Returning for Aurora is D3Baseball.com's preseason All-American pitcher Drew Gay who went 8-0 with a 1.68 ERA last season. Aurora also returns pitchers Eric Palmer 8-0, 2.54 ERA, Brad Warnecke 8-0, 1.19 ERA, DH Cory Walden .352 , 57 RBI's, and catcher Ryan McMahon, .322, 17 RBI's.
Concordia, IL returns All-American third baseman Anthony Even who hit .400 with 38 RBI's and 22 doubles last season.
Benedictine has NAC Freshman All-Star Tim Hendricks coming back. Tim hit .269 with 23 RBI's and scored 20 runs last season for the Eagles.
Rockford's top returning pitcher is Kaleb Rich, who went 3-4 with a 4.82 ERA last year.
Dominican University only returns 10 letter winners from their 2012 squad right fielder Adam Quinn leads the way hitting .267 with 22 rbi's last season.