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Sunday, May 22, 2005New Linking Feature |
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| Users of the CICL web site are now able to link quickly to each current player's college baseball home page. From the Player roster page 2005 Current Player Rosters, simply click on the name of the college and a new window will open where you can find out more about that college baseball program and its spring, 2005, results and statistics. |
Friday, May 20, 2005Benedictine’s Buchanan Joins Dragons Coaching Staff |
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| The DuPage Dragons announced that Benedictine University assistant coach Ryan Buchanan has joined Head Coach Bobby Sherrard’s staff as an assistant coach for the 2005 inaugural season.
“Ryan has a tremendous knowledge of the DuPage community,” Head Coach Bobby Sherrard said. “He’s a great young baseball coaching personality and will fit in with the staff nicely.” Buchanan, a 2004 graduate of Benedictine with a degree in communications, just completed his first year as an assistant at his alma mater working as a hitting and fielding instructor under legendary coach John Ostrowski who has registered over 700 wins. Buchanan is also the head coach of the school’s junior varsity program. “I am very excited about the challenge of working with top collegiate players,” Buchanan said. “The Dragons have assembled a great team and staff that I am looking forward to helping this summer.” As a player, Buchanan was a three-year starter at first base. He was twice named to the all-conference team and earned back-to-back team MVP awards for the Eagles. As a senior, Buchanan became the fifth Benedictine player to earn All-America honors. He hit .415 with nine homers and 53 RBI, and also led the team with 68 hits and 17 doubles at first base in his final year. He put up even bigger power numbers as a junior drilling 13 homers and driving in 56. Buchanan also has coaching experience working with the Jack Perconte Sports Academy in Lisle, and spent four years working with Richwoods Youth Baseball in Peoria. A native of Peoria, Buchanan graduated from Peoria Richwoods High School in 1999. |
Thursday, May 19, 2005Danville Names Coaches |
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| The Danville Dans have named Jamie Sailors Field Manager for the 2005 summer season.
Currently head baseball coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Sailors was drafted as a pitcher in 1992 by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round. An NY-Penn League Championship with the New Jersey Cardinals highlighted his 4 years in the minors. In 1993, while in the Appalachian League, Sailors finished 2nd the league in strikeouts. During his play days with the Cardinals, Sailors competed against the likes of Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramierz, Derek Jeter, Jim Thome, and many others. Sailors received his Bachelors Degree at Purdue University and his Master of Science in Education at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He and his wife, Sara, have 2 children, Madisen (5) and Brooks (3). Sailors will be assisted by David Gargone and Ernest Simpson. Gargone graduated from Cleveland State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration while an assistant coach at Keystone College (2001-2004). He gained experience in summer league baseball as both field and general manager for the Mid Valley Bats (Dickson City, PA) and is now assistant baseball coach for Rockford College in Rockford, IL. Simpson graduated from Cleveland State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2002. He entered Graduate School in sports Management and remained with the Cleveland State Baseball team as a Graduate Assistant where he was awarded the prestigious Larry Doby Endowment Scholarship and the John C. McLendon Award. He is now assistant baseball coach at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. Simpson played in the CICL with Decatur and played professional ball with the Frontier League Mid Missouri Maveriks and the Canton Coyotes. |
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