University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Baseball Alumni Return for Weekend
10.20.2009 | Baseball
The activities on Saturday included a Home Run Derby, batting practice and a scrimmage with this year's team. The scrimmage ended in a 4-4 tie and was called after eight innings.
Gary Kohler (Class of 2004) won the Home Run Derby contest. One of the offensive highlights of the scrimmage from the alumni was a two-run double from Elliott Arrington (Class of 2008). Arrington is the school's all-time leader in at-bats, RBI, hits and doubles.
Jason Walker (Class of 2002), who pitched the only no-hitter in school against Liberty in the 2000 season, pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
Also participating in the scrimmage were current minor league players outfielder Kevin Mattison (Class of 2008) and right-handed pitcher Alan DeRatt.
"We had a great time with our alumni," commented Smith. "This was a wonderful experience as we had more than 90 people at dinner Saturday night. We want our alumni to know they are always welcome back, and we look forward to seeing more and more of them in the future."
Here is a list of the alumni who came back this weekend:
Andrew Alexander (Class of 2007)
Elliott Arrington (Class of 2008)
Mark Allen (Class of 1994)
Michael Bogaert (Class of 2009)
Ben Buchanan (Class of 2008)
Jeremy Bullman (Class of 2004)
Steve Burnich (Class of 2007)
Todd Coggins (Class of 2004)
Seth Denton (Class of 2003)
Alan DeRatt (Class of 2008)
Nathan Durham (Class of 2006)
Gary Kohler (Class of 2004)
Kevin Mattison (Class of 2008)
Chris Nigro (Class of 2007)
Aaron Rembert (Class of 2004)
Robert Rudder (Class of 2003)
Mark Schurman (Class of 2002)
Kyle Smith (Class of 2007)
Dustin Sode (Class of 2003)
Rob Vernon (Class of 2007)
Jason Walker (Class of 2002)
J.K. Whited (Class of 2007)
Justin Wilkins (Class of 2006)
