Illinois Baseball Report

Hard work and last year’s success nets a class of seven recruits for Illinois baseball

Recap of Illinois baseball at Lexington Regional with photos

Hard work and last year’s success nets a class of seven recruits for Illinois baseball

There's no doubt that last year's success of Illinois baseball has brought the team some favorable attention from potential recruits. This week, Illinois baseball announced the signing of seven recruits to the program.

Fall happenings in Illinois baseball

Funny enough, there’s a lot of news relating to our Illinois baseball program in the deep of the fall season. Let’s start here… The Big...

Fall ball is nearing for the Illini!

I have so missed watching Illinois baseball! It won’t be long however, before we get a glimpse of the brand new 2024-25 version of the...

Crowder, Janik chosen in the MLB draft

The MLB draft is now over. The annual draft which took place Sunday evening through Tuesday. It included 20 rounds plus a couple extra supplemental...

Recap of Illinois baseball at Lexington Regional with photos

The Lexington Regional is now complete and unfortunately, Illinois did not advance to the Super Regionals. They made a good showing of it making it...

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Folks are paying attention to Garrett Acton

In all the hoopla of Coach Hartleb’s Big Ten Coach of the Decade award early this week, one announcement might have been overlooked. Illini reliever Garrett Acton notched another award. On Tuesday, Acton was named to the Perfect Game Preseason All-American second team. This award adds to his Collegiate Baseball…

Dan Hartleb named best B1G coach of the decade

Illinois baseball is starting out the year right. D1baseball.com has named Coach Dan Hartleb the Big Ten Coach of the Decade! According to D1Baseball.com’s All Decade award-laden post: There’s plenty of competition for this honor. Former Indiana coach Tracy Smith has a good argument but only coached half the decade…

Happy Holidays from IBR!

Happy Holidays to all Illini baseball fans!

I hope every player, parent, coach and fan out there has a pleasant, safe, and stress-free holiday season.

We’ll see you at the ballpark in the year 2020!

Closer Acton receives preseason honor

You know we’re getting close to the college baseball season when the pundits begin naming pre-season honors. Such is the case with Illini closer Garrett Acton. The senior righty was just named to the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper All-America second team. The honor is well deserved. Acton set the Illinois AND…

A few words with former Illini catcher David Craan

David Craan (Fighting Illini bio) was a speedy, fine-gloved catcher for the Illinois baseball team. David finished his tenure with the Illini in spring 2019. Apparently, his time at Illinois is not done yet. David wasn’t your typical catcher and there is lot more to him than meets the eye.…

Nine sign letters of intent to play for Illini

The Illinois baseball recruitment team has been busy lately. Today, it was announced that seven high school athletes and two junior college transfers have signed national letters of intent to play for the Illini. According to FightingIllini.com, they are… Jack Crowder RHP Plainfield East HS Ryan Hampe C John A.…

As Fall season ends, Illini announce Allen as new pitching coach

The Illinois baseball fall season has now come to an end. With it, comes some needed staff changes to complete the coaching staff. Illinois baseball announced that former San Francisco Giants pitching coordinator Mark Allen will now be the pitching coach for the Illini. Not only does Coach Allen bring…

Drew Dickinson leaves for Virginia (and leaves a legacy)

Last week, Illinois baseball announced that Assistant Coach Drew Dickinson has accepted a position as assistant coach for Virginia. I never saw Drew Dickinson pitch at Illinois Field. I started following Illinois baseball during their championship season of 2005 so I never had the pleasure. As I began to learn…

Illinois newcomers have a grand time against Butler

On Saturday, Illinois baseball traveled to Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana to take on the Butler Bulldogs in their first fall game. Robin and I decided to make a road trip of it and boy, we’re sure glad we did! With some help of some new Illinois players, the Illini…

Snarskis returns to Illinois Field in coaching role

In addition to the changes in the newly-released roster, there is one change on the coaching side of Illinois Baseball in 2020. Illini right-handed pitcher Quinn Snarskis will be staying on and will serve as the student assistant coach. Snarskis will join head coach Dan Hartleb, assistant coaches Drew Dickinson…