Rochester College Athletics - 2012 Baseball Roster

2012 Baseball

Record: 26-24 Home: 13-8 Away: 8-12 Neutral: 5-4

Hal Watts

Assistant Coach

3rd Season

Hal Watts has been around the baseball diamond for quite a while both as a player and coach. He played collegiately at Wayne State University in the 1950's. He started as a head baseball coach in 1957, while in college. He spent several years as head coach in summer recreation leagues while working as a writer/editor full-time and traveling throughout the U.S. and over seas. Coach Watts began his head coaching stints with summer travel teams in 1981 and continued through 2006. His summer teams included coaching Buddy's Pizza, Burke's Sports, TSI, East Side Sports, Michigan Mustangs, Michigan Marauders, and the Grosse Pointe Avengers. Along with his summer teams, coach Watts has limitless experience working with former major league players, scouts, and with several college programs. He has worked with, among others, former Detroit Tigers 1st baseman Dave Bergman, former Cincinnati Reds scout Ken Stack, and Philadelphia Phillies scout James Ford. He has worked with Macomb CC head coach Joe Santilli and former Wayne State University head coach Angelo Gust, to name a couple.

Coach Watts's travel teams have won several league and regional championships, and have qualified for and appeared in eight World Series, winning one and finishing second twice. In three seasons as bench coach for the Warren Woods Tower High School varsity, he helped the teams win two district titles and a regional championship. As to why he loves being an assistant coach, coach Watts says, "The wear-and-tear of being a head coach just took its toll on an old man, but I really enjoy helping young people learn the finer points of the game and also learn some life lessons".

Coach Watts has also helped in the game on the administrative side as vice president and executive board member of the Macomb Amateur Baseball Federation (MABF) -- an organization of 140 teams -- as well as a tournament site director for the national tournament organization, Triple Crown Sports. He was presented with MABF's "Norv" trophy in 2007, becoming the first recipient of this award for "lifetime achievement" in the game.

2012 Baseball Roster

#	Name	Cl.	Pos.	B/T	Ht.	Wt.	Hometown	Previous School
2	David Woodson	JR	OF	L/R	5-11	185	Vallejo, CA	Vallejo H.S.
3	Austin Timmerman	FR	SS/P	R/R	6-1	180	Richmond, MI	Richmond H.S.
4	Chaz Hill	FR	2B	R/R	6-1	170	Imlay City, MI	Lapeer East H.S.
5	Dominic Raona	FR	OF	R/R	6-0	150	Madison Heights, MI	Lamphere H.S.
6	Matt Fenech	FR	2B	R/R	5-10	150	Dearborn, MI	Baptist Park H.S.
7	Alex Hacias	SR	1B/P	R/R	6-5	190	Sterling Heights, MI	Macomb C.C.
8	Eric Ramirez	JR	OF	L/R	5-7	157	San Antonio, TX	Catholic Central H.S.
9	Ryan Chipka	SR	SS/2B	R/R	5-9	175	Waterville, OH	Anthony Wayne H.S.
10	David Ciciora	SO	IF	R/R	5-11	180	Garden City, MI	Garden City H.S.
11	Max Stratton*	SO	C	R/R	5-10	180	Garden City, MI	Garden City H.S.
12	Ray Yesh	JR	2B	R/R	6-2	189	Dearborn, MI	Allen Park Cabrini H.S.
13	Eric Mischley	FR	OF	L/L	6-1	175	Rochester, MI	Lutheran Northwest H.S.
14	Ron Carter	SO	P	R/R	6-3	175	Royal Oak, MI	Royal Oak H.S.
15	Caleb Tifft	SR	P/OF	R/R	6-1	185	Auburn Hills, MI	Auburn Hills Avondale H.S.
16	Josh Simonis	FR	OF	R/L	5-9	160	Rochester Hills, MI	Home
17	Andrew Baumgartner	JR	3B	R/R	6-1	176	Muskegon, MI	Muskegon C.C.
18	Wesley Green	FR	P	R/R	6-8	190	New Haven, MI	New Haven H.S.
19	Austin Brunk	FR	3B/P	R/R	6-2	200	Macomb, MI	Dakota H.S.
20	Lance Teeples	SO	OF	R/R	6-2	178	Flushing, MI	Flushing H.S.
21	Johnny Barreto	JR	P	L/L	6-0	175	Colonia, NJ	Colonia H.S.
22	Daniel Rensberger	FR	C	R/R	5-11	220	Lakeville, IN	LaVille H.S.
23	Ryan Balazy	FR	P/1B	L/L	5-9	170	Fowlerville, MI	Fowlerville H.S.
24	Anthony Incarnati	JR	C	R/R	5-8	167	Fraser, MI	Fraser H.S.
25	Luke Strobl	FR	1B	R/R	6-3	210	St. Clair Shores, MI	Lakeview H.S.
26	Tim Murphy	FR	C	R/R	6-2	215	Clinton Twp., MI	Chippewa Valley H.S.
27	Johnny Hackett	JR	OF	L/L	6-0	170	Grosse Pointe, MI	Macomb C.C.
28	Travis Early	FR	28	R/R	6-4	210	Lapeer, MI	Lapeer East H.S.
29	Justin McElHaney	FR	OF	R/R	6-0	150	Fraser, MI	Fraser H.S.
31	Fernando Delacruz	JR	P	R/R	6-0	185	Sarasota, FL	Riverview H.S.
33	Carlos Zabaleta	JR	C	R/R	6-2	200	Colonia, NJ	Sussex C.C.
34	Dominic Incarnati	FR	2B	R/R	5-10	160	Fraser, MI	Fraser H.S.
35	J.J. Martin	FR	SS/2B	R/R	6-3	175	Richmond, MI	Richmond H.S.
36	Scott Kunert	FR	P/IF	R/R	6-2	170	Clinton Twp., MI	Chippewa Valley H.S.
38	Spenser McKee	FR	OF	L/R	5-11	180	Royal Oak, MI	Mariner H.S.
39	Tom Verdura	FR	C	R/R	6-2	200	Sterling Heights, MI	Dakota H.S.
42	Christian Carlile	FR	1B	L/R	6-4	225	Detroit, MI
44	Andrew Jarrell	JR	P	L/L	6-3	185	Commerce, MI	Walled Lake Northern H.S.
51	Justin Green	SO	P	R/R	6-2	190	Lordsburg, NM	Lordsburg H.S.