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!

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!

Mike Napoleon and Leroy Franklin reach 700 wins

Congratulations to both New Trier Head Baseball Coach Mike Napoleon and Simeon Head Baseball Coach Leroy Franklin for reaching the 700 win milestone.

Aurora University Baseball Coach Sean Neitzel Reaches 200 Victories

Aurora University Spartan baseball coach Shaun Neitzel earned his 200th career victory with the Spartans 15-9 win over North Central College on Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

With the victory, Neitzel is the third AU baseball coach to surpass 200 wins and is third all-time in wins behind former Spartan coaches Jim Schmidt (245 wins) and current AU athletic director Mark Walsh (320).


In his eighth season as the Head Coach of the Spartan baseball program, Neitzel holds a 200-112-2 (.640) record. His Spartans won back-to-back titles in the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference in 2005 and 2006. Neitzel is a two time recipient of the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference Baseball Coach-of-the-Year award (2005 and 2006) and a two time recipient of the ABCA Central Region Coach-of-the-Year.