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Normal (University) (31-3)


School Information

Name: University High School
City: Normal
County: McLean
Classification Enrollment: 611
Nickname: Pioneers
Colors: Kelly Green/Gold
Conference: Central State Eight
Superintendent: Dr. Barbara Meyer
Principal: Andrea Markert
Athletic Director: Steve Evans
Head Coach: Steve Paxton
Assistant Coaches: Michael Wille, Andrew Arthur, Charlie Shempf, Jacob Rashid
Athletic Trainer: Brad Anderson, Monica Grimes
Captains: Karson Bonaparte, Macallan Conklin, Daniel Mosele

Roster

  
No. Name B T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr.
1 Charlie Vercryusse R R 3B-P 6-1 165 Fr.
2 Connor Herbert R R P 6-0 160 Sr.
3 Matthew Davenport L L OF 5-9 170 Sr.
4 Daniel Mosele R R SS 5-9 165 Sr.
8 Evan Jones R R OF 6-2 195 Jr.
9 Matt Armstrong R R 2B 5-11 165 Jr.
10 Carson Beal L R 1B 6-0 190 Jr.
13 Matt Sauser L R P-INF 6-2 165 So.
14 Chase Adams L L P-OF 6-2 185 Jr.
15 Trevor Young L L P 6-0 170 Sr.
16 Evan Kochel R R C 6-0 215 Jr.
17 Karson Bonaparte R R P-3B 6-0 200 Sr.
18 Eli Kieser R R P-C 6-2 175 Jr.
20 Macallan Conklin R R P-OF 6-1 195 Sr.
22 Jake Swartz R R P-MI 6-1 165 Jr.
24 Jack Bach R R P-1B 6-4 220 Jr.
25 Ben Kresl L R 1B 5-11 175 Jr.
26 Connor Frey R R P 5-9 160 Jr.
27 Grant Marshall R L P-1B 6-1 200 So.
28 Tysen Sorenson R R C 6-0 175 So.

Statistics

BATTING

  
Name G AB R H RBI Avg. 2B 3B HR
Chase Adams 28 61 17 19 27 .311 2 3 1
Matt Armstrong 27 68 29 26 16 .382 7 1 1
Jack Bach 25 53 18 19 19 .358 3 2 4
Carson Beal 21 41 13 14 9 .341 3 1 0
Karson Bonaparte 31 100 40 42 37 .420 7 5 8
Macallan Conklin 30 98 37 43 26 .439 7 5 5
Matthew Davenport 30 73 27 20 6 .274 1 1 0
Connor Frey 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Connor Herbert 12 0 10 0 0   0 0 0
Evan Jones 31 86 29 31 25 .360 5 2 3
Eli Kieser 3 1 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 0
Evan Kochel 26 66 6 23 26 .348 8 0 5
Ben Kresl 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Grant Marshall 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Daniel Mosele 30 84 25 23 20 .274 4 3 2
Matt Sauser 8 6 1 2 1 .333 0 0 0
Tysen Sorenson 0 0 0 0 0   0 0 0
Jake Swartz 28 61 19 21 19 .344 5 0 0
Charlie Vercryusse 15 22 12 7 10 .318 3 1 0
PITCHING
Name G W-L IP H ER BB SO ERA
Chase Adams 6 2-0 16.1 8 4 10 22 1.71
Jack Bach 10 3-0 20.1 9 3 19 29 1.03
Macallan Conklin 5 2-1 17.2 5 1 19 22 0.40
Connor Herbert 7 5-0 26.0 11 5 5 41 1.35
Matt Sauser 9 6-0 35.0 8 1 20 53 0.20
Jake Swartz 8 6-1 38.1 14 3 16 61 0.55
Trevor Young 10 3-0 13.1 8 5 10 27 2.63

Scores

Date Opponent W/L Own Opp
4/13 East Peoria W 9 5
4/15 Bartonville (Limestone) W 5 2
4/17 Washington L 1 2
4/17 Washington W 4 0
4/19 Mahomet (M.-Seymour) W 12 2
4/21 Eureka W 10 0
4/22 Dunlap W 17 1
4/27 Williamsville W 17 2
4/27 Decatur (MacArthur) W 18 0
4/28 Springfield (Southeast) W 16 0
4/30 Moline (H.S.) W 5 2
4/30 Moline (H.S.) W 6 2
5/1 Stanford (Olympia) W 10 7
5/3 Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) W 8 2
5/4 Chatham (Glenwood) W 8 0
5/5 Springfield (Lanphier) W 15 0
5/7 Peoria (Richwoods) W 9 0
5/10 East Moline (United) W 12 0
5/11 Decatur (Eisenhower) W 20 8
5/13 Rochester W 10 0
5/19 Jacksonville (H.S.) W 4 2
5/20 Springfield (H.S.) L 3 5
5/21 Pleasant Plains W 12 2
5/22 Bloomington (Central Catholic) W 14 1
5/22 Mackinaw (Deer Creek-M.) W 14 4
5/25 Springfield (Sacred Heart-Griffin) L 4 7
5/26 Chatham (Glenwood) W 9 8
5/29 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 12 0
5/29 Peoria (Notre Dame) W 10 0
Regional
6/4 El Paso (E.P.-Gridley) W 13 2
6/7 Chillicothe (Illinois Valley Central) W 7 2
Sectional
6/9 Macomb W 3 2
6/11 Eureka W 5 0
Bloomington (Illinois Wesleyan U.) Super-Sectional
6/14 Ottawa (Marquette) W 9 2

Head Coach Steve Paxton

  
Year W-L
Galva
1999 4-14
2000 10-10
2001 12-12
2002 12-10
4 yrs. 38-46
Kewanee (H.S.)
2003 8-21
2004 15-16
2005 17-18
3 yrs. 40-55
Brimfield
2006 24-10
2007 17-15
2008 29-8
2009 32-4
2010 31-6
2011 25-6
2012 26-7
2013 20-8
8 yrs. 204-64
Normal (University)
2015 28-6
2016 23-8
2017 26-9
2018 28-9
2019 28-9
2021 31-3
6 yrs. 164-44
GRAND TOTAL
21 yrs. 446-209

Tournament History

1949        2    6  0-1 (18-4)     DNP  H. Farnsworth

       L    2    6  Peoria (Manual)

1979-A      3    4  2-1 (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 Catholic)

1996-A      0   11  1-1 (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.)

2012-2A     5    4  2-0 (29-10)    1st  Jim Collins

       W    8    3  Trenton (Wesclin)

       W    5    4  Rock Island (Alleman)