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2004 Baseball Honors
WJC Baseball
2004 NAIA Region V Champions - William Jewell Cardinals
2004 NAIA Region V Coach of the Year: Mike Stockton (Coach was also the HAAC Coach of the Year)
On Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at the NAIA Region V Tournament at the T.R. Hughes Stadium in O'Fallon, Mo., the WJC Cardinals broke the all-time winning record of 43 wins set in 1977 with a win over McKendree College 2-1. The Cardinals are currently 44-15 on their season.
WJC def. William Woods 9-0, 45-15 Overall
Benedictine def. WJC 13-2, 45-16 Overall
WJC def. Culver-Stockton 7-2, 46-16 Overall
WJC def. Benedictine 6-5, 47-16 Overall
NAIA Region V Team
1st Team All-Region Selections:
Noah Peery - Outfielder
Jesse Robertson - 3rd Base
David Bates - Catcher
Ben Blanton - Extra Infielder
NAIA Baseball Rating #8 - May 5, 2004 - WJC ranked for the first time this season at #19.
NAIA Region V Ranking: #1
HAAC Honors:
WJC Baseball #1 (Tied with Avila University) in the HAAC
Mike Stockton Co-HAAC Baseball Coach of the Year (Avila)
Starting Pitcher 1st Team: Josh Stout
Starting Pitcher 2nd Team: Justin Wichert
Starting Pitcher Honorable Mention: Richard Zey
2nd Base - 2nd Team: Todd Jaros
3rd Base - 1st Team: Jesse Robertson
Short Stop - 1st Team: Ben Blanton
Catcher - 1st Team: David Bates
Outfielder - 1st Team: Noah Peery
HAAC Player of the Year: Ben Blanton
***Before the game vs. Culver-Stockton at 10 a.m. in Springfield on 5/6/04, the Cardinals are 42-13. Forty-three games will tie the all-time wins record and 44 wins will be a new WJC record.
Note:
NAIA Region V Baseball in St. Louis at the Rascals stadium Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat., May 12-15.
South Central "Super" Regional Tournament - May 20 - 22 vs. Region VI (Ok City University)
NAIA Baseball National Tournament - May 28 - June 4 in Lewiston, ID
NAIA Player of the Week
April 14, 2004
Ben Blanton of William Jewell College (Mo.) has been named the NAIA Baseball Player of the Week for the week ending April 12, 2004.
Blanton, a six-one shortstop from Liberty, Missouri, belted four home runs and drove in 16 RBI in six games, batting .550 for the week. The junior scored 12 runs and also notched a triple in William Jewell’s 6-2 and 16-3 wins against MidAmerica Nazarene University (Kan.), 8-2 and 11-6 victories over Kansas Wesleyan University, and 10-1 and 11-3 defeats of Evangel University (Mo.). Blanton also notched a triple and drew three walks as the Cardinals improved to 32-9 for the year.
NAIA Region V Baseball Report – Week 5
April 12, 2004
Ben Blanton leads William Jewell to a 6-0 week, hits .550 with 11 hits in 20 at-bats
Columbia, Mo. – Ben Blanton, a junior shortstop for William Jewell College (Mo.) is the Region V Player of the Week in baseball for April 5-11. Blanton posted a .550 batting average in his club’s six wins last week. He recorded 11 hits in 20 at-bats, including a triple and four home runs. Blanton also scored 12 runs and posted 16 RBIs, helping push William Jewell’s overall mark to 32-9.
Heart of America Athletic Conference Player of the Week
Ben Blanton
WJC
Shortstop, Junior, 6-1, Liberty, Missouri
Ben Blanton, a 6-1 junior shortstop from William Jewell College has been named the HAAC Player of the Week for April 5. Blanton went 11-for-20 (.550) on the week with 12 runs scored. He smashed a triple and four home runs and tallied 16 RBI to go along with three walks. He had a 1.250 slugging percentage this week helping the Cardinals to a 6-0 week.
Heart of America Athletic Conference
Pitcher of the Week - March 1, 2004
Josh Stout
Right-Handed Pitcher, Sr., 6-3, Keller, Texas
Josh Stout, a senior right-handed pitcher from WJC has been named HAAC Pitcher of the Week. The Keller, Texas, native recorded a complete game victory over #2 Oklahoma City University. Stout allowed two earned runs in seven innings and recorded 10 strikeouts, a walk and gave up four hits in seven innings of work.
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