2012 Spikes Player Profiles

7/31/2019 2012 Spikes Player Profiles

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APONTE CAREER NOTESStarted 2012 season with Single-A West Virginia...Collected four mulple-hit games with Power,including his rst two games of the year...Made stateside debut with GCL Pirates in 2011...Hit .300(3-for-10) against leies...Put up .455 average when leading o an inning...Led Venezuelan Sum-mer League in stolen bases and ed for the league lead in walks in 2010...Also nishd third in runsscored, fourth in on-base precentage (.438) and eighth in bang average while with VSL Pirates...Went 4-for-4 at the plate against VSL Rays on July 31, 2010 (game one of doubleheader)...Reachedbase at a .505 clip at home in 2010...Twice produced three hits in a game for VSL Pirates in 2009

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB

2008 PIR VSL .237 49 135 21 32 2 1 1 9 18 24 6

2009 PIR VSL .410 24 61 15 25 3 1 0 8 7 10 42010 PIR VSL .311 63 180 56 56 9 0 0 20 40 24 28

2011 PIR GCL .262 28 65 16 17 5 0 0 8 15 11 9Career (4 Seasons) .295 164 441 108 130 19 2 1 45 80 69 47

BARNES CAREER NOTESOnly second player in Texas Tech history to have recorded .300 bang average, 500 at-bats, 150runs, 200 hits, 50 doubles, 30 home runs, 100 RBI, 100 walks and 50 stolen bases in career atschool...Fourth player in school history to earn All-Big 12 First or Second Team honors in three con-

secuve seasons, including First Team menon in 2011 and 2012...Named preseason All-Americaby Baseball America as a junior in 2012... Rated by Baseball America as 21st best posion player inthe dra and as having Best Raw Power in the Big 12 in 2012...Reached base at a .485 clip duringBig 12 conference play in 2012...Played for Falmouth of Cape Cod League in each of the last twosummers

COLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB

2010 TT B12 .341 57 217 71 74 19 2 14 53 40 50 12

2011 TT B12 .290 57 214 47 62 15 1 10 38 41 57 19

2012 TT B12 .325 55 206 53 67 17 6 9 49 32 37 19

CAREER (3 SEASONS) .319 169 637 171 203 51 9 33 140 113 144 50


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BREEDLOVE CAREER NOTESSecond-Team All-Big Ten pitcher for Big Ten champion Purdue in 2012...Earned Big Ten All-Tourna -ment Team menon aer throwing 7 1/3 shutout innings against Indiana in the winners bracket -nal...Started a game in every weekend of the season...Allowed just two earned runs at home, bothof which scored with a relief pitcher on the mound...Was on College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcherof the Year watch list in preseason...Won Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors three mes this pastspring...Second on the Boilermakers in games pitched as a reliever in 2011...Made four starts aswell, winning two of them...Also pitched for Long Beach City College (CA) in JUCO ranksfrom 2009-2010...First team All-Conference as a sophomore...Two-me Teammate of the Year award winnerat Los Alamitos (CA) High School

COLLEGE STATISTICS (AT PURDUE)

YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K

2011 PUR B1G 3-1 3.51 24 4 0 0 2 48.2 58 28 19 11 33

2012 PUR B1G 8-6 3.33 17 0 2 1 0 97.1 86 40 36 16 76

CAREER (2 SEASONS) 11-7 3.39 41 4 2 1 2 146.0 144 68 55 27 109

BARRIOS CAREER NOTESSpent 2011 season with Gulf Coast League Pirates...Began year by going 3-for-4 with three runsscored, a double, a triple and a walk against GCL Blue Jays on June 20...Went 4-for-8 in an 18-inning game vs. GCL Tigers on July 15, 2011...Hit .343 at home and .274 on the road...Did not playin 2010 due to injury

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICS


2009 PIR VSL .241 54 162 33 39 11 0 2 13 12 41 2

2010 DID NOT PLAY - INJURED2011 PIR GCL .299 25 97 20 29 4 3 1 11 11 24 8

CAREER (2 SEASONS) .263 79 259 53 68 15 3 3 24 23 65 10


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BURNETTE CAREER NOTESWent 8-0 with a 1.72 ERA, six complete games and 80 strikeouts in 57 innings while helping lead-Buford High School to a state tle as senior in 2011...Also won three varsity leers in basketballas a top power forward...As a junior in 2010, had a 3-1 record, a 3.16 ERA and 31 strikeouts in 25innings....Earned Rawlings Underclass All-American Honorable Menon in 2010...Signed to play atGeorgia Tech, but elected to become a professional with the Pirates...Brother Chase played as anouielder with Indians organizaon from 2010-11, including a snt with Mahoning Valley of theNYPL in 2010

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2011 PIR GCL 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1

CAREER (1 SEASON) 0-0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1

CARVAJAL CAREER NOTESHas alternated between second base, shortstop and third base in pro career...Started 2012 seasonwith Single-A West Virginia...Ranked 2nd in the Gulf Coast League in runs with Pirates GCL aliatein Bradenton in 2011...Put together 23-game hing streak from July 21-August 20, the longest in

the GCL last season...Collected mulple hits in ve straight games from July 28-August 2...Led theDominican Summer League in runs scored in 2010 while with Dominican Summer League Pirates...Had ve three-hit games for DSL Bucs in 2010...Hit .331 on the road and hit only homer of yearaway from home



2009 PIR DSL .259 33 116 24 30 1 5 1 11 12 22 17

2010 PIR DSL .304 64 237 58 72 8 4 1 24 26 41 23

2011 PIR GCL .268 50 194 44 52 8 3 0 12 16 25 15

2012 WV SAL .243 29 107 15 26 5 1 1 9 7 22 2

CAREER (4 SEASONS) .275 176 654 141 180 22 13 3 54 61 110 57


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COOPER CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes...Started 2012 season with Single-A West Virginia...Earned rst prosave on April 14, 2012 vs. Greenville... Orginially joined Spikes on June 24, 2011 aer signing withPirates...Rejoined roster on July 7 for 1st pro start... Earned 1st pro win with 4 relief IP, 3 H, 2 BB atVermont, August 4... Went 3-2 with 1 save and a 4.61 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 14 appearances (12starts) as sophomore for the University of Kentucky in 2011...One of 5 UK players taken in the rst30 rounds of the 2011 MLB Dra...Opening Day starter in 2011 for the Wildcats...Earned start-ing role early for UK in freshman year of 2010...Earned SEC Freshman of the Week award honors

in 2010...Ranked #1 high school pitching prospect and h-best prospect overall in Tennessee,as well as 81st-best prospect in the naon by Baseball America coming out of high school...Alsodraed by Pirates in 17th round of 2009 dra.

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K

2011 SC NYPL 1-4 5.06 13 3 0 0 0 37.1 43 27 21 14 232012 WV SAL 1-3 8.38 14 0 0 0 1 19.1 29 20 18 9 12

CAREER (2 SEASONS) 2-7 6.19 14 0 0 0 1 56.2 72 47 39 23 35

CREASY CAREER NOTESMade pro debut with GCL Pirates on July 28, 2011 against GCL Tigers...Pitched perfect h inningwith a strikeout...Longest pro oung is 2 1/3 innings, during a start on August 9 vs. GCL Tigers...Helped lead Clayton High School to the Greater Neuse River 4-A Conference Championship in 2011as a senior while also being named the league pitcher-of-the-year...Went 7-1 with a 1.43 ERAand 68 strikeouts as a senior...Signed a leer of intent with North Carolina State before signingwith Pisburgh.


YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2011 PIR GCL 0-0 1.69 3 2 0 0 0 5.1 7 3 1 3 3

CAREER (1 SEASON) 0-0 1.69 3 2 0 0 0 5.1 7 3 1 3 3


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DE LEON CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes...Started 2012 season with Single-A West Virginia...Held opponents to.188 average with runners on and two outs...Led Spikes in pitching appearances last year...MadeAmerican debut with GCL Pirates on July 10, 2010...Earned rst win on American soil on August 20,2010, pitching 1.2 innings of relief against the GCL Phillies for the victory...Allowed no earned runsin 5.2 innings of work at home...Did not allow a run in the month of August...Allowed le-handedhiers just a .163 average for Dominican Summer League Pirates in 2009...Leado men hit just.154


2008 PIR DSL 0-0 4.00 8 0 0 0 0 9.0 9 8 4 8 132009 PIR DSL 2-4 4.25 14 14 0 0 0 48.2 35 32 23 33 52

2010 PIR GCL 1-0 3.86 5 2 0 0 1 7.0 11 3 3 5 102011 SC NYPL 2-2 3.28 21 0 0 0 5 24.2 21 10 9 8 17

2012 WV SAL 1-3 7.54 16 0 0 0 4 22.2 23 19 19 18 25CAREER (5 SEASONS) 6-9 3.97 64 16 0 0 10 112.0 99 72 58 72 117

ENNIS CAREER NOTES

Returns from 2011 Spikes...Started 2012 season with Single-A West Virginia...Made 2 appearancesfor Spikes in 2011 before geng promoted to West Virginia...Went 2-1 with 2 saves and a 1.42ERA in 12 road appearances with West Virignia in 2011...Earned rst pro win on June 26, 2010 atBatavia, going 1.1 innings in middle relief...Went 0-1 in 2 appearances for Single-A West Virginia...Returned to Spikes on 7/28... Earned rst-team All-Gulf Coast Athlec Conference menon aerundefeated 2010 season...Led LSU-Shreveport in wins and ERA last spring...Preseason NAIA All-American and Preseason All-Gulf Coast Athlec Conference...Ranked h in NAIA in wins during2010 season...Played as a le-handed shortstop at Big Sandy High School


2010 SC NYPL 2-2 5.33 19 0 0 0 2 27.2 36 19 17 4 222010 WV SAL 1-1 6.35 3 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 4 4 3 5

2011 SC NYPL 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 0 2 2.1 1 0 0 1 12011 WV SAL 5-2 4.03 21 0 0 0 2 44.2 49 23 20 14 20



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FORTUNATO CAREER NOTESPlayed center eld for Dominican Summer League for Pirates aliate there in 2011...Named to theDominican Summer League mid-and post-season All-Star teams last year...Hit safely in 36 straightgames from June 29 to August 11 (the longest by a minor leaguer since Harold Garcia of the Clear-water Threshers hit safely in 37 straight in 2010)...Ranked second in the DSL in stolen bases, edfor second in runs scored, h in hits and total bases (120) and seventh in bang average.

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB

2009 PIR DSL .161 29 87 6 14 2 0 1 9 7 14 4

2010 PIR DSL .209 67 220 29 46 6 3 1 18 19 48 22

2011 PIR DSL .324 66 244 53 79 5 5 7 32 30 49 34

CAREER (3 SEASONS) .252 162 551 88 139 13 8 9 59 56 111 60

FRIEND CAREER NOTESJoins Jusn Ennis (2010) as Spikes who have joined team aer undefeated season in college...Signed leer of intent with Texas Tech aer spending last two years with Jeerson College, a junior

college in Missouri, but elected to sign with Pirates...Other professionals to have passed throughJeerson include former major leaguers Mike Henneman and Donne Wall

COLLEGE STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K

2011 JEFF NJCAA 3-0 2.35 4 4 2 0 0 23.0 19 8 6 6 272012 JEFF NJCAA 11-0 2.93 12 10 1 1 1 46.0 37 15 15 22 68

CAREER (2 SEASONS) 14-0 2.74 16 14 3 1 1 69.0 56 23 21 28 95


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FUSELIER CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes... Dashed home with tying run in ninth on ball four of intenonal walkat Jamestown on June 25...Scored winning run as pinch-runner in 12th inning on July 1 vs. Mahon-ing Valley...First career 3-hit game in pros vs. Brooklyn, July 23... Played three seasons at Louisiana-Lafayee, improving bang average from .245 as a freshman to .295 as a sophomoreto .308 as a junior in 2011... 4 home runs, 21 RBI and a team-high 14 stolen bases in 2011 for theRagin Cajuns...Hit safely in 29 of his last 35 games this past season...One of two Louisiana-Lafay-ee players taken in the 2011 dra (T.J. Geith, 39th round, Tampa Bay)...Made nine starts on the

mound as a freshman, and was credited with the win on March 20, 2009, the date of the RaginCajuns 700th victory in program history...Has a twin sister, Lexi



2011 SC NYPL .213 52 183 24 39 4 2 0 13 23 36 9

CAREER (1 SEASON) .213 52 183 24 39 4 2 0 13 23 36 9

GONZALEZ CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes, and makes transion from catcher to middle inelder, primarily atsecond base...Hit rst homer as a Spike on July 31 at Lowell...Named as catcher for Naonal

League All-Stars at 2011 NYPL All-Star Game on August 16 in Lowell, and started game...EarnedTop Star honors at leagues Midsummer Classic aer going 1-for-2 with a crucial 2-run double tohelp NL All-Stars to victory over AL All-Stars...Came to State College from the Dominican SummerLeague without a stop in the Gulf Coast League coming in between...Finished second in DominicanSummer League in bang average in 2010...Tied for second in total bases with 118, ed for thirdin RBI, placed fourth in hits and fourth in slugging (.502)...Named to the DSLs mid- and post-season All-Star teams...Notched 26 mul-hit games, including nine with three or more hits...Hit.350 against right-handed pitchers and .349 against leies...Improved from .176 average againstsouthpaws in 2010


YEAR TEAM LEAGUE AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB2009 PIR DSL .261 32 92 13 24 5 1 0 12 7 7 32010 PIR DSL .349 65 235 33 82 17 5 3 45 14 19 52011 SC NYPL .302 40 139 20 42 5 2 1 15 14 15 3CAREER (3 SEASONS) .318 137 466 66 148 27 8 4 72 35 41 11


8/19

GOURLEY CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes...Received call-up to Single-A West Virginia on next-to-last day of the2011 season, but did not see any on-eld acon...Played ineld and caught for Spikes, includingrst start behind the plate as a pro on June 26 at Mahoning Valley... Played 32 games at secondbase, nine at third base, and 21 at shortstop during 2010 season in State College...Compiled a .477bang average with 42 hits, four home runs and 23 RBI in 88 at-bats as a senior at Eastern WayneHigh School...Helped lead team to 2008 conference championship crown...Was named All-ECC andAll-Area as a senior and junior...Led Eastern Wayne in runs and stolen bases as a sophomore and

junior...Hit .314 with .465 on-base percentage as sophomore in 2006...Holds school record with57 career stolen bases...Father, John, was a member of the Canadian Naonal Baseball Team from1979 to 1980...Given name John Walker Gourley



2009 PIR GCL .220 18 50 6 11 2 0 0 2 6 11 3

2010 BRA FSL .125 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0

2010 SC NYPL .168 61 232 20 39 8 1 1 23 12 76 7

2011 SC NYPL .180 42 128 11 23 3 0 0 10 7 31 8

CAREER (3 SEASONS) .177 124 418 37 74 13 1 1 35 27 120 18

HARLAN CAREER NOTESAnchored Fresno States starng rotaon...Achieved a beer than 5-to-1 strikeout-to-walk rao asa senior in 2012...Earned second-team All-WAC honors in 2012...Also named to All-WAC Tourna-ment Team...Two-me WAC Pitcher of the Week...Set a career-high with seven strikeouts againstNew Mexico State on May 15, 2011...Shied from bullpen to starng rotaon as a junior in 2011...Threw a perfect game at the Joe DiMaggio Regional Tournament while at Archbishop Riordan (CA)High School...Named San Francisco Chronicle Player of the Month in 2008...


2009 FSU WAC 2-0 7.02 21 0 0 0 1 16.2 19 13 13 13 152010 FSU WAC 0-0 6.84 29 1 0 0 1 26.1 31 20 20 11 25

2011 FSU WAC 5-3 3.84 19 12 0 0 1 63.1 77 30 27 16 452012 FSU WAC 7-7 2.78 21 16 2 1 1 106.2 103 42 33 16 85

CAREER (4 SEASONS) 14-10 2.74 88 29 2 1 4 213.0 230 105 93 56 170


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HOLMES CAREER NOTESMaking his professional debut with the Spikes this season...Was ranked in the top 80 best pitchingprospects and top 140 best overall prospects by Baseball America entering the 2011 MLB Dra...Led the Slocomb High School Red Tops to a runner-up nish in the class 3A Baseball Playos as asenior...Went 11-5 for Slocomb as a junior, including 126 strikeouts over 89 innings...Was commit-ted to play baseball at Auburn University before signing with the Pirates...Carried a 4.0 GPA andwas Slocomb High Schools class valedictorian while also being recognized by the state of AlabamaBaseball Coaches Associaon as its Student-Athlete of the Year


YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2011 DID NOT PLAY

HORNBACK CAREER NOTESMade professional debut on July 2, 2011 with GCL Pirates against GCL Blue Jays in the secondgame of a doubleheader...Followed with three-hit game vs. GCL Tigers on July 4...When leading oan inning for GCL Bucs, hit .357 with .400 on-base percentage...Went 7-for-21 with runners in scor-ing posion, with a .440 on-base percentage...Hit .310 with eight doubles, three home runs and 41RBI in 51 games in the spring of 2011 with San Jacinto College North (CA)



2011 PIR GCL .221 25 77 13 17 3 1 0 7 9 8 1

CAREER (1 SEASON) .221 25 77 13 17 3 1 0 7 9 8 1


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LAKIND CAREER NOTESServed as regular rst baseman for Gulf Coast League Pirates in 2011...Went 2-for-4 with two

home runs and ve RBI on July 4, 2011 against the GCL Tigers...Played four games for GCL Piratesin 2010 at the end of August...Pitched and played rst base during senior season at Cypress WoodsHigh School in 2010...Hit .404 with 15 doubles, ve home runs and a .523 on-base percentage...Also produced a .764 slugging percentage and a 1.287 OPS in 89 at bats...Ranked in the top 70 inthe country (#9 in Texas) in the Perfect Game rankings of the Top 500 High School Prospects for2010...Baed .316 with six home runs, 26 RBI and four stolen bases while posng a 2.33 ERA and23 strikeouts in 16 innings on the mound as a junior in 2009...Was named Honorable Menon All-District 15-5A in 2009



2010 PIR GCL .214 4 14 2 3 1 0 1 2 1 7 02011 PIR GCL .148 25 108 15 16 3 0 4 20 17 43 1

CAREER (2 SEASONS) .156 29 122 17 19 4 0 5 22 18 50 1

JONES CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes...Joined Spikes for nal three weeks of regular season in 2011...Collectedrst 2 home runs and rst 6 RBI of pro career on 8/13 vs. GCL Phillies in 3-for-4 game...Did notplay at Southern (LA) University in Baton Rouge in 2011 aer transferring from University of NewOrleans... Hit .262 with 13 doubles and 16 RBI in 42 games for UNO in 2010...Named third-bestprospect in New York Collegiate Baseball League by Baseball America aer the summer of 2009...Hit .299 with seven homers and 27 RBI as freshman at New Orleans...Draed by the Astros in the21st round in 2009...Football standout at St. John (LA) HS...Named Baton Rouge Morning AdvocateAll-Metro Defensive MVP at linebacker in 2008...3x All-State in football as returner, DBand linebacker...First name pronounced ROE-derrick



2011 PIR GCL .500 4 12 5 6 0 1 2 6 4 2 0

2011 SC NYPL .213 17 53 7 13 5 0 0 5 8 11 0

CAREER (2 SEASONS) .292 21 65 12 19 5 1 2 11 12 13 0


12/19

LUDWIG CAREER NOTESFirst Ivy Leaguer in Spikes history...One of three Yale players taken in 2012 MLB Dra...Highestdraed player at Yale since the Boston Red Sox selected catcher Ryan Lavarnway in the sixth round(202nd overall pick) in the 2008 MLB DraEarned All-Ivy League Second Team honors, went 1-5in nine starts and shared the teams Ducky Pond Pitching Award, a career award for pitching excel-lence and character Led the team in strikeouts, strikeouts looking (23), ERA and innings pitchedLed all Ivy League pitchers in strikeouts and strikeouts called...Place third in the loop in ERA, thirdin innings pitched and seventh in opposing bang average (.256)


2009 YALE IVY 1-1 7.07 12 2 0 0 0 28.0 38 27 22 14 242010 YALE IVY 3-6 5.29 10 9 3 1 0 47.2 59 35 28 17 46

2011 YALE IVY 4-3 5.10 8 8 0 0 0 47.2 55 30 27 17 492012 YALE IVY 1-5 2.73 9 9 3 0 0 62.2 60 29 19 23 64

CAREER (4 SEASONS) 9-15 4.65 39 28 6 1 0 186.0 212 121 96 71 183

MONTERO CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes...Made four appearances for Sinlge-A West Virginia to start 2012 sea-

son...ERA on road was nearly eight runs beer than at home (3.86 to 11.57) for Spikes in 2011...Saw rst U.S. professional acon in 2010 with Gulf Coast League Pirates...31 walks allowed weremost in the GCL...Also averaged nearly a strikeout per inning...Allowed just one home run in 167baers faced...Did not allow a run in last ve appearances of the season, totaling 11.1 innings...Le-handed baers only hit .167 against him...Made just two appearances for the Dominican Sum-mer League Pirates in August of 2009 aer signing with Pisburgh


YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 PIR DSL 0-1 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 1 1 3 1

2010 PIR GCL 1-3 3.13 17 1 0 0 3 37.1 27 20 13 31 36

2011 SC NYPL 0-1 8.06 17 0 0 0 1 25.2 39 25 23 21 21



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PEVNY CAREER NOTESSpent nal week of 2011 season with Spikes, but did not see any on-eld acon...Led the Gulf-Coast League in wins in 2011...Limited opposing baers to a .197 average with runners in scoringposion and a .111 average with RISP and two outs...Went 3-2 with a 4.59 ERA and recorded49 strikeouts in 32 innings during his senior season for West Milford High School...Also hit .340with a team-high eight homers and knocked in 34 runs...Became the rst West Milford playerdraed directly out of high school


YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2010 PIR GCL 0-0 5.79 3 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 3 3 3 3

2011 PIR GCL 7-1 4.28 16 3 0 0 0 40.0 44 26 19 13 23

CAREER (2 SEASONS) 7-1 4.47 19 3 0 0 0 44.2 48 29 22 16 26

RODRIGUEZ CAREER NOTESReturns from 2011 Spikes...Missed all but rst week of the 2011 NYPL season due to injury...Spentnal weekend of 2010 season with Spikes...Was one of only two leies on Spikes inial 2010roster, along with Jusn Ennis...Made two appearances, both on the road against Batavia and Wil-liamsport...Allowed ten home runs with the Gulf Coast League Pirates, tops in the loop for 2010...Made three relief appearances before shiing to a starng role...Posted a 2.41 ERA at home asopposed to a 5.02 mark on the road...Logged a career-high of seven innings in one start on July 16,2009 for the Dominican Summer League Pirates asgainst the DSL Cubs #2 team.

PROFESSIONAL STATISTICSYEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 PIR DSL 2-5 4.60 12 12 0 0 0 47.0 53 29 24 24 24

2010 PIR GCL 2-2 3.99 12 9 0 0 1 47.1 44 25 21 7 26

2010 SC NYPL 0-0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 6 4 3 2 2

2011 SC NYPL 0-1 5.40 2 1 0 0 0 5.2 12 5 3 1 3

CAREER (3 SEASONS) 4-8 4.44 28 22 0 0 1 103.3 115 63 51 34 55


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SMITH CAREER NOTESEarned honorable menon All-Missouri Valley honors in spring of 2012 for Wichita State...Playedsummer ball for the Liberal (Kan.) Beejays of Jayhawk League in summer of 2011...Named thetop prospect in the Jayhawk League by Baseball America...Named the ninth-best prospect in theJayhawk League by Perfect Game...Draed in the 26th round by the Milwaukee Brewers in 2011...Named to the ADs honor roll for Fall 2011... Earned Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher-of-The-Week honors during the week of March 28-April 3, 2011... Leered four years in baseball, threeyears in football and three years in basketball at Pleasant Hill (MO) High School... olds schoolrecords in a season for hits, doubles, and games started and in a career for pitching strikeouts...

Named all-conference selecon as a defensive back in football while at Pleasant HillCOLLEGE STATISTICS

YEAR TEAM LEAGUE W-L ERA G GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB K2009 WSU MVC 0-2 8.63 20 1 0 0 1 24.0 36 26 23 8 21

2010 WSU MVC 4-3 5.02 14 13 0 0 0 61.0 73 44 34 23 37

2011 WSU MVC 7-4 3.00 15 15 1 1 0 78.0 73 38 26 25 56

2012 WSU MVC 6-4 3.10 16 16 0 0 0 95.2 84 35 33 32 77

CAREER (4 SEASONS) 17-13 4.04 65 45 1 1 1 103.3 266 143 116 88 191

STALLINGS CAREER NOTESSecond on team in bang average and team leader in RBI for UNC as a senior in 2012...Tied for

fourth on Tar Heels all-me career doubles list...Started 65 of 67 games behind the plate in 2011...Set school single-season record for baserunners thrown out with 32 in junior campaign, rankingthird in the naon...Was on Johnny Bench Award Watch List for top collegiate catcher...EarnedNCAA Regional All-Tournament Team honors in 2011...Draed in 42nd round of 2011 MLB Draby Reds...Played for Chatham of the Cape Cod League in summers of 2099 and 2010...Hit .353with three RBI for UNC in 2009 College World Series... Also made two apppearances as a pitcherin 2009, going 1-0 with a pair of strikeouts in two innings...Played basketball for four seasons atBrentwood Academy, earning All-State menon as a senior...Basketball team won back-to-backstate championships as a freshman and sophomore... Father Kevin played basketball at Purdueand is the head mens basketball coach at Vanderbilt....Born in Lawrence, KS while father was anassistant coach under Roy Williams at the University of Kansas

COLLEGE STATISTICS


2009 UNC ACC .246 26 57 8 14 1 0 0 9 10 18 0

2010 UNC ACC .307 52 140 30 43 13 1 2 24 26 36 3

2011 UNC ACC .292 67 233 52 68 18 1 4 43 44 41 4

2012 UNC ACC .297 55 209 41 62 21 0 4 36 32 42 5

CAREER (4 SEASONS) .293 200 639 131 187 53 2 10 112 112 137 12


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VALESENTE CAREER NOTESPlayed third base for Alpine Cowboys of the Pecos League in 2011...Played in 2011 Pecos LeagueAll-Star Game...Graduated with a .323 career bang average over his four-year career at Saint Jo-sephs from 2007-2010...Started 170 of the 179 games he played for the Hawks...Ranks h on theschools all-me hit list with 216 career hits...Named SJUs Most Outstanding Performer in 2010...Started all 45 contests he played in with a career-best .369, good for second on the team in 2010...Led the Hawks with 39 runs scored, 65 hits, 15 doubles, and a .459 on-base percentage...Memberof 2010 All-Philly BIg 5 team...Also hit ve home runs, one behind the team leader...2010 North-woods League All-Star Game selecon...Led Hawks in RBI and games played in 2008...Atlanc 10

All-Rookie Team selecon in 2007...Played football and baseball in high school... Father Georgepitched in the Washington Senators organizaon at the AAA level and is now the head baseballcoach at Ithaca College...Sister Chrisne played ice hockey at Clarkson University



2011 ALP PEC .292 43 137 25 40 8 1 1 22 15 11 5

CAREER (1 SEASON) .292 43 137 25 40 8 1 1 22 15 11 5


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Dave Turgeon was announced as the manager of the 2012 State College Spikes on December 1,2011.

Turgeon was slated to manage the 2011 Spikes, but was reassigned to another posion within thePisburgh Pirates Player Development System prior to the start of the 2011 season.

The 47-year old was hired by Pisburgh in December 2010 and managed during Pirates extendedspring training in Bradenton, FL before joining the Class-A West Virginia Power in mid-June to

serve as pitching coach.

Turgeon made his return to professional baseball in 2011 aer having spent eight years in the col-lege ranks, including four years as associate head coach and pitching coach at Virginia Tech from2007-10. He also held NCAA assistant coaching posions at Duke University (2006), the Universityof Conneccut (2004-05) and Boston College (2002-03).

Turgeon is no stranger to managing in the professional ranks. From 2000 to 02 he worked as a mi-nor league eld boss in the Cleveland Indians system, managing the Burlington (NC) Indians in therookie-level Appalachian League in 2000 and the Mahoning Valley Scrappers of the New York-PennLeague in 2001. In 2002, he managed at the Indians extended spring training program in Winter

Haven, FL, and was set to return to Mahoning Valley for a second season before accepng a coach-ing posion at Boston College. In two seasons as a manager in the Indians system, Turgeons teamsposted a 47-95 record (.331).

As a player, Turgeon enjoyed a standout career at Davidson College in North Carolina, where hegraduated with a bachelors degree in history in 1987. He was a three-me All-Southern Confer-ence selecon at third base for the Wildcats and earned all-region honors his senior year.

Dave began his professional playing career aer being selected by the New York Yankees in the22nd round of the 1987 First-Year Player Dra. He spent four seasons in the New York farm system,where he played for both Stump Merrill and Buck Showalter.

From 1991 to 99, Turgeon played mostly outside of the U.S. with clubs in Holland (1991), France(1992), Taiwan (1993-96, 1998) and Mexico (1997-99). In 1992, he converted from an inelder topitcher and spent the remainder of his career on the mound. He was a three-me All-Star selec-on in Taiwan and also captured 1998 Player-of-the-Year honors while playing with the ReynosaBroncos in the Mexican League. During the 1998 season, he returned to the United States andpitched for the Rochester Red Wings (Orioles AAA).

Dave is one of four in his family to have played professional baseball. His brother, Mike, was aminor league Player-of-the-Year and bang champion with the Chicago Cubs and San FranciscoGiants organizaons, and his other brother, Steve, played in the St. Louis Cardinals system. His

nephew, Erik, spent the last three seasons as a pitcher in the New York Mets system.

Born May 15, 1965 in New London, CT, Dave grew up in Conneccut and graduated from St.Bernard High School in Uncasville. He was inducted into the St. Bernard Hall-of-Fame in 2006, oneyear aer being inducted into Davidson Colleges Athlec Hall-of-Fame.

He and his wife, Theresa, currently reside in Sarasota, FL. The couple has four children; daughtersCalli (28), Alissa (25) and Francesca (10) and son Chrisan (21).


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Jusn Meccage (pronounced like the word message) returns for his second season as the StateCollege Spikes pitching coach in 2012.

Jusn is also in his second season as a coach at the professional level, having previously heldpitching coach posions at Arkansas State University (2007-10) and the University of Texas-PanAmerican (2004-07). In his most recent collegiate stop at ASU, he was named the 2010 Sun BeltConference Assistant Coach-of-the-Year by SEBaseball.com.

A nave of Billings, Montana, Jusn is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, where he pitchedfor the Cowboys for two seasons from 2001-02.

As a professional, Jusn pitched two seasons in the New York Yankees minor league system aerbeing draed by New York in the 32nd round of the 2002 First-Year Player Dra. He debuted asa professional with the New York-Penn Leagues Staten Island Yankees in 2002 and 03, and alsospent part of the 2003 season pitching with Cook County in the independent Froner League.

Jusn comes from a strong baseball coaching family. His late father, Bob, was an assistant coach atTrinity College in Texas, and his older brother Jeremy is currently an assistant coach at PrincetonUniversity. Jeremy pitched collegiately at the University of Iowa, and was draed by the Los Ange-les Dodgers in 1998.

Born February 10, 1980 in Billings, MT, Jusn currently resides in Sarasota, FL with his wife Staceeand sons Kyler (4) and Hudson (8/17/10).


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Dave Howard was named Spikes hing coach on December 1, 2011.

The 54-year old Howard is in his fourth season as a coach in the Pisburgh Pirates Player Develop-ment System, having made previous stops at the Advanced Class-A level with Lynchburg (2009)and Bradenton (2010) and at the Low Class-A level with West Virginia (2011).

Prior to joining Pisburgh in 2009, Howard served as a minor league manager and coach in theTampa Bay and New York Yankees organizaons. With the Rays, he managed for six seasons, in-cluding ve as the skipper of the New York-Penn Leagues Hudson Valley Renegades from 2001-05.

He also managed the rookie-level Princeton Rays to a rst-place nish in the Appalachian Leaguein 1998. His career managerial record is 210-229 (.478).

Howard has also coached at the college and prep levels. From 1981-86, he coached at his almamater Georgia Southern University, and from 1987-94 was hing coach and third base coach atthe University of Florida. He was also head coach at Tampa Prep School in Tampa, FL from 1999-2000.

A graduate of Georgia Southern, Howard earned both his bachelors and masters degree fromthe school. He currently resides in Lutz, FL with his wife, Sherri, and daughters Samantha (21) andGracie Mae (9).

Ausn McClune, a former Pirates minor league player and member of the State College Spikes2007 team, enters his second season as a coach with the Spikes.

McClune was an ouielder over his ve seasons in the Pirates organizaon from 2006-2010. Lastseason, he played at the Advanced Class-A level with the Bradenton Marauders in the Florida StateLeague and hit .222 with one home run, 30 RBI and nine stolen bases in 99 games.

He spent the 2008 and 09 seasons playing in the South Atlanc League for Pirate aliates Hickoryand West Virginia.

In 2007, his second season in the Pirates minor league system, McClune played in 59 games for theSpikes, posng a .260 bang average and 15 stolen bases.

Ausn was draed by Pisburgh in the seventh round of the 2006 June Dra out of Santa Fe HighSchool in Edmond, Oklahoma. In addion to a standout baseball career, he also starred in footballand led the Wolves to a 10-0 record during his senior season.


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Is in his rst season as an Athlec Trainer with the Pisburgh Pirates organizaon...Spent the 2011season with the Oakland Athlecs in the Dominican Republic as an assistant athlec trainer...Interned with the Minnesota Twins Low-A aliate Beloit Snappers in 2010...Received a degree inAthlec Training from Carroll University (WI) in 2011.

Is in his rst season as a Strength and Condioning Coach with the Pisburgh Pirates organiza-onSpent the 2011 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers as the Strength and Condioning Coachfor their Rookie league team in the Arizona leagueReceived his B.S. degree in Health Promoonfrom Emporia State University in 2012.

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2012 Spikes Player Profiles