Feb. 2, 2012

 

Lineup Card

 

Lineup Card is a current feature on CollegeBaseballInsider.com, highlighting news and notes from around college baseball.

 

 

Feb. 1-5, 2012

Saint Joseph’s will play on campus this season for the first time in more than 50 years. more>>

 

Jan. 23-31, 2012: The Big 12 will have six games televised on Fox Sports Net. more>>

 

Jan. 16-22, 2012: Junior catcher Mike Zunino was named a recipient of the 2011 Ben Hill Griffin Award, to recognize the top male student-athlete at Florida. more>>

 

Jan. 9-15, 2012: Former Indiana governor Joe Kernan will receive the 2012 Moose Krause Distinguished Service Award. more>>

 

Jan. 1-8, 2012: Brandon Harris will be one of eight former William and Mary standouts to be inducted into the 2012 Tribe Athletics Hall of Fame. more>>

 

Dec. 12-31, 2011: Jay Sullenger, associate head coach at James Madison, has resigned to pursue new opportunities. more>>

 

Dec. 1-11, 2011: Georgia Tech sophomore Colby Wren was recently featured on CNN’s The Human Factor, speaking about a genetic mitochondrial disease. more>>

 

Nov. 14-30, 2011: BYU defeated the Ranger club team 8-2 Tuesday in its second game in the Dominican Republic. more>>

 

Nov. 7-13, 2011: Ed Sprague has received a contract extension through June of 2017 at Pacific. more>>

 

Nov. 1-6, 2011: Jack Giese has been named pitching coach at Oklahoma. more>>

 

Oct. 24-31, 2011: Stony Brook had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday morning at Joe Nathan Field. more>>

 

Oct. 17-23, 2011: Cal State Fullerton completed a two-game fall scrimmage sweep at Vanderbilt. more>>

 

Oct. 10-16, 2011: Wally Ritchie has been hired as pitching coach at BYU. more>>

 

Oct. 1-9, 2011: Houston will host Rice for a 14-inning fall scrimmage on Sunday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. at Cougar Field. more>>

 

Sept. 26-30, 2011: Cal State Fullerton will host a free youth clinic for children 13 and younger prior to its Family Fun Day scrimmage at Goodwin Field on Nov. 19. more>>

 

Sept. 19-25, 2011: Rick Oliveri has been added to the staff at Monmouth. more>>

 

Sept. 12-18, 2011: Team USA U18 defeated UNC Wilmington 9-2 Saturday in exhibition action at Brooks Field. more>>

 

Sept. 1-11, 2011: John Duffy and Brian Meagher have returned to La Salle as members of Mike Lake’s staff. more>>

 

August 22-31, 2011: Former Nebraska assistant Eric Newman has been named head coach at UC San Diego. more>>

 

August 15-21, 2011: Travis Beazley has been named pitching coach at VMI. more>>

 

August 8-14, 2011: Tag Montague has been hired as an assistant coach at Richmond. more>>

 

August 1-7, 2011: David Esquer has agreed to a new five-year contract as head coach at California. more>>

 

July 25-31, 2011: Clemson head coach Jack Leggett has signed a new five-year contract through the 2016 season. more>>

 

July 18-24, 2011: The Cape Cod League All-Stars were announced on Friday, July 22. Stony Brook leads the way with three players. more>>

 

July 11-17, 2011: San Francisco head coach Nino Giarrantano recently donated a kidney to his father. more>>

 

July 1-10, 2011: Temple appears to be closing in on its choice to replace Rob Valli as baseball coach. more>>

 

June 1-30, 2011: The Colonial Athletic Association has increased its tournament field from four to six, beginning with the 2012 championship. more>>

 

May 23-31, 2011: Associate head coach David Grewe has resigned at LSU. more>>

 

May 16-22, 2011: Arkansas freshman infielder Dominic Ficociello has been named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. more>>

 

May 9-15, 2011: Belmont will join the Ohio Valley Conference for the 2012-13 academic year. more>>

 

May 1-8, 2011: VCU head coach Paul Keyes has received a three-game suspension per NCAA rules for physical abuse of an umpire. more>>

 

April 18-30, 2011: Richmond freshman shortstop Mike Small suffered a leg injury on Wednesday at Virginia and will require season-ending surgery. more>>

 

April 11-17, 2011: Johnathan Taylor of Georgia continues his rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. more>>

 

April 1-10, 2011: Baseball will remain at the University of California, Berkeley. more>>

 

March 28-31, 2011: Prior to its Big East series at Georgetown, the Cincinnati Bearcats visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. more>>

 

March 21-27, 2011: Ken Henderson, interim head coach at SIU, has been suspended for three games by the MVC for bumping an umpire, per NCAA rules. more>>

 

March 14-20, 2011: UNC will partner with the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center for the second annual UNC BaseBald for the Cure on April 2. more>>

 

March 1-13, 2011: Portland will continue its series at Hawaii after being evacuated from its hotel due to a tsunami warning following the earthquake in Japan. more>>

 

Feb. 21-28, 2011: Garrett Bayliff, Wichita State sophomore outfielder, dislocated his right ankle causing a fracture in his right fibula on a steal attempt on Saturday. more>>

 

Feb. 14-20, 2011: Because of forecasted inclement weather in Southern California, several games have changed start times for Friday. more>>

 

Feb. 7-13, 2011: Nearly 250 people participated in the “Do It For Duffy” 5K Run/Walk on Saturday morning at Mississippi State. more>>

 

Feb. 1-6, 2011: Despite snow over most of the outfield and foul territory, Kansas held a scrimmage on Saturday afternoon at Hoglund Ballpark. more>>

 

Jan. 24-31, 2011: Texas topped the UT Alumni 6-3 at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Cal State Fullerton defeated the Titan Alumni squad 5-1 at Goodwin Field. more>>

 

Jan. 17-23, 2011: Kansas State has named former Kansas assistant John Szefc as Associate Head Coach and he will be the team’s hitting coach. more>>

 

Jan. 10-16, 2011: Rob Childress, entering his sixth season as head coach at Texas A&M, received a contract extension through the 2015 season. more>>

 

Jan. 1-9, 2011: The Metrodome will not be available to Minnesota during February and March. more>>

 

Dec. 20-31, 2010: Former Towson standout Casper Wells will be recognized on Feb. 5 at halftime of the Tigers men’s basketball game with Georgia State. more>>

 

Dec. 13-19, 2010: Mark Kingston of Illinois State will receive the college Coach of the Year award at the 2011 Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago awards evening. more>>

 

Dec. 6-12, 2010: During the fall, Fresno State has been involved in community service. more>>

 

Dec. 1-5, 2010: San Francisco coach Nino Giarratano has been named the four-year college Coach of the Year by the Northern California Scouts Association. more>>

 

Nov. 22-30, 2010: Marc MacMillan has been hired as an assistant coach at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. more>>

 

Nov. 15-21, 2010: Former Texas A&M All-American hurler Barret Loux has signed a professional contract with the Texas Rangers. more>>

 

Nov. 8-14, 2010: Garrett Wittels will carry his 56-game hit streak into the 2011 season and ESPN will televise FIU’s first weekend series. more>>

 

Nov. 1-7, 2010: Former UCLA star Ron Roenicke was hired as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, the first former Bruin to manage a big league club. more>>

 

Oct. 25-31, 2010: Former VCU standout Brandon Inge was named Marvin Miller Man of the Year in the Major League Baseball Players Choice Awards. more>>

 

Oct. 18-24, 2010: Kirk McConnell has been named volunteer assistant at Ole Miss. more>>

 

Oct. 11-17, 2010: Texas fell behind 5-0 after four innings before rallying for a 7-5 exhibition win over Vanderbilt in 12 innings at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. more>>

 

Oct. 1-10, 2010: Tony Gwynn, head coach at San Diego State and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame, has been diagnosed with cancer of a salivary gland. more>>

 

Sept. 20-30, 2010: Curtis Brown has been promoted to associate head coach at Georgetown. more>>

 

Sept. 13-19, 2010: Rick Rembielak will be the volunteer assistant at Georgia Tech. more>>

 

Sept. 6-12, 2010: Cal State Fullerton announced staff changes. more>>

 

Sept. 1-5, 2010: Chris Pollard has received a three-year contract extension as head coach at Appalachian State. more>>

 

August 23-31, 2010: P.J. Finigan has been hired as pitching coach at his alma mater, Southern Illinois. more>>

 

August 16-22, 2010: Chuck Ristano has been hired as the volunteer assistant at Notre Dame. more>>

 

August 9-15, 2010: Ash Lawson has been hired as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Tennessee. more>>

 

August 1-8, 2010: Former Kentucky outfielder Keenan Wiley has signed a free agent contract with the Atlanta Braves. more>>

 

July 26-31, 2010: Infielder Jimmy Roesinger of Dayton became just the second player in Coastal Plain League history to play all nine positions in one game. more>>

 

July 19-25, 2010: Terry Sisisky, the former radio voice of the Virginia Commonwealth University Rams, passed away on July 22 from cancer at the age of 58. more>>

 

July 12-18, 2010: George Springer of Connecticut had three hits, including two doubles, as Team USA completed a five-game sweep of Korea. more>>

 

July 1-11, 2010: Former Major League All-Star Darin Erstad has returned to his alma mater, Nebraska, as an assistant coach. more>>

 

June 21-30, 2010: Derek Dietrich of Georgia Tech has been named the 2010 ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. more>>

 

June 7-20, 2010: CBI’s Sean Ryan recently appeared twice on Tim Brando’s radio show on Sporting News Radio. more>>

 

June 1-6, 2010: Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell has been suspended for three games for his confrontation with an umpire on May 29. more>>

 

May 17-30, 2010: Cal State Fullerton junior outfielder Gary Brown has been sidelined by a broken finger on his left hand. more>>

 

May 10-16, 2010: The 2010 Academic All-District Baseball Teams have been released through the College Sports Information Directors of America. more>>

 

May 1-9, 2010: The College World Series Legends Team has been announced. more>>

 

April 19-30, 2010: Sean Ryan, co-founder of CollegeBaseballInsider.com, was featured recently in an AP story. more>>

 

April 12-18, 2010: Air Force head coach Mike Hutcheon has resigned effective at the end of this season. more>>

 

April 1-11, 2010: Mike Leake, former All-American hurler at Arizona State, made his Major League and professional debut on April 11 for the Cincinnati Reds. more>>

 

March 22-31, 2010: Nebraska pitcher Mike Nesseth will miss the rest of the 2010 season with an elbow injury. more>>

 

March 15-21, 2010: LSU will wear green on St. Patrick’s Day for its 6:30 p.m. home game against Nicholls State at Alex Box Stadium. more>>

 

March 8-14, 2010: There are 95 nominees for the College World Series Legends Team, to be honored this year at the final CWS at Rosenblatt Stadium. more>>

 

March 1-7, 2010: The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission announced the official watch list for the 2010 Johnny Bench Award. more>>

 

Feb. 22-28, 2010: Florida and Florida State were both postponed on Friday due to snow. more>>

 

Feb. 15-21, 2010: Bradley’s two-game series this weekend at Illinois has been cancelled due to snow and below-average temperatures. more>>

 

Feb. 8-14, 2010: James Madison has cancelled its season-opening home series with Marist on Feb. 19-21 due to recent heavy snowfalls. more>>

 

Feb. 1-7, 2010: South Carolina sophomore outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. will miss four to eight weeks with a broken right hand. more>>

 

Jan. 25-31, 2010: Cal State Fullerton and Texas each defeated its alumni team on Saturday. more>>

 

Jan. 18-24, 2010: The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball program will join the Corpus Christi PAL on the rebuilding and clean up of a youth baseball field. more>>

 

Jan. 11-17, 2010: Texas will hold its annual Fan Appreciation Day and Alumni Game at Disch-Falk Field on Jan. 30. more>>

 

Jan. 1-10, 2010: Head coach Dave Serrano recently talked about the outlook for the 2010 Cal State Fullerton Titans. more>>

 

Dec. 16-31, 2009: Former LSU third baseman Derek Helenihi has signed a free-agent contract with the Chicago Cubs and will join the team for spring training. more>>

 

Dec. 1-15, 2009: LSU head coach Paul Mainieri participated in the annual Tree of Life ceremony at Ochsner Medical Center in Baton Rouge on Dec. 10. more>>

 

Nov. 16-30, 2009: The Georgia Tech baseball team will help raise money for injured Georgia freshman Chance Veazey. more>>

 

Nov. 1-15, 2009: Full-tournament passes are now on sale for the 2010 ACC Baseball Championships, May 26-30 at Greensboro’s NewBridge Bank Park. more>>

 

Oct. 26-31, 2009: A jury in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, ruled against aluminum bat maker Hillerich & Bradsby Co. in a civil suit over the death of Miles City American Legion pitcher Brandon Patch in a 2003 game in Helena. more>>

 

Oct. 19-25, 2009: Steven Sultzbaugh and Diego Seastrunk combined for seven RBI as host Rice defeated Texas State 14-6 in exhibition action at Reckling Park. more>>

 

Oct. 12-18, 2009: Troy swept a doubleheader from the Ontario Blue Jays on Sunday, Oct. 18, winning 6-3 and 20-2. more>>

 

Oct. 5-11, 2009: Cleveland State announced its new home will be at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon, Ohio, for the next two years. more>>

 

Oct. 1-4, 2009: National champion LSU went to Washington, D.C., on Sept. 30. more>>

 

Sept. 21-30, 2009: Hartford will name its baseball facility Fiondella Field after Robert Fiondella and his family. more>>

 

Sept. 14-20, 2009: Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez has declared Thursday, Sept. 17 will be Paul Mainieri Day in the Louisiana Parish. more>>

 

Sept. 7-13, 2009: Jedd Soto has received a three-year contract extension as head coach at Saint Mary’s through the 2012 season. more>>

 

Sept. 1-6, 2009: Kansas State has given head coach Brad Hill a new four-year contract through the 2013 season. more>>

 

August 24-31, 2009: Marty Lees has been promoted to associate head coach at Oregon State. more>>

 

August 17-23, 2009: Kentucky left-hander James Paxton will return for his senior season. more>>

 

August 10-16, 2009: Former Auburn pitcher Brent Schoening passed away on August 16 after a lengthy battle with leukemia. more>>

 

August 1-9, 2009: Duke senior Nate Freiman was named ACC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlined the All-ACC Academic Baseball Team. more>>

 

July 27-31, 2009: Former Charlotte catcher Kris Rochelle has been hired at his alma mater as an assistant coach. more>>

 

July 20-26, 2009: Former UAB pitcher James Oliver has received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. more>>

 

July 13-19, 2009: Virginia Tech head coach Pete Hughes has agreed to a contract extension through the 2014 season. more>>

 

July 6-12, 2009: LSU outfielder/DH Blake Dean will return for his senior season. more>>

 

July 1-5, 2009: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee head coach Scott Doffek has signed a new three-year contract. more>>

 

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