Naperville (Neuqua Valley) Boys Baseball — 2007-08 

 Naperville (Neuqua Valley) (32-8)

 School Information
Name: Neuqua Valley High School
City: Naperville
City Population: Naperville 141,579; Aurora 142,990; Bolingbrook 68,365
County: Will
Enrollment: 4154
Nickname: Wildcats
Colors: Navy/Gold
Conference: Upstate Eight
Superintendent: Howie Crouse
Principal: Michael Popp
Athletic Director: Barb Barrows
Head Coach: Robin Renner
Assistant Coaches: John Fumagalli, Ben Kleinhans, Dave MacDonald, Jim Brusveen, Tim Haas

Trainer: Mark Florence
Captains: Rob Elliott, Brad Kimball, Joe Whitlock, Ben Gibson, Jimmy Scharpf
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Aurora (West), 7-5, in Regional Semifinal

 Roster

No.  Name                     B  T  Pos.   Ht.  Wt.  Age  Yr.
  1  Ken Vrtis                R  R  IF     5-10 155   17  Jr.
  2  Rob Elliott              R  R  IF     6-0  175   18  Sr.
  3  Pete Vitale              L  R  IF     6-0  190   18  Sr.
  4  Travis Weldon            L  R  IF     6-1  175   17  Jr.
  5  Brad Kimball             R  R  C      6-0  170   18  Sr.
  6  Anthony Amedei           L  R  IF     5-10 165   18  Sr.
  7  Joe Whitlock             R  R  C      5-11 165   18  Sr.
  8  Brian McNabb             R  R  IF     5-9  160   17  Jr.
  9  Geoff Rowan              R  R  OF     5-9  170   17  Jr.
 10  Pete Back                R  R  OF     5-10 155   18  Sr.
 11  Ben Gibson               R  R  P      5-10 160   18  Sr.
 12  Jimmy Scharpf            R  R  P      5-9  160   18  Sr.
 13  Bryan Berryman           L  L  IF     6-1  180   17  Jr.
 15  Chris Kruppe             R  R  OF     5-10 160   17  Jr.
 16  Adam Carver              R  R  IF     5-11 170   18  Sr.
 17  Jason David              R  R  OF     6-2  185   17  Jr.
 18  Kyle Kalkofen            R  R  IF     6-3  200   17  Jr.
 20  Kevin Diamond            R  R  IF     5-9  150   17  Jr.
 21  Ian Krol                 L  L  P      6-0  165   16  So.
 23  Jordan Williamson        R  L  OF     5-9  155   16  So.
 24  Hunter Pruitt            R  R  IF     6-0  175   17  Jr.
 25  Mike McKinley            R  R  P      6-1  175   16  So.


 Statistics

BATTING
Name                     G    AB     R     H   RBI  Avg.    2B    3B    HR
Anthony Amedei          38    98    28    35     9  .357     6     2     0
Pete Back               29    72     9    20    14  .278     4     1     0
Bryan Berryman          19    36    12     9     3  .250     0     0     0
Adam Carver             39   123    41    50    12  .407     6     2     0
Jason David             21    55     7    11     8  .200     1     1     1
Kevin Diamond            7     9     1     3     4  .333     1     0     0
Rob Elliott             38   125    47    50    24  .400    10     2     2
Kyle Kalkofen            7    13     3     3     2  .231     1     0     0
Brad Kimball            40   128    28    57    57  .445    18     0     4
Ian Krol                11     3     0     2     1  .667     0     0     0
Chris Kruppe            26    58    15    19     4  .328     1     0     1
Brian McNabb            11    19     4     5     5  .263     0     1     0
Hunter Pruitt            9    15     2     7     5  .467     2     0     0
Geoff Rowan             38   121    31    42    36  .347     6     1     8
Pete Vitale             30    75    15    21    17  .280     3     1     3
Ken Vrtis                9    17     7     6     3  .353     1     0     0
Travis Weldon           17    39     6    13    10  .333     2     0     0
Joe Whitlock            10    20     0     1     2  .050     0     0     0
Jordan Williamson       33    78    27    19    10  .244     3     0     1
TEAM TOTALS                 1104   282   373   226  .338    65    11    20
OPPONENT TOTALS              960    97   202        .210                 6

PITCHING
Name                     G   W-L      IP     H    ER    BB    SO   ERA
Jason David              8   3-0    19.0    20    11     9    11  4.05
Ben Gibson              12   4-3    40.0    32    14     6    20  2.45
Ian Krol                11   7-1    56.0    37     9    16    81  1.13
Chris Kruppe             3   1-0     6.1    11     7     6     6  7.74
Mike McKinley            9   7-0    48.0    36     9    14    33  1.31
Geoff Rowan             10   7-2    42.2    31    14    14    43  2.30
Jimmy Scharpf            7   3-1    27.0    25     9    13    23  2.33
 Scores
Date Opponent W/L Own Opp 3/27 Plainfield (South) W 6 3 3/28 Minooka W 1 0 3/29 Aurora (West) W 7 1 3/30 Bolingbrook (5 inn.) W 15 2 3/31 Naperville (Central) L 1 2 4/3 Bolingbrook L 3 4 4/5 Elgin (H.S.) (5 inn.) W 12 2 4/6 Elgin (H.S.) (5 inn.) W 14 4 4/9 South Elgin (5 inn.) W 10 0 4/10 South Elgin W 7 0 4/12 St. Charles (North) W 1 0 4/13 St. Charles (North) L 0 1 4/14 Naperville (North) W 6 2 4/16 Streamwood (5 inn.) W 10 0 4/17 Streamwood (5 inn.) W 12 2 4/19 Lisle (Benet Academy) L 5 3 4/23 St. Charles (East) W 3 2 4/24 St. Charles (East) L 5 8 4/26 Roselle (Lake Park) (5 inn.) W 15 0 4/28 Roselle (Lake Park) L 5 6 4/28 Roselle (Lake Park) L 5 6 5/1 Bartlett W 9 0 5/2 Bartlett W 9 2 5/3 Bartlett W 12 6 5/5 Elgin (Larkin) W 7 3 5/5 Elgin (Larkin) W 7 1 5/7 Oswego (H.S.) (5 inn.) W 14 2 5/8 Elgin (Larkin) L 10 7 5/10 Aurora (East) W 7 6 5/12 Aurora (East) W 9 1 5/12 Aurora (East) (5 inn.) W 14 0 5/15 Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) W 5 2 5/16 Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) W 7 1 5/17 Aurora (Waubonsie Valley) W 4 0 5/21 Sycamore W 6 0 Naperville (Neuqua Valley) Regional *5/23 Oswego (East) (5 inn.) W 13 2 *5/26 Maple Park (Kaneland) W 4 1 Naperville (Neuqua Valley) Sectional *5/30 Geneva W 7 3 *6/2 Naperville (Central) W 5 2 Naperville (North Central College) Super-Sectional *6/4 Wheaton (W. Warrenville South) W 4 2

 Head Coach Robin Renner

Year      W-L       
1999      13-20     
2000      19-16-1   
2001      25-12-1   
2002      18-17     
2003      30-10     
2004      20-16     
2005      27-10     
2006      23-12     
2007      32-8      
9 yrs.    207-121-2 

 Tournament History

This is the first tournament appearance for Naperville (Neuqua Valley).