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


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



Co - Players of the Week for the 2nd time this Year:


Mitch Farris
, LHP, Wingate (D2)
Farris continues his dominance on the mound this year as he won his 9th game this season for the Bulldogs vs. 5th ranked Newberry this past weekend. Farris threw a complete-game 9 inning shutout giving up only 2 hits and 0 walks while striking out 10. Farris won SAC Pitcher of the Week for the 6th time this year and won National Pitcher of the Week. Wingate lost to UNC-Pembroke in the midweek game and took 2 of 3 from Newberry to improve to 26-16 overall on the year and 15-6 in the SAC. Farris is 9-1 on the year with 1.25 ERA in 72 innings pitched with 109 strikeouts and only 15 walks. Farris leads the nation in strikeouts on the year.


Luke Napleton, C, Quincy (D2)
Napleton continues to be one of the biggest power hitters in all of college baseball this year and this week was no different as he went 12 for 21, hitting .571 with 3 doubles, 4 homers and collected 14 RBI's. Quincy beat Northwest Missouri State in the midweek game and swept McKendree over the weekend to improve to 28-8 overall and 16-4 in the GLVC. Napleton won GLVC Player of the Week for his efforts this past week. On the year he is hitting .387 with 10 doubles, 21 homers and 59 RBI's. 

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


Vito Valincius
, INF/OF, John A. Logan (JUCO)
Valinicius went 7 for 13, hitting .438 this past week with a double and 5 RBI's for the Vols. Logan won all 5 games this past week and improved to 32-13 overall on the year. 


Brad White, OF, South Suburban (JUCO)
White went 11 for 26, hitting .423 this past week with a homer, a triple and 5 RBI's. The Bulldogs went 3-3 this past week and are now 26-15 overall on the year. 


Noah Jouras, C, Triton (JUCO)
Jouras went 8 for 16, hitting .500 this past week with two doubles and 5 RBI's. The Trojans won all 5 games this past week and improved to 26-14 overall. 


Ethan Bowers, INF, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Bowers went 9 for 21, hitting .429 this past week with 2 homers, a double and 8 RBI's. Blackhawk went 7-1 this past week and improved to 24-14 overall. 


Sam Antonacci, INF, Heartland (JUCO)
Antonacci went 10 for 18, hitting .556 this past week with two doubles, a homer and 5 RBI's as the Hawks beat Lake Land and swept Illinois Central College to improve to 35-4 overall on the year. 


Johnny Hernandez, C, Blackhawk (JUCO)
Hernandez went 7 for 16, hitting .438 this past week with 4 doubles and 8 RBI's. Blackhawk went 7-1 this past week and are now 24-14 overall on the year.


Charlie Breen, OF, UW-Platteville (D3)
Breen went 4 for 11, hitting .363 this past week with 2 homers and 9 RBI's. Platteville won 3 for 4 vs. UW-Eau Claire to improve to 10-16 overall on the year. 


Collin Callahan, INF, Carthage (D3)
Callahan went 5 for 13, hitting .385 this past week with a homer, a double and 3 RBI's as the Carthage lost to Carroll in the midweek game and got swept by Augustana over the weekend. Carthage is now 7-19 overall on the year.


Hunter Keim, RHP, St. Ambrose (NAIA)
Keim made two relief appearances this past weekend vs. Roosevelt where he earned a win and a save. In total, Keim threw 2.2 innings giving up 0 runs off 3 hits with 4 strikeouts. St. Ambrose split with Trinity Christian earlier in the week but swept Roosevelt over the weekend to improve to 18-21 overall on the year. 


Colin Husko, INF, University of Dubuque (D3)
Husko went 6 for 16, hitting .375 with a hit in every game with a double and 3 RBI's. Dubuque beat Central in the midweek game and won 2 of 3 vs. Luther College over the weekend to improve to 19-9 overall on the year. 


Nate Maliska, 1B, St. Francis (NAIA)
Maliska collected hits in all the games this past weekend, going 5 for 14, hitting .357. The Saints beat IU-South Bend and Trinity International both twice to improve to 17-23 overall on the year. 


Josh Outlaw, OF, Parkland (JUCO)
Outlaw went 4 for 9, hitting .444 this past week with a double and an RBI. Parkland won all 5 games it played this past week to improve to 30-8 overall on the year. 


Eric Lundell, RHP, Concordia St. Paul (D2)
Lundell earned his 3rd and 4th save this past week vs. Minnesota-Duluth and Winona State. Lundell threw a total of 3.1 innings giving up 0 runs off 0 hits with 2 strikeouts. The Golden Bears won 3 of 4 games this weekend to improve to 15-16 overall on the year. 


Jorge Vazquez, INF/RHP, Triton (JUCO)
Vazquez went 3 for 5 this past week with a homer and 2 RBI's. Vazquez also went 4 innings on the mound this past week giving up only 1 run off 4 hits and 2 walks. The Trojans won all 5 games this past week and improved to 26-14 overall. 


Tommy Shaw, INF, Millikin (D3)
Shaw went 4 for 9 with 3 RBI's this past week as they split with Wheaton and lost to Elmhurst to fall to 21-10 overall on the year. 


Michael Pawyza, INF, St. Ambrose (NAIA)
Pawyza went 7 for 23, hitting .304 this past week with a triple, a double and an RBI. St. Ambrose improved to 18-21 overall on the year. 


Michael Gladden, INF/OF, University of Chicago (D3)
Gladden went 3 for 7 with a homer and 3 RBI's this past week as the Maroons split with both Grinnell and Beloit to move to 14-11 overall on the year. 


Dylan Whitney, INF, Johns Hopkins (D3)
Whitney went 3 for 8 with 2 RBI's this past week as the 5th ranked team in the nation beat both Swathmore and Dickinson both twice to improve to 28-3 overall on the year. 


Kevin Dowling, OF, St. Xavier (NAIA)
Dowling collected 5 hits this past week with a triple, a double and 3 RBI's as the Cougars split with Oliviet Nazarene and won 2 of 3 vs. Judson to improve to 19-22 overall. 


Luke Brabham, INF, Morton (JUCO)
Brabham collected 5 hits this past week with 2 homers and 4 RBI's as Morton went 2-3 to move to 24-13 overall on the year. 


Joey Little, OF, Fort Scott (JUCO)
Little collected 4 hits this past week with 2 homers and 5 RBI's as Fort Scott split with Allen County to move to 26-18 overall on the year.


Luke Pappas, LHP, Saint Leo (D2)
Pappas made one relief appearance this past week vs. Lynn where he went one scoreless giving up 0 hits or walks. St. Leo won 2 of 3 vs. Lynn to improve to 22-16 overall on the year. 


Connor Blake, INF/RHP, IIT (D3)
Blake went 3 for 8 with a double and 2 RBI's along with getting a win on the mound this past weekend, where he went 6 innings giving up 4 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks while striking out 8. IIT split with Marian (WI) and are 12-13 overall on the year. 


Brennan Fisher, 1B, Benedictine (D3)
Fisher collected 3 hits this past week with a double and 3 RBI's as the Eagles split with MSOE and won both vs. Wisconsin Lutheran to move to 15-8 overall on the year. 


Jack Flagg, OF, Illinois-Wesleyan (D3)
Flagg went 1 for 2 with a double and 3 RBI's this past week as they beat Illinois College and Knox in the midweek and lost 2 of 3 vs. Elmhurst as they move to 11-18 overall on the year. 


Austin Divello, RHP, Coe (D3)
Divello made one relief appearance this past week going 1.1 innings giving up 0 runs off 0 hits with 1 strikeout. Coe lost to Cornell in the midweek game and got swept Buena Vista over the weekend to fall to 11-18 overall on the year. 


JJ Vargas, INF, Upper Iowa (D2)
Vargas went 1 for 5 this past week with a homerun and 4 RBI's. Upper Iowa lost twice to Minnesota State and lost 2 of 3 to Wayne State to fall to 14-21 overall on the year. 

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