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Volume XLVI—Issue 3 February 2019

2019 IHSBCA State Clinic

The 2019 IHSBCA State Clinic saw an atten- Head Coach at Westfield H.S. dance of 512 coaches on hand to listen to presenters, discuss baseball ideas, and visit Listed in this edition you will find information for the displays presented by exhibitors and col- the poll panel members and dates for the polls, lege programs from throughout the state. as well as other information from this years clinic, Inside this issue: including an update and remarks from Executive The annual Hall of Fame banquet on Friday Director Brian Abbott. You will also find contact evening was well attended as the Hall of information for the College Coaches of Indiana. State Clinic Recap 1 Fame welcomed five new inductees. ------

Executive Director 1-2 This years inductees included two players, NORTH QUAD Update two contributors, and one coach. BOARD MEMBER VOTING Bill Jones 2 IHSBCA members in the North Quad need Scholarship 2019 INDUCTEES to vote for a Board of Directors member. He Patrick O’Neil Coach - Fountain Central, will assume his position at the time of the Poll Panel 3 Brownsburg, & Daleville 2019 State Finals and continue through Members & Info Scott Rolen - Player 2023. 2018 Awards & 4 Fred “Cy” Williams - Player ______Scott Upp Accomplishments Ronald McClain - Contributor ______Steve Strayer Indiana College 5 Bob Schellinger - Contributor ______Steve Stutsman Coaches Plans are already being made for next years Coaches - please submit your vote to Brian Ab- bott via e-mail at [email protected] or by mail Clinic Exhibitors 6 clinic and we are always looking for sugges- to 2340 Guilford Street: Huntington, IN 46750. tions for speakers. If you would like to sug- Deadline to cast your vote is February 28th. gest a speaker please contact Ryan Bunnell - 2019 I.H.S.B.C.A. DATES

 First Official Practice— Executive Director Update March 11th Spring is coming! I know the weather (clinic emcee); Shawn Lyons sible reduction of games and Arm  First Official Game - does not seem like it at the moment, but (college coaches); the Executive Care. Please educate your AD and March 25th the official start of practice is only 3 Council; and Mark Grove, George principals so they can speak on our weeks away and we will be outside  Sectional Play Starts - Phares, Andy McManama, Jerry behalf at the upcoming IHSAA May 22nd before you know it. Schoen, and Scott King for man- Principals Meetings in April. You ning the registration tables. These should have received an e-mail  State Finals June 17th Another great clinic this year and kudos people are invaluable to the IHS- from your district rep with all the & 18th to all of the people who helped organize BCA’s ability to bring over 500 details and action steps.  N/S All-Star Selection the event. If you get a chance please coaches to Indianapolis each year June 2nd extend a big thank you to: Scott and have things run smoothly. Hughes (clinic chairman); Shane Ed- Also, a special thank you to the  2019 North/South All- wards (vendor chairman); Jeff McKeon Sheraton and their wonderful staff! Series at Madison (Continued on page 2) June 21st-23rd (HOF Banquet chairman); Ray Howard (HOF Executive Director); Ryan Bun- A reminder to all coaches to keep  Future’s Game - June nell (speaker chairman); Andy McClain promoting our position on the pos- 19th at Madison Page 2 INDIANA H.S.BASEBALL NEWS Volume XLVI ISSUE 3

Executive Director Update Continued Coach Bill Jones Some major changes this summer…..the state finals are on Monday / Tuesday (June 17-18) this Memorial Scholarship Fund year due to a conflict with the Indians schedule. The IHSBCA is also having its inaugural FU- TURES GAMES on June 19 and the North – South series has been moved up 3 weeks to June The community foundation of Dekalb 21-23 in Madison Indiana. We are making these changes to help accommodate the suggestions of our coaches and the needs of the college coaches in our state and beyond. We are constantly County has a scholarship fund in updating our coaches via e-mail through the district reps so if you are not getting regular updates memory of Coach Bill Jones. If you on all the issues that affect our sport please let myself or your rep know. wish to make a contribution, you

The Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame is still raising money for the expansion and you will be re- may send it to: ceiving an update and request from Ray Howard. Please assist / give as you can and connect your IHSBCA and IBHOF leadership groups to potential donors. Every donation helps us reach Steininger Center for Community the ultimate goal! Foundation of Dekalb County Finally, I believe better days are coming. We have been battling Arm Care, games reduction, and other issues that are impacting our sport, but our coaches have been great about getting their 700 S. Main St. voices heard and sharing FACTS and not perceptions. Continue to fight the good fight and P.O. Box 111 don’t get discouraged. The goal is to promote baseball opportunities in Indiana and allow our coaches to have a greater instructional and personal impact on their players. We will continue to Auburn, IN 46706 advocate for legislation and policies that embody those principles. (260)925-0311 www.CFDekalb.org Brian 260-358-7310 [email protected]

NORTH QUAD TO ELECT VICE-PRESIDENT

The membership of the NORTH Quad (Districts A, B, C, & D) is asked to vote to fill their representative on the Executive Council. The newly elected VP will take office at the State Finals this summer and become the IHSBCA president in 2022-23.

VP Candidates

_____ Mike Swartzentruber (Lake Central) _____ Kevin Hannon (Knox) _____ Joe Turnock (Mishawaka Marian)

Coaches - please submit your vote to Brian Abbott via e-mail at [email protected] or by mail to 2340 Guilford Street: Hunting- ton, IN 46750. Deadline to cast your vote is February 28th.

2019 Crossroads Baseball Series

The 2019 Indiana Crossroads Select Series will take place on June 12th at Ball State University. Top 2019 Juniors and Sophomores from across the State of Indiana are recommended by High School Coaches each year for this event. Six (6) teams are selected from different regions of Indiana. Selected players will showcase individually and play games in front of 50+ college coaches and scouts that attend. Crossroads players have signed to play at over 200 different colleges. In addition, players that make an impression on the scouts at the state event are invited to represent their state at the Midwest Select Series. To recommend a player, high school coaches should go to www.CrossroadsBaseballSeries.com and click on the "Recommend a Player" tab.

Indiana High School Baseball College Programs In Attendance Indiana Baseball HOF Update Coaches Association The IHSBCA would like to thank all of the college programs The Hall of Fame had another successful that were able to attend and set up a table at the State year and is currently enjoying the new Clinic this year. It is such a great show of support for Indi- 2340 Guilford Street expansion wing. They are still making ana High School baseball to see the college coaches from adjustments to their website and if you Huntington, IN 46750 all levels take time from their program to support the rela- have any suggestions please contact Ray tionship they have with the coaches in our organization. Phone: 260-356-3031 Howard. We would encourage you to Coaches, the IHSBCA would encourage you to take your staff and players and attend a college game this season. It view their website and to visit the hall Email: [email protected] is a great experience for your players and a great way to when you get to Jasper. IHSBCA website: build relationships and to continue to show our support for indbaseballhalloffame.org www.ihsbca.org the college programs in our state. February 2019 INDIANA H.S. BASEBALL NEWS Page 3

2019 POLL DATES 2019 Poll Panel members Pre-Season: March 11th Class 1A

Week #1 April 8th Eric Foga Ryan Kruszka Justin Bock 812-591-3330 815-955-4983 260-243-1114 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Week #2 April15th South Decatur H.S. S. Central H.S. Fremont H.S.

Week #3 April 22nd Joe Rademacher Jeremy Bye Dave Bradshaw 812-486-3450 812-653-7191 812-689-4684 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Week #4 April 29th Barr Reeve Orleans H.S. Jac-Cen-Del H.S.

Jerry Schoen Week #5 May 6th 812-390-0151 [email protected] Week #6 May 13th Retired

Class 2A Week #7 May 20th Tim Bordenet Brad Buckingham Chad Combs 765-491-1364 765-610-0134 317-919-6996 The voting will be done on the website and will [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lafayette Central Catholic H.S. South Adams H.S. Switzerland County H.S. be released at 1PM on each of the dates listed Marcus McCormick Brian Kuester Jason Rahn above. Each head coach is encouraged to keep 317-445-7517 812-649-4199 260-417-2299 his programs schedule and results updated using [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Speedway H.S. South Spencer H.S. Westview H.S. the website. George Phares 765-438-8996 Each coach is also encouraged to send info to [email protected] the poll panel members listed by class on this Retired page. You may call or send your information via Class 3A email. Robert Jones Brian Jennings Justin Tucker 812-327-2164 219-743-9408 812-212-0840 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Edgewood H.S. Griffith H.S. Batesville H.S.

Tony Uggen Ryan Berryman Pat O’Neil 260-571-6839 765-513-9215 317-270-3789 PASSWORD WILL BE NECESSARY [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Blackford H.S. Western H.S. Danville H.S.

You must get a password if you wish to list Kelby Weybright your teams schedule and post your scores on 260-273-3188 [email protected] the IHSBCA website. It will also be needed to Retired post your scores during the season and obtain Class 4A All-State/North-South nominations forms and Jon Gratz Matt Cherry Jeremy Richey voting ballots. The Poll Panel members will use 765-247-9901 317-373-1739 812-521-8711 these scores a great deal when casting their [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] weekly ballots. This year ALL coaches who Columbus East H.S. Fishers H.S. Seymour H.S. have paid their IHSBCA dues may obtain pass- Steve Strayer Dave Ginder Kyle Kramer words. To get your password set up, contact 219-791-3724 260-615-8036 812-240-4629 Brian Abbott at; [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Crown Point H.S. F.W. Carroll H.S. Terre Haute South H.S.

[email protected] Don Sherman 260-356-4595 All of last years passwords were de-activated [email protected] just before the State Clinic and new ones are Retired now being given out. COACHES PLEASE UPDATE YOUR SCHOOL INFO ON THE WEBPAGE Coaches once you have a password, please help us out by updating the Contact List on the web page. Some schools are missing their coaches names or have incorrect contact infor- IHSBCA.ORG mation. Page 4 INDIANA H.S. BASEBALL NEWS Volume XLVI Issue 3

Numerous coaches were given awards at the Friday night 2018 DISTRICT Coaches of the Year State Clinic awards banquet. District A Mike Swartzentruber - Lake Central VICTORY CLUB AWARDS: District B Jack Campbell - Chesterton District C Greg Dikos - Penn 100 WIN LEVEL District D Justin Bock - Fremont Jerry Chaney - Mitchell (8) District E Greg Marschand - Lewis Cass Derek Ellis - Jeffersonville (6) District F Lea Selvey - Jay County Jeremy Richey - Seymour (7) District G Aaron Kroll - Roncalli Jason Garrett - Bishop Dwenger (5) Nathan Long - Hauser Daren Hardesty - Knightstown (5) District H Jeff Mathews - Union County District I Clint Davis - Northfield 200 WIN LEVEL Matt Cherry - Fisher (10) District J Tim Bordenet - Lafayette Central Catholic 400 WIN LEVEL District K Matt Cherry - Fishers District L Todd Webster - Pike Dan Roman - Brownsburg (21) District M Tim Terry - South Vermillion 500 WIN LEVEL District N Joe Decker - Silver Creek Chris McIntyre - New Albany (24)

District O Gene Mattingly - Southridge District P Ted Thompson- Tecumseh 2018 State Coaches of the Year

1A - Terry Turner - Daleville H.S. Those inducted into the Hall of Fame were; 2A - Patrick Antone - Boone Grove H.S. 3A - Dave Pishkur - Andrean H.S. Coach - Pat O’Neil 4A - Matt Cherry - Fishers H.S. Player - Scott Rolen Player - Fred “Cy” Williams 2018 IHSAA L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Contributor - Ronald McClain Award Winners Contributor - Bob Schellinger

1A Ryan Williams - University - Coach Chris Estep ***There are now 94 members in the Indiana Hall of Fame. 2A Justin Lammers - Southridge - Coach Gene Mattingly 3A Sammy Barnett - Silver Creek - Coach Joe Decker ***There are 400+ coaches listed in the Victory Club in the 4A Matt Wolff - Fishers - Coach Matt Cherry banquet program from this years clinic.

2018 Indiana Player of the Year ***Future North/South All-Star series sites are Nick Schnell - Indianapolis Roncalli - Coach Aaron Kroll 2019-Madison 2020-Evansville North/South All Star Series “Don Jennings” MVP Award Winner

Hayden Jones - C - FW Carroll - Coach Dave Ginder PLAYER SPOTLIGHT— SEAN MANAEA Sean Manaea has been a in MLB since 2016 play- ing for the Athletics. He at- tended South Central (Union Mills) and Andrean where he graduated in 2010. He attended Indiana State University and was drafted in the 1st round (34th pick) by the in 2013. In July 2015, Sean was traded to Oakland. His career highlight to date is throwing a no-hitter on April 21, 2018 vs. the eventual World Series champion . Sean is currently injured and out for the 2019 season. We wish him a speedy recovery and the best of luck to return in 2020. February 2019 INDIANA H.S. BASEBALL NEWS Page 5 Ancilla College Anderson University Ball State University Bethel College Joe Yonto Mathew Bair Rich Maloney Seth Zartman P.O. Box 1 1100 East Fifth Street HP 260 1001 Bethel Circle Donaldson, IN 46513 Anderson, IN 46012 Muncie, IN 47306-0929 Mishawaka, IN 46545 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 574-936-8898 x 380 765-641-4477 765-285-1425 574-807-7178

Butler University DePauw University Earlham College Franklin College Dave Schrage Blake Allen Steve Sakosits Lance Marshall 510 W. 49th Street Lilly Center P.O. Box 37 801 National Road West 101 Branigin Blvd. Indianapolis, IN 46208 Greencastle, IN 46135-0037 Richmond, IN 47374-4095 Franklin, IN 46131-2623 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 317-940-9721 765-658-4929 765-983-1730 317-738-8136

Goshen College Grace College Hanover College Huntington University Alex Childers Ryan Roth Grant Bellak Mike Frame 1700 South Main Street 200 Seminary Drive 484 Ball Drive 2303 College Avenue Goshen, IN 46526 Winona Lake, IN 46580 Hanover, IN 47243 Huntington, IN 46750 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 574-535-7748 574-372-5100 x 6264 812-866-7374 260-359-4082

Indiana Tech University Indiana State University Indiana University IU Kokomo Kip McWilliams Mitch Hannahs Jeff Mercer Matt Howard 1600 East Washington Blvd. ISU Arena, Suite 105 Assembly Hall 2300 S. Washington St. Ft. Wayne, IN 46803 Terre Haute, IN 47809 Bloomington, IN 47408-1590 Kokomo, IN 46904 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 260-422-5561 x 2313 812-237-4051 812-855-9155 765-455-9403

IUSE IU South Bend Ivy Tech Northeast Indiana Wesleyan Univ. Ben Reel Doug Buysse Lance Hershberger Rich Benjamin 4201 Grant Line Road 1700 Mishawaka Ave. 3701 Dean Dr. 4201 S. Washington Street New Albany, IN 47150-6405 South Bend, IN 46634-7111 Ft. Wayne, IN 46835 Marion, IN 46953 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 812-941-2353 574-520-4136 260-494-8564 765-677-2324

Manchester University Marian University Oakland City University Purdue University Rick Espeset Todd Bacon T. Ray Fletcher Mark Wasikowski 604 E. College Avenue 3200 Cold Spring Road Tichenor Ath. Bldg. — 106 850 Beering Dr. Rm 6031 N. Manchester, IN 46962 Indianapolis, IN 46222 Oakland City, IN 47660 West Lafayette, IN 47907 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 260-982-5390 317-955-6119 812-749-1576 765-494-3998

Purdue Univ-Fort Wayne Purdue Univ-Northwest Rose-Hulman Institute St. Francis University Bobby Pierce Dave Griffin Jeff Jenkins Dustin Butcher 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd. 1401 S. US 421 5500 Wabash Ave—CM 41 2701 Spring Street Ft. Wayne, IN 46805-1499 Westville, IN 46391 Terre Haute, IN 47803 Ft. Wayne, IN 46808 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 260-481-5480 219-989-8018 812-877-8209 260-399-7700 x 6222

Taylor University Trine University University of Evansville Univ. of Indianapolis Kyle Gould Greg Perschke Wes Carroll Al Ready 236 West Reade Avenue 1 University Drive 1800 Lincoln Avenue 1400 East Hanna Avenue Upland, IN 46989 Angola, IN 46703 Evansville, IN 47722 Indianapolis, IN 46227 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 765-998-4635 260-665-4135 812-488-2059 317-788-2199

Univ. of Notre Dame Univ. of Southern Indiana Valparaiso University Vincennes University Mik Aoki Tracy Archuleta Brian Schmack Chris Barney Joyce Center—C113 8600 University Blvd. Athletics Rectreation CTR 1002 N. First Street Notre Dame, IN 46556 Evansville, IN 47712 Valparaiso, IN 46383 Vincennes, IN 47591 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 574-631-4840 812-464-1943 219-464-6117 812-888-4429

Wabash College Jake Martin 301 W. Wabash Avenue Crawfordsville, IN 47933 [email protected] 765-361-6454 Page 6 INDIANA H.S. BASEBALL NEWS Volume XLVI ISSUE 3 STATE CLINIC EXHIBITORS

Shane Edwards (Oak Hill H.S.)-chairman of exhibitors at the recent State Clinic reported that we sold every space we had avail- able. The displays were excellent and we had a wide variety. We felt those of you who were and who were not in attendance at the clinic should be aware of those who supported Indiana High School baseball and thank them by using their baseball products.

Adrenaline Fundraising J & D Turf Prep Baseball Training

American Legion Leffert Stone Inc. Pro-X Athlete Development bacard MASA-Jasper SportsCenter-Ft. Wayne BSN Sports MDS Baseball Bats, Inc. Turf Dogs Custom Net Backstops Mid-South Baseball X-Grain Sportswear

Fusion Sports Group LLC Motz Group Zephyr Hats

Social Hour sponsors– BSN Sports, Indiana Bulls, J&D Turf, M.A.S.A. of Jasper IHSBCA Contributors - Josten’s, Crossroads League Conference, BSN Sports, SportsCenter-Ft. Wayne, Zephyr Hats, MDS Baseball Bats, bacard, and Adrenaline Fundraising.