BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

Either way it's a mute point now and I'll stop complaining about it and root on the team they put out there and I'm sure it will still be a great one.  Any word on where he will be playing though?

And if it isn't there is always Findlandia. 

I've heard he is transfering to WHITEWATER. 





Not really I just said that to yank your chain. LOL

[pickleshiner]

I heard over the weekend it's Whitewater but who knows no one seems to have the exact answer.

[cubs]

On Monday October 11, D3baseball.com will release the 2000 All-Decade team.  

I tried to come up with players from the WIAC that seemed "worthy" of consideration.  Did I miss anyone?

In no particular order:
1.  Vince Mancuso (Oshkosh) A two time WIAC Position Player of the Year (2002 and 2003) and 2003 National Player of the Year. 

2.  Brady Endl (Whitewater) A two time WIAC Pitcher of the Year (2001 and 2004.)  In addition, he was also a 1st Team All WIAC selection as a DH/1B in 2002, 2003 and 2004.  2004 National Player of the Year.

3.  Jeremy Jirschele (Oshkosh) A two time WIAC Position Player of the Year (2004 and 2005-Co-winner.)  A 1st Team All American in 2004 and 2005.

4.  Jordan Zimmerman (Stevens Point)  A two time WIAC Pitcher of the Year (2006 and 2007.)  A 2nd team All American in 2006 and 2007.

[OshDude]

I always thought Greg Reinhard was the WIAC's best pitcher-only of the decade, but he would be No. 5 after your four. Maybe fourth ahead of JZ.

[pickleshiner]

Steve Wiczek- National Player of the year
Ryan Jones

[cubs]

Steve Wiczek- National Player of the year
Ryan Jones

Two things....  

1. Steve Wiczek was never a National Player of the Year.  In 2005 he was the WIAC Co-Position player of the Year with Jirschele.  He was however a 1st Team All American DH in 2005.  

Other than 2005, he didn't even make an All Conference team.  Pretty hard to put him on an "All Decade" team with only one good season.

2.  Ryan Jones was a solid WIAC player (three time 1st team All WIAC selection in 2002, 2003, and 2005.)  However he never once made it onto any level of the All American teams in those seasons.  That in itself would make it hard to make the cut for the All Decade team.

[pickleshiner]

Wiczek Named National Baseball Position Player of the Year

     Awards have been rolling in for Steve Wiczek and the latest is the biggest of all as the UW-Stevens Point senior has been named the NCAA Division III Position Player of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America.

[cubs]

My mistake!!!  

I was using the ABCA team for all of my choices, as that is the one that is linked on the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships website each year.

[BigPoppa]

There are quite a few organizations that each name players/pitchers of the year. In many cases, they all have different players named. Just look at the AA teams between ABCA and D3Baseball.com and you can see quite a few differences.

[pickleshiner]

I agree with you though Cubs he only had 1 big year therefore he's not top 10.  Too bad his entire career wasn't at Point.

[pickleshiner]

Heard this morning that things went from bad to very bad for a former Pointer player over the weekend. 

[BigPoppa]

Heard this morning that things went from bad to very bad for a former Pointer player over the weekend. 

Care to elaborate?

[cubs]

Steve Wiczek- National Player of the year
Ryan Jones

Good call on Wiczek making the All Decade team.  He was an Honorable Mention selection at the DH position.  My guess is there probably weren't too many DH's that won the Player of the Year award int he decade, so his chances of being in the Top 3 were probably pretty good.

Jirschele and Mancuso were 1st Team selections, with Jirschele being one of only four unanimous choices.  Endl was a 2nd Team Utility selection.  All-in-all, not too bad a representation for the WIAC.

[cubs]

Heard this morning that things went from bad to very bad for a former Pointer player over the weekend. 

Interesting to say the least.....  Let the "who" questions start coming.

[pickleshiner]

When do schools announce their recruits/transfers?  I thought Point announced their class in the fall last year.