By Will Payne, Assistant Sports Editor
• July 31, 2021
In early July, the 2021 MLB Draft took place, as all 30 major league clubs looked to draft some of the best up-and-coming talent the game of baseball has to offer. During the three days and twenty rounds,...
By Will Payne, Assistant Sports Editor
• July 13, 2021
The 2021 MLB draft wrapped up after its third day, as major league clubs are selecting amateurs from round 11 to round 20.
In the 12th round and with the 367th pick in the MLB Draft, the Atlanta Braves...
The Big Ten announced its All-Big Ten honors, and the Illini saw five players make an All-Big Ten team this season.
Justin Janas and Jackson Raper were each selected to the All-Big Ten First Team....
The Illinois baseball team’s season came to a close this weekend after the Illini went 1-2 in Piscataway, New Jersey against Rutgers.
Game one was a duel between both program’s top arms in Andrew...
In his fourth season with the Illini, Kellen Sarver is more than acclimated to the emotions the end of a season brings. This week, the Illini prepared for their final series of the season against Rutgers...
Head coach Dan Hartleb was eyeing Kellen Sarver and his son Zak, who were waiting for the perfect opportunity to dump the Gatorade bucket full of ice water on their coach’s head, in his periphery, after...
The Illini found a lively, emphatic environment at Duane Banks field this weekend as Iowa allowed 1,022 fans into the park for game one – the second largest fan attendance the Illini have seen in a game...
With just three weekends left in the regular season, the Illini travel to Iowa City for a three-game series against the Hawkeyes. After snapping Maryland's six-game winning streak, Illinois dropped the...
After several losing weekends, the Illinois baseball team has turned the corner recently, sweeping Purdue two weekends ago and splitting a four-game series with No. 22 Michigan last weekend. The Illini...
In Major League Baseball, if a player gets a base hit three out of 10 times, fame and fortune follow.
While Illinois isn’t quite at that mark, the Illini have a combined batting average of .286, the...
In May 2018, Riley Gowens was just weeks away from wrapping up his Libertyville High School baseball career and heading down to Champaign to play for Dan Hartleb and the Illinois baseball team. The No....
The Illini baseball team had to adapt quickly heading into this weekend's pod play. Hours before play was set to begin, Northwestern pulled out due to health and safety concerns leaving the Illini to face...
