NCAA Division III Baseball Rankings of Illinois Teams as of April 24th

The NCAA Division III rankings of Illinois baseball teams as of April 24th 2012 from ranking sources.

Collegiate Baseball:
#24 Concordia-Chicago (25-8)
#27 Illinois Wesleyan (21-10)
#29 Aurora (25-7)

NCBWA/D3Baseball.com:
#23 Aurora (25-7)

Regional Rankings as of April 26th:

Central: (Region Record)
1. Chicago (16-9)
3. Illinois Wesleyan (17-9)

Midwest: (Regional Record)
4. Concordia Chicago (23-8)
6. Aurora (21-4)

Huntley Baseball's Bryan Doherty Throws Second No Hitter This Season

Bryan Doherty

Huntley senior right handed pitcher Bryan Doherty has thrown his second no hitter of the 2012 high school baseball season defeating Dundee-Crown 5-0.  Doherty struck out 12 and walked two tossing 91 pitches in route to his second no-no this season.


Huntley finally broke up the scoreless game in the top of the seventh where they scored their first run on a single, a bunt and another bunt with a throwing error.  The Red Raiders took advantage of the miscues with another single and two more errors by Dundee-Crown to cap off the five run inning.


Bryan's first no hitter was on March 29th 2012, blanking Palatine 10-0.  

Rockford Baseball's Daryn Streed Named to D3baseball.com Team of the Week

Rockford junior infielder/pitcher Daryn Streed was selected as the DH for the D3baseball.com team of the week.

Streed earned the spot by hitting .588 with six rbi's, .765 slugging percentage, .611 on base percentage and scored five times.  Against Elmhurst College last week Daryn went 5-5 with a homer.

Joliet's King Get his 900th Career Baseball Victory

King receives the game ball for his 900thWin

Joliet Junior College baseball coach Wayne King Jr. reached his 900th career victory on April 11th, 2012 when the Wolves defeated Harper College 12-4.

King has been at Joliet for 26 seasons at Joliet Junior College and has made 10 appearances at the NJCAA Division III World Series.  King's 1994 and 2008 teams won National Championships.

Congratulations Wayne!

Behme and Kazmierski Repeat as SLIAC Baseball Players of the Week

Webster University's Isaac Behme and Alex Kazmierski earn St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball players of the week honors.

Behme earned his second Pitcher of the Week award shutout Spalding University 7-0 last week.  Isaac threw a complete game, struck out four and allowed only three hits.  Behme is a freshman from Harrisburg Illinois.

Kazmierski earned his second Hitter of the Week award by hitting .471 with eight hits, two doubles, a triple and a homer last week.  Alex is a junior from Orland Park Illinois.

Forsythe, Wiesemeyer Earn Missouri Valley Baseball Players of the Week

Southern Illinois Cody Forsythe and Illinois State's Ty Wiesemeyer earn the Missouri Valley Baseball Players of the week awards for the week ending April 22nd.

Senior outfielder Ty Wiesemeyer earned the Player of the Week award by hitting .471 and slugging .824 along with an on base percentage of .526 last week.  Ty had 10 rbi's and three extra base hits, including a grand slam, a triple and a double.  Wiesemeyer is a senior at Illinois State University, a transfer from Heartland Community College and lives in Troy, Illinois.

Southern Illinois Carbondale junior Cody Forsythe won the Pitcher of the Week award by throwing a complete game shutout against Creighton last week.  Cody gave up only four singles and a double while striking out five in the Saluki's 4-0 win.

Cody is from Calvert City, Kentucky.   

Illinois State Redbird Baseball's Long Named to Stopper of the Year Watch List

Illinois State university's Kenny Long was named to the mid season Stopper of the Year watch list for the National Collegiate Writers Association's Stopper of the Year Award.

Long leads the Redbirds with a 1.40 ERA and seven saves in 25 and 2/3rds innings pitched.  Kenny also has 24 strikeouts with only five walks.

Kenny is a senior from Fox River Grove Illinois.

Heartland Baseball's David Stagg Named Pitcher of the Week

Left handed pitcher David Stagg was named the NJCAA Division II Baseball Pitcher of the Week for the week ending April 15th 2012.

Stagg earned the honors by throwing a 13-0 shutout over #18 Lincoln College last week.  Stagg struck out 11 batters, gave up only two hits and two walks over six innings.

David is a freshman at Heartland Community College in Normal Illinois and lives in West Des Moines Iowa.

Dercks and Palmer Earn Northern Athletics Conference Baseball Players of the Week

Jimmy Dercks and Eric Palmer were named the Northern Athletics Conference baseball players of the week for the week ending April 15th.

Aurora University freshman Eric Palmer captured the Pitcher of the Week honors went 2-0 last week with a 0.60 ERA in 15 innings last week.  Palmer struck out 12 and allowed only one earned run last week and improved his record to 4-0 this season.  Eric attended East Leyden and lives in Melrose Park Illinois.

Senior shortstop Jimmy Dercks from Rockford College earned the Hitter of the Week by batting .586 with 17 hits last week.  Dercks had eight doubles, a homer and 13 rbi's on the week.  Jimmy also earned the D3Baseball.com Team of the Week earning a spot as the shortstop.  Dercks is from Kaukauna Wisconsin.

Eric Rohe and Trey Martin Earn CCIW Baseball Players of the Week

Carthage senior Eric Rohe and Wheaton junior Trey Martin earned the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin baseball Players of the Week for the week ending April 15th.

Eric Rohe earned Pitcher of the Week honors by picking up two wins last week.  Rohe threw a complete game 7-0 victory over North Park allowing only three singles in seven innings.  Eric also beat Illinois Wesleyan throwing six innings, giving up three runs.  Eric attended Mundelein HS and lives in Mundelein Illinois.

Outfielder Trey Martin received the Hitter of the Week award by batting .571 with two doubles, a triple, a home run and six rbi's last week.  Trey is from Wheaton North High School and lives in Wheaton Illinois.

Colton White Earns GLVC Baseball Player of the Week

Southern Indiana junior catcher Colton White received the Great Lakes Valley Conference baseball player of the week award for his play last week.

White hit .615 in a three game series against UW Parkside last weekend and reached base at least twice in each game.  Colton also had two doubles, five rbi's and scored five times.  White is leading Southern Indiana in batting average (.364), slugging percentage (.500) and rbi's (28).

Colton is a transfer from Lincoln Land College, attended Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin and lives in Springfield Illinois.

North Park Alum Giovenco at home with The Kane County Cougars

This years Kane County Cougars current roster is carrying only one player from Illinois - North Park alum and right handed pitcher Mike Giovenco.

Giovenco was a 14th round draft pick in 2010 by the Kansas City Royals and was with the Cougars at the end of last season.  Currently Mike has pitched in three games, threw 5 innings and given up one run.

Giovenco is from River Grove Illinois, attended UIC and transferred to North Park in 2009.  Mike was also drafted by the Twins in the 26th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign.

Elgin Community College Baseball's Bill Angelo Earns 500th Win

Elgin Community College baseball coach Bill Angelo got win number 500 in the first game of a double header against Morton College today.

Elgin won the first game 12-1 in six innings with a three run homer by Justin Kalusa to end the game by the slaughter rule.  The Spartans also gave Angelo his 501st victory by winning game two 4-3.

Angelo is in his 15th season at Elgin with a personal record of 501-315.  Angelo also played at Elgin in 1990 and 1991.  Congrats Coach!

Bircher, Sivertsen Named Missouri Valley Baseball Players of the Week

Joe Bircher and Jordan Siversten have been named Missouri Valley Conference baseball Players of the Week for the week ending April 8th.


Bradley Senior pitcher Joe Bircher earned the Pitcher of the Week by throwing a complete game 2-1 victory over Missouri State.  Bircher struck out 12 and did not walk a batter in the win.  LHP Bircher is a senior at Bradley.


Southern Illinois Carbondale's Jordan Siversten won the Player of the Week award by hitting .563 with four home runs and 12 rbi's last week.  Six of Jordan's nine hits were for extra bases on the week.  Jordan is a senior at SIU and lives in Richmond Illinois.

Chicago Tribune Preps Plus Illinois High School Baseball Rankings

Here are the Preps Plus rankings for Illinois High School baseball from the Chicago Tribune as of April 9th.


1.  Mt. Carmel
2.  St. Laurence
3.  Providence
4.  Nazareth
5.  Plainfield North
6.  Oak Park
7.  New Trier
8.  Mundelein
9.  Marian Catholic
10.  Simeon

Belmont's Matt Hamann Earn College Baseball Insider National Player of the Week

Belmont University senior Matt Hamann earned the College Baseball Insider National Player of the Week honor as the Southeastern Pitcher.

Hamann threw a one hitter against USC Upstate in the battle for first place in the Atlantic Sun Conference.  Matt had a no hitter going into the eighth, allowed one unearned run, struck out four and retired 21 batters in a row.

Matt attended Glenbrook North and lives in Northbrook Illinois.

Illinois High School Baseball Rankings from the Sun-Times Media

The Chicago Sun-Times Media rankings of Illinois High School baseball teams as of April 10th, 2012.

1.  Mt. Carmel
2.  St. Laurence
3.  Oak Park-River Forest
4.  Plainfield North
5.  Providence
6.  Nazareth
7.  Marian Catholic
8.  New Trier
9.  Mundelein
10. Marist

Brown, Peters Earn College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Baseball Players of the Week

Connor Brown and David Peters were named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin baseball players of the week for the week ending April 8th.


North Central sophomore Connor Brown earned the CCIW Pitcher of the Week honors throwing seven scoreless innings against Illinois Wesleyan last week.  Connor attended University HS and lives in Bloomington Illinois.

Senior Millikin outfielder David Peters hit .421 with a homer, a double, two rbi's and scored eight times last week.  David is a transfer from Lincoln Land Community College and lives in Decatur Illinois.

Illinois Baseball's Roper and Milroy earn Big Ten Player of the Week Awards

University of Illinois baseball's Reid Roper and Matt Milroy earn Big Ten Baseball Players of the Week awards.

Matt Milroy earned the Co-Pitcher of the week award striking out 10 helping Illinois to defeat Indiana.  The junior pitcher earned his first Player of the week award along with his first win of the season.  Matt attended Marmion Academy and lives in Batavia Illinois.

RHP/2B Reid Roper earned the Co-Freshman of the Week award hitting .455 with 2 rbi's and scoring two runs along with pitching a scoreless ninth inning against Indiana last week.  Reid attended Harrisburg HS and lives in Harrisburg Illinois.

Western Illinois Baseball drops Southern Utah 4-2 on Sunday

Western Illinois baseball picked up their first conference win yesterday with a 4-2 over Southern Utah in Macomb.

Dan Russell (Henry, Illinois) threw six and a third innings allowing no earned runs on six hits and five strikeouts.  Reliever Seth Fuller (Moline Illinois) picked up the win going two and two thirds with three strikeouts.

Outfielder Ryan Cowhey's double in the seventh drove in two to give Western Illinois the lead for good.  Cowhey (Orland Park Illinois) finished 2-3 with a double, triple and three rbi's.

The Leathernecks moved to 10-17 overall and 1-3 in conference.

Glenbrook South's Stadler Throws Perfect Game

Glenbrook South senior left hander Sully Stadler threw a five inning perfect game with an 11-0 victory over Schaumburg Wednesday. 

Stadler recorded his first ever or perfect game ever as he struck out 10 along with closing out the game by striking out the side.  Schaumburg committed six errors and Glenbrook South took advantage of them scoring two in the second, five in the third and four in the fourth. 

Stadler also had two run scoring hits.

2012 Frontier League Tryouts

The 2012 Frontier League tryouts will be held on Monday April 30th 2012 at CONSOL Energy Park in Washington, Pennsylvania.  Registration will begin at 8:00 am on April 30th. 


Illinois Independent baseball teams in the Frontier League include:

Southern Illinois Miners
Gateway Grizzlies
Rockford RiverHawks
Joliet Slammers
Schaumburg Boomers
Normal CornBelters
Windy City ThunderBolts

For more information follow the link below...

2012 Frontier League Tryouts

St. Francis Baseball Sweeps #20 Judson

The University of St. Francis baseball team disagreed with the #20 ranking of Judson University as the Fighting Saints sweep Judson in a two game set 3-0 and
5-4 yesterday.

In game one St. Francis freshman Adam Panayotovich threw his second shutout in a week going seven innings and allowing only three hits in a 3-0 victory.  Outfielder David Kuhne went 2-3 with an rbi and DH Steve Cservenyak went 1-3 with the other two rbi's.

It took eight innings in game two but Tim Reichert's single drove in Brad Porter for the game winner.  Corey Schultz pitched the final two innings to pick up the win for St. Francis.

Sam Travis Wins his Second Big Ten Baseball Player of the Week Award

Indiana first baseman Sam Travis earned his second Big Ten Baseball Player of the Week award and extending his hitting streak to 15 games.

Travis, a freshman at Indiana University, hit .625 in the series against Iowa last week.  Travis hit two homers, drove in seven, scored four times and earned his second straight Player of the Week award.

Sam is from Orland Park Illinois.

Brett Loeding Named GLVC Baseball Pitcher of the Week

Northern Kentucky's Brett Loeding was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference baseball pitcher of the week.

Loeding threw seven innings, earned two saves, and struck out 10 batters.  Brett only allowed two hits and two walks and held Southern Indiana to a .091 batting average.

Brett is a transfer from Elgin Community College, attended Prairie Ridge HS and lives in Crystal Lake Illinois.

Minooka Wins it's third WJOL Tournment

The Minooka high school baseball team captured it's third WJOL tournament championship defeating Lemont 9-5 at Silver Cross Field Saturday night.  

Minooka scored three in the bottom of the second with a double from Carson Neushwander, an rbi single from Joe Carnagio and a two run single from Dane Colvin.  Minooka added four more in the fourth with a long double from Carnagio, a two run single from Nick Fleischauer and a two run single from Neushwander making the score 7-0.  Left hander Josh Mitchell earned the win and Steve Szymanski earned his second save of the tourney.

Minooka third baseman Joe Carnagio earned the WJOL Tournament MVP honors.


In the third place game Providence defeated Joliet Catholic 4-3