With the departure of assistant coach Eric Snider, the Illinois Baseball program didn’t waste time in finding a replacement to fill the coaching ranks. They’ve landed Spencer Allen who comes most recently from Creighton University’s coaching staff. Allen also has ties to the Big Ten having coached with Purdue a…
The news that Coach Eric Snider has been hired by the Louisville Cardinals as an assistant coach is very bittersweet indeed. Coach Snider has been with the Illini since 1999 and has been head coach Dan Hartleb’s right-hand man since he took over. He’s a smart baseball man and quite…
2014 seems to be the summer of the no-hitter for Illini pitchers. First it was Andrew Mamlic then Matthew James. Now you can put Illini reliever Tyler Jay on that list. Via Illinois Baseball Twitter, news comes that on Saturday, Jay contributed to a no-hitter for Team USA in the…
Coach Dan Hartleb is going places this summer. Specifically, he’s heading to North Carolina to assist at the National Training Complex for the 2014 USA Baseball 14U National Team Development Program. Hartleb was named to the coaching staff for the program and will help Eric Kibler at the complex in…
The USA Collegiate National Team has begun its season and Illini Tyler Jay is right in the middle of the action. Jay won a spot on the roster after a superb performance during tryouts in June. Now, he and the rest of Team USA are taking on the world in…
Seems former Illini pitcher Tanner Roark who is now pitching for the Washington Nationals, is making the headlines more and more. CBS Chicago covered Roark’s return to Illinois as he took on the Chicago Cubs today. Roark is a Wilmington High School alum so there were some friendly faces in…
It’s a new one on me. Illini infielder Matthew James can pitch. Apparently pretty well. And James (right) pitched REALLY well on Saturday as he threw a complete game no-hitter for the Lexington Snipes against the Joliet Admirals. Behind James’ pitching, the Snipes defeated the Admirals 6-1. The line on…
This summer, the boys are out to play. Twenty-eight Illini baseball players are playing summer ball around the country for twelve teams in seven leagues. As usual, team Sports Information Director Matt Wille has the Summer Ball Central web page up so we know what they’re up to. Each team…
The Illini Coaching staff is off to an early start in recruiting this off-season. They have already landed Ryan Haff, a Hinsdale Central product. Haff primarily plays shortstop but looks pretty versatile in the field. He also has plenty of pop, too leading Hinsdale Central in hits, doubles, triples and…
Illinois reliever Tyler Jay has something to crow about. Not only has he been named All-Big Ten Second Team but now he has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Mideast Region Second Team, as well. Here is the list of All-Mideast Region Second Team honorees. Jay’s performance in 2014 was indeed…