USD Baseball 2006

417_____________________ 2_o_o_&_T_o_R_E_R_o_e_A_s_E_B_A_L_L w u z w a:: w The West Coast Conference The baseball portion of the WCC started with five charter members and three associates as LMU , Pepperdine, Saint Mary's, San Fra ncisco and Santa Clara were joined by UC Santa Barbara, Pacific and San Jose State. The confer– ence temporari ly split from 1977-84 into the Northern and Southern California Baseball Associations (so divisional play isn't completly foreign to the league), but realigned in 1985 to include San Diego and Nevada in a seven-team league. In 1991 , the Wolf Pack departed and a six-team loop existed until Portland and Gonzaga, full members in all other sports, left the Pac-1 ONorth league to bring the wee to its full-bodied eight-team set in 1996. This is the seventh year of the current eight-team WCC baseball alignment but the conference has determined a champion in the sport annually since 1968. During that time, teams in the WCC have advanced to four College World Series, including a national title in 1992 (Pepperdine). USD wee HONOR ROLL wee Player of the Year Kevin Herde C 1993 Dave Rolls C 1988 wee Pitcher of the Year Ricky Barrett LH 2002 WCC Freshman of Year Jordan Abruuo C 2004 Joey Prast OF 2001

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Four current members -- San Diego, Loyola Marymount, Pepperdine and Santa Clara -- have represented the WCC in NCAA tournament play. That foursome has an all-time record of 73-82 in the championships. Portland is the only other current member with NCAA tourney experience, most recently in 1991 as the Pacific-1ONorth representative. The West Coast Conference will change its league baseball format and schedule beginning in 2006. A one-division format wi ll once again be implemented and the eight institutions will compete in a 21 -game conference season. This new format is a departure from a two-division format, West and Coast, with a 30-game conference schedule that has been used in the WCC since the begining of the 1999 season. Under the one-division , 21-game format, each school will play the other seven opponents one time over the course of an eight-week conference season. Each team will play seven three-game series, with one week serving as the bye week. The top two finishing teams wi ll play in the WCC Championship Series with the regular-season champ serving as series' host. SAN DIEGO'S wee RECORDS 1a11 gamesJ BATTING

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