The Indiana Hoosier baseball program announced the signing of three players from Illinois to National Letters of Intent.
Brent Gibbs is a catcher from Alton High School who has "power and an exceptional arm" according to Hoosier head baseball coach Tracy Smith. Gibbs lives in Godfrey Illinois.
Austin Cangelosi is an infielder from Carl Sandburg H.S. and is the son of former Major League John Cangelosi. Austin hit .565 with his summer team and lives in Orland Park Illinois.
Left handed pitcher Austin Foote won six games and struck out 67 in 11 appearances last season at Lake Zurich H.S. Foote lives in Lake Zurich Illinois.
Two baseball players from Illinois will participate in the 2012 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game and events.
Outfield Sam Travis from Orland Park, Illinois will start in left field for the East Division All-Stars. Sam is on Yarmouth-Dennis and attends Indiana University.
Eric Jagielo, Downers Grove, Illinois, will participate in the Home Run Contest for the East Division. Eric is on Harwich and attends Notre Dame.
Luke Harrison of the Dekalb County Liners tossed a 1-0 no hitter defeating the Rockford Foresters 1-0 Sunday in Sycamore Illinois.
Harrison tossed 109 pitches and struck out three moving his record in the Midwest Collegiate Baseball League to 6-0 on the season with a 1.39 ERA.
Luke will be a sophomore at Indiana University this fall and lives in Glenview, Illinois.
The Dekalb County Liners are in their third season as a summer collegiate baseball team. The Liners participated in the Prospect League their first two seasons and moved to the Midwest Collegiate League in 2012. The win moved Dekalb 1/2 in first place with a 25-14 record on the season.
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.
Two Providence Catholic alums, Sam Travis and Brandon Magallones, earn Big Ten Baseball Players of the week honors.
Indiana first baseman Sam Travis earned Player of the Week and Co-Freshman of the Week honors for hitting .727 and extending his hitting streak to 11 games in a three game series against Penn State. Sam also had three rbi's and two doubles in the series and an on base percentage of .750. Sam is from Orland Park Illinois.
Northwestern freshman pitcher Brandon Magallones won the Co-Pitcher and the Co-Freshman of the Week throwing seven shutout innings in a 3-0 shutout over Iowa. Brandon had nine strikeouts and allowed one walk and five hits. Magallones is from Manhattan Illinois.
Indiana University outfielder Chris Sujka earned his first Big Ten Baseball award - Co-Freshman of the Week.
Chris hit .500 going 6-12 in a three game series with Tulane. Sujka hit two doubles, a homer and driving in four runs in the series. Chris wound up the series with a .917 slugging percentage.
Sujka is from Mount Carmel HS and lives in Oak Forest Illinois.
The Indiana University baseball program announced the signing of left handed pitcher Sully Stadler to a National Letter of Intent for the 2012 baseball season.
Stadler is a 6'5" lefty from Glenbrook South HS who pitches and plays outfield. Stadler hit .403 with 3 dingers and was 4-1 on the mound in 2011. Sully joins his brother Walker who is a redshirt sophomore at Indiana. Stadler lives in Glenview Illinois.
Indiana University Head Baseball Coach Tracy Smith announced the signing of three baseball players from Illinois to National Letters of Intent: Collin McEnery, Chris Sujka and Sam Travis.
McEnery, a left handed pitcher/1B/OF, is from Providence Catholic High School and according to coach Smith, his abilities will decide where his best fit is at Indiana.
Sujka, a right handed outfielder, from Mt. Carmel High School, can really, really run and coach Smith thinks Sujka is athletically one of the best in his class.
3B Travis, Providence High School, could be the best hitter in the State according to coach Smith.
