Come Join The Celebration! - Wayne State College
Come Join The Celebration! - Wayne State College
Come Join The Celebration! - Wayne State College
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Wildcat Athletics<br />
Baseball Wins Sixth Straight Conference Title<br />
For the sixth consecutive season, the <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>College</strong> baseball team captured the Northern Sun<br />
Intercollegiate Conference title with an impressive 27-4<br />
record in conference play. <strong>The</strong> 27 conference wins by<br />
WSC surpassed the 25 wins by <strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> during the<br />
2005 season for the most wins ever by a Northern Sun<br />
Conference baseball team in league play.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wildcats finished the 2009 season with a 45-15<br />
record, tying the school record for most wins by a WSC<br />
baseball team, while qualifying for the NCAA Division<br />
II Baseball Tournament for the sixth straight season.<br />
WSC went 3-2 in the regional tournament, falling to<br />
Mesa <strong>State</strong> 8-2 in the regional championship game. <strong>The</strong><br />
Cats belted 93 homers during this season, which is a<br />
<strong>Wayne</strong> <strong>State</strong> record.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wildcat baseball squad placed five players on<br />
the 2009 NSIC All-Conference Baseball Team while<br />
winning three of the five postseason awards. Junior<br />
outfielder Joe Wendte was named the 2009 NSIC<br />
Player of the Year, junior infielder Eric Bond earned<br />
NSIC Newcomer of the Year honors and Coach John<br />
Manganaro was named NSIC Coach of the Year for the<br />
fourth time in his career and earned his 500th career win<br />
in a 19-7 win May 3 at Minnesota, Crookston.<br />
Wendte hit .396 on the year with 14 homers and<br />
a team-high 67 RBIs. He set a school record with 83<br />
runs scored, which ranked fifth in NCAA Division II,<br />
and had a team-high 51 walks to rank eighth in NCAA<br />
Division II. Wendte was a three-time NSIC Player of<br />
the Week and led the Wildcats in hits (78), doubles (20),<br />
stolen bases (19), slugging percentage (.741) and on-base<br />
percentage (.527).<br />
Bond hit .365 with a team-high 19 homers and 61<br />
RBIs for the Wildcats this season. His 19 homers set a<br />
single-season Wildcat record, breaking the previous mark<br />
of 18 set by Bill Schwartz in 1981. Bond led the team in<br />
at bats (211) and total bases (152) while ranking second<br />
in hits (77) and stolen bases (13).<br />
First Team All-NSIC selections included Wendte,<br />
Bond, senior pitcher Chad Moreland and senior infielder<br />
Alex Koch. Senior outfielder Justin Hemauer earned<br />
Second Team All-NSIC honors.<br />
For the sixth time in the past seven years, <strong>Wayne</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> had a player achieve All-American status as<br />
Wendte (First Team) and Bond (Second Team) earned<br />
All-American honors by Rawlings/ABCA (American<br />
Baseball Coaches Association). Chad Moreland joined<br />
Wendte and Bond as First Team ABCA/Rawlings All-<br />
Central Region selections while Alex Koch was a Second<br />
Team ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region honoree.<br />
Junior pitcher John Snyder and Wendte were named<br />
to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VII<br />
Second Team. This marked the fourth straight season that<br />
WSC has had at least one player named Academic All-<br />
District.<br />
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Joe Wendte hit .396 on the year with 14 homers and a team-high 67 RBIs.<br />
Joe Wendte<br />
Eric Bond<br />
Eric Bond’s 19 homers set a single-season Wildcat record.
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