Wednesday, the Big Ten recognized the academic achievements of 1,037 conference athletes from Spring 2010 by naming them to the Academic All-Conference teams of their respective sport. Of the 79 baseball players honored, ten were from the University of Illinois. Congrats to them all! University of Illinois Spring Academic…
The Illinois baseball players don’t get much of a break after the college season is over. A few days after it’s over they travel to their college summer teams to hone their skills. This year, twenty-one Illinois players will be playing in these summer leagues. For the most part our…
If you’re a fan of Coach Hartleb (and if I’m a good judge, most of us are), rest assured. He has been told by athletic director Ron Guenther that he still has a job. The UI Athletic Department has said all year that it was going to wait till the…
On the eve of the Big Ten Tournament, conference awards were handed out. Three Illinois players got some hardware to display on their mantles. Shortstop Josh Parr (left) was named to the All-Big Ten third team. Making the switch from second base to short, his conference.337 average and 21 runs…
Today, Illinois closed out the 2010 season with a 16-6 loss against Indiana. It was a classic Hoosier victory with sixteen runs and seventeen hits (although only one homerun). Senior Kevin Manson took the loss. Indiana knocked Manson around pretty well. They scored six runs (five earned) in three innings. …
Since the Illini were out of town and I still had the itch to shoot (photos, that is), I took in a few of the races of today’s Tour de C-U cycling event. I’m not sure if I ever attended let alone photographed a cycling race, so it was a…
It was a wild and crazy one in Bloomington today. Indiana continued to hit and scored 12 runs. Fortunately, Illinois had a blockbuster afternoon scoring 17 runs on the same amount of hits. Brandon Hohl hit two homers and drove in three runs. Final score: Illinois 17 Indiana 12. The…
Indiana came touted as a team with power and at least for Hoosier fans, they disappoint this afternoon. They defeated the Illini 11-5 with the help of six homeruns. Indiana never had the huge inning… no more than than three runs in a frame. Also, Illinois managed to separate their…
Tom Shelton takes umm… batting practice before the Western Michigan game For the last regular season weekend, we’re playing the Indiana Hoosiers. Note I use term “weekend” loosely since the series starts on Thursday. Given the teams playing, I’m expecting some wild and wooly games. Indiana Hoosiers May 20, 2010…
Illinois ended their home season with a win tonight against Western Michigan. Thanks to key pitching and a great game by Pete Cappetta, the Illini outscored the Broncos 6-1. Billy Barrett held the Broncos hitless for three innings The Broncos just couldn’t get the offense going against Illinois’ hurlers. Through…