Over a seven-year period, Garcia posted an overall record of 124-51. The Illini earned their most conference wins under Hartleb, which included a 10-2 mark in Big Ten road games. Twitter: @Curt00002, Jim Halpin - Athletic Trainer Baumgartner tied for third in the league with 15 starts. Woodcock finished eighth on the career list for games played and started at SIUE while racking up 48 doubles to rank No. Well hit .571 (8-14) with eight RBIs at the OVC tournament and was SIUEs first-ever selection to the OVC All-Tournament team. Illinois Baseball Resource Guide - NCSASports.org Round 3, Overall 102 - Lars Davis, C, Colorado Rockies, 2007 With a 7-0 shutout of UT Martin April 3, 2022, at Simmons Complex, Lyons earned his 100th win at the helm of SIUE baseball. Three-spot hitter Taylor Sanders picked up four hits and four RBIs in both games, while Kennedy Foote picked up two against the Evansville in WKUs fifth shutout on the season. After spending the first 10 years of his tenure at Illinois as the pitching coach, Hartleb earned the additional title of associate head coach in 2001, coordinating many administrative duties associated with the Illini baseball program. He and his wife, Gina, were married in December 1993 and reside in Champaign with their children, Zakary David and Haley Noel. Clapp. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - WKU Softball swept Saturdays games and have won their last 10 of 12 for head coach Amy Tudors 500th career win after the Tops 9-0 win over Evansville at the WKU Softball Complex. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Also in 2009, the Panthers ranked second in the nation in hitting with a .362 batting average. Assistant Coach. Serwa made seven starts and tied for the OVC lead with two complete games. Im excited to have Sean on board. The Drake University and Southern Illinois men's basketball teams are scheduled to meet in the 2023 Missouri Valley Conference tournament semifinals on Saturday, March 4 in St. Louis. Hartleb also served on the coaching staff for the 2014 USA Baseball 14U National Team Development Program. The Cougars scored 335 runs, hit 53 home runs and drove in 319 runs, all Division I era-bests and all despite playing fewer games than several previous seasons. Hes a rising star. Baseball Coaches - Northwestern University Athletics 2023 Baseball Roster - SIUE Coach Kev handles the defensive development of the Blue Storm Outfield. 2015 ABCA Mideast Region Coach of the Year; 2015 National Coach of the Year Finalist; Illinois record four NCAA Tournament appearances; 92 professional players while at Illinois; 25 All-Americans . Title. Every Illini that has played four years for Hartleb has left with a winning percentage of .500 or better. His 82 strikeouts led the team and his 9.93 strikeouts per nine innings was fifth best in the league. He is in his eighth season at the school after also serving as the team's pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for four years before taking over the head coaching position. Well had a breakout season of his own hitting 19 doubles to establish a new Division I mark. The official 2023 Baseball Roster for the Illinois College Blue Boys & Lady Blue. The following year, right-hander Cody Sedlock was taken with the No. Elvis Dominguez, head baseball coach, Bradley, I said it when I introduced Sean for the Hall of Fame at Eastern Illinois - the two eras in which we won at EIU, Sean was involved either as a player or as a coach. With that in mind, we tailor our lessons, camps and clinics to meet this criteria for our players. SIUE was 13-17 in Ohio Valley Conference play, marking the most OVC wins for the Cougars since 2015. I was blessed to have him here as long as I did. Full Bio. The Hilltoppers RBIs leader this season, Taylor Sanders, popped in two more as she doubled into left field, sending TJ Webster and Kennedy Foote across the plate for a big fifth inning and the final runs for WKU. Arkansas Razorbacks coach Dave Van Horn after big offensive performance in 12-6 win over Wright State on Saturday afternoon. View Full Bio. Andy Dickinson was drafted by the Oakland As in June of 2002 and advanced to the As Double-A Midland RockHounds in 2005. . Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Name Title Email Address Phone Twitter; Jim Foster: Head Baseball Coach james.foster@northwestern.edu: 491-4652 491-4652: Dusty Napoleon: Hitting Coach/Recruiting Coordinator dusty.napoleon@northwestern.edu: Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association | Illinois High In 2015, Bradley earned an at-large berth to the NCAA championship, and the Braves .311 batting average was the best team mark for the tournament. Lundgren, Payton Illinois was off to a hot start in 2020 with ranked wins over #13 Texas A&M and #23 Oklahoma State before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the season before the Illini could make a run at back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths. Conroy was drafted in the 19th round by the New York Yankees in 2005 and won a New York-Penn League title with the class-A Staten Island Yankees that fall. Its always been special with every group Ive been able to coach, noted head coach Amy Tudor. McDonald, Alex Jay and Sedlock were the first teammates from Big Ten schools to be drafted in the first round of back-to-back drafts since Purdues Sherard Clinkscales and Jermaine Allensworth went in the 1992 and 1993 supplemental first rounds. Illinois returned to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time under Hartleb in 2019. Since Hartleb joined the Illinois coaching staff in 1991, 13former Illini have reached the major leagues, with Cody Sedlock (Baltimore) and Michael Massey (Kansas City) adding their names to that list in 2022. At Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio, Hartleb was a standout athlete in both baseball and football. Hartleb has sent a number of former Illini hurlers to the professional ranks following their collegiate careers, most recently having former Joey Gerber get the call to the Seattle Mariners in 2020. The Newburgh, Indiana native, is in his 1st year as the Blue Storms Hitting, Strength, and Conditioning Coordinator. Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association | Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association IHSBCA News 2022 Awards and HOF Inductees December 15, 2022 Congratulations to our 2022 Award Winners and Hall of Fame inductees: 1A Coach of the Year John Frech - (Louisville) North Clay H.S. Baseball Coach Jobs, Employment in Illinois | Indeed.com Eder: Assistant Coach John Furlong . Head Coach. The official Baseball Coach List for the Augustana College Vikings. Round 3, Overall 82 - Bren Spillane, RF,Cincinnati Reds, 2018 Swartz, Camden Cougar Athlete Alumni Spotlight Questionnaire, JJK Winning in Life / SIUE Athletics Leadership Program. 2010-19 10 1960-69 8, 2020-29 0 Illinois was tied for the third-most draft picks in the country in 2015. The Bowling Green native only gave up two hits and walked one, while striking out three of 16 batters faced. The official Baseball Coach List for the Southern Illinois University Salukis Skip To Main . The official Baseball Coach List for the Northern Illinois University Huskies. The Illini earned the No. Illinois Baseball Academy. 1970-79 0 Five of Hartlebs pitchers have been named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year and Illinois has produced sevenBig Ten Players of the Year, along with 45All-Big Ten first team selections. The Springfield, Illinois native is in his first year coaching collegiate baseball. Lyons has a career record of 115-160 in six seasons at SIUE. Spillane slashed .389/.498/.903 and hit 23 home runs, the second-most in an Illinois single season, while leading the nation in slugging percentage. After a rocky start to the season, Illinois reversed course by winning 18 of their final 24 games to clinch a share of the regular season Big Ten title, sweep through the Big Ten Tournament with a 3-0 record and go 2-2 at the NCAA Fullerton Regional as the No. Round 4, Overall 116 - Kyle Hudson, OF, Baltimore Orioles, 2008 The Cougars combined for a .293 batting average, which was the team's highest average since 2010. Redshirt-sophomore Kelsie Houchens worked her way in the circle through six innings, giving up one run off of three hits with four strikeouts and earning her sixth win of the season. Following a five-year minor league career, Nieckula became the manager of the Kane County Cougars in 2006 and led the As Class-A affiliate to the Midwest League championship series. Brett Kelley. Prior to transferring to McKendree, Jeff spent two years playing for Coach Garcia at Parkland College. He led the Cougars back to the OVC Tournament for the first time since 2015, where SIUE won for the first time, going 2-2 at the Championship and falling to eventual champion Southeast Missouri. View Full Bio. In OVC play, the average jumped to .316, which was third best in the league. Illinois Baseball Academy Elgin, IL 60123. The Orange and Blue hosted both the Regional and Super Regional during a season in which the Illini won a school-record 25 games at Illinois Field. Hartleb's teams have finished with a record of .500 or better in 16-of-17seasons under his leadership. The Cougars led the OVC in slugging percentage (.462) and triples (15), while finishing second in the league in home runs (64), runs batted in (296) and total bases (804). in higher educational administration from SIU in May 1996. 1990-99 19 24 by Baseball America and No. Adam Vasil. D1Baseball Big Ten Coach of the Decade (2010s) 2015 Big Ten Coach of the Year. 3 Kansas State along the way. 32 Taylor Bruninga. Ryan Copeland. In his final season at Bradley, the Braves ranked No. Other pros who have pitched under Hartleb at Illinois include 1999 Chicago Cubs draft pick Tim Lavery, 1998 Anaheim Angels signee Cody Salter, 1997 Houston Astros pick Brian Hecht, 1993 St. Louis Cardinals draftee Matt Arrandale, Mark Dressen and Jake Toohey. He hit 14 home runs, which ranks No. The team won 50 games, breaking the previous school record of 49 wins set in 1982, won the NCAA Champaign Regional, and advanced to the NCAA Champaign Super Regional.