STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN BASEBALL ROSTER

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1 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 20 LUMBERJACKSBASEBALL 17 SEVEN SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES FIVE ALL-AMERICANS 15 MLB DRAFT PICKS 34 ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SELECTIONS QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY Name...Stephen F. Austin State University Location...Nacogdoches, Texas Enrollment...12,742 Founded First Classes Nickname...Lumberjacks School Colors... Purple and White Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference... Southland President...Dr. Baker Pattillo Athletics Director...Robert Hill Associate AD (Compliance)... Matt Fenley Associate AD (External Affairs)... John Branch Assistant AD (Business Affairs)... Rob Meyers Assistant AD (Academic Services)... Rob McDermand Senior Women s Administrator...Loree McCary Athletic Department Phone Ticket Office Phone JACK (5225) COACHING STAFF Head Coach... Johnny Cardneas Alma Mater... TCU, 1998 SFA Record/Career Record (NCAA only) (Ninth season)/same Assistant Coach... Matt Colllins (Louisiana-Monroe, 2010) Assistant Coach... Mike Haynes (Stephen F. Austin, 2011) Volunteer Assistant Coach... Caleb Clowers (Louisiana-Monroe, 2013) Student Assistant Coach... Alex Stuart BASEBALL INFORMATION 2016 Overall Record (.500, 14-9 H, A, 4-3 N) 2016 Southland Conference Record (.467, 8-7 H, 6-9 A) 2016 Postseason... Southland Conference Tournament/3-2 Letterwinners Returning/Lost... 21/13 Starting Position Players Returning/Lost... 6/3 Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost... 3/1 Total Pitchers Returning/Lost... 9/4 Newcomers...15 First Season of Baseball (23 seasons) Overall Record (.396) Southland Conference Record (.413) Southland Conference Titles... None Southland Conference Tournament Record (.417) NCAA Tournament Appearances... None NCAA Tournament Record HOME FACILITY INFORMATION Home Facility...Jaycees Field Capacity...1,000 Record at Jaycees Field (.544) Press Row Telephone Number... n/a MEDIA RELATIONS Director...Rand Champion Office Phone championr@sfasu.edu Assistant Director/Baseball Contact...Charlie Hurley Office Phone Cell Phone hurleycp@sfasu.edu Assistant Director...Keri Burns Office Phone burnsk@sfasu.edu Mailing Address... SFA Athletic Fieldhouse... P.O. Box 13010, SFA Station... Nacogdoches, Texas Athletics Website... SFAJacks.com NO. NAME HT. WT. POS. B/T YR./EXP. HOMETOWN/HS/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Nick Ramos INF R/R Sr./3L Plano, Texas Plano East HS 2 Will Vest RHP R/R Jr./2L Houston, Texas Ridge Point HS 3 Eric DeJesus INF L/R Jr./2L Diboll, Texas Diboll HS 5 Conner Fikes OF L/R R-Sr./3L Rowlett, Texas Rowlett HS 7 Will Foreman C R/R Jr./TR Houston, Texas Lamar HS San Jacinto JC 8 Tyler Kendrick INF S/R Sr./1L Arlington, Texas Arlington Martin HS Angelina CC 9 Tony Grabowske RHP R/R Jr./TR New Brighton, Minn. Irondale HS North Iowa Area CC 10 Zac Michener OF R/R Sr./1L Kennedale, Texas Kennedale HS Weatherford JC 11 Josh Campbell INF/OF R/R Fr./HS Angleton, Texas Angleton HS 12 Patrick Ledet LHP L/L Sr./3L Nacogdoches, Texas Nacogdoches HS 13 Alex Hrinevich B/C R/R Sr./1L Katy, Texas Katy Taylor HS Angelina JC 15 Austin Hagy RHP R/R Sr./1L Wichita Falls, Texas WF Rider HS Murray State College 16 Seth Campbell LHP L/L So./1L Channelview, Texas Channelview HS 17 Josh Evans B L/L Jr./Tr Ponca City, Okla. Ponca City HS Northern Oklahoma College 18 Cole Ridgely RHP R/R Sr./1L Marble Falls, Texas Marble Falls HS McClennan CC 19 Stevie Thompson OF R/R Jr./TR Midwest City, Okla. Carl Albert HS Cowley College 20 Stephen Stuart B L/L Sr./1L Cypress, Texas Cypress Falls HS Blinn JC 21 Clayton Rasbeary OF L/R Fr./HS Rockwall, Texas Rockwall Heath HS 22 Ivan Garcia RHP R/R Jr./TR Heath, Texas Rockwall Heath HS Grayson County College 23 Jarrod Huber C R/R So./1L Edgewood, Texas Edgewood HS 24 Erik Nouis LHP L/L Sr./1L Houston, Texas Bishop Gorman HS San Jacinto JC 25 Ryan Thomas RHP R/R Sr./1L Plano, Texas Plano East HS Navarro CC 26 Jarred Greene RHP R/R Sr./3L Pasadena, Texas Magnolia HS 27 Austin Hearn RHP R/R So./1L Crosby, Texas Crosby HS 28 Gavin Gregory OF R/R Sr./1L Bedford, Texas L.D. Bell HS Eastfield JC 32 Aaron Cardona LHP L/L Fr./HS Kingsville, Texas Bishop HS 33 Andrew Cole B R/R Jr./TR Shreveport, La. Bossier Parish CC 34 Chris Hassold LHP L/L Sr./3L Katy, Texas Cinco Ranch HS 35 Trevor Kiminski RHP R/R Jr./TR Brooklyn Park, Minn. Champlin Park HS Indian Hills CC 40 Josh Ponder RHP R/R Fr./HS McKinney, Texas McKinney HS 41 Jackson Gore LHP L/L Fr./HS Kirbyville, Texas Kirbyville HS 42 Tyler Starks LHP L/L So./1L Mesquite, Texas North Mesquite HS 43 Chad Dunlop INF R/R R-So./TR Oklahoma City, Okla. Deer Creek HS Northern Oklahoma College 46 Cash Cleaver OF L/L Fr./HS Jacksonville, Texas Jacksonville HS 50 Clark Kahawaii C R/R Sr./1L Plano, Texas Plano East HS New Mexico JC Head Coach Johnny Cardenas (TCU, 98) Record (.477) Ninth season SFA Record Same Assistant Coach Matt Collins (Louisiana-Monroe, 10) Assistant Coach Mike Haynes (Stephen F. Austin, 11) Vol. Assistant Coach Caleb Clowers (Louisiana-Monroe, 13) Student Assistant Coach Alex Stuart ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY POSITION RHP 10 LHP 7 INFIELDERS 8 OUTFIELDERS 6 CATCHERS 4 BY CLASS SENIORS 15 JUNIORS 10 SOPHOMORES 5 FRESHMEN 6 BY HEIGHT BY STATE LOUISIANA 1 MINNESOTA 2 NEBRASKA 1 OKLAHOMA 2 TEXAS STEPHEN F. AUSTIN BASEBALL ROSTER PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 3 Eric DeJESUS (duh-hay-seuss) 9 Tony GRABOWSKE (gruh-bow (like the bow of a ship) -skee) 10 Zac MICHENER (MISH-nurr) 12 Patrick LEDET (luh-day) 13 Alex HRINEVICH (RINN-uh-vich) 21 Clayton RASBEARY (RAZZ-berry) 22 IVAN (EYE-vinn) Garcia 23 Jarrod HUBER (HUGH-burr) 24 Erik NOUIS (NEW-iss) 50 Clark KAHAWAII (cuh-why-ee) HC Johnny CARDENAS (car-dee-niss)

2 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN BASEBALL SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) TV Friday Feb. 17 Southeast Missouri State Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday Feb. 18 UT-Arlington Jaycees Field 11:00 a.m. -- Sunday Feb. 19 Southeast Missouri State Jaycees Field 11:00 a.m. -- Sunday Feb. 19 UT-Arlington Jaycees Field 2:30 p.m. -- Tuesday Feb. 21 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 6:30 p.m. -- Friday Feb. 24 at UTSA San Antonio, Texas 6:00 p.m. -- Saturday Feb. 25 at UTSA San Antonio, Texas 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday Feb. 26 at UTSA San Antonio, Texas 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday Feb. 28 Texas Southern Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Wednesday March 1 Texas Southern Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Friday March 3 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. 2:00 p.m. -- Saturday March 4 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. Noon -- Saturday March 4 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. 3:00 p.m. -- Sunday March 5 at Washington State Pullman, Wash. 11:00 a.m. -- Tuesday March 7 Grambling State Jaycees Field 6:00 p.m. -- Friday March 10 Little Rock Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday March 11 Little Rock Jaycees Field 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday March 12 Little Rock Jaycees Field 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday March 14 at Houston Baptist Houston, Texas 3:00 p.m. -- Friday March 17 at McNeese* Lake Charles, La. 6:00 p.m. -- Saturday March 18 at McNeese* Lake Charles, La. 3:00 p.m. -- Sunday March 19 at McNeese* Lake Charles, La. 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday March 21 Louisiana Tech Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Wednesday March 22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Friday March 24 Abilene Christian* Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday March 25 Abilene Christian* Jaycees Field 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday March 26 Abilene Christian* Jaycees Field 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday March 28 Mississippi Valley State Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Friday March 31 at Incarnate Word* San Antonio, Texas 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday April 1 at Incarnate Word* San Antonio, Texas 3:00 p.m. -- Sunday April 2 at Incarnate Word* San Antonio, Texas 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday April 5 at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. 6:00 p.m. -- Friday April 7 Northwestern State* Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday April 8 Northwestern State* Jaycees Field 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday April 9 Northwestern State* Jaycees Field 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday April 11 at Little Rock Little Rock, Ark. 6:00 p.m. -- Friday April 13 Sam Houston State* Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday April 14 Sam Houston State* Jaycees Field 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday April 15 Sam Houston State* Jaycees Field 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday April 18 at Baylor Waco, Texas 6:35 p.m. -- Friday April 21 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, Texas 6:00 p.m. -- Saturday April 22 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, Texas 4:00 p.m. -- Sunday April 23 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi* Corpus Christi, Texas 1:00 p.m. -- Tuesday April 25 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas 6:30 p.m. -- Friday April 28 Southeastern Louisiana* Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday April 29 Southeastern Louisiana* Jaycees Field 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday April 30 Southeastern Louisiana* Jaycees Field 1:00 p.m. -- Friday May 5 at Nicholls* Thibodeaux, La. 6:00 p.m. -- Saturday May 6 at Nicholls* Thibodeaux, La. 6:00 p.m. -- Sunday May 7 at Nicholls* Thibodeaux, La. 1:00 p.m. -- Friday May 12 at Lamar* Beaumont, Texas 6:00 p.m. -- Saturday May 13 at Lamar* Beaumont, Texas 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday May 14 at Lamar* Beaumont, Texas 1:00 p.m. -- Friday May 18 Houston Baptist* Jaycees Field 6:30 p.m. -- Saturday May 19 Houston Baptist* Jaycees Field 2:00 p.m. -- Sunday May 20 Houston Baptist* Jaycees Field 1:00 p.m. -- Wednesday-Saturday May Southland Conference Tournament Sugar Land, Texas TBD -- * Southland Conference game Home games in bold and played at Jaycees Field in Nacogdoches, Texas All dates and start times are CT and subject to change 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS BASEBALL WEAREONE #AxeEm

3 TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS PLAYER POS. 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% Fikes, Conner OF Kendrick, Tyler SS Michener, Zac OF Ramos, Nick 2B Kahawaii, Clark C DeJesus, Eric 3B TOP POSITION PLAYERS LOST PLAYER POS. 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% McMullen, Garrett OF Thornell, Kyle 1B/3B Valenzuela, Zach 2B Dickey, Matthew OF Boxwell, Tyler C STARTING PITCHERS RETURNING PLAYER ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA Ledet, Patrick / Nouis, Erik / Greene, Jarred / RELIEF PITCHERS RETURNING PLAYER ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA Campbell, Seth / Starks, Tyler / Hearn, Austin / Hagy, Austin / Ridgely, Cole / Thomas, Ryan / PITCHERS LOST PLAYER ERA W-L APP-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/AVG WP HBP BK SFA SHA Polivka, Eric / Smith, Austin / Soriano, Anthony / Adams, Cody / AWARD WINNERS RETURNING Conner Fikes Senior OF 2016 All-Southland Conference First Team 2016 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team Tyler Kendrick Senior SS 2016 All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention Zac Michener Senior OF 2016 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year 2016 All-Southland Conference Third Team Nick Ramos Senior 2B 2016 All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention 2016 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team Tyler Starks Sophomore LHP 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American 2016 AWARD WINNERS LOST Garrett McMullen Senior OF 2016 All-Southland Conference First Team Kyle Thornell Senior 3B/1B 2016 All-Southland Conference First Team 2016 NABC/Rawlings All-Region Second Team #AxeEm WEAREONE 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS BASEBALL

4 CARDENAS YEAR-BY-YEAR YEAR RECORD CONFERENCE RECORD FINISH POSTSEASON STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (Assistant Coach) Southland 11th n/a Southland 4th (west) Southland Tourney Southland 6th (west) n/a STEPHEN F. AUSTIN (Head Coach) Southland 8th Southland Tourney Southland 4th Southland Tourney Southland 2nd Southland Tourney Southland T6th Southland Tourney Southland T5th Southland Tourney Southland 12th n/a Southland 10th n/a Southland 8th Southland Tourney HEAD COACHING RECORD Southland TOTAL Eight Seasons Six Southland Conference Tournament appearances THE CARDENAS FILE HOMETOWN: Amarillo, Texas EDUCATION: TCU, 98 WIFE: Natalie CHILDREN: Zoe, Easton, Cruz JOHNNYCARDENAS HEAD COACH NINTH SEASON TCU, 98 RECORD: (.477) The academic year signals the start of the ninth season for the Johnny Cardenas era of Stephen F. Austin baseball. In his 12th season overall in Nacogdoches, Cardenas has directly overseen three of the program s five seasons of 30 or more wins and stands as the program s all-time winningest coach with a mark of Following finishes of in 2014 and in 2015, Cardenas and his staff led the Lumberjacks to a 13-win improvement through the course of a memorable 2016 campaign that saw the squad post a overall mark. During SFA s first 30-win season since 2011, the Jacks cobbled together a Southland Conference record of to lock up the eighth and final seed in the Southland Conference Tournament. In the postseason mix for the first time since 2013, the Jacks dropped their first game in the SLC Tournament before catching fire and reeling off three straight victories to stave off elimination. Along the way, SFA ended the seasons of Lamar and Central Arkansas before falling to 2016 SLC regular season champion and eventual SLC Tournament champion Sam Houston State. Cardenas achieved his latest coaching milestone in 2016, too, when he captured career win number 200 in a 17-3 home triumph over Texas Southern on April 4. A grand total of six of Cardenas student-athletes were on the receiving end of All-Southland Conference honors in 2016, led by a program-record three All-SLC First Team selections in Conner Fikes (outfield), Garrett McMullen (outfield) and Kyle Thornell (third base). Zac Michener (outfield) was recognized as the SLC s Newcomer of the Year and was also placed on the All-SLC Third Team while Nick Ramos (second base) and Tyler Kendrick (shortstop) were given All-SLC Honorable Mention Recognition. Freshman relief pitcher Tyler Starks latched onto the title of Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American - just the second SFA player ever to gain that award - and Thornell was selected as an ABCA/Rawlings NCAA DI South Central All-Region Second Team member. The 2013 season was highlighted by shortstop Hunter Dozier, who was taken eighth overall in the MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals. In advancing to the professional ranks, Dozier became the first Jack to be selected in the first round and the highest selection of any Southland Conference player. Dozier also garnered Southland Conference Player and Hitter of the Year, as well as being named to six different All-America teams. As head coach, Dozier was Cardenas fifth player in as many years, to be chosen in the MLB Draft. Dozier left Nacogdoches as the school s all-time leader in hits and doubles. In addition to the All-America honors, Dozier became the first SFA player in program history to be named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. He was also a national finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award (nation s top shortstop), and a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Award (top player) The 2012 season saw the Jacks finish sixth in the SLC regular-season and reach the semifinals of the conference tournament. The Lumberjacks finished on the season and in league play. The season was highlighted by Dozier s record-breaking offensive output, becoming the first shortstop in program history to garner first-team all-conference honors. In 2011 Cardenas lead the Lumberjacks to their best season in the history of the program, winning a school-record 37 games, including a mark in Southland Conference play. The season was highlighted by outfielder Bryson Myles, who was selected in the sixth round of the MLB Draft by the Cleveland Indians after being named the SLC Player, Hitter and Newcomer of the Year, in addition to being named to six different All-America teams. Myles became the first player in league history to sweep player, hitter and newcomer of the year. In his second season at the helm, Cardenas led the team to a 34-win campaign, including a record in Southland Conference play. The quick turnaround was enough to earn Cardenas the honor of Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 2010, the first time a SFA coach has ever earned a postseason honor. He was hired in August 2005 and served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator before being named head coach in July of He led the Jacks to the program s second appearance in the SLC Conference Tournament, going overall and producing three all-conference players: Erich Lehmann, Sean Meyers and Richard Folmer. He has also served as a head coach in the Texas Collegiate League in both 2006 and 2007, earning TCL Coach of the Year honors in 2007 after leading the Wichita Falls Roughnecks to the Rogers Hornsby Division title. That season he not only tutored the league s player of the year, but also the league s overall batting champion. Before entering the collegiate ranks, Cardenas spent five seasons as a head coach in the high school ranks in both Texas and Oklahoma. He landed his first head coaching stint at Colbert High School in Colbert, Okla., where he guided his teams to district championships in each of his three seasons. Twice in that stint he led Colbert to the Class 2A semi-finals in 1999 and Overall, eight of his players would go on to play at the collegiate level. Cardenas earned his share of accolades while in Oklahoma, garnering the 2002 SEOBCA Eastern Region Coach of the Year award as well as the 2003 Bryan County Coach of the Year honor. The Amarillo, Texas, native returned to the Lone Star State in 2003 to take the reins of the Greenville High School program in Greenville, Texas, before eventually making his way to Nacogdoches. While in Greenville, another six players moved on to the college ranks under his watch, including SFA infielder Gabriel Garcia-Serrano. Cardenas was an All-Jayhawk Conference performer for Seward County Community College in 1989 before moving to TCU where he was an All-Southwest Conference selection. While in Fort Worth, he earned team MVP and GTE Academic All-American honors in 1993 for the Horned Frogs. On top of that, in 1993 he was also named the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame Player of the Year. Cardenas also enjoyed a career in professional baseball after being picked up by the Seattle Mariners out of TCU. He was then sent to Class A Bellingham where he played on a team that featured future major league stars Raul Ibanez and Jason Varitek, among others. His professional career continued for six years at a number of stops throughout the Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners organizations before breaking into the major leagues with the Texas Rangers in During his time in the pros, Cardenas led the Oklahoma City 89ers to the AAA American Association title and the Duluth Superior Dukes to the independent Northern League Championship. He would also represent Duluth in the all-star game in The Jacks have had 17 players taken in the professional baseball draft since 2006, which is the second most of any school in the Southland Conference in that time span. Cardenas had seven go on to play professionally, including a pair of draftees in 2011, Bryson Myles and Chase Weir, as well as Hunter Dozier (8th overall) taken in last year s draft. Cardenas resides in Nacogdoches with his wife, Natalie. He has three children, two sons, Easton, Cruz, and a daughter, Zoe STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS BASEBALL WEAREONE #AxeEm

5 2016 STATISTICS #AxeEm WEAREONE 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS BASEBALL

6 2016 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE STATISTICS 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS BASEBALL WEAREONE #AxeEm

7 2016 RESULTS #AxeEm WEAREONE 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS BASEBALL

8 2016 SUMMARY 2017 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS BASEBALL WEAREONE #AxeEm