Nothing like a little summer talk to warm you up on a winter day. The Coastal Plain League’s Fayetteville Swampdogs have announced their first signings of the season. This college summer league team based in North Carolina has been known for taking in Illini players during the summer and 2010 will be no different. The [...]
Filed under: Summer League on January 14th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »
College summer leagues have already begun their seasons and Illinois players are among those playing. The University of Illinois baseball program has sent 21 players throughout the the country to 13 teams in nine different summer leagues. The Northwoods League, always a big client of the U of I, will see eight players from Illinois [...]
Filed under: Summer League on June 1st, 2009 | Leave a Comment! »
Now that the Illinois baseball season is over, many of the players will be going on vacation, right? Wrong. Most of the returning players are off to go play in collegiate summer leagues. Twenty-four Illini are dispersing throughout the country and playing in a number of collegiate summer leagues out there. Some of the Illini [...]
Filed under: Summer League on May 30th, 2008 | Leave a Comment! »
In their respective collegiate summer leagues, Illini players Ben Reeser and Nick Stockwell won post season awards before heading back to the University of Illinois for classes. Reeser was dubbed Coastal Plain League Defensive Player of the Year after winning a Fayetteville Swampdog team record 8 games with a 1.61 ERA. Stockwell ended the summer [...]
Filed under: Awards, Summer League on August 24th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »
Don’t look now but Illini pitchers Aaron Martin and Ben Reeser are 1-2 in victories in the Coastal Plain League. It’s playoff time in college summer leagues and ten Illini will be enjoying the fruits of postseason play. Check out the details at the Fighting Illini website. Looks like Joe Bonadonna is two steals away [...]
Filed under: Summer League on August 10th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »
Brian from Big Ten Hardball pointed out to me that University of Illinois’ Ben Reeser is putting up some good numbers for the Fayetteville Swampdogs in the Coastal Plain League. He’s 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA in 25 1/3 innings. He’s leading the CPL in ERA. Swampdog teammate and Illini Aaron Martin is doing great [...]
Filed under: Summer League on June 25th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »
Fightingillini.com has their first college summer league update. Dom Altobelli checks in from the Coastal Plain League. Tags: coastal plain league, dom altobelli, Summer League Related posts Summer leagues can have a lasting effect (0) Dittman, Davis and Parr honored by Northwoods League (0) Kimes blows ‘em away in the Prospect League (0) Photos of [...]
Filed under: Summer League on June 12th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »
It’s summertime and the Illinois baseball season is over. However, fourteen of the Illini players are honing their skills in college summer leagues. There is a web page at fightingillini.com that lists the players and who they will be playing for. A bonus: the page includes links to the teams and leagues so you can [...]
Filed under: Summer League on June 6th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »
University of Illinois shortstop Shawn Roof received quite an honor this week from his summer college league. The Coastal Plain League named Roof to their All-Decade Team in celebration of their first 10 years in existence. Not a big deal? Well, take a look at some of the players sharing the honor with Roof. Other [...]
Filed under: Awards on March 29th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »