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1P

Junior6’3”

185 lbs

Sean Kuberiet

6C

Freshman6’0”

190 lbs

Eric Strano

13P

Freshman6’4”

193 lbs

Kurt Sowa

19P

Junior6’1”

195 lbs

Joe Calogero

25P

Junior6’2”

220 lbs

Tyler Smith

31P

Freshman6’3”

190 lbs

David Hafer

2INF

Freshman5’9”

170 lbs

Mike Parsons

8C

Junior5’10”

175 lbs

Richie Garcia

14C

Senior6’0”

210 lbs

Chris Pierfy

20INF/OFSophomore

5’9”175 lbs

Nick Crescenzo

263B/1B

Freshman6’3”

200 lbs

Justin Thomas

32OFJunior6’0”

185 lbs

Ian Lindsay

3INF

Freshman5’11”

165 lbs

Greg Fazio

10P

Sophomore6’2”

180 lbs

Julian Anapolsky

15P

Sophomore6’3”

205 lbs

Mike Campbell

21P

Sophomore6’2”

180 lbs

Mike Murphy

27OF/INFSophomore

6’4”185 lbs

Jerry Mulderig

34OF/1B

Junior6’3”

200 lbs

Ryan Murphy

4INF

Freshman6’0”

170 lbs

Troy Miller

11OFSenior6’2”

205 lbs

Brandon Cotten

16P

Sophomore6’1”

180 lbs

Kyle Kennett

23INF

Sophomore5’10”

190 lbs

Ken Kremer

28P

Senior6’0”

150 lbs

Patrick Devlin

44P

Freshman6’4”

170 lbs

Eric Thomas

53BJunior6’1”

190 lbs

Adam Wayman

12P/OFFreshman

6’0”150 lbs

Zach Mawson

18P

Junior6’0”

185 lbs

Chris Taylor

24P

Junior6’1”

220 lbs

Chris LeRoy

29P

Junior6’3”

190 lbs

Tim Hogan

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Rider University Baseball • 2012

Location: Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099

Enrollment: 5,665 (4,675 undergraduates)

Founded: 1865

Academic Units: College of Business Administration; College of Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences;

College of Continuing Studies; and Westminster College of the Arts

President: Mordechai Rozanski, Ph.D.

Athletic Director: Don Harnum 609-896-5054

Associate Director of Athletics: Greg Busch 609-895-5642

Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator: Karin Torchia 609-896-5249

Manager Athletic Business Operations: Lucy Sech 609-895-5650

Academic Support Coordinator: Sonya Hurt 609-896-5308

Faculty Athletics Representative: Kelly Bidle, Ph.D.

Head Coach: Barry Davis (Bridgewater ’87), 8th season

Assistant Coach: Jaime Steward (Le Moyne ’01) 4th season

Assistant Coach: Karl Johnston (Rider ’11) 1st season

Assistant Coach: Jeff Giordano (Rider ’11) 1st season

Baseball Office Phone: (609) 896-5055

Team Physician and Medical Consultant: Sean Cook, M.D.

Head Athletic Trainer: Tim Lengle, A.T.C.

Assistant Athletic Trainer for Baseball: Karen Cote

Colors: Cranberry, White, Gray

Nickname: Broncs

Conference: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)

Athletic Affiliation: Division I NCAA, ECAC

Home Field: Sonny Pittaro Field (2,000)

Sports Information Director and Baseball Contact: Bud Focht 609-896-5138

Assistant SID: Brian Solomon 609-896-5135

Sports Information Secretary: Lynn Rugg

Athletics FAX: 609-896-0341

Athletics Hotline: 609-219-2000, 2

Athletics Home Page: www.GoBroncs.com

Directions to Rider

From New York and North Jersey:

From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take the NJTurnpike South to Exit 7A (I-195 West). Fol-low I-195 West to the exit for I-295 North(Princeton). I-295 North will become I-95South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 South to U.S.Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quar-ter mile on the right. From U.S. Route 1 South: take the exit for I-95 South (sign says “To Pennsylvania”). Bearright at junction, following signs for I-95South (Pennsylvania). Take exit 7A off of I-95South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton).Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From Pennsylvania:

Take I-95 North, straight over the DelawareRiver into New Jersey. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rideris a quarter mile on the right. From the Pennsylvania Turnpike: take the PATurnpike east to Exit 28 (Philadelphia) andtake U.S. Route 1 North to I-95 North. Con-tinue on I-95 North, straight over theDelaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit7A off of I-95 to U.S. Route 206 South (Tren-ton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From the South:

Take I-295 North. I-295 North will becomeI-95 South. Continue on I-95 South and takeExit 7A off I-95 South to U.S. Route 206South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile onthe right.

From the East:

Take the Garden State Parkway to Exit 98 (I-195 West). Follow I-195 West to the exit for I-295 North (Princeton). I-295 North willbecome I-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95South to U.S. Route 206 South (Trenton). Rideris a quarter mile on the right.

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SONNY PITTARO FIELD

Sonny Pittaro FieldThe 2005 Rider University baseball season was the inaugural season for Sonny Pittaro Field, located in theback of the Lawrenceville campus.

Distances from Home PlateLeft field ...........................................................330 feetCenter field .......................................................405 feetRight field ........................................................330 feetHeight of outfield fence.....................................6 feetCapacity ............................................................2,000

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ABOUT RIDER • ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT

Rider’s enrollment of almost 6,000 consists of over 4,400 full- andpart-time undergraduate and more than 1,400 graduate students

studying on campuses in Lawrenceville and Princeton, New Jersey.The University is comprised of four academic units - the College ofBusiness Administration; the College of Liberal Arts, Education, andSciences; the College of Continuing Studies; and Westminster Collegeof the Arts- and offers undergraduate programs in 60 areas and grad-uate programs in 17 specialties.

Ninety-six percent of Rider’s 244 full-time faculty hold doctoral de-grees or the highest credential in their field. Rider’s faculty are award-winning teachers and researchers dedicated to excellence in teaching,learning and scholarship and 13 have been named Fulbright Scholars.Rider’s classes are small and interactive with a student-faculty ratio of13:1. Rider’s curricula balance theory and practice, and emphasize learn-ing by doing through more than 1,000 student internships or field ex-periences, community service learning placements, and undergraduateresearch fellowships. Westminster’s internationally acclaimed choirs per-form with world-famous orchestras and conductors in the United Statesand abroad, further demonstrating Rider’s commitment to experientiallearning.

Rider is currently ranked in the top tier of northern regional uni-versities under the designation of “Best Universities - Master’s” byU.S. News and World Report and has been included in the last eight edi-tions of The Princeton Review’s Best 373 Colleges, its list of the nation’stop 10 percent of colleges and universities.

The University’s many specialized accreditations attest to the qual-ity of its academic programs. Rider is among the select businessschools to have attained AACSB (Association to Advance CollegiateSchools of Business) accreditation and one of only two schools in NewJersey to hold the specialized AACSB accreditation in accounting.Elementary and secondary education programs and their applicable

graduate programs on both campuses are accredited by the NationalCouncil for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Theundergraduate and graduate music programs of Westminster ChoirCollege are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music(NASM). In addition, Rider’s graduate counseling services programin the School of Education holds the Council for Accreditation ofCounseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) nationalaccreditation. Rider University is regionally accredited by the MiddleStates Association of Colleges and Schools.

Rider University is a member of the National Collegiate AthleticAssociation (NCAA) Division I for both men’s and women’s athletics.The University offers 20 varsity sports - 10 men’s and 10 women’s teams- 18 in the competitive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC)with field hockey in the Northeast Conference (NEC) and wrestling in theColonial Athletic Association (CAA).

Arete’

With the start of the 1990-91 academic school year, Rider Universityimplemented its innovative Arete' Program for all student-athletes.Arete' refers to the ancient Greek ideal of a balanced striving for excellencein all areas of life. The purpose of the program, which has been detailedin The New York Times and The Times of Trenton, is to help student-athletesdevelop in all areas of their lives, not just on the playing fields or in theclassroom. Subjects of the seminars include time management, stressmanagement, sports nutrition, substance abuse, communication skills,study skills, training techniques, HIV, etiquette/good manners, inter-view techniques, resume writing, and life after Rider.

Student Transitional Education Program (STEP)

During the 1993-94 academic year, the Rider Department of Athleticsdeveloped STEP for varsity athletics. Under the direction of the associ-ate director of athletics, STEP provides individual and group tutoring,as well as study tables that are mandatory for certain student-athletes.STEP also coordinates progress reports, monitors the student-athletesacademic progress, and provides workshops on topics such as libraryskills, test taking and note taking. In 2003 Rider added its first full-time academic support coordinator, Sonya Hurt.

Team Mentor

Through the mentor program, established in the fall of 1994, Rider fac-ulty members or administration are paired with varsity athletic teams.Mentors are present for support, advice, cheerleading, as well as othernon-coaching duties. The mentor program opens communication linesbetween faculty/staff members and student-athletes, and gives the stu-dent-athlete another person in the Rider community to turn to for sup-port and guidance.

Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)

Comprised of one student-athlete from each of Rider’s varsity teams, theStudent-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) meets monthly to discussvarious student-welfare issues and to organize ways for student-athletesto become involved in the community. Through SAAC, Rider student-athletes have organized toy drives and served meals to the needy atThanksgiving.

ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT


HEAD COACH BARRY DAVIS

Barry Davis enters his eighth season at Rider University with a career record of 761-348, including 190-181at Rider. In 2010 he led Rider to a program-best 36 wins and last year he tied the program record with 33 regu-lar season wins.

In just his fourth season at Rider Coach Davis led the Broncs to the 2008 NCAA Tournament as champion ofthe Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and repeated that accomplishment in 2010, guiding Rider to the MAACTitle and to the NCAA Regional at Austin, Texas.

Davis’ Broncs have made the four-team MAAC playoffs four straight years. Davis was named the Rider head coach in July of 2004. In his first year he led Rider to a 21-win season, in-

cluding a 14-13 record in the MAAC. In his second season, he was named the co-winner of the MAAC BaseballCoach of the Year award, leading the Broncs to a playoff berth and a third place finish in the MAAC.

In 2010 Davis was named the New Jersey College Baseball Association Division I Coach of the Year. In 2008 his team defeated the top seed, Canisius, and beat the third seed, Siena, two out of three games to win

the MAAC tournament, held at Mercer County’s Waterfront Park, and advance to the NCAA Tournament inFullerton, California.

Prior to coming to Rider Davis was the head coach at Georgia Southwestern State University from 2001-2004. The four-time NJCAA Division III National Coach of the Year at Gloucester County College, Davis has compiled 761 victories in his head

coaching career with just 348 losses, including 190 wins at Rider and an 11-year stint at Gloucester CC where he won four National JuniorCollege titles and eight Regional Championships.

Davis was 137-87 at Georgia Southwestern, winning the 2002 conference regular season and finishing with a National NAIA Ranking offifth, earning Georgia Dugout Club NAIA Coach of the Year honors. Davis has sent 18 of his players on to the professional ranks, includingJamie Hayes of the 2009 squad and Scott Knazek of the 2006 Rider squad.

Davis also coached the National Junior College Athletic Association all-star team in 1999 which defeated Team Canada. A 1987 graduate of Bridgewater (VA) College, Davis has assisted at George Mason and Frostburg State. Davis was an All-Conference and

All-State shortstop at Bridgewater, earning team MVP honors as a junior. Davis is Rider’s eighth baseball coach and just the third since 1960.

Barry Davis

Coach Years W L TClair Bee 1929 3 2 0Rex Ellis 1941-42 3 11 1Paul Ricatto 1946 4 4 0John Kelly 1947-52 63 34 2Carl Nawoj 1953-60 116 38 0Tom Petroff 1961-70 155 84 3Sonny Pittaro 1971-2004 766 674 8Barry Davis 2005- 190 181 0

Total 68 years 1300 1030 14

Rider Coaching Career Records


COACHING STAFF

Jaime Steward of Blackwood, a former pitcher in the Anaheim Angels organization, begins his fourth season asan assistant coach at Rider.

“Jaime was an excellent addition to our staff,” said Rider head coach Barry Davis. “He has been successful at everylevel and has pitched for championship teams at the high school and college level.”

“I am very excited to be a part of the Rider Baseball Program,” said Steward. “Coach Davis is a proven winnerand I am constantly learning from him.”

Steward is a 1997 graduate of Gloucester Catholic High School and a 2001 graduate of Le Moyne College. AtLe Moyne Steward graduated as the career leader in strikeouts and innings pitched, and was drafted in the 39thround by the Angels.

“As a former player in the MAAC, this is familiar territory for me,” Steward said.The 2001 Le Moyne Athlete of the Year, Steward was the MAAC Pitcher of the Year in 1999, after earning

MAAC Rookie of the Year honors in 1998. At Gloucester Catholic Steward earned All-State and honorable men-tion All-America honors as a senior, leading his team to a national ranking of fifth.

“I have high expectations for our pitching staff as we work toward regaining the MAAC Championship,” Steward said. After two years in the Angels’ organization Steward pitched for the Camden River Sharks and the Atlantic City Surf, and was selected as

the starting pitcher in the 2005 Atlantic League South Division All-Star game. “That experience brings instant credibility to our pitching pro-gram,” Davis said. “I am looking forward to working with him this year.”

Jaime Steward

A pair of 2011 graduates, Karl Johnston and Jeff Giordano, return to their almamater to assist the Bronc coaching staff this year.

Johnston played three seasons at Rider, two as a starter, and compiled 119 hitsand 104 runs scored while making 105 starts in the Rider outfield. A career .287hitter, Johnston was 46 of 53 stolen bases in his career and had a fielding percent-age of .977 in right field.

Johnston came to Rider following a year at the New Mexico Military Institute.At the Peddie School Johnston earn Prep School All-State honors and was his teamMVP, setting the Peddie school record for stolen bases. He also earned Prep SchoolAll-State honors in football as a defensive back. As a junior at Rider Johnstonstarted every game and scored a team-high 24 runs in 24 MAAC games. As asenior Johnston collected his 100th hit in his 92nd start.

Giordano made 45 appearances on the Rider mound, 43 in relief, and owned a 3-1 record with a pair of saves in 77 innings of work.Last year opponents batted just .225 against “Gio” in 19 appearances.As a junior he pitched in the 2010 NCAA Regional and as a senior he owned the best earned run average on the 2011 team and was

second on the team in appearances.Giordano was an All-State selection in baseball at Massapequa (NY) High School and also earned All-County honors in track & field and

was an All-Conference defender on the soccer team.

Karl Johnston Jeff Giordano


OUTLOOK

The Great Unknown. With the loss of two pitchers to the pros, four infielders who grad-

uated among the program’s top 15 career hitters, three in the top 15in career RBI and two in the top 15 in runs scored, the 2012 RiderBroncs will have a new look this year.

“Not one of our catchers has caught a game for us, our middle in-field hasn’t played a game for us yet, and some of the pitchers we’ll becounting on haven’t pitched for us yet,” said Rider head coach BarryDavis. “It will be like 2008 all over again in a lot of ways. That teamhad a lot of young unknowns but got better and better as the seasonwent on.”

The young 2008 Broncs reached the .500 mark at the end of theseason, finished fourth to qualify for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Con-ference tournament, and won the championship to advance to theNCAA Regional in Fullerton, California. Many of the 2008 freshmenbecame four-year starters, graduating last season.

Now the cycle begins again.The 2012 Broncs have 10 freshmen on the roster, many of which

will start or play major roles this season.The strength of the Rider squad this year, on paper anyway, is the

pitching. “Definitely, experience wise,” Davis confirmed. “They haveto stay healthy for us to be successful. We have a lot of pitchers whoare capable. It is the ones who take advantage of the opportunity whenit comes up that will help us.”

Leading the mound corps this year is third-year sophomore MikeMurphy, a pro prospect who red-shirted last season. “Murphy willstart game one,” Davis said of the hard-throwing right-hander. “He’slooked good. He’s come back from the injury and his velocity is there.We’re counting on him to be the guy to give us six, seven innings.”

Murphy won four games as a rookie before sitting out the 2011season. “He’s ready and has been waiting for two years,” Davis said.“He has a good fastball, slider, and cutter. He has a chance to be agood one.”

Also returning to the mound in a starting role will be fifth-yearsenior Patrick Devlin and junior Joe Calogero.

Devlin is a veteran of 40 games, including 30 starts, and has 13victories. “Devlin will pitch the second game of the season and thesecond game of the three-game MAAC series,” Davis said. “He’spitched in a lot of games, pitched in some big games (2008 and 2010MAAC Tournaments). There is nothing he should see that he hasn’tseen before. He has a very good curve ball.”

Rider was 7-4 in the 11 games Calogero started last season.“Calogero was thrown into the third spot when we had some injuries,”Davis said of his third starter. Calogero was third on the team in in-nings pitched last year. “This year he has earned the right to be there.He throws strikes keeping guys off balance.”

Devlin and Calogero are both left-handed. “Two lefties in topthree. I think that’s good,” Davis said. “I know we’ve struggledagainst lefties in the past.”

The fourth and fifth starters will come from a number of candi-dates, including freshmen Kurt Sowa and Zach Mawson, junior TimHogan and sophomore Kyle Kennett.

Sowa is a 6’4” right-hander who earned All-Philadelphia CatholicLeague honors last year at Father Judge. Mawson is a lefty who earned

All-State (Delaware) honors at Caesar Rodney. Rider was 2-0 in thegames Hogan pitched last year and Kennett went 4-0 as a rookiestarter last year.

“We start the season with a pair of four-game series so we will belooking for the fourth starter right off the bat,” Davis said. “Sowa andHogan will fight for that fourth starter role. Mawson could step in andbe a starter, along with Kennett. Hogan has been waiting for an op-portunity and he’ll get it this year. From those seven we will find ourstarters.”

To find the back end of the bull pen, Coach Davis needs to look nofarther than junior Tyler Smith.

A Preseason Second Team All-America selection by the CollegeBaseball Writers Association, Smith earned All-East honors lastseason and was named the MAAC and the New Jersey Closer of theYear in 2011. He finished 10th in the nation in saves with a Rider-record 15 and opponents batted .190 against him. “His numbers speakfor themselves,” Davis said. “He understands his role. He’s been as goodas it gets. We’ve gotten a few relief pitcher of the year awards withTyler and Jamie Hayes ’09 before him. It’s a nice feeling to know if wehave the lead in the eighth inning we feel pretty good about winningthe game. The last three outs are the toughest to get and he gets them.”

The ‘bridge’ between Smith and the starters will be made up of anumber of pitchers, including junior Chris Taylor, junior SeanKuberiet, freshman David Hafer, red-shirt freshman Mike Campbelland Julian Anapolsky.

Taylor has pitched in 28 games and owns a 4-1 career record. Heowned the fourth best earned run average on the team last year.Kuberiet has pitched in 19 games for the Broncs. Hafer is a 6’3” left-hander and Campbell red-shirted last year.

“Hafer has a lot of movement on his ball and we’re going to counton him to help us,” Davis said. “He also has a good breaking ball.He’s deceptive. Hafer and Taylor could be our bridge. Kuberiet hasalso looked good. We have a lot of guys we can bring in to get threeouts, between our starters and closer. Campbell has improved morethan anyone on the team. He has an unhittable slider if he gets aheadin the count. Anapolsky will add depth.”

The outfield will have the most experience on the team, returninga pair of MAAC and New Jersey award winners in senior BrandonCotten and sophomore Nick Crescenzo.

A ‘five-tool’ player, Cotten was a First Team All-MAAC selectionin 2011, was on the MAAC All-Tournament team in 2010, andearned All-New Jersey honors both years. He is a career .331 hitterand his defense is second to none. “Cotten has been the best defensiveoutfielder in the MAAC for two years,” Davis said, “and he can dosome things offensively as well. He will bat third for us.”

Crescenzo was a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American andthe 2011 MAAC and New Jersey Rookie of the Year, earning SecondTeam All-MAAC honors. He collected his 50th hit in just his 38thstart. “Crescenzo will bat leadoff and play left or right field,” Davissaid. “He can really run and we are going to turn him loose on thebases.”

The third outfield spot will be manned by junior Ian Lindsay andsophomore Jerry Mulderig, while rookie pitcher Zach Mawson couldalso see action in the outfield, depending on his pitching workload.


Lindsay was the fourth outfielder last year and made 16 starts.Mulderig batted .333 against MAAC pitching last year. “Mulderigand Lindsay will be our third and fourth outfielders,” Davis said.“Lindsay can really hit but his start has been slowed by mono duringthe off-season. Jerry has worked hard and will get an opportunity thisyear. Jerry is a very good defensive outfielder with a good arm, isathletic and can run. Mawson could be the fifth outfielder. He’s veryfast and depending on how much he pitches will determine how muchoutfield time he sees.”

The infield will have a new look, with junior Adam Wayman theonly returnee at third base. Wayman enters his junior year with 103hits, 71st on Rider’s career hit list. He batted .338 against MAACpitchers in 2011 after batting .330 against MAAC pitchers in 2010.

Graduate student Ryan Murphy will take over at first base, afterMason Heyne graduated with the career RBI record along with thefourth most hits (247) in program history. “Murphy will start theseason at first base,” Davis said. “He played behind two guys who areamong our career leaders in hits but will get his chance this year. He’searned the opportunity to start the season at first, and could see someaction in the outfield if needed.”

Freshman Justin Thomas will back up both Murphy at first andWayman at third. “Justin will back Murph up,” Davis said. “The twocould platoon, since Murph is lefty and Justin is right-handed. Way-man is coming off a slight shoulder injury so Thomas can help at thirdas well.”

The middle infield graduated John Ralston and A.J. Albee, whoturned over 100 double plays in the last three years and combined for400 hits in their careers. “Albee and Ralston played a lot of games,”Davis said.

Filling those large shoes will be freshmen Greg Fazio and MikeParsons, with freshman Troy Miller backing up both of them. Fazioearned First Team Skyland Delaware All-Conference honors as a short-stop and was named to the Courier News All-Area First Team as wellas First Team All-Somerset County honors helping Ridge HighSchool win the Somerset County Championship last year.

Parsons earned First Team All-League and All-CNY as a senior,leading Liverpool (NY) High to the League and Sectional Champi-onships.

“I feel Parsons and Fazio could develop into a ‘d.p.’ combo equalto Ralston and Albee,” Davis said. “They sure are working at it.Parson possesses above average speed and is a versatile player. Helikely will bat second and will play second. Fazio, who also has aboveaverage speed, will start the season at shortstop. Troy Miller can backup both of them.”

Miller was the YAIAA Division II Player of the Year as a senior atSusquehannock (PA) leading his team in batting average (.500), hits,home runs, RBI, total bases and on base percentage. A fine all-aroundathlete, Miller also played football (quarterback, cornerback) in highschool.

Sophomore Ken Kremer started 28 games behind the plate as arookie after being a middle infielder in high school and will see mostof his playing time at second or third this year.

Behind the plate this season will be freshman Eric Strano, juniortransfer Richie Garcia and senior Chris Pierfy.

Strano earned First Team All-Area, All-CVC and was a CarpenterCup selection as a senior, leading Robbinsville to the Mercer CountyTournament Championship, and was twice a Second Team All-CVCpick (sophomore and junior).

“Strano will catch game one,” Davis said. “He has all the tools tobe a very good catcher and a great work ethic to go with his skills.”

Garcia comes to Rider from Dean College, and was an All-Countyselection at Valley Stream North High School. Garcia’s brother EvanGarcia ’05 was a pitcher for the Broncs.

“Garcia has played in some college games and will back Strano up,”Davis said. “Pierfy, a career .500 hitter, is one of the four seniors on theteam. He’s worked very hard and could DH along with Kremer.”

The schedule begins in mid-February with trips to Virginia (Nor-folk State), North Carolina (Appalachian State, Campbell), and SouthCarolina (Charleston Southern, Winthrop). “We play 18 gamesbefore the MAAC season starts so we should have our rotationfigured out by then,” Davis said. “Hopefully we’ll be better on May1 than we are on March 1. That’s our goal, to improve as the seasongoes on. The schedule is challenging. I think it will prepare us forthe MAAC season.”

Rider has made the MAAC playoffs five times in the last six sea-sons, including the last four, winning the Championship in 2008 and2010.

“Our goal this year, as always, is to make the four-team MAACtournament,” Davis said. “I think the conference is wide open thisyear, with no prohibited favorite. Hopefully we’ll be peaking at theend of the regular season and go into the tournament as a hot team.The work ethic has been very good in the fall and preseason.”

Despite the fear of the unknown.

OUTLOOK

Freshman All-American Nick Crescenzo


1929 3 2 0 Clair Bee

1941 3 7 1 Rex Ellis

1942 0 4 0 Rex Ellis

1946 4 4 0 Paul Ricatto

1947 6 2 0 John Kelly






1953 14 5 0 Carl Nawoj








1961 6 13 1 Tom Petroff






1967* 31 9 1 Tom Petroff




1971 10 14 0 Sonny Pittaro













1984&,# 20 19 0 Sonny Pittaro

1985&, # 27 12 0 Sonny Pittaro






1991# 32 16 1 Sonny Pittaro



1994+,# 33 18 2 Sonny Pittaro

1995+ 35 18 1 Sonny Pittaro

1996+ 28 22 0 Sonny Pittaro









2005 21 29 0 Barry Davis



2008M# 29 28 0 Barry Davis


2010M# 36 23 0 Barry Davis


Total 1271 1002 14

M-MAAC Title

+NEC Title

&ECC Title

#NCAA Regional

*College World Series

Year W L T Head Coach Year W L T Head Coach

69 YEARS OF BASEBALL


Peter F. Daly Award Winners(Most Improved Player)

BRONC BASEBALL HONORS

Rider All-AmericansTom Beck 1964Bob Koehler 1967Jeff Kunkel 1983Jack Armstrong 1985Ken Kremer 1987Ken Kremer 1988Joe Gmitter 1991Jason Koehler 1995

2011 Brandon Cotten2010 AJ Albee2009 Sean Olson2008 James Hayes2007 Sean Olson2006 Mike Poalise2005 Jonathan Rehm2004 Scott Rich2003 Carl Loadenthal2002 Casey Long2001 Tim Superka2000 Kevin Barry1999 Josh Loftin1998 Matt Massimi1997 Ryan Pandolfini1996 Ryan Pandolfini1995 Jason Koehler1994 Mark Gola/Shaun Figueroa1993 Shawn Brown

1992 Shawn Brown1991 Joe Gmitter1990 Joe Cerasi1989 Ed Horowitz1988 Ed Horowitz1987 Ken Kremer1986 Chris Starr1985 Ed Whited1984 Keith Ender1983 Gary Mahler1982 Gary Mahler1981 Ken Zegarski1980 Bob O’Connor, Ken Zegarski1979 Bob O’Connor1978 Ed Kerner1977 Rick Cyburt1976 Scott Hensinger1975 Kevin Connolly, Ted DeLong1974 Mike Freundel

2011 Jeff Giordano2010 Karl Johnston2009 A.J. Albee2008 Maurice Williams2007 Jon Leise2006 Jeff Reynolds2005 Tom Letizia2004 Jonathan Rehm2003 Sean Whalen2002 Joe Ambler2001 Bryan Merrigan2000 Bob Young1999 Jim McTamney1998 Joe Logue1997 Mike Ryan1996 Matt Massimi1995 John Crane1994 Anthony Rawa1993 Jason Klonis1992 Jason Steinert1991 Jim Schlotter1990 Eric Garnett1989 Dan Mahony1988 Jesus Sosa1987 Ron Kroschwitz1986 Steve Parascand1985 Gary Mullins1984 Rob Colton,

Jerry Mulvaney

1983 Ken Tozzi1982 Walt Brooks1981 Tony Diamente1980 Dave Malloy1979 Kurt Krieghbaum1978 Mike Morgan1977 Lou Cammiso,

Mike DeAngelis1976 Kent Provine1975 Bill Hartnett1974 Ansley Jessup1973 Ted Plessl,

George Knowles1972 Mike Beane1971 William Adams1970 Larry Nickol1969 J. Dan Hill,

Don Klinger1968 Paul Buytkins,

Glenn Bisbing1967 Richard Bechtel1966 Bob Koehler1965 John Wagner1964 Tom Beck1963 Dan Napoleon1962 James Durman1961 Jack Pilger

Major League BroncsPlayer Last Rider Major League

season TeamDan Napoleon 1964 Mets, CardinalsJeff Kunkel 1983 Rangers, RoyalsJack Armstrong 1986 Reds, Indians, Marlins, RangersEd Whited 1986 BravesKevin Barry 2001 BravesJames Hoey 2003 OriolesJohn Barr 1979 Assistant to G.M. San Francisco Giants

Bob Koehler Award Winners(Most Valuable Pitcher)

2011 Mike Thomas2010 Mike Thomas2009 Nate Eppley2008 Jimmer Kennedy2007 Mike Petrowski2006 Will O’Connor

Joe Plunkett Memorial Award Winners(Most Valuable Player)

2011 Team MVP Brandon Cotten

MAAC OverallW L W L

1 Manhattan# 20 2 34 192 Rider 16 7 33 183 Siena 14 10 28 304 Canisius 12 10 26 32Marist 13 11 35 17Fairfield 13 11 22 25Iona 7 17 17 34Saint Peter’s 5 18 16 34Niagara 5 19 8 40

#MAAC tournament champion

2011 MAAC Final Standings Northeast Conference Champions

East Coast Conference Champions

2011 MAAC Tournament

2011 NCAA Tournament

Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceChampions

#1 Manhattan 3, #4 Canisius 2#3 Siena 6, #2 Rider 3

Canisius 4, Rider 3Manhattan 8, Siena 7

Siena 3, Canisius 2Manhattan 5, Siena 1

Florida 17, Manhattan 3Jacksonville 5, Manhattan 4

2011 Manhattan2010 Rider2009 Marist2008 Rider2007 LeMoyne2006 Manhattan2005 Marist2004 LeMoyne2003 LeMoyne2002 Marist2001 Marist2000 Marist1999 Siena1998 LeMoyne1997 Siena1996 Siena1995 Siena1994 Canisius-North,

Iona-South

1993 LeMoyne-North,Fairfield-South

1992 LeMoyne-North,Iona-South

1991 LeMoyne-North,Fairfield-South

1990 LeMoyne-North,Fordham-South

1989 La Salle1988 Fordham1987 Fordham1986 Holy Cross1985 La Salle1984 Iona1983 Fairfield1982 Army

1997 Marist1996 Rider1995 Rider1994 Rider1993 St. Francis-NY1992 St. Francis-NY

1991 Monmouth1990 Long Island1989 Monmouth1988 Fairleigh Dickinson1987 Fairleigh Dickinson

1992 Rider1991 Towson State1990 Lafayette1989 Rider1988 Towson State1987 Rider1986 Rider1985 Rider1984 Rider

1983 Delaware1982 Delaware1981 Temple1980 Delaware1979 Delaware1978 Temple1977 Temple1976 Temple1975 Temple

RIDER IN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

1967

RIDER IN NCAA REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS

19621963196519671984

19851986198719891991

1992199420082010

CONFERENCERider University Baseball • 2012

2010 MAAC Champions

Media Guide


2012 ROSTER

No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School

1 Sean Kuberiet P R/R 6-3 185 Jr. Branchburg, N.J. (Somerville)

2 Mike Parsons INF R/R 5-9 170 Fr. Liverpool, N.Y. (Liverpool)

3 Greg Fazio INF R/R 5-11 165 Fr. Far Hills, N.J. (Ridge)

4 Troy Miller INF L/R 6-0 170 Fr. Shrewsbury, Pa. (Susquehannock)

5 Adam Wayman 3B R/R 6-1 190 Jr. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (G.A.R. Memorial)

6 Eric Strano C R/R 6-0 190 Fr. Robbinsville, N.J. (Robbinsville)

8 Richie Garcia C R/R 5-10 175 Jr. Franklin Square, N.Y. (Dean College) (Valley Stream N.)

10 Julian Anapolsky P R/R 6-2 180 So. Paoli, Pa. (Conestoga)

11 Brandon Cotten OF L/L 6-2 205 Sr. Wiconisco, Pa. (Williams Valley)

12 Zach Mawson P/OF L/L 6-0 150 Fr. Magnolia, Del. (Caesar Rodney)

13 Kurt Sowa P R/R 6-4 193 Fr. Bensalem, Pa. (Father Judge)

14 Chris Pierfy C L/R 6-0 210 Sr. Hamilton, N.J. (Nottingham)

15 Mike Campbell P R/R 6-3 205 RFr. Staten Island, N.Y. (Tottenville)

16 Kyle Kennett P L/R 6-1 190 So. Spring Lake, N.J. (St. Rose)

18 Chris Taylor P R/R 6-0 185 Jr. Sterling, Va. (Dominion)

19 Joe Calogero P L/L 6-1 200 Jr. Cherry Hill, N.J. (Cherry Hill HS West)

20 Nick Crescenzo OF R/R 5-9 185 So. Hammonton, N.J. (Hammonton)

21 Mike Murphy P R/R 6-2 195 So. Hamilton, N.J. (Peddie)

23 Ken Kremer DH/INF R/R 5-10 185 So. Hershey, Pa. (Hershey)

24 Chris LeRoy P R/R 6-1 220 Jr. Freehold, N.J. (Colts Neck)

25 Tyler Smith P L/L 6-2 220 Jr. Westmont, N.J. (Haddon Township)

26 Justin Thomas 3B/1B R/R 6-3 200 Fr. Richboro, Pa. (Council Rock HS South)

27 Jerry Mulderig OF L/R 6-4 195 So. Langhorne, Pa. (Council Rock HS South)

28 Patrick Devlin P L/L 6-0 150 Sr. Richboro, Pa. (Council Rock HS North)

29 Tim Hogan P R/R 6-3 190 Jr. Gibbstown, N.J. (Gloucester Catholic)

31 David Hafer P R/L 6-3 189 Fr. Pine Grove, Pa. (Pine Grove)

32 Ian Lindsay OF L/R 6-0 185 Jr. Oaklyn, N.J. (Haddon Township)

34 Ryan Murphy OF/1B L/R 6-3 200 Gr. Yardville, N.J. (Steinert)

44 Eric Thomas P L/L 6-4 170 Fr. Dallastown, Pa. (Dallastown Area)

Head Coach: #42 Barry Davis (Bridgewater ’87), eighth season

Assistant Coach: #22 Jaime Steward (Le Moyne ’01), fourth season

Assistant Coach: #7 Jeff Giordano (Rider ’11), first season

Assistant Coach: #17 Karl Johnston (Rider ’11), first season

Earned the victory over Quinnipiac last year, pitching ascoreless, hitless inning of relief...pitched a scoreless, hit-less inning against West Virginia...also pitched againstEast Tennessee State, Virginia, and Niagara last season...pitched in 14 games as a rookie...did not allow a run in hisfirst five collegiate appearances (7.0 innings)...recorded his

first collegiate K in his first game, at Appalachian State...collected his first collegiatewin at Lafayette in 2010, retiring both batters he faced...pitched two and two-thirds scoreless innings while striking out two in win at Longwood as arookie...struck out two Monmouth batters in two innings of work in 2010...twice earned First Team All-Conference honors at Somerville High School…alsoearned All-county and Second Team All-Area honors…was his team’s Player of the Year…defeated Morristown, ranked sixth in New Jersey, in the State Group3 quarterfinals…Business Economics major.

#1 Sean Kuberiet • RHP6-3 • 185 • Jr. • Branchburg, NJ/Somerville

Earned First Team All-League and All-CNY as a senior, leading his team to the League and SectionalChampionships...Sixth Team All-State as a junior while earning First Team All-League and All-CNY...his team won the LeagueChampionship his sophomore season as well...a member of the Honor Roll all four years...member of the National HonorSociety...older brother Dan played baseball at Niagara.

#2 Mike Parsons • INF5-9 • 170 • Fr. • Liverpool, NY/Liverpool

Was the YAIAA Division II Player of the Year as a senior....led his team in batting average (.500), hits, home runs, RBI, total basesand on base percentage...earned YAIAA All-Star honors as a junior and he collected 14 RBI in a three-game period to help his teamqualify for the playoffs......also played football (quarterback, cornerback) in high school...was his junior class Vice President and a mem-ber of SADD...umpires youth baseball games as a summer job...Liberal Arts major and minors in Criminal Justice.

#4 Troy Miller • INF6-0 • 170 • Fr. • Shrewsbury, PA/Susquehannock

PLAYER PROFILESRider University Baseball Media Guide • 2012

YEAR G GS SV IP H R ER SO BB W-L ERA2010 14 0 0 13.0 14 8 8 9 4 1-1 5.542011 5 0 0 4.2 4 5 5 0 4 1-0 9.64Total 19 0 0 17.2 18 13 13 9 8 2-1 6.62

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Earned First Team Skyland Delaware All-Conference honors as a shortstop...was named to the Courier News All-Area FirstTeam...earned First Team All-Somerset County honors...helped his team win the Somerset County Championship last year.

#3 Greg Fazio • INF5-11 • 165 • Fr. • Far Hills, NJ/Ridge

Enters his junior year with 103 hits, 71st on Rider’s careerhit list...collected his 100th career hit at Cleveland State in his 99th career start...collected a hit in the MAACtournament last year...batted .338 against MAAC pitchersin 2011 regular season with 26 hits and 20 runs scored in

23 conference games after batting .330 against MAAC pitchers in 2010 with 31 hits and24 RBI in 24 conference games...had four RBI in win over Lafayette last year...collected six hits in MAAC doubleheader with Iona...five hits in the three-gamesweep of Niagara, five hits in three-game series with Fairfield...two hits and an RBI in win over George Mason...was a member of the 2010 NJCBA All-Rookie team...ended the 2010 regular season with a 10-game hitting streak...earned MAAC Rookie of the Week honors the final week of the 2010 season...asa rookie had eight hits in a four game series at Longwood...collected six hits and seven RBI in three-game series at Iona...had five hits (three doubles) in threegame series with Marist...pitched an inning of relief in three different games toward the end of the 2010 season...was a star pitcher and infielder at G.A.R andwas named to the PA All-State team…owned the highest batting average in his league…was named to the All-District all-star team as a junior…during thesummer of 2009 was an American Legion All-East all-star...as a junior batted .516 with 32 hits, 29 RBI and 25 runs scored in 17 games, and was 2-0 on themound with a 1.65 earned run average…earned Second Team All-League honors in basketball and was a conference all-star…a member of the National HonorSociety…Accounting major.

#5 Adam Wayman • INF/OF/P • R-R

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BA2010 55 204 34 60 10 1 1 75 40 3 .2942011 50 173 32 43 4 1 3 58 22 5 .249TOTALS105 377 66 103 14 2 4 133 62 8 .273

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6-1 • 190 • Jr. • Wilkes-Barre, PA/G.A.R. Memorial

Transferred to Rider from Dean College...earned All-County honors at Valley Stream North High School...plays the piano...brotherEvan Garcia ’05 pitched for Rider...Elementary Education/Psychology major.

#8 Richie Garcia • C5-10 • 175 • Jr. • Franklin Square, NY/Valley Stream North


Earned First Team All-Area, All-CVC and was a Carpenter Cup selection as a senior, leading his team to the Mercer County Tour-nament Championship...twice a Second Team All-CVC pick (sophomore and junior) and twice a team captain (junior and sen-ior)...his team won the Group 1 Central Jersey Sectional his freshman and junior years...as a freshman his team played in the StateChampionship game...also played football, earning CVC Honorable Mention as a senior...earned academic honors his junior andsenior years...plays the guitar...Business Administration major.

#6 Eric Strano • C6-0 • 190 • Fr. • Robbinsville, NJ/Robbinsville

Pitched a scoreless inning at Virginia in his collegiatedebut...opponents batted .250 against him...in high schoolhe earned seven varsity letters in baseball, football andbasketball, earning All-League honors as a pitcher...helped his team finish eighth in the State Championships as a

sophomore...Business major.

#10 Julian Anapolsky • P • R-R

6-2 • 180 • So. • Paoli, Pa./Conestoga

YEAR G GS SV IP H R ER SO BB W-L ERA2011 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 0.00

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Enters his senior year with 148 hits, 41st on the Ridercareer hit list, 108 runs, 29th on the career list and 73 RBI,51st ever at Rider...earned First Team All-MAAC honors in2011...batted .418 (second best in conference) againstMAAC pitching in the regular season last year with 33 hitsand 22 runs scored in 20 starts after batting .374 against

MAAC pitchers in 2010...led Rider in both slugging percentage (.511) and on basepercentage (.404) as well as hits (59) and doubles (16)...MAAC Player of the Week in May...First Team All-NJCBA in 2011 and 2010...enjoyed a 13-gamehitting streak last year...has had the third highest batting average on the team the last two years...regarded as one of the top defensive outfielders in theMAAC...voted team MVP last year...had two hits, including a double, vs. Siena in the 2011 MAAC Tournament...his 33 hits in MAAC games was second mostin the league, as was his 22 runs scored in conference games...in his Rider career has compiled 284 putouts and just four errors...a member of the 2010 MAACAll-Tournament team, collecting five hits, four runs scored and two RBI in three games...batted .333 in the 2009 MAAC tournament as a freshman...collected16 hits in his final seven games of the 2010 season, including a hit against Texas in the NCAA Regional...as a sophomore had nine hits and four RBI in three-game series with Iona that secured a playoff spot...a member of the 2009 NJCBA All-Rookie team…started 12 MAAC games in 2009 and collected 14hits…tied for second on the 2009 team in stolen bases…took over the starting centerfield spot mid-way through his rookie year…got a hit in his firstcollegiate at bat…led both his baseball and basketball teams to the District XI Championship as a senior at Williams Valley High… father Darren is a policeofficer…Communication major.

#11 Brandon Cotten • OF • L-L

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BA2009 32 75 9 21 3 1 0 26 12 5 .2802010 53 194 56 68 9 1 1 82 32 12 .3512011 47 178 43 59 16 2 4 91 29 9 .331TOTALS 132 447 108 148 28 4 5 199 73 26 .331

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6-2 • 205 • Sr. • Wiconisco, PA/Williams Valley

Was a First Team All-State selection as a senior...Earned First Team All-Conference honors as a pitcher as a junior and as a utility player(pitcher/outfield/first base) as a senior...was a member of the National Honor Society...led his 10th seeded team to victory over the sec-ond seed, pitching in the State Quarterfinals...Accounting major.

#12 Zach Mawson • LHP/OF6-0 • 150 • Fr. • Magnolia, DE/Caesar Rodney

Earned All-Catholic League honors as a senior...also played third base...earned First Honors all eight semesters in high school...a mem-ber of the National Honor Society...Secondary Education/Mathematics major.

#13 Kurt Sowa • RHP6-4 • 190 • Fr. • Bensalem, PA/Fr. Judge

Possessed the highest batting average on both the 2011team and the 2009 team, and was fifth on the 2010team...appeared in three games as a junior...collected a hitin his first at bat last season, at Virginia...had an assist frombehind the plate in win at Cleveland State...in 2010appeared in three games as a pinch hitter...pinch ran and

scored at Rutgers...singled in a 2010 win over Lafayette...batted 1.000 as a fresh-man…collected an RBI single in win over LIU in 2009…earned First Team All-Conference, First Team All-Group 3 and First Team All-South Jersey honorsat Nottingham High School, leading his team to the Mercer County Tournament Championship…was a member of the National Honor Society…father Davidis an Associate Professor at Rider, uncle Jeff Pierfy played baseball for Rider in the 1960s…Business Administration major.

#14 Chris Pierfy • C • L-R

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BA2009 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.0002010 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .3332011 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500TOTALS 9 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 .500

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6-0 • 210 • Sr. • Hamilton, NJ/Nottingham


Red-shirted the 2011 season...named to the Under Armor preseason All-American team in high school...was his team's Most Out-standing Pitcher in 2008...led his team to the new York City Championship...was the team's Most Outstanding Student-Athletein 2009, ranking in the top seven percent in his class...graduated Magna Cum Laude...Mathematics major.

#15 Mike Campbell • P • R-R6-3 • 205 • Fr. • Staten Island, NY/Tottenville

Went 4-0 as a rookie and Rider was 6-0 in the six games hestarted...started six mid-week games as a rookie, defeatingHofstra, NJIT, Princeton and La Salle...only undefeated starteron the staff last season...pitched five innings without an earnedrun in win over La Salle, allowing just two hits...struck outthree NJIT batters in five innings of work, struck out three Princeton Tigers in 5.1 innings...began his collegiate career with an 81.00

earned run average and brought it all the way down to 5.76...owned a 2 to 1 K to walk ratio...in high school was twice a Second Team All-Shore selection...compiledan 18-8 scholastic record...twice selected to play in the Carpenter Cup...member of National Honor Society... helped his team win the Non-Public B State Champi-onship in 2008 and then back-to-back State Championships in 2009, pitching both the South Jersey and the State Championship games...a Second Team All-State Non-Public and was first in wins (9-2) and second in earned run average (1.06) in the Shore Conference in 2009 with 66 strikeouts in 64 innings, while opponents battedjust .187 against him...batted .362 and led the team in RBI (28) as a first baseman...father Neil played basketball at TCNJ...History and Secondary Education major.

#16 Kyle Kennett • P • L-R6-1 • 190 • So. • Spring Lake, NJ St./ Rose


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Owned the fourth best earned run average on the 2011team...opponents batted just .215 against him...collected asave in the win at Hofstra...earned the victory in wins overLafayette, Maine and Iona...struck out three George Masonbatters in three innings of work...13 of his outings were score-less, including three innings vs. Iona, three innings at Mason,

two innings at West Virginia and two innings vs. Cornell...as a freshman he defeated Virginia Tech in his first collegiate start...pitched a shutout inning, striking outone, in his collegiate debut against Maryland Eastern Shore...recorded a strike out in the NCAA Regional game with Rice...was twice an All-Region selection and wasa three-time All-Dulles District pick at Dominion High School…twice the team MVP…received the Coach’s Award as the starting quarterback on the football team…was named a Northern Virginia Top 50 all-star…Business Administration major.

#18 Chris Taylor • P • R-R6-0 • 185 • Jr. • Sterling, Va./Dominion

YEAR G GS SV IP H R ER SO BB W-L ERA2010 9 4 0 19.1 36 31 27 8 9 1-0 12.572011 19 0 1 26.0 20 8 8 17 9 3-1 2.77TOTALS 28 4 1 45.1 56 39 35 25 18 4-1 6.95

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Rider was 7-4 in the 11 games he started last season...wasthird on the team in innings pitched last season...earnedthe wins over Fairfield and Cleveland State lastyear...pitched the third game of the weekend MAAC seriessix times in 2011...compiled five strikeouts in seven in-nings at Siena...allowed one earned run in six and two-

thirds innings of work in a Rider win at Marist... allowed one earned run in six andtwo-thirds innings of work at Canisius...Rider was 7-2 in the nine games he started in 2010...pitched 8.0 innings in his collegiate debut, striking out five whileallowing one run without a walk...earned victories over Maryland Eastern Shore, NJIT and Saint Joseph’s as a rookie...struck out six St. Joe Hawks in 8.0 shutoutinnings...seventh best (of 15) earned run average on 2010 team...started two MAAC games as a freshman, wins over Manhattan and Saint Peter’s...earned FirstTeam All-Conference and First Team All-Group 4 honors as a junior and a senior while earning Second Team All-South Jersey…his father Joe was an All-Statesoccer player…Accounting major.

#19 Joe Calogero • P • L-L6-1 • 200 • Jr. • Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West



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Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American...2011 MAACRookie of the Year...earned Second Team All-MAAChonors...was a three-time MAAC Rookie of Week...batted.318 vs. MAAC pitchers with 28 hits in 23 regular seasonconference games...New Jersey Division I Rookie of theYear...collected his 50th hit in just his 38th start...enjoyed a 13-game hitting streak...collected four hits in two MAAC tourna-

ment games...led the 2011 squad in batting average and was third on the team in hits and RBI...after a two for 13 (.154) start went on a 23 for 41 (.561) stretchover the last two weeks of May...collected nine hits in three-game sweep of Niagara...collected four hits in win at George Mason...two hits and three RBI in agame at West Virginia...three RBI in a MAAC game at Siena...three hits in a win at Cleveland State...led Bronc outfielders with six assists...in high school wasa three-time All-Conference selection in baseball and a two-time All-Conference pick in football...captained both teams...was an All-South Jersey quarter-back...led his football team to the Group III State Championship...twice selected to play in the Carpenter Cup...fastest player on the Rider team...twice earnedFirst Team All-Cape Atlantic honors...Business major.

#20 Nick Crescenzo • INF/OF • R-R5-9 • 185 • So. • Hammonton, NJ/Hammonton

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BA2011 45 155 25 55 6 0 0 61 31 7 .355

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Red-shirted last season...a pro prospect this season...wasfourth on the 2010 team in wins...started an NCAA Re-gional game and won a MAAC playoff game against thetop seed as a rookie...earned victories over Fairfield, Marist,LeMoyne and Canisius in 2010...saved a victory at Long-wood...made 15 appearances as a reliever before becoming a starter...Rider was 5-2 in his seven starts...struck out seven Canisius

batters in seven innings of a 2010 MAAC playoff win...gave up just three earned runs in his first nine appearances...struck out five Siena batters in 5.2 innings,struck out five Marist batters in 6.0 innings, struck out five Iona batters in 6.0 innings...while in high school batted .419 as a junior with 26 hits, 22 runs and19 stolen bases…was the American Legion Pitcher of the Year leading the league in strike outs for Hamilton…also played varsity soccer at Peddie…motherBonnie was a High School All-American field hockey player…Business major.

#21 Mike Murphy • P • R-R6-2 • 190 • So. • Hamilton, NJ/Peddie


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Started 28 games behind the plate as a rookie after beinga middle infielder in high school...collected a hit and anRBI and scored a run in his first collegiate game, at E.Tennessee State...had two hits in a win at WestVirginia...hit two doubles in a win at Niagara and had fourhits, three RBI and scored five runs in the three game series...had two hits in a win over Iona...had two RBI in a win over Saint

Peter’s...two hits in the regular season finale, a victory at Cleveland State...Rider was 19-8 when he started and 13-4 when he batted seventh in the line up...enjoyed a five-game hitting streak...batted .262 against MAAC pitchers and had 11 assists with no errors...in high school was a Mid-Penn All-Star...was namedto the Patriot News Big 11...served as high school team caption as a senior, leading his team to the State Championship game....played four years on varsityin high school...honor roll three of his four high school years... the son of Rider Athletics Hall of Famer and two-time All-American Kenny Kremer, who wonan NCAA batting title.

#23 Ken Kremer • INF • R-R5-10 • 185 • So. • Hershey, Pa./Hershey


Appeared in seven games last season...pitched two hitless,scoreless innings at West Virginia...struck out two Sienabatter in an inning and a third...was fourth on the 2010team in earned run average and third inappearances...earned his first collegiate victory at Long-wood...pitched 5.1 shutout innings to earn the 2010 win

over Seton Hall...struck out two Rutgers batters in one inning of work...struck out two NJIT batters in one inning of work as a rookie...pitched an inning inthe 2010 NCAA Regional...pitched two scoreless innings in a 2010 MAAC victory over Canisius...did not allow a run in his first six collegiate appearancesand just one run in his first eight games...owned a 2.79 earned run average against MAAC hitters as a freshman...In his career Rider is 17-10 in the games hepitched in...graduated from Colts Neck third in career strikeouts (8.28 per seven innings) and fourth in earned run average (2.60)…pitched 48 innings andstruck out 62 batters as a senior, with opponents batting .235 against him…pitched a no-hitter against Freehold Township…as a junior he was 2-0 with a0.84 earned run average, compiling 24 strikeouts in 24 innings pitched…also played basketball and football and was Second Team All-Shore in football andteam MVP in basketball…Education major.

#24 Chris Leroy • P • R-R6-1 • 220 • Jr. • Freehold, N.J./Colts Neck


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Preseason Second Team All-America selection by theCollege Baseball Writers Association this year...All-Easthonors last season...was named the MAAC and the NewJersey Closer of the Year in 2011...finished 10th in thenation in saves with a Rider-record 15...opponents batted.190 against him...twice the MAAC Pitcher of the Week

last season...owned a 1.26 earned run average against MAAC batters last year...MAAChitters batted .109 against him in 2011...saved eight of the 16 MAAC wins last season...NJCBA Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 2010...was 5-2 with three savesagainst MAAC teams as a freshman...appeared in a Rider record 31 games as a rookie in 2010, old record was 23...collected a save in the 2010 MAAC TitleGame...third on the 2010 team in wins...owned the second best earned run average on the 2010 team...as a freshman won five of Rider’s 15 MAAC victoriesand saved three others...struck out two of the first three collegiate batters he faced...as a high school senior was a First Team All-South Jersey selection and FirstTeam All-Colonial Conference selection for Haddon Township as the team MVP…led his team to the South Jersey Group II Championship…entered hissenior year with a 14-6 scholastic record…as a junior compiled 43 strikeouts in 50 innings with a 2.24 earned run average…opponents batted just .219 againsthim in 2008…member of the National Honor Society…Business major.

#25 Tyler Smith • P • L-L6-2 • 220 • Jr. • Westmont, NJ/Haddon Township


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Twice earned First Team All-League honors...was selected to play in the Carpenter Cup...led his team to its first State Tourna-ment...also played basketball, earning Second Team All-League and team MVP honors, leading his squad to the District playoffsas team captain...Business major.

#26 Justin Thomas • 1B/3B6-3 • 200 • Fr. • Richboro, PA/Council Rock South

Pitched in five games in 2011 before being shut down forthe season in March...expected to pitch the seven-inninggame in the three-game weekend MAAC series thisyear...struck out six batters in six innings to earn the winover Cornell last season...struck out six batters in a seven

inning compete game victory over Niagara...also earned the win over Maine lastseason...named to the 2010 MAAC All-tournament team...was second on the 2010 teamin wins (7-3)...won his last four decisions of the 2010 season...14 starts was second on the2010 team...also second on the 2010 team in innings pitched and strikeouts...has 30 career starts...pitched eight innings in the 2010 MAAC ChampionshipGame, striking out seven...defeated Saint Peter’s, Siena, LIU, Iona and Canisius, along with Maryland Eastern Shore and Longwood in 2010...started fivegames in 2009 before suffering a shoulder injury that required surgery and was granted a medical red-shirt…owned the third best earned run average on the2009 team…defeated MAAC rivals Iona and Canisius in 2009…as a rookie started and pitched six innings against Siena in 2008 MAAC playoff game,leaving the game with a 5-2 lead...earned the 2008 victory over NJIT, striking out eight in six innings while allowing just one run...pitched 10 games inrelief before making six starts as a freshman...teammates refer to him as “Squid”...at Council Rock North pitched a two-hitter in the second round of the PAState playoffs...earned First Team All-Bucks County honors...Communication/Multi-Media/Web Design major.

#28 Patrick Devlin • P • L-L

YEAR G GS SV IP H R ER SO BB W-L ERA2008 16 6 0 40.1 56 37 32 29 16 1-4 7.142009 5 5 0 32.1 32 19 14 21 13 2-1 3.902010 14 14 0 68.2 79 48 41 55 35 7-3 5.372011 5 5 0 31.0 28 14 13 25 11 3-1 3.77TOTALS 40 30 0 172.1 195 118100 130 75 13-9 5.22

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6-0 • 150 • Sr. • Richboro, Pa./Council Rock North

Started five games as a rookie last spring...batted .333 inMAAC games...had two RBI in win over Quinnipiac...hadtwo hits, including a double, at Siena...had two hits in awin over La Salle...earned First Team All-League honors asa second baseman and Third Team All-League honors as a

pitcher his senior year...was a Second Team All-League pick as a junior second baseman, helping his team win the Division...Behavioral Neuroscience major.

#27 Jerry Mulderig • INF • L-R6-4 • 195 • So. • Langhorne, PA/Council Rock


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PLAYER PROFILES

Started 16 games last season, including three MAACgames...collected a hit in his first game of 2011, at E.Tennessee State, and his last game of the season, at Cleve-land State...had three hits and scored a run in win at WestVirginia...had four hits in two wins over Maine...collectedtwo hits at Seton Hall last season...started 12 games as a

rookie...owned a .448 slugging percentage as a freshman...collected a hit and a stolen basein his first collegiate game, at Maryland Eastern Shore, and collected a hit in the 2010 NCAA Regional against Texas...homered in 2010 win over Seton Hall...threeRBI as a rookie in win over NJIT...three hits in 2010 win over LIU...three RBI in win over Saint Joseph’s as a freshman...had five hits in his first 12 collegiate atbats...in high school was twice a First Team All-State Group 2 and First Team All-South Jersey selection in baseball...as a junior led Haddon Township to the firstColonial Conference title in 2008…can play any of the three outfield positions…also excelled in basketball and football and received his school’s OutstandingAthletic Achievement Award…graduated with academic honors…Business Management major.

#32 Ian Lindsay • OF • L-R6-0 • 185 • Jr. • Oaklyn, NJ/Haddon Township

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BA2010 31 67 13 20 3 2 1 30 14 1 .2992011 27 72 4 17 0 0 0 17 4 1 .236TOTALS 58 139 17 37 3 2 1 47 18 2 .266

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Pitched in two games in 2011...Rider was 2-0 last year inthe games he pitched, against Lafayette and LaSalle...pitched in eight games as a rookie...as a freshmanstruck out three Longwood batters in three innings ofwork...had four scoreless outings as a freshman, againstAppalachian State, NJIT, Manhattan and Saint

Peter’s...helped Gloucester Catholic win the State Championship as a sophomore…earned First Honors four times in high school…father Tim in a police of-ficer…Business major.

#29 Tim Hogan • P • R-R6-3 • 190 • Jr. • Gibbstown, NJ/Gloucester Catholic


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Earned First Team All-Area as a junior, leading his team to a PIAA District 11 Runner-up finish...also played basketball in highschool, helping his team reach the championship game of both the Schuylkill League and District 11 as a StateQuarterfinalist...pitched a complete game two-hit shutout against Tamaqua Area High...Biochemistry major.

#31 David Hafer • LHP6-3 • 189 • Fr. • Pine Grove, PA/Pine Grove


PLAYER PROFILES

Was named the YAIAA Division I Player of the Year as a senior, compiling a 6-2 record and a 1.24 earned run average whilebatting .396, leading his team to the Division Championship...also played varsity basketball in high school, earning theUnsung Hero Award...was a member of the Future Business Leaders of America and won first place in a Regional competition,fifth place in the State competition...Marketing major.

#44 Eric Thomas • LHP6-4 • 170 • Fr. • Dallastown, PA/Dallastown Area

A veteran of 58 games, including nine starts...usedprimarily as a pinch hitter the last two seasons but will seeaction at first base this year...had two hits in a pair of winsat Cleveland State last season...had an RBI in a MAACgame against Fairfield...had a pinch hit RBI single atAppalachian State in 2010...hit a two-run home run in

2010 win over Manhattan...had two hits in three at bats with an RBI, two walks andscored a run at Fairfield in 2010...batted .333 against MAAC pitchers in 2010 with a .667slugging percentage...played in 21 games in 2009, starting two, after red-shirting 2008 with a knee injury…batted .333 in MAAC games in 2009…collecteda hit in his first collegiate at bat, at Maryland Eastern Shore and in his final at bat of 2009, against Canisius in the MAAC tournament…hit a pinch hit RBIsingle off the right field fence with bases loaded for the walk-off game-winning hit against Fairfield… hit a pinch hit RBI double in the ninth inning againstCanisius in 2009, sending the game into extra innings…graduated from Steinert High with a career batting average of .460, highest in school history…playedfor two State Championship teams, at Steinert and in American Legion during the summer…Computer Information Systems major.

#34 Ryan Murphy • OF/1B • L-R

YEAR G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB BA2009 21 21 0 4 1 0 0 5 4 0 .1902010 26 34 3 7 0 0 1 10 5 0 .2062011 11 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 .143TOTALS 58 69 4 13 1 0 1 17 11 0 .188

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6-3 • 200 • GS • Yardville, NJ/Steinert


BRONC CAREER LEADERS

1. James Hayes 265 2006-092. Scott Rich 263 2001-043. Casey Long 260 2000-034. Mason Heyne 247 2008-115. Sean Olson 221 2006-096. Ed Whited 208 1983-866. A.J. Albee 208 2008-118. Shawn Brown 202 1990-938. Steve Galella 202 2008-1110. Joe Cerasi 198 1988-9111. Mo Williams 197 2006-0912. Carl Loadenthal 194 2000-0313. John Ralston 192 2008-1114. Erinn Pesaresi 189 2001-03 3 years15. Bryan Wagner 186 2002-0616. Tim Superka 185 1998-0117. Joe Doto 183 1993-9618. Scott Wayda 181 1992-9519. Mark Gola 180 1991-9420. Mel Edwards 179 1991-9420. Gene Crimoli 179 2003-0622. Ryan Pandolfini 177 1995-97 3 years22. Michael Wenner 177 1997-99 3 years22. Michael Zuppe 177 1994-9725. Mike Reenock 170 1988-9126. Mike Poalise 169 2003-0627. Mike Ryan 167 1997-0027. Rich Brooks 167 1999-0229. Jonathan Rehm 166 2002-0530. Ken Kremer 163 1986-88 3 years30. Jeff Timperman 163 1997-0030. Ed Horowitz 163 1986-8933. Jason Koehler 161 1994-96 3 years34. Tom Letizia 160 2003-0635. Phil Ledesma 159 1994-9836. Nick Vallorosi 158 1984-8737. Gary Mahler 157 1980-8338. Levi Miskolczi 156 1994-96 3 years39. Chet Coddington 152 1986-8940. Pat Larkin 150 1984-8741. Brandon Cotten 148 2009-- 3 years42. Nick Wojnowski 146 2007-1043. Jeff Kunkel 141 1981-83 3 years44. Keith Ender 138 1982-8545. Jim Kuehner 133 1984-8746. Bob O’Connor 132 1979-81 3 years46. Jim McTamney 132 1998-0148. Eric Garnett 131 1988-9149. Scott Hensinger 130 1975-7850. Joe LaCagnina 128 1987-9051. Kevin Connoly 127 1987-9051. Dan Mahony 127 1988-9153. Scott Knazek 126 2004-06 3 years53. Matt McCollum 126 2006-1055. Gordon Speakman 124 1977-8056. Sean Whalen 122 2001-0457. Darren Pandolfini 121 1997-98, 00 3 years57. Shaun Figueroa 121 1994-95 2 years

57. Josh Loftin 121 1998-99 2 years60. Chris Teasdale 120 1987-9061. Karl Johnston 119 2009-11 3 years62. Kevin Riley 117 2001-02 2 years62. Rob Colton 117 1982-8564. Mike Freundel 115 1971-7465. Chris Starr 114 1985-86 2 years65. Jeff Stewart 114 1977-8067. Brian Farrell 113 1992-9568. Kyle Helbig 112 1998-0169. Duane Nelson 109 1985-86 2 years70. Kent Provine 107 1975-7871. Olimpio Pacchioli 105 1948-5172. Mike Lisetski 104 1965-6873. Adam Wayman 103 2009--- 3 years73. Jeff Orleski 103 1998-99 2 years73. Jon Leise 103 2005-0876. Tom Gavin 100 1989-90 2 years

Home Run Kings HR Years Played

1. Jason Koehler 33 1994-96 3 years1. Ed Whited 33 1983-863. Ed Horowitz 32 1986-894. Sean Olson 30 2006-095. Scott Rich 28 2001-046. Ken Kremer 26 1986-88 3 years7. Mason Heyne 24 2008-117. Mike Reenock 24 1988-919. Casey Long 23 2000-0310. Joe Cerasi 23 1988-9111. Mel Edwards 22 1991-9412. Don Pisker 19 1972-7512. Scott Hensinger 19 1975-7814. Levi Miskolczi 16 1994-96 3 years14. Ken Zegarski 16 1980-81 2 years14. Ryan Pandolfini 16 1995-97 3 years14. Mike Zuppe 16 1994-9714. A.J. Albee 16 2008-1119. Kevin Riley 15 2001-02 2 years19. Jeff Kunkel 15 1981-83 3 years19. Carl Loadenthal 15 2000-0322. Nick Vallorosi 14 1984-8722. Gene Crimoli 14 2003-0624. Chris Starr 13 1985-86 2 years24. Michael Wenner 13 1997-99 3 years24. Gary Mahler 13 1980-8324. Bob O’Connor 13 1979-82 3 years24. Jim Kuehner 13 1984-8724. Nick Wojnowski 13 2007-1024. Steve Gialella 13 2008-1131. Scott Wayda 12 1992-9531. Mark Gola 12 1991-9431. Mike Zito 12 1983-8631. Mickey Powers 12 1958-60 3 years31. Jim McTamney 12 1998-01

100 Hit Club Hits Years Played100 Hit Club Hits Years Played


BRONC CAREER LEADERS

1. Mason Heyne 186 2008-112. Sean Olson 168 2006-093. Scott Rich 166 2001-044. Ed Whited 151 1983-865. Casey Long 142 2000-036. Joe Cerasi 133 1988-917. Mike Reenock 132 1988-918. Ed Horowitz 130 1986-898. Steve Galella 130 2008-1110. Ken Kremer 129 1986-88 3 years11. Gary Mahler 127 1980-8312. Mel Edwards 126 1991-9413. AJ Albee 124 2008-1114. Gene Crimoli 123 2003-0615. Ryan Pandolfini 122 1995-97 3 years16. Nick Vallorosi 121 1984-8717. Jason Koehler 117 1994-96 3 years17. Mo Williams 117 2006-0919. Shawn Brown 116 1990-9320. Jamie Hayes 108 2006-0921. Scott Wayda 101 1992-9522. Kevin Riley 98 2001-02 2 years22. Levi Miskolczi 98 1994-96 3 years24. Keith Ender 97 1982-8525. Kevin Connolly 96 1987-9026. John Ralston 95 2008-1127. Phil Ledesma 94 1994-9827. Carl Loadenthal 94 2000-03

29. Bob O’Connor 93 1979-81 3 years29. Michael Zuppe 93 1994-9729. Mike Ryan 93 1997-0032. Mark Gola 92 1991-9433. Tim Superka 91 1998-0134. Jeff Kunkel 90 1981-83 3 years35. Rich Brooks 89 1999-0235. Jim McTamney 89 1998-0137. Joe Doto 87 1993-9637. Jim Kuehner 87 1984-8739. Michael Wenner 85 1997-99 3 years39. Chet Coddington 85 1986-8941. Jeff Timperman 84 1997-0041. Mike Poalise 84 2003-0643. Olimpio Pacchioli 81 1948-5143. Mickey Powers 81 1958-60 3 years45. Ken Zegarski 79 1980-81 2 years46. Nick Wojnowski 77 2007-1047. Fred Gmitter 76 1956-58 3 years47. Pat Larkin 76 1984-8749. Scott Knazek 75 2004-06 3 years50. Chris Teasdale 74 1987-9051. Chris Starr 73 1985-86 2 years51. Erinn Pesaresi 73 2001-03 3 years51. Brandon Cotten 73 2009-- 3 years54. Jonathan Rehm 72 2002-0554. Bryan Wagner 72 2002-06

Pitching Leaders Record Final Season1. Mike Thomas 29-12 20112. Leo Chester 26-7 19573. Lou Cammiso 25-10 19774. Ken Minschwaner 21-7 19535. Jack Madden 20-5 19595. Kevin Barry 20-12 20015. Jared Lenko 20-17 19998. Brian McGuire 19-8 19908. Jim Schlotter 19-21 19938. Jimmer Kennedy 19-21 200911. Anthony Rawa 18-2 199611. Greg Meszaros 18-8 198611. Jim Gordon 18-8 199711. Steve Parascand 18-10 198615. Bob Koehler 17-4 196715. Jack Armstrong 17-10 198615. Bob Young 17-18 200219. Dave Malloy 16-11 1981

1. Ken Kremer .3842. Fred Gmitter .3743. Fred Swick .3714. Jeff Kunkel .3655. Kevin Connolly .3616. Bob Przyblowski .3536. Josh Loftin .3538. Ryan Pandolfini .3498. Casey Long .34910. Ed Whited .34811. Chris Starr .34612. Jason Koehler .34413. Joe Cerasi .34313. Duane Nelson .34315. Mike Freundel .34216. Scott Rich .34117. Ed Horowitz .34018. Keith Ender .33818. Bob O’Connor .33820. Ken Zegarski .333

21. Levi Miskolczi .33221. Erinn Pesaresi .33223. Michael Wenner .33124. Jamie Hayes .33025. Earl Lombardo .32625. Dave McKelvey .32627. A.J. Albee .32027. Nick Wojnowski .32027. Mike Lisetski .32030. Joe Logue .31930. Tom Letizia .31932. Gary Mahler .31732. Scott Hensinger .31732. Sean Whalen .31735. Mark Gola .31636. Bob Haag .31537. Rich Cybert .31338. Shawn Brown .31238. Dan Mahony .312

1. Jamie Hayes 180 2006-092. Carl Loadenthal 165 2000-033. Scott Rich 157 2001-044. Casey Long 150 2000-035. AJ Albee 149 2008-116. Joe Cerasi 145 1988-917. Ed Whited 141 1983-868. Mel Edwards 140 1991-949. Erinn Pesaresi 139 2001-03 3 years10. Sean Olson 135 2006-0911. Mason Heyne 134 2008-1112. Michael Zuppe 132 1994-9713. Bryan Wagner 131 2002-0614. Mike Poalise 125 2003-0615. Ed Horowitz 123 1986-8916. Shawn Brown 122 1990-9317. Pat Larkin 121 1984-8718. Nick Vallorosi 120 1984-8718. Tim Superka 120 1998-01

20. Michael Wenner 117 1997-99 3 years20. Steve Galella 117 2008-1122. Jason Koehler 115 1994-96 3 years23. Scott Wayda 114 1992-9523. Joe Doto 114 1993-9625. Ken Kremer 112 1986-88 3 years26. Levi Miskolczi 110 1994-96 3 years26. Mark Gola 110 1991-9426. Mike Reenock 110 1988-9129. Brandon Cotten 108 2008--29. Mo Williams 108 2006-0931. Eric Garnett 105 1988-9132. Karl Johnston 104 3 years32. John Ralston 10434. Ryan Pandolfini 103 1995-97 3 years35. Gordon Speakman 101 1977-8035. Tom Letizia 101 2003-0637. Gene Crimoli 100 2003-06

Highest Career Batting Averages(two or more seasons, no active players)

RBI Leaders RBI Years Played RBI Leaders RBI Years Played

Scoring Leaders Runs Years Played Scoring Leaders Runs Years Played


RIDER RECORDS

Single Season Records

BattingHighest Average Ken Kremer .479 1988Hits Casey Long 88 2002Runs AJ Albee 63 2010Doubles Mike Reenock 22 1994Triples Levi Miskolczi 8 1995

Michael Wenner 8 1998Home Runs Ken Kremer 17 1987

Jason Koehler 17 1995Total Bases Scott Rich 143 2004Runs Batted In AJ Albee 60 2010Stolen Bases Mike Lisetski 40 1967Bases on Balls Eric Garnett 38 1991

Darren Pandolfini 38 2000

PITCHINGWins Jack Lackey 10 1963

Bob Koehler 10 1967Jack Armstrong 10 1985

Strikeouts Mike Thomas 98 2010Strikeouts in One Game Bill Wanca 20 (9 innings) 1953

Jack Armstrong 15 (7 innings) 1984Games Tyler Smith 31 2010Innings Mike Thomas 104.1 2010Complete Games John Merten 10 1967

Steve Parascand 10 1984Lowest ERA Joe Cavalla 0.40 1965Saves Tyler Smith 15 2011Shutouts Dave Malloy 4 1980

FIELDINGPutouts Mason Heyne 494 2011Assists AJ Albee 182 2010Double Plays(middle infielder) Bob O’Connor 36 1981Double Plays (first baseman) Mason Heyne 42 2011Errors Kevin Riley 30 2001

Casey Long 30 2002

TEAMWins 36 2010Regular Season Wins 33 2010, 2011Winning Streak 20 1965Losses 35 1992Losing Streak 16 1992Highest Batting Average .330 1985Home Runs 59 1985Runs Scored 447 2010Earned Run Average *0.99 1965Fielding Percentage .974 2010* best in the nation

Career Records

BattingHits Jamie Hayes 265 2006-09Home Runs Ed Whited 33 1983-86

Jason Koehler 33 1994-96Batting Average Ken Kremer .384 1986-88Doubles Scott Rich 63 2001-2004Triples Michael Wenner 17 1997-99Total Bases Scott Rich 426 2001-04Runs Batted In Mason Heyne 186 2008-11Runs Scored Jamie Hayes 180 2006-09Stolen Bases Jamie Hayes 96 2006-09Games Played Jamie Hayes 208 2006-09At bats Jamie Hayes 802 2006-09

PitchingWins Mike Thomas 29 2008-11W-L % Anthony Rawa .900 (18-2) 1993-96Earned Run Averagemin 10 games Joe Cavalla 1.28 1962-65

Innings Mike Thomas 298.2 2008-11Games Erik Holck 76 2004-07Complete Games Leo Chester 19 1954-57Strikeouts Mike Thomas 286 2008-11Walks Jim Schlotter 164 1990-93Saves James Hayes 33 2006-09

Mike Thomas graduated with career records for wins, strikeouts and innings pitched.


2010 FINAL STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBook

Overall Statistics for Rider University (2011 Final Statistics)

(All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 33-18 Home: 16-5 Away: 14-11 Neutral: 3-2 MAAC: 16-7

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld%

Chris Pierfy . 5 0 0 3-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 . 6 6 7 0 0 0-0 0 1 0 1.000

Nick Crescenzo . 3 5 5 45-41 155 25 55 6 0 0 31 61 . 3 9 4 11 2 28 0 . 3 9 8 3 7 7-12 76 6 5 . 9 4 3

Brandon Cotten . 3 3 1 47-45 178 43 59 16 2 4 29 91 . 5 1 1 23 0 17 1 . 4 0 4 2 3 9-14 106 4 2 . 9 8 2

A.J. Albee . 2 9 5 51-51 190 33 56 9 0 2 29 71 . 3 7 4 24 5 17 2 . 3 8 3 3 7 12-15 104 158 10 . 9 6 3

Mason Heyne . 2 8 7 50-50 188 24 54 15 1 3 37 80 . 4 2 6 18 1 30 4 . 3 4 0 8 3 1-1 455 34 5 . 9 9 0

Karl Johnston . 2 7 7 48-46 166 38 46 5 3 0 20 57 . 3 4 3 23 3 36 0 . 3 7 1 2 4 22-23 73 0 2 . 9 7 3

Steve Galella . 2 6 7 51-51 172 30 46 7 1 5 42 70 . 4 0 7 23 5 28 4 . 3 5 9 6 1 5-7 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

John Ralston . 2 6 1 51-50 161 25 42 9 0 1 21 54 . 3 3 5 17 7 23 4 . 3 5 3 2 5 1-2 72 145 15 . 9 3 5

Ken Kremer . 2 5 8 33-28 89 16 23 3 0 0 8 26 . 2 9 2 8 2 12 2 . 3 3 3 0 1 2-2 119 25 3 . 9 8 0

Jerry Mulderig . 2 5 0 11-5 20 5 5 2 0 0 3 7 . 3 5 0 2 0 4 0 . 3 1 8 0 0 0-0 8 1 0 1.000

Adam Wayman . 2 4 9 50-50 173 32 43 4 1 3 22 58 . 3 3 5 15 8 16 2 . 3 3 2 3 2 5-8 32 111 17 . 8 9 4

Ian Lindsay . 2 3 6 27-16 72 4 17 0 0 0 4 17 . 2 3 6 4 2 15 3 . 2 9 5 0 2 1-1 27 0 1 . 9 6 4

Mike O'Reilly . 1 8 2 37-24 66 13 12 1 0 0 3 13 . 1 9 7 20 2 14 3 . 3 8 6 0 5 0-0 165 16 1 . 9 9 5

Ryan Murphy . 1 4 3 11-2 14 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 . 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 . 2 9 4 0 0 0-0 27 2 1 . 9 6 7

Stephen Stopper . 0 0 0 2-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0

Totals . 2 8 0 51 1648 289 461 77 8 18 251 608 . 3 6 9 192 37 244 26 . 3 6 2 29 40 65-85 1283 582 68 . 9 6 5

Opponents . 2 5 2 51 1618 213 407 82 9 18 196 561 . 3 4 7 136 65 302 18 . 3 3 1 18 34 51-68 1270 563 110 . 9 4 3

LOB - Team (389), Opp (376). DPs turned - Team (43), Opp (41). CI - Team (1), Kremer 1, Opp (2). IBB - Team (5), Heyne 2,

Galella 1, Cotten 1, Wayman 1, Opp (3). Picked off - Johnston 3, Wayman 2, Albee 2, Crescenzo 1, Heyne 1, O'Reilly 1, Galella

1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha

Julian Anapolsky 0 . 0 0 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0

Jeff Giordano 1 . 6 9 2-0 19 1 0 0/2 2 37.1 31 11 7 10 29 11 0 0 . 2 2 3 0 6 0 1 1

Mike Thomas 2 . 3 4 9-3 14 14 1 0/3 0 96.0 83 30 25 37 92 9 1 4 . 2 4 1 11 12 0 4 11

Tyler Smith 2 . 5 8 3-3 29 0 0 0/1 15 38.1 26 11 11 7 41 3 0 2 . 1 9 0 6 4 0 1 3

Chris Taylor 2 . 7 7 3-1 19 0 0 0/1 1 26.0 20 8 8 9 17 4 0 0 . 2 1 5 8 7 0 1 3

Patrick Devlin 3 . 7 7 3-1 5 5 2 0/0 0 31.0 28 14 13 11 25 6 2 5 . 2 3 9 4 3 0 0 2

Joe Calogero 3 . 8 2 2-3 11 11 1 0/0 0 68.1 82 41 29 14 33 14 1 3 . 3 0 1 4 4 1 6 7

Nate Eppley 4 . 2 7 6-7 14 14 4 0/0 0 86.1 81 56 41 30 50 22 2 1 . 2 4 5 12 16 0 2 7

Kyle Kennett 5 . 7 6 4-0 8 6 0 0/0 0 29.2 37 22 19 5 10 8 2 3 . 3 0 1 1 5 0 1 0

Sean Kuberiet 9 . 6 4 1-0 5 0 0 0/0 0 4.2 4 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 . 2 3 5 2 4 0 0 0

Chris LeRoy 13.50 0-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 7.1 9 12 11 7 3 2 1 0 . 3 0 0 2 4 0 2 0

Tim Hogan 16.20 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 3 0 0 . 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Totals 3 . 5 8 33-18 51 51 8 3/3 18 427.2 407 213 170 136 302 82 9 18 . 2 5 2 51 65 1 18 34

Opponents 4 . 5 1 18-33 51 51 5 1/1 10 423.1 461 289 212 192 244 77 8 18 . 2 8 0 47 37 10 29 40

PB - Team (15), Kremer 9, O'Reilly 6, Opp (10). Pickoffs - Team (7), Thomas 6, Eppley 1, Opp (11). SBA/ATT - O'Reilly

(28-35), Kremer (23-25), Thomas (11-17), Eppley (13-16), Calogero (10-14), Taylor (5-6), Kennett (2-4), Smith (3-3), Giordano

(1-2), LeRoy (2-2), Hogan (2-2), Kuberiet (1-1), Devlin (1-1).


2010 FINAL STATISTICS

The Automated ScoreBookGame Results for Rider University (2011 Final Statistics)

(All games)

Date Opponent Score Inns Overall MAAC Pitcher of record Attend Time

Feb 25, 2011 at ETSU L 4-5 9 0-1-0 0-0-0 T.Smith (L 0-1) 1 5 2 2:37

Feb 26, 2011 at ETSU-1 L 4-5 9 0-2-0 0-0-0 Taylor (L 0-1) - 2:19

Feb 26, 2011 at ETSU-2 W 7-4 7 1-2-0 0-0-0 Eppley (W 1-0) 3 0 7 2:00

Mar 04, 2011 vs Cornell W 6-0 9 2-2-0 0-0-0 Thomas (W 1-0) 0 2:28

Mar 04, 2011 at #8 Virginia L 0-12 9 2-3-0 0-0-0 Eppley (L 1-1) 2 2 9 9 2:34

Mar 05, 2011 at #8 Virginia L 1-4 9 2-4-0 0-0-0 Calogero (L 2-1) 0

Mar 05, 2011 vs Cornell W 8-2 9 3-4-0 0-0-0 Devlin (W 1-0) 2 4 8 8 2:19

Mar 09, 2011 vs Lafayette College W 8-7 9 4-4-0 0-0-0 Taylor (W 1-1) 5 9 2:42

Mar 12, 2011 at West Virginia L 3-5 7 4-5-0 0-0-0 Thomas (L 1-1) 3 2 5 2:04

Mar 12, 2011 at West Virginia L 5-11 9 4-6-0 0-0-0 Eppley (L 1-2) 4 1 1 2:49

Mar 13, 2011 at West Virginia L 3-7 7 4-7-0 0-0-0 Devlin (L 1-1) 0 1:38

Mar 13, 2011 at West Virginia W 12-9 (13) 5-7-0 0-0-0 T.Smith (W 1-1) 2 5 1 3:42

Mar 15, 2011 at Hofstra W 9-8 9 6-7-0 0-0-0 Kennett (W 1-0) 1 1 0 2:45

Mar 16, 2011 QUINNIPIAC W 7-4 9 7-7-0 0-0-0 Kuberiet (W 1-0) 1 2 5 2:05

Mar 18, 2011 MAINE W 3-2 9 8-7-0 0-0-0 Taylor (W 2-1) 1 3 1 2:52

Mar 19, 2011 MAINE-1 W 7-2 7 9-7-0 0-0-0 Devlin (W 2-1) - 1:38

Mar 19, 2011 MAINE-2 W 9-2 7 10-7-0 0-0-0 Eppley (W 2-2) 1 7 8 2:17

Mar 20, 2011 MAINE L 3-8 9 10-8-0 0-0-0 Calogero (L 0-2) 1 2 0 2:32

* Mar 25, 2011 NIAGARA W 12-2 9 11-8-0 1-0-0 Thomas (W 2-1) 1 2 5 2:41

* Mar 26, 2011 NIAGARA-1 W 10-2 7 12-8-0 2-0-0 Devlin (W 3-1) 1 5 6 1:56

* Mar 26, 2011 NIAGARA-2 W 12-1 9 13-8-0 3-0-0 Eppley (W 3-2) - 2:26

Mar 29, 2011 at Seton Hall L 3-4 9 13-9-0 3-0-0 T.Smith (L 1-2) 7 5 2:37

* Apr 02, 2011 IONA COLLEGE-1 W 10-1 9 14-9-0 4-0-0 Thomas (W 3-1) - 2:25

* Apr 02, 2011 IONA COLLEGE-2 L 2-7 7 14-10-0 4-1-0 Eppley (L 3-3) 1 2 2 1:44

* Apr 03, 2011 IONA COLLEGE W 9-6 9 15-10-0 5-1-0 Taylor (W 3-1) 1 0 3 2:32

Apr 06, 2011 at NJIT W 6-4 9 16-10-0 5-1-0 Kennett (W 2-0) 1 5 7 2:53

* Apr 09, 2011 at Marist Red Foxes-1 W 4-3 9 17-10-0 6-1-0 Thomas (W 4-1) 2 8 8 2:25

* Apr 09, 2011 at Marist Red Foxes-2 W 3-2 7 18-10-0 7-1-0 Eppley (W 4-3) 2 6 7 1:26

* Apr 10, 2011 at Marist Red Foxes W 4-2 9 19-10-0 8-1-0 Giordano (W 1-0) 2 1 4 2:09

* Apr 15, 2011 at Siena-1 W 3-2 9 20-10-0 9-1-0 Thomas (W 5-1) 1 8 0 2:10

* Apr 15, 2011 at Siena-2 L 7-12 7 20-11-0 9-2-0 Eppley (L 4-4) - 2:30

* Apr 16, 2011 at Siena L 2-3 9 20-12-0 9-3-0 Calogero (L 0-3) 4 5 2:00

Apr 20, 2011 at Mason W 9-6 9 21-12-0 9-3-0 T.Smith (W 2-2) 1 4 3 2:55

* Apr 25, 2011 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY-1 L 5-6 9 21-13-0 9-4-0 Thomas (L 5-2) - 2:47

* Apr 25, 2011 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY-2 L 1-3 (8) 21-14-0 9-5-0 T.Smith (L 2-3) 1 2 5 2:15

* Apr 26, 2011 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY W 6-3 9 22-14-0 10-5-0 Calogero (W 1-3) 3 2 6 2:23

Apr 27, 2011 at Princeton W 6-3 9 23-14-0 10-5-0 Kennett (W 3-0) 1 5 0 3:42

* Apr 30, 2011 CANISIUS COLLEGE-1 W 7-0 9 24-14-0 11-5-0 Thomas (W 6-2) - 2:16

* Apr 30, 2011 CANISIUS COLLEGE-2 L 1-3 7 24-15-0 11-6-0 Eppley (L 4-5) 1 3 0 1:38

* May 01, 2011 CANISIUS COLLEGE W 3-2 9 25-15-0 12-6-0 T.Smith (W 3-3) 1 0 1 2:25

* May 07, 2011 SAINT PETER'S-1 W 2-1 9 26-15-0 13-6-0 Thomas (W 7-2) - 2:21

* May 07, 2011 SAINT PETER'S-2 W 10-5 7 27-15-0 14-6-0 Eppley (W 5-5) 1 5 7 2:06

* May 08, 2011 SAINT PETER'S W 8-6 9 28-15-0 15-6-0 Giordano (W 2-0) 2 5 8 2:48

May 11, 2011 LA SALLE UNIVERSITY W 10-4 9 29-15-0 15-6-0 Kennett (W 4-0) 2 1 1 2:38

* May 14, 2011 at Manhattan-1 W 8-4 9 30-15-0 16-6-0 Thomas (W 8-2) 4 1 0 2:53

* May 14, 2011 at Manhattan-2 L 2-3 7 30-16-0 16-7-0 Eppley (L 5-6) - 1:40

May 19, 2011 at Cleveland State W 5-0 9 31-16-0 16-7-0 Thomas (W 9-2) 1 0 4 2:21

May 20, 2011 at Cleveland State W 6-3 9 32-16-0 16-7-0 Calogero (W 2-3) 1 1 4 2:15

May 21, 2011 at Cleveland State W 8-3 9 33-16-0 16-7-0 Eppley (W 6-6) 1 4 5 2:44

May 26, 2011 vs Siena College L 3-6 9 33-17-0 16-7-0 Thomas (L 9-3) 8 0 2 2:53

May 27, 2011 vs Canisius College L 3-4 9 33-18-0 16-7-0 Eppley (L 6-7) 0 2:34

() extra inning game


SERIES HISTORY

Adelphi 1957 9 0Akron 1992 0 2Alabama-Birmingham 1988 1 3Albany 2004 0 1American 1964 9 2Amherst 1967 2 2Appalachian State 2010 0 3Army 1959 4 4Arnold 1951 1 1Auburn 1967 0 4Bates 1963 1 0Bergen 1941 0 1Bethune Cookman 1995 1 0Bloomfield 1951 14 0Bloomsburg State 1952 3 1Bolling Field 1950 0 1Boston College 1967 0 1Bowdoin 2004 1 0Bowling Green 1978 1 1Brandeis 1958 1 0Bradley 2004 2 0Bridgeport 1955 11 4Brooklyn 1992 1 2Brown 1966 1 0Bucknell 1948 32 11Butler University 2000 2 0Cal State Fullerton 2008 0 1Canisius 1983 28 18Catholic 1963 3 1Central Connecticut 1966 6 2Central Florida 1989 3 5Charleston Southern 1998 0 2Charlotte 2009 0 1Cleveland State 2011 3 0Coastal Carolina 2005 0 2Colgate 1966 3 0Connecticut 1998 0 2Cornell 2002 3 1Cortland State 1957 2 0Dartmouth 1987 1 0Davidson 1989 2 0Delaware 1970 25 57Drew 1959 2 0Drexel 1950 50 11Duke 1987 0 1East Carolina 1965 0 8East Stroudsburg 1947 10 4East Tennessee State 1994 2 6Eckerd 1973 1 6Elizabethtown 1961 0 1Evansville 1989 2 3Fairfield 1956 37 22

Fairleigh Dickinson 1951 27 20Florida 1992 0 1Florida A&M 2005 1 1Florida Atlantic 2002 0 1Florida Inter. 1978 0 6Florida Southern 1984 0 1Florida State 1974 0 2Fordham 1987 2 1Fort Mead 1949 0 1Gardner-Webb 2009 0 3George Mason 1985 4 2Georgetown 1963 1 0Georgia 1987 0 1Georgia Southern 1976 0 1Georgia Tech 1987 1 1Gettysburg 1967 7 6Glassboro State 1953 12 5Gonzaga 2007 0 3Hampden-Sydney 1953 0 1Hampton Institute 1965 1 0High Point 1969 1 0Hofstra 1941 30 10Holy Cross 1990 1 0Illinois 2000 1 0Illinois-Chicago 2002 1 0Iona 1960 31 15Iowa 1986 3 5Jacksonville St. 2006 1 2Ithaca 1957 1 2James Madison 1980 2 8John Marshall 1949 0 4Kansas State 2003 0 1Kean 1978 3 0King’s (Del.) 1951 4 1King’s (Pa.) 1941 6 0Kutztown State 1947 7 1Lafayette 1947 40 35Lakehurst NAS 1953 2 0La Salle 1968 32 18LeMoyne 1998 11 23Lehigh 1967 32 13Liberty 1998 1 6Lincoln 1955 7 0Long Island 1941 26 12Longwood 2006 3 4Loyola (Md.) 1960 2 0Maine 1984 3 2Manhattan 1998 20 25Marist 1992 30 36Maryland Baltimore 1990 7 4MD East. Shore 2008 9 0Massachusetts 1990 2 6

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Miami 1994 0 1McGuire AFB 1949 1 0Mercer 2006 1 1Michigan 1987 0 2Michigan State 1992 0 1Millersville 1949 6 2Missouri 2004 0 1Monmouth 1976 32 22Montclair State 1950 14 13Moravian 1929 1 0Mount St. Mary's 1960 16 2Muhlenberg 1948 4 1Navy 1949 2 2Newark Engineering 1954 1 0New Hampshire 1965 4 0NJIT 2008 3 1New York Tech 1977 9 5Niagara 1997 28 12Norfolk Navy 1953 1 0Norfolk State 2012 0 0North Carolina 1983 3 15North Carolina State 1987 0 2NC-Wilmington 1997 0 1Northeastern 1978 2 1Northwestern 1982 2 0Ohio State 1991 1 5Oklahoma State 1967 1 0Old Dominion 1985 1 2Panzer 1948 13 4Penn AC 1941 1 1Penn State 1963 19 24Pennsylvania 1961 7 5Pennsylvania Military 1941 0 1Phila. Pharmacy 1952 3 0Phila. Textile 1941 6 3Pittsburgh 2004 0 3C.W. Post 1976 0 5Princeton 1959 24 23Providence 1977 4 3Purdue 1999 0 1Quantico Marines 1950 1 1Queens 1948 2 0Quinnipiac 2002 2 0Radford 2010 0 3Ramapo 1979 1 0Randolph Macon 1966 1 0Rice 2010 0 1Richmond 1991 1 1Rhode Island 1995 1 0Rollins 1962 3 2Rutgers 1961 27 39

Rutgers-Newark 1957 3 0St. Francis-NY 1929 15 3St. John’s 1929 11 24St. Joseph’s 1946 37 16St. Leo’s 1969 4 6Saint Peter’s 1941 53 4Samford 2008 0 3Scranton 1948 9 0Seton Hall 1947 22 38Siena 1995 24 26South Alabama 1995 0 1Southeastern Mass. 1977 3 0Southern Conn. 1960 4 4South Florida 1975 1 3Springfield 1951 0 1Stetson 1967 3 13Stony Brook 2003 1 3Susquehanna 1966 3 0Tampa 1967 1 3Taylor 1984 2 1Temple 1946 32 26Tennessee Tech 2008 0 0Texas 2010 0 1Toledo 1981 2 2Towson 1983 19 14Trenton State 1929 19 7Troy State 1992 0 2UNC 2000 0 1Upsala 1929 14 4Ursinus 1958 2 0Vermont 1964 3 1Villanova 1946 20 35Virginia 1985 0 5VMI 2007 1 6VCU 1991 0 3Virginia Tech 1986 2 2Wagner 1959 14 4Washington St. 2007 1 2West Chester 1948 28 3West Virginia 1994 1 4West Virginia Wesl. 1983 1 0Wilkes 1948 8 4William Paterson 1948 9 5Winthrop 2012 0 0Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2002 3 1Wisconsin State 1978 0 1Wofford 2008 1 1Yale 1994 2 1

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Tom Petroff was inducted in 1990“Coach” was also one of the six initial inductees into the RiderAthletics Hall of Fame in 1990. Coach Petroff is a member of theAmerican Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and guidedRider to the College World Series in 1967, where the Broncs finishedfifth in the nation, the highest national finish of any Rider team in anysport. He is one of only five coaches to coach two different teams tothe CWS, having also taken Northern Colorado in the 1970s.

Jack Madden ‘65 was inducted in 1990Madden was one of the six initial inductees into the Rider AthleticsHall of Fame in 1990. A long-time referee in the National BasketballAssociation, Madden still holds the Rider record for pitchingvictories (20-5) and career strikeouts (220), and he graduated fromRider as the basketball career leader in points and rebounds.

Rich Giallella ‘70 was inducted in 1992Giallella was the sophomore leadoff hitter and centerfielder on the1967 Rider team that advanced to the College World Series. As ajunior on the soccer team he scored a Rider-record 16 goals. Giallellawas selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth round of the1969 draft, and went on to earn MVP honors in the Carolina (AAA)league. The head coach of the 1992 Steinert High School team thatwon the New Jersey Group II Baseball Championship, Giallella iscurrently one of the top college basketball officials in the East.

Earl Lombardo ’67 was inducted in 1993 As a freshman he tied the Rider record with five triples in 1964, andhad a team-high 22 RBI and 50 total bases. He led the ’65 team inRBI as a sophomore and the 1966 team in hits as a junior. He finishedhis Rider career second in hits, third in career batting average, thirdin runs scored, third in career home runs and fourth in career RBI. Hewas drafted by the Chicago Cubs and played one year professionallybefore entering the Army.

Leo Chester ’57 was inducted in 1994Still the Rider record holder for career pitching wins (26) and com-plete games (19). Chester compiled a 26-7 record for the Broncs inthe 1950s and led his four Rider teams to a 53-22 combined record.A fine all-around athlete, Chester ranks tenth at Rider in career pointsscored on the basketball court with 1,332, a Rider record when hegraduated in 1957. He also helped Rider win 20 basketball games asa senior, a first for Rider.

Ed Whited ‘86 was inducted in 1996Whited still holds the Rider career records for hits (208), runs battedin (151), runs scored (141) and is tied for the home run title (33). Acareer .348 hitter, Whited was twice an All-ECC selection and earnedsecond team All-East. Whited led the Broncs to their first three con-ference titles and three trips to the NCAA Regionals. Upon gradua-tion, Whited played professionally for five seasons and reached themajor leagues with the Atlanta Braves in 1989.

Jeff Kunkel was inducted in 1997A three-year varsity performer and All-American shortstop for theBroncs, Jeff Kunkel went on to become the third player selected inthe first round of the 1983 amateur baseball draft. A three-time All-East Coast Conference shortstop and a three-time All-New Jersey all-star, Kunkel still ranks fourth all-time at Rider in career battingaverage, and set the double play record as a Rider rookie. Kunkelplayed 10 year in the major leagues, eight with the Texas Rangers. In1989 Kunkel batted .270 in 108 games with eight home runs.

Ken Kremer was inducted in 1998A two-time All-America selection, Kremer was named the MVP ofthe NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament in 1987, leading Riderto the final 16 teams in the national tournament, one win away fromthe College World Series. In the NCAA Regional, Kremer batted.565 in five games with six home runs and nine RBI, while collect-ing a win and a save on the mound. In the 1987 ECC Tournament,Kremer was the Co-MVP with 4 home runs and 13 RBI in fivegames, collecting 6 RBI in the Title Game (13-6 score). For the 1987season, Kremer batted .400 with 64 hits (then a Rider record), 56RBI (still a Rider record), 51 runs scored (still Rider record) and 17home runs (still a Rider record). In 1988 he broke his finger and onlyhit six home runs, but batted .479 to win the national batting titlewith 58 hits. His career batting average of .384 is a Rider record.Kremer signed a pro contract with the Milwaukee Brewers organiza-tion after his junior year.

Olimpio Pacchioli ’51 was inducted in 1999The first great Rider baseball player, Olimpio Pacchioli graduated asthe Rider career leader in hits with 105, a record that stood for 23years, and the Rider record for runs batted in with 81, a record thatstood for 24 years. Named Rider’s Most Outstanding Athlete in 1951,“Patch” was offered professional contracts after his junior season,but came back to Rider to earn his degree. Upon graduation, Patchreturned to his home of Martin’s Creek, PA, to star in a semi-profes-sional baseball league. He later went on to be president of the league,helping it flourish into an 11-team league that drew thousands ofspectators to games. Now CEO of the O.R. Pacchioli InsuranceAgency, Patch has remained a close friend of Rider athletics throughhis support.

Puggy Malone ’50 was inducted in 2000George “Puggy” Malone played soccer from 1946-49, serving as cap-tain, and was the leading scorer and most valuable player. He wasnamed the outstanding male athlete in his graduating class and wasselected to tryout for the 1948 Olympic Team, reaching the EasternFinals. He played five years of professional ball for the PhiladelphiaAmerican Soccer Club (1947-48 American Champions). In baseball,he was a captain, "MVP" and leading hitter who established a schoolmark with 22 stolen bases in 16 games (without getting thrown out).During one season, he stole home three times. He is a member of theMercer County Soccer Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame16 former baseball players and two former baseball coaches are now among the 77 members of the Rider Athletics Hall of Fame.

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John Wagner ’67 was inducted in 2002Wagner was an All-American soccer player who was also the captainand starting catcher on the Rider baseball team that placed fifth inthe nation at the College World Series. Named the MVP of MACNorthern Division, Wagner was a defender who led Rider to fiveshutout victories in '66 and went on to play professional soccer. Wag-ner had earned honorable mention All-East as a junior on '65 soccerteam and, after his junior year, was one of 75 players from the East in-vited to the Olympic tryout. He made the final 15 before going to thenational tryout for the Olympics. After Rider Wagner became arenowned coach, earning New Jersey Coach of the Year honors whilewining several New Jersey High School soccer titles at HightstownHigh.

Bob Koehler was inducted in 2003Bob Koehler was the horse that the 1967 Rider baseball team rode tothe College World Series, where the Broncs finished fifth in thenation. An All-American pitcher with a 10-1 record, Koehler wasdrafted by the Washington Senators. Koehler used his pitching armto play "A" level minor league baseball for just three weeks beforebeing moved up to "AA", just two steps away from the major leagues.

Sonny Pittaro was inducted in 2005The all-time winningest coach of any sport at Rider, Sonny Pittaroretired from Rider with 766 wins, nine conference championships,eight NCAA Regional appearances and 10 Coach of the Year awards,while sending 41 players on to the professional ranks. He served twothree-year terms on the prestigious NCAA Baseball Committee, andserved as president of the 7,000 member American Baseball CoachesAssociation. In January of 2005 he was inducted into the ABCA Hallof Fame at the National Convention in Nashville, TN.

Ed Horowitz ’89 was inducted in 2006The three-time East Coast Conference baseball Scholar Athlete of theYear, Horowitz helped Rider reach the Final 16 in the 1987 NCAATournament and was named to the NCAA Regional All-TournamentTeam as a sophomore. Horowitz graduated second in career hits, ca-reer home runs, career runs scored, career batting average and careerRBI, and held the record for doubles in a season and home runs in aseason by a catcher. Rider won three ECC titles in his four years.Horowitz was the MVP of the 1988 and 1989 Rider teams and playedseveral seasons in the Baltimore Orioles organization.

Bob O’Connor ’84 was inducted in 2007Bob O’Connor played either shortstop or second base in every Riderbaseball game for three consecutive years before signing a professionalcontract with the San Francisco Giants in 1981. A two-time teamMVP, O’Connor left as the Rider career leader in hits (132 in 104games), batting average (.338) and RBI (93), and was second incareer runs (93).

Kevin Barry ’01 was inducted 2009Kevin Barry reached the major leagues in 2006. He pitched in 19major league games. He pitched 25 innings and struck out 19 andhad a major league earned run average of 5.61 in 2006. Barry wasdrafted twice while at Rider, as a junior (15th round by Oakland) andagain as a senior (14th round by Atlanta). He graduated with a20-12 career record, fifth best ever at Rider. His 20 wins is tied forfourth highest ever at Rider. He set a single season Rider record with91 strikeouts and a career record with 262 strikeouts. as a junior wasnamed All-MAAC and All-New Jersey. He was named the MAACSouth Pitcher of the Year in 2000 as a junior.

Jason Koehler ’97 was inducted 2009In his three seasons at Rider Jason Koehler set the Bronc career homerun record of 33, which still stands today. Koehler set a Rider recordwith 17 homeruns in one season, finishing 19th in the nation in homeruns per game. In three seasons, Koehler owned a career battingaverage of .314 with 161 hits in 147 games, 39 doubles and 117 runsbatted in. Koehler earned All-America honors in 1995 and earnedGTE CoSIDA Academic All-American honors in the 1995 season,the first Bronc to achieve that. Koehler also earned All-East Region,All-ECAC, All-NJ, and All-NEC honors in his junior year. In 1996,he was drafted in the 17th round by the Toronto Blue Jays and playedfor the St. Catherinas Stompers of the New York-Penn League.

Ryan Pandolfini ’99 was inducted in 2011Ryan Pandolfini was the Northeast Conference Player of the Year andthe Rider Athlete of the Year as a sophomore (1996) and led Rider inbatting as a junior before signing a professional contract with TampaBay. In just three seasons he compiled 177 hits and 122 RBI, bothmarks ranked in the Rider top 10, leading Rider to a pair of North-east Conference Championships.

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Schedule • 2012

February Fri. 17 at Norfolk State 1 p.m. Sat. 18 at Norfolk State (DH) 1 p.m. Sun. 19 at Norfolk State 1 p.m.

March Fri. 2 at Appalachian State 3 p.m. Sat. 3 at Appalachian State (DH) 1 p.m. Sun. 4 at Appalachian State 1 p.m. Tue. 6 vs. Lafayette (Flemington, NJ) 3 p.m. Fri. 9 at Charleston Southern 2 p.m. Sat 10 at Charleston Southern 2 p.m. Sun. 11 at Charleston Southern 1:30 p.m. Tue. 13 at Campbell 6 p.m. Wed. 14 at Campbell 6 p.m. Fri. 16 at Winthrop 6 p.m. Sat. 17 at Winthrop 3 p.m. Sun. 18 at Winthrop 1 p.m. Wed. 21 at Rutgers 3:00 p.m. Sat. 24 * NIAGARA(DH) noon Sun. 25 * NIAGARA noon Tues. 27 SETON HALL 3:30 p.m. Wed. 28 GEORGE MASON 3:30 p.m. Sat. 31 *at Canisius (DH) noon

April Sun. 1 *at Canisius noon Tue. 3 NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 3:30 p.m. Sat. 7 *at Fairfield (DH) noon Mon. 9 *at Fairfield 3 p.m. Wed. 11 at Monmouth 3:30 p.m. Sat. 14 * MANHATTAN (DH) noon Sun. 15 * MANHATTAN noon Wed. 18 at Long Island 3:30 p.m. Sat. 21 * MARIST (DH) noon Sun. 22 * MARIST noon Tues. 24 at Saint Joseph’s 3:00 p.m. Wed. 25 PRINCETON 3:30 p.m. Sat. 28 *at Saint Peter’s (DH) noon Sun. 29 *at Saint Peter’s noon

May Wed. 2 LAFAYETTE 3:30 p.m. Sat. 5 * SIENA (DH) noon Sun. 6 * SIENA noon Sat. 12 *at Iona (DH) noon Sun. 13 *at Iona noon Tues. 15 TEMPLE 3:30 p.m. Fri. 18 LONGWOOD (DH) noon Sat. 19 LONGWOOD (DH) noon Thurs-Sun 24-27 at MAAC Championship, Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, Troy, New York

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