Weekly Top Tier Alumni Roundup for our NCAA Division I, II, NAIA & JUCO players

Weekly Top Tier Alumni Roundup for the NCAA Division II, III, NAIA and JUCO players:



Player of the Week:


Dylan Whitney
, INF, Johns Hopkins (D3)
Whitney had a really good NCAA D3 Regional going 5 for 12, hitting .417 with a home run and collecting 5 RBI's. Johns Hopkins who is the #1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament beat Penn State Altoona, Randolph-Macon and St. John Fisher to win the Regional this past weekend. They will move onto the Super Regional round this weekend vs. Wheaton Colllege (MA). Johns Hopkins is 42-4 overall on the year. 

Best of the Rest Highlights from our D2/D3/NAIA & JUCO players:


Sam Antonacci
, INF, Heartland (JUCO)
Antonacci continued to swing a hot stick in the NJCAA Districts going 6 for 12, hitting .500 with a homer, a triple and 4 RBI's. Heartland beat Lewis & Clark, Parkland and Lincoln Land to win the DII Districts and are headed to the NJCAA DII World Series this week. Heartland is 53-5 overall on the year.


Brad White
, OF, South Suburban (JUCO)
White had another really good weekend in NJCAA District Championships going 6 for 18, hitting . 333 with 2 triples, a homer and collected 6 RBI's. South Suburban beat Indian Hills twice in the Districts but lost to Wabash Valley twice to fall to finish the year 42-21 overall on the year. White finished the year hitting .377 with 14 doubles, 8 triples, 7 homers, 55 RBI's and 55 stolen bases. 


Vito Valincius, INF/OF, John A. Logan (JUCO)
Valincius went 3 for 7 with an RBI in the NJCAA DI Districts. The Vols lost to Wabash Valley and Indian Hills and finished the season 43-17 overall. Valincius finished the year hitting .403 with 16 doubles, a triple, 9 homers and 58 RBI's.


Tyler Patton, C, Aurora (D3)
Patton went 3 for 7 with 2 RBI's in the NCAA DIII Regional. Aurora swept John Carroll in the Regional and move onto the Super Regionals vs. Baldwin Wallace this week. Aurora is 42-4 overall on the year. 


Luke Napleton, C, Quincy (D2)
Napleton collected 4 hits in the NCAA DII Regional with 2 homers and 3 RBI's. Quincy beat Wayne State and Northwood twice to head into the Super Regionals this week vs. UIndy. Quincy is 47-9 overall on the year. 


Lucas Spence, OF, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Spence collected 4 hits with 2 homers, a double and 7 RBI's in the NJCAA District Championships. Blackhawk beat Kankakee but lost to McHenry twice to finish the year 37-24 overall on the year. Spence finished the year hitting .380 with 5 homers, 54 RBI's and 17 stolen bases. 


Josh Outlaw, OF, Parkland (JUCO)
Outlaw collected 4 hits and 3 RBI's this past week in the NJCAA District Championships. Parkland beat Vincennes and ICC and lost to Lincoln Land to finish the year 46-14 overall. Outlaw finished the year hitting .323 with 19 RBI's and 22 stolen bases. 


Logan Peterson, RHP, UIndy (D2)
Peterson threw one inning of relief in the NCAA DII Regional giving up 0 runs off 0 hits and 2 strikeouts. UIndy won the Regional by beating UIS and Maryville twice and they are headed to the Super Regionals vs. Quincy this week. UIndy is 37-19 overall on the year. 


Sebastian Gutierrez, RHP, Parkland (JUCO)
Gutierrez made two relief appearances this past week in the NJCAA District Championships earning a save in one of them throwing a total of 1.1 innings giving up 2 earned runs off 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3. Parkland lost in the District Championships and finished the year 46-14 overall. Gutierrez went 3-3 with one save in 29.1 innings of work with a 6.44 ERA. 


Ethan Bowers, INF, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Bowers collected 3 hits in the NJCAA District Championships with 2 RBI's. Blackhawk lost to McHenry twice to finish the year 37-24 overall. Bowers finished the year hitting .298 with 5 homers, 41 RBI's and 40 stolen bases. 


Nick Giamarusti, OF, John A. Logan (JUCO)
Giamarusti went 1 for 5 in the NJCAA District Championships with a double. The Vols lost to Wabash Valley and Indian Hills to finish the year 43-17 overall. Giamarusti finished the year hitting .347 with 20 doubles, 3 triples, 13 homers, 46 RBI's and 41 stolen bases. 


Dan Reischl, RHP, Wisconsin-LaCrosse (D3)
Rieschl made one relief appearance in the NCAA D3 Regionals going 0.1 innings getting the final out of their semi final game giving up 0 runs off 1 hit and 1 strikeout. UW-LaCrosse beat Bethany Lutheran and Bethel twice to win the Regional and improve to 34-10 overall. UW-LaCrosse will head to the the Super Regionals to take on UW-Stevens Point this week. 


Nick Talarico, INF, Case Western Reserve (D3)
Talarico collected 2 hits with a double in the NCAA D3 Regional this past week. The Spartans beat Mary Washington and lost to Marietta and Adrian to finish the year 28-15 overall. Talarico finished the year hitting .282 with 9 doubles, 3 triples, 4 homers and 25 RBI's. 


Adam Bendoraitis, RHP, Augustana (D3)
Bendoraitis took the loss in the NCAA D3 Regional vs. Webster tossing 3.1 innings giving up 7 runs of 7 hits and 2 walks while striking out 2. Augustana lost in the Regional and finished the year 38-10 overall. Bendoraitis finished the year with a 5.40 ERA in 31.2 innings pitched with 30 strikeouts. 


Ronnie Nowak, INF, MidAmerica Nazarene (NAIA)
Nowak went 0 for 2 in his two pinch hit at bats in the NAIA opening rounds. MidAmerica beat Dillard, Morningside and LSU-Sheveport twice to move them to the NAIA World Series. 


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