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Normal (University) (27-10)


School Information

Name: University High School
City: Normal
County: McLean
Enrollment: 610 M
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Green/Gold
Conference: Corn Belt
Superintendent: Dr. Robert Dean
Principal: Dr. Jeff Hill
Athletic Director: Wendy Smith
Head Coach: Jim Collins
Assistant Coaches: Darryl Craig, Rusty Hendren
Last Year's Advancement: Lost to Bloomington (H.S.) 7-3, in Class 3A Regional Semifinal

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Yr.
1 Brad Dulee R R OF 5-10 140 17 Jr.
2 Zack Zook L R OF 5-8 140 17 Jr.
3 Tommy Schiller R R OF 5-10 165 19 Sr.
4 Jim Solberg R R OF 5-9 175 18 Sr.
5 Jordan Stralow R R OF 5-11 180 18 Sr.
6 Andy Cochran R R C 6-0 180 18 Sr.
7 Brandon Timm R R IF 6-1 200 18 Sr.
9 Ryan Morton R R C-P 6-2 180 18 Sr.
10 Josh Ashley R R P 6-4 190 18 Sr.
11 Connor Bailey R R IF-P 6-4 180 18 Sr.
11 Tim McGowan R R IF 6-0 190 17 Jr.
12 Ryan Newby L L P 5-10 175 17 Sr.
13 Jared Hendren R R IF-P 5-11 165 18 Sr.
14 Travis Auer R R IF-P 5-11 170 16 So.
15 Jacob Hendren L L 1B-P 6-2 165 18 Sr.
16 Tyler May R R IF 5-11 170 16 So.
17 Dylan Farney R R IF-P 6-3 160 17 Jr.
18 Arion Worthman R R IF 5-10 190 15 Fr.
19 Kyler Ummel R R OF 5-10 160 15 Fr.
21 Mitch Bottorff R R C 5-8 200 17 Jr.

Statistics

BATTING
  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Josh Ashley 3 6 1 3 2 .500 2 1 0
Travis Auer 27 75 12 17 9 .227 3 0 0
Connor Bailey 16 39 2 8 9 .205 3 1 0
Mitch Bottorff 13 21 2 5 6 .238 0 0 0
Andy Cochran 24 72 5 20 13 .278 3 1 2
Brad Dulee 12 25 11 6 2 .240 0 1 0
Dylan Farney 30 81 15 25 11 .309 1 1 0
Jacob Hendren 36 117 25 46 28 .393 15 4 2
Jared Hendren 36 103 35 36 36 .350 8 5 3
Tyler May 24 66 9 15 6 .227 2 0 0
Tim McGowan 12 21 6 5 3 .238 1 0 0
Ryan Morton 19 42 6 12 8 .286 1 1 0
Ryan Newby 2 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0
Tommy Schiller 28 79 24 28 10 .354 2 0 0
Jim Solberg 33 118 34 40 16 .339 9 2 1
Jordan Stralow 33 108 21 31 24 .287 7 2 2
Brandon Timm 15 41 8 10 7 .244 2 0 0
Kyler Ummel 2 1 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0
Arion Worthman 4 8 7 1 2 .125 1 0 0
Zack Zook 10 21 14 3 0 .143 0 0 0
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Josh Ashley 8 2-1 28.2 22 15 18 19 3.66
Travis Auer 6 2-1 21.2 16 6 11 14 1.94
Connor Bailey 1 0-0 1.1 1 2 2 1 10.50
Andy Cochran 1 0-0 4.0 2 2 5 2 3.50
Dylan Farney 9 4-3 38.0 44 14 7 20 2.58
Jacob Hendren 13 8-1 61.1 31 9 23 90 1.03
Jared Hendren 9 1-0 20.2 21 7 7 22 2.37
Tyler May 2 1-0 3.0 2 0 0 1 0.00
Ryan Morton 3 1-0 6.1 5 1 2 3 1.11
Ryan Newby 14 5-1 47.0 34 13 14 27 1.94
Brandon Timm 6 3-3 19.0 20 13 11 11 4.79

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
3/17 Rock Island (H.S.) W 15 0
3/17 Rock Island (H.S.) L 4 9
3/20 Danville (H.S.) L 7 8
3/24 Rochester L 1 2
3/24 Rochester L 3 5
3/28 Tremont W 4 0
3/29 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 1 0
Galesburg Invite
*3/30 Quincy (Sr.) W 11 0
*3/31 Galesburg (H.S.) L 2 8
*3/31 East Moline (United) L 0 1
4/3 Stanford (Olympia) W 6 0
4/5 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 11 5
4/7 Braidwood (Reed-Custer) W 11 4
4/7 Braidwood (Reed-Custer) W 11 4
4/9 Pontiac W 13 3
4/10 Morton W 3 2
4/11 Normal (Community) W 5 1
4/12 Eureka W 9 1
4/13 Normal (Community West) L 0 2
4/16 Bloomington (H.S.) W 4 3
4/17 Fairbury (Prairie Central) W 12 2
4/19 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) L 10 17
Pleasant Plains Invite
*4/20 Pleasant Plains W 6 0
*4/21 Auburn W 5 2
*4/21 Riverton W 5 2
4/23 El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) W 12 1
4/24 Rantoul W 3 2
4/27 Minonk (Fieldcrest) W 14 5
5/3 Eureka (12 inn.) L 3 4
5/8 Pontiac W 7 1
5/8 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) W 7 4
5/12 Metamora L 3 8
Fairbury (Prairie Central) Regional
*5/16 Pontiac W 6 1
*5/19 El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) W 5 2
Clinton Sectional
*5/23 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 4 1
*5/26 Stanford (Olympia) W 4 3
Springfield (Lincoln Land C.C.) Super-Sectional
*5/28 Quincy (Notre Dame) W 11 1

Head Coach Jim Collins

  
Year W-L
Normal (University)
2011 20-13
2012 27-10
2 yrs. 47-23

Tournament History

1949        2    6  0-1 (18-4)     DNP  H. Farnsworth
       L    2    6  Peoria (Manual)
1979-A      4    3  3-0 (20-8-1)   2nd  Jim Scott
       W    8    0  Cobden
       W   10    8  Camp Point (Central)
       L    3    4  New Athens
1980-A      1    2  0-1 (13-15)    DNP  Jim Scott
       L    1    2  Effingham (St. Anthony)
1991-A      2    8  0-1 (20-10-1)  DNP  Jim Scott
       L    2    8  Belleville (Althoff)
1996-A     11    0  2-0 (24-12)    3rd  Greg Bee
       W    2    1  Beardstown
       L    0   11  Dupo
1998-A     10    0  3-0 (40-3)     1st  Greg Bee
       W   11    0  Carmi (C.-White County) (5 inn.)
       W    7    6  Granville (Putnam County)
       W   10    0  Sullivan (6 inn.)