Illinois Wesleyan Final 2010 Baseball Statistics

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - Senior first baseman Casey McIntosh and junior pitcher Jason Pankau were chosen as the co-winners of the “Most Valuable Player” honor for the 2010 Division III national champion Illinois Wesleyan baseball team.

The Titans finished with a 31-21 record and the team won 11 of its last 12 and 17 of its last 21 games to close out the Cinderella championship season.

With 21 losses, Illinois Wesleyan is the Division III champion with the most losses in a season. In 1976, Cal St.-Stanislaus was the champion with a 33-20-2 record. In 20 of the 34 previous championship seasons, title teams have had fewer than 10 losses.

The 17 runs in the 17-5 national championship game win over SUNY-Cortland, is the second most scored in a Division III title game - Marietta beat Otterbein 36-8 in 1983.

Mcintosh (Columbia, Mo. / Hickman HS) batted .363 with 13 home runs and 63 runs batted in and set an IWU season record with 78 hits.
He finished his career ranked first at the school in games played and started (180) and at bats (704) and was second in hits (226), home runs (32), runs batted in (172) and total bases (373).

See McIntosh's career totals

Pankau (Elmhurst, Ill. / York HS), who also was chosen as the team's “Most Valuable Pitcher”, was a third team American Baseball Coaches Association All-American, the Central Region “Pitcher of the Year” and the “Pitcher of the Year” in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.
In 2010, he tied a school season record with 11 wins and set a school mark with 104 innings pitched. His 96 strikeouts is third most in an IWU season and he is seventh all-time with 167 career strikeouts.

See Pankau's career totals

Sophomore catcher Mark McDermott (Tinley Park, Ill. /Andrew HS) was a double award winner for IWU, claiming both the “Most Improved Player” honor and “Best Defensive Player” award.

McDermott tied with McIntosh with a team-high .363 batting average with 14 doubles, three homers and two triples while driving in 37 runs.

Freshman shortstop Zach Scott (St. Charles, Ill. / St. Charles East HS) was tabbed as the “Top Newcomer” and sophomore Billy Dillon (Downers Grove, Ill. / South HS) earned the “Titan Award”.

Scott, who played centerfield, second base and shortstop, batted .263 in 50 games as a freshman. He had four doubles, three home runs, two triples and knocked in 33 runs.

As a team, Illinois Wesleyan set season records for hits (542), runs (378) and runs batted in (346).

Head coach Dennis Martel, who was the ABCA Central Region “Coach of the Year”, awarded letters to 25 players, 15 of whom will return for 2011.

The lettermen are:

SENIORS
Matt Caruso Monee, Ill. /Marian Catholic HS
Joe Froelich River Forest, Ill./Oak Park River Forest HS
Paul Kabbes Normal, Ill. / Central Catholic HS
Brent Kulavic Springfield, Ill / Pleasant Plains HS
Kraig Ladd Shelbyville, Ill. / Shelbyville HS
Casey McIntosh Columbia, Mo. / Hickman HS
Brett Moore Bloomington, Ill. /Bloomington HS
Mike Morrissey Grayslake, Ill. / Carmel HS
Marty Roche Alsip, Ill. / Brother Rice HS
Alex Tosi Peoria, Ill. / Dunlap HS

JUNIORS
Jeff Grodecki Glenview, Ill. / Glenbrook South HS
Ryan Hopp Darien, Ill. / Hinsdale South
Marc North Bloomington, Ill. /Central Catholic HS
Jason Pankau Elmhurst, Ill. / York HS

SOPHOMORES
Billy Dillon Downers Grove, Ill. / South HS
Pat Hayn Chicago, Ill. / St. Ignatius HS
Eric McCullough Normal, Ill. / University HS
Mark McDermott Tinley Park, Ill. /Andrew HS
E.J. Schiller Normal, Ill. / University HS
Kevin Sullivan Highland Park, Ill. / Highland Park HS
Joe Sweeney Chicago, Ill. /Fenwick HS

FRESHMEN
Kevin Callahan Chicago, Ill. / Brother Rice HS
Anthony Lopez Bolingbrook, Ill. /Naperville Central HS
Nick Mehn Peoria, Ill. / Limestone HS
Zach Scott St. Charles, Ill. / St. Charles East HS