Illinois Baseball Report

Just a little catch-up on some news lately: An infielder from Dakota Dunes, SD has signed a letter of intent.  David Kerian can play shortstop, third base, or second base.  He’s also a switch hitter.  He’s a valuable prospect it seems.  He was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 2011 draft. You can read [...]

Filed under: Awards on July 17th, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

Wow, what a game that two Illini had yesterday in the Northwoods League! Playing for the Madison Mallards, Willie Argo drove in six runs and Justin Parr got five hits. The Mallards won 16-3 over the Waterloo Bucks.  For the record, Argo was 2 for 4 with two homeruns and six rbis.  Parr was 5 [...]

Filed under: Summer League on June 22nd, 2011 | Leave a Comment! »

A University of Illinois product was inducted into the Waterloo Bucks (Northwoods League) Hall of Fame this year.  You’ll have to go back a few years for this one but Tim Lavery who graduated from the U of I in 1999 was inducted in this year’s annual Bucks’ Hall of Fame banquet. Lavery had some [...]

Filed under: Former Illini in the pros on December 30th, 2010 | Leave a Comment! »

Congrats to Adam Davis, Josh Parr and Matt Dittman who made the Northwoods League postseason All-Star team. All three had excellent summers for their respective teams.  For the Rochester Honkers, Matt Dittman hit .332 with 44 rbis.  Parr, who was with the Madison Mallards, hit .307 and scored 41 runs and stole 21 bases.  Also [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 17th, 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! »

The Rochester Post-Bulletin has a nice writeup on Illini catcher Aaron Johnson who is spending his summer playing for the Rochester Honkers.  Haha, I love this bit: “Aaron likes to complain, not in a bad way, but in a loud way,” Honkers manager Jason Plourde said with a grin. “If the movie’s not right on [...]

Filed under: Summer League on July 5th, 2008 | 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! »

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! »

 Congrats are in order for University of Illinois’ Joe Bonadonna.  He was awarded the Rawlings Silver Glove for his play at second base while playing second base for the Duluth Huskies in the Northwoods League.  In addition to his fine work with the glove, Bonadonna broke the league record with an incredible 75 stolen bases.  [...]

Filed under: Awards, Summer League on September 18th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »

Summer League Action Illini Joe Bonadonna broke the Northwoods League record for steals.  The former record, held by ex-Illini Ryan Rogoski was 44 and Bonadonna swiped his 45th base in his final game in the summer league.  As a bonus, his Duluth Huskies won the first half NWL championship and will face the first half [...]

Filed under: Summer League on August 16th, 2007 | Leave a Comment! »