Wikoff: 5th round pick by Houston The fifth round was magic for the Illini in the First-Year Player Draft. Brandon Wikoff was picked by the Houston Astros in the 161st pick overall. Seven picks later, Seth Schwindenhammer was drafted by the Red Sox. Schwindenhammer is a 2008 recruit of Coach…
Indiana did pretty well in the first day of the MLB draft. Three Hoosiers were drafted in the first 50 picks.
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…
Just ran across a nice photo of Kyle Hudson on Flickr presumably taken by a Delmarva Shorebird fan (with a VERY nice camera). …and yes, he’s running.
Junior Brandon Wikoff is an obvious choice by teams next week when MLB has their First-Year Player Draft. I think we all knew that. But the News-Gazette’s Jeff Huth has a posting on IlliniHQ.com on other Illini players and recruits (other than Brandon Wikoff) who also might get the call…
Former Illinois SS Shawn Roof is really hitting the ball lately in the minors. After starting out with the Lakeland Flying Tigers, he advanced to AA earlier this year and is playing for the Erie Seawolves. Since then, he’s really come on. He went 4 for 5 with two triples…
Hudson in his Illinois days Former Illini and Mattoon, Illinois native Kyle Hudson is hitting the ball well lately while playing for the Delmarva Shorebirds, a team in the Class A South Atlantic League. For those who don’t know (like I didn’t), Delmarva is situated on the peninsula of Maryland. …
Ouch.
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…
I started Illinois Baseball Report at the beginning of this year essentially because I thought the team really deserved it. I put a lot of time into it during the the the season and it’s been a lot of fun. Even though the University of Illinois baseball season is over,…