Midweek Outlook
Washburn opens up a four-game road swing this Wednesday, March 16 at William Jewell for the second of two games between the teams this season ... Washburn won the original matchup last Wednesday (March 9) at home against the Cardinals, 5-4, thanks to runs in the sixth and seventh innings ... in that game, Kyle Carnahan was 2-for-3 with a home run while David Gauntt with 2-for-4 ... Greg Mason earned the win in a relief role, thorwing two scoreless innings and Lance Barkley earned his first career save with a perfect ninth inning ... for the Cardinals, Garrett McKinzie had a home run in the game and two RBI, while Brendan Carney went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk ... for the season, Carney leads the team with a .429 average, while McKinzie is hitting .417 with five doubles and three home runs, leading the team with 14 RBI ... on the mound, Zach Hutcherson is 0-1 witha  1.59 ERA in 11.1 innings pitched, and WJC's top two starters are Billy Kirkpatrick (3-0, 2.08 ERA, 9 K's) and Brendan Beatty (2.45, 14.2 IP, 14 K's) ... the two teams met for the first time since the 1977 season last week, as WU won the game and is 1-0 against the Cardinals under head coach Harley Douglas ... more information on opponents and series history can be found on page one of the game notes.

Weekend Recap
Washburn won its weekend series with Northwest Missouri, 2-1, to close the week at 3-1 overall and claim its second MIAA series of the season ... the week opened with a 5-4 win over William Jewell in a midweek game ... over the four games last week, Kyle Carnahan batted over .500 for the week in four stars while Parker Gibson (.429), Wes Jones (.417) and David Gauntt (.417) were all above the .400 mark and started all ofur games ... WU hit eight doubles and blasted three home runs as a team, working 18 walks and being plunked by eight pitches ... As a team, the Ichabods hit .279 as 16 different Ichabods saw action either defensively or at the plate as position players ... on the bump, Washburn had a team ERA of 3.09 and had 24 strikeouts, allowing 13 earned runs ... Nick Silva and Mike Hefferan each had wins in their starts while Greg Mason picked up a relief win on Wednesday against WJC ... Silva wet 7.2 innings and scattered seven hits with seven strikeouts, while Hefferan went 7.2 innings with three hits allowed and four strikeouts, taking a no-hit bid into the sixth inning of play ... Lance Barkley and Mason both had two relief appearances, as Barkley earned his first career save and had a 0.00 ERA in 4.0 innings pitched ... WU lost the first game with the Bearcats, 12-10 in 11 innings before coming back with a 3-0 shutout on Friday and a 9-2 win on Saturday.

Silva Picks Up Weekly Honor
Washburn's Nick Silva was named the MIAA/AstroTurf Baseball Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 1, announced by the conference office ... Silva  threw all nine innings in a 11-2 win over Missouri Western last Saturday, Feb. 27, allowing two runs (one earned) with only one walk allowed and four strikeouts ... Working efficiently, the right-hander from Littleton, Colo., threw 99 pitches and faced just five over the minimum with five 1-2-3 innings for his first complete game at Washburn.

No Hit Bid
Mike Hefferan was dominant in his Saturday start against Northwest Missouri in the weekend series finale, going 7.2 innings while taking no-hit bid into the sixth inning for his second win of the season as Washburn won, 9-2 ... Hefferan scattered three hits and did not allow a run, striking out four Bearcats on the afternoon.

Tearing it Up
Kyle Carnahan started all four games last week and mashed the ball all over the field, hitting .545 (6-for-11) with a double, a home run, three RBI and six runs scored ... On the basepaths, Carnahan swiped seven stolen bases to extend his MIAA lead in that category (he's now 16-of-19 on the year) ... The third baseman for WU had two multi-hit games and had a hit in every game, while working free passes on the week (two walks, three HBP) ... Carnahan stole a team-high six bases in the three-game series against Northwest Missouri.

Double Um Up
With 21 double plays on the defensive end, Washburn is averaging 1.17 double plays per game and ranks among the nation's best in that defensive category through 19 games ... Washburn is 14th in NCAA Division II and first in the conference in double plays turned, and sixth nationally (and first in the MIAA) in double plays per game.

Swiping Bases
Washburn has swiped 46 bases this season and 2.56 per game, which ranks 14th and 9th nationally (respectively) ... 10 Ichabods have swiped at least one base this season, and Kyle Carnahan leads the team with 16, as he also stole three bases in one game two times this season ... Carnahan also ranks seventh nationally in stolen bases among NCAA Division II and is first in the MIAA.

Plate Vision
Payton Soicher has worked 20 walks this season (1.11 per game) and ranks among the best nationally and in the conference in those categories ... Soicher is eighth nationally (and second in the MIAA) in walks per game and is 13th in NCAA Division II (and first in the conference) in total walks.

Scoring Frenzy
Washburn has scored in double-digits in six games this season and has been held to less than five runs in only four games ... WU is 9-4 in games it scores over the five run mark and 1-4 in games it hasn't reached five runs.

Crowding the Plate
After breaking the school record last season with 90 hit-by-pitches, Washburn has already been plunked 40 times on the year through 19 games which ranks fifth nationally and first in the MIAA ... Kyle Carnahan has been hit 11 times already this season to lead the team and ranks fifth nationally (and first in the MIAA), while ranking third nationally with a 0.61 hit-by-pitch per game average ... David Gauntt has been hit nine times (12th nationally) while three other Ichabods have been hit three times ... the Ichabods ranked third in NCAA Division II last season in hit by pitches ... individually, David Gauntt was 11th nationally with 18 hit-by-pitches while Connor Crimmins (current student assistant coach) was 14th (17) and Carnahan ranked 30th (14).
 
Bods Receive Votes in Preseason Polls
Washburn baseball received votes in the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Division II Preseason Poll, released Dec. 22 and in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) Central Region Preseason Poll, released Jan. 26 ... in the ABCA poll, WU was joined by four other MIAA schools ... Missouri Southern was picked 24th while Emporia State was 38th ... Central Missouri and Nebraska-Kearney were also in the receiving votes section ... in the NCBWA Preseason Poll, ESU, MSSU and UCM were listed in the Top 10.

Career Record Watch List - Parker Gibson
Senior outfielder Parker Gibson already ranks in the Top 15 of several career record lists as the 2016 season is in its early stages ...
 

Career Steals List
Rank	Name	Steals
2	Sam Sissom	90
3	Harley Douglas	75
4	Carvel Reynoldson	73
5	Brian Sodderberg	71
	Parker Gibson	71
Career At Bats List
Rank	Name	At Bats
1	Sam Sissom	662
2	Parker Gibson	624
3	Dane Simoneau	612
Career Runs List
Rank	Name	Runs
2	Sam Sissom	188
3	Pat Colley	223
4	Michael Brock	174
5	Pat Colley	156
6	Parker Gibson	146

Home Run Record List
David Gauntt leads the team with five home runs this season (including three the week of Feb. 21-28) to move into second place on Washburn's career home run record list with 30, passing Scott Gregor, who had 28 from 198-87) ... Gauntt ended 2015 tied for third alongside Terry Middendorf (1984-85, 87-88) and Jesse Schmidt (2002-06) with 25 ...   No. 1 on the list is J.P. Wright, who played at Washburn from 1986-88 and hit 64 home runs ... Gauntt has led the Ichabods in home runs in both of the previous two seasons with 16 in 2015 and eight in 2014.

Career RBI Record Watch List
Kyle Carnahan and David Gauntt entered the 2016 season just outside of the Top 15 on Washburn's career RBI record list and have joined the list through 15 games this season ... Parker Gibson is coming up on career RBI 100 and could enter the record list later this season.
 

Career RBI List
Rank	Name	RBI
7	Pat Colley	130
8	Josh Haas	119
	Zach Leonetti	119
	Kyle Carnahan	119
11	Dylan Smith	115
	Wes Joy	115
	Steve Johnson	115
14	David Gauntt	113

Upperclassman dominate starting lineup
An upperclassman-heavy lineup has the Ichabods poised for a successful 2016 season, with five seniors and two juniors marked in for seven of the 10 offensive lineup positions ... two positions, first base and right field, are up in the air but junior Lance Barkley has been marked in at one of them in all 14 games ... junior Kasey Clark has also seen time at first base (five starts) while junior Wes Jones (five starts) and freshman Bowe Behymer (three starts) have been in the lineup at right field ... Tanner Triggs is the lone sophomore in the lineup as designated hitter.

2016 Season Preview
The Ichabods enter 2016 poised for a postseason run under second year skipper, Harley Douglas ... WU returns return three All-MIAA Third Team picks in Kyle Carnahan, David Gauntt and Parker Gibson and have supplemented a roster that returns 22 letterwinners with 24 newcomers, including 17 new arms on the pitching staff ... The Ichabods return their top three hitters (sorted by average) in Carnahan (.371/.602/.462), Riley Krane (.355/.538/.407) and Gibson (.335/.398/.403), and the top two power threats in Gauntt (16 home runs, 53 RBI) and Carnahan (10 home runs, 53 RBI ... Also returning in the lineup is Payton Soicher, who started 44 games with a .299 average and Tanner Triggs, who hit six home runs with a .287 average and earned All-MIAA honorable mention honors while serving as the primary designated hitter ... On the bump, Maustin Otterstatter (4-2, 5.47 ERA, 28 strikeouts) and All-MIAA honorable mention pick Mike Hefferan (4-1, 2.31 ERA, 34 strikeouts) return as the most seasoned in a starting role, while Ryne Dowling (2-0, 3.06 ERA), Greg Mason (16 appearances, 4.84 ERA) and Dan Gabler (11 apperances, 32 strikeouts) return with the most experience out of the bullpen ... Newcomers Lance Barkley (Fort Scott CC), Quentin McGrath (East Central) and Nick Silva (Colby CC) transferred to Washburn for the 2015-16 school  year and are expected to contend immediately for starting roles.

Best College for Baseball
Washburn baseball received national recognition in September after NCSA Athletic Recruiting named the program the No. 1 "Best College for Baseball in 2015" in NCAA Division II on its website.
  
Gauntt named Perfect Game Summer College All-American
Washburn's David Gauntt was named a 2015 Second Team Summer Collegiate All-American by Perfect Game for his play with the Xenia Scouts of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League over the summer ... Announced Aug. 19, the All-American honors came in addition to Gauntt earning First Team All-League honors and being picked to the All-Star Team earlier in the summer ... Gauntt finished the summer with a .322 batting average while slugging .587 and posting a .430 on base percentage ... Gauntt's seven home runs ranked fourth in the GLSCL and came alongside 13 doubles, two triples and 39 runs batted in.
  
Three Ichabods named GLSCL All-League, All-Stars
Washburn's David Gauntt, Kyle Carnahan and Quentin McGrath played together on the Xenia Scouts of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League over the summer and were all named to the All-League and All-Star teams ... Gauntt hit .322 for the summer with 46 hits, 13 doubles, seven home runs and 39 RBI ... Carnahan played in 40 games, hitting .299 with 46 hits, 12 doubles, seven home runs and 27 RBI ... McGrath went 6-0 on the hill, putting together a 3.58 ERA over 47.2 innings with 19 earned runs allowed, 38 strikeouts (team-high).

MIAA Preseason Poll
Missouri Southern earned 11 first place votes and was picked by the coaches to win the MIAA in baseball ... The Lions earned the top spot in the poll after winning the MIAA regular season and post-season title in 2015 ... Emporia State, the other MIAA school in the NCAA Tournament last season, earned the second spot with one first place vote ... Central Missouri who earned two first place votes, was picked third by the coaches. Lindenwood earned 122 points to take the fourth spot in the poll, coming in just two points ahead of Missouri Western (picked fifth) ... Washburn was six points behind MWSU with 114 votes while Nebraska-Kearney (97), Central Oklahoma (87), Fort Hays State (64) and Northeastern State (60) closed the Top 10 ... The final four spots in the rankings went to Southwest Baptist, Northwest Missouri, Pittsburg State and Lincoln.