2016 SLIAC Baseball Headlines
Blue Jays Baseball Picks Up ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award
July 26, 2016
The successful Westminster baseball season is still being noted, but this time the award comes for their achievements in the classroom. The Blue Jays are recipients of the 2015-16 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Team Academic Excellence Award, which honors high school and college programs that post a team GPA over 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the academic year.
2016 SLIAC Spring Academic All-Conference Team Features 199 Student-Athletes
June 06, 2016
The 2016 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Spring Academic All-Conference team features a total of 199 student-athletes from member institutions.
Hughes and Uhrich Named All-American, 10 Pick Up All-Region
May 26, 2016
Deion Hughes, from Westminster College, and Kyle Uhrich, from Webster University, were named D3baseball.com 2016 All-Americans while a total of 10 players from across the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference received All-Region honors.
Bensinger and Hughes Top ABCA Honors, 12 SLIAC Players Named All-Region
May 24, 2016
Webster University's Jack Bensinger and Westminster College's Deion Hughes took home top individual honors by the ABCA while a total of 12 players from the SLIAC earned All-Region honors.
Blue Jays Baseball Comes To A Close
May 19, 2016
The Westminster baseball season came to a close on the second day of the NCAA Division III Central Regional Tournament. The Westminster Blue Jays fell to Wartburg College in the first elimination game, 8-0.
Blue Jays Draw Wisconsin-Whitewater In Opening Round
May 16, 2016
The Westminster baseball team drew the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Central Region of the NCAA Tournament. The Westminster Blue Jays face off with the Warhawks on Wednesday, May 18, at 12:00 pm at the GCS Ballpark, the home of Webster University, in Sauget, Ill.
Three Tigers Earn USCAA All-American Honors
May 16, 2016
Iowa Wesleyan had three players receive USCAA All-American honors. Baseball had one member receive honors and the USCAA announced the award on May 9, 2016 at the championship banquet. The Iowa Wesleyan softball had two players earn the All-American honors for their performances this year, and the USCAA announced the awards on May 15, 2016 at the softball championship banquet.
In the Nick Of Time, Blue Jays Come Through With SLIAC Title
May 14, 2016
Nick Bohlmann and Nick Cessna came through in the nick of time for the Blue Jays, sparking Westminster College to a 9-5 win in a winner take all game against Greenville College; capturing the Blue Jays first conference tournament title since 1999.
Brinker, Brough, Earnest, and Hughes Take Top SLIAC Baseball Honors
May 12, 2016
Collin Brinker, Austin Brough, Austin Earnest, and Deion Hughes took home top honors for the 2016 St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball season.
2016 SLIAC Baseball Tournament Preview
May 10, 2016
The final St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship of the year will take place this weekend with the 2016 Baseball Tournament. The tournament field will included Greenville College, MacMurray College, Webster University, and Westminster College.
SLIAC Baseball Players of the Week - May 9
May 09, 2016
This week's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Players of the Week are: Jeff Kammer, from Webster University and Collin Brinker, from Westminster College.
Westminster's Tyler Branneky Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
May 05, 2016
The 2016 Academic All-District Baseball Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), was released on May 5, 2016, and Westminster's senior Tyler Branneky was named to the 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District First Team.
SLIAC Baseball Players of the Week - May 2
May 02, 2016
This week's St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Players of the Week are: Deion Hughes, from Westminster College and Trevor Montgomery, from Greenville College.
Feature Friday with Walter Jarvis
April 29, 2016
In this week's Feature Friday we sat down with Blackburn College baseball player Walter Jarvis and talked about how he went from West Coast dreaming to Midwest living; as well as the Blackburn work program.
Jared Jones Named SLIAC Male Scholar-Athlete
April 27, 2016
Blackburn College Senior Jared Jones was just named the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Year for the 2015-16 school year. Jones, from Mitchell, Indiana, has excelled in the classroom while also being a four-year member of the baseball team. Jones has also been the manager of the athletic program for the past three years in the Blackburn College Work Program.
Fontbonne's Santarsiero Adds Weekly Honors
April 26, 2016
Fontbonne junior starting pitcher Vince Santarsiero added to his weekly honors. After being named the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week he was also named to D3Baseball.com's Team of the Week.