Illinois Baseball Report

Wednesday, the Big Ten recognized the academic achievements of 1,037 conference athletes from Spring 2010 by naming them to the Academic All-Conference teams of their respective sport.  Of the 79 baseball players honored, ten were from the University of Illinois.  Congrats to them all!   University of Illinois Spring Academic All-Conference Honorees John Anderson Jr. [...]

Filed under: Awards on June 2nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

On the eve of the Big Ten Tournament, conference awards were handed out.  Three Illinois players got some hardware to display on their mantles.  Shortstop Josh Parr (left) was named to the All-Big Ten third team.  Making the switch from second base to short, his conference.337 average and 21 runs scored were tops at his [...]

Filed under: Awards on May 25th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Can Brandon Hohl repeat his success against Bradley? There’s just one mid-week game this week.  Tonight, there’s a re-match between Illinois and Bradley.  Here is a quick summary:   Bradley Braves April 27, 2010 6:05 pm ct Illinois Field Champaign, IL Program website link Record 12-23 (Missouri Valley 5-10) Head Coach: Jim Schmitz Key player: [...]

Filed under: Game Previews on April 27th, 2010 | 3 Comments »

We’re still in the middle of the Spring break trip but seeing it’s Monday, I’ll post this anyway.  A quick look at the standings:   Team Record Pct. Record Pct. Michigan State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Ohio State 0-0 .000 12-4 .750 Indiana 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Michigan 0-0 .000 9-9 .500 Purdue 0-0 .000 [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 22nd, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Let’s talk about the fun stuff first. Matt Dittman was awarded the co-Big Ten Player of the Week yesterday!  He hit .615 for the weekend with five rbis and scored seven.  Ditt’s timing was impeccable as his big game came in the 11-10 win against #12 Coastal Carolina when he went 4 for 5 with [...]

Filed under: Analysis on March 16th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Now that the dust has settled from the Big Ten/BIG EAST Challenge, we can get a sense where the Big Ten look like now.  No surprise… Ohio State is at the top, getting a quick 5-1 start on season.    table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #ccc; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; [...]

Filed under: Weekend Recaps on March 2nd, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

It’s Monday, February 15, five days before the scheduled opening day at Illinois Field.  Right now in Urbana, it’s 23 degrees and there are light flurries falling on the already packed snow.  I’m not holding my breath for a game on Saturday but I’d love to see Mother Nature prove me wrong.   Meanwhile to get [...]

Filed under: Awards on February 15th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

After a banner season with the Waterloo Bucks, Mike Giller has been named to the Northwoods League post-season All-Star team.  Giller is most deserving.  He’s currently leading the NWL in hitting with a .336 batting average and also leads with 87.  He is fifth in the league in rbis with 40.  To say, he’s the [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 11th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

More mantle hardware for the Illini hardballers.  Willie Argo was named to the Louisvile Slugger Freshman All-American team by Collegiate Baseball newspaper last Wednesday.  Argo hit .355 for Illinois in 2009 with 12 homeruns and 47 rbis and 10 stolen bases.  His homerun mark was tied for second all-time for Illini freshman.   Brandon Wikoff, who [...]

Filed under: Awards on June 9th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »

The Hoosiers were on a roll and no one was going to stop them, not even the Gophers, who were pretty hot themselves.  They won the Big Ten Tournament championship by defeating the red hot Minnesota Golden Gophers 13-2. This is Indiana’s first Tourney title in in 13 years.  This Hoosier team did it with [...]

Filed under: 2009 Big Ten Tournament on May 24th, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »