Weekly Release #2
3/7/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Upcoming Action (All times local to site)
Fri-Sun., March 10-12 -- at Baylor Ballpark Classic (Waco, Texas)
Friday -- vs. Louisiana Tech, 2 p.m. CST
Saturday -- at Baylor, 6 p.m. CST
Sunday -- vs. Pacific, 11 a.m. CST
Fri-Sun., March 17-19 -- at Coca-Cola Classic (Rock Hill, S.C.)
Friday -- vs. George Washington, 12:30 p.m. EST
Saturday -- at Winthrop, 1 p.m. EST
Sunday -- vs. Wagner, 11 a.m. EST
Wolverines Face Louisiana Tech, Baylor and Pacific
The University of Michigan's Rich Maloney (Western Michigan '86), in his fourth season as head baseball coach, heads to Waco, Texas, this weekend (Mar. 10-12) to play in the Baylor Ballpark Classic hosted by the Baylor Bears.
The Wolverines (3-4) will play three games in the tournament facing Louisiana Tech on Friday (Mar. 10, 2 p.m. CST), host Baylor on Saturday (Mar. 11, 6 p.m. CST) and Pacific (Mar. 12, 11 a.m. CST). Entering the week Louisiana Tech was 5-7, Baylor was 9-3 after taking two of three on the road at #16 Long Beach, and Pacific was 10-4. Michigan has a 1-2-1 record vs. Baylor and will be meeting the other teams for the first time.
U-M Shortens 'March' To Fisher Stadium
After playing seven games on the spring trip the Wolverines have just six more road games before opening a nine-game homestand at Fisher Stadium with a four-game home-opening weekend series with Oakland University (Mar. 24-26), a single game with Bowling Green (Mar. 28) and the Big Ten opening weekend series with Northwestern (Mar. 31-April 1-2).
The Wolverines still have a pair of three-game tournaments at Waco, Tex. (Mar. 10-12) and Rock Hill, S.C. (Mar. 17-19). Michigan's first home night game of the season is slated for Friday, April 14 (6:35 p.m.) versus Ohio State.
Waco Coaching Matchups
Michigan's Rich Maloney (Western Michigan '86), the 18th coach in Wolverine baseball history, is in his 11th season as a head coach. His career record at the start of the Baylor Ballpark Classic is 365-2220-1. His record in four seasons at Michigan is 109-76.
He was 42-19 in his third season at Michigan in 2005 leading the Wolverines to NCAA regional action for the first time since 1999. Maloney has led U-M to the Big Ten Tournament three straight years.
A native of Roseville, Mich., Maloney, spent seven years as head coach at Ball State where he was named Mid-American Conference coach-of-the-year twice (1998 and 2001) and he led the Cardinals to MAC championships in 1999 and 2001. Ball State won the MAC West title four consecutive years (1998-2001).
Maloney has won at least 30 games in each of his 10 seasons as a head coach at the collegiate level and has won at least 40 games three times with a career best 42 at Ball State in 1999 and matched by the Wolverines last season.
Maloney has a 1-0 record vs. Pacific and will be meeting Louisiana Tech and Baylor for the first time.
Louisiana Tech head coach Wade Simoneaux (Nicholls State '84), in his third year as a head coach, enters the week with a career coaching mark of 37-77 including the 5-7 start. La Tech plays #6 Mississippi State and Southern Mississippi this week before heading to Baylor for the weekend.
Baylor's Steve Smith (Baylor '86) is in his 12th season as a head coach all with the Bears. Smith entered the week with a career coaching record of 427-26-1 including the 9-3 start this season. The Bears play Texas Arlington during the week before hosting Pacific in their tournament opener.
Pacific's head coach Ed Sprague (Stanford), is in his third year as a head coach for the Tigers. He enters the Baylor Ballpark Classic with a career coaching mark of 60-66 including the 10-4 start. Sprague had an 11-year Major League career with Toronto, Boston, Oakland, Seattle and San Diego. He was a teammate of former Wolverine Jim Abbott while winning the 1988 Olympic Gold Medal for Team USA in South Korea.
Wolverine Pitching Rotation
Michigan's tentative rotation for the Baylor Ballpark Classic includes fifth-year senior co-captains Drew Taylor (Toronto, Ont./Upper Canada College), and Paul Hammond (Mason, Ohio/Mason HS), both left-handers, along with junior right-hander Andrew Hess (Kalamazoo, Mich./Central HS).
The bullpen leaders include freshman RHP Adam Abraham (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich./South HS), sophomore/freshman RHP Chris Fetter (Carmel, Ind./Carmel HS), senior RHP Craig Murray (Park Ridge, Ill./Maine South), fifth-year senior LHP Ali Husain (Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti), senior RHP Jeff Niemiec (Livonia, Mich./Catholic Central), junior/sophomore Dan Lentz (Farmington Hills, Mich./Brother Rice), senior Alex Martin (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer/Detroit Mercy), redshirt freshman Ben Jenzen (Grosse Pointe, Mich./South HS) and freshmen RHP Zach Putnam (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer HS) and LHP Mike Wilson (Pickering, Ont./Pine Ridge Secondary).
Potential Weekend Starters Profiles
'M' vs. Louisiana Tech - Paul Hammond (5th/Sr., LHP, 0-1, 5.40 ERA) was 4-3, 4.14 ERA in 2005. Leads team with 11 strikeouts in 10 innings of work in 2006 and needs one strikeout to reach 100 in career. Took loss vs. South Alabama allowing six hits and five runs (three earned) in four innings of work. Had career-best eight strikeouts in no-decision at Georgia Southern allowing seven hits and three runs in six innings in eventual 4-3 loss in 10 innings. Enters Baylor weekend with 17 starts and 42 appearances in his Michigan career with a 9-5 record. He earned Big Ten All-Academic honors in 2005. He collected NCAA regional win out of bullpen vs. Furman in his final outing of the 2005 season and he had no decision start against Penn State in U-M win that clinched Big Ten Tournament bid on final weekend of 2005 regular season. Recorded 40 strikeouts in 50.0 innings in 2005 and has 99 career strikeouts. Earned 2005 wins vs. North Carolina, Michigan State, Purdue and Furman. Earned second team All-Big Ten honors in 2004 with 5-1 conference only record with a 2.05 'Big Ten only' ERA to rank second in league and he led the Big Ten with a .192 opponent batting average. Returned to action in 2004 after 'Tommy John surgery' during freshman campaign in 2002 and collected first five wins of career with one each over the five other 2004 Big Ten Tournament teams - MSU, Minnesota, OSU, Penn State and Purdue. Pitched back-to-back Big Ten complete games vs. MSU and Purdue and only loss came at Indiana allowing two earned runs in 6.1 innings of 4-1 loss. Pitched career-best eight innings allowing five hits and two runs in 13-2 win at OSU #4 (Apr. 25) in his first start since 2002. He had six appearances and two starts as a freshman with a save at UC-Irvine. His nine career wins: Purdue (2), MSU (2), Minnesota, UNC, Furman, OSU and PSU.
'M' at Baylor - Drew Taylor (5th/Sr., LHP, 0-1, 6.87 ERA) was 4-3, 4.05 ERA in 2005) had 17 appearances with eight starts in 2005. A co-captain for 2006, he would be making 28th career start (27th at UM) and 49th career appearance (38th at U-M). Honors candidate for 2006 and listed as a 'player to watch' for 2006 by Collegiate Baseball. He had no decision pitching eight innings in the season opener vs. UAB allowing four hits and three runs with five strikeouts to move overall career strikeout total to 100 (95 at U-M). Took loss in start vs. North Carolina Asheville allowing six hits and five runs with two strikeouts in 2.1 innings. Has 13-7 career record (all at Michigan) and earned medical red-shirt for 2004 season after pitching 4.1 innings in two spring trip outings. Led Wolverines in wins (9), starts (14), complete games (5) and innings pitched (95.1) as a sophomore in 2003 earning All-Big Ten First Team Starting Pitcher honors and was winner of the Geoff Zahn Award as Michigan's Most Valuable Pitcher in first season as Wolverine after his transfer from Georgia Tech. He collected 2005 wins vs. Georgia, Oakland, Indiana and Penn State and recorded 36 strikeouts in 66.2 innings. He has 102 career strikeouts (97 at U-M). He has 13 career wins as Wolverine with wins over Indiana (2), Bethune-Cookman, Butler, Georgia, Illinois, MSU, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Oakland, OSU, Penn State and Purdue. Was 9-1 in 2003 and became just the 15th Wolverine pitcher to win nine games in a season and was the first lefty since Jim Abbott did it in 1988. He fanned career best eight in 2003 Big Ten tournament opener vs. Indiana.
'M' vs. Pacific - Andrew Hess (Jr. RHP, 1-0, 3.38) was 1-1. 9.72 ERA in 2005. Hess enters the Baylor weekend with a 4-3 record in 31 career appearances with six starts. Pitched 5.1 innings in no decision vs. Troy allowing five hits and two runs with six strikeouts. He earned win vs. LeMoyne allowing three hits and two runs in 5.1 innings. Hess has collected wins over Duke, LeMoyne, Minnesota and New York Tech. He has 42 strikeouts in 57.2 innings.
Other Potential Starters/Long Relief
Craig Murray (Sr., RHP, 1-0, 3.12 ERA) was 2-0, 5.68 in 2005. He enters Baylor weekend with 34 career appearances in four seasons. Pitched career best six innings beating Central Florida in first start since 2003 allowing three hits and two runs. Retired only batter faced in opener vs. UAB and worked final 2.1 innings of spring trip closing out win over LeMoyne in non-save situation. Shares team lead in appearances (3) and has 8.2 innings of work besting 6.1 total of a year ago. Has 3-4 career record with one save collecting three consecutive wins vs. Central Florida, Notre Dame and Western Michigan.
Chris Fetter (So./Fr RHP, 0-0, 4.76) made career debut on spring trip working two scoreless innings vs. South Alabama and allowing three runs in 3.2 innings vs. North Carolina Asheville. Was 7-2 with 0.77 ERA and 75 strikeouts as a senior at Carmel HS in Carmel, Ind., the same school that produced former Wolverine RHP Jim Brauer, the Big Ten pitcher of the year in 2 005.
Zach Putnam (Fr. RHP) has yet to pitch. He is highly touted first year player projected as Big Ten Freshman of the Year by Baseball America and projected fourth in the Fab 50 Freshmen list in the nation by the same publication. A high school All-American, he was a draft pick of the Detroit Tigers last June. He was 10-1 in 11 starts as a senior and 34-3 for his high school. He led Pioneer HS to the state championship game in back-to-back seasons winning the title in 2004.
Mike Wilson (Fr. LHP, 0-0, 9.00) shares team lead with three appearances out of bullpen vs. Troy, Central Florida and Georgia Southern. Recorded first career strikeout vs. GSU. Was ranked first by Baseball America on the Canadian prospect list and was listed 213th on the North American list for 2005. Had 1.86 ERA with 127 strikeouts playing two summers with Team Ontario in more than 90 innings of work and helped lead team to runner-up slot in 2004 NABF World Series.
Short Bullpen
Adam Abraham (Fr. RHP, 1-1, 1.17 ERA, one save) made debut collecting win vs. Troy working 3.1 inning and retiring all 10 batters faced. Earned save at Central Florida working final three innings in 6-3 win getting inning-ending double play in bases loaded situation with 5-3 lead in the seventh. Took loss at Georgia Southern working 1.1 innings and allowing first run of career in bottom of 10th inning. Was drafted by Florida Marlins last June despite playing Major A hockey for Mississauga in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) the last two seasons. Pitched two seasons at Grosse Pointe South HS, the same school that produced Wolverines Chris Getz, an All-American 2B a year ago and current teammate RHP Ben Jenzen (Grosse Pointe, Mich./South HS).
Ali Husain (Sr,/5th, LHP, 0-0, 18.00) was 1-0, 6.32 in 2005. Worked two third of an inning in the opener vs. UAB and allowed two runs in third of an inning vs. Troy. He made 15 appearances in 2006 after making 23 in both 2004 and 2004. He led U-M with 1.78 ERA as a junior/sophomore in 2004. He has recorded 34 strikeouts in his last 33.2 innings. Had career-best six strikeouts in 3.2 innings vs. Penn State (May 23, 2004). Has 4-1 career record with wins vs. Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State and saves on the road vs. Winthrop and UIC.
Jeff Niemiec (Sr., RHP, 0-1, 20.25 ERA) was 3-1 with 6.32 ERA in 2005. He enters Baylor weekend with 3-2 career record in 29 appearances in four seasons and features sidewinder delivery. He took the loss in the opener vs. UAB allowing a hit and two runs without getting an out and he worked 1.1 innings allowing one hit and one run vs. LeMoyne. He was winner of the Wolverine Award for team spirit and leadership as a sophomore in 2004 and he led the team with 2.45 ERA as a freshman. He recorded all three wins as a junior vs. Oakland, Eastern Michigan and Toledo and had a save at Florida Atlantic.
Dan Lentz (Jr./So, RHP, 0-0, 13.50 ERA) was 0-2, 7.71 in 2004 and did not see action in 2005. He allowed two runs in third of an inning vs. South Alabama in season debut and had scoreless inning at Georgia Southern. He made 12 appearances as a freshman with nine strikeouts in 14 innings of work with a save at Central Michigan.
Alex Martin (Sr., RHP, 0-0, 6.75 ERA) was 0-0, 0.00 in 2005. He moved to the mound exclusively in 2006 after making 15 starts at 3B a year ago. He allowed two runs in 1.2 innings vs. South Alabama with two strikeouts and he worked inning vs. North Carolina Asheville with another K. He has played in 109 games in his career with eight pitching appearances.
Ben Jenzen (So./Fr., RHP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA) has made two appearances after red-shirting as true freshman in 2005. Allowed two hits facing two batters in career debut vs. Troy and worked scoreless inning with strikeout vs. North Carolina Asheville.
'POW' Pickens Provides Streak & Power
Sophomore OF/IF/C Doug Pickens (West Bloomfield, Mich./Brother Rice), who earned Big Ten Player-of-the-Week honors for his play during the first weekend of the season at the Wiregrass Classic at Dothan, Ala., continued his early season power barrage hitting .385 (10-for-26) on the seven-game spring trip.
Pickens was the lone Wolverine to get a hit in each of the seven games and he heads to the Baylor Ballpark Classic with an eight-game hitting streak that includes the final game of the NCAA Atlanta Regional last season.
Pickens, who had the game-winning hit in the first U-M win of the year, leads the Wolverine in hits (10), runs scored (8), doubles (3), homers (2), RBI (8) and slugging percentage (.731).
Pickens showed his versatility on the trip as he made six outfield starts in right, made his debut as a catcher as a late-inning defensive replacement and started the final game of the trip at second base.
Pickens is the fourth different Wolverine to earn player-of-the-week honors (five awards) in Rich Maloney's four years as head coach and there have been four pitcher-of-the-week winners in that span.
'U-M' Weekly Award Winners Under Maloney
Big Ten Players-of-the-Week
2006 - Doug Pickens, OF, at Wiregrass Classic
2005 - Matt Butler, OF, vs. Oakland University
2005 - Matt Butler, OF, at Keith LeClair Classic
2004 - Brandon Roberts, DH, vs. Penn State
2003 - Nick Rudden, SS, vs. Iowa
Big Ten Pitchers-of-the-Week
2005 - Clayton Richard, LHP, vs. Notre Dame, Indiana
2005 - Jim Brauer, RHP, at Lamar Classic
2004 - Michael Penn, RHP, at Kentucky Invitational
2004 - Derek Feldkamp, RHP, at Iowa
Newcomer Recknagel Leads 'Average' Battle
Sophomore 1B/C/DH Nate Recknagel (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion HS/Oakland U.) enters the Baylor weekend leading the Wolverines with a .389 (7-for-18) batting average and he has three multiple-hit games. He has four walks to push his base percentage to .500 (11-for-22).
Recknagel was selected by Collegiate Baseball to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team as a utility player while at Oakland University in 2005 when he hit .351 and played first base, outfield and catcher. The trend has continued after his transfer to U-M this season as he has started five games with three at 1B and one each as catcher and DH.
Veteran Schmidt Offers Experience Intangibles
Senior OF Mike Schmidt (Saginaw, Mich./Heritage HS) gives the Wolverines a valuable weapon as a starter or off the bench. He has played in 110 games and made 54 starts as a Wolverine and the versatile four-year player has made starts in all three outfield positions in his career and has four starts this season.
Schmidt's three-run homer gave the Wolverines the quick start in the win at Central Florida and he leads the team with a pair of sac flies and ranks second on the team with five RBI.
Schmidt has two stolen bases this season and both have come as a pinch runner in ninth inning situations. He created the tying run without a hit at Georgia Southern as he scrambled around the bases on a steal and two errors and when the smoke cleared the score was 3-3. Schmidt has 18 career stolen bases.
Four Wolverines Notch First Career Hit
The 2006 Michigan spring trip to Alabama, Florida and Georgia featured first Wolverine career hits from four players with three from true freshmen.
The four Wolverines to collect their first career hits were collected in order by:
Fr. DH/3B/RHP Adam Abraham (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich./South HS), drew three walks in the opener vs. UAB and he collected a first inning single in the second game of the year vs. South Alabama for his first career hit. His triple vs. LeMoyne proved to be his first game-wining hit as a Wolverine.
So. 1B/DH/C Nate Recknagel (Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion HS/Oakland University) walked and scored in his first plate appearances as a Wolverine vs. South Alabama. His first hit was an eighth inning of the same game. He had seven hits in his first five games as a Wolverine.
Fr. 2B Kevin Cislo (Novi, Mich./Novi HS) collected a fourth inning single at Central Florida in his third game, seventh plate appearance and fifth at bat as a Wolverine.
Fr. 2B Jason Christian (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland HS), who walked vs. South Alabama in his first career at bat, hit a fourth inning RBI-double vs. North Carolina Asheville for his first career hit in his third game, eighth plate appearance and fourth official at bat. While owning a .143 batting average (1-for-7), Christian has a .500 on base percentage (6-for-12) with three walks and two HBPs.
Scheidt Adds to 'Active' Career Homer Lead
Senior 3B A.J. Scheidt (Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Lahser) enters the Baylor weekend as the 'active' U-M career homer leader with 11 for the Wolverines including a spring trip homer against Troy. He leads a balanced attack that includes nine players with a total of 38 homers entering the weekend.
Senior OF Mike Schmidt enter the weekend with seven career homers including one at Central Florida this season. Fifth-year senior catcher Jeff Kunkel (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest) has six followed by transfer Nate Recknagel with five.
Sophomore OF Doug Pickens has three homers including two this season to tie RHP Alex Martin and players with one each include junior SS Leif Mahler (Columbus, Ohio/St. Charles Prep), junior OF Eric Rose (Blissfield, Mich./Blissfield) and sophomore 1B Derek VanBuskirk (St. Clair, Mich./St. Clair).
'MICH'-ellaneous Notes Updates
Fifth-year LHPs Drew Taylor and Paul Hammond are both closing in on 100 career strikeouts as Wolverines. Hammond, who leads the team with 11 Ks in 10 innings this season, has 99 strikeouts needing one this weekend to reach the century mark. Taylor had seven Ks on the spring trip and has 102 overall strikeouts including five he had at Georgia Tech as a freshman and he needs three to hit the century mark as a Wolverine.
Fifth-year senior LHP Ali Husain enters the Baylor weekend with 63 career pitching appearance that ties former teammate Derek Feldkamp (63, 2003-05) for eighth place on the all-time U-M list. He needs one to tie Bobby Korecky (64, 1999-2002) for seventh and three to reach a sixth place tie with Tyler Steketee (66, 1995-98). The Michigan record is 106 pitching appearances by Todd Marion (1990-93).
Veterans A.J. Scheidt (31) and Jeff Kunkel (31) each had two doubles on the spring trip to reach the 30 career doubles plateau. Heading to Baylor Scheidt (94) needs six RBI for 100 and Kunkel (86) needs 14 for 100.
Junior outfielder Eric Rose reached the 100-hit level with eight hits on the spring trip and head to Baylor with 103 hits, while junior OF Brad Roblin (Wayland, Mass./Rivers School) had three hits on the trip and needs five for 100.
Sophomore RF Doug Pickens enters the Baylor weekend with a team-leading eight-game hitting streak that includes all seven games this season and the final NCAA regional game last season, while CF Eric Rose has a seven-game streak with one from last year and six this season. Players with current three-game streaks from this year are DH Adam Abraham, junior SS Leif Mahler and 3B A.J. Scheidt.
The Wolverines had three game-winning RBI on the spring trip with RF Doug Pickens getting the first U-M 'gamer' of the year and the first of his career vs. Troy. Senior OF Mike Schmidt had one vs. Central Florida and freshman DH Adam Abraham notched his first in the win over LeMoyne. The active career total of gamers for the Wolverines includes: Jeff Kunkel (12), A.J. Scheidt (7), Brad Roblin (5), Leif Mahler (3), Mike Schmidt (3), Eric Rose (1), Pickens (1) and Abraham (1).
Nine Wolverine Newcomers See Action
The Wolverines started the spring trip with half of the players on the 34-man baseball roster in 2006 listed as 'newcomers' looking to see action for the first time as Wolverine and more than half of the 17 newcomers (nine players) did debut on the trip.
Five of the seven true freshman saw action led by RHP/3B/DH Adam Abraham making six starts (DH-5, 3B-1) and three pitching appearances. He has a win, a loss, a save, a 1.17 ERA and a game-winning triple.
Kevin Cislo and Jason Christian each had three starts at second base while Zach Putnam made a start at first base vs. UNCA and LHP Mike Wilson shares the team lead with three pitching appearances with Abraham and senior Craig Murray.
Transfer Nate Recknagel made five starts and leads the team with his .389 batting average while the three 'red-shirts' to see action were sophomore/freshman RHP Chris Fetter, junior/sophomore IF Matt Fisher (Westchester, N.Y./Westlake HS) as a pinch hitter vs. LeMoyne and sophomore/freshman RHP Ben Jenzen with a pair of pitching appearances.
Six Wolverines Provide 100 Games of Experience
Senior 3B A.J. Scheidt, with 153 games played, and fifth-year senior catcher Jeff Kunkel, with 142 games, enter the Baylor weekend as the leading Wolverines of the six players on the roster with more than 100 games of experience and junior CF Eric Rose with 99 games played will hit the century mark in the game against Louisiana Tech on Friday (Mar. 10) There are a total 10 players with at least 50 games played.
Michigan Active 'Top Ten' Games Played
| Rank Player, Pos. | Games | |
| 1. | A.J. Scheidt, 3B | 153 |
| 2. | Jeff Kunkel | 142 |
| 3. | Mike Schmidt, OF | 110 |
| 4. | Alex Martin&, RHP | 109 |
| 5. | Brad Roblin, OF | 105 |
| Leif Mahler, SS | 105 | |
| 7. | Eric Rose, OF | 99 |
| 8. | Ali Husain, LHP | 63 |
| 9. | Doug Pickens, OF | 59 |
| 10. | Nate Recknagel%, C/IF/OF | 50 |
& Martin (88 at Detroit); %Recknagel (45 at Oakland)
U-M Experience Shows Six With 90 or More Starts
Heading into the Baylor weekend six Wolverines have made 90 or more career starts led by senior 3B A.J. Scheidt has 140 career starts and fifth-year senior catcher Jeff Kunkel is next with 116 starts. Other Wolverines with 90 starts or more include junior OF Eric Rose (96), junior OF Brad Roblin (95), senior infielder turned RHP Alex Martin (93) and junior SS Leif Mahler (91). Senior OF Mike Schmidt has 54 starts, sophomore 1B/C Nate Recknagel has 50 starts and sophomore OF Doug Pickens has 46 starts.
The 2006 potential lineup (starters in bold) with backups includes: (number of starts at that position this season/total career starts any position): 1B: Derek VanBuskirk (3/20), or *Nate Recknagel (3/50), Zach Putnam (1/1); 2B: Kevin Cislo (3/3) or Jason Christian (3/3), Doug Pickens (1/46), Adam Abraham (0/6); SS: Leif Mahler (7/91), Jason Christian (0/3), Kevin Cislo (0/3); 3B: A.J. Scheidt (6/140), Adam Abraham (1/6), Derek VanBuskirk (0/16); LF: Brad Roblin (3/95) or Mike Schmidt (3/54), Derek VanBuskirk (1/16); CF: Eric Rose (6/96), Brad Roblin (1/95), Kyle McCreary (0/0); RF: Doug Pickens (6/46), Mike Schmidt (1/54), Brad Roblin (0/95); C: Jeff Kunkel (6/116), *Nate Recknagel (1/50), Doug Pickens (0/46); DH: Adam Abraham (5/6), *Nate Recknagel (1/50), Jeff Kunkel (1/116). *at Oakland University (45 starts in 2005)
Contact: Jim Schneider (734) 763-4423
