2010 Opener

[Shirley Schmidt]

Tuesday Feb 23rd, in Lawrence against the Hawks.


:clap:

[BostonWu]

Why in the world would we open the season up there???

[ShockerFever]

That's a bit different.

A midweek season opener in Rainbowtown..?..



Interesting..

[Shirley Schmidt]

Dallas Baptist in here for a three game series to end the season that ought to be a lot of fun.

GO SHOX!

[ShockerFever]

Dallas Baptist in here for a three game series to end the season that ought to be a lot of fun.

GO SHOX!

I can't tell if that was sarcasm or not so forgive me. But if that was sarcasm, I must respond and say Dallas Baptist is actually a really good baseball school and will be a pretty good RPI game. Way better than what Northern Iowa would have been.

[Shirley Schmidt]

I can't tell if that was sarcasm or not so forgive me. But if that was sarcasm, I must respond and say Dallas Baptist is actually a really good baseball school and will be a pretty good RPI game. Way better than what Northern Iowa would have been.

I did not intend for it to sound like sarcasm, Dallas Baptist will be very, very tough.

It will be a good test for this team, I am really looking forward to the games and it will be great to have Travis Wycoff back in the house.

Travis Wyckoff
Travis Wyckoff is beginning his third season with the Patriot Baseball team. Wyckoff comes to the Patriots with over 11 years of playing and coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level, including taking part in six NCAA Regionals and two College World Series.

Coach Wyckoff played a huge role in the Patriot’s first ever NCAA Regional appearance in 2008. He lowered the Patriot’s pitching staff ERA from a 5.43 to a 4.55, which was ranked 51st nationally. Wyckoff had two pitchers from the 2008 team drafted in the MLB draft in June- Senior Tyson Bagley, who was tied for 18th in the country with 11 saves on the year, and Junior Jordan Meaker. Wyckoff also had right handed pitcher, Chris Haney named to the Freshman All-American team. In 2009, Wyckoff had a pitcher, Victor Black, who was the 49th player taken in the 2009 draft, the highest in DBU history.

Wyckoff came to DBU from Des Moines Area Community College, where he served as the Head Coach for the Bears during the 2007 season.

Before his stint at DMACC, Wyckoff was an Assistant Coach at Creighton University. Under Wyckoff’s direction the Bluejays lowered their ERA from 5.32 to 4.50 in his first year, then to 4.10 in 2005, and in his final season to 3.50 in 2006, which ranked 18th in all of NCAA Division I Baseball.

Wyckoff’s pitching staff played an instrumental role in Creighton’s highly successful 2005 season, in which they won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship, won 48 games, and advanced to the NCAA Lincoln Regional Championship game.

At Creighton, he coached All-Americans Steve Grasley and Scott Reese, as well as Eric Wordekemper, who was selected in the 2005 draft by the New York Yankees. Grassley signed a contract with the Seattle Mariners.

Prior to going to Creighton, Wyckoff spent four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Iowa. While at Iowa, he was the Pitching Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. In 2001, his pitching staff gave up the fewest earned runs of any team in the Big Ten Conference, including lowering the team ERA from 6.12 in 2000 to 4.80 in 2001.

Wyckoff had an outstanding career as both a pitcher and outfielder for Wichita State University (WSU), where he helped lead the Shockers to the College World Series in 1993 and 1996. During his senior season, Wyckoff was named a NCAA First-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, after he went 5-0 with six saves as pitcher and led the Missouri Valley Conference in hitting, with a .400 average and 29 doubles. Wyckoff was a two-time First Team All-MVC selection and was honored this May by being named to the All Time Missouri Valley Conference team.

Wyckoff was drafted as a pitcher in the 1996 MLB amateur draft and spent three years in the Florida Marlins organization. Wyckoff played for the Class A Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Penn League, the Class A Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League and the Class A Brevard County Manatees of the Florida State League.

Wyckoff earned his degree from Wichita State in 1996, where he was also named to WSU’s 25th anniversary team as a utility player.

Wyckoff and his wife, Cherice, have two sons, Trevor (8) and Cooper (6), and a daughter, Ellie (3). The Wyckoffs are members of Rush Creek Church in Mansfield, Texas.