University of Illinois Springfield junior utility player Blake Baker has been named to the Great Lakes Valley Conference West Division Second Team.
The first baseman/catcher was second on the team in batting average (.308), fielding percentage (.983), hits (49) and runs scored (24). He had eight doubles, four stolen bases and two home runs for the 13-31 Prairie Stars.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on May 9, 2013.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
UIS' Vorreyer just misses spot at national tournament
University of Illinois Springfield senior golfer Abby Vorreyer was in the first group to tee off for the final round of NCAA Division II East Super Regional Tuesday, which made for a long wait after she putted out on the 18th hole at Joliet Country Club.
Vorreyer fired a 78 and finished with a three-day score of 21-over-par 237. She tied for ninth in a 50-player field and missed qualifying by one stroke for the national championships next week in Daytona Beach, Fla.
With a score on the bubble, it came down to the last few scores for Vorreyer.
“I grinded it out to shoot a 78,” she said. “I had my ups and downs. You always look back and think, ‘I should have done this,’ or, ‘I could have done this,’ but overall I played well.”
The top three teams and the top three individuals not on advancing teams qualified.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on May 8, 2013.
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Vorreyer fired a 78 and finished with a three-day score of 21-over-par 237. She tied for ninth in a 50-player field and missed qualifying by one stroke for the national championships next week in Daytona Beach, Fla.
With a score on the bubble, it came down to the last few scores for Vorreyer.
“I grinded it out to shoot a 78,” she said. “I had my ups and downs. You always look back and think, ‘I should have done this,’ or, ‘I could have done this,’ but overall I played well.”
The top three teams and the top three individuals not on advancing teams qualified.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on May 8, 2013.
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Monday, May 6, 2013
UIS considering smoking ban; bill may require it
University of Illinois Springfield Chancellor Susan Koch wants the campus community to know the reality they face if state lawmakers pass legislation that bans people from smoking outdoors on all state-supported campuses.
Koch sent a letter to students, faculty and staff Thursday informing them of a task force being formed in coming months to look into the issue. The notice came one day after a ban bill passed out of the Senate with the minimum 30 votes needed. It now heads to the House.
But will UIS ban smoking outdoors even if lawmakers vote down a state mandate? “I don’t know if there’s that commitment yet,” UIS spokesman Derek Schnapp said Friday. “We just want to make sure our community is aware that this (legislation) could move quicker than they think … It needs to be on their radars, that this could very well be a reality anyway for any campus across-the-board.”
If Senate Bill 2202 is signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn, an outdoor smoking ban on campuses would be in full force by July 2014.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on May 5, 2013.
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Koch sent a letter to students, faculty and staff Thursday informing them of a task force being formed in coming months to look into the issue. The notice came one day after a ban bill passed out of the Senate with the minimum 30 votes needed. It now heads to the House.
But will UIS ban smoking outdoors even if lawmakers vote down a state mandate? “I don’t know if there’s that commitment yet,” UIS spokesman Derek Schnapp said Friday. “We just want to make sure our community is aware that this (legislation) could move quicker than they think … It needs to be on their radars, that this could very well be a reality anyway for any campus across-the-board.”
If Senate Bill 2202 is signed into law by Gov. Pat Quinn, an outdoor smoking ban on campuses would be in full force by July 2014.
The story was featured by The State Journal-Register on May 5, 2013.
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