Coach Hartleb seemed pleased during the press conference where he announced the signing class of 2013 yesterday. The six ‘athletic’ players that have signed letters of intent to play baseball for the University of Illinois are ‘successful’ and will be ‘impact’ players for the team. The focus this recruiting year appeared to be pitching and [...]
Filed under: Recruits on November 15th, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Today was the first day of fall classes at the University of Illinois. Anyone on campus has already noticed the extra hustle and bustle. I want to wish the Illinois baseball players a successful semester. Study hard and have fun (but not too much fun!) The Illini baseball schedule for the fall has been set. [...]
Filed under: Off Season Happenings, Recruits on August 27th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
Ottawa (IL) HS prospect Miguel Hermosillo has chosen Illinois. That said, he still hasn’t made up his mind about which sport he’s going to focus on. Not a problem. The University of Illinois is okay with that. “Illinois really was the team to beat for me since I made my first unofficial visit,” Hermosillo said. [...]
Filed under: Recruits on August 21st, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
The Quad-City Times has a write-up on a new Illini baseball recruit. His name is Cody Sedlock from Rock Island Alleman (IL) High School. One year ago, Sedlock was part of the Rock Island American Legion team that won the Illinois state title championship. This spring as a junior, the right-hander led the Pioneers to [...]
Filed under: Recruits on August 11th, 2012 | Leave a Comment! »
A sports intern from the University of Illinois is getting famous simply for playing a silly song at a minor league baseball game. Last week, Derek Dye, was booted from a Daytona Cubs baseball game by the dour umpire for playing the song. ‘Three Blind Mice’. Through the Fence Baseball has a good follow-up to [...]
Filed under: Recruits on August 6th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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! »
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! »
Maybe it’s a little for this but Happy New Year! It has been a couple weeks since I posted and I do apologize for that. One month from yesterday, the Illini baseball team will be playing in their first game of the 2011 season. It’s hard to believe. I remind baseball fans from here who [...]
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This hasn’t been confirmed by the UI yet but the Lake Zurich Courier reports that two players have committed to play for Illinois. Highland Park’s Jason Goldstein and Stevenson’s Adam Walton have made verbal commitments to play for the Illini. Goldstein is a catcher and by some reports is “scary good”. Walton is an infielder. [...]
Filed under: Recruits on November 28th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
Yesterday, the Illinois baseball coaches announced the culmination of all their recruiting efforts from 2010. The net result? Six more recruits signed letters of intent to play for the University of Illinois including yes, one more Parr brother and the #1 ranked player in the state. Coach Hartleb described the class of 2011 as “one [...]
Filed under: Recruits on November 12th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
