Below are the 2010 NJCAA Baseball All-American Award winners from Illinois Junior Colleges:
NJCAA Division I First Team All-Americans: Inf Tyler Oliver - Wabash Valley
Second Team All-Americans: Inf Jake Lueneburg - Kishwakee College
Honorable Mention: P Chuck Ghysels - Lincoln Trail College
NJCAA Division II First Team All-Americans: Inf Ty McManus - Parkland College OF Eric Aguileria - Heartland Community College
Second Team All-Americans: DH J Golden - Blackhawk College
Third Team All-Americans: P Dillon Naopleon - Heartland Community College C Nate Reid - Kankakee Community College OF Kevin Kiermaier - Parkland College
NJCAA Division III First Team All-Americans: OF Ryan Adams - Waubonsee Community College
Second Team All-Americans: Inf Brett Van Asdlen - Joliet Junior College
Third Team All-Americans: P Zach Petrick - Joliet Junior College P Chris Jordan - Waubonsee Community College
The Gateway Grizzlies will hold their annual fall Try-Out camp at GSC Ballpark on Saturday October 9th 2010. Registration for the try-out begins at 8:00 am and is open to players 20 years of age to under 27 years of age as of January 1st 2010.
The cost of the try-out is $50.00 and a link to the registration form is below.
Northern Illinois University will hold their "Top Dawg" prospect camp on Saturday September 18th, 2010. Individual players in grades 9 and above are eligible and the camp is limited to 72 players.
The camp fee is $130 which includes a t-shirt, written skill assessment and lunch.
For questions regarding the camp please call 815-753-5300.
The Prospect announced their end of season awards from a result from the poll of league managers.
Players from Illinois will be listed in bold print.
Player of the Year: Jeff Holm - Chillicothe Paints - Michigan State University
Pitcher of the Year: Dean Wolosianski - West Virginia Miners - Ohio State University
Fireman of the Year: Wil Browning - Danville Dans - LSU Monroe
Pro-Prospect of the Year: Jeff Holm - Chillcothe Paints - Michigan State University
Manager of the Year: Brian Mannino - Chillcothe Paints
First Team All-Stars: 1B - Kevin Smith - Nashville Outlaws - LSU-Shreveport 2B - Torsten Boss - Chillicothe Paints - Michigan State University 3B - Alex Guthrie - Terre Haute Rex - Loyola Marymount SS - Greg Van Horne - Chillicothe Paints - College of Wooster OF - Vince Fayard - Quincy Gems - University of Biola OF - Jeff Holm - Chillicothe Paints - Michigan State University OF - Gardner Richey - Hannibal Caveman - Samford University C - Zach Komentani - Quincy Gems - University of San Diego DH - Kevan Smith - Butler Blue Sox - University of Pittsburgh RHP - Dean Wolosianski - West Virginia Miners - Ohio State University LHP - Ryan Wynveen - DuPage Dragons - San Diego State RH Relief - Wil Browning - Danville Dans - LSU Monroe LH Relief - Tom Zelasko - DeKalb County Liners - Northern Illinois University
Second Team All-Stars: 1B - Ryan Porter - Hannibal Caveman - Rockhurst University 2B - Nick Judkins - Springfield Sliders - Iowa Central 3B - Greg Bachman - Nashville Outlaws - Austin Peay SS - Sam Dove - Nashville Outlaws - Georgia Tech OF - Cody Elliott - Chillicothe Paints - Ball State University OF - Andrew Host - Quincy Gems - Iowa OF - Joe Koch - West Virginia Miners - Kent State C - Jesse Tierney - Danville Dans - Southeast Missouri State DH - Kevin Plawicki - Richmond River Rats - Purdue RHP - Casey Henn - Quincy Gems - Wright State LHP - Nathan Dorris - Richmond River Rats - Rend Lake College RH Relief - Phil Bura - Lorain County Ironmen - Oberlin College LH Relief - (Tie) Matt Fitton - Nashville Outlaws - Sacred Heart & Pat Gannon -Springfield Sliders - Purdue
The University of Illinois will hold a baseball coaches clinic on Saturday September 11th, 2010 from 11:00 am to 3:15 pm at Illinois Field on the U of I campus.
Zach Williams signed his first professional baseball contract with the Winnipeg Goldeyes, an independent league team in the Northern League.
Wiliams, who signed on August 7th, hit .311 in 56 games for Judson in 2010 and toured with the U.S. Military All-Stars last summer. Zach is an infielder, transferred to Judson from Heartland Community College and is from Bloomington, IL.
RHP Tony Zych was presented the Russ Ford Award as the Cape Cod Baseball League's Outstanding Relief Pitcher and also earned the Robert A. McNeese Award as the Outstanding Pro Prospect, the two most prestigious awards in the Cape Cod League.
Zych recored 12 saves in 20.1 innings and finished with a 0.89 ERA for the summer.
Tony is from Monee, IL, attended St. Rita High School and is currently at Louisville.
The Lewis University Flyers rounded out it's recruiting class by signing division I transfer Joey Gradney from Cleveland State University.
Below is the 2011 Lewis University recruiting class:
Joey Gradney - Rantoul, IL, Lakeland Community College, Cleveland State University Tom Durkin - Tinley Park, IL, Andrew Tom Helwich - New Lenox, IL, Lincoln Way Central Mark Kornacker - Lemont, IL, Lemont Mike Bolling - Chicago, IL, Guerin Prep, Trition College Kyle Huber - Chicago, IL, Lane Tech Jim Glasgow - Plainfield, IL, Plainfield South, Joliet Junior College Andrew Brauer - Bolingbrook IL, Montini, College of DuPage Kyle Kapka - Mt. Prospect, IL, Prospect Drew Buddle - Bartlett, IL, South Elgin Ben Albano - West Dundee, IL, Jacobs
Western Illinois University will hold a two day prospect camp on September 11th and 12th for prospective players between the ages of 15-20.
The two day session will feature professional instruction in all aspects of baseball along with detailed instruction on hitting and pitchings. The camp will also provide information on recruiting and NCAA Clearinghouse information.
For more information follow the link below to the leatherneck webiste.
The Southern Illinois Miners remain in first place with an 8 1/2 game lead over the River City Rascals in the West Division of the Frontier League. The Independent teams in Illinois are in bold
West Division Southern Illinois Miners 53-22 River City Rascals 44-30 Gateway Grizzlies 40-33 Normal Cornbelters 34-41 Florence Freedom 31-44 Evansville Otters 28-45
East Division Oakland County Cruisers 45-30 Windy City Thunderbolts 43-30 Traverse City Beach Bums 40-35 Lake Erie Crushers 36-39 Washington Wild Things 31-43 Kalamazoo Kings 21-54
The 2010 Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 2A All-State Baseball Team:
Luke Busher 3B/P Senior Teutopolis Jordan Chamness 3B Senior Anna Jonesboro Travis Combs 1B Senior Williamsville Kollin Dowdy OF Senior Harrisburg Todd Eaton SS/P Senior Greenville Jose Godinez C Junior Immaculate Conception Michael Lafferty P Senior Illini West Jarod Pellman P Junior Rochester Brock Pfeiffer SS Senior Herscher Keelan Prince IF/P Senior Rock Island Alleman Derek Sprout C Senior IVC Luke Staub 3B/P Senior Brimfield Jon Surbur 3B/P Senior Lisle Reid Roper SS/P Senior Harrisburg Derek Thompson OF/P Junior Teutopolis
Nazareth Academy was crowned the 2010 Phil Lawler Champions by defeating Streamwood High School 9-2 on July 29th.
Dominic Purpura earned the win throwing five innings giving up six hits and no earned runs. Ryan Powers went 2-3 with a grand slam, 4 rbi's, a walk and scored twice and was named the tournament MVP.
This was the first summer tournament for both Streamwood High School and Nazareth Academy. Nazareth finished the summer season 33-4-2 and Streamwood finished 31-6.
