Summary: Eight Diamond Gents Baseball Team

“A group of dedicated girls” is how Junior Danielle Urbon described the softball team. Even though the team struggled all year long and didn’t win as many games as they expected, they loved the game. The team showed improvement from last season but still have much work to do to get to where they want to be. When interview-

After another weekend where the Gents swept an SCAC opponent, Centenary rose in all three polls. The American Baseball Coaches Association/Collegiate News poll moved the Maroon and White up to eighth from 12th, while Perfectgame (The only poll to have Centenary ranked all season) moved the Gents up a spot to 10th. Note: These polls do

After earning nearly every First Team All-SEC lists in 2015, Zach Cunningham has been named to multiple 2016 preseason nominee lists including the Dick Butkus, Bronko Nagurski and the Denarik awards. His 16½ tackles for a loss and four forced fumbles were third highest among SEC players during the regular season. With 14 career starts in 23 games, Cunningham is the leader among the linebacker unit. He's also the Vanderbilt active career leader in total tackles (170), solo tackles (106), tackles for a loss (23), forced fumbles (five), and fumble recoveries (three).

In his freshman year he broke the record for a Division I-A freshman rushing record with 1,925 yards. In 2004 he placed second in the Heisman Trophy race, at the time that was the highest finish for a freshman. Later that year he won consensus All-American.

In game one, sophomore Cameron Guin led the Gents with three hits in as many at-bats with three RBI’s and three runs scored. He added a home run to right field in the fifth for his second round-tripper of his collegiate career.

Jonathan Griffin had his ups and downs playing baseball, however, he persevered and fought against all odds. The training helped out tremendously knowing he was not in the right track. Griffin eventually got back on his two feet and received an SOU Mid Season All Star for his rigorous work and

Schoop is no exception to this rule. Respectably for a second baseman, Schoop ranks 35th in production on balls put into play. However, he is taking a surprising route to success. Chris Davis ranks 1st, Mark Trumbo ranks 8th and Manny Machado ranks 18th when putting pitches in the strike zone into play. Schoop has a decent .435 wOBA when putting pitches in the strike zone into play good for

“This team will probably go down in history maybe as one of the best ever for what we accomplished this year,” WVU head coach Randy Mazey said. “I think our guys showed a lot of heart, a lot of tenacity and there are Mountaineer fans everywhere super proud of our team. We made a lot of Mountaineer baseball fans that weren’t Mountaineer baseball fans prior to this year. This is a statement about our program, where it’s going and the direction it’s headed. We’ve got us a baseball program that we can be super proud of. We have a great facility, great administration and great fan support. This is not the end. This is the beginning of a great baseball program.”

Knutson boasted impressive stats last season, rushing for an average of 148 yards per game. He also had 27 rushing touchdowns, coupled with 12 receiving touchdowns in his senior year. He dominated the Division II competition and was crowned Mountain West Conference’s player of the year. Knutson also had the 7th fastest

Joining Aldridge on the Honorable Mention All-Conference list is Sexton and Tasin, who both made All-Conference last season. Sexton ranks third in the SCAC in stolen bases (25) and fourth in runs scored (38). Tasin finished third in the conference in hits (54) and fifth in the conference with a .412 batting average, including beginning the season with a 16-game hitting streak.

Jeremey Soehnlin received the Defensive Player of the year from the Belleville West Football Coaches. Soehnlin has been apart of the athletic department of Belleville West since his freshman year, and now, in his senior year, his team spirit and skill are being recognized.

The first three Gents in game two loaded the bases, and sophomore Chris Zapata blasted the first pitch he saw into the batter’s eye in centerfield to break the career record for RBI’s as Centenary (34-18) run-ruled Trinity (28-16) 13-3 to win the 2017 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Sunday afternoon, April 30 at AirHogs Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Some highlights of the regular season: “Harvey Ellsworth won the league scoring title,” recalled Verbeski. “And you’ve got to give credit where credit is due, Blair Joseph was named MVP of the league. Xavier goaltender Greg MacSween from New Waterford was voted outstanding goaltender. He kept his team in many, many

he started playing football when he was a freshman in college but he was not a starter but he got enough time in to earn varsity letter . His high point of the season was in the Orange Bowl where in quarterback relief he completed eight of 12 passes for 93 yards and a touchdown.

Since Hutchins has become the head coach, the team has never had a losing season. She was given the honor of being inducted into the National Fast pitch Hall of Fame in 2006. Along with