BASEBALL: Weir drafted by Padres
By Anthony Lombardi / June 7, 2014Former Ball State pitcher T.J. Weir has been drafted by the San Diego Padres with the 12th
Former Ball State pitcher T.J. Weir has been drafted by the San Diego Padres with the 12th
The Ball State baseball team continues to be honored for its season, as Collegiate Baseball selected pitcher Zach Plesac, catcher Jarett Rindfleisch and outfielder Alex Call to its Freshmen All-America Team.Plesac finished the season ranked fourth in the nation with 12 wins and was previously named as the publication’s Mid-American Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year as well as to the All-America Third Team.
The Ball State men’s basketball team has added a new assistant coach.Danny Peters, former Arizona Wildcats’ assistant director of basketball operations, joins the team as the new assistant coach.
Ball State pitcher Zach Plesac has been named the National Freshman Pitcher of the Year by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.Plesac finished the 2014 season ranked fourth in the nation with 12 pitching victories, while recording 67 strikeouts in 85.1 innings pitched.
Ball State had four members from its golf teams named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team on Wednesday.
WHEN: Starts today at 7 p.m. and continues through Saturday WHERE: First two rounds (and two “competitive balance rounds”) from MLB Network Studio in Secaucus, N.J.
The Ball State football team had 11 players named to the Phil Steele Preseason All-Mid-American Conference Team, which was announced today.The Cardinals had the third most players on the team out of 13 MAC teams.Senior running back Jahwan Edwards and junior receiver Jordan Williams were both named to the first team.
Ball State freshman pitcher Zach Plesac continues to be recognized for his first season of college baseball.After being awarded the 2014 MAC Freshman Pitcher of the Year, Plesac was named to the Louisville Slugger All-America Third Team.Plesac will join teammate Sean Godfrey on the All-American Third Team, as the duo became the eighth and ninth Cardinals to be honored with the selections.The right-hander finished the season ranked fourth in the nation with 12 wins, while pitching to a 2.11 earned-run average in 85.1 innings of work.
Ball State fans knew Jenny Gilbert as their All-American, slugging left fielder. But now, fans of the Akron Racers will see Gilbert as a rookie trying to make her name.Gilbert was drafted 10th overall to the professional softball team and was the first outfielder taken in this year’s National Pro Fastpitch Draft.
Anthony Lombardi is a senior journalism major and writes ‘Lombardi’s Locker’ for the Daily News.
The Ball State men’s and women’s tennis programs had seven players collectively named to the Academic All-MAC Team.The women’s team had five players that received the honor, while the men’s team had two members.
With two losses in the Mid-American Conference Tournament last week, the Ball State baseball team’s season has come to an end.
The Ball State baseball team was eliminated from the Mid-American conference tournament with a 1-4 loss to Western Michigan.Right fielder Alex Call scored the only run for Ball State, a first inning RBI single by catcher
Football head coach Pete Lembo on Monday named Nick Kray as Ball State’s new director of football operations and player development.For the past two years, Kray worked as Yale University’s director of football operations until he decided to make the jump to Division I-A.Q: What are some of the most important aspects of being a director of football operations and player development?A: I told the [football players] the other day: “I’m here for you.
A Ball State alumnus recently became the general manager of a Minor League Baseball team.
The Ball State baseball team used a seventh-inning, two-run double from Sean Godfrey to defeat Western Michigan 5-3 in the first round of the MAC tournament.
After being voted the No. 26 team in the nation in this week’s Collegiate Baseball Poll, the Ball State baseball team was again recognized for its strong regular season by dominating the Mid-American Conference’s postseason awards.
The Mid-American Conference announced today its top institutional awards for the 2013-14 academic year.
Though she did not attend Ball State, one Muncie resident is playing a major role the university’s Cardinal Commitment campaign.
