Illinois Baseball Report

It’s been a while since I’ve written anything about the Illini.  But yesterday, news came out that six Illinois players have signed letters of intent. As of now, the 2009 class includes Christian Cummins of Harrisburg, Ill., Davis Hendrickson, of Macomb, Ill., Brandon Hohl, of Mokena, Ill., Kevin Johnson, of Midlothian, Ill., Matt Milroy, of [...]

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Willie Argo (Assumption Davenport, IA) has just been named Male High School Athlete of the Year by the second major Iowa paper.  Argo is a member of the University of Illinois baseball recruiting class of 2008. The Des Moines Register agreed with the Quad City Times (yay, my newspaper when I was a kid) by [...]

Filed under: Recruits on August 2nd, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

The Frankfort Station has 10 questions with Brandon Hohl. A shortstop, Hohl is one of University of Illinois baseball’s recruiting class of 2009.  He comes from Lincoln-Way East High School. Share Tags: brandon hohl, Recruits Related posts Fundamentals and strategy win the game against Minnesota 7-5 (0) Illinois lose it in the 10th vs Spartans [...]

Filed under: Media, Recruits on July 29th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »

It looks like Willie Argo who was picked in the 49th round will pitch for Illinois in 2009. The Assumption High School (Davenport, IA) product says that “it’s about 100 percent” that he’ll be wearing the orange and blues. Good news for us Illini fans.  No doubt though, Argo will have his time in sun.  [...]

Filed under: Recruits on June 17th, 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 »

Asst. Coach Eric Snider plays an important part in Illinois’ recruiting process It was announced yesterday that four prep stars signed letters of intent to play for the University of Illinois baseball team. No doubt it was a long process and Coach Dan Hartleb and his staff have been working hard to this end. Assistant Coaches Eric Snider [...]

Filed under: Recruits on November 15th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Casey Crosby waited and waited… and for his time, he was rewarded with a $748,500 contract from the Detroit Tigers.  In addition, he got college tuition money for eight semesters.  One of the top pitchers from Illinois,  Crosby had committed to the University of Illinois but was drafted in the 2007 First Year Player Draft by [...]

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The University of Illinois have signed catcher Aaron Johnson from New Brunswick, Canada.  Aaron will be the third catcher in recent memory to don the orange and blue tools of ignorance from Canada.  The first two worked out so well I’m not surprised the Illini went north again.  Both Chris Robinson and Lars Davis were [...]

Filed under: Recruits on July 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Daniel Parker It’s recruiting season and the University of Illinois baseball staff are busy.  They’ve just received a letter of intent from Daniel PArker.  Parker is a SS/OF from Lawrence, Kansas.  Assistant coach Eric Snider was the key recruiter on this project and is high on Parker.  “He’s an offensive type of player who could [...]

Filed under: Recruits on July 18th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Within a week of the First-Year Player draft, both Illini players who have been drafted have already signed contracts with their respective teams. According to the Denver Post, the Colorado Rockies signed 27 of the draft picks including catcher Lars Davis who they called an “intriguing catcher from Illinois”. And from what I read in [...]

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