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Final Media Guide
Final Media Guide
2017
MEDIA GUIDE
John started playing baseball at eight years old and ended his playing days at
Virginia Tech University. He credits baseball with teaching him life skills that
enabled him to have a successful and fulfilling business career. He has coached
baseball teams from eight year olds through 17 year olds.
Zach Attianese (18) N. Carolina LHP 6-2/190 Old Bridge, NJ/Old Bridge
Dusty Baker (4) E. Carolina OF 5-10/168 Clyo, GA/Effingham County
Randy Bednar (38) Maryland LHP/OF 5-11/180 Bethesda, MD/Landon
Drew Blakely (8) Virginia C 6-2/180 Galesburg, MI/Gull Lake
Bryce Blaum (3) Ole Miss INF 5-10/185 Sugar Land, TX/Clements
Parker Caracci (21) Ole Miss RHP 6-0/200 Jackson, MI/Jackson Prep
West Covington (20) E. Carolina RHP 6-0/183 Lakeland, TN/St. Benedict
Jack Cunningham (7) Boston Coll. INF/OF 6-2/185 South Riding, VA/Paul VI Catholic
Brian Dempsey (44) Boston Coll. INF 6-0/175 Potomac, MD/Georgetown Prep
Jon Dignazio (26) Maryland LHP 6-3/195 Baden, PA/North Allegheny
Nic Enright (29) VA Tech RHP 6-3/215 Richmond, VA/The Steward School
Keagan Gillies (35) Tulane RHP 6-8/240 New Orleans, LA/Brother Martin
Greer Holston (24) Ole Miss RHP 6-4/210 Long Beach, MI/IMG Academy
Culver Hughes (10) VA Tech RHP 6-3/190 Exton, PA/West Chester East
Shane Kubrak (14) Wake LHP 6-2/215 Cherry Hill, NJ/Paul VI
AJ Lee (2) Maryland INF 6-0/175 Millersville, MD/St. John’s
Lael Lockhart Jr. (17) Houston 1B/LHP 6-3/200 Friendswood, TX/Friendswood
Christian Long (19) Wake OF/C 6-0/205 Houston, TX/Westside
Alec Maley (13) Kentucky RHP 6-1/185 Round Rock, TX/Colleyville
Austin McNicholas (1) Texas INF 5-8/165 Austin, TX/Akins
Evan Odum (50) N. Carolina RHP 6-3/185 Lumberton, NC/Lumberton
Laney Orr (16) N. Carolina OF 6-1-208 Winston-Salem, NC/R.J. Reynolds
Colin Peluse (31) Wake RHP 6-3/230 Middletown, DE/Middletown
Cayman Richardson (12) Virginia INF 6-2/175 Mechanicsville, VA/Hanover
Ryan Sloniger (11) Penn State C 5-11/190 Punxsutawney, PA/Punxsutawney
Zach Thompson (47) St. Mary’s RHP 6-1/160 West River, MD/Arch. Spalding
Mike Vasturia (34) Maryland RHP 6-5/235 Medford, NJ/St. Augustine Prep
Jamal Wade (9) Maryland RHP/OF 6-0/205 Owings Mills, MD/St. Paul’s
Bo Weiss (27) N. Carolina RHP 6-3/178 Castle Rock, CO/Regis Jesuit
Nehemiah Wright (15) HCC OF 5-10/180 Waldorf, MD/Riverdale Baptist
Cole Zabowski (22) Ole Miss 1B 6-4/225 Lawrenceville, GA/Collins Hill
Jack Cunningham:
Freshman infielder, Brian Dempsey: Freshman
West Covington: Junior infielder from Potomac,
outfielder and right-handed
right-handed pitcher from Maryland. He is a student
pitcher from South Riding,
Lakeland, Tennessee. West athlete at Boston College and
Virginia. He is enrolled at
attends school at East Boston College as a is enrolled in the Carroll
Carolina University and was marketing major and in high School of Management.
ranked as the 68th best Brian was ranked the ninth
school was the WCAC
prospect in Tennessee by best player in the state of
Player of the Year in 2016.
MaxPreps.com Maryland by Perfect Game.
Jon Dignazio: Freshman Nic Enright: Right-handed Keagan Gillies: Freshman
left-handed pitcher from pitcher from Richmond, right-handed pitcher from
Baden, Pennsylvania. He Virginia. Nic goes to New Orleans, Louisiana. He
currently attends the Virginia Tech and did not attends school at Tulane
University of Maryland and play in the 2017 season. He University and majors in
is majoring in kinesiology. was drafted by the New York business. He received the
Jon’s favorite pregame meal Mets in 2015. Most Valuable Pitcher award
is pasta. in high school for his
dominance on the mound.
2015 Draft
Alex Robinson | P | University of Maryland | Baltimore Redbirds 2013Drafted: Round 5, Overall
Pick #140 (Minnesota Twins)
Lamonte Wade | OF | University of Maryland | Baltimore Redbirds 2012 and 2013 Drafted:
Round 9, Overall Pick #260 (Minnesota Twins)
Matt Pirro | P | Wake Forest University | Baltimore Redbirds 2014 Drafted: Round 21, Overall
Pick #644 (Washington Nationals)
Brady Bramlett | P | University of Mississippi | Baltimore Redbirds 2014 Drafted: Round 22,
Overall Pick #668 (Kansas City Royals)
Ian Rice | C | University of Houston | Baltimore Redbirds 2012 and 2013 Drafted: Round 29,
Overall Pick #863 (Chicago Cubs)
Sean Keselica | P | Virginia Tech | Baltimore Redbirds 2012 and 2013 Drafted: Round 33,
Overall Pick #997 (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Rich Condeelis | P | University of Pittsburgh | Silver Spring Thunderbolts 2014 and Baltimore
Redbirds 2015 Drafted: Round 36, Overall Pick #1070 (Minnesota Twins)
Trevor Kelly | P | University of North Carolina | Baltimore Redbirds 2013 Drafted: Round 36,
Overall Pick #1071 (Boston Red Sox)
RJ Dennard | 1B | Armstrong Atlantic | Baltimore Redbirds 2013 Drafted: Round 39, Overall
Pick #1181 (St. Louis Cardinals)
2014 Draft
Mark Zagunis | C | Virginia Tech | Redbirds 2012 Drafted: Round 3, Overall Pick #78 (Chicago
Cubs)
Chris Ellis | RHP | Ole Miss | Redbirds 2012 Drafted: Round 3, Overall Pick #88 (Los Angeles
Angels)
Jeff Gardner | LF | Louisville | Redbirds 2011 Drafted: Round 8, Overall Pick #244 (Washington
Nationals)
Luke Curtis | RHP | Pittsburgh | Redbirds 2013-2014 Drafted: Round 18, Overall Pick #536
(Milwaukee Brewers)
Joe Harvey | RHP | Pittsburgh | Redbirds 2012 Drafted: Round 19, Overall Pick #572 (New York
Yankees)
Ian Rice | C | Chipola College | Redbirds 2012-2013 Drafted: Round 21, Overall Pick #644
(Boston Red Sox)
Willie Rios | LHP | Saint Bernard School | Redbirds 2014 Drafted: Round 26, Overall Pick #780
(Arizona Diamondbacks)
Jack Fischer | RHP | Wake Forest | Redbirds 2013 Drafted: Round 26, Overall Pick #790 (Detroit
Tigers)
Brandon Hinkle | LHP | University of Delaware | Redbirds 2013 Drafted: Round 34, Overall
#1014 (Toronto Blue Jays)
Matt Wotherspoon | RHP | Pittsburgh | Redbirds 2011 Drafted: Round 34, Overall #1022 (New
York Yankees)
Nolan Riggs | P | Sam Houston St | Redbirds 2014 Signed: Free Agent 7/20/14 San Francisco
Giants
Gavin Sheets | 1B | Gilman School | Redbirds 2014 Drafted: Round 37, Overall Pick #1123
(Atlanta Braves)
2013 Draft
Pat Blair│ INF │ Wake Forest │ Redbirds 2012
Drafted: Round 12, Overall Pick #368 (Tampa Bay
Rays)
Matt Wotherspoon│ RHP │ University of Pittsburgh │ Redbirds 2012 Drafted: Round 20, Overall
Pick #606 (Detroit Tigers)
Reed Gragnani│ LHP │ University of Virginia │ Redbirds 2010
Drafted: Round 21, Overall Pick
#623 (Boston Redsox)
2012 Draft
Tim Cooney │ LHP │ Wake Forest │ Redbirds 2010
Drafted: Round 3, Overall Pick #117 (St.
Louis Cardinals)
Josh Conway │ RHP │ Coastal Carolina │ Redbirds 2009-2010
Drafted: Round 4, Overall Pick
#134 (Chicago Cubs)
Jordan Poole │ RF │ Chipola (Fla.) JC │ Redbirds 2011
Drafted: Round 14, Overall Pick #444
(Washington Nationals)
John Kuchno │ RHP │ Ohio State │ Redbirds 2011
Drafted: Round 18, Overall Pick #556
(Pittsburgh Pirates)
Ryan Garton │ RHP │ Florida Atlantic │ Redbirds 2009, Big Train 2011
Drafted: Round 34,
Overall Pick #1052 (Tampa Bay Rays)
Cory Jensen │ IF │ Florida Southern │ Redbirds 2009- 2011 Signed: Free Agent Detroit Tigers
2011 Draft
Greg Ross │ RHP │ Frostburg │ Redbirds 2009
Drafted: Round 18, Overall Pick #566 (Atlanta
Braves)
Shawn Pleffner │ OF │ Tampa │ Redbirds 2010
Drafted: Round 26, Overall Pick #787
(Washington Nationals)
Mike Thomas │ LHP │ Rider │ Redbirds 2008-09
Drafted: Round 35, Overall Pick #1064 (Los
Angeles Dodgers)
Richard Pirkle │ C │ Georgia State │ Redbirds 2008
Drafted: Round 35, Overall Pick #1068
(Colorado Rockies)
Kyle Haynes│ P │ Virginia Commonwealth │ Redbirds 2009-2010
Ben White │ P │ Redbirds 2009-2010 Free Agent: Toronto Blue Jays
2010 Draft
Ryan Rivers│ 1B │ Charlotte │ Redbirds 2009-10
Drafted: Round 35, Overall Pick #1074 (Los
Angeles Angels)
Chris Squires│ P │ Indiana │ Redbirds 2007, Bombers 2007
Drafted: Round 37, Overall Pick
#1127 (Florida Marlins)
Matt Parker│ C │ San Diego State │ Redbirds 2007
Signed: Free Agent (Minnesota Twins)
2009 Draft
Reynolds Parthemore│ P │ Cedar Cliff (Pa.) HS │ Redbirds 2009
Drafted: Round 18, Overall Pick
#558 (Boston Red Sox)
Zach Anderson│ RHP │ Buffalo │ Redbirds 2007
Drafted: Round 29, Overall Pick #880 (Toronto
Blue Jays)
Mike Schurz│ RHP │ Iowa │ Redbirds 2006
Drafted: Round 44, Overall Pick #1331 (Houston
Astros)
Social Media
2017
Twitter (@BmoreRedbirds)
Twitter is used for play-by-play updates during
games along with advertising pre/post game
interviews and any other important information!
Instagram (@bmoreredbirds)
Pictures are uploaded before and after every
game on Instagram. We also plan on using other
features such as Instagram Live this season!
SnapChat (@bmoreredbirds)