Vitek Earns GLSCL All-Star Game MVP Honors

For the second time this month a player from the Mid American conference became the all star MVP in a summer wooden bat league. Last week it was Buffalo's Jacob Rosenbeck in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

This week its Ball State third baseman Kolbrin Vitek bringing home the hardware after the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League.

The first team All MAC junior hit a second inning solo home run which adds to a very impressive season with for the struggling Lake Erie Monarchs.

Vitek has been to the plate114, hitting an astounding .386 and contributing to his on base percentage of .450. His team leading four home runs and six triples contribute to a .711 slugging percentage which is nearly double any monarch with more than three at bats.

The numbers are no surprise to Ball State fans who watched him put up an average of .389 and a slugging percent of .736 last season for the Cardinals.

More MAC Baseball

More mid-american baseball news today, this time its Miami.

Miami: The Red Hawks currently have 19 players in six different wooden bat summer leagues.

• Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (7)
• Coastal Plain League with (5)
• Prospect League with (4)
• Cape Cod League (1)
  
• Northwoods League (1)
  
• Chicago Suburban Baseball League (1)

Jon Edgington (.337 with 16 RBI), Brad Gschwind (Pictured left, .282 with 16 RBI) and Kyle Weldon (.278 with 11 RBI's) we all selected to the GLSCL All-Star game.

Matt Rosinski did noit make the All Start game but has been impressive with a team-high-tying 10 appearances for the Stark County Terriers, going 1-1 with a 5.25 ERA and one save in 12.0 innings of work.

Jamaal Hollis in the coastal plains league has a 4.61 ERA in 12 appearances, with his three saves ranking second on the team he has an impressive 26 strikeouts in just 13.2 innings of work. Also in the CPL are Jordan Jankowski, Chase Stewart, Tyler Melling, and Ryan Curl.

Other rehawks in Summer action are r Kyle Donawerth and Samuel Dawes of the Prospect League, Adam Weisenburger in the Northwoods league, Brandon Meister plays in the Chicago Suburban Baseball elague, finally Adam Eaton of the Cape Cod League has yet to see action due to injury.

MAC Baseball Players making the most of the summer

Before vacation I talked about how Ryan Mace of Kent was owing in the summer leagues, as the weeks wear on more and more MAC players are getting noticed. Buffalo and Western Michigan both have numerous players representing them in various summer all star games.

Buffalo: Third Baseman Jacob Rosenbeck one of 15 UB players seeing action this summer was named Most Valuable Player of the New England Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game. His two hits and game tying RBI were enough to secure the honor.

In 32 games with the Holyoke Blue Sox his .311 batting average is ties him for second on the team, he is joined on the Blue Sox by fellow Bull Rob Lawler.

The Melville Millionaires of the Western Major Baseball league also have two UB players in Kevin Crumb (second on the team with his 3.83 ERA) and Brian Lattanzi.

Western Michigan: The Bronco's put up four All Star players in their respective leagues. Casey Webber received his first all-star nomination while Chris Lewis, Kyle Galbraith and Brian Stroud repeated as all-stars for the second summer in a row.

The Chillicothe Paints were fortunate to have first year Bronco Casey Webber who ranks third in the Prospect League with a 0.98 ERA (four earned runs in 36.2 innings pitched) and 50 strikeouts. On July 11, Webber fanned 14 batters in a seven-inning, complete game effort.

The Battle Creek Bombers (Northwoods League) Have Chris Lewis who is batting .333 with 35 RBIs (second best in the league for both categories).

Mace Named Great Lakes Pitcher of the Week

Ryan Mace was named the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League (GLSCL) Pitcher of the Week on the back of six shutout Innings, yielding only three hits, for the Canton Terriers as they defeated Southern Ohio.

Mace is absolutely owning GLSCL opposition but the win ofver Southern Ohio was his first decision. In 16 innings of work this season Mace has allowed just six hits in and a .111 opponent batting average.