FURMAN FURMAN PALADINS Basic information Location: .............................. Greenville, S.C. Founded: .................................................1826 Enrollment: ............................................2,700 Nickname: ........................................Paladins Colors: .............................. Purple and White President:......................Dr. Elizabeth Davis Director of athletics: .............Mike Buddie Team information 2016 record:.......................................... 29-30 SoCon record: ............................14-10 (4th) Home: ..................................................... 16-12 Away: ...................................................... 11-16 Neutral:........................................................ 2-2 Letterwinners returning/lost:............22/9 Position starters returning/lost: ......... 7/2 Starting pitchers returning/lost: ........ 2/1 Newcomers: .................................................14
LATHAM STADIUM CAPACITY: 2,000
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2017 SCHEDULE
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Date F17 F18 F19 F21 F24 F25 F26 F28 M1 M3 M4 M5 M8 M10 M11 M12 M14 M17 M18 M19 M21 M24 M25 M26 M28 M31 A1 A2 A4 A7 A8 A9 A11 A13 A14 A15 A19 A21 A22 A23 A26 A28 A29 A30 M3 M5 M6 M7 M9 M12 M13 M14 M16 M18 M19 M20 M23-28
Opponent DAYTON DAYTON DAYTON at Presbyterian MONMOUTH MONMOUTH MONMOUTH at USC Upstate UNC ASHEVILLE MICHIGAN STATE^ UT MARTIN PRESBYTERIAN^ BUTLER at Mississippi at Mississippi at Mississippi SOUTH CAROLINA^ NORTH CAROLINA A&T NORTH CAROLINA A&T NORTH CAROLINA A&T at Georgia State at Wofford* at Wofford* at Wofford* at Clemson MERCER* MERCER* MERCER* at South Carolina at UNCG* at UNCG* at UNCG* USC UPSTATE at Western Carolina* at Western Carolina* at Western Carolina* PRESBYTERIAN ETSU* ETSU* ETSU* at Gardner-Webb THE CITADEL* THE CITADEL* THE CITADEL* GARDNER-WEBB at Samford* at Samford* at Samford* CLEMSON^ VMI* VMI* VMI* at Georgia at Belmont at Belmont at Belmont at SoCon Championship (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.) * - Southern Conference game ^ - Fluor Field (Greenville, S.C.)
Time (ET) 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 3 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 5 p.m. 5 p.m. 2 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 3 p.m. 2 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 2 p.m.
SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Media relations Baseball contact:........... Hunter Reid Email:........hunter.reid@furman.edu Office:............................ 864-294-2061 Cell: ................................ 864-567-1663 Press box:..................... 864-294-3066 Website: ......... FurmanPaladins.com SoCon regular-season titles (4) 1965, 1969, 1971, 1976
Hunter Reid Baseball SID
SoCon Championship titles (2) 1991, 2005 NCAA appearances (5) 1965, 1969, 1976, 1991, 2005
2017 PALADINS ROSTER No. 1 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
Name Sims Griffith Carter Grote Jabari Richards Jake Crawford John Michael Boswell Jason Costa Dillon Love Chase Belk Max Mehlbaum Jonathan Mouw Cameron Whitehead Sky Overton Paul Barnhill Logan Taplett Andrew Holweger Nik Verbeke Trent Alley Billy Greenfield Will Gaddis Nolan Mullen Eric Taylor Austin Wood Will Dvorak Chadwick Word John Michael Bertrand Matthew Quarles Katon Harwood Tyler Kimbrell Rutty Jones Grant Schuermann Paul Todd Tre Jackson Hunter Baker Bret Huebner David Webel Brandon Elmy Landon Kay Heath Hawkins
Pos. INF OF OF 3B/RHP C C INF RHP LHP/OF RHP C OF RHP C LHP RHP RHP/UTL LHP RHP RHP RHP RHP RHP INF LHP RHP RHP RHP RHP LHP RHP OF RHP C/INF OF 1B/RHP OF RHP
B/T R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R R/R RHP R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R
Ht. 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-10 6-0 5-11 6-1 6-0 5-10 6-6 5-11 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-1 6-3 6-5 5-11 6-0 6-3 6-0 6-3 6-6 6-6 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-7 5-9 5-10 6-2 6-0 6-5
Wt. 195 180 180 175 210 210 170 190 180 215 210 200 230 180 175 190 185 190 185 190 175 210 190 190 203 200 205 225 215 195 150 170 240 175 170 205 195 225
Cl. Hometown/previous school Jr. Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./South Park So. Fayetteville, Ga./Whitewater So. Honea Path, S.C./Belton-Honea Path So. Atlanta, Ga./Paideia Jr. Port Matilda, Pa./State College/Walters State Fr. Statesville, N.C./West Iredell So. Sumter, S.C./Wilson Hall School Fr. Sherman Oaks, Calif./Chatsworth R-Fr. Canton, Ga./Creekview Sr. Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller Sr. Johns Creek, Ga./Johns Creek Sr. Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School Fr. Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./The Benjamin School Fr. Springboro, Ohio/Springboro Jr. Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central/Spartanburg Methodist Fr. Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day School Sr. Radnor, Pa./Radnor Jr. Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood Sr. Palm City, Fla./Martin County So. Rock Hill, S.C./Northwestern HS Fr. Niwot, Colo./Silver Creek Sr. Winter Park, Fla./Lake Highland Prep School So. Orlando, Fla./The First Academy Fr. Alpharetta, Ga./Blessed Trinity School Sr. Greenwood, S.C./Emerald Sr. Asheville, N.C./Appalachian State Jr. Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Spartanburg Methodist So. Marietta, Ga./Mt. Paran Christian School R-So. Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota West Fr. Raleigh, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons So. College Park, Ga./Woodward Academy Jr. Fuquay-Varina, N.C./Spartanburg Methodist So. Andover, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall School Fr. Coral Gables, Fla./Coral Gables Jr. Nokomis, Fla./Venice Jr. Charlotte, N.C./Weddington So. Matthews, N.C./Charlotte Christian
HEAD COACH BRETT HARKER Alma mater: ..................................................................................... College of Charleston, 2006 Hometown: ................................................................................................................Greenville, S.C. Career record (years): ......................................................................................................0-0 (First) School record (years): ............................................................................................................. Same SoCon record (years):.......................................................................................................0-0 (First) SoCon Championship record (appearances): ............................................................0-0 (0) NCAA appearances: ..........................................................................................................................0 Assistant coaches Taylor Harbin ................................................................................... 2nd season (Clemson, 2015) Kaleb Davis ....................................................................................... 1st season (Anderson, 2011) Geoff Kimmel........................................................................................ 1st season (Wesley, 2011)