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Coach: Mark Johnson (15th year)
Nickname: Aggies
Record: 52-16
Conference: Big 12
Location: College Station, Texas
Enrollment: 43,406

NCAA Tournament Region and Seed: College Station, 1
College World Series appearance: 4th
National Championships: none
Last CWS appearance: 1993


1999 NCAA Tournament Results

Regional: Beat Monmouth, 6-0
          Lost to Long Beach St, 7-5
          Beat Mississippi, 13-7
          Beat Long Beach St, 9-5
          Beat Long Beach St, 17-7

Super Regional: Beat Clemson, 20-3
                Lost to Clemson, 10-3
                Beat Clemson, 5-4


Probable Starting Lineup

 C -- Shawn Schumacher (.385, 10 HR, 52 RBI)
1B -- John Scheschuk (.368, 10, 53)
2B -- Sean Heaney (.332, 11, 48)
SS -- Steve Scarborough (.332, 6, 41)
3B -- Dell Lindsey (.306, 14, 58)
LF -- Chad Hudson (.266, 4, 29)
CF -- Steve Truitt (.350, 19, 60)
RF -- Daylan Holt (.339, 34, 105)
DH -- Erik Sobek (.314, 7, 29)

SP -- Casey Fossum (12-6, 3.35 ERA)
SP -- Chance Caple (8-5, 4.26)
SP -- Matt Ward (8-0, 3.52)
RP -- Chris Russ (12-2, 3 saves, 3.39 ERA)

OUTLOOK: Returns to the CWS for the first time in six years
after a dramatic victory over Clemson in the Super Regional. The
Aggies scored twice in the ninth inning of Game Three to post a
5-4 triumph and advance.  They have six players who have hit at
least 10 homers, but this team belongs to two players who rank
among the nation's best.  RF Daylan Holt leads the country with
34 homers -- establishing new school and Big 12 records -- and
drove in 105 runs.  He was named a Freshman All-America by
"Baseball America."  The 6-1, 200-pound Holt recorded six
multiple homer games and more than half of his hits went for
extra bases.  The pitching staff is led by junior LH Casey
Fossum, an all-Big 12 selection.  He completed eight games and
struck out a school-record 158 in 126 1/3 innings.  The team, as
a whole, has established a new school mark with 127 homers this
year, shattering the old record of 88.  C Shawn Schumacher, 1B
Jason Scheschuk, CF Steven Truitt, 2B Sean Haney and 3B Dell
Lindsey have all reached the double-figure mark in
roundtrippers.  Schumacher leads the squad in hitting with a .385
average and has only struck out nine times.  LH Matt Ward and RH
Chance Caple helped the Aggies compile a respectable 4.26 ERA.
RH Chris Russ can be dominant out of the bullpen, having gone
12-2 with a 3.39 ERA and three saves in 26 appearances,
including two starts.  He struck out 51 and walked 27 in 79 2/3
innings.  Mark Johnson is the winningest coach in school history
with 668 victories, surpassing Tom Chandler earlier this
season.  The Aggies are back-to-back Big 12 champions, but need to
peform better than they have so far.  They allowed 20 runs to
Clemson in the first game of the Super Regional and were forced
to win the College Station Regional out of the loser's bracket
despite playing at home. 

 

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