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EVENT MANAGER
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COMMUNICATIONS
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STATISTICS
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PUBLIC ADDRESS
Ericson Teller
VIDEO WEBCASTS
Joe Stuart, Brian Kice, Maddie Funk, Eric Albios, Jackson Bluhm, Ethan Klein
GAME PROGRAM
Kelly Bird, Chase Fisk, Felipe Unker
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ROY HELSER FIELD
Roy Helser Field, together with Jim Wright Stadium, has developed from a belowaverage facility to a jewel among Northwest small colleges.
First put into use in 1970, the facility has served as designated host of the 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014 NCAA Division III regional playoffs.
One important addition was construction of a partially enclosed and fully covered batting practice structure, called “Carney’s Cages” in honor of longtime baseball coach Scott Carnahan. In 2024, a project was completed that added a dedicated baseball
weight room adjoining the batting cages.
A major change took place in 2008 when the grass infield was replaced with a FieldTurf artificial playing surface. Drainage was improved and construction of covered, enclosed batting cages on the venue site was undertaken. Prior to the 2013 season, the dirt pitching mound was also replaced with artificial turf to match the infield surface.
In 2000, outdoor lighting was added to the field. Musco lighting systems were installed in the fall of 2000 to give more flexibility in scheduling while enhancing the facilities and allowing for NCAA post-season
competition. Outdoor lighting provides additional opportunities for McMinnville-area youth teams during the summer.
Wright Stadium was added to Helser Field in 1990, replacing portable aluminum bleachers and a chainlink backstop.
On May 25, 1991, Linfield dedicated its newly completed baseball stadium at Roy Helser Field in honor of Jim Wright, his wife, Sondra, and parents Edith (Hall) Wright of McMinnville and the late Neale Wright, class of 1929. Jim Wright, a retired Portland businessman, provided a large portion of the funding for the new stadium.
BASEBALL WEIGHT ROOM
After years of competing for workout space with other athletic teams and the general student population inside the HHPA Complex, the Linfield baseball program now enjoys its own weight training space at Roy Helser Field. Contributions directed to the baseball program through the TopCat Club provided the needed funding for an extension onto the batting cages structure.
The location of the baseball-only weight facility allows for greater efficiency during practices and hitting times, as players can rotate
times in the batting cages, weight room, clubhouse and on the field surface. The indoor space can also be used for team meetings.
The structure includes rubberized flooring, ample lighting and a large garage-style door opening to right field to allow fresh air inside. The weight training equipment, including squat racks, barbells and dumbbells, was also donated.
One bonus benefit of the new addition is a concrete patio facing the field, providing a potential space for alumni gatherings during home games.
HEAD COACH JORDAN HARLOW
with a nod to the past, new
coach eyes the future
The hiring of Jordan Harlow as head coach signals a return to the championship roots of the region’s top baseball program
Jordan Harlow is in his first year as head baseball coach at Linfield after nine seasons as either assistant coach or associate head coach.
He served under three previous Wildcat head coaches –Dan Spencer, Scott Carnahan and Stan Manley – and helped bring home two Northwest Conference championship baseball trophies back to McMinnville in 2017 and 2022.
The starting third baseman on Linfield’s 2013 national championship baseball team, Harlow was a three-year varsity letterman and a first team all-Northwest Conference performer. As a player, he was a member of the 2011 and 2013 NWC title-winning clubs, which went on to post a combined record of 10-4 in NCAA postseason contests.
Harlow graduated from Linfield with a bachelor’s degree in English in 2013 and went on to receive a master’s in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia University-Irvine.
He previously coached baseball and taught classes at McMinnville High School from 2014 until 2016, leading that program to a pair of Class 6A state quarterfinals appearances and one Oregon Class 6A state semifinals appearance. He guided the Grizzlies to the Greater Valley Conference championship in 2015 and was honored as the Pacific Conference Coach of the Year.
Jordan and his wife, Brynna (Fuller), a former women’s basketball student-athlete, reside in McMinnville with their son, Dane, and daughter, Jensen.
MEET THE WILDCATS
KEEGAN WESTON | 0
5-7 | Graduate Student | C Walla Walla, Washington
jackson Bui | 1 5-10 | Junior | OF Tigard, Oregon
rylan gulard | 5 6-0 | Sophomore | OF Renton, Washington
matthew tacheny | 17 6-3 | Junior | RHP Happy Valley, Oregon
j.r. starr | 20 6-0 | Sophomore | OF Hermiston, Oregon
riggs towle | 29
6-0 | Sophomore | RHP Greeley, Colorado
luke schoeffler | 31 6-2 | Freshman | RHP Corvallis, Oregon
johnny ingalls | 35 6-2 | Freshman | RHP Portland, Oregon
casey struckmeier | 48
6-1 | Graduate Student | RHP Vancouver, Washington
jacob bishop | 16
5-10 | Freshman | LHP West Linn, Oregon
tyler eisenhut | 18 5-11 | Junior | INF West Seattle, Washington
josh mansur | 8 6-2 | Senior | UTIL Camas, Washington
caiden gould | 22 6-3 | Sophomore | C Eugene, Oregon
wyatt hurley | 37 6-2 | Senior | UTIL Yamhill, Oregon
spencer kowalski | 36 6-3 | Junior | C Salem, Oregon
Andrew miller | 99 5-10 | Sophomore | RHP Camas, Washington
austin gonia | 59
6-2 | Freshman | C/OF Tenino, Washington
cosmo lange | 49
6-3 | Junior | RHP Boise, Idaho
emerson dennis | 2 6-3 | Junior | RHP Happy Valley, Oregon
Wyatt mcclory | 4 5-9 | Sophomore | INF Carlsbad, California
luke porter | 33 6-2 | Junior | INF Paradise Valley, Arizona
jasper mayden | 51
6-4 | Freshman | INF Kent, Washington
brian mannion | 54 6-2 | Senior | RHP Beaverton, Oregon
garret ringer| 21 6-0 | Senior | OF Puyallup, Washington
cole hubka | 11 5-11 | Junior | INF Wilsonville, Oregon
zach jaeger | 24 5-9 | Sophomore | UTIL Tigard, Oregon
colton ouellette | 9
6-2 | Sophomore | RHP Reno, Nevada
cole snidow |23
6-3 | Junior | C Portland, Oregon
trent wainfeld | 10
| Senior | OF Los Angeles, California
nick holm | 25
Junior
INF Happy Valley, Oregon
jaxson kister | 15
6-0 | Junior | OF Junction City, Oregon
carter studer | 12
6-2 | Sophomore | RHP Elma, Washington
colin moore | 13 6-3 | Freshman | RHP Altadena, California
jack williams | 28
6-3 | Freshman | RHP Camas, Washington
noah hancock | 26 6-1 | Freshman | INF Salem, Oregon
ely kennel | 27 5-10 | Senior | INF Monmouth, Oregon
zack hampson | 40
6-2 | Junior | RHP Seattle, Washington
liam smaciarz | 38
6-1 | Freshman | RHP Lebam, Washington
emmett stein | 42 5-9 | Freshman | INF Vancouver, Washington
CLAY PECORE | 46 5-10 | Freshman | INF Seattle, Washington
garrett hames | 43 6-4 | Senior | RHP Virginia City, Nevada
jevin patterson | 44 5-10 | Junior | INF Lakewood, Washington
LINFIELD WILDCATS
Ore. / Phoenix College
/ Clackamas
Camas, Wash. / Seton Catholic 29 Riggs Towle RHP R/R 6-0 205 Jr./So. Greeley, Colo. / University
Luke Schoeffler RHP R/R 6-2 205 Fr./Fr. Corvallis, Ore. / Crescent Valley
Luke Porter
Paradise Valley, Ariz. / IMG
Salem, Ore. / Centralia College
Yamhill, Ore. / Yamhill-Carlton
Lebam, Wash. / Willapa Valley
LEWIS & CLARK RIVER OTTERS
LINFIELD VERSUS LEWIS & CLARK SERIES BREAKDOWN
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THE RECORDS
The two teams enter the final series of the regular season tied for second in the Northwest Conference with matching 13-8 league marks and 21-16 overall records. Both squads have clinched spots in the Northwest Conference Baseball Tournament, set to be held on the campus of Whitworth University.
LINFIELD AT A GLANCE
Linfield comes into the weekend having dropped lost two of three games on the road at Pu-get Sound. The ’Cats aim to get back on track this weekend at home, where they boast a 14-6 record on Roy Helser Field this season. Starter Colton Ouellette has come on as of late, winning his last two starts in which he tossed seven innings in each and averaged 8.5 strikeouts and just 3.0 hits per game. At the plate, senior Ely Kennel leads the team with five home runs and a .311 batting average. Ouellette (3.68) and Matthew Tacheny (4.04) are among the NWC’s top-five pitchers statistically in ERA, while closer Zack Hampson paces the conference with a 2.15 ERA and a 5-0 record with five saves.
LEWIS & CLARK AT A GLANCE
The River Otters arrive in McMinnville riding a five-game winning streak, having swept the Willamette Bearcats in a four-game series at home last weekend. Lewis & Clark has won each of its last two NWC series, but are just 9-8 on the road this season. The Otters lead the conference in batting average (.305) and are third in stolen bases (65). Outfielder Will Michelman ranks ninth in the NWC in batting average (.354) and is fifth among qualified hit-ters in OPS (1.006). Pitcher Matt Stanislavsky is No. 2 in the conference with a 3.41 ERA over 37.0 innings pitched, earning a 3-0 record.
SERIES HISTORY
The Wildcats are 142-67 versus the River Otters all-time, taking five of the last seven match-ups. At Roy Helser Field, Linfield is 83-31 against Lewis & Clark, having won the last two games in McMinnville, 9-4 and 2-1.
THE NORTHWEST CONFERENCE
HITTING
Will Shelor (Pacific)
Nate Petz (Whitman)
Cooper Allen (PS)
Gray,
(L&C)
Miles
(Pacific)
Adam Birt (Willamette) .337 92 17 31 14
Trevor Kazahaya (Pacific) .336 146 30 49 26
Charlie Deggeller (PS) .333 123 31 41 23
PITCHING
baseball STANDINGS
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Cooper Allen (Puget Sound) 176 163 13
1.000 Adam Fulton (George Fox )
KEEPING TABS ON THE WILDCATS
All Linfield Sports Network webcasts are now carried on FloSports, a conference-wide pay-to-watch platform
Linfield University has joined together with its eight fellow Northwest Conference institutions in support of a new partnership with streaming provider FloSports to offer live and on-demand video coverage of nearly every athletic event Linfield participates in Schools are expected to receive annual investments from FloSports to build and expand broadcast capabilities and make other investments within the athletic department. Linfield personnel will continue to staff and operate all home broadcasts.
FloSports subscribers will have the capability to access more than 40,000 events nationwide spanning 25 different sports.
FloSports expects to deliver live and on-demand coverage of Linfield events across 15 different sports: Football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s wrestling, men’s and women’s swimming, men’s and women’s tennis, baseball, softball, and women’s lacrosse. Northwest Conference Championship events in all sports except golf and cross country will also be streamed as part of the annual agreement.
Beyond live competition, FloSports plans to invest in original content and storytelling initiatives online and across social media aimed at elevating the profile of NWC student-athletes and institutions. The NWC joins several of its regular non-conference opponents in partnering with FloSports, the industry leader and primary media rights partner for Division III conferences.
Each year, FloSports will provide a global platform to live stream over 800 regular-season and postseason events and is available via web, mobile apps (iOS and Android), and streaming platforms including Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV. The FloSports app is expected to be pre-installed on most top-selling Smart TVs in the U.S.
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LINFIELD SPORTS NETWORK
The Linfield Sports Network will again bring fans live action of all home Linfield baseball games during the 2026 season. Fans can enjoy live video webcasts with play-by-play commentary on their computer, tablet, mobile device or smart TV.
McMinnville native Joe Stuart, a 2020 Linfield graduate, is the Athletics Broadcast Operations Coordinator, managing all aspects of Linfield’s webcasting outreach and handling lead play-by-play duties on Linfield football, baseball and softball webcasts in addition to basketball. Stuart assists with other external sports communications and social media needs.
Five Linfield students will contribute their talents to the baseball broadcast as well. Senior Brian Kice returns to share play-by-play duties with Stuart this spring for a second season. A native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Kice spent last summer working with the broadcast media staff of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Smokies baseball team. Linfield sophomore Maddie Funk, a member of the women’s soccer team, will contribute color commentary this spring. Eric Albios will serve as video director while Ethan Klein and Jackson Bluhm, a men’s basketball player, will operate cameras.
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All LSN broadcasts, both live and on demand, can be accessed at golinfieldwildcats.com/watch or from within the Linfield Athletics app on mobile, tablet or smart TVs.
ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
The Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame, sponsored by Pacific Office Automation, was established in 1998 as an avenue to honor former athletes, coaches, staff and contributors and to preserve the memory of their past achievements.
A new class of inductees is honored at the Hall of Fame Banquet each fall. Inductees are chosen from a list of submitted nominations and voted upon by the Hall of Fame Executive and Selection Committees. The 20-member panel is made up of current and former staff members, past inductees, a member of the media, and a former athlete representing each of the preceding six decades.
Nominations must be submitted in writing using an official nomination form. Hall of Fame nominations are considered in any one of six categories: Athlete, Coach, Team, Athletics Staff, and Meritorious Service.
LINFIELD SEASON-BY-SEASON
Ad Rutschman 21-14 1st
Ad Rutschman 15-11 3rd
Ad Rutschman 16-13 4th
Ad Rutschman 17-18 1st (tie)
Ad Rutschman 18-18 2nd
Ad Rutschman 12-18 4th 1982 Ad Rutschman 16-17 1st 1983 Ad Rutschman 18-15 2nd 1984 Scott Carnahan 16-15 2nd 12-6 1985 Scott Carnahan 16-22 1st 11-4 1986 Scott Carnahan 13-22 2nd 12-4
1987 Scott Carnahan 17-23 2nd 10-4 1988 Scott Carnahan 26-16 1st 12-4 1989 Scott Carnahan 30-14 1st 15-3 1990 Scott Carnahan 26-17 3rd 12-6 1991 Scott Carnahan 19-19 2nd 13-5 1992 Scott Carnahan 24-14 1st
RECENT HONORS
The Northwest Conference honors Linfield catcher Ashlyn Aven as its Student-Athlete of the Week
Ashlyn Aven earned her second Northwest Conference Softball Athlete of the Week honor following an outstanding series last weekend versus Puget Sound.
Aven hit three home runs and added a double to lead the Wildcats to a fourgame sweep of the Loggers in the regularseason finalé. She went 7 for 11 at the plate, scoring seven times and driving in six runs, while drawing two walks.
The senior catcher continues to lead NCAA Division III in home runs, RBIs and total bases. The Yelm, Washington, native was previously named to the NFCA’s Region X Player of the Year Watch List and she continues to pad her resume as the nation’s top power bat.
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Last week, she was honored alongside teammate Cydney Hess as one of Linfield softball’s two graduating seniors. Along with her Division III-leading home runs, total bases, and RBIs, Aven also is No. 2 in the country in sacrifice flies (6) and slugging percentage (1.024).
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RECENT HONORS
Among Linfield’s 19 all-NWC track and field honorees, seven women and four men are freshmen
Nineteen members of the Linfield track and field team have received recognition from the Northwest Conference following recent top performances at the NWC Championships last weekend in Spokane, Wash.
Individuals placing first through third at the NWC meet plus first-place relay team members are accorded first team all-NWC awards. Fourth- through eighth-place individuals, together with second- and third-place relay race members, receive all-NWC second team designa-tions.
Earning first team citations from the Linfield women’s squad are pole vaulter Sage Cramp, hurdler Isabella Grutsch, and high jumper Logan Roberts.
Second team honors went to Linfield athletes Haley Bland in the javelin, Natasha Freimuth in the 400-meter hurdles, Grutsch in the triple jump and hepathlon, Mada Lee and Anna Ni-yongabire in the triple jump. Also receiving second team awards from Linfield are Analissa Paresa in the pole vault, Jordan Roberts in the 100 hurdles, Jayden Taylor in the 3,000 stee-plechase, Baylie Thompson in the long jump, and Mia Thompson and Eboni Zehner in the javelin.
For the Linfield men, sprinter Liam Christensen garnered first team all-NWC recognition for his third-place finish in the 100-meter dash.
Second team all-NWC honors on the men’s side have been presented to James Bethune in the triple jump, Christensen in the 200, Hudson Holzhauer in the hammer, Kris Jakstas in the high jump, Tyson Morris in the pole vault and Kiyan Vrell in the javelin.
With seven women and four men listed as true freshmen or first-year participants, the future for Linfield track looks bright.
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THE TOPCAT CLUB
The Linfield University TopCat Club serves as a support organization to the 21 NCAA Division III varsity sports teams and the more than 500 students who participate in athletics each year. Each year, support from the TopCat Club is essential to maintaining and expanding each of these programs.
The mission of the TopCat Club is to provide students with an outstanding athletic and academic experience and to strengthen the overall competitiveness of the overall Linfield athletics program.
At Linfield, we continually strive to improve programs and facilities so that our teams may compete at the highest level. Roughly 75 percent of the athletic department’s annual operating budget comes from the university’s general fund. The remainder is generated through a wide variety of external sources, including annual gifts to the Linfield TopCat Club.
To learn more about giving opportunities, please visit the TopCat Club website at www.linfieldtopcat.com
