaching career. Fite is a 1978 graduate of Valdosta State, where he earned a bachelor s degree in Health Science/Kinesiology. In 1981 he earned his master s degree from West Georgia in Physical Education. Assistant Coach Jeff Smith For the fifth straight year, University of West Georgia Head Baseball Coach Skip Fite will have veteran support on the bench, as Jeff Smith returns as the top assistant coach post for the season. Coach Smith is in charge of coaching the pitching staff for UWG, and in his tenure as pitching coach, the wolves team ERA has dropped significantly. In his first year in 2010 the team ERA was 7.86 and last season Smith coached his team to a 3.87 ERA. Smith came to West Georgia following five seasons on the staff at former GSC East rival Montevallo. He served the Falcons in a variety of capacities, including pitching coach, recruiting coordinator, and, briefly, interim head coach. UWG s newest coach is a 1990 graduate of Cumberland (Tenn.) University, where he heard a B.S. in Physical Education. He was also an accomplished performer for the Bulldogs, posting a 12-0 record as a pitcher during two seasons at Cumberland. uwgsports.com 3

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10 The Gulf South Conference Team W-L CONF GB Home Away Neutral West Alabama # Alabama Huntsville # West Flordia West Georgia Valdosta State Delta State Lee North Alabama Shorter Christian Brothers Union Mississippi College Wolves Record when they score Runs W-L Wolves Record when opponet scores Runs W-L Runs By Inning Road Home TOP 25 Rankings 1 Colorado Mesa UWG INN. OPP UWG INN. OPP 2 Tampa Minnesota State-Mankato Nova Southeastern Florida Tech Angelo State Franklin Pierce Alabama-Huntsville Erskine Flagler Cal Poly Pomona Armstrong 13 Colorado State-Pueblo 14 Mount Olive Record by Months Home Road Total January February March April May UC San Diego T16 Seton Hill T16 Saint Leo 18 Azusa Pacific 19 Washburn 20 Mercyhurst 21 St. Cloud St. 22 Missouri Southern State 23 Lynn 24 Catawba 25 St. Mary s (Texas) uwgsports.com 10