2017BASEBALLMEDIA GUIDE

WELCOME TO ILLINOIS COLLEGEOn behalf of the entire Illinois College community, it is my pleasure to welcome the student-athletes, coaches, parents and fans in attendance. We truly appreciate your support of Illinois College, the Midwest Conference and the NCAA Division III athletics.

We are extremely proud of our student-athletes at Illinois College. The Blueboys and Lady Blues strive for excellence on the playing field, as well as in the classroom and in the community. As a result, IC has continued to climb the ranks in the Midwest Conference’s All-Sports Standings, while increasing its number of academic all-conference awards and contributing to the vitality of the Jacksonville community.

We are also very proud of the athletic facilities at Illinois College. Through the College’s dedication to fostering competitive athletic programs, and the financial investment of generous supporters, IC boasts some of the finest athletic facilities in Division III sports.

Thank you for your enthusiastic and respectful support of all the competitive student-athletes. Please join me in wishing them the very best of luck. Go Blueboys and Lady Blues!

Barbara A. Farley, Ph.D. President Illinois College

New season, new student-athletes and new goals to achieve. Spring is a time for a fresh start and I look forward to seeing what these new things have to offer in 2017.

Please join me in the wonderful spring weather to cheer on the Blueboys and Lady Blues. This year we return a crew of dedicated student-athletes looking to put their mark on IC Athletics. This group of young men and women have been working hard to hone their craft and help IC Athletics soar up the rankings in the Midwest Conference. These strong men and women should make us all proud to be part of the Blueboy and Lady Blue family.

This is going to be an exciting year for the Blueboys and Lady Blues. I look forward to seeing you at the games!

Mike Snyder Director of Athletics Illinois College

JAY ECKHOUSEHead Baseball Coach217.245.3387jeckhous@mail.ic.eduTwitter: @IC_Baseball

Jay Eckhouse enters his 16th year as head baseball coach at Illinois College in 2017. During the 2015 season, Eckhouse picked up his 200th career coaching victory.

Eckhouse, a native of Alton, is a 1978 graduate of Illinois College, where he was a standout student-athlete competing for the school’s baseball and football teams. Eckhouse was a three-year starter at first base for the Blueboys and a record-setting quarterback for the football team. He was inducted into the Illinois College Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. Since joining the athletic staff, Eckhouse has led five of his baseball teams to the Midwest Conference Tournament and was named the MWC Coach of the Year in 2004.

Eckhouse and his wife, Gina, reside in Jacksonville. They have two sons: Noah ’08 and Nathan.

2017 BASEBALL COACHINGBRIAN DAVENPORTAssistant Baseball Coach217.245.3400davenport.brian@mail.ic.edu

Brian Davenport enters his fourth season as an assistant coach of the Illinois College baseball team. He works primarily with pitchers.

Davenport, a native of Jacksonville, is a 2013 graduate of Illinois College and former member of the Illinois College baseball team. Davenport earned a bachelor’s degree in management and organizational leadership, with a concentration in sports and recreation management.

Davenport resides in Jacksonville.

BRIAN BOEVINGAssistant Baseball Coach217.245.3400boeving.brian@mail.ic.edu

Brian Boeving returns to Illinois College for his second stint as an assistant coach with the Illinois College baseball team in 2017. Boeving is a 2012 graduate of IC.

After spending the 2013 season as an assistant coach with Illinois College, Boeving accepted a position at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, where he worked from 2014 to 2016. While there, he was also an assistant coach with West Fargo (ND) High School in 2014 and 2015, and an assistant coach for hitters and outfielders at the Fargo (ND) Post #2 American Legion Sr. Legion team.

Boeving was a History and Secondary Education major at Illinois College and teaches Social Studies at Virginia Sr./Jr. High School.

He lives in Jacksonville with his wife, Brittany, who is also an IC grad.

MATT WHITEAssistant Baseball Coach217.245.3400white.matt@mail.ic.edu

Matt White returns to Illinois College as an assistant coach with the baseball team in 2017. White is a 2011 graduate of IC and pitched for the Blueboys.

White will work primarily with pitchers at Illinois College and help with recruiting. He taught at Knoxville High School from 2011 until 2016 and was a pitching coach with the baseball team there during that time.

White was a History and Secondary Education major at Illinois College.

He lives in Jacksonville with his girlfriend, Stacy, who is also an IC grad.

2017 BASEBALL

1 Joe PaperelliFr | IF/OF | L-R | 5-9

New Lenox, Ill.West

2 Drew LawJr. | IF | R-R | 5-9

Litchfield, Ill.Litchfield

3 Anthony LucchesiSr. | OF | R-R | 5-10

Pleasant Plains, Ill.Pleasant Plains

4 Kage Garza-SmithSr. | P/OF | L-L | 5-10

Los Angeles, Calif.Edward R. Roybal

5 Cain BradySr. | IF/P | S-R | 6-3

Jacksonville, Ill.Coronado (Nev.)

6 Connor MeltonJr. | IF/P | R-R | 5-10

Bethalto, Ill.Civic Memorial

8 Austin GusewelleFr. | OF/P | L-R | 6-1

Staunton Ill.Staunton

7 Brendan StanfieldSo. | IF/OF | R-R | 5-10

Highland, Ill.Highland

10 Eli Fox Fr. | C/IF | R-R | 5-8

Gillespie, Ill.Gillespie

11 Tyler KozaritzJr. | P | R-R | 6-3

Mundelein, Ill.Mundelein

12 Alex LillyFr. | IF | R-R | 5-8

Mattoon, Ill.Mattoon

13 Mason DurdelFr. | OF | R-R | 6-0

East Peoria, Ill.East Peoria

14 Kevin BonnettSo. | P/C | R-R |5-11

Havana, Ill.Havana

15 Dalton KeransJr. | OF | R-R | 6-1

Mahomet, Ill.Mahomet-Seymour

17 Dylan JonesJr. | IF/P | R-R | 6-4

Jacksonville, Ill.Routt

18 Seth FergusonSo. | IF | R-R | 5-10

Sparta, Ill.Sparta

19 Brandon SimmonsFr. | OF | R-R | 5-11

St. Louis, Mo.Gateway

21 Ethan CrainJr. | P | L-R | 6-3

Pawnee, Ill.Pawnee

22 Dalton LeischnerFr. | P | R-R | 5-9Beardstown, Ill.

Beardstown

25 Alec Wade Jr. | C | L-R | 6-0New Athens , Ill.

New Athens

24 Taw FredricksonJr. | P/IF | R-R | 6-2

Fisher, Ill.Fisher

23 Jake SchppertFr. | P/OF | L-L | 5-11

New Athens, Ill.New Athens

27 Robbie CooperJr. | OF | R-R | 6-0

Springfield, Ill.Southeast

28 Dentler LoschenSo. | IF/P | R-R | 5-11

Fithian, Ill.Armstrong

16 Beau ParkevichJr. | IF/P | R-R | 5-8Mount Plesant, Iowa.

Mount Plesant

20 Ben KettlekampSo. | IF/P | R-R | 6-2

Taylorville, Ill.Taylorville

26 Zach SeymourFr. | OF | L-R | 5-11

Brighton, Ill.Southwestern

29 Dalton WoolridgeFr. | P/OF | L-L | 5-10

Deland, Ill.Deland-Weldon

2017 BASEBALL

30 Jared GuizzettiSo. | OF/P | L-L | 6-0

Waterman, Ariz.Mountain View

35 Tommy Haddock Fr. | P | R-R | 6-0

Plainfield, Ill.Plainfield

32 Dillon HallemanFr. | P/IF | R-R | 6-5

Sorento, Ill.Greenfield

38 Brennan BergstralhSo. | IF/OF | R-R | 5-8

Canton, Ill.Canton

39 D.J. RamosSo. | IF/P | R-R | 5-11

Chicago, Ill.Gordon Tech

43 Derek SeelbachSo. | P/OF | R-L | 5-10

Farmersville, Ill./Lincolnwood

44 Kyle JonesSo. | P/IF | R-L | 6-0

Pekin, Ill.Pekin

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31 Tim SommerfeldSo. | IF/OF | R-R |5-6

Waterman, Ill.Indian Creek

33 Seth WoollenSo. | IF/P | L-L | 5-10

Forsyth, Ill.Maroa-Forsyth

34 Landon MichaelFr. | P/IF| R-R | 6-2

Centralia, Ill.Centralia

36 Quinn MillerFr. | P/OF | R-R | 6-1

Peoria Heights, Ill.Peoria Heights

37 Jeff NicolasFr. | OF | R-R| 5-11

St. Louis, Mo.Christian Brothers College

40 Elijah SchlabachFr. | P | R-R | 5-11

Mattoon, Ill.Mattoon

41 Brock Boston Fr. | IF/C | R-R | 5-8

Hillsboro, Ill.Hillsboro

45 Wyatt ParkerFr. | IF | R-R| 5-11

Belleville, Ill.West

49 Brendan BarlowSr. | P | R-R | 6-4Jacksonville, Ill.

Jacksonville

IC SPRING 2017 SPORTS SCHEDULESBASEBALLat Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic (Fort Myers, Fla.)

March 11 Dominican University (IL) 12 p.m. (EST)

March 11 Carroll University 3 p.m. (EST)

March 12 Skidmore College (DH) 9 a.m. (EST)

March 14 Edgewood College 9 a.m. (EST)

March 15 Western Connecticut State University (DH) 9 a.m. (EST)

March 16 SUNY-Old Westbury 9 a.m. (EST)

March 22 LINCOLN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 4 p.m.March 26 RMU-PEORIA (DH) 12 p.m.March 28 PRINCIPIA COLLEGE 5 p.m.April 1 Grinnell College (DH) 12 p.m.

April 2 Grinnell College (DH) 10 a.m.

April 5 Eastern Illinois University 3 p.m.

April 8 CORNELL COLLEGE (DH) 12 p.m.April 9 CORNELL COLLEGE (DH) 10 a.m.April 11 BLACKBURN COLLEGE 3 p.m.April 14 Monmouth College (DH) 12 p.m.

April 15 MONMOUTH COLLEGE (DH) 12 p.m.April 18 RMU-SPRINGFIELD 3 p.m.

at MWC Crossover (Mauston, Wis)April 21 vs Ripon College 7 p.m.

April 22 vs St. Norbert College 2 p.m.

April 23 vs Lawrence University 10 p.m.

April 23 vs Beloit College 1 p.m.

April 26 Millikin University 3 p.m.

April 29 Knox College (DH) 12 p.m.

April 30 KNOX COLLEGE (DH) 12 p.m.

May 12-13 Midwest Conference Tournament (at South Div. Champ) TBA

SOFTBALLMarch 4 Carthage College (DH) 1 p.m.

at Rebel Spring Games (Kissimmee, Fla.)

March 12 Carroll University 9 a.m. (EST)

Frank & Marshall College 1:30 p.m. (EST)

March 13 Wisconsin Lutheran College 9 a.m. (EST)

Marietta College 1:30 p.m. (EST)

March 15 McDaniel College 1:30 p.m. (EST)

William Paterson University 3:45 p.m. (EST)

March 16 Wheaton College(MA) 9:00 a.m. (EST)

Transylvania University 11:15 a.m. (EST)

March 25 Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology (DH) 1 p.m.

March 27 Millikin University (DH) 3 p.m.

April 1 CORNELL COLLEGE (DH) 1 p.m.April 3 Iowa Wesleyan University (DH) 4 p.m.

April 8 Beloit Colege (DH) 2 p.m.

April 9 Ripon College (DH) 1 p.m.

April 14 Monmouth College (DH) 1 p.m.April 15 GRINNELL COLLEGE (DH) 1 p.m.April 18 Knox College (DH) 3 p.m.

April 22 ST NORBTERT COLLEGE (DH) 1 p.m.April 23 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY (DH) 1 p.m.April 25 FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY (DH) 3 p.m.April 29 Lake Forest College (DH) 3 p.m.

May 5-6 Midwest Conference Tournament (at No. 1 seed) TBA

MEN’S GOLFMarch 15 University of Illinois Springfield (Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.) TBA

March 24 Greenville Invitational (Filmore, Ill.) 11 a.m.

March 25 Blackburn Dual (Wood River, Ill.) TBA

Mar. 31- April 1 Prairie Fire Classic (Galesburg, Ill.) 12 p.m / 9a.m..

April 8-9 CROSSTOWN CUP (THE LINKS OF JACKSONVILLE) 9 a.m. / 9 a.m/.April 10 MCNAUGHTON INVITATIONAL (JACKSONVILLE CC) 10 a.m.April 14-15 Augustana Invitational (Rock island/ Sherrard, Ill.) 12 p.m. / 8 a.m.

April 21-22 BLUEBOY SHOOTOUT (THE RAIL) 12 p.m./ 9 a.m.April 23 Forester Spring Invite (Rockford, Ill.) 12 p.m. / 9 a.m.

April 28-29 Fighting Scots Invite (Monmouth, Ill.) 10 a.m.

May 4-6 ` MWC Championship (Rockford, Ill.) 11 a.m/10 a.m./10 a.m.

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELDMarch 24 Washington University Mini Meet (St. Louis, Mo.) 4 p.m.

Mar. 31-April 1 Washington University Invitational (St. Louis, Mo.) 4 p.m. / 11 a.m.

April 1 Lindenwood Invitational TBA

April 8 Knox Colllege Outdoor Open (Galesburg, Ill.) 11 a.m.

April 14 Greenville College Select Meet (Greenville, Ill.) 10 a.m..

April 21 Rose-Hulman Twilight 4:30 p.m.

April 29 TRUE BLUE OPEN 10 a.m.May 6 Fighting Scot Invite 11 a.m.

May 12-13 MWC Championship (Galesburg, Ill) 12:30 p.m./ 10:30 a.m.

May 17 Gregory Invitational (Naperville, Ill.) TBA

May 25-27 NCAA Division III National Championship (Geneva, Ohio) TBA

MEN’S TENNISFebruary 5 Simpson College (Galesburg, Ill.) 9 a.m.

February 11 Principia College 5 p.m.

February 24 St. Louis College of Pharmacy (Belleville, Ill.) 4 p.m.

February 25 Greenville College (Elsah, Ill.) 4 p.m.

March 11 Westminster College (MO) 12 p.m.

March 25 WEBSTER UNIVERSITY 10 a.m. DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY (IL) 3 p.m.April 1 RIPON COLLEGE 10 a.m.

LAKE FOREST COLLEGE 3 p.m.April 5 KNOX COLLEGE 5 p.m.

April 8 St. Norbert College 1 p.m. April 9 Lawrence University 1 p.m.

April 11 Webster University 6:30 p.m.

April 19 Monmouth College 4:30 p.m.

April 22 GRINNELL COLLEGE 2:30 p.m.April 23 CORNELL COLLEGE 10 a.m.April 25 MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY 5 p.m.April 29-30 Midwest Conference Championships (Madison, Wis.) TBD

Home contests in bold

ILLINOIS COLLEGE QUICK FACTSLocation Jacksonville, IllinoisFounded 1829Enrollment 965President Dr. Barbara A. Farley, Ph.D.Afilliation NCAA Division IIIConference Midwest ConferenceNickname Blueboys, Lady BluesSchool Colors True Blue and WhiteHome Field Joe Brooks Baseball Field (Baseball) Jessica Kamp Softball Field (Softball) Bellatti Tennis Complex (Men’s Tennis) The Links of Jacksonville (Men’s Golf) Ware Family Track, Hoagland Athletic Fields (Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Track & Field)Director of Athletics Mike SnyderDirector of Sports Information Alex KeilHead Athletic Trainer Terry GeirnaeirtAssistant Athletic Trainer Sarah PhillipsAthletics Phone 217.245.3401Athletics Fax 217.245.3398Athletics Website www.illinoiscollegeathletics.comAthletics Facebook www.facebook.com/ illinoiscollegeathleticsAthletics Twitter twitter.com/IC_Athletics

IC ATHLETICS STAFF

IC FIGHT SONGHere come the brave Blueboys from old ICSee how they thunder on to victory,Forever adding glory to her name,See how they fight, fight, fightTo always bring her fame!The cherished sons of dauntless varsityWill conquer foes opposing old ICWith voices cheering for the blue and whiteOld Illiinois will show her might, fight!

IC ALMA MATERWords by Ruth Badger Pixley ’18Music by A. Boyd Pixley

Illinois, dear Alma Mater,Ivy’d Beecher, Sturtevant.Here we sing thy loving praises,Here renew our convenant.

Chorus:

Hail forever, Alma Mater,May thy children bring thee fame.Hail forever, Illinois,In our hearts shall live thy name.

Treasur’d hilltop, ancient grove,Held in mem’ry ever dear,Winding walks and cherished campus,Old and new united here.

Chorus

May thy years increase by hundreds,Proud as those already gone.May the lamp thy founders lightedLead thee e’er to heights beyond.

MIDWEST CONFERENCE STATEMENT OF SPECTATOR BEHAVIORThe NCAA and Midwest Conference promote courteous and respectful behavior by student-athletes, coaches and spectators. We request your cooperation by supporting the participants and officials in a positive manner. Profanity, racist or sexist comments, or other intimidating actions, will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the site of competition. Also, consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. We thank you for your cooperation.

Photography by Darren Iozia, Alex Keil and Steve Warmowski

Mike SnyderDirector of Athletics

Alex KeilDirector of

Sports Information

Terry GeirnaeirtHead Athletic

Trainer

Sarah PhillipsAssistant Athletic

Trainer/Strength andConditioning Coach