The University of Illinois Springfield was ranked No. 14 in the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II baseball poll.
The Prairie Stars won a regional title and lost to Ashland in the super regional.
UIS finished 41-17-1.
This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on June 13, 2019.
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Friday, June 14, 2019
Monday, June 10, 2019
Men's Basketball: UIS names assistant coaches for men’s basketball
Matt Brock, the new men’s basketball coach at the University of Illinois Springfield, has announced his two assistant coaches for the 2018-19 season.
The new assistants are Pat Sodemann and Nic Reynolds, with Reynolds to serve as a graduate assistant.
Sodemann was a graduate assistant for Brock from 2015-17 at Missouri Baptist University, where the Spartans went 36-27 over those two seasons.
Reynolds, a Peoria Notre Dame High School graduate, has spent the last five years at Columbia College in Missouri.
This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on June 7, 2019.
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The new assistants are Pat Sodemann and Nic Reynolds, with Reynolds to serve as a graduate assistant.
Sodemann was a graduate assistant for Brock from 2015-17 at Missouri Baptist University, where the Spartans went 36-27 over those two seasons.
Reynolds, a Peoria Notre Dame High School graduate, has spent the last five years at Columbia College in Missouri.
This story appeared in The State Journal-Register on June 7, 2019.
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Friday, June 7, 2019
Men's Baseball: UIS senior pitcher Andrew Dean drafted by San Diego Padres in the 18th round
The top pitcher in University of Illinois Springfield baseball history became the first Prairie Stars player selected in the Major League Baseball draft on Wednesday.
Andrew Dean heard his name called by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round.
Dean went 12-0 this past season and had a 2.77 ERA. He struck outs 118 batters in 91 innings, and opponents hit just .217 off of him. He was the GLVC Pitcher of the Year, and the first Prairie Stars pitcher to earn All-American accolades.
Dean was the first baseball player from the GLVC selected in this year’s baseball draft. He will become the second UIS player to sign with a MLB organization, joining Cole Taylor who signed as a free agent last year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
This story aired on WICS Newschannel 20 on June 5, 2019.
Watch the entire story online.
Andrew Dean heard his name called by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round.
Dean went 12-0 this past season and had a 2.77 ERA. He struck outs 118 batters in 91 innings, and opponents hit just .217 off of him. He was the GLVC Pitcher of the Year, and the first Prairie Stars pitcher to earn All-American accolades.
Dean was the first baseball player from the GLVC selected in this year’s baseball draft. He will become the second UIS player to sign with a MLB organization, joining Cole Taylor who signed as a free agent last year with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
This story aired on WICS Newschannel 20 on June 5, 2019.
Watch the entire story online.
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