Congratulations go to Head Baseball Coach Mike Manes on receiving the NCCAA North-Central Region Coach of the Year Award. Coach Manes is in his second year at Trinity International University and the Trojans finished the season 25-30 which marks the programs best season ever. The season was capped off with TIU making its first ever appearance in the NCCAA World Series in Chattanooga, TN.

May 24, 2005

The following TIU Baseball players received post-season honors for '04-'05:

CCAC:

Ken Reagan -honorable mention

NCCAA North Central All Region

1st Team

Ken Reagan

Tim Dovichi

Aaron Manes

Bryan Dovichi

TIU Baseball is pleased to announce the signing of the following student-athletes for '05-'06:

Scott Miller

Michael Fields

Jeremy Schmidt

May 19, 2005

TIU Baseball returned today after going 0-2 at the NCCAA World Series in Chattanooga, TN. The #8-seeded Trojans faced #9 Oakland City University in the tournament opener. After leading 3-1 late in the ballgame, OCU benefited from some Trojan jitters to take the lead and went on to win 7-3. The second game of the World Series brought on the #5-seed Indiana Wesleyan University. TIU trailed 6-1 in the sixth, but the Trojans rallied to tie the contest at 6-6 in the bottom half of the inning. IWU scored 2 in the top of the 7th with a 2-out pinch hit double to make it 8-6. But TIU still had fight in them scoring another run in the bottom of the 7th with runners at second and third with 2 outs, but failed to score. Oakland City went on the finish 2nd while Indiana Wesleyan finished 3rd at the World Series.

May 12, 2005

TIU beat Judson 9-5 and 3-1 to claim the NCCAA North Central Region crown and advance to the NCCAA World Series hosted by Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, TN on May 19-21. Click here for more info.

March 29, 2005

TIU baseball saw a break in the clouds and was finally able to play some baseball on Tuesday as they hosted Robert Morris College. Funny thing is that it was supposed to be a home game for RMC, but they could not get their field ready in time for the contest, so the game was moved to TIU. Senior Ryan Hutchins pitched the first game and did a fine job, throwing a complete game. Despite the Eagles scoring 4 unearned runs in the first couple of innings, Hutch fought through and held RMC to just 2 runs over the final innings. The Trojan bats never woke up as Trinity fell 0-6. The second game was similar to the first. Freshman Frank Gross gave up 3 runs in the first inning and then held the Eagles scoreless for the remainder as he also went the distance for the Trojans. But TIU could only muster 1 run on the day as the squad fell 1-3 in the nightcap. TIU will host Olivet Nazarene on Friday, April 1st in a CCAC doubleheader starting at 1:00 PM.

March 28, 2005

Baseball began their season with their annual trip to Florida over Spring Break. Last year, the team did not see much success as they returned without a win, but this season is a much different story. Not only have they eclipsed last season's Spring Break mark, but their season total of 4 when they returned with a record of 5-5. They opened the trip with a loss to Clearwater Christian, but rebounded to defeat Southern Virginia 5-4. The team would go on to lose their next 3 games, but then put together a streak and won 4 of their last 5 games while in Florida. Since returning from Florida, it has been difficult for the Trojans to find dry ground to play on. When they did, TIU continued their winning ways with an 8-5 win over Eureka College. The team then traveled to Davenport, IA to face a tough St. Ambrose squad and dropped all 4 of a weekend series, although playing the tough Bees very close.

February 23, 2005

TIU Baseball is pleased to announce the signing of the following student-athletes for '05-'06:

David Hardt - Maine West High School

Duke Keller - Family Christian Academy

Zach Scipione - Conant High School

Ryan Schmidt - Prairie du Chein, WI

May 21, 2004 - Josh Janik Named CCAC 2nd-Team All-Conference

Trojan leftfielder Josh Janik was recently named to the All-Conference 2nd-Team for the
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). Janik, a senior, led the 2004 TIU squad in several offensive categories, including batting average (.368), at-bats (133), hits (49), doubles (8), OPS (.852), and stolen bases (14). He placed second on the team in runs (19), total bases (59), on-base percentage (.408), and slugging percentage (.444). His 14 stolen bases (out of 17 attempts) placed him among the conference leaders in the category.

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