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Season 2...Test Your Toughness...
River Valley League
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Dubuque, Iowa. – A pair of 2009 River Valley League standouts, The College of Wooster's Matt Groezinger (RVL - Fish Flies) and Millersville University’s Ryan McCormick (RVL - Beavers), were named to Preseason All American Teams.
Matt Groezinger, a senior DH, was selected to the D3baseball.com 2010 Preseason All-American Team. In 2009 D3Baseball.com selected the switch-hitting Groezinger a First-team All-American.
Millersville junior infielder Ryan McCormick, All-PSAC East in 2009, was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NWBCA) Division II Preseason All-America.
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16 RVL Alumni (2009) Enter the 2010 College Season With Their College Programs Honored In Preseason Rankings.
NCAA DIVISION I Pre-Season Baseball Rankings
Oral Roberts University - Received Votes
* Nikko Wong - BEAVERS
NCAA DIVISION II Pre-Season Baseball Rankings
Central Missouri University ranked 11th
* Austin Church - HAWKS
Valdosta State University ranked 26th
* Matthew Williams - WAVES
Belmont Abbey College ranked 29th
* Justin Baxley - HAWKS
Barton College - Received Votes
* Matt Willis - WAVES
* Kevin Carty - WAVES
NCAA DIVISION III Pre-Season Baseball Rankings
College of Wooster ranked 2nd
* Matt Groezinger - FISH FLIES
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ranked 27th
* Ben Zobrist - SNAPPERS
NAIA Pre-Season Baseball Rankings
Bluefield College - Received Votes
* Joey Andrews - WAVES
* Billy Funk - WAVES
* Ryan Lambert - WAVES
* Travis Weaver - WAVES
University of the Cumberlands (KY) - Received Votes
* Terry Bingham, Jr. - SNAPPERS
* Kyle Cochis - SNAPPERS
* Ian Sardam - SNAPPERS
NJCAA Division III Pre-Season Baseball Rankings
Herkimer County Community College ranked 8th
* Kris Barone - SNAPPERS
RIVER VALLEY LEAGUE - 2009 ALL LEAGUE TEAM
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Hitter of the Year: Matt Willis
Matt Willis (Barton College, NC) of the Waves was named 2009 Hitter of the River Valley League. Willis hit .387 (second in the league) with 41 hits (first in the league) in 106 at-bats. He led the league with 35 RBIs, 4 home runs, slugging percentage of (.604). His 64 total bases were 8 more than the second highest finisher. Willis was second in the league in on base percentage (.511), fourth in runs scored (32), fourth in stolen bases (18), and fourth in doubles (7). He also named Hitter of the Week back in Week 4 (July 8 – July 15). During this week Willis had a batting average of (.500), slugging percentage of (.833), on base percentage (.591), drove in five and scored nine.
Co-Pitcher of the Year: Nathan Hanson & Alex Kollack
Nathan Hanson (UW-Stout, WI) of the Fish Flies and Alex Kollack (Maryville University, MO) of the Fish Flies were named Co-Pitchers of the Year in the River Valley League for a 2009 campaign in which they both won six games. The dynamic duo were ranked 1st and 2nd in overall ERA Kollack (2.08) and Hanson (2.23), opposing batting average, Hanson (.199), Kollack (.203) and innings pitched, Hanson (48.1), Kollack (43.1). Hanson had seven starts on the season, completing three games, one shutout. Back in week 2 (June 24 – July 1) Hanson was honored with RVL Pitcher of the Week. The Fish Flies right hander had 2-games started, 14-innings pitched, 11-strike outs, and 1-win.
On Opening Day and again on July 26, the Final Day of the Season, Alex “The Big Train” Kollack out-dueled the Beavers starter Sean Rigney and the staff for a 5-0 win, in one of the season’s most thrilling games to secure the River Valley League Championship. Kollack didn’t allow any runs while striking out eleven over seven innings and flirted with a No-Hitter which he took through 20 of the 21 outs. Kollack led the Fish Flies 2009 Championship Team and was named tournament MVP.
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The Beginning of a Tradition
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Behind The Seams
RVL Interview with Waves player, Tyler Chapman (Concordia University, CA)
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RVL Interview with Beavers player, Tom Sirois (Post University, CT)
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Upcoming Games/Practices
| Wednesday, Jun 16 | | 2010 River Valley League | | Hawks @ Fish Flies | TBA | TBA | | Waves @ Snappers | TBA | TBA | | Thursday, Jun 17 | | 2010 River Valley League | | Hawks @ Fish Flies | TBA | TBA | | Waves @ Snappers | TBA | TBA | | Friday, Jun 18 | | 2010 River Valley League | | Snappers @ Fish Flies | TBA | TBA | | Waves @ Hawks | TBA | TBA | | Saturday, Jun 19 | | 2010 River Valley League | | Snappers @ Fish Flies | TBA | TBA | | Waves @ Hawks | TBA | TBA | |
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For a complete schedule listing, click here!
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