Baseball Schreiner baseball had a tough first year under new head coach Ryan Brisbin. The Mountaineers showed definite improvement in pitching, led by junior Matt Valley, but struggled offensively all year. The defense was very strong early, struggled mightily in the middle of the season and then rebounded at the end of the year. The team finished 4-17 in american Southwest Conference play. next year the transformation in the program will begin as Brisbin welcomes his first full recruiting class. he already has 25 commitments for next year so the team will be very young, but there should be strong competition throughout the roster. On the academic front, Schreiner baseball was the most improved program in the department and claimed the Outstanding Team GPa award for the 2011-12 year. In the spring semester, the team had a remarkable overall GPa of 3.08 to lead all men’s squads and 20 of the 29 players earned a 3.00 GPa or better in the semester—all records for the program.
Standing left to right, reagan reed, Dan Kuntzelman, nolan Besetzny, Cory reneau, ethan Catalani, Brad Thomas, Colton Mendenhall, Chris Whitehead, adley Canales and Chris Migl. Middle row, left to right, Mike Kelton, Pete Trevino, eric Bukowski, Tyler heimann, Chris Grantham, Barrett houser, Justin Martinez, Matt Valley and Kelly rundzieher. Seated, Jesse Paredes, William Tennant, Curt Jaeger, roger Chavez, Caleb Veteto, Jameon Grasshof, Kyle reinen, ryan Pisseri and David hinebaugh.
Softball SU softball had a challenging season. head coach Don Green resigned with six weeks remaining in the season and assistant coach Joe anders took over. The Mountaineers finished the year 9-15 in the conference but were a much more inspired and competitive team towards the end of the year. Junior Callie Caesar led the team in hitting with a .360 average and freshman Jana Masters had a team low era of 3.20. Schreiner softball also won the Outstanding Team GPa award for 2011-12 and had a semester GPa of 3.32. Su hired Jessica Peterka in May to become the new head coach and anders will continue to be a strong assistant coach. Peterka’s challenge will be to replenish a short roster for the 2012-13 season and with not a lot of time to do so. She does have a core group of talented returning players to build around.
front row, left to right, Kristy Gonzalez, Brandy Gonzalez, Charis Sultemeier, Victoria flores, ashly Bouthot, Jordan Moody and Kayla avirett. Back row, left to right, Vanessa Vazquez, Kelsey ambrose, Jill McGinnis, Callie Caesar, allyson Morris, Shelby Kimmons and Jana Masters.
Men’s Tennis The squad was made up of first-year players at every spot except one this year, which was not a winning combination. But that youth should mean a very different result in 2013, as coach Wade Morgan adds his first recruiting class to this program. eight new players are committed to coming this fall and new faces should be a very common theme in matches. freshman austin Carrola was the team’s best player throughout the year but he’ll face strong challenges from many of the incoming recruits. freshman Stephen rogers will be back in the fold next fall and will help the team’s depth. This program should return quickly to its more successful years like those it enjoyed in the mid-00s now that the recruiting pipeline has been re-established.
20 Summer 2012 SCENE
Left to right, Coach Wade Morgan, Michael Wallace, austin Carrola, hunter Johnson, Matt Salazar and Stephen rogers; not pictured: nathan West, Travis Plughaupt and Cameron Timber.