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ARIZONA WILDCATS 10 2016 PAC-12 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE // TEAMS Jay Johnson Career Record: 112-58 (3 years) Record at Arizona: 0-0 (First year) • On June 8, 2015, Jay Johnson was named head coach of the Arizona Wildcats after Andy Lopez retired. • In his second and final year at Nevada, Johnson was named the 2015 Mountain West Coach of the Year. He led them to their first-ever Mountain West Conference championship. They tallied 41 wins on the year, second-most in program history. • His Wolf Pack players won the league's Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors in 2015. • Two players garnered All-America honors and a third was named a freshman All-American in 2015. • At USD, he coached 2013 Dick Howser Award Winner Kris Bryant, the No. 2 overall selection in the 2013 draft and a current rising star for the Chicago Cubs. • Helped sign No. 1 recruiting class in 2008 and No. 2 class in 2010 at San Diego (Baseball America). DATE ...................OPPONENT.........................TIME Feb. 19 ................. at Rice ................................. 6 p.m. Feb. 20 ................. at Rice ................................. 3 p.m. Feb. 21 ................. at Rice ................................. 1 p.m. Feb. 22 ................. at Lamar .............................. 6 p.m. Feb. 26 ................. vs. Tulane (1) ....................... 1 p.m. Feb. 27 ................. vs. Nebraska/USD (1).............. TBA Feb. 28 ................. vs. SDSU/Bryant/Kentucky/UCSB .. TBA March 2 ................ Cal State Fullerton ................ 6 p.m. March 4 ................ Northwestern State (2) ......... 6 p.m. March 5 ................ CSU Bakersfield (2).............. 6 p.m. March 6 ................ St. Mary's (Calif.) (2) ............ 2 p.m. March 6 ................ Northwestern State (2) ......... 6 p.m. March 11 .............. Sacramento State ................. 6 p.m. March 12 .............. Sacramento State ................. 6 p.m. March 13 .............. Sacramento State ................. 1 p.m. March 15 .............. New Mexico State................. 6 p.m. March 18 .............. at Washington* .................... 5 p.m. March 19 .............. at Washington* .................... 2 p.m. March 20 .............. at Washington* .................... 1 p.m. March 22 .............. Utah Valley ........................... 6 p.m. March 24 .............. UCLA* ................................. 6 p.m. March 25 .............. UCLA* ................................. 6 p.m. March 26 .............. UCLA* ................................. 1 p.m. March 29 .............. UC Riverside ........................ 6 p.m. March 30 .............. UC Riverside ........................ 1 p.m. April 1 .................. at Utah* ............................... 6 p.m. April 2 .................. at Utah* ............................... 4 p.m. April 3 .................. at Utah* ............................... 1 p.m. April 4 .................. at BYU ................................. 2 p.m. April 8 .................. Washington State* ................ 6 p.m. April 9 .................. Washington State* ................ 6 p.m. April 10 ................ Washington State* ................ 1 p.m. DATE ...................OPPONENT.........................TIME April 12 ................ at Arizona State ......7 p.m. (PACAZ) April 15 ................ Stanford* ............................. 6 p.m. April 16 ................ Stanford* ............... 7 p.m. (PAC12) April 17 ................ Stanford* ............... 1 p.m. (PAC12) April 20 ................ New Mexico State................. 6 p.m. April 22 ................ at California* ........................ 7 p.m. April 23 ................ at California* ........................ 7 p.m. April 24 ................ at California* ........................ 1 p.m. April 26 ................ at Arizona State ......7 p.m. (PACAZ) April 28 ................ at USC* ................. 7 p.m. (PAC12) April 29 ................ at USC* ................. 7 p.m. (PAC12) April 30 ................ at USC* ................. 2 p.m. (PAC12) May 6 ................... Oregon State* ........ 7 p.m. (PAC12) May 7 ................... Oregon State* ........ 7 p.m. (PAC12) May 8 ................... Oregon State* ........ 1 p.m. (PAC12) May 13 ................. Arizona State* ........7 p.m. (PACAZ) May 14 ................. Arizona State* ........7 p.m. (PACAZ) May 15 ................. Arizona State* ........3 p.m. (PACAZ) May 20 ................. at Oregon* ............. 4 p.m. (PAC12) May 21 ................. at Oregon* ............. 4 p.m. (PAC12) May 22 ................. at Oregon* ........... 12 p.m. (PAC12) May 24 ................. Abilene Christian .................. 6 p.m. May 25 ................. Abilene Christian .................. 6 p.m. May 27 ................. at Hawai'i ........................ 6:35 p.m. May 28 ................. at Hawai'i ........................ 6:35 p.m. May 29 ................. at Hawai'i ........................ 1:05 p.m. * - Pac-12 Conference Game 1 - Tony Gwynn Classic - San Diego, Calif. 2 - Wildcat Classic - Tucson, Ariz. Game times local to site and are subject to change. WILDCAT FACTS Location: Tucson, Ariz. Founded/Enrollment: 1885/40,200 Colors: Cardinal & Navy Joined Pac-12: 1978-79 President: Dr. Ann Weaver Hart Faculty Rep: Jory Hancock Athletic Director: Greg Byrne SWA: Erika Barnes Head Coach: Jay Johnson Career Record: 112-58 (3 years) Arizona Record: 0-0 (First year) Pac-12 Record: 0-0 (First year) Office: (520) 621-4102 Fax: (520) 621-5793 Assistant Coaches: Sergio Brown, Dave Lawn Volunteer Assistant Coach: Marc Wanaka Stadium: Hi Corbett Field (9,500) Press Box Phone: 520-621-4440 SID: Jeremy Sharpe Office: (520) 621-4163 Fax: (520) 621-2681 Baseball SID: Adam Gonzales Cell: (520) 591-6239 E-mail: adamgonzales@email.arizona.edu Online: www.arizonawildcats.com Local Radio: KCUB (1290 AM) Ticket Office: (520) 621-2287 Starting Position Players R/L: 5/4 Starting Pitchers R/L: 3/2 Letterwinners R/L: 20/13 N0. NAME POS. B/T HT. WT. YR HOMETOWN/HIGHSCHOOL/LAST SCHOOL 1 Sawyer, Gieseke INF R/R 5-10 185 JR Walnut Creek, Calif./Las Lomas HS 3 Bobby Dalbec INF/RHP R/R 6-4 220 JR Parker, Colo./Legend HS 4 Justin Behnke OF L/R 5-8 171 SR Mesa, Ariz./Dobson HS/South Mountain CC 5 Louis Boyd INF R/R 5-11 169 JR North Vancouver, BC/Sutherland Secondary/Cochise College 6 Ryan Haug C R/R 6-0 185 SO Rohnert Park, Calif./Rancho Cotate HS/Santa Rosa JC 12 Cesar Salazar C L/R 5-9 190 FR Hermosillo, Mexico/Sahuaro HS 13 Cody Ramer INF L/R 5-8 178 SR Simi Valley, Calif./Simi Valley HS 14 Casey Bowman INF S/R 5-10 174 SO Phoenix, Ariz./Sunnyslope HS 15 Cody Deason RHP R/R 6-3 210 FR Ojai, Calif./Nordhoff HS 17 Randy Labaut LHP L/L 6-1 186 FR Downey, Calif./Downey HS 20 Alfonso Rivas III OF L/L 5-11 184 FR San Diego, Calif./La Jolla Country Day HS 21 Ryan Aguilar OF L/L 6-2 168 SR Yorba Linda, Calif./Esperanza/Santa Ana College 22 Kevin Ginkel RHP R/R 6-5 213 JR Lakeside, Calif./El Capitan HS/Southwestern JC 23 Zach Gibbons OF R/R 5-10 186 SR Scottsdale, Ariz./Saguaro HS 24 JJ Matijevic INF L/R 6-2 206 SO North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin HS 25 Austin Rubick RHP R/R 6-3 210 FR Ventura, Calif./Buena HS 26 Michael Flynn RHP R/R 6-3 185 FR Los Alamitos, Calif./Servite HS 27 JC Cloney LHP R/L 6-1 226 JR Castaic, Calif./West Ranch HS/College of the Canyons 28 Kyle Lewis INF R/R 6-0 166 JR Kings Beach, Calif./Bishop Manogue HS/Sierra College 29 Rio Gomez LHP L/L 6-0 188 SO Phoenix, Ariz/Desert Vista HS 30 Tyler Crawford LHP R/L 6-1 206 SR Glendale, Ariz./Sunrise Mountain HS 31 Michael Hoard INF L/R 5-11 188 JR Tucson, Ariz./Salpointe Catholic HS 33 Austin Schnabel RHP R/R 6-4 215 JR Scottsdale, Ariz./Notre Dame Prep 34 Robby Medel RHP R/R 6-3 192 SO Grand Prairie, Texas/Arlington Bowie/TCU 35 Nathan Bannister RHP R/R 6-3 224 SR Peoria, Ariz./Liberty HS 36 Kaleb Roper RHP R/R 6-0 183 FR New Orleans, La./Archbishop Rummel HS 37 Cody Moffett LHP L/L 6-3 220 SR Gilbert, Ariz./Highland HS 38 Matt Hartman RHP R/R 6-3 214 SO Valley Center, Calif./Calvary Christian Vista HS 40 Luke Soroko RHP R/R 6-0 220 JR Valencia, Calif./Valencia HS 42 Jared Oliva OF R/R 6-3 188 SO Saugus, Calif./Valencia HS 44 Trent Johnson RHP R/R 6-3 250 FR Metamora, Ill./Metamora HS 47 Cameron Ming LHP L/L 6-2 177 SO Phoenix, Ariz./Sanra Day O'Connor HS 2016 ARIZONA ROSTER 2016 SCHEDULE