2019 EAGLES MEDIA GUIDE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

School and Team Information . . . . 4

Media Guidelines . . . . 5

2018 Season Preview . . . .6-9

Meet the 2018 Eagles . . . .10-24

Coaching Staff . . . .11-13

The Roster . . . .14-24

2018 Season in Review . . . .25-33

Program History . . . .34-56

Postseason History . . . . 36

Historic Teams . . . . 37

Division II Records . . . .38-40

All-Time Records . . . . 41

All-Americans . . . . 42

Pros Major League Baseball Draft Picks . . . .43-45

Individual Honors . . . .46-47

Series Records since 1990 . . . . 48

Year-by-Year . . . .49-56

Carson-Newman University . . . . 57

Silver Diamond Baseball Complex . . . .58-59

Carson-Newman Athletic Director . . . . 60

Carson-Newman Championships . . . . 61

The Eagle Club . . . . 62

Carson-Newman President . . . . 63

The Eagle Sports Network . . . . 64

ABOUT THE MEDIA GUIDE

The 2019 Carson-Newman Baseball Media Guide is published by the

Carson-Newman Department of Athletic Communications, Assistant

Athletic Communications Director Michael Wottreng .

Written, compiled and edited by: Michael Wottreng . Special thanks to

athletic director Matt Pope, as well as head baseball coach Tom Griffin

and his coaching staff with their assistance with this publication both in

their time and editing suggestions . Special thanks to Shelly Laux, Jill Seals

and Sherri Manning for their patience and dedication in helping the entire

athletic department, in addition to their proofing work on this media guide .

Credit also goes to Adam Cavalier, Tanner Swift and Danielle Whaley for

their hardwork and dedication to the C-N athletic communications team .

Principal Photography by: Ricke Hester, Rick Elliot, Michael Wottreng

and Adam Greene .

Printing by: Proforma, Joplin, Mo .

About the Covers: The front and rear covers were designed by Michael

Wottreng . The front and rear covers feature photography by Adam Greene

and Rick Elliot . The inside covers were designed by Michael Wottreng

utilizing Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom .

The guide was designed using Adobe InDesign CC, Adobe Photoshop CC

and Adobe Lightroom CC .

CARSON-NEWMAN UNIVERSITY

TEAM INFORMATION

Location . . . .Jefferson City, Tenn .

Founded . . . .1851

Enrollment . . . . 2,000

Nickname . . . . Eagles

Colors . . . . Orange, Blue and White

Conference . . . . South Atlantic

National Affiliation . . . . NCAA II

Home . . . . Silver Diamond Baseball Complex (750)

Field Dimensions . . . .Left - 305, Left-Center - 360

. . . . Center - 380, Right-Center - 360, Right - 325

President . . . . Dr . Randall O’Brien

Alma Mater . . . .Mississippi College, 1975

Director of Athletics . . . . Matt Pope

Alma Mater . . . .North Carolina, 1989

Senior Women’s Administrator . . . . Suzanee Strudwick

Faculty Representative . . . . Dr . Bob Trentham

Head Athletic Trainer . . . . Mike Van Bruggen

SID . . . . Michael Wottreng

Office Phone . . . .865-471-3477

Office Fax . . . .865-471-3514

Cell Phone . . . .513-330-2582

Email . . . . mwottreng@cn .edu

Web Address . . . .www .cn .edu

Athletics Web Address . . . . www .cneagles .com

Mailing Address . . . . 2130 South Branner Ave .

. . . . Jefferson City, TN 37760

SPORTS INFORMATION

Head Coach . . . . Tom Griffin

Alma Mater . . . . Tennessee Wesleyan

Experience . . . . 22nd Season (14th at C-N)

Overall Record . . . . 561-472-2

Record at Carson-Newman . . . . 376-294

Record versus the SAC . . . . 170-150

Pitching Coach . . . .Mark Allen Bounds

Assistant Coach . . . . Brandon Roberts

Assistant Coach . . . . Tyler Miller

Assistant Coach . . . . Joe Selitto

Assistant Coach . . . . Jordan Norton

COACHING STAFF

First Year of Baseball . . . .1928

Overall All-Time Record . . . . 846-669-6

SAC All-Time Record . . . . 367-282

SAC Regular Season Titles . . . .1991, 1993, 1999, 2002 and 2003

SAC Tournament Titles . . . .1992, 1993, 1997 and 2007

Years in NCAA Playoffs . . . .4

World Series Appearances . . . . 3 (1965, 1993 and 1999)

National Championships . . . . 1965 NAIA

Last Postseason Appearance . . . .2008

Last Postseason Win . . . .Tusculum, 9-3 (5-17-08)

Last Postseason Loss . . . .Catawba, 14-3 (5-17-08)

All-Time NCAA Playoff Record . . . . 5-9

Major League Draft Selections . . . .21

PROGRAM HISTORY

MEDIA INFORMATION

Jefferson County Standard-Banner

Contact . . . . Dave Gentry

Phone . . . . 865-475-2081

Fax . . . . 865-475-8539

Knoxville News-Sentinel

Contact . . . . Adam Greene

Phone . . . . 865-342-6259

Fax . . . . 865-342-6402

Morristown Citizen-Tribune

Contact . . . . Matt Daniels

Phone . . . . 800-624-0281

Fax . . . . 423-581-8863

2018 Record . . . . 28-22

2018 Conference Record (Finish) . . . . 16-11 (3rd)

Starters Returning (Pos ./P) . . . . 6/2

Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . 26/36

Seniors . . . .13

Juniors . . . .7

Sophomores . . . .12

Freshman . . . .20

Pitchers . . . . 22 (18 RHP/ 4 LHP)

Infielders . . . .14

Outfielders . . . .10

Catchers . . . .6

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL

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MEDIA GUIDELINES

Thank you for your interest in

Carson-New-man Baseball . The Carson-NewCarson-New-man Athletic

Communications Office has produced the

2019 baseball media guide to aid you in your

coverage of the Eagles . If you have questions,

comments or concerns, contact a

representa-tive of the staff . We look forward to working

with you through the 2017 season .

Entrance

All media members are asked to enter the

Silver Diamond Baseball Complex through

the main entrance .

Press Area

The main press area at the Silver Diamond

Baseball Complex is located in the press box

and provides an unobstructed vantage point

for media personnel . Restrooms are located

next to the concession stand . The press area is

a professional workroom, as such, members

of the media are expected to behave

accord-ingly – there should be no cheering .

Press Box Services

Press kits are provided two hours prior to

first pitch . Press kits include game notes and

roster sheets . A pregame meal will be served

beginning shortly before the start of the game .

Soft drinks and snacks will be available

through the game .

Facility Tobacco Policy

In accordance with the policies and

proce-dures of Carson-Newman and the laws

of the state of Tennessee, all areas of the

Sil-ver Diamond Baseball Complex are a

smoke-free environment . This does include press

row . This rule includes all forms of tobacco

products . The C-N Athletic Communications

Office appreciates the media’s cooperation in

adherence to this policy .

Telephone and Internet Services

Limited telephone service is available in the

working press area . Media outlets are

HIGH-LY ENCOURAGED to secure their own

phone lines for use during Carson-Newman

home games . Permission to broadcast from

the Silver Diamond Baseball Complex may

be obtained through the Director of Athletic

Communications . The official visiting radio

network will be given priority use of the

visiting phone line .

Photographers

Only accredited photographers on assignment

from recognized media outlets will be issued

sideline credentials for games or allowed at

specific practices . In accordance with NCAA

rules, no freelance photographers will be

admitted to the sidelines or press box photo

deck . CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18

YEARS OLD ARE NOT PERMITTED ON

THE SIDELINE AT ANY TIME .

Interviews

Every effort will be made by the

Car-son-Newman Athletic Communications

Of-fice to fulfill player interview requests during

the week . There will be several opportunities

during the week for members of the media to

interview players and coaches . Players will

be available to the media in the 15 minutes

before and after weekday practices . Player

phone numbers will not be released . Media

outlets will not be granted interviews prior to

or during a game . Players will not be asked to

miss classes, study halls, practices, meals or

medical treatments in order to participate in

an interview . To schedule interviews, contact

the Carson-Newman Athletic

Communica-tions Office at 865-471-3513 .

Post Game Policy

Carson-Newman’s locker room is closed .

Me-dia in the press box will be asked to submit a

list of player requests to the athletic

commu-nications staff towards the end of the game .

Requested players will be brought back to

the playing surface for one-on-one interviews

following the cooling off period .

Baseball Practice

Practice is usually open to members of the

media . In the event that practice is closed, the

Carson-Newman Athletic Communications

Office will provide advanced notice .

Televi-sion and still photographers are welcome to

shoot practice with advanced approval from

the athletic communications office .

Gameday Parking

Media parking at the Silver Diamond

Base-ball Complex is available on a limited basis .

Requests for parking should be made when

submitting press and or photo credentials .

Media Credentials

Credentials and working space for media

members are issued at the sole and exclusive

direction of the Carson-Newman Athletic

Communications Office . All members of the

media must request credentials in writing

through Assistant Director of Athletic

Com-munication Michael Wottreng at mwottreng@

cn .edu or via fax at 865-471-3514, based on

the following priorities and guidelines:

1 . Originating radio and television personnel

involved in an orginating broadcast .

2 . Daily/Weekly newspapers and media

outlets regularly Carson-Newman and the

current opponent . Wire services, regional and

national publications are also afforded this

priority .

3 . Non-originating radio and television

per-sonnel producing reports on the game . Only

local radio and TV stations with a full-time

sports director conducting a regular sports

show will receive consideration for

creden-tials .

4 . Officially recognized Carson-Newman or

opponent student publications or electronic

media outlets .

• Passes are non-transferable and are subject

to immediate revocation if transferred .

Car-son-Newman reserves the right to deny media

credentials to any individual .

• Only websites that are affiliated with a

national or regional news media organization

(CNN/SI, ESPN, USA Today, etc .), an

oppo-nent institution or South Atlantic Conference

will be considered for credentials .

• All credential and media parking requests

MUST be made via fax 865-471-3514 or

email (acavalier@cn .edu), on official

let-terhead, at least five days in advance of the

game . Due to mail service, media passes will

not be mailed in some instances . If this is the

case, passes may be picked up at the will call

window of the C-N ticket booth at Holt

Field-house beginning one and a half hours prior

to the scheduled serve individuals picking up

credentials will be required to furnish positive

identification .

The Live Stream

All Carson-Newman home athletic events

will be streamed live with video and audio

through cneagles .com and the Stretch Internet

Portal . There is no cost to view or listen to

these events . All road football, men’s and

women’s basketball games and baseball

games will be streamed with audio, but not

video .

ROCK HILL, S .C . – Carson-Newman was picked to finish one slot lower than its

third place finish from 2018 as the South Atlantic Conference released its preseason

coaches’ poll Tuesday showing the Eagles sitting in fourth .

“Our strength right now has been our chemistry,” Carson-Newman coach Tom

Grif-fin said . “I think the chemistry is good but no lineup has been made yet . Our upper

class leadership has been fantastic . One of the reasons is that they have been with us

for a long time and they buy into the culture .

“We have some depth especially offensively . Defense has really been a strong suit

so far . Pitching wise, we feel we have a wide array of different type pitchers . The

biggest question is who is going to be those starting guys to give us five or six

innings . We feel like we have a staff behind them that can do the job in short relief .

Coach Tom Griffin’s club went 28-22 overall but posted a 16-11 mark in conference

play last season . The team’s run in the SAC Baseball Championships came to halt

against top-seeded Catawba one game shy of advancing back to the conference

championship series .

Three of the team’s all-league honorees from 2018 graduated including two Major

League Baseball draft selections . Brett Langhorne was selected in the 10th round by

the Atlanta Braves and Will Gardner heard his name called in the 21st round by the

Pittsburgh Pirates .

It marked the fourth time in the history of the school that Carson-Newman has

had two players selected in the same draft class . Carson-Newman was one of three

schools in Division II to produce multiple draft selections through 21 rounds of this

year’s draft – all have two . Tampa and Nova Southeastern are the other two .

The only member of the elite class was first-team All-SAC pick and Academic

All-American Dillon Cate, the unit’s Friday starter . The Eagles are one of eight

schools to have a member of the All-American groups each of the last two seasons .

In the field, six starters return from last year’s club but the two top run producers

graduated in Langhorne and Cade Snapp . Seven of the top 10 at-bat leaders return

while 66 percent of the club’s hits are back in the lineup (306/463) .

Feasting on right-handed pitching where the team went 24-9 against righty starters

compared to 4-13 against southpaws, C-N was 27-10 when scoring at least five runs .

Three of the top four pitchers in terms of innings are on the roster and 63 percent of

the pitching staff’s frames throw factor into this year’s rotation . The mound could

help decide the majority of the season as the Eagles were 17-3 when yielding four

runs or fewer compared to 11-19 when conceding at least five .

“Everything that we do,” Griffin said . “From our stretching to our throwing

pro-gram . The fundamentals of the game and doing it the correct way . At this point, you

could just do your bands and get it over with . You can get through to get through it .

What is our intent and focus on each drill? If we can maintain that focus, then it’s

easier to maintain focus in a doubleheader .”

The six-time reigning regular-season titleholders, Catawba, was once again picked

to win the league earning eight of the 11 first-place votes . The Indians were shut out

of the NCAA postseason for the first time since 2013 .

Lincoln Memorial earned the league’s postseason crown with a thrilling comeback

11-inning contest in a winner-take-all affair at Smokies Stadium to earn three

first-place votes and be slotted second . The Railsplitters won their first game in the

NCAA Tournament before dropping two straight to be eliminated .

Wingate was picked third after sneaking into the postseason despite losing six

in-a-row to end the year including both in the league tournament and both in the

regionals .

Newberry, Lenoir-Rhyne and Tusculum were picked fifth through seventh while a

sizeable gap between the bottom of the table, Anderson, Mars Hill, Coker and

first-year member Queens .

SAC COACHES PREDICT C-N 4TH

2019 SAC COACHES’ POLL

SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES)

TOTAL

1

Catawba (8)

108

2

Lincoln Memorial (3)

97

3 Wingate

93

4 Carson-Newman

78

5 Newberry

70

6 Lenoir-Rhyne

68

7 Tusculum

65

8 Anderson

47

9

Mars Hill

36

10 Coker

30

11 Queens

23

FIRST TEAM

PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL

Danton Hyman

OF

Newberry

Chandler Castleberry

OF

Anderson

Jarel McDade

OF

Tusculum

Dillon Carpenter

1B

Anderson

Daulton Martin

2B

Tusculum

Colin Allman

SS

Newberry

Jackson Raper

3B

Catawba

Matt Honeycutt

C

Mars Hill

Heath Mitchem

DH

Catawba

Ethan Elliott

SP

Lincoln Memorial

John Grigg

SP

Lenoir-Rhyne

Austin Turgeon

SP

Wingate

DJ Laxton

RP

Catawba

SECOND TEAM

PLAYER POSITION SCHOOL

Seth Hunt

OF

Lincoln Memorial

Will Reddick

OF

Lincoln Memorial

Tanner Lane

OF

Newberry

Alex Reynolds

1B

Lenoir-Rhyne

McCann Mellett

2B

Wingate

Tyler Adams

SS

Lincoln Memorial

Tyler Schneider

3B

Wingate

Ethan Goforth

C

Carson-Newman

Joe Bobiak

SP

Lincoln Memorial

Charles Hall

SP

Tusculum

Ryan Harbin

SP

Newberry

Charlie Fessler

RP

Newberry

2019 PRESEASON ALL-SAC

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL POSITION PREVIEWS

While the roster as a whole returns six of the top seven batters from the 2018 club,

the infield provides the biggest missing piece in the team’s leader at the plate, Brett

Langhorne . The Tennessee transfer was selected in the 10th round of Major League

Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft by the Atlanta Braves .

In 101 games, the Mechiancsville, Va . Native posted a .325 batting average with 14

home runs, 75 RBIs, 84 runs scored and 37 stolen bases in 45 attempts producing a

pair of All-South Atlantic Conference campaigns .

“It’s hard to replace a guy like Brett Langhorne,” Sharpe said . “For us, individually

getting better and not one guy having to replace him but collectively upping our

game . Brett was a great player for us and a guy we could really lean on when the

game got tight .”

Every day first baseman Colby Morgan is no longer with the program but C-N has

plenty of options to fill those shoes . Mark Treadway (Friendsville, Tenn .) came on

late in the season driving in 10 runs over the final couple weeks of the year . Kilian

Daughtry (Simpsonville, S .C .) was the team’s top pinch-hitting option and saw

time at designated hitter . The program also welcomes back Malik Kyle (Jefferson

City, Tenn .) after the left-handed hitter was groomed at Walters State the past two

seasons .

Freshman Cade Burkey (Knoxville, Tenn .) also projects at first base after finishing

his prep career at Farragut High School .

At second base, Sharpe led the team with 33 starts at the position notching a .289

batting average with four home runs and 28 RBIs . He had 14 multi-hit games and

seven multi-RBI outings hitting in several different slots in the lineup .

“I learned a lot,” Sharpe said . “Coach Griff and coach [Brandon] Roberts really

changed my game coming from junior college – working harder, being more vocal

in the field, learning better with a two-strike approach . Griff completely changed

my game for the better and taught me things that I had no idea what was going on .

Before my approach was get up there and hit the ball . Now, he’s taught me a lot of

things about looking backside and having more pop this year .”

Alan Silva (Sevierville, Tenn .) and Dom Leo (Knoxville, Tenn .) started six games

apiece at the position in 2018 . Wilfredo Acevedo (Bayamon, P .R .) adds to the utility

depth .

The most experienced position player in recent memory graduated as Cade Snapp

finished his career with 115 runs scored, 36 home runs and 158 RBIs and a .298

batting average in 172 career games producing 55 multi-hit efforts and 42 multi-RBI

outings in his career . Most of his time was spent in left field but he also saw time at

first base or at designated hitter .

“There’s no replacing Cade with his power and his pure ability to hit the ball,”

Campbell said . “For me, learning from him was being a leader for those outfielders

making sure that everyone is on the same page . The young guys learned from him

last year so it’s my job now to keep them improving .”

Campbell brings stability to a youthful unit having been around the program since

2015 piling up 98 starts and playing in 43 games . Over the last two years, he has

a batting average above .300 driving in 36 runs despite battling injuries . Primarily

a year ago he was the team’s designated hitter as the Eagles were 21-13 when he

started .

“This summer I worked hard with coach [Tom Griffin] getting my overall strength

back,” Campbell said . “Last year I thought it was going to be my year back in the

outfield but my shoulder never really got there . This year I’m hoping my body stays

healthy .”

Otherwise the outfield is filled with young guns ready to take a jump forward in

their development . Starting in center field, Tyler Thompson (Gallatin, Tenn .) started

44 games with the team producing a record of eight games above .500 with him out

there . He hit .301 with two homers, 16 RBIs and 11 steals recording 13 multi-hit

games .

In right field, Jordan Griffin (Ellerslie, Ga .) found a groove after playing on the

football team hitting four homers and driving in 19 . He produced nine RBIs in a

three-game sweep over eventual upstart Anderson in a March series .

Charlie Brown (Sevierville, Tenn .) saw time around the outfield but settled into left

field . The defensive whiz that produced a Sportscenter Top 10 play as a rookie hit

.309 with 11 RBIs and four steals .

“Their ability is there,” Campbell said . “No one has a better arm than Charlie . No

one is faster than Jordan or Tyler Thompson so now it’s more of the mental side of

the game making sure they are in the right position and they know what to do with

the ball .”

The depth of the position does not stop with a trio of sophomores . Senior Cal Smith

(Keller, Texas) made 16 starts a year ago and stole four bases in five tries . Hal

Bishop projects to earn at-bats after hitting a two-run bomb against Anderson on

March 17 .

Ethan Goforth was one of the top overall catchers in the nation a year ago being an all-confer-ence pick and winning a gold glove behind the plate .

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL POSITION PREVIEWS

There are two big holes to fill for the Eagles on the rubber starting with Will

Gard-ner . The closer was drafted in the 21st round of Major League Baseball’s draft by

the Pittsburgh Pirates . The second-team All-South Atlantic Conference pick led the

nation after the regular season with 12 saves . The righty appeared in 38 games with

seven wins, 12 saves, five complete games and 122 strikeouts and 44 walks in 118

2/3 innings pitched .

At the start of games, Academic All-American Dillon Cate graduated finishing his

one season at Mossy Creek as a first-team all-conference selection . The

redshirt-se-nior was 27th in the country for strikeouts and ranked second in the league with 97

on the season in 80 1/3 innings pitched . His six wins were tied for fifth while his

4 .30 ERA is 11th .

The leading candidate to take Cate’s role is 2018 SAC All-Tournament team pick

Matt Bradley (Talbott, Tenn .) . After spending time in the field, the Eagles moved the

righty to the weekend rotation where he finished the season with a 2 .14 ERA in 33

2/3 innings pitched, good for the third-lowest clip (min . 25 IP) in program history .

He struck out a career-high 11 in his first complete against Anderson in the SAC

Baseball Championships on April 28, 2018 allowing one run on six hits and a walk .

Carson-Newman has a pair of other hurlers that spent time in the weekend rotation

but could not maintain consistency in Kyle Cagle (Fairview, N .C .) and Dalton Long

(Powell, Tenn .) . Cagle dabbled with a no-hitter in his first outing of the year before

finishing the season with a 3-2 record and a 3 .81 ERA coming out of the bullpen .

Long punched out 10 batters in his debut but failed to go four innings in each of his

last five outings of the year .

Valentine is coming off of his best season of his career as he went 6-1 with a 3 .53

ERA striking out 42 in 27 appearances . He netted the SAC and Region Pitcher of the

Week honors over the last week of February . He enters his senior season 13 games

shy of setting the school’s all-time record for games by a pitcher held by Ryan

Fillers (88) from 2010-13 .

“I asked what am I lacking here,” Valentine said . “The big thing for me was the

mental side . I threw pitches that I needed to throw but I wasn’t as detailed in my

mind as I wanted to be . I started visually success and different situations I would be

in . That gave me experience going into games I was going to be in .”

The conference’s Elite 20 winner, given to the athlete at a championship site with

the highest GPA, Ryan Victory (Brentwood, Tenn .) has made 50 career appearances

as a starter, opener and reliever . Adding to the experienced group, Austin Conner

(Sevierville, Tenn .) has pitched in 41 outings .

There are nearly a dozen additional options for pitching coach Mark Allen Bounds

to use including returners Luke Friedman (Gilbert, Ariz .) and Cameron Bloebaum

(Kinsey, Ala .) . Newcomers Nick Adkins (Knoxville, Tenn .), Hunter Long (Powell,

Tenn .) and Dawson Sims (Stafford, Va .) expect to accumulate innings .

“You want to lead them by example obviously,” Valentine said . “I also want them to

use what I have done with the visualization . If you haven’t been in those situations

before, you want to visualize and get yourself as close to that experience as possible .

It’s something we have all been doing as a staff . I think this staff has the most

chem-istry I’ve ever seen before . We are always in the locker room and dugout helping

each other out .”

Behind the dish, Ethan Goforth (Blacksburg, Va .) caught nearly every inning for the

Eagles as a sophomore producing a second-team All-SAC season and a Gold Glove

campaign . He finished fourth in the SAC in stolen bases (17) and sixth in doubles

(19) and led the league by throwing out 16 would-be base stealers .

“I think he’s one of the better catchers as far as offense, defense, his personality,

his leadership, everything,” Valentine said . “Having him behind the plate is such a

presence . When we are up there on the mound, it’s not just me versus the batter . It’s

me and the catcher versus that one batter, two versus one .”

Goforth should get some help at the position from rookie Chris Caldwell

(Sey-mour, Tenn .) where he earned a trip to the state championship under former C-N

All-American Kyle Koeneman .

Greg Valentine is closing in on the school’s all-time record for appearances in a career need-ing to get to 89 to pass Ryan Fillers .

TOM GRIFFIN - HEAD COACH

YEAR OVERALL SAC HOME ROAD NEUTRAL

1990^ 15-11 1991^ 19-21 1992^ 26-28 1993^ 20-22 1994^ 28-23 1995^ 34-16 1996^ 24-17-1 1997^ 18-30-1 2006 35-20 15-6 17-8 15-11 3-1 2007* 36-20 15-6 15-7 16-11 5-2 2008* 43-18 14-6 20-3 18-11 5-4 2009 24-21 7-14 13-9 11-12 0-0 2010 31-18 15-9 16-4 14-11 1-3 2011 22-30 15-12 8-12 14-13 0-5 2012 28-26 13-14 9-10 15-13 4-3 2013 22-27 13-14 8-9 11-16 3-2 2014 21-25 11-17 12-13 9-12 0-0 2015 25-21 12-18 16-7 9-13 0-1 2016 31-21 14-10 18-11 11-8 2-2 2017 29-24 10-13 22-6 3-16 4-2 2018 28-22 16-11 14-10 12-10 2-2 2019 3-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 AT TC (8) 185-178-2 AT C-N (14) 379-296 170-150 188-109 162-158 29-27 OVERALL (22) 564-474-2

^ Denotes time at Tusculum

* Denotes NCAA Tournament Appearance Tom Griffin will enter his 14th season as head baseball coach at

Carson-New-man in 2019 .

In his 13 years at Mossy Creek, the New Jersey-native has looked right at home as the head coach of the Eagles . He has compiled an overall record of 376-295 and a conference record of 170-150 at Carson Newman . He is 561-473-2 in 21 seasons as a college baseball coach .

Griffin’s hard work and perseverance landed him in Jefferson City for a third stint, this time as the lead Eagle .

“This is a dream come true,” Griffin said . “Carson-Newman has changed my life . To work here as the head coach is exactly how I want to lead young men, both on and off the field . I want our student-athletes to develop not just on the baseball field, but I want them to grow spiritually, to become good leaders in the community and in all aspects of their lives .”

In his first season at Mossy Creek, Griffin led the Eagles to a 35-20 record and a 15-6 mark in the South Atlantic Conference . The success followed in 2007, as he coached the Eagles to a 36-20 mark, a South Atlantic Conference Tour-nament title, and a berth in the NCAA Division II South regional tourTour-nament . The Eagles grabbed their first NCAA Tournament appearance in five years with an incredible run to the SAC Tournament title . C-N won three games on “Championship Sunday,” including 12-inning thriller over rival-Tusculum in the championship game to earn the SAC’s automatic NCAA bid . In 2008, the Eagles finished with a 43-18 mark, setting the school record for wins in a season . C-N earned its second consecutive trip to the NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament, beating Stillman and Tusculum . The Eagles finished the season ranked #27 in the Ping Baseball Poll and #29 by Collegiate Baseball .

During the 2009 season, Coach Griffin won his 300th game in the second game of the season, beating Augusta State . The Eagles finished the regular season at 24-21 . The Eagles were ranked as high as #12 in the Collegiate Baseball poll during the season .

In 2010, the Eagles finished 31-18 overall and 15-9 in conference play, earning another trip to the conference tournament . The Eagles would rank as high as #28 during the season in the Collegiate Baseball Poll . In 2012, the Eagles finished at 28-26 and earned a trip to the conference tournament, where they would finish 2-2 . Kyle Koeneman was selected the Player of the Year in the conference and earned first team All-American honors . Griffin earned his 400th win on April 19th against Catawba College .

The 2013 campaign had Carson-Newman going 7-6 against nationally-ranked competition and making an appearance in the SAC title game as a six seed before falling to LMU .

Carson-Newman finished with a winning record in 2015 (25-21) for the first time since 2012 (28-26) while finishing at least four games over .500 for the first time since 2010 (31-18) . Four Eagles were honored by the SAC on postseason rosters . The four honorees are the most by the Eagles since 2010 . Vince Apicella earned All-Region honors from the NCBWA and ABCA after finishing fourth in Division II with 111 strikeouts .

The 2016 regular season was a year filled with milestones for Griffin . The skipper picked up his 300th win at Carson-Newman at Brevard on March 5 as the Eagles swept the Tornados to become the sixth SAC coach to earn 300 wins at one school . As the Eagles clinched the No . 2 seed in the SAC Baseball Championships at Tusculum on April 24, Griffin earned his 500th career coaching victory . C-N became the No . 2 seed in the SAC Baseball Champion-ships for the first time since 2008 .

YEAR-BY-YEAR

Alabama-Huntsville 0-2 Anderson 24-8 Augusta State 16-13 Belmont Abbey 18-12 Bloomsburg . 4-1 Bluefield State 6-0 Brevard 28-3 Caldwell 2-1 Catawba 16-32 Cedarville 2-0 Coker 9-4 Covenant 2-0 Cumberland 1-1 Davis & Elkins 1-0 Florida Gulf Coast 0-1 Georgia College 0-2 Georgia Southwestern 1-1 Grand Valley 0-1 King 11-6 Lander 2-7 Lee 2-4 Lenoir-Rhyne 28-9 Limestone 15-10 Lincoln Memorial 13-25 Mars Hill 16-22 Maryville 5-0 McKendree 4-0 Milligan 4-0 Montevallo 2-3 Mount Olive 0-1 Newberry 25-18 North Georgia 5-14 North Greenville 13-2 Northern Kentucky 3-0 Northwood 7-3 Nova Southeastern 1-1 Paine 3-0 Pfeiffer 9-9 Presbyterian 6-1 Rollins 1-3 Saginaw Valley State 2-2 Shorter 6-2 Stillman 1-0 Tampa 0-1 Tennessee Wesleyan 0-1 Tiffin 5-0 Trevecca Nazerene 3-2 Tusculum 22-27 USC Aiken 3-7 USC Upstate 0-1 UVA-Wise 7-1 West Georgia 1-0 Wingate 18-27 Winston-Salem State 3-0 Young Harris 0-2

VERSUS OPPONENTS

In 2017, the mentor led the Eagles back to the SAC Baseball Championships title round as C-N won four elimination games before falling to second-seed-ed Lincoln Memorial in the title round . His group placsecond-seed-ed three members on all-conference teams . With 22 home victories, the club matched the 2002 team for home wins in single-season in program history .

The success of the team rolled along in 2018 as the team matched the program record for league victories in a season with the 1999 group that won 16 . The pitching staff punched out 425 batters on the season to pass the 1999 unit for first with 417, a mark that is 10th in SAC history . Four different players earned postseason all-conference honors while a fifth was named to the all-tournament team . Ryan Victory won the SAC’s Elite 20 award and Dillon Cate was named a second-team Academic All-American .

The development of third baseman Brett Langhorne and pitcher Will Gardner saw the duo be selected in 2018 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft . Langhorne was selected in the 10th round, 292nd overall by the Atlanta Braves and Gardner was selected in the 21st round, 624th overall by the Pitts-burgh Pirates . Carson-Newman is one of three schools in Division II to pro-duce multiple draft selections through 21 picks of this year’s draft – all have two . Tampa and Nova Southeastern are the other two . It marked the fourth time in the history of the school that Carson-Newman has had two players selected in the same draft class as it had been 11 years since the Eagles had a player drafted . Langhorne holds the distinction of the highest drafted position player in the history of the school besting first baseman Samuel Roberts who was taken in the 14th round in the 1975 draft .

Griffin had been an assistant with the Eagles on two different occasions, serving from 1998-2001, and then again from 2003-2005 .

In his first stint, Griffin worked with the catchers, infielders and outfielders and was an assistant coach on the 1999 team that won the SAC title and advanced to the NCAA Division II World Series .

At Carson-Newman, he has coached and recruited 58 All-SAC players, five SAC Player of the Years, 25 All-South Region selections, and six NCAA Division II All-Americans . He has also coached 20 players who have gone on to play professional baseball . One of his former players, Steve Cishek, just finished his sixth in Major League Baseball with the St . Louis Cardinals after playing his first five and a half years with the Florida Marlins . Steve is only the second former Eagle to play in the big leagues .

Griffin has also authored an instructional catching baseball video, “Catch It, Block It, Throw It .” A regular instructional speaker at various coaching clinics and camps, he has been the featured speaker at the American Baseball Coaches Association convention in Orlando, Florida in 2007 and Anaheim, California in 2012 .

In 2002, Griffin took over the reins of the Morristown East High School baseball program, completely turning around the Hurricanes program . He led East to a 24-16 overall record and the district championship . For his efforts, Griffin was named the Northeast Tennessee Coach of the Year . He returned to the Eagles program in 2003 where he helped coach the Eagles to another SAC championship and a 31-21 record, serving as the recruiting coordinator, hitting coach, and coaching the infielders and catchers .

Prior to his arrival at Carson-Newman, Griffin was the head coach at Tuscu-lum College for eight years where he compiled a 184-178-2 record . Under his guidance, the Pioneers earned four straight trips to the NAIA Dis-trict 24 Tournament, capturing the 1995 TVAC Tournament title and making their first-ever regional tournament appearance at the 1995 NAIA Mid-South Regional .

Griffin also led Tusculum to a school-record 34 wins in that same season . He coached 21 All-Conference selections, two Player of the Year selections, and two All-Americans .

A native of Roxbury, New Jersey, Griffin was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Tennessee Wesleyan, in 1989 . Griffin was a four-year starting catcher for the TWC Bulldogs and was a three-time All-TVAC selection and a member of the All-District team in 1988 . He was named Most Valuable Player after his Junior and Senior years and Best Defensive Player following his Freshman and Sophomore years . In October 2012, Griffin was named to the Tennessee Wesleyan Sports Hall of Fame . He earned a B .S . degree in Health and Physical Education from TWC in 1988 and completed his M .S . degree in Education from Tusculum in 2005 . Griffin, 51, and his wife Christy are the parents of three girls, twins Carlin and Cori and Delaney .

Griffin is the sixth head coach in the modern era of Eagles baseball (1924-present) . The program is rich in history . The Eagles have won five SAC regular-season titles (1991, 1993, 1999, 2002 and 2003) and four SAC Tour-nament titles (1992, 1993, 1997 and 2007) . C-N has advanced to the NCAA Tournament four times (1999, 2002, 2007 and 2008) and has played in three World Series (1965, 1993 and 1999) .

2019 CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL ASSISTANT COACHES

MARK ALLEN BOUNDS

Title:

Pitching Coach

Hometown:

Straw. Plains, Tn

Alma Mater:

Austin Peay, ‘12

Season:

4th Season

Mark Allen Bounds III is in his fourth year as Carson-Newman’s pitching coach

At Columbia State, Bounds was in charge of the Chargers’ pitching staff and played

a significant role in recruiting potential student-athletes for Columbia State

Commu-nity College .

In 2018, Bounds helped oversee one of the best pitching staffs in school history . As a

staff, the hurlers punched out 425 batters on the season to pass the 1999 unit for first

with 417, a mark that is 10th in SAC history . Friday starter Dillon Cate was named

a first-team All-SAC selection and picked up a spot on the second-team Academic

All-American unit . Freshman Matt Bradley finished the season with a 2 .14 ERA in

33 2/3 innings pitched, good for the third-lowest clip (min . 25 IP) in program history

earning a nod to the SAC’s All-Tournament Team .

Bounds helped to oversee the development of Tennessee Tech transfer Will Gardner who spent as a season as a starter and a year as a closer . Gardner was selected in the 21st

round, 624th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates after ranking fifth in the country in saves with 12 .

Bounds helped coach the Chargers to TCCAA regular season and tournament championships in 2014 and a spot in the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo . where

CSCC finished sixth . The Chargers were ranked second in the final poll of the regular season while Bounds’ best arm Scooter Hightower earned TCCAA Pitcher of the Year

honors with a 10-1 record, 2 .52 ERA and 86 strikeouts across 104 innings of work .“This means a whole lot,” Bounds said . “I get to come back to a location I’m very familiar .

I’m grateful and blessed to be here . I want to bring a lot of energy, knowledge of pitching and the ability to get kids to compete on the field at a high level to this program,”

With Bounds help, Hightower was even better in 2015, averaging 13 .52 strikeouts per nine innings pitched .

Bounds joined the Chargers for the 2013-2014 season, after spending the previous year at Murray State University as a volunteer assistant coach for the Racers . During his

time there, Bounds worked closely with the pitching staff and assisted with hitting instruction . Bounds also held duties which included first base coaching responsibilities,

field maintenance, and was in charge of the player placement to summer collegiate wooden bat leagues .

Bounds’ collegiate playing career took him from Walters State to Milligan to Austin Peay from which he graduated in May 2012 with a B .S . Health and Human Performance

– Physical Education K-12 Licensure .

In his two seasons at Austin Peay, the Governors captured back-to-back Ohio Valley Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships . APSU advanced to

NCAA Regional in Atlanta, GA in 2011 and made it to the NCAA Regional Final in 2012 in Eugene, OR, facing the Oregon Ducks .

Bounds made 11 appearances on the mound over his two seasons . As a senior Bounds made his first career start against the University of Tennessee, April 24, 2012 . As a

junior, he posted a 1-0 record in nine appearances . He earned the victory by throwing two shutout innings against Illinois State .

In the summer of 2010, Bounds was selected as a Prospect League All-Star while playing for the Slippery Rock Sliders .

Prior to his time with the Governors, Bounds spent two seasons at Milligan College . He tossed 11 .1 innings in his sophomore season as he helped the Buffaloes to a school

record 40 victories .

During his only season at WSCC, the senators were the TJCAA Regular Season Champions, NJCAA Region VII Champions, and East Central District Champions, thus

mak-ing it to the 2008 NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, CO, where the Senators finished sixth, and finished the year ranked #2 in the final NJCAA Div . 1 Poll .

A Strawberry Plains, Tenn .-native Bounds graduated from Carter High School in 2007, at Carter High School, he was a three-sport standout for the Hornets as he lettered

four years in baseball, three years in basketball and three years in football .

Bounds earned all-district honors in baseball as a junior and senior . In his senior season, he hit .446 with five home runs and 23 RBIs . He also went 7-2 on the mound, with

a 1 .83 ERA, striking out 105 in 57 .1 innings . On the gridiron, Bounds was named the 3A Region 1 Player of the Year as a quarterback .

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL

2019 CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL ASSISTANT COACHES

BRANDON ROBERTS

Title: Assistant Coach

Hometown: Davie, Fla.

Alma Mater: C-N, ‘16

Season: 3rd Season

Roberts is in his third season as an assistant coach for Carson-Newman after

an illustrious career at Mossy Creek that led to a stint with the Normal

Corn-belters of the Frontier League .

The Davie, Fla . native was named a second-team all-region selection by the

American Baseball Coaches’ Association (ABCA), the National Collegiate

Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and the Division II Collegiate

Commissioners Association (D2CCA) on top of being a first-team All-South

Atlantic Conference pick and Gold Glove winner .

Roberts is the third C-N third baseman to earn a first-team All-SAC nod and the

first since Derrick Lankford in 1996 . The senior ranks in the top-10 in the

con-ference in hits (71 – 5th), batting average ( .368 - 9th), RBIs (54 – 6th), slugging

percentage ( .622 – 9th) and total bases (120 – 8th) . On March 1, Roberts was

named the SAC and Tennessee Sportswriters’ Association Player of the Week

as he became the first C-N player to earn the SAC honor since Kevin Franchetti

won on March 5, 2013 . He began the year on a 17-game hitting streak and has

notched 20 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI outings .

The third baseman tallied a .944 fielding percentage tallying 117 assists, second

among players at the hot corner and ninth in the league while being a part of

nine double plays .

Roberts joined Brandon Burchfield as the only two players to be named

CoSI-DA Acadmeic All-district as Burchfield was an All-American in 2006 and 2007 .

The Davie, Fla . native excelled in the classroom piling up a 3 .54 GPA while

studying in the Carson-Newman Communications School with a major of Media

Studies .

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER

1

Alan Silva

INF

Senior

5-8

175

R/R

Sevierville, Tenn ./Sevier County/Alice Lloyd

2

Kyle Cagle

LHP

Junior

5-11

165

L/L

Fairview, N .C ./A .C . Reynolds

3

Wilfredo Acevedo

INF

Sophomore

5-8

135

R/R

Bayamon, P .R ./Miami Christian

4

Dom Leo

2B

Senior

5-10

188

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Hardin Valley Academy/Southeastern University

5

Ethan Goforth

C

RS-Sophomore

5-11

185

R/R

Blacksburg, Va ./Blacksburg

6

Matt Bradley

RHP

Sophomore

6-1

160

R/R

Talbott, Tenn ./Jefferson County

7

Cal Smith

OF

Senior

5-11

185

L/R

Keller, Texas/Forth Worth Christian/Panola College

8

Jordan Griffin

OF

Sophomore

6-2

186

R/R

Ellerslie, Ga ./Harris County

9

Cameron Bloebaum

RHP

Senior

6-2

175

R/R

Kinsey, Ala ./The Walker School/Central Alabama CC

10

John Sharpe

INF

Senior

6-1

185

R/R

Franklin, Tenn ./CAK/Cleveland State CC

11

Jake Shamblin

3B

Freshman

5-11

205

R/R

Athens, Tenn ./McMinn County

12

Conner Powell

C

Junior

6-0

175

R/R

Rogersville, Tenn ./Cherokee

13

Chris Caldwell

C

Freshman

6-1

195

R/R

Seymour, Tenn ./Seymour

14

Tyler Hicks

RHP

Senior

5-11

205

R/R

Clinton, Tenn ./Anderson County/Volunteer State CC

15

Matthew Fine

C

Freshman

5-11

185

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Catholic/

16

Cade Burkey

1B

Freshman

6-0

185

L/L

Knoxville, Tenn ./Farragut

17

Eric Rigsby

3B

Freshman

6-2

185

R/R

Jonesboro, Tenn ./Daniel Boone

18

Dawson Sims

RHP

Sophomore

6-4

215

R/R

Stafford, Va ./North Stafford/Virginia Commonwealth

19

Michael Wroth

3B

Junior

6-2

220

R/R

Chicopee, Mass ./Chicopee/Herkimer CC

20

Nate DeLoian

LHP

Freshman

6-0

155

L/L

Mokena, Ill ./Lincoln-Way West

21

Jacob Hanson

RHP

Sophomore

5-11

185

R/R

Lawrenceville, Ga ./Mountain View

22

Brendan Campbell

OF

RS-Senior

6-1

195

L/R

Yardley, Pa ./Pennsbury

23

Charlie Brown

OF

Sophomore

5-10

185

R/R

Sevierville, Tenn ./Sevier County

24

Logan Cogburn

RHP

RS-Freshman

5-11

185

R/R

Friendsville, Tenn ./William Blount/Walters State CC

25

Tyler Thompson

OF

Sophomore

6-2

190

R/R

Gallatin, Tenn ./Station Camp

26

Micah Genter

INF

Sophomore

5-7

155

S/R

Jasper, Tenn ./South Pittsburg

27

Malik Kyle

1B

Junior

6-4

220

L/R

Jefferson City, Tenn ./Jefferson County/Walters State CC

28

Hal Bishop

OF

Senior

6-0

220

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Fulton

29

Greg Valentine

RHP

Senior

6-4

210

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Hardin Valley Academy

30

Clay Simpson

RHP

Freshman

6-6

225

R/R

Erwin, Tenn .Unicoi

31

Mark Treadway

INF

RS-Junior

5-11

190

R/R

Friendsville, Tenn ./William Blount

32

Tyler Shaver

RHP

Freshman

5-10

160

R/R

Dandridge, Tenn ./Jefferson County

33

Austin Conner

RHP

Senior

6-3

200

R/R

Sevierville, Tenn ./Sevier County

34

Hunter Long

RHP

Junior

5-11

200

R/R

Powell, Tenn ./Powell/Roane State CC

35

Luke Friedman

RHP

Senior

6-5

195

R/R

Gilbert, Ariz ./Brophy College Prep/Chandler-Gilbert CC

36

Nick Adkins

LHP

RS-Sophomore

6-5

218

L/L

Knoxville, Tenn ./Bearden/Roane State CC

40

Dalton Long

RHP

Senior

6-2

255

R/R

Powell, Tenn ./Powell/Roane State CC

41

Josh Desherer

RHP

Freshman

6-0

190

R/R

Brentwood, Tenn ./Brentwood Academy

42

Ryan Victory

RHP

Senior

5-11

195

L/R

Brentwood, Tenn ./Brentwood Academy

44

Kilian Daughtry

1B

Sophomore

6-4

215

R/R

Simpsonville, S .C ./Hillcrest

HEAD COACH (THIRD BASE):

Tom Griffin, 14th Year

PITCHING COACH:

Mark Allen Bounds, 4th Year

ASSISTANT COACH (FIRST BASE):

Brandon Roberts, 3rd Year

ASSISTANT COACH:

Joe Selitto, 1st Year

ASSISTANT COACH:

Tyler Miller, 1st Year

3

Wilfredo (Will-fray-doe) Acevedo (Ah-sah-vay-doe)

9

Cameron Bloebaum (Blow-bomb)

20

Nate DeLoian (Da-Loin)

26

Micah Genter (Jen-ter)

41

Josh Desherer (Dir-Shure)

Joe Selitto (Suh-LEE-Toe)

NO. NAME POS. CLASS HT. WT. B/T HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

COACHING STAFF

Senior 11

Junior 8

Sophomore 11

Freshman 10

C-N BY CLASS

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Tennessee 27

Georgia 2

Virginia 2

Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts

North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina

Texas, Puerto Rico

1

C-N BY STATE

Pitcher 18

Catcher 4

Infield 12

Outfield 6

C-N BY POSITION

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL

14

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL ROSTER BY POSITION

NO.

NAME

POS.

CLASS

HT.

WT.

B/T

HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

2

Kyle Cagle

LHP

Junior

5-11

165

L/L

Fairview, N .C ./A .C . Reynolds

6

Matt Bradley

RHP

Sophomore

6-1

160

R/R

Talbott, Tenn ./Jefferson County

9

Cameron Bloebaum

RHP

Senior

6-2

175

R/R

Kinsey, Ala ./The Walker School/Central Alabama CC

14

Tyler Hicks

RHP

Senior

5-11

205

R/R

Clinton, Tenn ./Anderson County/Volunteer State CC

18

Dawson Sims

RHP

Sophomore

6-4

215

R/R

Stafford, Va ./North Stafford/Virginia Commonwealth

20

Nate DeLoian

LHP

Freshman

6-0

155

L/L

Mokena, Ill ./Lincoln-Way West

21

Jacob Hanson

RHP

Sophomore

5-11

185

R/R

Lawrenceville, Ga ./Mountain View

24

Logan Cogburn

RHP

RS-Freshman

5-11

185

R/R

Friendsville, Tenn ./William Blount/Walters State CC

29

Greg Valentine

RHP

Senior

6-4

210

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Hardin Valley Academy

30

Clay Simpson

RHP

Freshman

6-6

225

R/R

Erwin, Tenn .Unicoi

32

Tyler Shaver

RHP

Freshman

5-10

160

R/R

Dandridge, Tenn ./Jefferson County

33

Austin Conner

RHP

Senior

6-3

200

R/R

Sevierville, Tenn ./Sevier County

34

Hunter Long

RHP

Junior

5-11

200

R/R

Powell, Tenn ./Powell/Roane State CC

35

Luke Friedman

RHP

Senior

6-5

195

R/R

Gilbert, Ariz ./Brophy College Prep/Chandler-Gilbert CC

36

Nick Adkins

LHP

RS-Sophomore

6-5

218

L/L

Knoxville, Tenn ./Bearden/Roane State CC

40

Dalton Long

RHP

Senior

6-2

255

R/R

Powell, Tenn ./Powell/Roane State CC

41

Josh Desherer

RHP

Freshman

6-0

190

R/R

Brentwood, Tenn ./Brentwood Academy

42

Ryan Victory

RHP

Senior

5-11

195

L/R

Brentwood, Tenn ./Brentwood Academy

NO.

NAME

POS.

CLASS

HT.

WT.

B/T

HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

5

Ethan Goforth

C

RS-Junior

5-11

185

R/R

Blacksburg, Va ./Blacksburg

12

Conner Powell

C

Junior

6-0

175

R/R

Rogersville, Tenn ./Cherokee

13

Chris Caldwell

C

Freshman

6-1

195

R/R

Seymour, Tenn ./Seymour

15

Matthew Fine

C

Freshman

5-11

185

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Catholic/

NO.

NAME

POS.

CLASS

HT.

WT.

B/T

HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

1

Alan Silva

INF

Senior

5-8

175

R/R

Sevierville, Tenn ./Sevier County/Alice Lloyd

3

Wilfredo Acevedo

INF

Sophomore

5-8

135

R/R

Bayamon, P .R ./Miami Christian

4

Dom Leo

2B

Senior

5-10

188

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Hardin Valley Academy/Southeastern University

10

John Sharpe

INF

Senior

6-1

185

R/R

Franklin, Tenn ./CAK/Cleveland State CC

11

Jake Shamblin

3B

Freshman

5-11

205

R/R

Athens, Tenn ./McMinn County

16

Cade Burkey

1B

Freshman

6-0

185

L/L

Knoxville, Tenn ./Farragut

17

Eric Rigsby

3B

Freshman

6-2

185

R/R

Jonesboro, Tenn ./Daniel Boone

19

Michael Wroth

3B

Junior

6-2

220

R/R

Chicopee, Mass ./Chicopee/Herkimer CC

26

Micah Genter

INF

Sophomore

5-7

155

S/R

Jasper, Tenn ./South Pittsburg

27

Malik Kyle

1B

Junior

6-4

220

L/R

Jefferson City, Tenn ./Jefferson County/Walters State CC

31

Mark Treadway

INF

RS-Junior

5-11

190

R/R

Friendsville, Tenn ./William Blount

44

Kilian Daughtry

1B

Sophomore

6-4

215

R/R

Simpsonville, S .C ./Hillcrest

NO.

NAME

POS.

CLASS

HT.

WT.

B/T

HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL

7

Cal Smith

OF

Senior

5-11

185

L/R

Keller, Texas/Forth Worth Christian/Panola College

8

Jordan Griffin

OF

Sophomore

6-2

186

R/R

Ellerslie, Ga ./Harris County

22

Brendan Campbell

OF

RS-Senior

6-1

195

L/R

Yardley, Pa ./Pennsbury

23

Charlie Brown

OF

Sophomore

5-10

185

R/R

Sevierville, Tenn ./Sevier County

25

Tyler Thompson

OF

Sophomore

6-2

190

R/R

Gallatin, Tenn ./Station Camp

28

Hal Bishop

OF

Senior

6-0

220

R/R

Knoxville, Tenn ./Fulton

HEAD COACH/ THIRD BASE COACH:

Tom Griffin - 14th season at C-N

PITCHING COACH:

Mark Allen Bounds - 4th season at C-N

ASSISTANT COACH: Brandon Roberts - 3rd season at C-N

ASSISTANT COACH:

Joe Selitto - 1st season at C-N

ASSISTANT COACH:

Tyler Miller - 1st season at C-N

PITCHERS • 18 (15 RHP, 3 LHP)

CATCHERS • 4

INFIELDERS • 12

OUTFIELDERS • 6

COACHING STAFF

15

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL HEADSHOT ROSTER

1

SR• INF ALAN SILVA

2

JR• LHP KYLE CAGLE

3

S0• INF WILFREDO ACEVEDO

4

SR• INF DOM LEO

5

JR• C ETHAN GOFORTH

6

S0• RHP MATT BRADLEY

7

SR• OF CAL SMITH

8

S0• OF JORDAN GRIFFIN

9

SR• RHP CAM BLOEBAUM

10

SR• INF JOHN SHARPE

11

FR• INF JAKE SHAMBLIN

12

JR• C CONNOR POWELL

13

FR• C CHRIS CALDWELL

14

SR• RHP TYLER HICKS

15

FR• C MATTHEW FINE

16

SR• INF CADE BURKEY

17

SR• INF ERIC RIGSBY

18

SR• INF DAWSON SIMS

19

SR• INF MICHAEL WROTH

20

SR• INF NATE DeLOIAN

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SR• INF JACOB HANSON

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SR• INF BRENDAN CAMPBELL

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S0• OF CHARLIE BROWN

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R-FR• RHP LOGAN COGBURN

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SO• OF TYLER THOMPSON

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S0• INF MICAH GENTER

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JR• INF MALIK KYLE

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SR• OF HAL BISHOP

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SR• RHP GREG VALENTINE

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FR• RHP CLAY SIMPSON

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R-JR• INF MARK TREADWAY

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FR• RHP TYLER SHAVER

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SR• RHP AUSTIN CONNER

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JR• RHP HUNTER LONG

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SR• RHP LUKE FRIEDMAN

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R-SO• LHP NICK ADKINS

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SR• RHP DALTON LONG

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FR• RHP JOSH DESHERER

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SR• RHP RYAN VICTORY

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S0• INF KILIAN DAUGHTRY

CARSON-NEWMAN BASEBALL

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2018 (Sophomore): His 10 starts on the rubber were third on the team as he appeared in 15 games going 3-2 with a 3 .81 ERA, good for third-lowest on the

roster…Carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning at Limestone on Feb . 3 finishing the game with his first-career complete game allowing two hits and four walks with one earned and three strikeouts…Matched a career-high with five K’s against 14th-ranked Northwood on Feb . 19 .

2017 (Freshman): Missed the final month and a half with an injury…Made six starts tossing 22 2/3 innings…Went a season-high 5 2/3 innings against

Sagi-naw Valley State on March 5…Fanned a season-high five men in 4 2/3 frames versus Northwood on Feb . 19 .

HIGH SCHOOL: Went 12-8 with 1 .40 ERA and five saves while striking out 206 batters during his three seasons on varsity . . .As a senior, he went 5-3 with

a 0 .77 ERA striking out 98 in 54 .2 innings pitched to be named to the Mountain Athletic All-Conference team . . .Opponents hit .161 against the lefty in his ca-reer . . .On March 1, 2016, Cagle pitched the first five innings of a combined no-hitter versus Watauga striking out 11 men . . .On March 25, 2016, Cagle notched 13 punch outs against Enka . . .2016 Under Armour Preseason All-American . . .2015 Under Armour Preseason All-American . . .2015 NCHSAA All-State . . .2015 All-WNC . . .2015 All-Mountain Athletic Conference . . .2015 Mountain Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year . . .2015 A .C . Reynolds Team MVP

2 • KYLE CAGLE

PITCHER • SOPHOMORE • 5-11 • 165 • L/L • FAIRVIEW, N.C. • A.C. REYNOLDS

Individual Career History

Charlie Brown

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .309 40-19 68 18 21 0 0 0 11 21 .309 12 0 15 1 .413 0 1 4-6 33 3 1 .973 TOTAL .309 40-19 68 18 21 0 0 0 11 21 .309 12 0 15 1 .413 0 1 4-6 33 3 1 .973 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

Hits: 3, Mars Hill, Apr 08, 2018; Lenoir-Rhyne, Apr 14, 2018 Total bases: 3, Mars Hill, Apr 08, 2018; Lenoir-Rhyne, Apr 14, 2018 RBI: 2, 4 times

Runs scored: 2, Mars Hill, Apr 08, 2018; at Tusculum, Apr 20, 2018; Anderson, Mar 17, 2018 Walks: 2 [t-9th], 4 times

Struck out: 2, at Trevecca Nazarene, Apr 17, 2018; at Tusculum, Apr 20, 2018; at Tusculum, Apr 21, 2018 Sac bunts: 1 [t-6th], Lee, Feb 20, 2018

At bats: 4, 8 times Stolen bases: 1, 5 times

Caught stealing: 1 [t-4th], Lenoir-Rhyne, Apr 14, 2018; Northwood, Feb 19, 2018 Field chances: 5, Belmont Abbey, Apr 03, 2018

Putouts: 4, Belmont Abbey, Apr 03, 2018; Limestone, Apr 10, 2018

Assists: 1, at Tusculum, Apr 21, 2018; vs Catawba, Apr 29, 2018; Northwood, Feb 19, 2018

Kyle Cagle

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .000 6-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 2 0 1.000 2018 .000 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 11 1 .917 TOTAL .000 6-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 13 1 .929 Year era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr bf bavg wp hbp bk sfa sha 2017 9.13 0-4 6 6 0 0/0 0 22.2 28 25 23 17 13 5 1 4 113 .311 4 4 1 1 1 2018 3.81 3-2 15 10 1 0/0 0 52.0 56 31 22 28 26 9 0 4 236 .283 1 5 1 0 5 TOTAL 5.42 3-6 21 16 1 0/0 0 74.2 84 56 45 45 39 14 1 8 349 .292 5 9 2 1 6 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

Innings pitched: 9.0 [t-1st], at Limestone, 2/3/18 Walks allowed: 6 [t-2nd], at Wingate, Mar 31, 2018

Strikeouts: 5, Northwood, Feb 19, 2017; Northwood, Feb 19, 2018 Batters faced: 33 [t-8th], at Limestone, 2/3/18

Field chances: 3, at Limestone, 2/3/18

Assists: 2, at Limestone, 2/3/18; Northwood, Feb 19, 2018; at Newberry, Feb 24, 2018 Runners CS: 1 [t-5th], 6 times

2018 (Junior): Saw time in 12 contests drawing three walks on the year . . .Drew a bases loaded walk in the seventh at Trevecca on April 17, 2018 for first

career RBI .

1 • ALAN SILVA

INFIELDER • SENIOR • 5-9 • 175 • R/R • SEVIERVILLE, TENN. • ALICE LLOYD

Individual Career History

Alan Siliva

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .000 13-2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 4 0 8 0 .308 0 1 0-0 7 9 1 .941 TOTAL .000 13-2 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 4 0 8 0 .308 0 1 0-0 7 9 1 .941 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

RBI: 1, at Trevecca Nazarene, Apr 17, 2018 Walks: 1, 4 times

Struck out: 3 [t-1st], at Limestone, 2/2/18 Sac bunts: 1 [t-6th], at Limestone, 2/2/18 At bats: 3, at Limestone, 2/2/18 Field chances: 5, at Limestone, 2/2/18

Putouts: 2, at Limestone, 2/2/18; at Wingate, Mar 31, 2018 Assists: 4, at Limestone, 2/2/18

Cal Smith

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .260 26-16 50 10 13 3 0 0 8 16 .320 7 3 13 0 .377 1 2 4-5 18 2 0 1.000 TOTAL .260 26-16 50 10 13 3 0 0 8 16 .320 7 3 13 0 .377 1 2 4-5 18 2 0 1.000 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

Hits: 2, at Limestone, 2/2/18; UVA-Wise, Feb 09, 2018; Lee, Feb 20, 2018 Doubles: 1, vs Pfeiffer, 2/3/18; Northwood, Feb 18, 2018; Lee, Feb 20, 2018 Total bases: 3, Lee, Feb 20, 2018

RBI: 2, vs Pfeiffer, 2/3/18; Northwood, Feb 18, 2018 Runs scored: 1, 11 times

Walks: 2 [t-9th], at Coker, 3/4/2018; at Coker, Mar 04, 2018 Hit by pitch: 1, 4 times

Struck out: 3 [t-1st], at Limestone, 2/2/18; at Newberry, Feb 23, 2018 Sac flies: 1 [t-3rd], Limestone, Apr 10, 2018

Sac bunts: 1 [t-6th], at Coker, 3/4/2018; Lee, Feb 20, 2018; at Coker, Mar 04, 2018 At bats: 6 [t-2nd], at Limestone, 2/2/18

Stolen bases: 1, 5 times

Caught stealing: 1 [t-4th], Lee, Feb 20, 2018

Field chances: 3, vs Pfeiffer, 2/3/18; at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018 Putouts: 3, vs Pfeiffer, 2/3/18; at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018 Assists: 1, at Limestone, 2/2/18; Bluefield State, Apr 23, 2018

2018 (Freshman): Played in six games, mostly as a defensive replacement . . .First-career hit came at Coker on March 3 in the seventh inning, a single to right

field .

3 • WILFREDO ACEVEDO

INFIELDER • SOPHOMORE • 5-8 • 135 • R/R • BAYAMON, P.R. • CHRISTIAN

Individual Career History

Wilfredo Acevedo

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .500 6-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0 1 0 .500 0 0 0-0 0 4 0 1.000 TOTAL .500 6-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 0 0 1 0 .500 0 0 0-0 0 4 0 1.000 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

Hits: 1, at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018 Total bases: 1, at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018 Struck out: 1, at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018 At bats: 2, at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018 Field chances: 1, 5 times

Assists: 1, 5 times

Nick Adkins

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

* 2018 Second-Team All-SAC * 2018 SAC All-Defensive Team

2018 (RS-Sophomore): Became the first catcher to be an all-conference pick and a Gold Glove winner in the same season for C-N…Finished fourth in the SAC in stolen bases

(17) and sixth in doubles (19)…Had 21 multi-hit games and six multi-RBI games…Led the SAC by throwing out 16 runners attempting to steal a bag, a 33 percent runner caught stealing percentage . . Played in every game catching nearly every inning for C-N…Started 2018 with a 7-game hitting streak - 10-23 ( .435) with 1 HR, 6 RBIs…Poked his first C-N roundtripper in the 2018 season opener at Limestone in the third inning, a 2-run shot…Went 3-for-5 with a double, home run and three RBIs against Limestone on April 10 .

2017 (RS-Freshman): Tallied 25 at-bats playing in 23 contests in his first year as a backstop…Did not commit an error behind the plate with two assists…Recorded his first

career hit in the top of the ninth inning at Catawba on Feb . 25, 2017, a single to left…Went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs v . Saginaw Valley State on March 5, 2017 .

2016: Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: Hit .437 for the Bruins... Two-time team MVP... First-team All-Conference.... Second-team All-Region... Conference Player of the Year Runner-Up... Team camptain... All-State wrestler... Punter and holder for the Carson-Newman football team.

PERSONAL: Son of Mike and Tracy Goforth... Majoring in Exercise Science... Born on June 25th, 1997.

5 • ETHAN GOFORTH

CATCHER • RS-JUNIOR • 5-11 • 185 • R/R • BLACKSBURG, VA. • BLACKSBURG

Individual Career History

Micah Genter

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2018 .230 47-44 135 23 31 6 1 0 23 39 .289 8 14 12 0 .335 1 12 8-10 70 94 13 .927 TOTAL .230 47-44 135 23 31 6 1 0 23 39 .289 8 14 12 0 .335 1 12 8-10 70 94 13 .927 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

Hits: 3, at Tusculum, Apr 21, 2018 Doubles: 1, 7 times

Triples: 1 [t-1st], at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018 Total bases: 4, at Tusculum, Apr 21, 2018

RBI: 4 [t-9th], Anderson, Mar 17, 2018 Runs scored: 2, 7 times

Walks: 1, 8 times

Hit by pitch: 2 [t-1st], at Limestone, 2/3/18; Lee, Feb 20, 2018; Anderson, Mar 17, 2018 Struck out: 2, at Lincoln Memorial, Mar 23, 2018

Sac flies: 1 [t-3rd], Covenant, Mar 06, 2018

Sac bunts: 2 [t-1st], Belmont Abbey, Apr 03, 2018; at Tusculum, Apr 20, 2018 At bats: 5 [t-10th], Shorter, Feb 13, 2018

Stolen bases: 2 [t-1st], at Limestone, 2/3/18; at Trevecca Nazarene, Apr 17, 2018 Caught stealing: 1 [t-4th], vs Catawba, Apr 29, 2018; at King University, Mar 20, 2018 Field chances: 10, Catawba, Mar 10, 2018

Putouts: 4, 6 times

Assists: 6 [t-2nd], Lee, Feb 20, 2018

Ethan Goforth

Year avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hbp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 2017 .280 23-4 25 2 7 2 0 0 3 9 .360 2 2 8 0 .379 0 0 0-0 52 2 0 1.000 2018 .318 50-50 192 44 61 19 0 2 31 86 .448 17 9 32 2 .394 3 1 17-18 422 46 9 .981 TOTAL .313 73-54 217 46 68 21 0 2 34 95 .438 19 11 40 2 .392 3 1 17-18 474 48 9 .983 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:

Hits: 3, 4 times

Doubles: 2 [t-1st], at Coker, 3/3/2018; at Coker, Mar 03, 2018; Anderson, Mar 16, 2018 Home runs: 1 [t-6th], at Limestone, 2/2/18; Limestone, Apr 10, 2018

Total bases: 7 [t-9th], Limestone, Apr 10, 2018

RBI: 3, at Limestone, 2/2/18; Limestone, Apr 10, 2018; Anderson, Mar 16, 2018 Runs scored: 3 [t-4th], UVA-Wise, Feb 09, 2018; Anderson, Mar 17, 2018 Walks: 3 [t-3rd], UVA-Wise, Feb 09, 2018

Hit by pitch: 2 [t-1st], at Trevecca Nazarene, Apr 17, 2018; at Tusculum, Apr 20, 2018 Struck out: 3 [t-1st], at Newberry, Feb 24, 2018

Sac flies: 1 [t-3rd], Lenoir-Rhyne, Apr 13, 2018; at Trevecca Nazarene, Apr 17, 2018; vs Anderson, Apr 28, 2018 Sac bunts: 1 [t-6th], at King University, Mar 20, 2018

At bats: 7 [1st], Anderson, Mar 17, 2018

Stolen bases: 2 [t-1st], at Limestone, 2/2/18; UVA-Wise, Feb 09, 2018; Anderson, Mar 17, 2018 Caught stealing: 1 [t-4th], Shorter, Feb 13, 2018

Field chances: 19 [1st], Northwood, Feb 18, 2018 Putouts: 19 [1st], Northwood, Feb 18, 2018

Assists: 3, at Limestone, 2/2/18; Mars Hill, Apr 08, 2018; at Trevecca Nazarene, Apr 17, 2018 Runners CS: 1 [t-5th], 14 times

2017 (Junior): Played in 21 games, tallying six hits, two doubles, two RBIs and three runs scored . . .At No . 24 Wingate on March 31, Leo went 2-for-2 with a

double and a walk .

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