2015 PalmettoStateBaseball.com preview: Furman

Seventh in a series of 2015 season previews for college/junior college baseball programs in South Carolina. I've asked for responses from every school. I'll run all I receive. Some days, I may run more than one. I'll publicize all on Twitter (@palmettobase) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Palmetto-State-Baseball-Blog/92994136001)


Furman assistant athletics director/sports information Hunter Reid submitted this on behalf of coach Ron Smith

2015 FURMAN TEAM INFORMATION

2014 Overall Record: 26-33

2014 SoCon Regular Season Record (Finish): 11-15 (8th)

2014 SoCon Tournament Results: 3-2

Furman (No. 8) 6, UNCG (No. 9) 5 (11 Innings)

Furman 3, Western Carolina (No. 1) 2

Furman 3, Appalachian State (No. 5) 1

Georgia Southern (No. 4) 11, Furman 8

Georgia Southern 10, Furman 7 (12 Innings)

Lettermen Returning/Lost: 22/10

Position Starters Returning/Lost: 5/4

Weekend Starting Pitchers Returning/Lost: 1/2

Newcomers: 11 (11 Freshmen)

POSITION STARTERS RETURNING (5)

Pos. Name ..........................Yr.   Avg.  GP/GS    AB     R       H       HR   RBI    OB%

OF Jake Jones..................... Sr.....309.... 44/38.....234.....49...... 78........2......23......428

C Andrew MacLatchie........ Jr.....215.... 41/38.....107.....16...... 23........3......17......361

3B Chris Ohmstede............. Sr.....318.... 59/59.....233.....40...... 66......14......49......383

OF Sky Overton.................. So.....241.... 47/40.....145.....23..... 35........0......14......315

2B Jordan Simpson............. Jr.....295.... 59/59.....251......38...... 74........5......35......332

OTHER POSITION PLAYERS RETURNING (8)

OF Griffin Davis....................Jr.....255.... 39/25.....102.....11...... 26........0......11.... .355

C Zach Greenwell..............   Sr.....300...... 10/2.......10.......0........ 3........0........0.... .300

OF Carter Grote.................. So.....333.... 31/21.......96.....15...... 32........1......14..... 387

C Jake Kinsley....................  Sr.....250...... 11/1.......16.......2........ 4........0........1..... 294

DH Jarrod Rickman.............. Sr.....240...... 21/5.......25.......0........ 6........0........6.... .300

OF Kyle Simmons...............  So.....222...... 23/1.........9.......3........ 2........0........0.... .462

SS Matt Towarnicky............. Jr.....214...... 13/3.......14.......0........ 3........0........1.... .214

C Cameron Whitehead.....    So.....229.... 35/19.......83.....16...... 19........1........5.... .360

POSITION STARTERS LOST (4)

1B Alex Abrams..................Gr.....286.... 59/56.....213.....34...... 61........2......34......375

SS Hunter Burton...............Gr.....333.... 59/58.....234.....49...... 78........0......28......428

DH Greg Harrison..............Gr.....333.... 58/58.....231.....40...... 77........5......41......404

OF Heath Burton................Gr.....238.... 54/51.....185.....26...... 44........1......27......327

PITCHERS RETURNING/Min. 10.0 IP (6)

Pos. Name                               Yr.    W-L   ERA APP GS   SV  IP        H    ER   BB SO

LHP Billy Greenfield.............. So.....1-4.....6.69....26..... 2.....0... 39.0.....45... 29... 16.... 34

LHP Ryan Morse..................... Sr.....1-3.....4.97....16..... 1.....0... 25.1.....11... 14... 34.... 17

LHP Harry Norman................ So.....0-0.....3.75....13..... 1.....0... 12.0.....16..... 5..... 5...... 4

RHP Matthew Quarles........... So.....2-2.....5.62....17..... 7.....0... 41.2.....45... 26... 18.... 23

RHP Matt Solter..................... Sr.....3-5.....3.90....15... 15.....0... 90.0.....85... 39... 33.... 67

RHP Elliott Warford............... Sr.....2-4.....5.53....21..... 8.....1... 53.2.....71... 33... 25.... 35

OTHER PITCHERS RETURNING (8)

RHP Teddy Andrews............. Jr.......... .INJ (‘14)

RHP Paul Barnbill.................. So.......... .DNP (‘14)

RHP Cullen Cosco................ R-Fr.......... .DNP (‘14)

RHP Will Dvorak.................... So.......... .DNP (‘14)

RHP Steven Fondu................ Jr.......... .INJ (‘14)

RHP Ryan Griffith.................. Jr.....0-0...20.25......6..... 0.....0..... 2.2.......6..... 6..... 6...... 1

RHP Nolan Mullen................. So....0-0.....0.00......1..... 0.....0..... 1.2.......2..... 0..... 1...... 0

RHP Jake Wolff..................... Sr.....0-0...13.50......7..... 0.....0..... 6.0.....10..... 9..... 8...... 4

PITCHERS LOST/Min. 10.0 IP (5)

RHP Alex Abrams..................Gr.....8-3.....5.50....24..... 5.....2... 54.0.....62... 35... 19.... 55

RHP Jacques de Gruy.....................4-4.....5.61....19... 10.....0... 69.0.....66... 43... 31.... 66

LHP Ryan Dittmar.................Gr.....0-3...12.00....17..... 1.....0... 15.0.....28... 20... 10.... 12

RHP Brant Masters................Gr.....0-2.....5.62....32..... 0.....4... 32.0.....45... 20... 10.... 17

RHP Tyler Wood....................Gr.....5-2.....4.73....18..... 9.....0... 66.2.....75... 35... 19.... 55

OTHER PITCHERS LOST (2)

RHP Anthony Buonopane......Gr.....0-1.....4.91....11..... 0.....0... 14.2.....12..... 8..... 6.... 13

RHP Greg Harrison................Gr.....0-0.....3.00......8..... 0.....2..... 6.0.......8..... 2..... 5...... 5

NEWCOMERS (9)

Pos. Name Yr. Hometown/Last School

SS/OF.........Michael Campoamor........ Fr......Wesley Chapel, Fla./Wiregrass Ranch HS

RHP............ Brandon Casas.................. Fr................. Charlotte, N.C./W.A. Hough HS

RHP/INF..... Blake Chisolm................... Fr.......Friendswood, Texas/Clear Springs HS

INF/RHP..... Brandon Elmy................... Fr............................ Nokomis, Fla./Venice HS

RHP............Will Gaddis....................... Fr................. Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood HS

INF/RHP..... Sims Griffith..................... Fr.................. Gainesville, Ga./Gainesville HS

OF/RHP...... Landon Kay....................... Fr.................. Charlotte, N.C./Weddington HS

LHP............Grant Schuermann........... Fr...................Cincinnati, Ohio/Lakota West HS

INF/RHP..... Stephen Skruck................. Fr................................. Marietta, Ga./Pope HS

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