Player Profiles - Newcomers30-DREW CHAMBERLAINFreshman PitcherBats-L / Throws-L6-foot / 160 poundsCumberland, Ky. / Cumberland16-BRANDON HEDRICKFreshman Infielder / PitcherBats-R / Throws-R6-foot-1 / 190 poundsCorbin, Ky. / CorbinFirst Year with the BulldogsFirst Year with the Bulldogs38-JONATHAN GABBARDFreshman OutfielderBats-R / Throws-R6-foot-2 / 190 poundsAnnville, Ky. / Jackson County33-LOGAN KINGFreshman InfielderBats-R / Throws-R5-foot-11 / 185 poundsClay City, Ky. / Powell CountyFirst Year with the BulldogsFirst Year with the Bulldogs26-A.J. GAMBRELFreshman OutfielderBats-R / Throws-R6-foot-3 / 180 poundsCorbin, Ky. / BarbourvilleFirst Year with the Bulldogs19-JONATHAN RIDDLEFreshman CatcherBats-R / Throws-R5-foot-10 / 240 poundsEighty Eight, Ky. / Barren CountyFirst Year with the BulldogsBULLDOG BASEBALL8-MATT GRIMESFreshman PitcherBats-R / Throws-R6-foot / 190 poundsHustonville, Ky. / DanvilleFirst Year with the Bulldogs16 • <strong>Union</strong> <strong>College</strong>
Head Coach Bart OsborneBart Osborne became the head coach of the<strong>Union</strong> <strong>College</strong> baseball program in July of 2003,making him the seventh person to hold the postsince the sport was reinstated at the school in1974.Osborne has compiled a 214-89 record duringhis first five seasons at <strong>Union</strong>, making himthe winningest coach in program history. Herecorded pair of 48-win seasons in 2006 and2008 to set the program record for wins in aseason. In addition, the Bulldogs have posted a74-34 record in Appalachian Athletic Conferenceplay under Osborne and won the 2006Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament.<strong>Union</strong> reached new heights in 2007 as it wonthe NAIA Region XII Tournament for the firsttime in program history and hosted the SouthCentral Super Regional. In 2008, Osborne took the Bulldogs even further as <strong>Union</strong>won its second NAIA Region XII championship in a row and won the NAIA SouthCentral Super Regional to advance to the Avista-NAIA World Series for the first time inprogram history.The Bulldogs went 1-2 at the 2008 NAIA World Series to place fifth.During his tenure, Osborne has produced one NAIA First Team All-American andnine NAIA All-American Honorable Mentions, 15 NAIA Region XII All-RegionTeam players, 19 First Team All-Conference selections, the 2006 Appalachian AthleticConference Player and Freshman of the Year and the Appalachian Athletic ConferencePitcher of the Year in 2005 and 2008. In addition, <strong>Union</strong> had a player named the NAIAPlayer of the Year once in 2006 and a pitcher named the NAIA Pitcher of the Weektwice in 2005. The Bulldogs have placed 24 players on the Academic All-ConferenceTeam and seven have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.Under Osborne, <strong>Union</strong> has also had one player to be drafted in the Major LeagueBaseball First-Year Player Draft while a total of five Bulldogs played professionally.Prior to coming to <strong>Union</strong>, Osborne spent the past six years as an assistant coachat Murray State University. While there, Murray State made postseason tournamentappearances every season and won the 2003 Ohio Valley Conference tournamentchampionship. In addition, Murray State has produced 19 All-Conference teammembers, broken 16 offensive school records and raised it conference winningpercentage from 39 percent to 51 percent.Before coaching at Murray State, Osborne spent three seasons at Southeast MissouriState University as an assistant, was the head coach at Kirby High (Tenn.) School fortwo years and served as a graduate assistant at Delta State (Miss.) University for twoseasons.He received his Bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and hisMaster’s from Delta State. Osborne played at Roane State (Tenn.) Community <strong>College</strong>,helping it win the state championship in 1987 and was the team captain in 1988.Osborne is married, and he and his wife, Julie, have two daughters - Addison andLeanna, and a son - R.J.COACHING RECORDSCoach Year(s) RecordDean Brunson 2: 1975-76 20-26 (.435)Larry Inkster 11: 1977-83, 1985-88 196-149 (.568)Dwayne Peters 1: 1984 4-28 (.125)Dave Schmotzer 3: 1989-91 80-43 (.650)Wayne Albury 3: 1992-94 100-48-3 (.672)Chris Posey 4: 1995-98 85-71 (.545)Darin Wilson 5: 1999-03 161-106-1 (.601)Bart Osborne 5: 2004-present 214-89 (.706)Totals 34 860-560-4 (.605)YEAR-BY-YEAR RECORDS*Year Record Pct. Coach1975 6-11 .353 D. Brunson1976 14-15 .483 D. Brunson1977 10-16^ .385 L. Inkster1978 18-11^# .621 L. Inkster1979 10-18 .357 L. Inkster1980 10-11 .476 L. Inkster1981 18-14 .563 L. Inkster1982 19-10 .655 L. Inkster1983 21-17^ .553 L. Inkster1984 4-28 .125 D. Peters1985 18-8 .692 L. Inkster1986 17-17 .500 L. Inkster1987 26-16 .619 L. Inkster1988 29-11 .725 L. Inkster1989 18-14 .563 D. Schmotzer1990 26-16 .619 D. Schmotzer1991 36-13 .734 D. Schmotzer1992 35-13-1^# .724 W. Albury1993 26-18-1^# .589 W. Albury1994 39-17-1^# .693 W. Albury1995 19-23 .452 C. Posey1996 22-21 .512 C. Posey1997 23-17 .575 C. Posey1998 21-10 .677 C. Posey1999 28-20 .583 D. Wilson2000 30-25-1 .536 D. Wilson2001 41-18 .695 D. Wilson2002 38-20 .655 D. Wilson2003 24-23 .511 D. Wilson2004 31-23 .574 B. Osborne2005 41-17 .707 B. Osborne2006 48-14% .774 B. Osborne2007 46-17$ .730 B. Osborne2008 48-18$*& .727 B. Osborne%-AAC Tournament Championship; ^-KIACChampionship; #-NAIA District 32 Championship; $-NAIA Region XII Championship; *-NAIA South CentralSuper Regional Championship; &-NAIA World SeriesAppearanceWWW.UCBULLDOGS.COM<strong>Union</strong> <strong>College</strong> • 17
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