Freshman RHP Pat Connaughton (Blue) and sophomore RHP Donnie Hissa (Gold) will take the mound in the series opener.
AT NOTRE DAME: Projects in the future of the baseball program ... possesses a solid instinct of how to play the game, but physical tools must catch up with those mental tools ... carried a 3.067 cumulative GPA into the `10 spring semester.
PREP & PERSONAL: Lettered three years in baseball for head coach Mike Eason ... as a junior, named honorable mention all-state ... member of National Honor Society ... hit .400 with 26 runs scored, 26 walks and a .550 on-base percentage ... born November 3, 1991 ... son of Mark and Karen Rodgers ... has three brothers, Matthew, Andrew and Brian, and one sister, Katie ... full name is John Michael Rodgers ... enrolled in First Year of Studies.
