Illinois Baseball Report

Illini players Brandon Wikoff and Pete Cappetta were honored for their efforts in last weekend’s BIG EAST/ Big Ten Challenge down south. CollegeBaseball360 chose Wikoff for the All-Tournament Team.  He went 5 for 12 with six runs and .588 OBP. Cappetta was chosen for the Honorable Mention All-Tournament Team.  He went 5 for 11 with [...]

Filed under: Awards on February 25th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

Congrats to Illini baseball Phil Haig and Brandon Wikoff.  Both recently were honored by the Northwoods League. Hurler Phil Haig was named to the Northwoods League All-Star team after going 4-1 with a tiny 1.05 ERA for the Rochester Honkers.  So far this season, he’s struck out 42 while walking 18.  Tonight, Wikoff was named [...]

Filed under: Awards on July 11th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Collegiate Baseball selected Illinois outfielder Casey McMurray as a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American.  McMurray hit .331 for the season and was tied for the team lead in doubles with 12.  In addition, Mac was named Big Ten Player of the Week on April 28.  He started 48 games all in left field though he led [...]

Filed under: Awards on June 9th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

They selected the All-tournament team already… comments anyone? P – Chris Fetter, Michigan P – Zach Putnam, Michigan P – Michael Powers, Michigan P – Kevin Manson, Illinois C – Dan Black, Purdue 1B – Jerrud Sabourin, Indiana 2B – Cory Kovanda, Ohio State 3B – Adam Abraham, Michigan SS – Tyler Cox, Indiana OF [...]

Filed under: 2008 Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Awards on May 24th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Yesterday, the Big Ten announced their individual award winners.  With the Illini’s offense, it was no surprise that they were heavily represented with five honorees. Kyle Hudson OF First Team All-Big Ten Leading the pack is Kyle Hudson who was named First Team All Big Ten.  Hud was second in the conference in hitting with [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 20th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Dang, I’m out of town for a game and boy, it sure sounds like it was an exciting one.  Northwestern had the Illini down by a run in the bottom of the ninth when catcher and cleanup hitter Aaron Johnson jacks a two-run shot to win it all 10-9.  Wow! It’s getting sufficiently close to [...]

Filed under: Awards, Game Recaps on May 6th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

Next Game: Games #38-41 Fri April 25 6:05pm Sat April 26 3:05pm (DH) Sun April 27 12:05 Record: 23-14 Big Ten 9-7 vs Penn State at Illinois Field, Champaign, IL Yes, I say every Big Ten series is important but this one kind of is.  PSU is a game back in the standings and soooo [...]

Filed under: Awards, Game Previews on April 24th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

A quiet news week on the Illini front since they weren’t able to find anyone to play ball with last weekend due to the weather in Dallas.  That said, there are a couple tidbits worth passing along. Assumption (Davenport, IA) High School star Willie Argo seems to be ready to play for the Illini when [...]

Filed under: Awards, Recruits on March 11th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I dropped by the fourth game of the Orange and Blue series after work today. I ran into former Illini shortstop Shawn Roof at the game.  I hadn’t seen Roof (shown above with junior Nathan Lawrence) since the Big Ten Tournament last spring so we caught up with each other.  He talked about his summer [...]

Filed under: Awards, Off Season Happenings on October 5th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

The schedule for Illini’s Orange and Blue series has mostly been set.   Sept 28 – 4pm Sept 29 – 10am Sept 30 – 10am Oct 5 – 4pm Oct 6 – TBA This split squad series is a good chance to see the Illinois team in action!  In other Illini news, I had already reported [...]

Filed under: Awards on September 24th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »