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2019 State Finals This year's state finals enjoyed great attendance. Combined with the 4A Friday night crowd of 2,782, Saturday drew 6,664. Thus, totaling 9,446 for the weekend. In 1A, University returned to Victory Field and were led by a state-record performance by senior pitcher Reese Sharp. The Trailblazers came away with a 4 -1 victory over Washington Twp. Sharp pitched the complete game, allowing just four hits and striking out a state-record 17 batters. The title for coach Chris Estep’s squad is the first in school history, while Washington Township was playing in its first- ever state championship game in any sport. Coach Randy Roberts’s Senators finish the season at 23-7. Nate Shatkowski of University High School was announced the winner of this year’s L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class A Baseball. In 2A, Alexandria Monroe scored 2 in the bottom of the 7th to come away with a miraculous, 4-3 victory over Southridge in the Class 2A championship game. Southridge made a return appearance after falling in the 2A title game in 2018. The victory gives coach Jeff Closser’s Tigers (29-6) their first state title since winning the first 2A championship in 1998. Southridge (22-9) took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning and two more in the fourth. The Tigers broke through in the sixth inning with 2 one- out singles to pull the Tigers within 3-2. Joe La- Grange of Southridge High School was the winner of this year’s L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class 2A Baseball. In 3A, Andrean junior Mason Sannito singled in pinch runner Robbie Ballentine in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the 59ers a 2-1 victory over Edgewood in the Class 3A championship game. The 59ers won their seventh state title, second straight 3A championship, and four in the last six years. The victory gave long-time coach Dave Pish- kur his seventh state title tying him with the late Ken Schreiber of LaPorte and Lafayette Central Catho- lic’s Tim Bordenet for the most in IHSAA history. Earlier this season, Pishkur passed Schreiber as the all-time winningest coach in state history (1,014 wins). Andrean finishes the season at 36-1, winning its final 35 games. The dramatic ending to the only finals matchup of the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams came after a classic pitcher’s duel featuring Edge- wood’s Luke Hayden and Andrean’s Michael Doolin. Edgewood coach Bob Jones was leading the Mus- tangs into the state final for the first time in his 34- year tenure. Michael Doolin of Andrean High School was the winner of this year’s L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class 3A Baseball. In 4A, Hamilton Southeastern came away with a 3-2 victory over Columbus East. The Royals scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 7th to come away victorious. The Royals of coach Jeremy Sassanella captured the state title in their first appearance and finished the season on an 11-game winning streak. Hamilton Southeastern (23-8) took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning. The Olympians tied it in the third. The Royals came back in the bottom of the third with another RBI single. Columbus East re-tied the game in the fifth. Coach Jon Gratz’s Olympians saw a 12-game winning streak snapped and fin- ished 25-5. Julian Greenwell of Columbus East was named the L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class 4A Baseball. Champions crowned at victory field present Kyle with a MVP ring. The North maintains a 70-63 edge in the annual event. Many thanks to Tim Armstrong and the Madison HS baseball staff, and the Madison community who all helped make the 45th annual North/South All-Star event special. Over fifty of the top seniors from the State of Indiana reported to Madison High School for the 45th annual All-Star Series. In the opener, the South took con- trol with an 7-1 lead through the 5th inning. They held on for the win 7-3 with both teams collecting 7 hits. The North got revenge in a big way collecting 12 hits on their way to winning Game #2 by score of 16-3. Sunday (wood bat game) was a close game 5-4 through 5 innings. The North added to their lead with 2 runs in the 7th and 1 in the 8th. Thus, the North won 8-4 and taking the series 2-1. The Don Jennings MVP Award was presented to Kyle Schmack from South Central (UM) High School. Who went 8-10 with a homerun, 2 doubles, and 8 RBI’s. Jostens will Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association North Takes 2 of 3 in N/S All-Star series 2019-20 I.H.S.B.C.A. DATES Hall of Fame voting begins in September State Clinic Jan. 16-18 (District meetings at this time too) 1st “official” practice March 16th, 2020 State Tourney Starts May 27nd, 2020 State Finals June 19th & 20th 2020 North/South All- Series in Evansville Inside this issue: South All-Stars 2 North All-Stars 3 District Reps 3 All-State Teams 4 Academic All-State 5 Executive Director Update 7 Info. forms 8 Media awards 9 August 2019 Volume XLVIIssue 5 INDIANA h.s. Baseball news

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2019 State Finals

This year's state finals enjoyed great attendance.

Combined with the 4A Friday night crowd of 2,782,

Saturday drew 6,664. Thus, totaling 9,446 for the

weekend.

In 1A, University returned to Victory Field and were led by a state-record performance by senior pitcher Reese Sharp. The Trailblazers came away with a 4-1 victory over Washington Twp. Sharp pitched the complete game, allowing just four hits and striking out a state-record 17 batters. The title for coach Chris Estep’s squad is the first in school history, while Washington Township was playing in its first-ever state championship game in any sport. Coach Randy Roberts’s Senators finish the season at 23-7. Nate Shatkowski of University High School was announced the winner of this year’s L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class A Baseball.

In 2A, Alexandria Monroe scored 2 in the bottom of the 7th to come away with a miraculous, 4-3 victory over Southridge in the Class 2A championship game. Southridge made a return appearance after falling in the 2A title game in 2018. The victory gives coach Jeff Closser’s Tigers (29-6) their first state title since winning the first 2A championship in 1998. Southridge (22-9) took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning and two more in the fourth. The Tigers broke through in the sixth inning with 2 one-out singles to pull the Tigers within 3-2. Joe La-Grange of Southridge High School was the winner of this year’s L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class 2A Baseball.

In 3A, Andrean junior Mason Sannito singled in pinch runner Robbie Ballentine in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the 59ers a 2-1 victory over Edgewood in the Class 3A championship game. The 59ers won their seventh state title, second straight 3A championship, and four in the last six years. The victory gave long-time coach Dave Pish-kur his seventh state title tying him with the late Ken Schreiber of LaPorte and Lafayette Central Catho-lic’s Tim Bordenet for the most in IHSAA history. Earlier this season, Pishkur passed Schreiber as the all-time winningest coach in state history (1,014 wins). Andrean finishes the season at 36-1, winning its final 35 games. The dramatic ending to the only finals matchup of the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked teams came after a classic pitcher’s duel featuring Edge-wood’s Luke Hayden and Andrean’s Michael Doolin. Edgewood coach Bob Jones was leading the Mus-tangs into the state final for the first time in his 34-year tenure. Michael Doolin of Andrean High School was the winner of this year’s L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class 3A Baseball.

In 4A, Hamilton Southeastern came away with a 3-2 victory over Columbus East. The Royals scored an unearned run in the bottom of the 7th to come away victorious. The Royals of coach Jeremy Sassanella captured the state title in their first appearance and finished the season on an 11-game winning streak. Hamilton Southeastern (23-8) took a 1-0 lead in the opening inning. The Olympians tied it in the third. The Royals came back in the bottom of the third with another RBI single. Columbus East re-tied the game in the fifth. Coach Jon Gratz’s Olympians saw a 12-game winning streak snapped and fin-ished 25-5. Julian Greenwell of Columbus East was named the L.V. Phillips Mental Attitude Award in Class 4A Baseball.

Champions crowned at victory field

present Kyle with a MVP ring.

The North maintains a 70-63 edge

in the annual event.

Many thanks to Tim Armstrong and

the Madison HS baseball staff, and

the Madison community who all

helped make the 45th annual

North/South All-Star event special.

Over fifty of the top seniors from

the State of Indiana reported to

Madison High School for the 45th

annual All-Star Series.

In the opener, the South took con-

trol with an 7-1 lead through the 5th

inning. They held on for the win 7-3

with both teams collecting 7 hits.

The North got revenge in a big way

collecting 12 hits on their way to

winning Game #2 by score of 16-3.

Sunday (wood bat game) was a close

game 5-4 through 5 innings. The

North added to their lead with 2

runs in the 7th and 1 in the 8th.

Thus, the North won 8-4 and taking

the series 2-1.

The Don Jennings MVP Award was

presented to Kyle Schmack from

South Central (UM) High School.

Who went 8-10 with a homerun, 2

doubles, and 8 RBI’s. Jostens will

Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association

North Takes 2 of 3 in N/S All-Star series

2019-20

I.H.S.B.C.A.

DATES

Hall of Fame voting

begins in September

State Clinic Jan. 16-18

(District meetings at

this time too)

1st “official” practice

March 16th, 2020

State Tourney Starts

May 27nd, 2020

State Finals June 19th

& 20th

2020 North/South All-

Series in Evansville

Inside this issue:

South All-Stars 2

North All-Stars 3

District Reps 3

All-State Teams 4

Academic

All-State

5

Executive

Director Update

7

Info. forms 8

Media awards 9

August 2019 Volume XLVI—Issue 5

INDIANA h.s. Baseball news

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2019 SOUTH ALL-STARS

Page 2 INDIANA H.S.BASEBALL NEWS Volume XLVI ISSUE 5

2019 North/South All-Star Series—MADISON

VICTORY CLUB

CONFERENCE CHAMPS

VOLUNTEER SHEET

You will find forms to be completed and sent in for com-mittee volunteers, Conference Champ List, players play-ing college baseball, facility improvements, and victory milestones at the back of this newsletter. Please take the time to complete the appropriate information and submit it to the respective individual. We include the information in future publications to keep our membership informed about your program and the programs in your area.

If you reached a victory level this past season, make sure we are informed so that we may honor your accomplish-ment at the State Clinic. College coaches this applies to you as well.

IHSBCA.ORG

COACHES: CATCHERS: THIRD BASE: PITCHERS:

Dave Bradshaw-Jac-Cen-Del Tyler Kapust-Silver Creek Denton Shepler-Union County Avery Short—Southport

Jay Malott-South Dearborn Brian Keeney-Roncalli Austin Weimer-Lawrenceburg Cody Swimm-Hagerstown

Tim Terry-South Vermillion Kiel Brenczewski-Fishers OUTFIELDERS: Luke Helton-Whiteland

TJ Terry (Asst.)-South Vermillion FIRST BASE: Ethan Vecrumba-Edgewood Drew Buhr-Austin

MIDDLE INFIELDERS: Jack Walker-New Palestine Tucker Schank-Southridge Damien Wallace-Cardinal Ritter

Blayden McMahel-Jeffersonville Brodey Heaton-Castle Steven Molinet-Tecumseh Lane Oesterling-Batesville

Ethan Getz-South Dearborn FLEX PLAYER: Julian Greenwell-Columbus East Cam Sanders-Crawfordsville

Chris Wilson-Park Tudor Cooper Terry-South Vermillion Michael Dillon-Hamilton Southeastern

Mark Broderick-Danville Parker Maddox-Columbus North

Shane Harris-North Posey

20192019--2020 Executive 2020 Executive

CouncilCouncil

PresidentPresident--Jeff McKeonJeff McKeon S. PutnamS. Putnam

1st VP1st VP——Ben McDanielBen McDaniel Columbus N.Columbus N.

2nd VP2nd VP--Jeremy RicheyJeremy Richey SeymourSeymour

3rd VP3rd VP--Kevin HannonKevin Hannon KnoxKnox

Past Pres.Past Pres.––Ricky RomansRicky Romans CharlestownCharlestown

Asst.Ex.Dr. Asst.Ex.Dr. –– Phil McIntyre North Phil McIntyre North

CentralCentral

Executive Director Executive Director -- Brian Abbott; Brian Abbott;

2340 Guilford St., Huntington, IN 2340 Guilford St., Huntington, IN

4675046750

FUTURES GAMES UPDATE

Thank you to Phil McIntyre and the

IHSBCA Executive Council who ran

this event with great efficiency.

The format allowed a lot of time

for the 70+ juniors/sophomores on

hand to demonstrate their abili-

ties for the 17 college coaches

from across the Midwest and 1

scout who were in attendance. The

showcase was held at Madison HS

prior to the North/South Series.

Thank you to the Madison HS staff

for their work in getting the fa-

cility ready for this annual

event. We adjusted the past for-

mat (pro-style workout) and added

2 games by splitting the players

into 4 teams. This was well re-

ceived by the college coaches in

attendance. Many thanks also go

out to BSN Sports who sponsored

the showcase T-shirts.

FUTURE N/S SITES

2020 Evansville

2021 TBD

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2019 NORtH ALL-STARS

COACHES: CATCHERS: THIRD BASE: PITCHERS:

Mark Schellinger-New Prairie Liam Patton-Warsaw Kyle Schmack-South Central(UM) Hunter Robinson-New Prairie

Jeff Closser-Alexandria Angel DiFederico-New Haven Tucker Platt-Logansport Grant Besser-South Adams

Jeff Sells (Asst.)-Alexandria Corbin Beard-Rossville OUTFIELDERS: Ryan Fender-Crown Point

Brad Buckingham-South Adams FIRST BASE: Brock Boynton-Penn Wyatt Geesaman-Jay County

MIDDLE INFIELDERS: Matt Dutkowski-Northwood Garrett Manous-Munster Kyle Iwinski-Griffith

Trey Stokes-Alexandria Charlie Howe-F.W. Dwenger Kyle Pepiot-Westfield Gavin White-Western

Garrison Brege-Norwell FLEX PLAYER: Patrick Farrisee-S.B. St. Joe Ben Harris-Northwestern

Chase Franz-Eastside Connor Ayers-McCutcheon MANAGER: Grant Jablonski-Mishawaka

Josh Dippold-F.W. Luers Dillion Weldy-Northwood Reece Rodabaugh-Lewis Cass

ZEPHYR, MDS, Bacard, &

JOSTENS SUPPORTS IHSBCA

We hope that each of you will give the

companies who assist the IHSBCA strong

consideration when ordering your baseball

needs for 2019-2020.

Hats for the North/South series are

provided by Zephyr who also provides the

association with a check to help pay for

the IHSBCA expenses.

MDS bats provided wood bats to the

North/South players for the final game of

the series.

Bacard supplied Marucci jerseys for the

all-stars.

Jostens provides us with a North/South

MVP ring and the COTY rings presented

at the Hall of Fame banquet during the

clinic.

IHSBCA District Reps for 2019-2020

District Representative School

A Robert Glover, Jr Hobart

B Mark Schellinger New Prairie

C Jim Treadway Concord (ret)

D Pat McMahon FW Canterbury

E Ryan Berryman Western

F Matt Campbell Lapel

G Jay Malott South Dearborn

H Brad King New Castle

I Ryan Wolfe Plymouth

J Jeff McKeon South Putnam

K Matt Cherry Fishers

L Dan Ambrose Heritage Christian

M Kyle Kraemer T. H. South

N Ricky Romans Charlestown

O Brian Kirchoff Jasper (asst)

P Curt Welch Castle

The member coaches in each of the 16 IHS-BCA Districts voted for their District Coach of the Year and District Umpire of the Year at their June Meetings. The COTY will be pre-sented their awards at the banquet held dur-ing the IHSBCA State Clinic in January. Um-pire of the Year recipients will receive their certificates by mail in September.

District COTY UOTY

A Steve Strayer-Crown Point Sean Treece

B Todd Evans-Valparaiso Tim Mills

C Greg Dikos - Penn Tony Gaugler

D Aaron Willard-Eastside John Flannigan

E Greg Marschand—Lewis Cass Dan Adams

F Mark Vail-Greenfield Central Dave Hinchman

G Keith Hatfield-Center Grove John Neville

H Brad Catey-Hagerstown AJ Stewart

I Cory Good-Rochester James Payne

Adrian Petty

J Doug Schreiber-McCutcheon Darren Haas

K John Froedge-Crawfordsville Mike DeBoy

L Richard Winzenread-Law. North Tim Wesley

M Bob Jones-Edgewood

N Derek Ellis-Jeffersonville Krice Cook

O Terry Gobert-Jasper Martin Timm

P Andy Fischer-Heritage Hills Jim Tucker

OPEN DATES If you have any open

dates on your 2020

schedule, we encourage

you to get them listed.

There is a link on our

website ihsbca.org that

allows you to view open

dates and post your own

for the 2020 season.

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The members of the IHSBCA nominated and voted the following players

All-State. Players selected in the MLB free agent draft were auto-

matic members of their respective teams (Avery Short ** - Southport

and Reece Sharp - University).

POSITION PLAYER/GRADE SCHOOL

4A FIRST TEAM

Catcher Dalton Back Columbus East

1st Base Steven Thom New Albany

2nd Base Blayden McMahel Jeffersonville

3rd Base Cole Vasillo Cathedral

SS Bryce Eblin Center Grove

OF Garrett Manous Munster

OF Julian Greenwell Columbus East

OF Cam Melvin Avon

P Ryan Fender Crown Point

P Luke Helton Whiteland

3A FIRST TEAM

Catcher Tyler Kapust Silver Creek

1st Base Kobe Lucarelli Garrett

2nd Base Jackson Taylor Yorktown

3rd Base Cooper Thacker Edgewood

SS Tyler Nelson Andrean

OF Ethan Vecrumba Edgewood

OF Roman Kuntz New Prairie

OF Gavin Kelly New Prairie

P Michael Doolin ** Andrean

P Dustin Sprong Indian Creek

2A FIRST TEAM

Catcher KJ Roudebush Tipton

1st Base Nick Williams Alexandria

2nd Base Snyder Pennington Eastern (Pekin)

3rd Base Kip Fougerousse ** Linton Stockton

SS Colson Montgomery Southridge

OF Rylan Metz Alexandria

OF Aron Busik Paoli

OF Justin Witter Union County

P Grant Besser ** South Adams

P Drew Buhr ** Austin

1A FIRST TEAM

Catcher Sean Miller Hauser

1st Base Garrett Lawson Riverton Parke

2nd Base Peyton Smith Daleville

3rd Base Grant Buschman North White

SS Kyle Schmack South Central(UM)

OF Josh Price Daleville

OF Payton Dennison Rossville

OF Carson Husmann ** South Central(UM)

P Braydon Bush Rising Sun

P Matt Alter Lutheran

** denotes multiple years on 1st team.

This years’ players will be recognized with previous All-State teams

on our website.

2019 HONORABLE MENTION ALL-STATE are currently listed on the IHSBCA

website.

ALL-STATE TEAMS CHOSEN BY

IHSBCA MEMBERSHIP

2019 HALL OF FAME

ANNUAL GOLF EVENT

The Indiana Baseball Hall of

Fame will be holding its annual

Golf outing on Friday, October

the 4th at Sultan’s Run Golf

Club in Jasper, Indiana. Shot-

gun start at 9 a.m.

If you are interested in putting

a foursome together in the event

or wish to be involved contact

Ray Howard at: 812-630-2412 or

by email at: [email protected]

More information can also be

found on the Indiana Baseball

Hall of Fame website:

www.indbaseballhalloffame.org

national CLINIC

Information

The National High School

Baseball Coaches Association

will host its’ 2019 National

Clinic 12/5-12/8 in Colum-

bus, OH at the Hilton at the

Renaissance hotel downtown.

www.baseballcoaches.org

The American Baseball

Coaches Association will

host its 2020 Convention

January the 2nd-5th in

Nashville at the Gaylord

Opryland resort.

www.abca.org

Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association

2340 Guilford Street

Huntington, IN 46750 Phone: 260-356-3031

Email: [email protected]

IHSBCA website: www.ihsbca.org

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Players were nominated by their high school coaches and their academic information was entered into the

IHSBCA computer which measured the senior players against the established criteria. These players were

then named Academic All-State. Certificates were mailed and then presented to each player by the head

baseball coach.

2019 Academic ALL-STATE

PLAYER SCHOOL PLAYER SCHOOL PLAYER SCHOOL PLAYER SCHOOL PLAYER SCHOOL

Jackson Adams Carmel Josh Dippold Bishop Luers Ethan Harbin Whiting Bryce McLeish South Vermillion Eric Sauer Heritage Christian

George Admire Franklin Community Jimmy Disney Franklin County Shane Harris North Posey Riley McMahon Whiteland Tucker Schank Southridge

Aaron Baker Whiteland Nick Dolniak South Bend Saint Joseph Aidan Hartung Brebeuf Jesuit Jakob Meyer Columbus North Tyler Schweitzer Hamilton Southeastern

Jake Baker Park Tudor Michael Doolin Andrean Derek Haslett Cathedral Luke Miles Franklin Community Hunter Sharick Westview

Parker Bates Adams Central Greyson Droste Hamilton Southeastern Kyler Hauptli NorthWood Jared Miller Elkhart Central Nate Shatkowski University

Dalton Bell Columbia City Aaron Duncan Rushville Cameron Hawk Lawrence Central Sean Miller Hauser Cole Sherman Lawrence North

Shom Berry North Daviess Jon Eineman Mooresville Brodey Heaton Castle Tyce Miller Franklin Community Trent Shoemaker Trinity Lutheran

Jacob Bishop Marian Jed Enneking Concordia Lutheran Trey Heidlage Batesville Ryan Nastav Lebanon Mark Siedentopf Culver Academies

Cam Bolling Hamilton Southeastern Patrick Farrisee South Bend Saint Joseph Andy Heldman Evansville Mater Dei David Noetzel F. .W. Canterbury Caden Smith North Harrison

Jack Born Brebeuf Jesuit Blake Fields Union County Koby Hennessy Mooresville Zach Norman Evansville Mater Dei Luke Smock Plainfield

Garrison Brege Norwell Cole Filson Plymouth Braden Henning Mt. Vernon Kellen Northam Floyd Central Caine Spencer Sheridan

Kiel Brenczewski Fishers Carl Fisher Mishawaka Noah Hickey South Bend Saint Joseph Jared Nutt Castle Connor Starke Carroll (F.W.)

Dakota Brown Bloomfield Gabe Fleace Corydon Central Ben Hobson Bloomington North Harrison Ochs North Central (Indy) Aidan Stevens Rensselaer Central

Kevin Brown Adams Central Charlie Florczak Lawrence North Isaac Housman Reitz Memorial Michael O'Connor Lebanon Kolton Stevens University

Matthew Buckingham Hamilton Southeastern Ben Freel Bloomington North Maalik Houston Lawrence North Drew Olssen Carmel Casey Straub Evansville Mater Dei

Drew Buhr Austin Daniel Fugiet Jay County Dawson Jacoby Rossville Daniel Owens Fishers Brody Summers Franklin Central

Adam Bury Evansville North Jack Gallagher Bloomington North Zach Jeter Tri-West Meet Patel Highland Liam Thompson North Central (Indy)

Grant Buschman North White Riley Gallagher Bloomington North Seth Johnson North Montgomery Kyle Pepiot Westfield Nathan Toam Concordia Lutheran

Austin Cain Goshen Tommy Gallagher Park Tudor Thomas Johnson Heritage Christian Josh Pettit Jennings County Ryan Troxel Valparaiso

Chase Chaney Leo Wyatt Geesaman Jay County Dillon Kinnett Terre Haute South Vigo jack phelps Bishop Chatard Grahm Turner Heritage Hills

Ben Christiansen DeKalb Michael Gibson Marian Ross Knepp Barr-Reeve Sam Phillips Cathedral Jacob Vita Sheridan

Eric Cockroft Angola Kitchel Gifford Western Jacob Krugman Wawasee Jaxon Plant North Montgomery Jon Vore Fishers

Cameron Collins Covenant Christian Kenneth Gill Culver Academies Joe LaGrange Southridge AJ Poe Lakeland Jack Vukovits John Glenn

Zach Collins Westfield Bryce Ginder Carroll (F.W.) Kameron Lawson Hauser Collin Quinlan Bishop Dwenger Liam Ward F.W. Canterbury

Garrett Couchenour South Knox Luke Godfrey Guerin Catholic Aidan LeBlanc South Putnam Bryan Ramirez Plymouth Zach Weber Lawrence North

Cade Cox Lewis Cass GRANT GONZALEZ Harrison (WL) Jackson Lee Plymouth Grahm Reedy Yorktown Corbin Went Sheridan

Garrod Creech Oak Hill Joseph Good Goshen Brayden Lentz Carmel Jaxson Rinkenberger Adams Central Quinn Werner Batesville

Derek Davis Hagerstown Nathan Gramman Roncalli Sam Lewandowski Guerin Catholic Jacob Robinson Borden Ben Westerkamm University

Nick DeBoy Lafayette Central Catholic Jared Greene Carmel Dylan Logan Connersville JACKSON ROSS Harrison (WL) Mason Wetz Tipton

Bake Deckard Edgewood Julian Greenwell Columbus East Scott Lovell Lafayette Central Catholic Joe Rotkis South Bend Saint Joseph Grant Wiegand New Palestine

Harry Deliyannis Bloomington North Gabe Gries Evansville Mater Dei ALEC LUCAS Harrison (WL) Vincent Rowsell Plainfield Christopher Wilkins Bishop Dwenger

Payton Dennison Rossville Michael Grueninger North Central (Indy) Tretter Lyons Tell City Caden Ruhnow Hamilton Southeastern Chris Wilson Park Tudor

Jack DeWolf Hamilton Southeastern Joshua Haimes Goshen Garrett Manous Munster Phillip Ryan Tell City Mitchell Wilson Mt. Vernon

Bryce Dickerson Lawrence North Jalen Hammond Adams Central Caleb Martin Concordia Lutheran Noah Sanders Western Tyler Wisniewski Bloomington South

Adam Dienhart Lafayette Central Catholic Evan Hand Lake Central Cam Mcglothlin Anderson Clayton Sauer Crawford County JJ Woolwine Fishers

Quentin Yoder Barr-Reeve

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Hamilton Southeastern Royals

Class 4A

Andrean 59ers

Class 3A

Alexandria Tigers

Class 2A

University Trailblazers

Class 1A

Congratulations to the 2019 IHSAA STATE CHAMPIONS!

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Executive Director Update

The first line(s) of this update belongs to the Madison HS baseball coaching staff and Madison Consolidated School Corporation for their out-

standing job of hosting the 2019 North-South All-Star Series! Tim Armstrong and his staff put on an amazing show and fought the weather

during the whole process….they were relentless, selfless, and spared no expense to afford the players the opportunity to perform on beautiful

Gary O’Neal field. If you have not seen the Madison HS facility lately, it is a must see! Mike Modisett is constantly grooming and maintain-

ing it to a very high level and the new scoreboard, windscreens, and other amenities make it a perfect venue for a town that loves their base-

ball!

Kudos also to Kyle Schmack of South Central (Union Mills HS) who won the MVP award for the series. It was a Yankees – Red Sox offen-

sive performance that impressed everyone in the house!

We have a very important fall season coming for the IHSBCA and the IHSAA. We submit proposals and we need to address arm care, length

of season, and number of games, along with some other topics. Your district rep will be in constant contact with you about surveys that need to

be taken and support that needs to be garnered through your principal and AD. We need you to be involved now more than ever.

One of the things that I want to put on everyone’s radar, and I very much welcome your input in regards to it, is our Executive Council. Since

I took this role over in 2012, I/we have delegated many duties and your council performs a collective effort in order to handle all aspects of the

IHSBCA. I could name names, but the main point is multiple people make this work at the level that it does. We are a grass roots organiza-

tion and do all of our own work and that work is done by volunteer force(s), including: council, district reps, committee members, etc. The

one constant factor is the organization / planning and that is where I want to put something on your radar.

I would like your thoughts, as the membership, about the pros and cons of having a council that does not continually roll over every year and

remains a little more consistency. Each year we elect a new VP from a ‘quad’ and that person serves for four years and can be re-elected or

rotates off the council. We train our people to serve and have roles; sometimes that takes time, and once they are up and running, they could

be gone due to the voting process. My goal is to NOT create an exclusive group, but a leadership group that is trained, operational, and can

continue on if something would ever happen to anyone of us.

Major roles include: the state clinic, the newsletter, the certificates, our vendors, the futures games / junior showcase (which went very well

this year!), the north-south series, all the voting procedures, vison and planning for the future, IHSAA relations, and the life blood of our group

– district reps and their communications. Lots of behind the scenes work. We have excellent people! My/our goal is to continually involve

many people/new people/etc., but I feel it is time to start looking at a more consistent leadership group at the top. I need to hear from you on

this because this will be a bylaw change and we will need to have the membership vote on this change. I am looking forward to your

thoughts…[email protected] or 260-358-7310.

In Baseball,

Brian

PLAYER SPOTLIGHT—Josh VanMeter

Josh VanMeter was called up on May

5, 2019 with the Cincinnati Reds. He

is a 2013 graduate of Norwell H.S.

where he was a 2-time all-state

player. He was drafted by the San

Diego Padres in the 5th round that

summer. After a few years working

through the Padres minor league

teams, he was traded to the Reds on December 9, 2016. Josh’s

offensive production in AAA was so tremendous in 2019 that he

was called up the big league squad on May 5, 2019. In 43 games

(as of Aug. 1st), he has 24 hits, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .312 BA, and a .418

OBP.

IHSBCA.ORG

IHSBCA Record Book

Coaches please submit any record updates ASAP to:

Scott Hughes at—[email protected]

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VICTORY CLUB-100-200-300-400-500-600-700

During the 2019 season, I won my _______th Varsity

Game. I have been coaching for _______ years.

COACHES NAME:_____________________________________

Current High School:______________________________

Email to: Jeff McKeon

[email protected]

DEADLINE — OCTOBER 1st College coaches are encouraged to notify us of your vic-

tory levels achieved.

COMMITTEE VOLUNTEER FORM Coach Phil McIntyre,

Please consider me for appointment to one of

the following committees for 2019-2020.

My School is in Class ___A

____2020 State Clinic

____Umpire of the Year

____All-State Selection

____Hall of Fame Screening

____Academic All-State

____Top 10 Poll Panels

____Selection of North/South All-Stars

____Media Awards

____I’ll work anywhere you need

___________________ ___________________

(Coach) (School)

Mail to: Phil McIntyre

8896 Lesley Lane

Brownsburg, IN 46112

Or Email: [email protected]

BASEBALL FACILITY UPGRADES The following improvements have been made in the baseball

facility at __________________________.

(school)

These will be ready by Spring 2020!!

1.

2.

3.

Coach_____________________________________

Email to: [email protected]

CONFERENCE CHAMPION HONORS LIST

______________________ won the _____________________

(School) (Conference)

Championship in 2019 with a ___ won ___ loss record.

They were coached by:_______________________________

Email to: [email protected]

2019 GRADUATES PLAYING COLLEGE BASEBALL __________________ of ________________ will be (Player) (School)

Playing college baseball at _________________. (College)

Email to: [email protected]

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MEDIA AWARD WINNERS When coaches met for their District meeting in early June they selected the following persons as their MEDIA AWARD winners: Dist. Award Winner Media A Mike Hutton Post-Tribune

B Jim Peters Michigan City News Dispatch

C Tom Noie South Bend Tribune

D Justin Prince WFFT Fox 55 Ft. Wayne

E Joe Stetz Logansport Berries Radio - WSAL

F Rick Teverbaugh Anderson Herald-Bulletin

G Sam Simmerman WCSI

H Troy Derengowski RadioTroy

I Scott Hunt Marion Chronicle-Tribune

J Joey Bennett Greencastle Banner Graphic

K Scott Carney Radio Mom 91.1 FM

L Bob Lovell Indiana Sports Talk

M John Blau Bloomington Herald Times

N David Campbell Madison Courier

O Kurt Gutsgell WBCS Jasper/Huntingburg

P Dave Young WZDM - Vincennes

The IHSBCA greatly appreciates their support of

Indiana Baseball. Congratulations!

2019 PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Again, this year when coaches voted for the All-State teams, they also had the opportunity to select the Indiana Player of the Year. The ballot included a nominee from each of the IHSBCA districts, plus any player who was drafted.

This years award was presented at the North/South All-Star banquet. The 2019 Indiana Player of the Year was Michael Doolin who played at Andrean H.S. for Head Coach Dave Pishkur. Michael will continue his baseball career at Vanderbilt University.

Coaches—Please take the time to fill out the forms and information on page 8 and

send the items to the respective individual. Your participation and involvement in

the IHSBCA is greatly appreciated!!