2002 Baseball Quick Facts
10/12/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
2002 Baseball Quick Facts
10/12/2001
School: University of Pittsburgh
Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Founded: 1787
Enrollment: 33,000
Nickname: Panthers
Colors: Blue and Gold
Home Field: Trees Field
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Conference: Big East
Chancellor: Mark A. Nordenberg (Thiel, '70)
Athletic Director: Steven C. Pederson (Nebraska, '80)
Athletic Department Phone: (412) 648-8200
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach: Joe Jordano (Westminster, '85)
Record at school: 88-105-1 (4 years)
Overall record: 373-219-2 (14 years)
Assistant Coach: Joel Dombkowski (Mercyhurst, '91)
Assistant Coach: Rich Pasquale (Francis Marion, '91)
Assistant Coach: Dan Ninemire
Baseball Office Phone: (412) 648-8208
2002 PREVIEW
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 16/7
Position Starters Returning/Lost: 7/1
Key Pitchers Returning/Lost: 6/4
TOP RETURNING POSITION PLAYERS:
Name Pos. Avg. HR RBI SBStuart Rykaceski, JR * C .330 1 31 15Brad Rea, SR 1B/DH .295 12 49 0Brant Colamarino, JR 1B/DH .337 7 33 2Christ Papst, JR OF .298 6 16 5Rolando Bello, SR 3B .302 4 29 4Tony Railing, SR OF .339 0 7 9* 2000 Statistics, redshirted last season
TOP RETURNING PITCHERS:
Name ERA W-L SV G IP SO BBScott Schultz, SR, RHP 1.90 2-1 1 6 23.2 15 10Joe Engel, SR, RHP 1.92 5-5 0 10 70.1 69 27Don Rhoten, SO, RHP 5.16 2-4 0 13 52.1 37 24
TOP NEWCOMERS:
Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous SchoolP.J. Hiser, JR RHP/OF 6-0 195 Hagerstown, Md./HagerstownMark Rager, FR RHP 6-1 175 Johnstown, Pa./JohnstownJimmy Blue, FR RHP 6-3 200 Washington, Pa./TrinityRob Beahn, SR C 6-0 185 Cleveland, Ohio/IUPUI
2001 REVIEW
2001 Overall Record: 18-27
2001 Big East Record: 6-18
2001 BIG EAST HONOREES
Joe Engel All-Big East Second Team
Scott Schultz Pitcher of the Week (week of March 11-18)
Brant Colamarino Player of the Week (week of March 3-10)
