University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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B asefeall Ik ma r by Dan Hennes The 1997 Michigan Baseball season proved to be one of note - their best overall performace in ten years. The team garnered their first regular season conference cham- pionship since 1987. Their first place finish in the Big Ten conference marked a complete turn- around after they finished in last place only two years ago. The Wol- verines hosted the conference tour- nament at Ray Fisher Stadium where they received runner-up honors to Ohio State. Michigan started off the season with eight returning, but somewhat inexperienced position players. This inexperience allowed other players on the team to step up and earn starting roles. One of the leaders for the Wolverines was sophomore Dan Sanborn who started the season as the part-time designated hitter and took overthe starting job as the season progressed. Sanborn went on to be named to the GTE CoSIDA Academic All- American second team. He is only the second player to be recognized for this award under the coaching tenure of Front Row: Tyler Steketee, Mike Cervenak, Brian Kalczynski, Marlon Wright, Brian Steinbach, Assis- tant Coach Chris Harrison, Head Coach Geoff Zahn, Assistant Coach Matt Hyde, Kirk Beermann, Mike Haskell, Mick Kalahar, Derek Besco, Bryan Besco. Row 2: Jason Alcaraz, Luke Bonner, Pete Martay, Brian Bush, Matt Herr, Mike Hribernik, J.J. Putz, Bryan Cranson, Brian Berryman, Ryan Kelley, John Papp, MikeSeestedt, Bobby Scales, Marion Garza.Jr. Row K: Groundskeeper Erich Keil, Manager Jeff Singer, Kevin Quinn, Dan Murphy, Dan Sanborn, Jeff Van Sickle, Andrew Miller, Brad Scheiner, Rob Bobeda, Bryce Ralston, Alex Wozniak, Stephen Lenick, Quinn DeMarrais, Andy Hood, Trainer Rex Thompson, Student Trainer Karyn Dunn. shin r erence mplete turnaroBid al Jey Onishetintet place i Geoff Zahn. I couldn ' t be prouder than I am of Dan Sanborn, commented Zahn. Michigan ' sfirst place conference finished marked the end to their worst to first campaign over the past two years and earned Zahn the honor of being named Big Ten coach of the year. This marks the first time that any Wolverine baseball coach has ever won this award. Winning the award is a reflection of my assistants, remarked Zahn. The program has been completely revamped during Zahn ' s two years at the helm, which in- cluded a ranking of 30th twice dur- ing the season by Collegiate Baseball. Brian Kalczynski was voted the win- ner of the Ray L. Fisher Award as the team ' s most valuable player. He con- cluded the season ranking third on the team with a .353 batting average and second on the team with 71 hits. Kalczynski, a junior shortstop, started 53 of the team ' s 54 games during the 1997 season. 134 Sports photo courtesy of Sports Information

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fr- he team celebrates after a win against Big Ten rival Iowa. The JL win earned the Wolverines the conference tournament champi- onship. Mark Wollv Overall: 56-16-1 Big Ten: 18-4 2 21 Northridge T 3-3 2 21 Sacramento St. L 0-1 2 21 San Diego St. L 3-4 2 22 Long Beach W 10-2 2 22 Hawaii W 7-6 2 22 Sranford W 6-1 2 23 Arkansas W 6-0 2 28 Utah State W 3-0 3 1 Nebraska W 2-0 3 1 Princeton W 7-2 3 1 Nicholls State W 3-1 3 2 Missouri L 5-11 3 2 Nebraska W 4-0 3 4 Alabama W 4-3 3 4 Alabama W 5-2 3 7 Marshall W 6-2 3 7 Temple W 10-0 3 7 Georgia W 4-3 3 8 So. Florida W 11-0 3 8 Okla. State L 0-2 3 8 Florida W 1-0 3 9 Ball State W 4-0 3 9 Michigan St. W 5-0 3 9 So. Carolina L 0-2 3 14 Miami (Ohio) L 1-4 3 14 So. Illinois L 0-1 3 14 Florida Atlantic W 5-1 3 15 Iowa State W 4-0 3 15 Geogria State W 11-3 3 22 No. Illinois W 6-0 3 22 Ohio L 1-3 3 23 Purdue W 3-2 3 23 Wright State W 8-0 3 23 Purdue W 12-2 3 29 Wisconsin W 7-1 3 29 Wisconsin W 10-1 3 30 Wisconsin W 7-3 4 2 W. Michigan W 5-2 4 2 W. Michigan W 4-0 4 5 Iowa L 2-8 4 6 Iowa L 4-15 4 8 Purdue W 7-3 4 8 Purdue L 1-3 4 10 Notre Dame W 2-1 4 10 Notre Dame W 5-4 4 13 Northwestern W 1-0 4 13 Northwestern L 1-4 4 15 Penn State W 5-1 4 15 Penn State W 9-3 4 16 Cent. Michigan W 1-0 4 16 Cent. Michigan L 3-5 4 19 Minnesota W 2-1 4 19 Minnesota W 10-2 4 20 Minnesota W 1-0 4 22 Michigan St. W 1-0 4 22 Michigan St. W 4-1 4 26 Indiana W 4-1 4 26 Indiana W 12-0 4 27 Indiana W 4-3 5 3 Ohio State W 5-4 5 4 Ohio State W 5-0 5 4 Ohio State W 11-3 5 6 Toledo W 9-0 5 9 Michigan St. W 4-0 5 9 Iowa W 3-2 5 10 Iowa W 4-2 5 16 Cleveland St. W 1-0 5 17 Cent. Michigan W 3-0 5 18 Cent. Michigan L 1-3 5 18 Cent. Michigan W 4-0 5 22 Iowa L 2-3 5 24 So. Carolina W 1-0 5 24 UCLA L 3-7 Senior Kelly Holmes discusses strat egy with her catcher. Communi- cation was key to the battery mates ' success. Mark Vfolly Women ' s Softball 133

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A cademic All-American Dan Sanborn reaches base afterone JL .of his many hits. Sanborn ended the season as the starting DH and a .336 batting average. Big Ten: 17-9 Overall: 36-22 2 21 at Alabama at Alabama at Alabama at Stetson at Stetson at VA Tech at Maine at Rollins at VA Tech at Maine at Rollins at Maine at Oral Roberts at Kansas St. at Pepperdine Detroit Mercy at Purdue at Purdue at Purdue W. Michigan Penn State Penn State Penn State Penn State at Bowling Green at E. Michigan at Minnesota at Minnesota Wright State Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Bowling Green at W. Michigan at Indiana at Indiana at Indiana at Indiana at Notre Dame Siena Heights Siena Heights E. Michigan at Michigan St. Michigan St. at Michigan St. at Michigan St. at C. Michigan Toledo Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Big Ten Tournament, Ann Arbor, MI 5 15 Illinois W 8-4 5 16 Ohio State L 2-9 5 17 Illinois W 7-5 5 17 Ohio State L 5-8 2 22 2 23 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 14 3 15 3 16 3 18 3 21 3 22 3 23 3 26 3 28 3 29 3 29 3 30 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 5 4 9 4 11 4 12 4 12 4 13 4 15 4 16 4 18 4 19 4 19 4 20 4 22 4 27 4 27 5 1 5 2 5 3 5 4 5 4 5 6 5 7 5 9 5 10 5 10 5 11 L L L L W W W W W W W W W L L L L L W W W W W W L L L W W W W W W L L L W L L W W W W W W W L W W W L W L 3-21 3-19 7-22 10-12 8-4 9-4 12-6 15-8 11-2 12-0 13-5 21-11 14-6 6-9 7-8 8-12 6-16 8-13 3-2 3-1 10-3 8-3 17-6 14-4 0-5 7-14 5-7 10-5 11-3 10-4 2-1 3-1 10-8 3-16 1-7 10-11 6-5 1-3 5-10 5-3 10-3 11-2 10-9 7-1 4-0 7-5 5-6 10-9 6-3 6-2 3-6 4-3 3-12 miorright-handerTylerSteketeefrom Jenison, Michigan delivers a fastball to the plate Steketee finshed the season ' with a 2-0 record. MarkWolly Men ' s Baseball 135