2021 WMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES WESTERN MICHIGAN 2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES 6 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES • 12 NCAA APPEARANCES • 15 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1965 NCAA RUNNERS-UP • HOSTS OF THE FIRST AND SECOND EVER COLLEGE WORLD SERIES (1947, 1948) 2021 SCHEDULE (15-19, 14-9 MAC) FEBRUARY GAMES 35 - 38 MAY 7 - 9 | DEKALB, ILL. | RALPH MCKINZIE FIELD 26 at Kansas State L, 8-9 27 at Kansas State L, 3-11 WESTERN MICHIGAN BRONCOS (15-19, 14-9 MAC) 28 at Kansas State L, 1-2 LEADERS MARCH Batting Average .............................................. .371, Connor Charping 5 at Saint Louis Canceled Runs ....................................................................31, Connor Charping 6 at Saint Louis Canceled Home Runs ..........................................................6, Ethan Hajdukovic 7 at Saint Louis Canceled RBIs .....................................................................27, Connor Charping 12 at Cincinnati L, 1-5 13 at Cincinnati L, 5-7 14 at Cincinnati L, 4-5 NORTHERN ILLINOIS HUSKIES (10-28, 9-15 MAC) 19 at Ball State * L, 0-2 LEADERS 20 at Ball State (DH1) * L, 1-13 Batting Average ....................................................... .353, Kam Smith 20 at Ball State (DH2) * L, 2-3 Runs ............................................................................. 24, Kam Smith 21 at Ball State * W, 15-12 (14 inn.) Home Runs .................................................................. 10, Kam Smith 27 EASTERN MICHIGAN * L, 4-9 RBIs .............................................................................. 29, Kam Smith 28 EASTERN MICHIGAN * W, 8-1 29 EASTERN MICHIGAN (DH1) * W, 3-1 29 EASTERN MICHIGAN (DH2)* L, 4-5 LEADING OFF APRIL • It will be the 86th, 87th, 88th and 89th meeting between Western Michigan and Northern Illinois 2 AKRON * W, 10-0 3 AKRON (DH1) * W, 13-2 • WMU leads the all-time series 46-38-1 3 AKRON (DH2) * W, 7-6 • The Broncos have won 6 of the last 9 meetings and 4 of the last 6 4 AKRON * W, 3-0 9 at Miami (DH1) * W, 9-0 • WMU has won back-to-back series over NIU 9 at Miami (DH2) * W, 4-3 • The Bronocs have not lost a series at Northern Illinois since 2013 10 at Miami * W, 3-2 11 at Miami * L, 9-16 • Last weekend, WMU split its four-game series at Toledo, winning the first two games before dropping the 16 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE L, 4-13 final two. 17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (DH1) L, 2-6 17 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (DH2) W, 10-2 • WMU has now either won or split each of its last 5 MAC series 18 SIU-EDWARDSVILLE L, 1-8 • Against Toledo, the Broncos hit .307 with 10 home runs, 8 doubles and a .420 on-base percentage 23 BOWLING GREEN (DH1) * W, 12-7 23 BOWLING GREEN (DH2) * W, 7-5 • WMU had 10 home runs at Toledo last weekend with five different players registering a home run 24 BOWLING GREEN * L, 2-3 • Senior Ethan Hajdukovic was named MAC Player of the Week after hitting .471 with 4 home runs at Toledo 25 BOWLING GREEN * L, 6-20 30 at Toledo * W, 16-13 • WMU ranks 2nd in the MAC with a .278 batting average MAY • Western Michigan ranks 2nd in the MAC with 68 doubles and 4th in the MAC with 32 home runs 1 at Toledo (DH1) * W, 15-6 • Junior Connor Charping leads WMU in batting average, runs, RBIs, on-base percentage and stolen bases 1 at Toledo (DH2) * L, 10-11 2 at Toledo * L, 9-16 7 at Northern Illinois * 3:00 PM 8 at Northern Illinois (DH1) * 1:00 PM PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS 8 at Northern Illinois (DH2) * 4:00 PM SATURDAY (DH) 9 at Northern Illinois * 1:00 PM FRIDAY RHP Brady Miller SUNDAY 14 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 3:05 PM LHP Brandon Petersen (0-5, 9.49 ERA) TBA 15 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (DH1) * 12:05 PM (3-1, 5.26 ERA) RHP Easton Sikorski 15 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (DH2) * TBD (3-2, 3.32 ERA) 16 CENTRAL MICHIGAN * 1:05 PM 21 at Kent State * 6:00 PM TBA TBA TBA 22 at Kent State (DH1) * 3:00 PM TBA 22 at Kent State (DH2) * TBD 23 at Kent State * 1:00 PM 28 OHIO * 3:05 PM 29 OHIO (DH1) * 12:05 PM PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 29 OHIO (DH2) * TBD 30 OHIO * 1:05 PM Pos. No. Name Yr. Avg. G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB JUNE C 7 Connor Charping Jr. .371 34-34 124 31 46 6 1 3 27 16 4-6 NCAA Regionals RF 2 Will Morrison R-Fr. .322 25-25 87 24 28 8 0 1 12 9 11-14 NCAA Super Regionals 1B 40 Sean O'Keefe Jr. .301 34-34 133 16 40 10 0 3 24 6 19-30 NCAA College World Series DH 14 Logan Hudson Sr. .266 25-24 79 21 21 7 0 2 14 19 * - Mid-American Conference Game LF 25 Ethan Hajdukovic Sr. .302 26-25 86 17 26 5 0 6 21 7 Home Games CAPITALIZED and in BOLD SS 3 Drew Devine Sr. .265 34-34 113 20 30 8 0 4 22 24 All time (ET) and dates are subject to change 3B 11 Jimmy Allen So. .257 34-28 105 23 27 4 2 2 11 14 2B 6 Justin McIntyre Jr. .254 34-34 118 21 30 11 2 3 20 14 CF 1 Blake Dunn Jr. .231 16-10 26 12 6 1 0 3 9 6 2021 WMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2021 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name B/T Pos. HT. Wt. Yr. Hometown / Previous School 1 Blake Dunn OF R/R 6-0 210 JR, Saugatuck, Mich. / Saugatuck 2 Will Morrison OF R/R 5-11 195 R-FR. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. / University Liggett 3 Drew Devine INF R/R 6-0 200 SR Marshall, Mich. / Marshall 4 Ryan Missal OF L/L 6-3 200 JR. Lowell, Ind. / Lowell 6 Justin McIntyre MIF R/R 6-1 200 JR. Portage, Mich. / Portage Central 7 Connor Charping C R/R 6-0 210 JR. Trenton, Mich. / Trenton 8 Max Huntley MIF R/R 6-1 215 FR Kalamazoo, Mich. / Mattawan 10 Hayden Berg RHP R/R 5-10 180 FR. Granger, Ind. / Penn 11 Jimmy Allen MIF R/R 6-0 195 SO. Elmhurst, Ill. / Timothy Christian 12 Gavin Doyle MIF R/R 6-2 215 SO. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North 13 Brendan Harrity MIF S/R 5-10 170 FR Brighton, Mich. / Brighton 14 Logan Hudson INF R/R 6-2 210 SR. Caledonia, Mich. / Caledonia 15 Dylan Nevar OF L/L 6-2 190 FR. Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. 16 Brandon Petersen LHP L/L 6-3 240 SR, Naperville, Ill. / Waubonsie Valley 17 Jack Huisman RHP R/R 6-4 200 JR. Holland, Mich. / Holland Christian 18 Brenden Lovell RHP R/R 6-3 205 JR. Vicksburg, Mich. / Vicksburg 20 Josh Swinehart INF R/R 6-3 210 FR. Mattawan, Mich. / Mattawan 21 Bobby Dearing INF L/L 6-5 210 R-FR. Lafayette, Ind. / Lafayette Harrison 22 Will Mullen RHP R/R 6-4 220 SR. Rochester, Mich. / Notre Dame Prep 23 Ryan Watt RHP R/R 6-2 235 FR. South Bend, Ind. / Mishawaka 24 Tyler Thorington RHP R/R 6-4 230 SR. Wyandotte, Mich. / Wyandotte Roosevelt 25 Ethan Hajdukovic 1B L/L 6-2 225 SR. Inverness, Ill. / Fremd 26 Tyler Overaitis C/OF L/R 5-10 185 FR. Canton, Mich. / Plymouth-Salem 27 Greg Budig C/OF R/R 6-0 200 FR. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North 28 Joe Shapiro LHP L/L 6-0 195 FR. Glenview, Ill. / Glenbrook South 29 Zach Mehelich RHP R/R 6-3 225 SR. Jackson, Mich. / Lumen Christi 30 Brady Miller RHP R/R 6-4 205 SO. Plainfield, Ill. / Plainfield North 31 Luke Pappas LHP L/L 6-3 200 FR. Chicago, Ill. / Mt. Carmel 32 Drew Szczepaniak LHP L/L 6-5 205 SO. Woodhaven, Mich. / Woodhaven 33 Jacob Gernon RHP R/R 6-0 170 FR. Portage, Mich. / Portage Central 34 Luke Thelen RHP R/R 6-5 210 FR, Caledonia, Mich. / Caledonia 35 Dane Armbrustmacher LHP L/L 6-4 200 SO. Fowler, Mich. / Fowler 36 Cade Sullivan INF R/R 6-4 205 FR. Aurora, Ill. / Metea Valley 37 Easton Sikorski RHP R/R 6-0 205 SO. Fraser, Mich. / De La Salle 40 Sean O’Keefe C/1B R/R 6-4 250 JR. Saline, Mich. / Saline 41 Ben Campos C R/R 6-0 180 SO. Glenbard, Ill. / Glenbard East Head Coach: Billy Gernon (11th season - Indiana, ‘90) Associate Head Coach: Adam Piotrowicz (8th season - Manchester, ‘08) Assistant Head Coach: Will Nimke (3rd season - Western Michigan, ‘15) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Matt Hansen (2nd season - Toledo, ‘17) Pronunciations: #3 Drew Devine (DUH-VINE) #17 Jack Huisman (HEISMAN) #25 Ethan Hajdukovic (HUH-DO-KO-VICH) #29 Zach Mehelic (MUH-hell-ITCH) #32 Drew Szczepaniak (SHH-SPAIN-EE-AK) 2021 WMU BASEBALL GAME NOTES TV/RADIO CHART #1 #2 #3 #4 #6 #7 #8 #10 Blake Dunn Will Morrison Drew Devine Ryan Missal Justin McIntyre Connor Charping Max Huntley Hayden Berg OF / Junior OF / R-Freshman INF / Senior OF / Junior INF / Junior C / Junior MIF / Freshman RHP / Freshman Saugatuck, Mich. Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. Marshall, Mich. Lowell, Ind. Portage, Mich. Trenton, Mich. Kalamazoo, Mich. Granger, Ind. #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 Jimmy Allen Gavin Doyle Brendan Harrity Logan Hudson Dylan Nevar Brandon Petersen Jack Huisman Brenden Lovell INF / Sophomore MIF / Sophomore INF/ Freshman INF / R-Junior OF / Freshman LHP / R-Junior RHP / Junior RHP / Junior Elmhurst, Ill. Plainfield, Ill. Brighton, Mich. Caledonia, Mich. Wisconsin Dells, Wisc. Naperville, Ill. Holland, Mich. Vicksburg, Mich. #20 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 Josh Swinehart Bobby Dearing Will Mullen Ryan Watt Tyler Thorington Ethan Hajdukovic Tyler Overaitis Greg Budig MIF / Freshman LHP / Freshman RHP / R-Senior RHP / Freshman RHP / Senior 1B-LHP / Senior C/OF / Freshman C / Freshman Mattawan, Mich.