BB: CCIW: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[BigPoppa]

They are down to 4 or 5 top candidates and it should be announced fairly soon maybe as early as the end of this week.

Any names to go with that?

[SouthPaw]

John Fitzgerald- Assisstant Coach at Notre Dame
Shaun Neitzel- Aurora U Head Coach
Paul Wyczawski-Assisstant Coach at Murray State University
plus one or two others that I am not sure on the names.
I believe they have one more prospective coach to interview on campus then they should be making the offer.

I'll try to keep updates.

[SouthPaw]

In other news.. Titans ace Matt Aronson if transferring to Northwestern next year.

[BigPoppa]

In other news.. Titans ace Matt Aronson if transferring to Northwestern next year.

Sweet!! The Carthage Nation is rejoicing!

[Spence]

In other news.. Titans ace Matt Aronson if transferring to Northwestern next year.

Sweet!! The Carthage Nation is rejoicing!

I don't think this is very sweet, though I suppose I might feel differently if I were in the same conference with the guy. But I hate seeing transfers up from D-III schools like this, Furbush, and a few others. It robs the division of great talents and makes some coaches afraid to sending their players to DI-heavy summer leagues for fear they'll be enticed to transfer even though they were perfectly happy where they were.

[Jim Dixon]

In other news.. Titans ace Matt Aronson if transferring to Northwestern next year.

Sweet!! The Carthage Nation is rejoicing!

I don't think this is very sweet, though I suppose I might feel differently if I were in the same conference with the guy. But I hate seeing transfers up from D-III schools like this, Furbush, and a few others. It robs the division of great talents and makes some coaches afraid to sending their players to DI-heavy summer leagues for fear they'll be enticed to transfer even though they were perfectly happy where they were.

In reality D3 coaches have few defections to deal with.  Top Talents in D1 leave in their Junior year as they have the most leverage in their signing bonus at that point.   To stay for your senior year, you have to move up a lot in the draft order to match what your bonus potential is.

I always think that moving to D1 will help your prospects if a baseball carrer is the goal.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Just got back from a camping trip to find the awful news about Matt Aronson.

I blame Augie (the school, not the Carthage coach!): after giving up THREE earned runs the whole danged season, he was torched for four in one game in the regional.  He was afraid the CCIW might have finally figured him out - time to become the mystery man in the Big Ten!

Good luck to Matt.  Fortunately, the Titan pitching staff will probably still top the CCIW next year, but this can't help!

[augie28]

The loss of Aronson is a huge blow to Wesleyan after the season he had, but Martel always seems to find a way to put something together...after losing both Himes and Lapinski to the Astros a few years back, Dobosz stepped up and had a huge season.  Having said that though, it is still a huge relief for the other 7 schools.

I know it is a little late, but I havent checked the post in a while so I wanted to throw my 2-cents in about Oney Guillen as well.  In 2006, his stats in the 3 game series vs. Augie were 0-11, 6 Ks, 3 Es (giving him 16 errors on the season at that point about 3/4 of the way through the schedule).  I know that series is not indicitive of his entire year, but hopefully it erases all doubt that he was a legitimate draft pick.     It is still good to see CCIW names out there, but don't expect that one to stick around for long.

Word from Augustana is that Brandon Engle is looking to return for a 5th year (was injured his freshman year) barring any major setbacks from surgery he had to repair a torn labrum.  He went through the surgery immediately following this season so should have plenty of time to recover...that will make only 2 players that Augie lost this year(Pietroski and Meisenbach)

[perfectgame]

Aronson is not transferring anywhere next year. He will be at Wesleyan again

[SouthPaw]

Aronson is not transferring anywhere next year. He will be at Wesleyan again

Sorry for the wrong information, got the info from a current coach in the CCIW... Must have changed his mind.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Aronson is not transferring anywhere next year. He will be at Wesleyan again

Sorry for the wrong information, got the info from a current coach in the CCIW... Must have changed his mind.

Beware of rival coaches indulging in wishful thinking!

I certainly hope that Aronson is staying, but, with no 'letters of intent' in d3, I suppose no one knows for sure until next season.

[REDMENFAN]

Jeff Livek is off to a good start for the staton island yankees.  His line read 2.2 inning pitched, no hit, no runs.  Word has it that the Redmen Senior 3rd baseman Tyler Yapp is coming back for a fifth year, and that there is a heckuva 1st baseman transferring from Bradley, I forget the name.

[mwunder]

Jeff Livek is off to a good start for the staton island yankees.  His line read 2.2 inning pitched, no hit, no runs.  Word has it that the Redmen Senior 3rd baseman Tyler Yapp is coming back for a fifth year, and that there is a heckuva 1st baseman transferring from Bradley, I forget the name.

Lequia, John?  From Racine??

[REDMENFAN]

Livek picked up a win, and is now 1-0 and hasn't given up a hit yet in 3 1/3 innings. Keep up the good work! Not sure about the name of the transfer, I'll try and find out

[CardinalAlum]

They are down to 4 or 5 top candidates and it should be announced fairly soon maybe as early as the end of this week.

Any names to go with that?

Could be a surprise name creep into the mix!  Stay tuned.