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2012 FURMAN UNIVERSITY p BASEBALL Paladin Profiles 19 Taylor SIMPSON Cumming, Georgia Lake View Academy RHP p 6-1 p 178 p Freshman High School: 2011 graduate of Lake View (1A) High School...head coach was Deuce Roark... three-time all-region selection...posted a 1.92 ERA his senior year...went 7-1 and collected all-area accolades as a junior...played summer ball with the Upstate Mavericks. Personal: Full name is Taylor Simpson...born May 3, 1993, in Atlanta, Georgia...son of Sy and Shannon Simpson. C p 5-11 p 178 p Freshman High School: 2011 graduate of Cardinal Newman (SCISA 3A) High School...played shortstop and pitched...coach was Mike Darnell...two-time all-region, all-area, and all-state honoree who twice played in the North-South All-Star Game...named to the South Carolina Diamond Palmetto Prospects....also starred in football, starting at quarterback for three seasons and capturing all- conference and all-state honors in 2010, his season...SCISA North-South All-Star Game invitee... played summer ball with the South Carolina Diamond Devils. Personal: Full name is Thomas Daniel Winterstein...son of Tom and Angie Winterstein...father and grandfather both played collegiate baseball. 7 Tommy WINTERSTEIN Columbia, South Carolina Cardinal Newman High School 12 Matt SOLTER New Bern, North Carolina New Bern High School RHP p 6-1 p 184 p Freshman High School: 2011 graduate of New Bern (4A) High School...head coach was Gary Smith...earned first team All-Mideastern Conference and all-state honors and was named Sun Journal Player of the Year his senior year...landed second team all-conference all-area accolades as a junior and sophomore...helped New Bern to a conference crown in 2010, his junior year...played three seasons of football, seeing action at quarterback and wide receiver...member of 2010 16u WWBA National Championship squad and 16u, 17u Dynamic World Series crown. Personal: Full name is Matthew Alan Solter...son of Alan and Amy Solter...born June 4, 1993, in Quantico, Virginia. RHP p 6-0 p 165 p Freshman High School: 2011 graduate of Walhalla (3A) High School...pitched and played infield...coach was Jamie Garland...member of two region championship teams...set school single season (10) and career (20) home run records...batted .493 and earned all-state honors as a junior...also played basketball...played summer ball with the Diamond Devils. Personal: Full name is William Jacques Wolff III...son of Billy Wolff and Sherry Moxley...grandfather is former Paladin basketball great Nield Gordon (1951-52), a member of the Furman, Newberry, Winthrop, South Carolina, and NAIA Athletic Halls of Fame who played alongside Paladin All- American Frank Selvy, averaging 22.6 ppg in his Furman tenure...his No. 27 is one of five retired Furman jerseys. 8 Jake WOLFF Walhalla, South Carolina Walhalla High School 30 Elliott WARFORD Ponte Vedra, Florida Ponte Vedra High School RHP p 6-1 p 160 p Freshman High School: 2011 graduate of Ponte Vedra (5A) High School...head coach was Tom Stanton... three-time first team all-county, all-district, and all-region selection...went 7-0 with a 1.39 ERA his senior year...as a junior posted a 7-3 record and 1.72 ERA in helping his team to district and regional championships and Florida High Shool Athletic Association Final Four appearance. Personal: Full name is Lewis Elliott Brown Warford...son of Lewis and Betty Warford...born September 27, 1992, in Lexington, Kentucky. 22