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Heartland Hawks 2010 Baseball Team

Upcoming Events

• Friday, March 19 - Hawks home opener vs. Kellogg CC, 1:00 p.m. at Pony
• Saturday, March 20 - Heartland travels to Lewis & Clark CC (Godfrey, IL) at 1:00 p.m.
• Sunday, March 21 - Home game vs. Lewis & Clark CC at Pony, 2:00 p.m.
• Saturday, March 27 - Doubleheader home game vs. Olive Harvey College, 12:00 p.m. at Pony
• Sunday, March 28 - Hawks face Olive Harvey at 10:00 a.m. at Pony

News

3/10/2010 - The Hawks end their winning streak, splitting the doubleheader with Delgado Community College. Sophomore, CF, Matt Igara went 2-for-3 and had three RBI and freshman Zac Johnson also had three RBI in the game one victory. Delgado scored five in the bottom of the sixth coming with in one run of Heartland, the game then tied 10-10 in the eighth inning. Heartland scored one run in the ninth and shut-out Delgado in the bottom to win 11-10.
HCC went down early in game two and never regained composure, they lost 0-8 and are now 4-1 on the season.

3/9/2010 - In day two of the spring trip, the Hawks faced off against Miami Hamilton for the second time. Bryan Huff lead the team to a 9-3 victory with two hits with a double, four runs, and two stolen bases. Matt Igara had 3 RBI and a triple; freshman Zac Johnson also had 3 RBI with a triple. Sophomore, Ryan Wachholder earned the win and had 9 strikeouts.

3/8/2010 - The Hawks start off the season 2-0 on their spring trip in Vero Beach. Catcher, Tony Sanchez, belted a homerun and had 4 RBI in the 9-1 victory over Miami University, Hamilton. Freshman, Zac Zellers, had 3 hits, 2 runs and collected a triple. Chris Razo earned the win and struck out seven. In game two of the day the Hawks faced Ridgewater College, MN and won 2-1. Sophomore, Dillon Napoleon, got the win and had six strikeouts. Bryan Huff, Matt Igara and Eric Aguilera each had a stolen base.

2/1/2010 - In NJCAA Pre-season Polls the Hawks are ranked second.

1/29/2010 - Heartland baseball is ranked at position 22 in the Perfect Game USA pre-season baseball rankings. These rankings include all junior college divisions. RHP, Dillon Napoleon is at number 85 in the list of top prospect players.

Hawks Moving On

• Matt Igara, OF, (Jacobs High School) has signed to play next year at Western Illinois University under new head coach Mike Villano. Igara helped Heartland (currently ranked #2 in NJCAA D-II) to a 42-9 record in the 2009 season. He becomes the seventh Hawk to sign with a D-I school this year. Overall, Heartland has sent 20 players to the D-1 level since the Athletics program began three years ago. Pantagraph Article
• Chris Razo, RHP, current freshman has committed to play at Illinois State University starting fall 2011. Razo becomes the seventh Hawk to commit to ISU in the last two years.
• Bobby Martin, IF, committed to play at Valparaiso University next year. He becomes the sixth Hawk to sign with a division I university. Pantagraph Article
• Tony Sanchez, C, has committed and will sign to play with Chicago State University next year. Sanchez hit .417 last year in 26 games with one homerun and 26 RBI. Pantagraph Article
• Dillon Napoleon, RHP, has committed to play next year for University of Alabama, Birmingham. Napoleon posted a 7-1 record last spring with a 2.62 ERA. In 44.6 innings pitched, he struck out 64 and walked only 17 batters. Pantagraph Article
• Bryan Huff, former Bloomington High School infielder, will be joining several former Hawks at Illinois State University next year. Huff hit .382 as a freshman last year with 40 RBI and 17 stolen bases for the 42-9 Hawks. Pantagraph Article
• Eric Aguilera, OF, has committed to Illinois State University. Aguilera finished the spring 2009 season with a .442 batting average and had 11 homeruns. Pantagraph Article
• Jon Weaver, RHP, has committed to Central Michigan University to continue playing next year. CMU Article

The new baseball media guide will be out soon, here is a glimpse of the new cover:

Heartland 2010 Baseball Media Guide Cover

In March 2010 the new Normal Ballpark should be finished and will be home to Heartland Baseball and the Cornbelters, the new Independent League Team in Normal.

Become a Hawk

For more information on Heartland Baseball, or on becoming a Heartland Hawk, please either fill out and return a player profile form and/or contact Nate Metzger.

*All Hawk baseball home games will be played off campus at McLean County PONY Baseball Complex, unless otherwise stated on the schedule page.