Saint Mary's College
2017 BASEBALL
Contact: Mark Rivera | [email protected] | O: (925) 631-4950 | C: (415) 914-5509
2016 WCC Champions
2016 NCAA Raleigh Regional
Zach Kirtley
2017 Preseason All-American
2016 All-WCC First Team
Eric Valenzuela
2016 WCC Coach of the Year
4th Season with Saint Mary's
Johnny York
2017 Preseason All-WCC
2016 All-WCC Second Team
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2017 Saint Mary’s College Baseball
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2017 Saint Mary’s College Baseball Quick Facts
2016 Season Review
Saint Mary’s College
Founded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1863
Enrollment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000 (2,873 undergrad)
Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moraga, Calif. 94556
Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1928 Saint Mary’s Road
2016 Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-25
2016 WCC Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-9
2016 WCC Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t-1st
2016 Postseason . . . . . . 3-0 (WCC Tournament Champions)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 (NCAA Raleigh Regional)
Affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division I
Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Coast
Nickname. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gaels
Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navy, Red, and Silver
Home Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louis Guisto Field
Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000
2017 Team Preview
President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Donahue
Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Orr
Athletics Department Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . (925) 631-4399
Ticket Office Phone Nunber . . . . . . . (925) 631-GoTX (4689)
Key Returners
Baseball Staff
Head Coach (Year). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Valenzuela (4th)
Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pepperdine, 2001
Record at SMC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77-91 overall, 36-45 WCC
All-Time Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Same
Asst. Coach. . . Matt Fonteno, 4th Year (York College (Neb.), ’02)
Asst. Coach. . Daniel Costanza, 4th Year (York College (Neb.), ’11)
Vol. Asst.. . . . . . . . Ross Gusky, 1st Year (Valdosta State, '11)
Baseball Trainer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Silva
Athletics Communications
Assistant Director of Communications. . . . . . . . Mark Rivera
E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]
Office Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (925) 631-4950
Cell Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (415) 914-5509
Mailing Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PMB 5100
Moraga, CA 94575
Athletics Website. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.SMCGaels.com
Twitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @SMCGaels
Facebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.facebook.com/SMCGaels
Instagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @SMCGaels
Snapchat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SMC_Gaels
Baseball History
Modern Record . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088-1424-17 (1968-present)
All-Time WCC Win-Loss Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538-755-2
Best Record All-Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-13 (1977)
Last All-American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corbin Burnes (2016)
WCC Regular Season Titles (Last). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (2016)
NCAA Appearances (Last) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 (2016)
CWS Appearances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Best WCC Finish (Last). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t-1st (2016)
2
Lettermen Returning/Lost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19/12
Position Starters Returning / Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5/3
Pitchers Returning (Starters) / Lost (Starters) . . . . 9 (2)/6 (1)
Newcomers (incl. redshirt freshmen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Roster Breakdown (Fr./So./Jr./Sr.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14/8/7/5
Position Players
2B Zach Kirtley, Jr.
. . . . . . .323, 20 2B, 7 HR, 49 R, 43 RBIs, .504 SLG %, 35 BB
. . 2017 Preseason All-American (Perfect Game, D1Baseball)
. . . . . . . . . 2016 All-WCC 1st Team, WCC Tournament MVP
OF Joey Fiske, Jr.
. . . . . . . . . .310, 6 2B, 3B, 31 R, 25 RBIs, 17 SB, .993 Fld. %
C Jackson Thoreson, Jr.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .258, 5 2B, 3 HR, 24 RBIs, .983 Fielding %
Pitchers
RHP Cameron Neff, Sr.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3, 3.81 ERA, 82.2 IP, 79 K, 25 BB, 1 SV
LHP Johnny York, Sr.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5, 3.25 ERA, 102.1 IP, 57 SO, 21 BB, 2 CG
. . 2017 All-WCC Preseason Team, 2016 All-WCC 2nd Team
Key Losses
RHP Corbin Burnes (Drafted, 4th Rd, Milwaukee)
. . . 9-2, 2.48 ERA, 101.2 IP, 3 CG (2 SHO), 120 K, .212 BAA
. . . 2016 All-American (Louisville Slugger, Baseball America)
. . . . . 2016 All-WCC 1st Team, 2016 ABCA All-West Region
C Nate Nolan (Drafted, 8th Rd, Chicago White Sox)
. . . . . . . . .261, 17 2B, 9 HR, 36 RBIs, .989 Fielding %, 23 CS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 WCC All-Tournament
OF/RHP Anthony Gonsolin (Graduated/Drafted, 9th Rd, LAD)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .307, 9 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR, 41 R, 26 RBIs, 30 BB
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3, 3.86 ERA, 18 App, 42 IP, 6 SV, 39 Ks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2016 All-WCC 1st Team
3B Anthony Villa (Graduated/Drafted, 19th Rd, CWS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292, 18 2B, 7 HR, 36 R, 40 RBIs, 32 BB
. . . . . 2016 All-WCC 2nd Team, 2016 WCC All-Tournament
. . . 2015 All-WCC 1st Team, 2013 All-WCC Freshman Team
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2017 Saint Mary’s College Baseball Quick Facts
Returners vs. Newcomers
Returners (22)
Vince Braman
Jonathan Buckley
Austin Chauvin
Joey Fiske
Matt Green
Edward Haus
Zach Kirtley
Conner Loeprich
Tyler Lonestar
Ty Madrigal
Cameron Neff
Austin Piscotty
Brett Rasso
Bryce Reichmann
Logan Steinberg
Drew Strotman
Conor Thane
Jackson Thoreson
Jake Valdez
Paul Versteeg
Johnny York
Charles Zaloumis
RHP
RHP
INF
OF
OF
OF
INF
RHP
RHP
LHP
RHP
INF
INF
LHP
INF
RHP
INF
C
RHP
LHP
LHP
INF/OF
Sr.
So.
RSo.
Jr.
RFr.
RSo.
Jr.
So.
So.
So.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
So.
Jr.
RSr.
RFr.
Sr.
So.
Freshmen (12)
Colin Brophy
Andrew Hansen
Taylor Meilleur
Kevin Milam
Ryan Novis
Patrick O’Shea
Philip Quartararo
Andrew Shebloski
Nick Sparks
Jacob Talamante
Joe Vranesh
Ken Waldichuk
OF
RHP
C
RHP/INF
OF
LHP
INF
OF
LHP
OF
OF
LHP
Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Roseville, Calif.
Honolulu
Brentwood, Calif.
Temple, Ariz.
Concord, Calif.
Bell Canyon, Calif.
San Diego
Concord, Calif.
Phoenix
Concord, Calif.
San Diego
Returning Offensive Stats
Statistic
Returning
AB At Bats
1,148
R Runs
171
H Hits
309
2B Doubles
61
3B Triples
2
HR Homeruns 12
RBI Runs Batted In
155
BB Walks
123
SO Strikeouts 216
SF Sac Flies
11
SH Sac Hits
28
SB Stolen Bases
36
• Saint Mary's won its first-ever West Coast Conference regular season title and WCC Tournament championship in 2016, going 33-25 (most wins since 1977).
• SMC made its first-ever appearance in the NCAA
Tournament in 2016 as WCC Tourney champs, facing
Coastal Carolina and Navy in the Raleigh Regional.
• Head coach Eric Valenzuela was named 2016 WCC
Coach of the Year after winning 8 of 9 WCC series.
• The Gaels had 4 players drafted in the 2016 MLB
Draft, including All-American Corbin Burnes (4th Rd.).
• SMC returns preseason All-American Zach Kirtley
and 18 other letterwinners from last year's WCC
champion team, and added 12 freshmen.
Total
Pct.
1,967
58.4
30755.7
52958.4
110
55.5
728.6
3831.6
276
56.2
24749.8
44948.1
21
52.4
37
75.7
42
85.7
Returning Pitching Stats
Statistic
Returning
APP Apperances 118
GS Games Started
36
W Wins
19
SV Saves
3
IP Innings Pitced
322 1/3
H Hits
315
ER Earned Runs
137
BB Walks
120
SO Strikeouts 240
Headlines
Total
Pct.
19959.3
58
62.1
3357.6
1127.3
521
61.9
50162.9
209
65.6
18166.3
43355.4
2017 Opponents
Opponent
Conference 2016 Series* Last Met At SMC At Opp.
BYU
WCC 37-17
5-4
4/16/16
4-3
1-1
California
Pac-12
32-21
–
N/A
–
–
Cal State Fullerton Big West
36-23
1-2
3/16/14
0-0
1-2
CSUN
Big West
33-22
2-2
3/1/15
2-2
0-0
Gonzaga
WCC
36-21
5-6
5/28/16
3-3
0-3
Grand Canyon
WAC
25-28-1 0-1
2/28/16
0-0
0-1
Loyola Marymount WCC
26-27
3-6
5/8/16
1-2
2-4
Nebraska Omaha
Summit League
28-28
–
N/A
–
–
Nevada
Mountain West
37-24
3-3
4/5/16
2-0
1-3
Oregon State
Pac-12
35-19
–
N/A
–
–
Pacific
WCC
22-30
4-5
4/10/16
2-1
2-4
Pepperdine
WCC
29-24
3-7
5/26/16
1-5
1-2
Portland
WCC
17-37
9-1
5/22/16
3-1
6-0
San Diego
WCC
27-29
3-6
3/20/16
1-2
2-4
San Francisco
WCC
22-34
4-5
5/1/16
3-3
1-2
San Jose State
Mountaint West 17-39
2-3
5/10/16
1-2
1-1
Santa Clara
WCC
23-29
4-5
4/3/16
1-2
3-3
UC Davis
Big West
17-36
3-3
4/19/16
3-0
0-3
UC Santa Barbara
Big West
43-20
1-1
4/26/16
0-1
1-0
UNLV
Mountain West
24-32
–
N/A
–
–
Vanderbilt
SEC
43-19
–
N/A
–
–
Washington
Pac-12
33-23
1-3
4/24/16
0-0
1-3
* During Head Coach Eric Valenzuela's tenure (since 2014)
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Date
Sun. Jan. 29
Fri.
Feb. 17
Sat.
Feb. 18
Sun. Feb .19
Thurs. Feb. 23
Fri.
Feb. 24
Sat. Feb. 25
Sun. Feb. 26
Tues. Feb. 28
Fri.
March 3
Sat. March 4
Sat. March 5
Mon. March 6
Tues. March 7
Fri.
March 10
Sat.
March 11
Sun. March 12
Tues. March 14
Fri.
March 17
Sat.
March 18
Sun. March 19
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March 24
Sat. March 25
Sun. March 26
Tues. March 28
Thurs. March 30
Fri.
March 31
Sat.
April 1
Wed. April 5
Fri.
April 7
Sat.
April 8
Sun. April 9
Tues. April 11
Thurs. April 13
Fri.
April 14
Sat. April 15
Tues. April 18
Fri.
April 21
Sat. April 22
Sun. April 23
Tues. April 25
Fri.
April 28
Sat.
April 29
Sun. April 30
Tues. May 2
Fri.
May 5
Sat. May 6
Sun. May 7
Tues. May 9
Fri.
May 12
Sat.
May 13
Sun. May 14
Mon. May 15
Fri.
May 19
Sat. May 20
Sun. May 21
Bold - Home games
Italics - Neutral site
* West Coast Conference games
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2017 Location
Schedule
Opponent
Alumni Game #
UC Davis
UNLV
Nebraska Omaha
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
UC Santa Barbara
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon
UNLV
Nevada
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
UC Davis
CSUN
CSUN
CSUN
Portland *
Portland *
Portland *
Oregon State
BYU *
BYU *
BYU *
Nevada
San Francisco *
San Francisco *
San Francisco *
California
Loyola Marymount *
Loyola Marymount *
Loyola Marymount *
San Jose State
Pacific *
Pacific *
Pacific *
San Jose State
Gonzaga *
Gonzaga *
Gonzaga *
UC Davis
San Diego *
San Diego *
San Diego *
UC Santa Barbara
Pepperdine *
Pepperdine *
Pepperdine *
Cal State Fullerton
Santa Clara *
Santa Clara *
Santa Clara *
Moraga, Calif.
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Nashville, Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn.
Davis, Calif.
Northridge, Calif.
Northridge, Calif.
Northridge, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Reno, Nev.
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
San Jose, Calif.
Spokane, Wash.
Spokane, Wash.
Spokane, Wash.
Davis, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Malibu, Calif.
Malibu, Calif.
Malibu, Calif.
Fullerton, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Moraga, Calif.
Time (PT)
Noon
2:05 p.m.
6:05 p.m.
11:05 a.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
2 p.m.
Noon
11 a.m.
2:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
2 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
5 p.m.
5 p.m.
11 a.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
7 p.m.
6 p.m.
3 p.m.
Noon
2:30 p.m.
3 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
3 p.m.
3 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
6 p.m.
3 p.m.
1 p.m.
1 p.m.
Broadcast/Result
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2017 Saint Mary’s Gaels
No. Name
Pos.
B/T Ht. Wt. Yr.
Hometown/Previous School
1 Brett Rasso
OF
R/R 5-8 165 Jr.
San Francisco/Sacred Heart Cathedral
3
Charles Zaloumis
UTIL
S/R
5-8 165 So.
Danville, Calif./Monte Vista
5 Logan Steinberg
INF
R/R 6-4 181 Jr.
San Francisco/St. Ignatius
6 Conor Thane
INF
R/R 6-0 180 So.
San Carlos, Calif./St. Francis 8 Austin Piscotty
INF
R/R 6-2 185 Jr.
Pleasanton, Calif./Amador Valley
9 Kevin Milam
RHP/INF R/R 6-1 190 Fr.
Brentwood, Calif./Heritage
11 Cameron Neff
RHP
R/R 6-3 205 Sr.
Salinas, Calif./Palma
12 Nick Sparks
LHP
L/L
6-3 170 Fr.
Concord, Calif./De La Salle
13 Conner Loeprich
RHP
R/R 6-3 185 So.
Clovis, Calif./Buchanan
14 Bryce Reichmann
LHP
L/L
6-1 185 Sr.
Roseville, Calif./Sierra College
16 Tyler Lonestar
RHP
R/R 6-1 180 So.
Danville, Calif./De La Salle
17 Johnny York
LHP
L/L
6-0 175 Sr.
Walnut Creek, Calif./Diablo Valley College
18 Zach Kirtley
INF
R/R 6-1 190 Jr.
Highland, Calif./Redlands East Valley
19 Jonathan Buckley
RHP
R/R 6-4 200 So.
Chino, Calif./Ayala
20 Ryan Novis
OF
R/R 6-1 180 Fr.
Temple, Ariz./Corona Del Sol
22 Vince Braman
RHP
R/R 6-4 200 Sr.
Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta
23 Joey Fiske
OF
R/R 5-10 165 Jr.
Poway, Calif./Poway
24 Jackson Thoreson
C
L/R
6-0 205 Jr.
San Jose, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep
25 Austin Chauvin
INF
R/R 6-0 190 R-So.
San Ramon, Calif./California HS
26 Ty Madrigal
LHP
L/L
5-10 175 So.
Elk Grove, Calif./Elk Grove
27 Jake Valdez
RHP
R/R 6-4 215 R-Sr.
San Diego/Westview
28 Edward Haus
OF
R/R 5-10 170 R-So.
Rancho Palos Verdes. Calif./Peninsula
30 Andrew Shebloski
OF
R/R 5-11 180 Fr.
San Diego/Madison
32 Jacob Talamante
OF
L/L
5-10 150 Fr.
Phoenix/Brophy College Preparatory
33 Matt Green
OF
R/R 6-0 187 R-Fr.
Long Beach, Calif./St. John Bosco
35 Ken Waldichuk
LHP
L/L
6-4 230 Fr.
San Diego/University City
36 Taylor Meilleur
C
L/R
5-9 170 Fr.
Honolulu/St. Louis
37 Drew Strotman
RHP
R/R 6-3 175 Jr.
Sunnyvale, Calif./Homestead
39 Paul Versteeg
LHP
L/L
6-0 160 R-Fr.
Cerritos, Calif./Gahr
40 Patrick O’Shea
LHP
L/L
6-4 170 Fr.
Concord, Calif./Concord
41 Colin Brophy
OF
L/R
6-0 180 Fr.
Sherman Oaks, Calif./Notre Dame
42 Joe Vranesh
OF
R/R 6-1 195 Fr.
Concord, Calif./De La Salle
43 Andrew Hansen
RHP
R/R 5-11 165 Fr.
Roseville, Calif./Roseville
44 Philip Quartararo
INF
R/R 6-1 220 Fr.
Bell Canyon, Calif./Oaks Christian
Head coach: Eric Valenzuela, 4th season (Pepperdine, ’01)
Assistant coaches: Matt Fonteno, 4th season (York College (Neb.), ’02) — Fawn-TEEN-oh
Daniel Costanza, 4th season (York College (Neb.), ’11)
Volunteer Assistant: Ross Gusky, 1st season (Valdosta State, ’11) — GUS-Key
Vince BRAMAN
Austin CHAUVIN
Edward HAUS
Ty MADRIGAL
Ryan NOVIS
Brett RASSO
Andrew SHEBLOSKI
Paul VERSTEEEG
Ken WALDICHUK
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Player Pronunciation Guide
BRAY-men
CHAW-vin
House
Mad-druh-GALL
KNOW-vis
RAW-so
Sh-uh-bl-OW-ski
Vur-STEEG
WALL-DEH-CHUCK
Colin BROPHY
Joey FISKE
Connor LOEPRICH
Taylor MEILLEUR
Phillip QUARTARARO
Bryce REICHMANN
Jacob TALAMANTE
Joe VRANESH
Charles ZALOUMIS
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BRO-fee
Fisk (like “Risk”)
Low-Pritch
Mee-YAIR
Kuart-Uh-RAWR-oh
RIKE-mun
TAL-uh-MON-tay
VRAN-ish
zuh-LOO-miss
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Eric Valenzuela
Valenzuela will enter his fourth season as the Gaels'
skipper in 2017. He is the 12th head coach of the program after being announced on July 31, 2013.
Under Valenzuela's Watch...
• 2016 WCC Coach of the Year
• 7 Players taken in the MLB Draft (5 in top-20 rounds)
• 13 Players named All-WCC (5 on First Team)
• 2 All-Americans (Zach Kirtley [Frosh], Corbin Burnes
[2nd/3rd Team])
Valenzuela led the Gaels to their first-ever West Coast
Conference regular season title in 2016 and followed to their first MWC Tournament title since 2000 and
it up with the program’s first-ever WCC Tournament their first NCAA Tournament appearance in four years.
championship and the first trip to an NCAA Regional.
Before joining Gwynn at San Diego State, Valenzuela
He was named the 2016 WCC Coach of the Year after
spent six seasons across town as pitching coach and
leading the Gaels to series victo- recruiting coordinator at the University of San Diego.
ries in eight of nine WCC series, During his tenure, he helped the Toreros reach the
as well as wins over five even- NCAA Tournament three times, win two WCC titles and
tual NCAA Tournament teams. earn a program-best 44 wins in 2008.
Saint Mary’s had an All-American
(Corbin Burnes) and six all-WCC A native of Covina, Calif., Valenzuela was an All-Amerplayers in 2016, including three ican performer at Bishop Amat High School. He would
first teamers. Four players were begin his collegiate career at Arizona State, and was a
drafted in the 2016 MLB Draft, member of the Sun Devils' 1998 team that reached the
matching the most in program history. It was the first College World Series. He eventually transferred to Peptime four SMC players went in the top-20 rounds, with perdine, and in 2001 served as a team captain as the
three going in the top-10 for the first time since 2012. Waves went 42-18 and won the WCC title.
It was a remarkable turnaround engineered by Valenzu- Valenzuela comes from an athletic family, as his father,
ela in just three years after arriving on campus in 2013. Victor, was an assistant boxing coach for the United
After a 16-39 first season in 2014, Valenzuela lifted the States in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He continGaels to their first back-to-back .500-or-better seasons ues to train boxers at the Duarte Boxing Club in Duin seven years with a 28-27 record in 2015 and a 33-25 arte, Calif. Valenzuela's sister, Nichole, was also an
mark in 2016 In his three years with the program he accomplished softball player at San Diego from 2005has coached two All-Americans (Burnes, Zach Kirtley), 08. Valenzuela and his wife Betty have three children,
13 all-WCC selections (five first-team) and seven MLB daughter Catalina Esmie and twin sons Benjamin Evan
and Noah Matthew.
Draft picks (five selected in top-20 rounds).
Valenzuela returned to Moraga for his first head coaching job in the same place that his coaching career
started. He served two seasons as an assistant at Saint
Mary's from 2002-03, and filled a variety of roles for
head coach John Baptista.
For the four seasons before becoming SMC's head
coach, Valenzuela served as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for head coach Tony Gwynn at San Diego State. As an Aztec, Valenzuela has compiled two
recruiting classes (2010 and 2011) ranked in the Top 25
nationally by Baseball America. In 2013, his San Diego
State pitching staff led the Mountain West Conference
in numerous statistical categories, helping the Aztecs
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#18 Zach
Kirtley
INF
R/R, 6-1, 190, Jr.
Highland, Calif.
Kirtley "Kwick Facts"
• 2017 Preseason All-American (Perfect Game, D1Baseball)
• Played in prestigious Cape Cod League, Summer 2016
• 2016 WCC Tournament MVP
• 2016 ABCA West Region 2nd Team
• 2016 All-WCC 1st Team
• 2015 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
• 2015 WCC All-Freshmen Team
Newcomer of the Year by the Saint Mary’s athletic
department ... Mainstay at second base hit .346
with 72 hits, 35 runs, 29 RBI, 12 doubles, one home
run and 25 walks in 54 games ... Led the team in
hits, tied for the team lead in at-bats (208) with Collin Ferguson and also finished second on the club
in runs and third in RBI ... .429 on-base percentage
was also good for second on the team ... Had 17
multi-hit games and led the team with 11 threehit games ... Started 49 games at second base and
five at shortstop ... Announced his presence right
away by hitting safely in 16 of his first 17 games ...
Ranked fourth in the WCC in on-base percentage,
seventh in batting average and eighth in hits ... Led
the WCC in sacrifice bunts with 14 ... Compiled a
.958 fielding percentage with just 11 errors to 148
assists and 102 putouts.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2016): Named American Baseball
Coaches Association West Region 2nd Team ... Placed
on All-West Coast Conference 1st Team ... Earned WCC
Tournament MVP honors after hitting .588 (10 for 17)
with six RBIs, four runs and three doubles in three
games ... Hit a game-winning RBI single in the bottom
of the 11th versus Pepperdine to give the Gaels an 8-7
win in the first game of the WCC Tournament ... Started in 57 of the Gaels 58 games in the infield at second
base ... Led the Gaels with .428 on-base percentage,
.504 slugging percentage, 43 RBI’s, 20 doubles and 35
walks ... Opened the season on Feb. 19 against Seattle
University with five RBIs ... Tied for second on the team
with seven homeruns.
AS A FRESHMAN (2015): Was named Louisville Slugger
Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and earned a spot on the WCC All-Freshman team
for his debut campaign in Moraga ... Named Male
CAREER STATISTICS
Year AvgGPGSAB R H 2B3BHRRBITB SLG%BBHBPSOGDPOB% SFSHSB-ATTPO A EFLD%
2015.3465454 20835 72 120 1 29 87.418 25 6 31 1.429 1 14 3-7 10214811.958
2016.3235757 22649 73 200 7 43 114.504 35 7 35 3.428 1 0 4-6 111191 7.977
TOTAL.33411111143484145320 8 72 201 .463 60 13 66 4 .428 2 14 7-13 21333918 .968
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2016 Statistics
Record: 33-25 Home: 13-9 Away: 14-12 Neutral: 6-4 WCC: 18-9
(All players Sorted by Batting avg.)
Player
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%
18 KIRTLEY, Zach.323 57-57 226 49 73 20 0 7 43 114.504 35 7 35 3.428 1 0 4 6 111 191 7.977
23 FISKE, Joey.310 58-58 239 31 74 6 1 0 25 82.343 24 2 26 5.373 3 3 17 21 147 4 1.993
15 GONSOLIN, Anthony.307
57-57212416593726101.47630 5500.4003403 88133.971
7 VILLA, Anthony.292 58-58 219 36 64 18 0 7 40 103.470 32 10 53 5.402 3 1 2 8 34 82 13.899
10 HAUS, Edward.265 55-48 185 28 49 13 0 2 26 68.368 8
2 26 6.298 3 3 4 4 69 5 2.974
28 NOLAN, Nate.261 58-58 222 37 58 17 1 9 36 104.468 29 6 86 2.360 1 2 1 1 389 61 5.989
24 THORESON, Jackson.258 44-35 128 10 33 5 0 3 24 47.367 9
2 29 4.314 1 4 1 2 282 14 5.983
1 RASSO, Brett
.252 44-31 119 18 30 7 1 0 16 39 .328 16 3 29 2 .350 2 4 7 11 13 0 0 1.000
32 ZALOUMIS, Charles.244 41-17 78 13 19 5 0 0 7 24.308 10 5 19 2.366 0 2 1 1 25 39 4.941
35 LONESTAR, Austin
.219 28-7 32 3 7 1 1 0 5 10 .313 7 1 6 0 .349 3 0 0 1 14 1 0 1.000
6 McLOUGHLIN, Ian.218 46-29 101 13 22 4 0 3 12 35.347 23 8 19 0.402 0 1 1 2 134 1 1.993
5 STEINBERG, Logan.205 27-11 44
5
9 0 0 0 3
9.205 6
2 14 0.327 0 2 2 2 115 8 1.992
9 TOSCANO, Matt
.188 16-4 16 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 .188 2 3 6 1 .381 0 0 1 2 6 0 0 1.000
12 THANE, Conor.176 50-35 91 11 16 2 0 0 8 18.198 7
3 25 1.255 1 10 0 2 64 97 12.931
25 CHAUVIN, Austin
.167 4-1
6
0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 0 0 1 0 .167 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 1.000
8 PISCOTTY, Austin
.156 26-14 32 6 5 3 0 0 3 8 .250 8 1 12 0 .341 0 0 0 0 36 33 6 .920
13 STRONG, Davis.059 20-2 17
5
1 0 0 0 1
1.059 1
0 13 0.111 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 1.000
17 YORK, Johnny.000 1-0
0
0
0 0 0 0 0
0.000 0
0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0
1 19 0 1.000
Totals.269 58-58 1967 307 529 110 7 38 276 767.390 247 60 449 31.364 21 37 42 68 1563 626 73.968
Opponents.258 58-58 1945 251 501 95 11 26 223 696.358 181 48 433 42.332 23 51 29 55 1559 600 58.974
LOB - Team (466), Opp (434). DPs turned - Team (61), Opp (44). IBB - Team (12), NOLAN 3, GONSOLIN 3, McLOUGHLIN 2, THORESON
2, KIRTLEY 1, VILLA 1, Opp (5). Picked off - GONSOLIN 3, PISCOTTY 2, FISKE 1, LONESTAR, A. 1, TOSCANO 1, THANE 1, HAUS 1, VILLA 1.
(All pitchers Sorted by Earned run avg.)
Player
31 BRAMAN, Vince
16 BURNES, Corbin
22 DELLASERRA, David
17 YORK, Johnny
26 MADRIGAL, Ty
44 SIMMONS, Nathan
14 REICHMANN, Bryce
11 NEFF, Cameron
15 GONSOLIN, Anthony
37 STROTMAN, Drew
21 HOLDGRAFER, Tim
19 BUCKLEY, Jonathan
38 LONESTAR, Tyler
36 LOEPRICH, Conner
30 OXFORD, Billy
Totals
Opponents
ERA W-L
0.00 0-0
2.48 9-2
3.20 2-1
3.25 7-5
3.43 1-1
3.60 0-1
3.77 0-2
3.81 6-3
3.86 3-3
3.96 3-5
4.50 0-1
6.75 1-1
9.00 0-0
9.00 1-0
16.88 0-0
3.58 33-25
4.52 25-33
APP
1
16
24
15
20
9
25
18
18
22
10
11
3
3
4
58
58
GS
0
16
0
15
1
0
4
12
5
3
0
1
0
0
1
58
58
CG SHOCBO SV
0 0 0 0
3 2 0 0
0 0 0 2
2 1 1 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
0 0 1 6
0 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
5 4 1 11
3 2 2 11
IP
0.1
101.2
25.1
102.1
21.0
15.0
45.1
82.2
42.0
52.1
12.0
13.1
3.0
2.0
2.2
521.0
519.2
H
1
76
31
95
25
13
41
75
41
54
13
14
4
6
12
501
529
R
0
35
13
42
12
6
22
39
22
29
7
13
3
2
6
251
307
ER
0
28
9
37
8
6
19
35
18
23
6
10
3
2
5
207
261
BB
0
33
6
21
14
2
15
25
16
31
2
11
1
2
2
181
247
SO
0
120
15
57
10
12
34
79
39
46
6
8
4
2
1
433
449
2B
0
16
5
15
4
5
5
15
7
12
2
5
1
3
0
95
110
3B HR
0 0
1 8
0 0
2 5
0 0
0 0
1 2
3 4
2 1
0 3
1 1
0 1
0 1
0 0
1 0
11 26
7 38
AB B/Avg
2.500
358 .212
100.310
386.246
79.316
56.232
169.243
305.246
159.258
197.274
43.302
51.275
12.333
9.667
19.632
1945.258
1967.269
WPHBP BK SFA SHA
1 0 0 0 0
6 15 1 1 6
0 3 1 0 2
9 7 1 7 9
3 6 1 1 5
3 1 2 0 1
2 4 0 1 7
4 3 0 3 6
8 1 0 2 5
4 4 0 2 6
1 1 0 4 1
2 3 0 1 2
0 0 0 1 0
1 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 1
45 48 6 23 51
46 60 10 21 37
PB - Team (4), NOLAN 4, Opp (8). Pickoffs - Team (4), BURNES 2, NOLAN 1, STROTMAN 1, Opp (11). SBA/ATT - NOLAN (27-50), NEFF
(7-12), BURNES (1-10), REICHMANN (5-8), STROTMAN (5-7), GONSOLIN (3-5), YORK (3-4), THORESON (1-3), DELLASERRA (2-3), SIMMONS (1-2), BUCKLEY (1-2), LOEPRICH (1-1), OXFORD (0-1), McLOUGHLIN (1-1).
** Light-faced players not on 2017 roster
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2016 Saint Mary's (CA) Baseball
Game Results for Saint Mary's (CA) (as of Jan 25, 2017)
(All games)
2016 Results
Date
Feb 19, 2016
Feb 20, 2016
Feb 20, 2016
Feb 21, 2016
Feb 23, 2016
Feb 26, 2016
Feb 27, 2016
Feb 28, 2016
Mar 01, 2016
Mar 04, 2016
Mar 05, 2016
Mar 05, 2016
Mar 06, 2016
Mar 12, 2016
Mar 15, 2016
* Mar 18, 2016
* Mar 19, 2016
* Mar 20, 2016
Mar 22, 2016
* Mar 24, 2016
* Mar 25, 2016
* Mar 26, 2016
* Apr 01, 2016
* Apr 02, 2016
* Apr 03, 2016
Apr 05, 2016
* Apr 08, 2016
* Apr 10, 2016
* Apr 10, 2016
* Apr 14, 2016
* Apr 15, 2016
* Apr 16, 2016
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 22, 2016
Apr 23, 2016
Apr 23, 2016
Apr 24, 2016
Apr 26, 2016
* Apr 29, 2016
* Apr 30, 2016
* May 01, 2016
May 03, 2016
* May 06, 2016
* May 07, 2016
* May 08, 2016
May 10, 2016
* May 13, 2016
* May 14, 2016
* May 15, 2016
* May 20, 2016
* May 20, 2016
* May 22, 2016
May 23, 2016
May 26, 2016
May 27, 2016
May 28, 2016
Jun 03, 2016
Jun 04, 2016
Opponent
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY-1
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY-2
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
at UC Santa Barbara
vs Central Michigan
vs Tennessee
at Grand Canyon
at Stanford
vs CSU Bakersfield
vs Northwestern State
vs CSU Bakersfield
at Arizona
UTAH
NEVADA
at San Diego
at San Diego
at San Diego
FRESNO STATE
GONZAGA
GONZAGA
GONZAGA
at Santa Clara
at Santa Clara
at Santa Clara
at Nevada
at Pacific
at Pacific-1
at Pacific-2
BYU
BYU
BYU
UC DAVIS
at Washington
at Washington-1
at Washington-2
at Washington
UC SANTA BARBARA
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO
at Fresno State
at Loyola Marymount
at Loyola Marymount
at Loyola Marymount
SAN JOSE STATE
PEPPERDINE
PEPPERDINE
PEPPERDINE
at Portland-1
at Portland-2
at Portland
at Oregon
vs Pepperdine
vs Gonzaga
vs Gonzaga
vs #15 Coastal Carolina
vs Navy
Score
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
L
L
W
L
W
L
W
W
W
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
L
W
L
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
L
L
10-5
1-0
5-2
1-4
7-4
15-4
3-6
3-8
1-9
10-7
3-9
10-4
5-11
7-2
6-1
9-0
0-4
9-1
4-6
2-0
6-5
1-7
7-5
1-0
9-13
8-5
14-2
9-4
2-6
5-4
7-4
4-5
7-6
5-3
1-3
1-6
0-3
3-4
5-1
5-6
4-2
2-3
8-3
9-3
3-5
1-4
1-10
1-3
6-4
7-2
7-1
5-2
1-2
8-7
13-4
13-4
2-5
5-8
Inns
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
(10)
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
(11)
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
9
(13)
9
9
9
9
9
(11)
9
9
9
(13)
Overall
1-0-0
2-0-0
3-0-0
3-1-0
4-1-0
5-1-0
5-2-0
5-3-0
5-4-0
6-4-0
6-5-0
7-5-0
7-6-0
8-6-0
9-6-0
10-6-0
10-7-0
11-7-0
11-8-0
12-8-0
13-8-0
13-9-0
14-9-0
15-9-0
15-10-0
16-10-0
17-10-0
18-10-0
18-11-0
19-11-0
20-11-0
20-12-0
21-12-0
22-12-0
22-13-0
22-14-0
22-15-0
22-16-0
23-16-0
23-17-0
24-17-0
24-18-0
25-18-0
26-18-0
26-19-0
26-20-0
26-21-0
26-22-0
27-22-0
28-22-0
29-22-0
30-22-0
30-23-0
31-23-0
32-23-0
33-23-0
33-24-0
33-25-0
WCC
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
0-0-0
1-0-0
1-1-0
2-1-0
2-1-0
3-1-0
4-1-0
4-2-0
5-2-0
6-2-0
6-3-0
6-3-0
7-3-0
8-3-0
8-4-0
9-4-0
10-4-0
10-5-0
10-5-0
10-5-0
10-5-0
10-5-0
10-5-0
10-5-0
11-5-0
11-6-0
12-6-0
12-6-0
13-6-0
14-6-0
14-7-0
14-7-0
14-8-0
14-9-0
15-9-0
16-9-0
17-9-0
18-9-0
18-9-0
18-9-0
18-9-0
18-9-0
18-9-0
18-9-0
Pitcher of record
MADRIGAL (W 1-0)
YORK (W 1-0)
BUCKLEY (W 1-0)
STROTMAN (L 0-1)
LOEPRICH (W 1-0)
BURNES (W 1-0)
YORK (L 1-1)
DELLASERRA (L 0-1)
STROTMAN (L 0-2)
DELLASERRA (W 1-1)
NEFF (L 0-1)
YORK (W 2-1)
BUCKLEY (L 1-1)
BURNES (W 2-0)
STROTMAN (W 1-2)
BURNES (W 3-0)
YORK (L 2-2)
NEFF (W 1-1)
STROTMAN (L 1-3)
BURNES (W 4-0)
GONSOLIN (W 1-0)
NEFF (L 1-2)
GONSOLIN (W 2-0)
YORK (W 3-2)
MADRIGAL (L 1-1)
STROTMAN (W 2-3)
BURNES (W 5-0)
NEFF (W 2-2)
YORK (L 3-3)
STROTMAN (W 3-3)
YORK (W 4-3)
GONSOLIN (L 2-1)
DELLASERRA (W 2-1)
BURNES (W 6-0)
YORK (L 4-4)
GONSOLIN (L 2-2)
STROTMAN (L 3-4)
HOLDGRAFER (L 0-1)
BURNES (W 7-0)
YORK (L 4-5)
NEFF (W 3-2)
GONSOLIN (L 2-3)
BURNES (W 8-0)
YORK (W 5-5)
NEFF (L 3-3)
REICHMANN (L 0-1)
BURNES (L 8-1)
STROTMAN (L 3-5)
NEFF (W 4-3)
BURNES (W 9-1)
YORK (W 6-5)
NEFF (W 5-3)
REICHMANN (L 0-2)
GONSOLIN (W 3-3)
YORK (W 7-5)
NEFF (W 6-3)
BURNES (L 9-2)
SIMMONS (L 0-1)
Attend
124
221
176
179
177
337
412
1071
242
214
324
1922
117
108
437
537
901
75
104
64
168
328
417
382
722
687
402
156
162
179
106
507
695
554
124
103
104
116
962
391
312
280
66
206
187
157
354
333
1352
0
0
1542
2240
2197
Time
2:57
2:35
3:01
2:39
3:20
3:20
2:39
3:10
2:25
3:16
2:43
2:29
3:08
2:38
2:46
2:23
2:53
3:11
3:02
2:28
2:43
2:30
3:16
2:23
3:36
3:28
2:45
3:15
2:24
2:49
2:39
3:39
2:46
3:03
2:45
2:42
2:45
3:29
2:57
2:48
2:41
2:52
3:20
2:51
2:20
2:40
2:53
3:39
2:10
2:18
2:05
2:44
2:27
3:48
3:18
2:55
2:51
4:53
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