Illinois Baseball Report

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! »

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 [...]

Filed under: Recruits on August 17th, 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! »

Phil Haig: Who’s in charge now? Phil Haig had made up his mind. I think. The multi-skilled athlete has just signed a letter of intent for the University of Illinois last weekend. Not only does he play quarterback but he intends to try out for Hartleb’s baseball squad. QB Clint Brewster renounced his intent to [...]

Filed under: Recruits on February 17th, 2007 | 2 Comments »