BB: WIAC: Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OshDude]

STEVENSPOINT IS STILL THE TEAM TO BEAT IN THE WIAC. THEY RETURN 6 SENIOR STARTERS TO THEIR EVERYDAY LINEUP, PLUS 3 SENIOR STARTING PITCHERS. THE SENIORS ARE VETERANS OF TOURNAMENT PLAY INCLUDING COMPETING IN TWO WORLD SERIES. THIS TEAM KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN AND THEY ARE DEEP IN TALENT. OSHKOSH, I BELIEVE, IS A YEAR AWAY FROM BEING VERY GOOD. THEIR PITCHING NEEDS TO JELL QUICKLY FOR THEM TO COMPETE THIS YEAR. THE REST OF THE LEAGUE IS UP FOR GRABS. FORGET WHITEWATER, TO MANY INTERNAL PROBLEMS. LOOK FOR STOUT TO COMPETE.

I would hope you feel that Stevens Point is best team in the WIAC considering you pitch for them......  I can see you aren't lacking any confidence.

webjem's e-mail is not for a UWSP pitcher. It's for a UW-Madison employee or student.

[janesvilleflash]

Aha, there's a BW who works for UW who was born in 55. Dad, is that you? Actually, it's nothing to be ashamed of, the kid is damn good.

[cubs]

the kid is damn good.

I would agree with you but with one "minor" word change......

He has been damn good in the past......  Will he be damn good this season?  I'm not sure.  You never know how pitchers are going to perform following surgery, and Hemstead reportedly had shoulder surgery around Thanksgiving.

[cubs]

STEVENSPOINT IS STILL THE TEAM TO BEAT IN THE WIAC. THEY RETURN 6 SENIOR STARTERS TO THEIR EVERYDAY LINEUP, PLUS 3 SENIOR STARTING PITCHERS. THE SENIORS ARE VETERANS OF TOURNAMENT PLAY INCLUDING COMPETING IN TWO WORLD SERIES. THIS TEAM KNOWS WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN AND THEY ARE DEEP IN TALENT. OSHKOSH, I BELIEVE, IS A YEAR AWAY FROM BEING VERY GOOD. THEIR PITCHING NEEDS TO JELL QUICKLY FOR THEM TO COMPETE THIS YEAR. THE REST OF THE LEAGUE IS UP FOR GRABS. FORGET WHITEWATER, TO MANY INTERNAL PROBLEMS. LOOK FOR STOUT TO COMPETE.

I would hope you feel that Stevens Point is best team in the WIAC considering you pitch for them......  I can see you aren't lacking any confidence.

webjem's e-mail is not for a UWSP pitcher. It's for a UW-Madison employee or student.

My apologies for assuming incorrectly.......

[OshDude]

Aha, there's a BW who works for UW who was born in 55. Dad, is that you? Actually, it's nothing to be ashamed of, the kid is damn good.

Was wondering if anyone would look into like I did 

[webjem]

The question still remains to be answered, who are the players in the WIAC  that I should see play as I travel across the state? Anyone who knows players from their area or from a team they follow, please respond. The WIAC has always been full of talented and entertaining players and coaches and I enjoy taking in a lot of games.

[OshDude]

My pre-season picks for players to watch this season, by position. catcher-Krause  Stout. 1B-Bennett  Platteville. 2B-Schlosser  Stevens Point. SS-Leighton  Oshkosh. 3B-Stace  Stout. OF-Fosler  Oshkosh,  Scheidler Stevens Point,  Corcoran  Whitewater. DH-Coe  Stevens Point. Pitchers-Thrun  Stevens Point,  Hemstead  Stevens Point,  Jacobson  Whitewater,  Benitz  La Crosse. Any comments or additions?? I'm always looking for good players to watch around the league.

Besides the ones you listed (Coe is probably my favorite current WIAC player to watch, especially behind the plate), I like to watch these players, assuming they're still on their respective teams.
La Crosse: Storm Gram, Dusty Otto
Oshkosh: Brad and Ryan Demmin, Mike Waupoose, Jeremy Rubens, Mickey Fadness
Platteville: Mike Kuhn, Joe Lange
Stevens Point: Garrett Nix, Jeff Zielke, Brad Archambeau
Stout: Erik Johnson, Greg Smolinski, Tanner Kottre, Matt Doornink
Superior: Billy Tafs
Whitewater: Greg Harder, Aaron Dott, Tony Wong, Sam Petrasko, Matt Schliewe

[BaseballFan]

Someone want to rank the WIAC

I would guess it would be something like this or similar

Stevens Point
Oshkosh
Whitewater
Stout
La Crosse
Platteville
UWS--
its good to see UWS make some improvement last year and think they will improve even more this year with their huge influx of freshman and junior college transers

[webjem]

Besides the ones you listed (Coe is probably my favorite current WIAC player to watch, especially behind the plate), I like to watch these players, assuming they're still on their respective teams.
La Crosse: Storm Gram, Dusty Otto
Oshkosh: Brad and Ryan Demmin, Mike Waupoose, Jeremy Rubens, Mickey Fadness
Platteville: Mike Kuhn, Joe Lange
Stevens Point: Garrett Nix, Jeff Zielke, Brad Archambeau
Stout: Erik Johnson, Greg Smolinski, Tanner Kottre, Matt Doornink
Superior: Billy Tafs
Whitewater: Greg Harder, Aaron Dott, Tony Wong, Sam Petrasko, Matt Schliewe

Thanks for your list of players. you must be a baseball freak like myself!

[webjem]

its good to see UWS make some improvement last year and think they will improve even more this year with their huge influx of freshman and junior college transers

Coach Morgan will do a fine job with this program.

[Gustie13]

Can someone fill me in on Garret Nix? The Midwest preview named him as a "Top MLB Prospect" but his stats seem unimpressive. From his high SO, HBP, and WP totals I assume he throws gas...?
thanks

[Jim Dixon]

Can someone fill me in on Garret Nix? The Midwest preview named him as a "Top MLB Prospect" but his stats seem unimpressive. From his high SO, HBP, and WP totals I assume he throws gas...?
thanks

Baseball America tabbed him as a top prospect.  MLB teams are always looking at different things other than raw stats.

TOP PROSPECTS, 2008 DRAFT
1. Blake Booher, rhp, Texas-Tyler
2. Garrett Nix, rhp, Wisconsin-Stevens Point
3. Drew Mandelblatt, of, Pomona Pitzer (Calif.)

[janesvilleflash]

Some speed in the WW outfield?

http://wisconsinpreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=755103

[badgerwarhawk]

This addition along with the return of Prather, Petrasko, Stine and Schliewe gives WW a pretty decent set of outfielders.   Schliewe won't win too many foot races but Prather, Petrasko and Stine have pretty decent speed.

[OshDude]

Some speed in the WW outfield?

http://wisconsinpreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=755103

My only concern is he said he chose WW in part because of its "great journalism program." Too bad he didn't choose the "best journalism program," which is at Oshkosh.