ROSTER/QUICK FACTS 2012 Roster No. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 35 36 37 38 40
Name Greg Wasikowski Marcus Hernandez Matt Lamore Scott Glass Marcus Garone Scott Reed Carter Bumgardner Robb Scott Will Mooney David Duffett Travis Clark Alex Cillo Dan Goldstein Russell Seidell Justin Meier Tucker Rekucki Rob Krentzman
Cl. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr.
Pos. INF C P/OF INF P C SS INF INF INF INF P P 1B/P C P 1B/3B
Ht. 5-11 5-9 5-10 5-8 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-3 5-11 6-1 6-4
Wt. 170 190 205 175 175 210 190 195 195 190 195 195 200 220 200 185 210
B/T R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R
Gerry Runyan Corey Furman Bryson Hough Bob Donato Matt Busch Mark Figgie Xavier Hammond Luke Lombardi Colby Vanderbeck Taylor Runge Damon Frezza Jack Boehm Jordan Holtz Ryan Ebner Tom Hrabchak Jack McLinden Dan Weigel Brett Ashley
Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. So. So. So.
OF INF P OF OF OF P INF OF P P P P P C P P OF
6-4 6-1 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-2 6-1 6-8 6-4 6-6 6-3 6-7 6-1 6-5 6-6 6-3
215 190 190 180 210 190 200 195 200 260 215 215 200 230 185 205 210 240
R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R L/R L/L R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/L R/R
Quick Facts Hometown/High School Mechanicsburg, Pa./East Pennsboro Brooklyn, N.Y./Poly Prep Mountaintop, Pa./Crestwood State College, Pa./State College Area Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey Reston, Va./South Lakes Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day Clemmons, N.C./Deerfield Acad. Princeton, N.J./Hun School Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny Foster City, Calif./St. Ignatius Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Twp. Huntington, N.Y./Huntington Granville, Ohio/Granville Clarendon Hill, Ill./St. Ignatius Prep Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Lexington, Mass./Buckingham Browne & Nichols Milton, Pa./Milton Area Exeter, Pa./Wyoming Area Fairfax, Va./W.T. Woodson Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Roseville, Minn./Roseville Riverside, Conn./Brunswick School Broadheadsville, Pa./Pleasant Valley Olathe, Kan./Olathe Northwest Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury Cochranville, Pa./Octorara Bethesda, Md./Paul VI Winnetka, Ill./New Trier Valhalla, N.Y./Valhalla Sinking Spring, Pa./The Hill School Princeton, N.J./Peddie Lakewood, Ohio/St. Ignatius Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter-Strasburg West Milford, N.J./West Milford
Head Coach: 33 Gene Depew (Bucknell ’71), 31st season Assistant Coaches: 34 Scott Heather (Arkansas ’03), 44 Jim Gulden (Cleveland State ’05), 19 Jason Neitz (East Carolina ’06) Pronunciation Guide Boehm BAME Cillo Sil-O Duffett DUFF-it Ebner EB-ner Frezza FREZZ-uh Garone GA-rohn Xavier Hammond ZAY-vier Hough HOE Hrabchak RAB-Chack Lamore La-MORE Meier MEY-er Neitz NIGHTS Rekucki Re-CUCK-ee Runge Run-GEY Seidell CY-dell Wasikowski WHAS-a-cow-SKI Weigel WHY-gul
University Information Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837 Founded: 1846 as the University at Lewisburg Enrollment: 3,583 Nickname: Bison Colors: Orange and Blue Affiliation: NCAA (Div. I), ECAC Conference: Patriot League* (American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Navy) * Institutions sponsoring baseball in bold President: John C. Bravman Director of Athletics: John P. Hardt Baseball Information First Varsity Season: 1886 (1,208-1,393-19 (.465) all-time record) Head Coach: Gene Depew (Bucknell ’71) Record at Bucknell: 570-660-7 (30 seasons) Career Record: Same Assistant Coaches: Scott Heather (Arkansas ’03), Jim Gulden (Cleveland State ’05), Jason Neitz (East Carolina ’06) Athletic Trainer: Joanna Murray 2011 Record: 25-28 (.472), 10-10 Patriot League (4th) 2011 Postseason: Patriot League Tournament Semifinal Round 2012 Captains: TBA Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 22/8 Starting Position Players Returning/Lost: 7/2 Startering Pitchers Returning/Lost: 2/2 Newcomers: 9 Home Field (Surface): Depew Field (FieldTurf) Capacity: 500 Baseball Phone: 570-577-3593 E-mail: depew@bucknell.edu Website: www.BucknellBison.com Baseball Address: Gene Depew, Head Baseball Coach, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837 Athletic Communications Baseball Contact: Todd Merriett Office Phone: 570-577-3488 Cell Phone (Press Box Phone): 570-428-5393 Fax: 570-577-1660 E-mail: tmerriet@bucknell.edu Credits The 2012 Bucknell Baseball Media Guide was designed, written and edited by Todd Merriett, assistant director of athletic communications. Editing assistance provided by Becky Hart. Photography by Marc Hagemeier.
2011 Patriot League Pitcher of the Year Ryan Ebner
PL CHAMPIONS AND NCAA PARTICIPANT 1996, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2010
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