2015: the year Illinois won the Big Ten and went on to a Regional
With the dramatic success of the Big Ten champion 2024 Illinois baseball team, there have been comparisons drawn to the last Illinois team that won a title in 2015.
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Hot-hitting Illinois to host Huskies this weekend
8-1! That is Illinois baseball’s record at home so far this season. They hope to embellish that this weekend against the Northern Illinois Huskies in a non-conference series at Illinois Field.
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…
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 begin homestand after two wins against Terps
Illinois baseball returns home to Illinois Field after a satisfying series back East. The boys won two of three against the University of Maryland Terrapins. With wins on Friday and Sunday, Illinois improves their record to 19-8 and retains their third place spot in the Big Ten conference. Upon returning,…
Illinois baseball to play in Stetson Invitational this weekend
Freshman CF Doran Turchin raked last weekend at a .500 clip For the second straight weekend, Illinois baseball travels to Florida. This time, they are taking part in the Stetson Invitational in DeLand, Florida. They will take on three teams, Central Michigan, host Stetson and Villanova. The starting pitching has…
How have our Illini players done this summer? Part 2
A couple days we saw how a few of our former Illini are doing this summer in the minor leagues. Today, it’s time to take a look at the Illinois Draftee Class of 2015 and see how they are faring in their first year in the pros. Tyler Jay…
Jay, Hartleb complement Illini Team of the Year award
It’s only appropriate that after a record breaking season that the Illinois baseball team end the season with another sweep. This time though, they swept the end-of-year Illini athletic awards. Dike Eddleman Athlete of the Year Along with track and field’s Stephanie Richartz who won top female Illini athlete, reliever…
Coach Spencer Allen hired away by Wildcats
Big news on the coaching front this week. Coach Spencer Allen after one year as assistant coach with Illinois, has accepted a head coach position at Big Ten rival Northwestern. It’s a big move up for Coach Allen. All Illini fans I’ve talked to say they will miss him but…
Tyler Jay leads the way as nine Illini chosen in MLB Draft
Even after the 2015 Illinois baseball season is over, the team is breaking records. Now that the MLB Draft is over, a total of nine Illini players have been chosen. This breaks the school’s record of six from 1985. Not only that, Illinois is top drafted team in the Big…