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…
On the last day of MLB’s First-Year Player Draft, Illini bullpen stalwart Ronnie Muck got the call. With the 899th pick in the 30th round, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim chose Muck. The right hander from Maine South (Park Ridge, IL) graduated this past year and pitched four years…
Congrats to Illini shortstop Adam Walton. It was announced yesterday that Walton was honored as an Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Shortstop. Here is the full list of Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American honorees. Walton topped all Illini with a .329 batting average and scored 22 runs while maintaining an 18-game hitting…
On Friday, Illinois gave it their best shot but eventually the Spartans’ offense caught up to them. The #3 seed Illinois (32-21) got an early lead against Michigan State (31-25) and had a 2-1 lead as late as top of the seventh inning. But then things went sour and the…