NCAA Division I Independent Baseball Players of the Week Release - March 28, 2006 2006 Division I Independent Baseball Standings Overall (as of 3/27) vs. D-I Independents Record Pct. Record Pct. Dallas Baptist 18-10.643 4-1.800 Savannah State 16-12.571 0-0.000 Longwood 14-14.500 0-0.000 Texas-Pan American 15-17.469 4-2.667 NYIT 7-8.467 0-0.000 UC Davis 10-12.455 2-1.667 IPFW 8-10.444 0-0.000 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11-17.393 0-4.000 Northern Colorado 8-16.333 0-1.000 Hawaii-Hilo 9-20.310 0-0.000 South Dakota State 4-10.286 0-0.000 Utah Valley State 6-18.250 1-1.500 North Dakota State 2-18.100 0-1.000 2006 Honor Roll Player of the Week 2/28 Zach Zigrang, Longwood 3/7 Miguel Mercado, Texas A&M-CC 3/14 Drew Holder, Dallas Baptist Mike LaLuna, NYIT 3/21 Drew Holder, Dallas Baptist 3/28 Louie Alamia, Texas-Pan American 4/4 4/11 4/18 4/25 5/2 5/9 5/16 Pitcher of the Week 2/28 Rodney Brantley, Dallas Baptist 3/7 Javier Fiallo, Savannah State Brett Mangigian, Longwood 3/14 Chris Johns, Northern Colorado 3/21 Ricky Ibarz, Texas-Pan American 3/28 Cole Uebelhor, IPFW 4/4 4/11 4/18 4/25 5/2 5/9 5/16 Newcomer of the Week 2/28 Zach Harris, Northern Colorado 3/7 Will Norman, Texas A&M-CC 3/14 Eric Johnson, NYIT 3/21 Michael Gardner, Dallas Baptist 3/28 Zach Harris, Northern Colorado Cory Jordan, Texas A&M-CC 4/4 4/11 4/18 4/25 5/2 5/9 5/16 Player of the Week Louie Alamia OF Sr. Edinburg, Texas Texas-Pan American In four games over the past week, Alamia was 10-for-18 at the plate for a.555 batting average. He scored five runs and drove in three as the Broncs went 4-0 on the week. He raised his batting average from.327 to.361 and three of his 10 hits were doubles. Others Nominated: Tyson Fisher, South Dakota State; Miguel Mercado, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi; Cody Montgomery, Dallas Baptist; Jared Sullivan, North Dakota State. Pitcher of the Week Cole Uebelhor RHP So. St. Anthony, Ind. IPFW Cole pitched a 10-inning complete game shutout at Big Ten opponent Iowa in leading IPFW to a 1-0 victory. Cole walked the lead-off batter and would not surrender another free pass. Cole took a no-hitter into the fifth and surrendered only four total hits including one in the 10th. Uebelhor recorded four strikeouts in the process leading IPFW to the biggest win in school history. Iowa was at 69 RPI last week in the Psuedo RPI page. Others Nominated: Adam Bruce, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Ricky Ibarz, Texas-Pan American; Jake Laber, North Dakota State; Chris Perez, NYIT. Co-Newcomer of the Week Zach Harris C/DH Sr. Shawnee, Kan. Northern Colorado Harris, a transfer from Missouri State, hit.417 (5-for-12) with five hits, four runs, a home run, six RBI and a.667 slugging percentage in a three-game set at BYU last week. In the opener, Harris hit a first inning home run (his fifth of the season) to put the Bears up 2-0 (they would eventually lose 4-3); he finished that game 2-for-4. After going hitless in the middle game of the series (a 3-2 extra inning loss), Harris rebounded in the finale, going 3-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBI in the Bears 11-7 victory. Co-Newcomer of the Week Cory Jordan 3B Jr. Columbus, Texas Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Jordan led the team with a.462 average in four games with four RBI and two runs scored last week. In a mid-week doubleheader sweep of Sam Houston State, Jordan was 5-of-8 with four doubles and three runs batted in. He hit his fourth home run of the season on Sunday against Texas-Pan American. Others Nominated: Evan Bigley, Dallas Baptist; Abraham Garcia, Texas-Pan American. Awards voted on by Division I Independent Sports Information Directors
NCAA Division I Independent Statistical Leaders (through Monday - March 27, 2006) Offensive Leaders Batting Average (average 3.0 at-bats) At-Bats 1.425 Tyler LaTorre UC-Davis 1 125 Austin Krum 2.386 Jimmy Goetz UC-Davis 2 124 J. Goldschmeding 3.384 Austin Krum 3 123 Cody Montgomery 4.378 Joe Esposite NYIT 4 122 Patrick Brooks 5.377 Drew Holder 5 119 Louie Alamia 6.375 Chris Benson UVSC 6 115 Ernie Olivarez TAMUCC 7.373 Tyler Childress Longwood 7 114 Drew Holder 8.370 Victor Israel 8 113 Clint Galloway TAMUCC 9.362 Tyler Ames Longwood 9 112 Osiel Flores 10.361 Louie Alamia 10 111 Matt Tucker Hits Hits per Game (average 3.0 at-bats) 1 48 Austin Krum 1 1.71 Austin Krum 2t 43 Louie Alamia 2 1.55 Tyler LaTorre UC-Davis 43 Drew Holder 3 1.54 Drew Holder 4 41 J. Goldschmeding 4 1.48 Cody Montgomery 5 40 Cody Montgomery 5 1.47 Brennan Garr UNCO 6 38 Tyler Childress Longwood 6 1.46 J. Goldschmeding 7t 37 Zach Zigrang Longwood 7 1.44 Ryan Keena IPFW 37 Miguel Mercado TAMUCC 8t 1.39 Louie Alamia 9t 34 Three Players Tied with 34 1.39 Adam Openshaw UVSC 10 1.37 Tyler Ames Longwood Runs Scored Runs Batted In 1 40 Drew Holder 1 47 Drew Holder 2 38 Cody Montgomery 2 42 Cody Montgomery 3 34 Austin Krum 3t 33 J. Goldschmeding 4 33 J. Goldschmeding 33 Miguel Mercado TAMUCC 5 26 Clint Galloway TAMUCC 5t 26 Evan Bigley 6t 25 Tyler Ames Longwood 26 Tyler Childress Longwood 25 Eli Slesk UVSC 7t 24 Zach Harris UNCO 8t 22 Louie Alamia 24 Gerald Smith SSU 22 Evan Bigley 9t 23 Patrick Brooks 22 Matt Tucker 23 Dan Bulow UVSC 22 David Williams TAMUCC
Doubles Triples 1 13 Drew Holder 1t 5 Cody Montgomery 2t 12 J. Goldschmeding 5 Lafyette Brown SSU 12 Cody Montgomery 3t 3 Louie Alamia 12 Zach Zigrang Longwood 3 Seth Tartler UNCO 5t 9 Leighton Autrey 3 Drew Holder 9 Tyler Childress Longwood 3 J. Goldschmeding 9 Dan Bulow UVSC 3 Matt Tucker 9 Miguel Mercado TAMUCC 3 Paul Heidler Longwood 9t 8 Osiel Flores 3 Antonio Richmond SSU 8 Austin Krum 3 Michael Higa UHH 8 Eli Slesk UVSC Home Runs Total Bases 1 10 Drew Holder 1 92 Drew Holder 2t 8 Evan Bigley 2 86 Cody Montgomery 8 Cody Montgomery 3t 68 Austin Krum 8 Gerald Smith SSU 68 J. Goldschmeding 5 7 Miguel Mercado TAMUCC 5 62 Evan Bigley 6t 5 Matt Tucker 6 59 Louie Alamia 5 Zach Harris UNCO 7 57 Matt Tucker 5 Clint Galloway TAMUCC 8 56 Tyler Childress Longwood 9t 4 Four Players Tied with Four 9 55 Gerald Smith SSU 10 52 Zach Zigrang Longwood Bases on Balls Hit by Pitch 1t 20 Louie Alamia 1 13 Jared Sullivan NDSU 20 Ruben Munoz TAMUCC 2t 9 Jason Buhagiar 3t 18 Osiel Flores 9 Adam Symons UNCO 18 Drew Holder 4t 7 Seth Tartler UNCO 5t 17 T.J. Gilmer 7 Chad Clark UNCO 17 Gerald Smith SSU 7 Austin Krum 7 16 Tyler Ames Longwood 7 Drew Holder 8t 15 Austin Krum 7 Matt Tucker 15 Chris Venvertloh IPFW 7 Cory Jordan TAMUCC 10 14 3 10t 6 Three Players Tied with Three Stolen Bases Stolen Base Attempts 1t 13 Ryan Keena IPFW 1 15 Ryan Keena IPFW 13 Lafyette Brown SSU 2 14 Lafyette Brown SSU 3t 10 Austin Krum 3 12 Robbie Bailey Longwood 10 Kraig Binick NYIT 4t 11 Austin Krum 5t 9 Robbie Bailey Longwood 11 John Keene SSU 9 John Keene SSU 11 Andrew Karkoulas NYIT 9 Andrew Karkoulas NYIT 7t 10 Ryan Sainz SSU 8 8 Clint Galloway TAMUCC 8 10 Kraig Binick NYIT 9 7 Ryan Sainz SSU 9t 9 Clint Galloway TAMUCC 10t 6 Seven Players Tied with Six 9 Michael Higa UHH
Slugging Percentage (average 3.0 at-bats) On-Base Percentage (average 3.0 at-bats) 1.807 Drew Holder 1.511 Tyler LaTorre UC-Davis 2.797 Gerald Smith SSU 2.484 Nick Millspaugh IPFW 3.729 Evan Bigley 3.479 Drew Holder 4.699 Cody Montgomery 4.478 Chris Venvertloh IPFW 5.620 Miguel Mercado TAMUCC 5.474 Tyler Ames Longwood 6.605 Brandon Bantz 6.470 Austin Krum 7.562 Victor Israel 7.468 Ruben Munoz TAMUCC 8.561 Michael Hernandez UC-Davis 8.466 Gerald Smith SSU 9.549 Tyler Childress Longwood 9.465 Victory Israel 10.548 J. Goldschmeding 10.463 Jared Sullivan NDSU Pitching Leaders Victories Earned Run Average (at least 20.0 innings) 1 6 Marcus Cortes SSU 1 1.71 Tim Haines 2t 5 Rodney Brantley 2 2.45 Cole Uebelhor IPFW 5 Javier Fiallo SSU 3 2.51 Rodney Brantley 4t 4 Dane Mason 4 2.70 Jeremy McChesney UC-Davis 4 Alan Moore Longwood 5 2.84 Bryan Evans UC-Davis 4 Kyle Tash UVSC 6 2.85 Alan Moore Longwood 7t 3 Six Players Tied with Six 7 2.87 Ricky Ibarz 8 3.00 Jordan Craft 9 3.05 Brian McCullough Longwood 10 3.27 Chris Wall TAMUCC Appearances Games Started 1 18 Tim Haines 1 11 Marcus Cortes SSU 2t 14 Kelly Casares 2t 9 Ricky Ibarz 14 Javier Fiallo SSU 9 Brian McCullough Longwood 4t 12 Michael Gardner 9 Kevin Light Longwood 12 Nik Aurora UC-Davis 5t 8 Chris Johns UNCO 12 Brett Mangigian Longwood 8 Josh Mitchell TAMUCC 12 James Mock III SSU 8 Ryan Hanohano UHH 8t 11 Eight Players Tied with 11 8t 7 Six Players Tied with Seven Complete Games Saves 1 4 Marcus Cortes SSU 1 6 Tim Haines 2t 2 Cole Uebelhor IPFW 2t 4 Nik Aurora UC-Davis 2 Javier Fiallo SSU 4 Brett Mangigian Longwood 2 John Keene SSU 4t 2 Travis Johnson IPFW 2 Ryan Olszewski UHH 2 John Keene SSU 6t 1 15 Players Tied with One 2 Gregory Hatcher SSU 2 Vinnie Biggs UHH 2 Gary Olechoski SDSU 9t 1 13 Players Tied with One
Shutouts Innings Pitched 1t 1 Jordan Craft 1 66.1 Marcus Cortes SSU 1 Alan Moore Longwood 2 60.1 Javier Fiallo SSU 1 Cole Uebelhor IPFW 3 56.0 Brian McCullough Longwood 1 Kam Mickolio UVSC 4 53.1 Ricky Ibarz 5 50.2 Chris Johns UNCO 6 47.2 Dane Mason 7 46.2 Rodney Brantley 8 43.2 John Keene SSU 9t 42.1 Three Players Tied with 42.1 Strikeouts Opp. Batting Average (at least 20.0 innings) 1 76 Ricky Ibarz 1.155 Rodney Brantley 2t 50 Brian McCullough Longwood 2.197 Brice Wells 50 Marcus Cortes SSU 3.198 Ricky Ibarz 4 45 Javier Fiallo SSU 4.206 Jordan Craft 5 44 Randall Taylor 5.207 Tim Haines 6 38 Rodney Brantley 6.222 Chris Wall TAMUCC 7t 37 Tim Haines 7.226 Brian McCullough Longwood 37 Adam Bruce TAMUCC 8.238 Marcus Cortes SSU 9 35 John Keene SSU 9.241 Joe Esposito NYIT 10 34 Dane Mason 10.247 Jeremy McChesney UC-Davis Defensive Leaders Putouts Assists 1 198 Josh Plumaj TAMUCC 1 96 Jimmy Crider UHH 2 183 Miguel Mercado TAMUCC 2 92 Eli Slesk UVSC 3 177 Victor Israel 3 86 Nick von Gersdorff Longwood 4 165 Lukas Kirby UC-Davis 4 80 J. Goldschmeding 5 153 Brandon Maupin Longwood 5 75 Matt Tucker 6 149 A.J. Satele UHH 6 72 Cody Montgomery 7 147 Brady Honeycutt 7 68 Michael Higa UHH 8 145 Ryan Langlais NDSU 8 67 Brad Hales UVSC 9 139 John Ray UNCO 9 62 Patrick Brooks 10 135 Caleb Smith IPFW 10 59 Brandon Oliver UC-Davis Fielding Percentage (at least 50 fielding attempts) 1t 1.000 Leighton Autrey 1.000 Seth Tartler UNCO 1.000 Josh Plumaj TAMUCC 1.000 Ryan Sainz SSU 1.000 Tyson Fisher SDSU 6.995 Victor Israel 7t.994 John Ray UNCO.994 Brandon Maupin Longwood 9t.993 Caleb Smith IPFW.993 Dan Bulow UVSC