Aug. 3, 2009

Complete Postseason Release in PDF Format

DAYTON, Ohio – It is not often that a season ends and you can look back and remember everything that happened, but the 2009 Wright State baseball season is an exception. It started with a series against the #1 team in the nation, ended with a trip to the NCAA Tournament and in between it was 63 memorable games for the Raiders, including a win over the #1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs in Athens, a Horizon League Championship and trip to the NCAA Fort Worth Regional.

WSU was off to a 1-9 start and just like that it seemed we were closing in on .500. A victory over then-#1 ranked Georgia in Athens, Ga. and the first winning streak of more than three games to start May. An extra inning Horizon League Championship Game with a dogpile at Pipe Yard Stadium and a heart wrenching extra inning affair ended the season in the NCAA Fort Worth Regional.

The Green and Gold collected four walk-off hits and seven players collected their first career game winnings hits during the ‘09 slate. Four players carried hitting streaks of 10+ games, six players posted 20+ multi-hit games and all nine everyday starters posted 5+ multi-RBI contests.

However you look at 2009 it was a success and every player that suited up for the Raiders helped it some way. On the mound, 12 players collected wins and at the plate 14 players drove in RBI’s. The Raiders were a team and you never knew what piece would factory into the final decision.

The 2009 slate watched the Raiders travel over 11,000 miles round trip, with just over 6,000 of those mile enjoyed on a Croswell Charter Bus. The Green and Gold played games in three different time zones, ten different states and against ten different conferences. Of their 63 games, Wright State played 11 games versus ranked or receiving votes teams, with five of those contests coming against the top-ranked team.

WSU boasted the top offense in the Horizon League, claimed their third-straight Player of the Year award, garnered Newcomer of the Year and Relief Pitcher of the Year - outright - for the first time in school history and Kory Twede became the third WSU player to earn Horizon League Tournament MVP in school history.

As a team, Wright State set ten new school records and ranks among the top-ten on the single season school record list in almost every category. Jeff Mercer tied a 20-year old school record with 74 RBI’s and became only the third WSU player to ever record 90+ hits in a season.

What a team. What a season. And the excitement it there heading into 2010.

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