PROBABLE STARTERS
Brandon White | Fr. | RHP | 2-0, 3.50 ERA, 16 K, 18.0 IP vs. Alec Marsh | Jr. | RHP | 4-0, 0.94 ERA, 30 K, 28.2 IP 
A.J. Block | Jr. | LHP | 0-2, 4.50 ERA, 10 K, 14.0 IP vs. Boyd Vander Kooi | So. | RHP | 2-0, 3.92 ERA, 23 K, 20.2 IP 
Hayden Rosenkrantz | So. | RHP | 2-1, 3.43 ERA, 19 K, 21.0 IP vs. RJ Dabovich | So. | RHP | 4-0, 2.22 ERA, 18 K, 24.1 IP

COUGARS OPEN PAC-12 PLAY AT NO. 9 ARIZONA STATE
Washington State (6-10, 0-0 Pac-12) continues its road trip with a trip to Tempe for a three-game series at No. 9 Arizona State (16-0, 0-0 Pac-12) to open Pac-12 Conference play. The series begins Friday at 6:30 p.m., continues Saturday at 6 p.m. and concludes Sunday at Noon with the final two games on the Pac-12 Networks.

FOLLOW ALONG
Cougar baseball fans can follow all the season's action on the Washington State baseball official twitter page @CougBaseball, instagram page @Coug_Baseball and wsucougars.com. Links to live stats and radio streams will be available at the baseball schedule page on wsucougars.com. Every Cougar home game will be webstreamed through Pac-12.org. 

ON DECK
The Cougars will hit the road once again next weekend, heading to southern California for a three-game nonconference series with Top-25 UC Irvine.

ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE
Washington State posted a 16-33-1 overall record in 2018 including an 8-21-1 in Pac-12 Conference play. The Cougars opened the 2019 season playing their first 11 games on the road after moving a series with Nevada from Pullman to Reno for weather purposes. WSU enters conference play with a 6-10 mark after claiming their last two series, taking two of three at Nevada and against CSUN last weekend in Pullman, but dropped a pair of contests at UNLV Tuesday and Wednesday. Outfielder Collin Montez leads the way with a .300 batting average to go along with four doubles, one triple and two home runs while freshman designated hitter Kyle Manzardo paces the club with 14 RBI. On the mound, sophomore righthander Hayden Rosenkrantz owns a 2-1 record with 19 strikeouts in 21 innings and junior reliever Davis Baillie owns a win and two saves in his nine appearances, tied for fourth in the Pac-12 Conference.

COUGAR QUICK HITS
TEAM
•  WSU owns nationally ranked recruiting classes in 2 of the last 3 seasons (2016 - No. 28 and 2018 - No. 32)
•  WSU has seen 16 players make their WSU debuts in the first 14 games (11 freshmen including 7 pitchers)
•  WSU has played its first 11 games on the road, the longest stretch to open the season since 2006 (12 games)
•  WSU was the only team in the country to throw two no-hitters in 2018, first WSU team to do so since 1976
•  WSU took 2 of 3 for its first series win over Arizona State since 2013 and first over ASU in Pullman since 2010
•  Marty Lees and pitching coach Dan Spencer were assistants on Oregon State's National Title teams (2006-07)
•  Assistant coach Jim Horner played for the Cougars (1993-96), earned All-Pac-10 honors as an OF in 1996 

PLAYER
•  Cougar Legend John Olerud (1987-89) will be inducted into the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor Friday in Las Vegas
•  C Rob Teel enters the series tied for the Pac-12 lead with 2 runners picked off, tied for 3rd with 4 caught stealing
•  RHP Brandon White was named Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (2/26) (at Santa Clara, W, 6.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 9 K)
•  The 2019 roster features 4 sets of HS teammates; 
    Kennewick HS (Dillon Plew, Trent Sellers), Lake City HS (Kodie Kolden, Kyle Manzardo)  
    W.F. West HS (Tyson Guerrero, Brandon White), Carson HS (Abel Carter, Bryce Moyle)

ABOUT ARIZONA STATE
Arizona State enters Pac-12 Conference plat with a 16-0 overall record and ranked as high as ninth in the Collegiate Baseball Top-25. The Sun Devils swept a weekend series with Xavier and beat New Mexico State Wednesday. ASU leads the all-time series 57-19 but the Cougars claimed the series in Pullman last season after a walkoff homer from Justin Harrer and a walkoff single from Danny Sinatro. WSU is 7-36 all-time in Tempe, has dropped their last two series in Tempe and is looking for its first series win in Tempe since 2013. The Cougars last claimed a series win over a ranked team came in 2017 after taking two of three from No. 28 UCLA and last took a series from a Top-10 team in 2016, taking two for three from No. 10 Oregon State.

COUGARS DROP TWO-GAME SET AT UNLV
WSU dropped a pair of games at UNLV, 17-3 in seven innings Tuesday and 12-7 Wednesday. Dillon Plew homered in both games and freshman Tyson Guerrero homered Wednesday.

LAST WEEKEND
Playing at home for the first time in 2019, the Cougars claimed their second straight series, taking two of three from CSUN. WSU made a three-run third inning stand behind an impressive pitching performance from starter Brandon White who worked five innings, allowed just one run and three pitchers combined to allow just two his and struck out eight in the final four innings. CSUN evened the series with a 5-1 win Saturday before the WSU bats used 15 hits to post a 10-1 win in Sunday's rubber game.

WHITE'S NO-HIT OUTING EARNED NATIONAL, PAC-12 HONORS
Freshman pitcher Brandon White was named the Pac-12 Conference Pitcher of the Week Feb. 26. White was also named among the National Pitchers of the Week by Collegiate Baseball Magazine. White earned his first career win in his first career start Feb. 21 at Santa Clara after firing 6.1 no-hit innings with nine strikeouts and no walks in a combined one-hit shutout win, 10-0. The Chehalis, Wash. native retired the first 15 batters he faced before the leadoff hitter in the sixth inning reached on a Cougar fielding error but was thrown out trying to steal second base later in the inning. White, a 14th-round pick by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2018 MLB Draft, is the first Cougar freshman pitcher to earn Pac-12 weekly honors since Ryan Walker in 2015.

WSU CLAIMS ROAD SERIES FROM NEVADA
The Cougars moved its series from Pullman to Reno and ended up taking two of three from Nevada. WSU used 16 hits including three home runs to post a 16-2 win in the opener, dropped an 8-1 decision the following day before bouncing back with a 3-1 series-clinching win. Brody Barnum led the way with a .385 average during the series while Kyle Manzardo drove in five runs. On the mound, reliever Zane Mills picked up his first career win after 2.2 scoreless innings in the opener while game three starter Hayden Rosenkrantz picked up his first career win with five scoreless innings, matching a career high with five strikeouts, and reliever Davis Baillie notched his first career save with 2.2 scoreless innings.

COUGARS SPLIT FOUR-GAME SERIES AT SANTA CLARA
The Cougars split a four-game series at Santa Clara University the second weekend of the season, taking the opener 10-0 behind a combined one-hit shutout from starter Brandon White (6.1 IP, 0 H, 9 K) and reliever Owen Leonard (2.2 IP, 1 H, 5 K). Offensively Andres Alvarez led the way with a .412 average in the series while freshman Kyle Manzardo hit .313 with three doubles and six RBI in the series. Santa Clara claimed the Friday meeting 4-2 after WSU left nine men on base and SCU posted a 3-1 win Saturday after the Cougars again left 11 men on base. In Sunday's finale, WSU used a six-run eighth inning to post a 10-6 win behind a four-hit game from Kyle Manzardo and a three-hit game from Kodie Kolden.

COUGARS DROP OPENING WEEKEND SERIES AT SAINT MARY'S
WSU dropped all four games of a season-opening series at Saint Mary's. Collin Montez led the way with five RBI and three extra-base hits including a two-homer game in game one of a doubleheader. Nine pitchers made their WSU debuts including six freshmen while sophomore starter Hayden Rosenkrantz led the way with career highs of six-plus innings and five strikeouts.

COUGS RECEIVE PRESEASON RECOGNITION
D1Baseball.com released its Top 2019 Prospects and a couple Cougars received recognition. Junior left-handed pitcher A.J. Block enters 2019 rated No. 25 among the Top Pac-12 2019 Prospects and No. 167 nationally. Three were named among the Top Pac-12 Impact Freshmen; RHP Brandon White (No. 12), LHP Ky Bush (No. 35), INF Kyle Manzardo (No. 38). White was also named among the Top-100 Impact Freshmen in the country, No. 85).

ANOTHER NATIONALLY RANKED RECRUITING CLASS
Washington State's 2016 incoming class was rated No. 28 by D1baseball.com and this year's 2018 class (this year's newcomers) was rated No. 32 in the country by Collegiate Baseball. The Cougars 2018 signing class features 21 newcomers including 12 who earned All-State honors, one Junior College All-American and a pair of high school signees who were selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.

WHO'S GONE?
The Cougars return four position starts and two pitchers from its weekend rotation in 2019. 
Here are a couple of significant losses:
Blake Clanton (DH) - Graduated, All-Pac-12 HM, .350, 13 2B, 10 HR, 35 RBI
Justin Harrer (OF) - Drafted, 35th RD, Pittsburgh, 11 HR, 30 RBI
JJ Hancock (OF) - Graduated, .278, 7 2B, 3 HR, 23 RBI, 4 SB
Scotty Sunitsch (LHP) - Drafted, 18th RD, Milwaukee, All-Pac-12 HM, 6-4, 3.74 ERA, 84.1 IP, 74 K, No-Hitter at ORE
Ryan Walker (RHP) - Drafted, 31st RD, San Francisco, 23 APP, 4-4, 5 SV, 46.1 IP, 47 K
Parker McFadden (RHP) - Drafted, 16th RD, Baltimore, 15 APP, 1-1, 3.56 ERA, 30.1 IP, 46 K

BOARD OF REGENTS APPROVES BASEBALL PROJECT - BTO
The Washington State Board of Regents Friday approved Project: BTO (Back to Omaha) Jan. 25, the baseball facility project to modernize and upgrade Bailey-Brayton Field. "Gaining approval for this project, which is funded solely on private donations, is a testament to a lot of hard work by many people, " said Washington State Director of Athletics Pat Chun. "Upgrading Bailey-Brayton Field was a necessity and provides Marty Lees and his staff the opportunity to attract top talent to Washington State, develop current talent, and return the program to a place of prominence." The state-of-the-art facility renovation and enhancement will cost approximately $10 million. 100 percent of the project costs will be covered through private donations. WSU Athletics was able to secure nearly $2 million in new gifts and pledges over the past 12 months to reach the $10 million goal. The project will feature a locker room, coaches offices, team meeting rooms, a players lounge, as well as recognition of Cougar Baseball's storied history. Construction is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2019, with completion in time for the 2021 baseball season. "What a great day to be a Coug," said WSU Head Coach Marty Lees. "Thank you to the Board of Regents, our administration, alumni, donors and fans. This will provide a tremendous boost to our current and future players and we couldn't be more excited for what the future holds surrounding Cougar Baseball."

JOHN OLERUD NAMED TO 2019 PAC-12 HALL OF HONOR
The Pac-12 Conference announced the 2019 class to be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor. Washington State's representative was legend John Olerud, the Pac-12 Conference's Baseball Player of the Century. During his three seasons in a Cougar uniform, Olerud (1987-89) had one of the finest careers of any Cougar student-athlete, in any sport, in Washington State history, rewriting the WSU record books and becoming the only Cougar baseball athlete ever to be named College Athlete of the Year. In 1988, Olerud became the only player in NCAA history to win 15 games on the mound and hit 20 home runs in the same season, going 15-0 with 23 home runs that year. Still holding numerous WSU records, Olerud went 26-4 overall with a 3.17 ERA over 241.1 innings during his three seasons, hitting .434 for Washington State. He set two Pac-10 records and 10 Pac-10 North marks, highlighted by his sophomore season when he was named Athlete of the Year by Baseball America. In January prior to his junior year at WSU, Olerud suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a type of brain seizure. He missed the first 28 games of the spring season, but returned to hit .359 for WSU over the final 27 games. Prior to his senior season, Olerud signed a contract with Toronto and went directly to the Major Leagues. In 1993, he became the first Blue Jay to win a batting title, hitting .363. Olerud played for Toronto, the New York Mets and Yankees, Seattle and Boston during his 17-year career, winning back-to-back World Series titles with Toronto in 1992 and 1993. In 2001 he joined his father, John Sr., in the WSU Athletics Hall of Fame, and is a member of the College Baseball, State of Washington and Inland Northwest Sports Halls of Fame. The John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award, given annually by the College Baseball Hall of Fame, was named in his honor and in 2016, he was named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Century, selected by a 36-member blue ribbon panel of experts selected by the conference.

The 2019 Hall of Honor class will be the 18th since its creation in 2002:
Meg Ritchie-Stone (Arizona), Dick Gould (Stanford), Frank Kush (Arizona State), Ann Meyers Drysdale (UCLA), Natalie Coughlin (California), Ronnie Lott (USC), Lisa Van Goor (Colorado), Steve Smith Sr. (Utah), Bev Smith (Oregon), Patricia "Trish" Bostrom (Washington), Dick Fosbury (Oregon State), John Olerud (Washington State).

MLB DRAFT PICKS UNDER MARTY LEES
Since Marty Lees arrived at Washington State for the 2016 season, 10 Cougars have been drafted: 
2016, Ian Hamilton, RHP, 11th round, Chicago White Sox
2016, Layne Bruner, LHP, 18th round, Baltimore Orioles
2016, Trek Stemp, 2B, 29th round, Tampa Bay Rays
2017, Damon Jones, LHP, 18th round, Philadelphia Phillies
2017, Shane Matheny, 3B, 23rd round, San Francisco Giants
2017, Colby Nealy, RHP, 35th round, Los Angeles Dodgers
2018, Parker McFadden, RHP, 16th round, Baltimore Orioles
2018, Scotty Sunitsch, LHP, 18th round, Milwaukee Brewers
2018, Ryan Walker, RHP, 31st round, San Francisco Giants
2018, Justin Harrer, INF,  35th round, Pittsburgh Pirates

Below is a list of current Cougars who were drafted out of high school:
2016, Danny Sinatro, OF, 40th round, Cleveland Indians
2016, A.J. Block, LHP, 39th round, Chicago Cubs
2017, Jack Smith, INF, 39th round, Seattle Mariners
2018, Brandon White, RHP, 14th round, Los Angeles Dodgers
2018, Ky Bush, LHP, 40th round, Kansas City Royals