Challenge - Spring/Summer 2012 - Tiffin University

Baseball
An incredible stretch run put the Dragons in the GLIAC Tournament
for the first time. Sitting in ninth with three weeks left,
TU won 14 of its last 16 games to finish tied for fourth. Tiffin
went 20-16 in the GLIAC and was 25-26 overall. It was the final
season for head coach Lonny Allen who won 444 games in 21
years at the helm.
Senior Pat Curtin
was Second Team
All-Region and GLIAC
Co-Player of the Year,
leading the GLIAC in
triples and second in
batting average with
.392. He also became
the third Dragon to
have 200 hits in a
career.
Helldobler, who was second team in 2009 and honorable
mention in 2011, started 43 of the 44 games in which he
played. He had five doubles and two triples, scored 21 runs,
drove in a team-high 29 runs and batted .338. Helldobler became
the fourth Dragon to have 200 hits in a career. He also
holds the career record for assists
Curtin and Helldobler earned regional honors as well.
Helldobler was the only GLIAC player named to the ABCA All-
Midwest Golden Glove team. Curtin was named to the ABCA
and NCBWA All-Midwest Region first teams and the ABCA
All-Midwest Region second team.
Softball
It was a season of tough losses as the Dragons finished 17-15
in the GLIAC and 27-25 overall. Tiffin came out of the gates
firing, winning nine of the first 11 games. TU lost 10 games by
two or less runs.
Freshman Payton Denman was named to the All-GLIAC
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Senior Pat Curtin earned first team honors at outfield,
was second team at starting pitcher and was the Co-GLIAC
Player of the Year. He was joined on the first team by senior
Val Helldobler (3B). Joining Curtin on second team was
senior Jordan Chiero (1B) and junior Ryan Williams (Outfield).
Honorable mention went to senior Jordan Liette (Pitcher) and
junior KC Weber (Catcher).
Curtin is the first four-time All-GLIAC selection for TU,
earning honorable mention in 2009, second team in 2010
and first team the last two seasons. At the plate, he had four
triples, scored 29 runs, drove in 18 runs, stole 11 bases and
batted .404. Curtin led the league in triples and was second
in batting average. He also became the third Dragon to have
200 hits in a career. On the mound, Curtin was 5-1 with two
complete games and two saves, struck out 31 batters for a
team leading 3.49 ERA in 38.7 innings.
Senior Amanda Temple
completed her softball
career with a strong
.392 average, 56 hits,
and 34 RBI, all team
highs. She earned her
third consecutive All-
GLIAC citation.