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The
1995
Men*s
Baseball
Squad
The men who will carry the Braves’ “Blue and White" colors for the
1995 season. Sitting, from left, are Chris Whitesel, Sean Hyson,
Lee Walker, Terry Totty, Craig Grizzard, Steve Alhona, Robbie Miller
and Jon Luther Kneeling, from left, are Antonio Holloway, Gerald
Campagna, Mike Yusko, Jason Schigner, Dean Dowdy, David
Grooms, Kevin Mitchell, Jimmy Neuendorf, Jeff Emory and Brooks
Jernigan. Standing, from left, are head coach Mike Bocock, Mark
Murphy, Andy Ward, Eric Turner, Clint Evans, Joe Foley, Mike
Niemotka, Tomas Sanchez, Chris Towell, John Breadmore, Jack
Coleman, Nick Pasliuk, pitching coach Steve Flack and assistant
coach Rich Gray. —Photo by Cal Bryant (’73)
Braves face ’95 season with much talent
By JACK GOLDBERG
Sports Information Director
With 12 lettermen and seven starters back
from last season’s 21-11 club, Chowan’s
baseball boss Mike Bocock says — “Beware of
the Braves!”
“From top to bottom, this may be the best
club I’ve had at Chowan,” bragged Bocock, the
Braves’ third year skipper. “We’re brimming
with talent in each and every position and have
quality depth at each position as well.”
Highlighting this talent-laden band of Braves
is a foursome of seniors — outfielders Tomas
Sanchex and Antonio Holloway along with ace
righthander Mike Niemotka and first baseman
Jimmy Neuendorf.
Sanchex led the Braves in RBIs (30) and
home runs (4) last season while swinging at a
.297 clip. He also was the club leader in stolen
bases, swiping 31 bags in 34 attempts.
Niemotka (an 8-2 record last season with 90
strikeouts and 3.83 ERA) returns to anchor a
deep and talented pitching staff. The Hampton,
VA, native will also see time at first base as well
as again picking up a bat, something he hasn’t
done since his sophomore season where he was
listed as one of the Braves’ leading hitters.
Neuendorf, a leftfielder last season, has made
a smooth move over to first base. The 6’1", 215-
pounder, swung a mean slick last season as his
.359 average was second best on the team.
Holloway, a true “speed merchant,” was one
of the team’s best defenders from a year ago by
committing only three errors en route to a .932
fielding percentage.
Two sophomores and two juniors also return
to starting positions — outfielder Craig
Grizzard (.241 avg.), third baseman Mike Yusko
(.255 avg. and 14 RBIs) and pitcher-third
baseman John Breadmore (.267 avg. and 19
RBIs along with a 3.86 ERA).
Towell along with Yusko, Grizzard and
sophomores Jack Coleman (pitcher) and
shortstop Terry Totty, all gained valuable
experience last summer by playing in
Pennsylvania’s UAAABA Collegiate League.
A huge addition to the Braves’ roster will be
the return of junior outfielder-pitcher Craig
Owens who was an academic red-shiri last
season. Owens, an All-Region 10 performer for
the Braves at the JUCO level, was tabbed as the
MVP of the Front Royal Cardinals of the Valley
League this past summer and was third in the
voting for the league MVP.
Owens turned down a solid financial offer
from the Chicago Cubs in order to return to
Chowan and obtain his degree.
Rounding out the returning lettermen, each of
whom will see ample playing time this season,
are pitchers Joe Foley, a junior, and Nick Pasiuk,
a sophomore, along with sophomore infielders
Steve Alhona and Totty.
A pair of talented junior transfers — Bertie
County native Jeff Emory, a former two-year
performer at Greensboro College, and All-
Florida Junior College standout Mark Murphy
— both have been very impressive during pre
season workouts. Emory may see action either
in the outfield or on the mound while Murphy,
who played for Bocock’s Staunton Braves in last
summer’s Valley League, will get the starting
nod at shortstop.
Chowan has also added first-year sopho
mores Kevin Mitchell, a Washington, NC
outfielder, and pitcher Clint Evans of Virginia
Beach.
Another huge key in Chowan’s possible
success is a talent-rich pitching staff anchored
by the “righties” Niemotka, Breadmore,
Coleman, Foley and Pasiuk, along with Owens,
a flame-throwing “lefty.”
Add the likes of Emory and a pair of All-
State freshmen recruits, Bertie County southpaw
Brooks Jernigan and Andy Ward (6’5", 230-
pounder from Virginia Beach) and one can see
first-year pitching coach Steve Flack’s eyes
light up like a kid in a candy store.
Speaking of freshman talent, Bocock has
completed another outstanding recruiting year
by bringing in quality players who will be
counted upon to make an impact on the Braves’
baseball program.
Christ Whitesel of Hudson, FL, is getting a
good look by the coaching staff as a possible
starter at second base while highly-recruited
catchers Dean Down of Currituck and Sean
Hyson of Waldorf, MD, will provide solid back
up to Towell. Jon Luther, also of Waldorf, MD,
is a quick outfielder who is working hard to
move his name up on the outfield depth chart.
The remainder of the freshman class consists
of catcher Lee Walker of Suffolk, VA, second-
baseman Robbie Miller of Staunton, VA,
outfielder Gerald Campagna of Mt. holly, NJ,
pitcher Jason Schigner of Palm Bay, FL, third-
baseman David Grooms of Grafton, VA and
pitcher Eric Turner of Staunton, VA.
‘‘This may
be the best
baseball
club Fve
ever had at
Chowan’*
—Bocock
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President of
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CHOWAN TODAY, March 1995— PAGE 75