2012 Was a Year of Many Records for Baseball Team

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Under first-year head coach Andrew Checketts, the 2012 UC Santa Barbara baseball team set numerous records and had several players etch their names into the school's history books.

The following is a breakdown, by name, of what was accomplished in a historic season:

ANDREW CHECKETTS

Set the school record for wins by a first-year head coach
Checketts, who is also Gauchos' pitching coach, led staff to school record for strikeouts in a season (451 surpasses 428 set in 1984)
Oversaw two pitchers combine for most strikeouts by a duo in school history

BRETT VERTIGAN

.381 batting average led the Big West – the first Gaucho to lead the conference in hitting since Bill Geivett in 1985
Nine triples set a single-season school record and ties him for first in single-season Big West Conference history
Junior's nine triples are tied for the most in the nation this season
Reached base in all but one game during the 2012 season – and had separate hitting streaks of 23 and 11 games
90 hits ranks fifth-most in single-season history
Led the conference in hits
236 at-bats is eighth in single-season history
Led the Big West with 17 stolen bases
His .530 slugging percentage and .454 on-base percentage were both second in the conference

ANDREW VASQUEZ

His 1.93 ERA led the Big West Conference, becoming the first Gaucho since Justin Segal in 2006 to accomplish that feat
The 1.93 ERA ranks fourth in school single-season history and is the third-lowest by a starter at UCSB
The freshman's 104 strikeouts rank fifth in school history and are the most by a UCSB freshman since Barry Zito had 123 in 1997
His 1.93 ERA is the third-lowest by a freshman in Big West history
The 104 strikeouts are the fifth-most by a freshman in Big West history
Vasquez led the conference with a .190 batting average against
Teamed with Matt Vedo for 216 total strikeouts, eclipsing the previous mark of 212 set in 1997 by Barry Zito and Bryan Noyes
Was one of 51 pitchers nationwide to be named to the College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year Watch List

MATT VEDO

Led the Big West with 112 strikeouts – tied for the third-most in single-season UCSB history
The senior's 112 K's led the Big West, making him the first-ever Gaucho to lead the conference in strikeouts
Averages 12.25 strikeouts per nine innings – fourth in the nation
Teamed with Andrew Vasquez for 216 total strikeouts, eclipsing the previous mark of 212 set in 1997 by Barry Zito and Bryan Noyes
His .209 batting average against was fourth in the Big West

LANCE ROENICKE

Set a school-record with his 16 sacrifice bunts this season
His 18 doubles are 10th-most by a Gaucho in single-season history
18 doubles are third in Big West Conference
His team-high 35 RBI rank seventh in the Big West

BRANDON TRINKWON

Paced the Big West with his .460 on-base percentage
Sophomore ranked fifth in the conference in batting (.347) and fourth (.495) in slugging percentage
His 70 hits were eighth in the Big West

GREG MAHLE

Freshman was one of only 20 in the nation named to the College Baseball Hall of Fame John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Watch List
His team-high 35 RBI were seventh in the Big West
Hit .347, which was fifth in the Big West