With all the excitement surrounding the Ohio State series, I didn’t want to forget about this. Yeah, yeah, another award for Brandon Wikoff. What else is new? Seems like he’s being honored like this every other day. I bet it’s gets old, getting all this attention. Just kidding, Brandon. This…
Brandon Wikoff (left) becomes the next in a long line of Illini who can claim the honor of being named the Big Ten Player of the Week. Wikoff was deemed the honor for his efforts against Northwestern at Evanston this past weekend. For the weekend, he hit .692 including a…
Big news for Illini’s shortstop! Brandon Wikoff has been named to the watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award. The Wallace Award is annually given to the nation’s best college shortstop. Wikoff is the only Big Ten player to be named to the list and the winner will be awarded…
After a monster weekend against Penn State, Illini Willie Argo garners the Big Ten Player of the Week award. The Davenport, Iowa native took the award based on his 8 for 12 performance while Illinois swept the Nittany Lions. Argo drove home 8 runs and scored six with the help…
I didn’t want to jinx it but I had a sneaky suspicion that Illinois firstbaseman Matt Dittman’s efforts against Michigan might have been good enough to garner him Big Ten Player of the Week. They were. Dittman had started in only one Big Ten game before this weekend and boy,…
Congrats to Will Strack. With his complete game shutout in the second game of Sunday’s doubleheader, Strack received the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week award. Strack allowed just four hits and a walk in Illinois’ win which completed their weekend sweep of the Michigan Spartans. He is the second…
Illini fans, get ready… this weekend is the first home series of 2009! It might be a bit chilly for Friday’s game. Forecasts show sunny and a high of 49 degrees but all things considered, we’ve endured worst. The early 3:05pm game time will help with that (good thing because…
Lots to talk about in the wake of Illinois’ series victory over (then) #1 LSU Tigers last weekend. The Illini won Friday’s game and Sunday’s game both on the efforts of good starting pitching by Phil Haig and Ben Reeser respectively. I say "then #1" because well, it’s no surprise…
Illini secondbaseman Josh Parr who is barely getting his feet wet in college ball, has already been honored by the conference by being named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week. Considering his performance at the Al Ogletree Tournament over the weekend, it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Parr…
Some quick news links from around the Big Ten baseball world -Brian from Big Ten Hardball wraps up the BIG EAST/Big Ten Challenge and chose his All-Weekend Team. Brandon Wikoff and Dom Altobelli made first team. Aaron Johnson made honorable mention. -Yes, the Big Ten did reign supreme in the…