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Fort Fragments (College Edition): March 29, 2008
By Chad Gramling | March 29, 2008
A couple of good local college notes this morning:
- Taylor University Sophomore, Nathan Hillery (North Side) was honored by the Mid-Central Conference and NAIA Region VIII Tuesday for his efforts in leading the Taylor. Hillery was recognized as the Mid-Central Conference Player of the Week and the Region VIII Player of the Week. Hillery went 8-for-12 with six runs, two doubles, a triple, and a home run in four games last week. [source: Taylor University]
- According to CBS College Sports, the IPFW Mastodons have yet to play a home game this season, but they are receiving several national rankings for their achievements as road warriors. As a team, they rank 12th in the nation in double plays turned per game at 1.25. They are 40th overall in double plays turned with 20 on the season. The Dons have some national standouts as well.
Junior infielder Chris Gottschall leads the IPFW contingent with a ranking of 9th nationally in batting average at .486. He is also ranked 50th in the country in slugging percentage at .757 and 52nd in on-base percentage at .524.
unior left handed starter Brandon Knowling is ranked 12th in the country in ERA, giving up just 1.11 earned runs a game. Knowling, who is 2-0 so far this year for IPFW, is also ranked 63rd in the nation in hits allowed per nine innings at 6.3
Junior catcher Devin Taylor is 8th in the country in sacrifice bunts per game at 0.38 and 11 in the nation in total sacrifice bunts with 11.
Senior right handed starter Cole Uebelhor shows up at No. 16 in D-I in walks allowed per nine innings at 0.86.
- Junior catcher Kyle Day (Snider) continues to tear up college ball. He has been in the starting lineup in every game Michigan State and leads the team with a .333 batting average and 15 RBI. His RBI total is tied for sixth in the Big Ten. He is tied for the team lead with 20 hits, and leads MSU in on-base percentage (.414) and slugging percentage (.433). For his career, Day is a .311 hitter and has 74 RBI. Day, who was drafted in the 19th round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs, was a preseason All-Big Ten pick by Baseball America and was a Cape Cod League All-Star last summer with the Harwich Mariners.
[tags]College Baseball, IPFW, TAylor University, Michigan State University, Kyle Day, Nathan Hillery, baseball in fort wayne[/tags]
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