Former Illini Rohde juggles baseball and law school

There’s a very nice feature article on former Illini Mike Rohde at the John Marshall Law School web site.  Rohde who played first base for Illinois went on to play for the Gary SouthShore Railcats.  Not only that, we’ve heard him behind the mike for a few of the home Illini home games, too.  As [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on November 20th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Illinois Baseball announces stiff schedule for 2012

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep. Euripides (484-406 B.C.) It’s a relevant quote considering the announcement three days ago of the 2012 Illini Baseball schedule.  This is big news.  Not just because the new schedule has come out so early.  But also because of the stiff competition we’ll be facing [...]

Filed under: Announcements on November 19th, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Illini baseball program signs eight during 2011 recruiting season

Last week, FightingIllini.com reported on Coach Hartleb and Co.’s successful recruiting trip.  When all was said and done, eight high school players had signed letters of intent to the University of Illinois. It breaks down like this:  Illinois recruited five pitchers, one catcher, one shortstop and one outfielder.  Of the pitchers, three are lefties.  Two [...]

Filed under: Recruits on November 16th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Illinois “does it right” say 2011 draftees

Yesterday, Illini Baseball Sports Information Director Ben Taylor posted a great article on the Fighting Illini website entitled Recent Draftees Say Illinois ‘Does It Right’.  The piece is about Josh Parr, Corey Kimes and Adam Davis (left) and their transition from college ball to the pros. All three having nothing but good things to say [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on November 15th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Streator’s Nagle signs letter of intent

The Bloomington Pantagraph has run a story on Ryan Nagle who has just signed a letter of intent with the University of Illinois.  Nagle is a senior at Streator High School.  Nagle stressed that education was a big part of his decision for his pick of Illinois over his other choices: “It was just mainly [...]

Filed under: Recruits on November 10th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

N-G runs list of 100 best Illini athletes

Justin Parr:  #1 in conference batting average for 2011 The local paper, the News-Gazette, just posted a list of the top 100 Illini athletes according to sportswriter Jeff Huth. Illini baseball got their due getting eight players mentioned on the list. #23  Justin Parr #38  Charlie Tilson #44  Brandon Hohl #52  Davis Hendrickson #67  Willie [...]

Filed under: Awards on November 4th, 2011 | 1 Comment »