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2010 Baseball |
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COACH TOM ANNOUNCES 2010 WINTER PROSPECT CAMP
Head Coach Ted Tom would like to
announce the 2010 Winter Prospect Camp will be held
Saturday, January 16th, in the James A. Rhodes
Athletic Center on the campus of Shawnee State University.
Registration begins at 9:30am and camp will begin at 10am.
Cost for the camp is $50 for position players or pitchers
only and $75 for athletes that would like to be evaluated as
dual players (pitcher and position). The camp will feature
a professional style workout, introduction to the Shawnee
State Baseball program, a tour of campus and weight room
facility, and a brief instructional period from the Shawnee
State coaching staff.
“This is the third year we
have had this camp and it is by far one of the most successful
recruiting tools that we utilize,” says assistant coach Chris
Moore. “We have been very lucky with being able to recruit kids
directly from this camp in the past and we are looking forward
to doing it again. Shawnee State University sells itself to
anyone that takes the time to step on to campus, so this camp is
another great opportunity for us the spread the good word from
here in Portsmouth.”
This is a fantastic chance
to show the coaching staff at Shawnee State that you are a good
fit for the Bears’ program. Due to the constraints of having
this camp indoors, space is limited, so sign up soon. Please
fill out the
registration form and send it back to us
so we can reserve your spot. If you have any questions, please
call assistant coach Chris Moore at (740) 821-4351 or email at
cmoore@shawnee.edu.
We hope to see you soon. |
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Blue/Gray Footer & Shake Series
Game 1:
On Sunday, October 11th,
the Bears began the 3rd Annual Blue/Gray Footer &
Shake Series at Branch Rickey Park. Due to bad weather on
Saturday, Sunday became a doubleheader.
In Game 1, the Blue team
exploded for 10 runs over the last two innings to win 10-9. The
Blue team was lead by freshman Colin Keim’s (Clinton, OH) 3-hit
and 2-RBI performance. Sophomore Quentin Everman (Galloway, OH)
added a two run triple in the sixth to seal the win. Junior
Andy Carter (North Kingsville, OH) recorded the save.
The Gray team was lead
senior Kyle Hammontree (Brownsburg, IN) and junior Zach Byler
(Warren, OH) who combined for five RBI's.
Game 2:
In Game 2, the Gray scored
four runs in the 2nd inning which was enough to win
4-3. Freshman Jordan Williams (Uniontown, OH) recorded the win
after working four solid innings. Senior Adam Hatton (Grove
City, OH) earned the save. The Gray were lead by RBI’s from
freshman Camden Sauls (Tipp City, OH) and sophomore Danny Gesick
(Groveport, OH).
Junior Greg Kettel (Ironton,
OH) suffered the loss for Team Gray. They were lead by RBI’s
from Keim and freshman Ryan Deuschle (Newark, OH).
Game 3:
On Thursday, after two days
of rain, Team Gray took the series lead with a 4-3 win in extra
innings. They were lead by junior Philip Butler’s (Spring, TX)
multi-hit performance including a homerun in the 5th
inning. Sophomore Jordan Maier (Heath, OH), Hammontree, and
Byler each had multiple hits in the attack.
For Team Blue, sophomore
Adam Wamsley (Wheelersburg, OH) collected two hits and three
stolen bases.
Game 4:
On Friday to begin the
Parents’ Day Weekend, Team Gray won the game by a score of 3-2
behind a strong pitching performance from sophomore Kyle Compton
(Circleville, OH). A three run 4th inning made the
difference for the Gray.
Sophomore Austin Dunfee
(Pomeroy, OH) took the loss in a hard fought battle. Senior
Brian Ramey (Franklin Furnace, OH) started the scoring with a 1st
inning homerun to left field.
Game 5:
With the outcome of the
series going to Team Gray, Game 5 was played on Saturday with
many friends and family in attendance. Team Gray won the game,
again in extra innings 3 out of 5 games), by the score of 4-3.
They were lead by a 3-hit performance from Jordan Maier.
The Blue/Gray series puts an
end to the Bears fall season. The next time the Bears will take
the field is Saturday, February 20 in Williamsburg, KY against
future Mid-South Conference foe, University of the Cumberlands. |
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BEARS
ANNOUNCE 2010 SCHEDULE
The Shawnee State Bears baseball team would like to announce
their schedule for the upcoming 2010 baseball season
highlighted with a three game series versus 2004 NAIA
National Champion, Cumberland University and 2009 NAIA World
Series participant Campbellsville coming to the friendly
confines of Branch Rickey Park. The schedule consists of 55
games with 25 of those being played on the home turf.
The 2010 season will mark the last year of
competition in the American Mideast Conference as the Bears
will join the Mid-South Conference in 2011. It will also
find the Bears getting a taste of the MSC as they will
compete against University of the Cumberlands, West Virginia
Tech, St. Catharines, Campbellsville, and former AMC rival
Rio Grande throughout the year.
“The schedule that we have put together
allows us to compete against several teams we will see in
our future conference. I am very confident that along with
this part of the schedule and our demanding spring break
trip, we will be prepared to make one last attempt at
bringing the AMC conference championship back to
Portsmouth,” says Head Coach Ted Tom. “We are excited to
compete against very good competition and see exactly where
we stack up.”
Shawnee State opens at University of the
Cumberlands in late February followed by a home stand with
Spring Arbor (MI), 2007 NAIA Runner-up. There will be
single game home and home dates with Rio Grande before the
Bears embark on their annual spring break trip. To begin
the trip, the Bears travel to Savannah, GA to compete in the
Fairfield Inn Marriott Classic against Savannah College of
Art & Design in a four game series. From there, the Bears
will play respective three game series with South
Carolina-Beaufort and 2004 National Champion Cumberland
University.
Upon their return, Shawnee will play St.
Catharine followed by Campbellsville in a home tilt on St.
Patrick’s Day during the week. That weekend finds the Bears
traveling to Pulaski, TN to compete against Martin Methodist
College.
The last weekend of March gets the Bears into
AMC play with a trip to Walsh followed by a home stand with
Point Park. The Bears will leave conference play for a
weekend to play former conference foe Ohio Dominican in a
split four game series. After a trip to Cedarville, the
Bears will spend the next two weekends at Branch Rickey Park
against Malone and Notre Dame sandwiching a doubleheader
with St. Catharine. The season finishes with a split
conference series with Mount Vernon.
Coach Tom would also like to announce that
during the Malone series on March 24th, the
baseball program will be recognizing the 2000 team that
finished 5th at the NAIA World Series. "It has
been ten years since Shawnee State Baseball made that
magical run to Lewiston so I think it is only fitting to get
as many of those players back to campus and honor them. We
speak on a regular basis about accomplishing many of the
goals that group was able to achieve. I am really looking
forward to seeing many of those guys as well as giving our
current players the opportunity to meet them," says Coach
Tom. More details of this weekend will be available soon.
Check out http://www.shawnee.edu/off/athl/
all season long for updates of Bear Baseball. |
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2009 ALUMNI GAME
Shawnee State Baseball welcomed back
their former players over the weekend. On Friday, several
alumni participated in a two-man scramble at Shawnee State
Golf Course. Shanen Zimmerman and Gene Kraeger took home
the winning honors. The annual homerun derby and game
followed at Branch Rickey Park on Saturday. Former slugger,
Nolan Crabtree wowed the crowd with his four homeruns easily
winning the derby.
For the first time ever,
the current Bears split themselves with the alumni for the
game. Alums’ Justin Craft and Jon Venters started the
contest looking as if they have never left campus. In a
very competitive game, the Blue team won 6-3 behind a five
hit performance from sophomore Nick Ball. Junior Philip
Butler added two hits and senior Kyle Hammontree hit a
two-run homer to lead the way. Highlights for the alumni
participating in the game were Nolan Crabtree adding two
hits and Jared Perdue smashing a two-run homerun to left
center.
After the game, Coach
Tom said, “It is always a good time to see many of our
former players including several that I had an opportunity
to play; rehash some old stories and just catch up. The
Shawnee State baseball family extends well past our current
players as everybody who represented our program at one time
or another will always be a part of it and hopefully we can
continue to improve on the field to make everybody involved
proud. I am already looking forward to next year.”
The Baseball Bears will
conclude fall practice with the 3rd Annual
Blue/Gray Footer & Shake Series beginning next Saturday with
Game 1 slated to start at 10:00 a.m. The 5 game series will
run through the following weekend which is slated for
Parents’ Weekend. Game 2 will be played Sunday, October 11th
@ 4:00 p.m., Game 3 on Wednesday @ 3:30 p.m., Game 4 under
the lights of Branch Rickey Park Friday @ 6:00 p.m., and the
finale on Saturday with a Noon first pitch.
Stay tuned to
www.shawnee.edu/off/athl for more updates. |
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INAUGURAL GENE BENNETT BASEBALL
CLASSIC
press release written by Gene Beckett & Classic committee
representatives
Gene Bennett announced today that plans are
underway for the inaugural Gene Bennett Baseball Classic that
will be held in the greater Portsmouth area June 10th thru 13th,
2010. The tournament will be held at the historic Branch
Rickey Park and other local fields including the new Portsmouth
Trojans High School Baseball Complex.
Bennett has been with the
Cincinnati Reds organization for 57 years and presently serves
as Senior Special Assistant to the General Manager. While
serving as scout for the organization, Bennett signed some of
the top ML players in the game such as Don Gullett, Barry
Larkin, Chris Sabo, Paul O'Neil, Dave Tomlin, Charley Lebrandt,
and Jeff Russell and many more. Bennett states, "My goal
with this tournament is to let the youth of Portsmouth and other
towns along the Ohio River see the future stars of Major League
Baseball, and to let the little guys know that they have a
baseball past, present and future."
Co-hosting the tournament will be former Cincinnati
Reds star Don Gullett and former Pittsburgh Pirates star Al
Oliver. Jeff Brown will serve as the tournament director.
Brown is a Wheelersburg resident and has been involved with
amateur baseball for a number of years. Former Portsmouth
resident Ron Slusher of the Ohio Warhawks, will be in charge of
bringing some of the top 18-year old and under Amateur Baseball
teams.
A tournament of this type has a
rich history. Two national power teams that have committed
to the tournament include the Ohio Warhawks from Dayton and the
Cincinnati Midland Redskins. These teams have combined for
over 17 National Championships, have had over 400 players
drafted in Major League Baseball's Amateur Draft, and have had
an astonishing 100 players who have either played in or are
currently playing on Major League rosters. These players
include Brandon Phillips, Ken Griffey, Jr., Barry Larkin, Brian
Roberts, Pat Burrell and Chris Carpenter. Another team
joining the tournament will be the Ontario Blue Jays, bringing
the finest baseball talent in Ontario, Canada. Other teams
include the Nevada Scout team featuring the class of 2010 top
high school players, the Bartlett, TN All-Stars coached by Coach
Phil Clark, who took the Gold Medal with U.S.A. Baseball Junior
National Team in 1999, the Florida All-American Prospects who
were the 2008 Mickey Mantle Champions, and the Portsmouth Legion
Post 23. The Post 23 team is the local host team and will
feature top players from Scioto County.
Bennett concluded, "In my 57 years of baseball, I
believe this will be the most high profile amateur baseball
event to ever be held in the tri-state area." There will
be no admission charged for these games to allow everyone who
wants to attend a change to see good baseball.
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RAMEY AND ROELKER NAMED NAIA SCHOLAR ATHLETES
The Shawnee State baseball team had two played named NAIA
Scholar Athletes; junior Brian Ramey and senior Michael
Roelker. Ramey is a Business Administration major.
Roelker is a Sports Studies major with a concentration in
Sports Management. Criteria for being selected an
NAIA Scholar Athlete are that the student-athlete must be of
junior ranked and carry a 3.5 grade point average or above.
Ramey and Roekler are among 238 NAIA baseball players that
earned this honor.
Click here for a complete list of the
2009 Baseball NAIA Scholar Athletes.
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Brian Ramey
Michael Roelker |
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SSU PICKS UP FOUR ON ALL-AMC TEAMS
Drew Howard has been named 1st Team All-American
Mideast Conference for his position in outfield, while 1st
baseman Brian Ramey, 3rd baseman Logan Crabtree
and starting pitcher Andrew Carter each earned 2nd
Team All-AMC recognition.
Howard, a senior from Portsmouth, Ohio, leads the AMC in
homeruns with 11 on the season. On the season Drew compiled a
batting average of .341 with 52 hits, 46 runs scored, a
team-high 13 doubles, four triples, and 46 RBI’s.
Ramey, a junior from Franklin Furnace, Ohio, leads the team with
a .349 batting average. He accumulated 50 hits, 28 runs, six
homeruns, and 35 RBI’s on the season.
Crabtree, a senior from Lucasville, Ohio, leads the team with 13
doubles and 58 RBI’s on the season. He compiled a batting
average of .333 with 61 hits, 32 runs scored, 10 homeruns, and
one triple.
Carter,
a sophomore from New Kingsville, Ohio compiled a record of 5-2
on the mound. Carter has made nine starts in 13 appearances with
three complete games. On the season, he struck out 54 batters
in 54 innings pitched against 29 walks.
2009
All-AMC Teams
2009 AMC
Rawlings Gold Glove Team |
Drew Howard
Brian Ramey
Logan Crabtree
Andrew Carter |
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