Returning Starters
Position Players
1B - Drew Kellums (SR) • Moves from starting
catcher to starting first baseman in 2008
• Was second on the Scots with 55
RBIs in 2007
• Finished second on the Scots with nine home runs in
2007
• Currently 11th on the Scots'
all-time home run list with 13 homers 2B - Justin Brown (SR) • Led the Scots in
assists (87) in 2007
• Second on the team with 196 putouts in 2007
• Finished fifth on the team with 51 hits in 2007 3B - Justin Cunningham (JR)
• Started 31 games for the Scots in 2007
• Third on the team in slugging percentage (.550) in
2007 Pitchers SP - Justin
McGarity (SR) • Led the Scots in ERA
(3.96), was second on the team in strikeouts (37) and
third in wins (7) during the 2007 season
• Collected a 10-1 record on the mound in 2007 SP - Derek Bond (SR) • Team leader in wins (9)
and strikeouts (41) during the 2007 season
• Led the team in innings pitched (79.1) in 2007
• Struck out a Lyon College career-high 13 batters
against Brevard College on March 6, 2007 CL - Nick Salahub (SO)
• Salahub notched a team-high six saves, finished 2-0
and struck out 30 batters as the team's primary closer
and part-time starter in 2007
• Hit three homers and drove in 23 runs as Lyon's
part-time DH in 2007
Key Players Lost 1B - Andy Bettis (Graduation) • Two-time NAIA
second-team All-American (2005, 2007)
• Three-time first-team All-TranSouth Conference (2005,
2006, 2007)
• Scots career leader in hits (260) and home runs (53)
• Scots single-season leader in home runs (18) set in
2007
CF - Mike Sanchez (Graduation) • TranSouth Conference
Gold Glove winner
• Second-team All-TranSouth Conference in 2007 SP - Jerry Farina (Graduation)
• Second-team All-TranSouth Conference
• Second on the team in wins (8) and first in complete
games (6) in 2007.
Top Newcomers P - Craig Page
(JR), Transfer • Second-team All-Mid
Florida Conference at Florida Community College at
Jacksonville, Fla.
• All-State Academic selection at Florida
CC-Jacksonville
• Went to same junior college as former Scot starting
pitcher Jerry Farina C - Jason Danoff (SO), Transfer • Named an Academic
All-American at Yavapai Junior College in Arizona
• Two-time All-Region and All-State player at Chino
Valley High School in Arizona CF - Nick D'Amico (JR), Transfer • Named an Academic
All-American at Lake Sumter Community College in Florida
• Second-team All-County at Riverview High School in
Tampa, Florida P - Chad Brock (JR), Transfer • Has been clocked
throwing 91 miles per hour on the radar gun
• Attended Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico
Record
Book • Coach Kirk Kelley is 33
victories away from his 500th career win.