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.

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.

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.

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.

Tyler Brown and Alex Kazmierski Earn SLIAC Baseball Players of the Week

Two Illinois baseball players earn the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week awards.

Tyler Brown, Spalding University, earned Pitcher of the Week throwing a complete game shutout over Eureka last week.  Brown earned his sixth win by striking out eight and allowing only five hits in seven innings.  Tyler is from Joliet West HS and lives in Joliet Illinois.

Alex Kazmierski, Webster University, went 8-18 (.444) last week with five rbi's, stole 4 bases and three doubles.  Kazmierski attended Carl Sandburg and lives in Orange Illinois.

Sanchez and Kuligowski Named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Baseball Players of the Week

North Park University Viking baseball players Tony Sanchez and Steve Kuligowski earned the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Baseball Players of the Week honors for the week ending March 25th.

Senior catcher Tony Sanchez earned Hitter of the Week hitting .500 with 7 hits in 14 at bats, seven rbi's, a homer and a double.  Tony is from Plainfield South HS and lives in Plainfield Illinois.

Senior pitcher Steve Kuligowski captured the Pitcher of the Week by going 2-0 with a 0.68 ERA last week.  Steve pitched 13 and 1/3rd innings giving up only one earned run and striking out 12 on the week.

Juhl, Golz and Rahn Named College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin baseball Players of the Week

The College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin named three baseball players Players of the Week for last week. 

Jeremy Juhl, Augustana Illinois, was named Hitter of the Week by hitting .588 with 10 hits, 8 rbi's and two doubles last week.  Jeremy is from Glenbard East HS and lives in Lombard Illinois.

Also named Hitter of the Week was Drew Golz from Wheaton College.  Golz hit .667 with two homers, four rbi's and a slugging percentage of 1.333 last week.  Drew is from Oak Park River Forest HS and lives in River Forest Illinois.

Evan Rahn from Wheaton College earned the Pitcher of the Week award by throwing a shutout for eight innings against Dominican last week.  Evan struck out six and allowed only four hits.  Evan is from Bettendorf Iowa.

Greg Ball and Jared Massengill named SLIAC Baseball Players of the Week

Greg Ball and Jared Massengill were named St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball players of the week for the week ending March 18th.

Ball earned Diamond Sports Baseball Pitcher of the week throwing two complete games and recorded both victories of the week for Principia.  Ball struck out 12 and gave up 3 earned runs in the two games.  Greg is a Senior at Principia.

Greenville College's Massengill was named Diamond Sports Baseball Hitter of the Week.  The Panther shortstop went 10-22 hitting .455 with three doubles and a home run.  Jared is from Neoga, Illinois. 

SLIAC Standings
Spalding 10-3-1
MacMurray 6-2
Principia 6-4
Webster 7-6
Fontbonne 3-6
Westminster 4-8
Blackburn 4-10
Greenville 2-10
Eureka 1-6

Elmhurst College Baseball's Zach Hofer Earns NCBWA Divison III Hitter of the Week

Elmhurst College Senior infielder/pitcher Zach Hofer was named the National College Baseball Writers Association Division III Baseball hitter of the week after hitting .588.  Hofer went 10-17 with two homers, 15 rbi's and five doubles.

Hofer earned the NCBWA honors along with earning the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Hitter of the week.  Zach is the first Elmhurst College Bluejay in school history to win the NCBWA award.

Hofer is from Jacobs HS and lives in Algonquin Illinois.