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WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS 30 2016 PAC-12 BASEBALL MEDIA GUIDE // TEAMS Marty Lees Career Record: 0-0 (First year) Record at WSU: 0-0 (First year) • Lees becomes the 15th head coach in program history after spending the last three seasons as the assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at Oklahoma State and the previous 11 at Oregon State. • In those 14 years he has coached 10 teams that have reached the NCAA Tournament, including two national champions with Oregon State. • This past season the Cowboys posted a 38-20 record, falling in the NCAA Stillwater Regional, the first time in his three seasons Oklahoma State did not advance to the Regional Championship game. • Lees thrived as Oklahoma State's recruiting coordinator. The Cowboys' first class with Lees on board was ranked No. 4 nationally by Baseball America and No. 5 by Collegiate Baseball, and followed that with a 2014 class that was ranked No. 5 by Collegiate Baseball for the second-consecutive year. • In January 2013, Lees came in at No. 6 on Baseball America's list of the nation's top 10 college assistant coaches; a list compiled from votes of 70 Division I head coaches across the country, as well as the input of more than a dozen scouts. DATE ...................OPPONENT........................ TIME Feb. 19 ................. at Texas State ...................... 4 p.m. Feb. 20 ................. at Texas State ...................... 1 p.m. Feb. 21 ................. at Texas State .....................11 a.m. Feb. 22 ................. at Texas State ...................... 3 p.m. Feb. 25 ................. vs. UT Rio Grande Valley (1) ... 7 p.m. Feb. 26 ................. vs. Houston Baptist (1) ........ 3 p.m. Feb. 27 ................. vs. Prairie View A&M (1) ...... 3 p.m. Feb. 28 ................. vs. Houston Baptist (1) ....... 12 p.m. March 3 ................ Utah Valley .......................... 4 p.m. March 4 ................ Utah Valley .......................... 4 p.m. March 5 ................ Utah Valley .......................... 2 p.m. March 6 ................ Utah Valley ........................ 12 p.m. March 10 .............. Northeastern ....................... 4 p.m. March 11 .............. Northeastern ....................... 4 p.m. March 12 .............. Northeastern ....................... 2 p.m. March 13 .............. Northeastern ....................... 1 p.m. March 18 .............. at UCLA* .............. 4 p.m. (PAC12) March 19 .............. at UCLA* .............. 2 p.m. (PAC12) March 20 .............. at UCLA* ............ 12 p.m. (PAC12) March 22 .............. Gonzaga ............................. 5 p.m. March 24 .............. at Stanford* ........................ 6 p.m. March 25 .............. at Stanford* ........................ 6 p.m. March 26 .............. at Stanford* ........................ 1 p.m. March 31 .............. Arizona State* ....... 7 p.m. (PAC12) April 1................... Arizona State* ....... 7 p.m. (PAC12) April 2................... Arizona State ......... 1 p.m. (PAC12) April 5................... at Gonzaga .......................... 6 p.m. April 8................... at Arizona* .......................... 6 p.m. April 9................... at Arizona* .......................... 6 p.m. April 10................. at Arizona* .......................... 1 p.m. DATE ...................OPPONENT........................ TIME April 14................. Oregon State* ....... 7 p.m. (PAC12) April 15................. Oregon State* ....... 4 p.m. (PAC12) April 16................. Oregon State* ..................... 1 p.m. April 22................. USC* .................................. 5 p.m. April 23................. USC* .................................. 2 p.m. April 24................. USC* .................................. 1 p.m. April 29................. at Oregon* .......................... 6 p.m. April 30................. at Oregon* .......................... 2 p.m. May 1 ................... at Oregon* ........................ 12 p.m. May 7 ................... Utah*.................... 5 p.m. (PAC12) May 8 ................... Utah*.................... 2 p.m. (PAC12) May 9 ................... Utah*.................... 1 p.m. (PAC12) May 13 ................. at Washington* .....7 p.m. (PACWA) May 14 ................. at Washington* .....4 p.m. (PACWA) May 15 ................. at Washington* ...12 p.m. (PACWA) May 17 ................. vs. Gonzaga (2) .............. 6:30 p.m. May 19 ................. McNeese State .................... 5 p.m. May 20 ................. McNeese State .................... 2 p.m. May 20 ................. McNeese State .................... 5 p.m. May 21 ................. McNeese State .................... 2 p.m. May 24 ................. vs. Washington ............... 6:30 p.m. May 27 ................. California* ............. 4 p.m. (PAC12) May 28 ................. California* ............. 4 p.m. (PAC12) May 29 ................. California* ............. 2 p.m. (PAC12) (1) - Texas-Rio Grande Valley Tournament, Edinburg, Texas (2) - Pasco, Wash. (3) - Yakima, Wash. * - Pac-12 Conference game Game times local to site and are subject to change. NO. NAME POS. B/T HT. WT. YR HOMETOWN/LAST SCHOOL 1 Derek Chapman OF L/R 6-0 185 SO Issaquah, Wash./Issaquah HS 2 Jack Strunc IF R/R 6-1 180 SO Highlands Ranch, Colo./Mountain Vista HS 3 Jacob Thurber C/1B R/L 6-3 165 FR Seattle, Wash./Kennedy HS 4 Wes Leow OF L/R 6-2 205 JR Anacortes, Wash./Anacortes HS 5 Justin Harrer IF R/R 6-2 200 FR Sisters, Ore./Sisters HS 6 Dugan Shirer OF L/L 6-0 165 RS SO Chehalis, Wash./W.R. West/College of Southern Idaho 8 Weston Hatten OF R/R 6-4 215 SO Fresno, Calif./Clovis HS 10 Patrick McGrath IF R/R 6-3 212 SR Woodinville, Wash./Redmond HS 11 Ryley Widell LHP L/L 6-4 195 FR Haiku, Hawai'i/King Kekaulike HS 12 Trenton Durpe LHP L/L 5-9 180 JR Yakima, Wash./Davis/Murray State College 15 Ryan Ward RHP R/R 6-3 180 FR Hood River, Ore./Hood River HS 17 Layne Bruner LHP L/L 6-2 181 JR Montesano, Wash./Montesano HS 19 Stefan Van Horn C R/R 6-1 205 RS SO Puyallup, Wash./Rogers HS 20 Ty Johnson C R/R 6-2 200 FR Anacortes, Wash./Anacortes HS 21 Nick Leonard RHP R/R 6-3 180 RS FR Highlands Ranch, Colo./Montain Vista HS 22 Damon Jones LHP L/L 6-5 220 RS SO Twin Falls, Idaho/College of Southern Idaho 23 Scotty Sunitsch LHP L/L 6-2 201 SO Federal Way, Wash./Todd Beamer HS 24 Chandler Greenfield RHP R/R 6-1 200 FR Filer, Idaho/Twin Falls HS 25 Trek Stemp IF/OF R/R 5-10 170 RS JR Kennewick, Wash./Kennewick HS 26 Caleb McAlister UT R/R 6-1 160 FR Albuquerque, N.M./La Cueva HS 27 Mason Cerrillo OF L/L 5-10 170 FR Auburn, Wash./Mountain View HS 28 Shane Matheny IF L/R 6-1 200 SO Bremerton, Wash./Olympic HS 29 Kevin Calderhead RHP R/R 5-11 165 FR Redmond, Wash./Redmond HS 30 Ryan Walker RHP R/R 6-2 190 SO Arlington, Wash./Arlington HS 31 Curt Bafus RHP R/R 6-5 236 SO Woodinville, Wash./Inglemoor/Everett CC 32 Colby Nealy RHP R/R 6-5 182 SO Bothell, Wash./Bothell HS 33 Shea Donlin IF L/R 6-0 185 RS JR Woodinville, Wash./Woodinville HS) 34 Parker McFadden RHP R/R 6-1 190 FR Yelm, Wash./Yelm HS 35 Cameron Frost OF R/R 6-2 191 JR Oympia, Wash./Olympia HS 36 J.J. Hancock C L/R 5-11 180 SO Kennewick, Wash./Kennewick HS 37 James Mullins LHP L/L 6-1 186 FR North Bend, Wash./Mount Si HS 38 Davis Baillie 1B R/R 6-1 255 FR Woodinville, Wash./Woodinville HS 40 Ian Hamilton RHP R/R 6-1 195 JR Vancouver, Wash./Skyview HS COUGAR FACTS Location: Pullman, Wash. 99164 Founded/Enrollment: 1890/19,466 Colors: Crimson & Gray Joined Pac-12: 1916-17 President: Elson S. Floyd Faculty Rep: Ken Casavant Athletic Director: Bill Moos SWA: Anne McCoy Head Coach: Marty Lees Career Record: 0-0 (First year) Washington State Record: 0-0 (First year) Pac-12 Record: 0-0 (First year) Office: (509) 335-0332 Fax: (509) 335-3225 Associate Head Coach: Dan Spencer Assistant Coach: Jim Horner Volunteer Assistant Coach: Braden Wells Stadium: Bailey-Brayton Field (3,500) SID: Bill Stevens Office: (509) 335-2684 Fax: (509) 335-0267 Baseball SID: Bobby Alworth Cell: (951) 452-6129 E-mail: 1bobby.alworth@wsu.edu Online: wsucougars.com Local Radio: NewsTalk 1150 AM Ticket Office: 1-800-GO-COUGS Starting Position Players R/L: 4/5 Starting Pitchers R/L: 1/2 Letterwinners R/L: 16/16 2016 WASHINGTON STATE ROSTER 2016 SCHEDULE