Jacksonville State Archive

2013 Ohio Valley Preseason Coaches Poll

– February 8, 2013Posted in: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Ohio Valley Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — After winning the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships each of the past two years, Austin Peay has been tabbed the 2013 preseason favorite for the 11-team league in a vote of OVC head baseball coaches and sports information directors. In additional voting APSU junior second baseman Jordan Hankins and Tennessee Tech junior first baseman Zach Stephens were named OVC Preseason Co-Players of the Year while Belmont senior lefty Chase Brookshire was tabbed OVC Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Preseason Conference Poll, Austin Peay, Belmont, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference, Southeast Missouri State, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Tennessee Tech, UT-Martin

Jacksonville State releases 2013 Schedule

Brian Foley

– November 11, 2012Posted in: 2013 Schedules, Ohio Valley Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
Jacksonville State University head coach Jim Case announced the 2013 baseball schedule on Thursday, which includes home games against in-state rivals Auburn, South Alabama, Samford, Troy and UAB.

“We feel like this is a very exciting and challenging schedule for our team,” said Case. “Obviously, we are excited to have Auburn come back to Jacksonville and also happy to renew our series with South Alabama.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2013 Schedules, Jacksonville State, Ohio Valley Conference

2012 Preseason Ohio Valley Conference Poll and Preseason Team

Brian Foley

– February 7, 2012Posted in: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Ohio Valley Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — After winning the Ohio Valley Conference regular season and tournament championships a year ago, Austin Peay has been tabbed the 2012 preseason favorite for the 10-team league in a vote of OVC head baseball coaches. In additional voting Southeast Missouri State All-American senior third baseman Trenton Moses was named OVC Preseason Player of the Year while Jacksonville State senior closer Todd Hornsby was tabbed OVC Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2012 Preseason Conference Poll, Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference, Southeast Missouri State, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Tennessee Tech, UT-Martin

NCBWA Names 2012 Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List

Brian Foley

– January 31, 2012Posted in: ACC, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, CAA, Conference USA, Horizon League, MAAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, NCBWA, NEC, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, Patriot League, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast Conference

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
Wichita, Kan. (NCBWA) — Forty-five players have been named to the initial watch list for the eighth annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, as announced by the association Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abram Williams, ACC, Alex Cillo, Arkansas, Army, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Austin Maddox, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, Bucknell, CAA, Cale Elam, Caleb Dudley, Caleb Reed, Chris Anderson, Chris Overman, Conference USA, Corey Knebel, Creighton, Eddie Magallon, Evan Zerff, Florida, Florida Atlantic, Forrest Koumas, Georgia, Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Horizon League, Hugh Adams, Illinois State, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Jake Boyd, Jake Dyer, Jeff McVaney, Joe Rinehart, Joe Rogers, John Neely, Kenny Long, Kevin McKague, Kurt Spomer, Kyle Glancy, LaSalle, Long Beach State, Long Island, Louisiana Tech, Loyola-Marymount, Luke Bard, MAAC, MAC, Matt Carasiti, Matt Duncan, Matt Gardner, Michael Morin, Michael Schum, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Missouri Valley, Morehead State, Navy, NC State, NCBWA, NEC, Nevada, New Mexico State, Nick Wittgren, Nolan Sanburn, Northern Illinois, Ohio Valley Conference, Oregon State, Pac 12, Pat Christensen, Patriot League, Purdue, Radford, Rider, Robbie Powell, Ryan Harvey, Ryan Hawthorne, San Jose State, Scott Coffman, SEC, Seton Hall, South Carolina, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland Conference, St. John's, Stefan Lopez, Stetson, Steven Rodriguez, Sun Belt, Texas, Texas State, Texas Tech, Todd Hornsby, Tony Bryant, Tony Wieber, Tyler Maloof, Tyler Smith, Tyler Wagner, UCF, UNC, Utah, WAC, West Coast Conference, Wichita State, Wright State, Zack Jones

2011 CCBL All-Star Game Recap: East Division defeats West 4-1

Brian Foley

– July 30, 2011Posted in: ACC, America East, CAA, Cape Cod Baseball League, CBD Visit, Missouri Valley, Pac 12, SEC

The Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star is usually a showcase for the best college baseball talent in the country and this year was more of the same.

Taylor Rogers (Kentucky) picked up the win as he gave up a first inning run as Travis Jankowski (Stony Brook) scored the opening run of the game on a Eric Stamets (Evansville) bunt single. The throw to third base from first baseman Ben Waldrip (Jacksonville State) fly into the stands allowing Jankowski to score from second base. Rogers settled down though to get the next three hitters to keep it 1-0. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: ACC, America East, CAA, Cape Cod Baseball League, CBD Visit, Clemson, Evansville, Florida State, Jacksonville State, Kentucky, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, SEC, Stanford, Stony Brook, Washington State, William & Mary

Mike Murphree Joins Jacksonville State Coaching Staff

Brian Foley

– July 25, 2011Posted in: New Coach, Ohio Valley Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
JACKSONVILLE – Mike Murphree has been hired as an assistant baseball coach at Jacksonville State University head coach Jim Case announced on Friday.

Murphree spent the last two seasons at Gulf Coast Community College, where he worked primarily with the hitters and also served as the Commodores recruiting coordinator, and helped the team to the 2010 Panhandle Conference Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Jacksonville State, New Coach, Ohio Valley Conference

Breaking down the CCBL All-Star Game by Conference/Teams

Brian Foley

– July 24, 2011Posted in: 2012 Top Players, ACC, America East, Big 12, Big East, Big South, Big Ten, Big West, CAA, CBD Column, Conference USA, Division 2, MAC, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, SEC, Southern Conference, Sun Belt

Since the Cape Cod Baseball League announced their 2011 All-Star Game rosters on Friday, lets take a look at what conferences and college programs have had the most success this summer. The leading conference this year is the Pac-10 conference which features eight players from seven different school. Coming in second place is the SEC which has six players from four different schools. Interesting enough, the ACC and Big East conference both have four players in the game this year which speaks to how strong the the Big East over the last couple of seasons. Read the rest of this entry »

Jacksonville State’s Ben Waldrip set to sign with Kansas City Royals

Brian Foley

– July 24, 2011Posted in: Cape Cod Baseball League, Ohio Valley Conference

Jacksonville State’s first baseman Ben Waldrip will sign with the Kansas City Royals after the Cape Cod All-Star Game on July 29th according to the Cape Cod Times.

The newspaper tweeted out the following on Saturday evening.

Firebirds’ Ben Waldrip will be signing with the Royals after All-Star game, according to Royals director of scouting Lonnie Goldberg.

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Tags: 2011 MLB Draft, Cape Cod Baseball League, Jacksonville State, Ohio Valley Conference

Cape Cod Baseball League Players of the Week (June 27th)

Brian Foley

– June 27, 2011Posted in: Cape Cod Baseball League, Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley Conference

COCA COLA PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Joe Bircher, Falmouth LHP

This week’s pitcher of the week is strikeout machine Joe Bircher (Bradley). The southpaw recorded six innings of one-hit ball in a 6-1 win over Hyannis, allowing only an unearned run. He struck out nine without surrendering a walk over his six innings of work. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Ben Waldrip, Bradley, Jacksonville State, Joe Bircher, Missouri Valley Conference, Ohio Valley Conference

Foley’s Quick Hits for March 22nd

Brian Foley

– March 23, 2011Posted in: Big East, Big West, CBD Column, CBD Quick Hits, MAC, Ohio Valley Conference, Pac 12, Patriot League, SEC, Sun Belt, West Coast Conference

Here are some of my thoughts from action on March 22nd. Read the rest of this entry »

Ohio Valley Conference to play Fridays-Sundays in 2012

Brian Foley

– February 15, 2011Posted in: Ohio Valley Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Ohio Valley Conference has announced a change to the format of its Conference regular season series for baseball starting with the 2012 season.

Currently the OVC plays a three-game series spread over two days, with the teams playing a doubleheader on Saturday (with one of those games being a 7-inning game, the other a 9-inning affair) and a single 9-inning game on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Austin Peay, Eastern Illinois, Eastern Kentucky, Jacksonville State, Morehead State, Murray State, Ohio Valley Conference, Southeast Missouri State, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Tennessee Tech, UT-Martin

2011 Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Poll and Team

Brian Foley

– February 8, 2011Posted in: 2011 Preseason Conference Poll, Ohio Valley Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – A season after claiming the 2010 OVC Tournament Championship, Jacksonville State has been tabbed the 2011 preseason favorite for the nine-team league in a vote of Ohio Valley Conference head baseball coaches. In additional voting Tennessee Tech senior All-American outfielder Chad Oberacker was named OVC Preseason Player of the Year while Eastern Illinois junior hurler Mike Hoekstra was tabbed OVC Preseason Pitcher of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »