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Lincoln Trail College Statesmen Baseball
Welcome to the Lincoln Trail College Baseball Website. 2001 GREAT RIVERS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2005 NJCAA REGION XXIV CHAMPIONS 2006 GREAT RIVERS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2006 NJCAA ACADEMIC TEAM OF THE YEAR 2007 GREAT RIVERS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2007 NJCAA REGION XXIV CHAMPIONS LTC is located in Robinson, Illinois, 40 minutes west of Terre Haute, IN. We are a Division I junior college and play in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference. Be sure to sign our guestbook. Sunday, May 11 Statesmen win two in Region 24 Tournament Game 1 LTC 5-Kaskaskia 4 Morgan Coombs(7 1/3 IP, 4 R, 1 ER, 7 K, 2 BB) picked up the win, with Brent McNeil(1 2/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K's) picking up the save in the opening round game. Jake Samuels(3-5, RS, 2B), Brent McNeil(2-4, RS, RBI), Trent Bierman(1-3, RS, 2B, 2 RBI) and Shawn Ferguson(1-4, RS, HR, 2 RBI) were the leading hitters. Game 2 LTC 7-Rend Lake 6 Ricky Marshall(6 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 7 K's) picked up the win for LTC, with Scott Schnepp(3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K) picking up the save to help the Statesmen advance to the championship round of the NJCAA Region 24 tournament. Jeff Reinke(3-4, RS) , Zach Gerler(2-4, RS, HR, 2 RBI), and Trent Bierman(2-4, RS) paced the offense. Jake Samuels and Justin Smith chipped in with solo homers. The Statesmen will take on John Logan this Monday at Rent-One ballpark in Marion, IL. First pitch is 7pm. Thursday, May 1 LTC comes back to beat Southwestern Illinois LTC 12-SWIC 9 The Statesmen were down 9-4 in the top of the 4th, but answered back with 4 runs in the bottom of the inning cutting the SWIC lead to 9-8. Jake Anderson (5ip, 3 H, 0 R, 3 K) came into the game in the top of the 5th and held SWIC scoreless the rest of the way, allowing LTC to plate 4 more runs in route to the 12-9 win. Andy Betts (2 2/3 IP, 5 R, 3 ER) and Taylor Schmidt(1 1/3 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 K's) also saw time on the mound. Jake Samuels (4-5, 3 RS, 3B, HR), Brent McNeil(2-5, RS, 2 RBI), Zach Gerler (2-5, RS, 2-3B, 2 RBI) and Tyler Reboulet (2-4, 2 RS, RBI) were the leading hitters for LTC. The Statesmen travel to Belleville, IL for a DH versus SWIC on Saturday, and travel to Olney Central on Sunday for the final GRAC DH of the year. Thursday, May 1 Statesmen take 2 from Southeastern Illinois LTC 11-SEIC 1 (5 Innings) The Statesmen bats exploded for 11 runs on 14 hits to take game one. Morgan Coombs (5ip, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 9 K, 0 BB) picked up his 5 win of the year. Travis Capps (2-4, 2 RS, 2B, HR, 3 RBI), Adam Richart (2-4, 2 RS, HR, RBI), Shawn Ferguson (4-4, 2 2B, RS, RBI) and Justin Smith(2-2, RS, 2B, 2 RBI) were the leading hitters. LTC 15-SEIC 0 (5 innings) The LTC bats picked up where they left off pounded out 12 hits leading to the 15 runs. Brent McNeil (5 ip, 3 H, 0 R, 8 K's) provided another solid pitching performance to pick up his 4th win of the year. Jake Samuels (1-2, RS, 2B, 2 BB, RBI), Brent McNeil(1-3, 2 RS, 2 RBI), Shawn Ferguson(3-4, 2 RS, 2B, 3B, RBI), Zach Gerler (2-3, 3B, 3 RBI) and Tyler Reboulet (2-3, 2 RS, RBI) lead the offensive attack. Thursday, May 1 LTC drops game to OCC OCC 4-LTC 1 Scott Schnepp (5 IP, 2 r, 2 er, 4 k, 0 bb) pitched well in his first start of the year, but took the loss. Jake Anderson (2 ip, 2 r, 0 er, 2 k) and Andy Betts (2 ip, 0 R) pitched well in relief. The LTC bats were paced by Jake Samuels (2-4) with Trent Bierman (1-4, RS) and Shawn Ferguson (1-4, RBI) chipping in. Saturday, April 26 Statesmen drop 2 of 3 to Kaskaskia Game 1 Kaskaskia 8-LTC 3 Morgan Coombs(7 ip, 8 r, 7 er) took the loss for LTC, and Taylor Schmidt( 1ip, 0 H, 0 R) pitched well in relief. The bats were limited to 6 hits and 3 runs. Travis Capps(1-3) , Zach Gerler(1-4, rs) Shawn Ferguson(1-4, rs, rbi) and Justin Smith(1-4, rs, rbiz) led the offense. Kaskaskia 6-LTC 0 Ricky Marshall (6 1/3, 6 r, 4 er, 9k's) took the loss for LTC, with Andy Betts(1/3, 0 R) also seeing time on the mound. Jake Samues(1-2) and Brent McNeil(1-3) picked up the only 2 hits the Statesmen managed in the game LTC 8-Kaskaskia 2 Brent McNeil (7 ip, 4 H, 2 r, 1 er, 6 k, 0 bb) continued his solid pitching picking up his 3rd win of the year. Jake Samuels(2-3, 2 rs, HR, RBI), Travis Capps (1-3, RS, RBI), Shawn Ferguson (2-3, RS, 2B), Justin Smith (1-3, 2 RS, RBI) and Tyler Reboulet (2-3, RBI) were the leading hitters. Thursday, May 1 Gerler inks with Ausitn Peay The sophomore shortstop has signed a letter of intent with Austin Peay University to continue his baseball carear. Zach will join current Statesmen Ricky Marshall and former LTC standout Brooks Hunton at APSU in the fall of 2008. Congrats!!! Sunday, April 6 LTC drops game to Southeastern Illinois SEIC 8-LRC 4 Morgan Coombs(5 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 7 ER, 8 K's) and Brent McNeil(4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 7 K's) saw time on the mound for LTC. Jake Samuels(3-4, RS, 3-2B's), Travis Capps(1-3, 2B, RBI) and Trent Bierman(1-2, RS, 3 BB's) were the leading hitters. Sunday, April 6 Statesmen drop 2 of 3 to #5 ranked Young Harris College LTC 11-YHC 3 Morgan Coombs(9 IP, 9 H, 3R, 2ER, 15K's) was outstanding picking up the complete game victory. Deaun Williams(1-4, 2 RS, 2 SB), Travis Capps(3-5, 2 RS, HR, 4 RBI), Chris Ulrey(2-4, RS, 3B, 2 RBI) and Zach Gerler(1-2, RS, 3 BB, RBI) were the leading hitters. YHC 10-LTC 5 Brian Earley(5 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 3K's) took the loss for LTC with Derek Grabner(1IP, 2H, 2 R, 2 ER) pitching in relief. Jake Samuels(2-4, RS, RBI), Travis Capps(2-4, 3B, RBI) and Jeff Reinke(1-3, RS, 2 RBI) lead the offense. YHC 7-LTC 4 Ricky Marshall(4 2/3 IP, 4 H, 7 R, 5 ER, 6 K's) and Justin Smith(1 IP, 0 H, 0 R) were the pitchers of record for LTC. Jake Samuels(2-3, 2-2B, 2 RBI), Jeff Reinke(2-2, RS, 2B) and Adam Richart(1-3, RS, 2B, 2 RBI) were the leading hitters. Sunday, April 6 Statesmen Split with Vincennes LTC 6-VU 3 Bryan Earley(3IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K's), Jake Anderson(2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER) and Derek Grabner(3 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 K's) contributed on the mound. Brent McNeil(2-4, RS), Travis Capps(2-2, 2 RS, 2B) and Trent Bieman(3-3, rs, 2B, 3 RBI) were the leading hitters. VU 6-LTC 2 First inning errors lead to 4 unearned runs for Cody Bates(2 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 0 ER) with Justin Smith(3 IP, 0 H, 2 K's) and Scott Schnepp(1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, K) pitching in relief, and Statemen bats managed just 4 hit. Travis Capp, Zach Gerler, Steve Mirizzi and Jake Samuels each tallied a hit Tuesday, March 25 Statemen Take Two From Sinclair LTC 13-Sinclair 11 Ricky Marshall (5 1/3 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 7 K's) left with a 10-2 LTC lead only to see Sinclair score 9 runs in the sixth to take an 11-10 lead. The Satesmen scored 3 in the bottom of the 6th to take a 13-11 lead. Morgan Coombs (1 1/3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 0 ER, 3 K's) pitched around 3 LTC errors to pick up the win. Chris Ulrey (2-3, 2B, 2 RS, RBI), Shawn Ferguson (2-4, 3 RS, 3 RBI), Jake Samuels (2-3, 3B, RS, 4 RBI), Travis Capps (2-3, 2B, RS, RBI), Trent Bierman (1-3, 3B, RS, RBI) and Zach Geler (1-4, RS, 2 RBI) lead the offensive attack. LTC 8-Sinclair 1 The LTC bats exploded for 6 runs in the bottom of the 1st, and Brent McNeil (7 IP, 4 H, 1 RS, 0 ER, 6 K's) kept the Sinclair bats in check to pick up the complete game victory. Shawn Ferguson (2-4, 2 RS, RBI), Travis Capps (2-4, RS), Chris Ulrey (1-3, 3B, RS, 2 RBI, SB), Pat Kohan (1-2, RS, RBI, SB), Zach Gerler (1-2, RS, RBI, 2 SB) and Adam Richart (1-4, RS, HR, 3 RBI) were the leading hitters. The Statesmen host Vincennes on 3/26/08 at Parker Field with 1st pitch slated for 1pm. LTC will travel to Decatur, GA to take on Young Harris in a 3 game series this Friday. Friday, March 14 Statesmen drop two at Rend Lake Rend Lake 3-LTC 2 Jake Anderson(3 1/3 IP, 0 H, 1 r, 0 er, 3k's) pitched well in relief of Greg Harrington(2 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 r, 1 er, 3K's) who took the hard luck loss. Zach Gerler(1-3), Shawn Ferguson(2-3) and Jordan Foster(1-2, rs) paced the offense. Rend Lake 4-LTC 3 Bryan Earley(6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 8K's) pitched well and left with a 3-1 lead in the 7th, only to see Rend Lake plate 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th to pick up the win. Brent McNeil(1-3, 2B, rbi), Shawn Ferguson(2-3) and Zach Gerler(1-2, rs, rbi) were the leading hitters. Tuesday, March 11 LTC Take's 2 of 3 from Wabash Valley LTC 6-Wabash Valley 3 Sophomore Brian Earley picked up his 1st win of the year going 5 1/3 innings, allowing 3 runs, 1 earned, scattering 8 hits, while striking out 5. Derek Grabner was very good in relief allowing just 1 hit and no runs, striking out 5 in 3 innings of work. Morgan Coombs picked up his 1st save of the year striking out both batters he faced in the 9th. Trent Bierman (3-4, 2 rs, hr, RBI), Justin Smith (2-5, 2-2B, RBI) and Jeff Reinke (1-4, rs, hbp) paced the offense. WVC 5-LTC 3 Cody Bates (5ip, 7 h, 4 r, 3er, 2 k's) took the loss for LTC, with Taylor Schmidt (2 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 0 er, 2 k's) pitching well in relief. Deaun Williams (1-3, rs, sb, 2B), Steve Mirizzi (2-2, RBI) Jordan Foster ( 1-2, rs, 2B) and Adam Richart (2-3) were the leading hitters. LTC 4-WVC 3 Zack Gerler's 2 out double in the bottom of the 11th plated Jordan Foster for the game winning run. Ricky Marshall (4 2/3 ip, 3 h, 3 r, 0 er, 2 k's) pitched well in his 2nd start of the year, with Morgan Coombs (6 2/3 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 4 k's) working big innings out of the pen to pick up the win. Chris Ulrey (3-4, rs, 2B), Adam Richart (1-4, 2 RBI's), Steve Mirizzi (0-2, 2 rs, 3 BB) and Tyler Schnebelt (1-3) were the leading hitters.
Saturday, March 8 Spring Trip Update Gulf Coast 11-LTC 1 LTC pitchers allowed 11 runs, 7 earned on 8 hits in the season opener. Bryan Earley (3 ip, 5 r, 3 er), Brent McNeil (2 ip, 2 r, 2 er) and Derek Grabner (1ip, 4 r, 2 er) were the pitchers of record. Chris Ulrey (1-3, rs, bb), Steve Mirizzi (1-2, sb, bb) and Jordan Foster (1-3, 2B) were the leading hitters. Gulf Coast 8-LTC 7 LTC took a 7-6 lead into the bottom of the 9th but were denied the victory when a 2-out, 2 rbi double allowed the winning run to cross the plate and secure the Gulf Coast win. Scott Schnepp (3 1/13 IP, 1 h, 0 r) pitched well in relief of Ricky Marshall (3 1/3 ip, 4 h, 6 r, 5 er) and gave the Statesmen a chance to take a 7-6 lead into the bottom of the 9th. Morgan Coombs (1 2/3 ip, 2 rs, 2 er) took the loss for LTC. Jeff Reinke (2-4, rs, 2b, rbi), Chris Ulrey (2-4, rs, hr, 2 rbi), Justin Smith (3-4, rs, rbi) and Trent Bierman (3-5, rs) led the offense. Iowa Central 6-LTC 0 The LTC bats managed just 4 hits and no runs in route to the loss. Coty Bates(5ip, 5 r, 5 er, 5 k's) settled in after a shaky 1st inning where 4 IWC runs crossed the plate allowing 1 run and 1 hit in the next 4 innings. Deaun Williams (1-3, 2b) Jeff Reinke (1-2, 2b) and Shawn Ferguson (1-2, sb) paced the offense. LTC 14-Kankakee 3 Greg Harrington(5ip, 3rs, 1 er, 5k's) picked up the win on the mound for LTC, with Taylor Schmidt(1ip, 0 h, 0 r, 2 k's) pitching well in relief. Jake Samuels (3-4, 3 rs, 3 rbi, hr), Shawn Ferguson (2-3, rs, rbi), Zach Gerler (2-4, 2 rs, 2 rbi, hr) and Travis Capps (1-4, 2b, 3 rbi) were the leading hitters Kankakee 9-LTC 1 Derek Grabner (4 2/3 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 2 er, 4 k's) and Andy Betts (2ip, 1 h, 1 r, 0 er) pitched well in relief of Jake Anderson, who spotted Kankakee and 6-0 lead in the 1st inning. Chris Ulrey (2-2, 3b), Andrew Mosbarger (1-1, rs), Travis Capps (2-3) and Adam Richart (1-3) led the offense Danville 4-LTC 2 Brent McNeil (4 ip, 4 r, 2 er) took the loss for the Statesmen, with Morgan Coombs (3 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 4 k's) pitching well in relief. Zach Gerler (2-2, 2 2B, rs), Jordan Foster (2-3) and Justin Smith (1-3, 2b) were the leading hitters. LTC is 1-5 on the year and take on Wabash Valley and Vincennes this week. Friday, March 7 Conference Opener Postponed The game at Wabash Valley for today and the doubleheader vs. Wabash Valley at home on Saturday have been postponed. Make up dates will be announced later. Wednesday, January 23 Spring Trip Info Spring Trip Hotel information Feel free to contact the following hotels Feburary 27th-Holiday Inn Express, Hwy 231-Troy , AL 36081 334-670-0012-ask for Clem
Feb 28th-March 4-Inn at St Thomas Square, 8730 Thomas Drive
Friday, November 30 Three Statesmen Sign Three Sophomores signed at Division I schools during the early signing period. Righty pitcher Ricky Marshall signed with Austin Peay University. Marshall averaged a strikeout an inning last year with a 2-1 record. Austin Peay advanced to the NCAA regionals last year and joins former Statesmen Brooks Hunton. Morgan Coombs-RHP signed with Ball State. Morgan was an All-Region XXIV Tournament performer and served as the closer for LTC last year finishing with a 5-2 records with 7 saves. Chris Ulrey signed with Eastern Illinois University. Ulrey lead the Statemen with 10 homeruns last year along with 15-2B and 6-3B, and committed just 2 errors in CF. Wednesday, August 15 2008 Lincoln Trail College Baseball Schedule
Wednesday, August 15 Baseball Honored Again for Work in Classroom Baseball finishes 4th in the country for team GPA. The 2006-07 LTC Baseball team had some big shoes to fill in the classroom, after the the 05-06 team was named the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year; they did just fine, achieving a team gpa of 3.29. 26 out of 30 players had gpa's of 3.0 or higher, they are: Andy Betts, Michael Manus, Brendon Smith, Michael Lucas, Bryan Early, Craig Bunten, Riley Tincher, Morgan Coombs, Nick Lacy, Pat Kohan, Brooks Hunton, Ricky Marshall, Trent Bierman, Adam Klatka, Corey Fagg, Ty Ethington, Kevin Gillespie, Travis Capps, Josh Hillyard, Zach Gerler, John Schlichter, Tyler Rehmel, Devin Taylor, Jeff Reinke and Chris Ulrey. Way to go men Monday, July 9 Final Six Sophomore's Sign The remaining six sophomores from the 07 team have signed scholorships to continue thier baseball careers. Josh Hillyard-Grand Valley State(D-II) Brooks Hunton-Austin Peay University(D-I) Tyler Rehmel-Eastern Kentucky University(D-I) Kyle Switalski-Oakland City University(D-II) Devin Taylor-Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne(D-I) Robbie Reeves-Bellermine University(D-II) They join Ty Ethington(Lipscomb), Michael Lucas(Ball St), Michael Manus(Indiana St), John Schlichter(Illinois) and Brendon Smith(Indiana St) who signed in the fall. Congratulations go out to all these men who won 2 GRAC conference titles and a Region 24 title during thier time at LTC. Since 2002, 49 players have signed with D-I schools. Monday, July 9 Former Statesmen Signs Contract With Astros Former Statesmen Tyler Evans spent just 2 weeks in Independant Frontier Baseball League, before the Houston Astros inked him to a Free-Agent contract. Tyler played in 17 games with the Florence Freedom before reporting the the Lexington Legends a minor league affiliate of Houston. Congrats Tyler, you earned it. Sunday, June 10 Former Statesmen Taken in MLB Draft TJ Brewer was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 35th round of the MLB Draft. TJ was the winning pitcher in LTC's 2005 Region XXIV Championship. He signed with Arkansas State and was named 1st Team All-Sunbelt in 2007. Monday, May 28 Former Statesmen Pick Up Post-Season Awards TJ Brewer-Arkansas State-1st Team All Sun Belt Pitcher Tyler Evans-Armstrong Atlantic-1st Team All Peach Belt, 2nd Team All-Region Shane Noble-Bellermine university-2nd Team All-GLVC Thursday, May 24 Statesmen Lose in District Championship Click on headline to read about the District Champoinships from Council Bluffs, IA Wednesday, May 16 Former Statesmen Get 's Call to the Big Leagues
LTC Statesmen-2007 Region XXIV Champions Game 1 LTC 12-Southwestern Illinois 2 Michael Manus(6 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 4 K's) and Morgan Coombs(2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K) combined to no hit the Blue Storm, in route to the opening round 12-2 LTC victory. The offense was paced by: Brooks Hunton (4-5, 2B, RS, 3 RBI), John Schlichter (2-2, 2 RS, 2B, RBI), Chris Ulrey (2-5, 2 RS, 2B, RBI), Devin Taylor (1-3, RS, RBI), Travis Capps (2-4, RBI) and Zach Gerler (2-3, 2 RS, 2B, HR, 3 RBI) Game 2 LTC 4-Wabash Valley 2 Michael Lucas (8 IP, 6 H, 2 RS, 2ER) picked up the win, with Morgan Coombs (1 IP, 0H, 2 K's) getting the save. Kevin Gillespie (1-2, RBI), Chris Ulrey (1-2, RS, HR, 2 RBI) and Jake Samuels (1-3, RBI) were the leading hitters. Game 3 LTC 6-Olney Central 4 Bryan Earley (6 1/3 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 2 K's) got the start pitching leaving in the 6th with LTC trailing 4-0. Ty Ethington (1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K) held OCC in check to set the stage for the 6-4 comeback victory. Morgan Coombs picked up his second win of the tourney going the final inning and a 1/3 of hitless baseball. The bats were lead by: John Schlichter (1-3, RBI), Jake Samuels (1-3, 2 RS), Devin Taylor (1-2, RS) and Travis Capps (1-3 RS). Tyler Rehmel and Kevin Gillespie pitched in with RBI singles in the 7th. Game 4 John Logan 12-LTC 10 Brendon Smith (4 IP, 3 H, 4 RS, 2 ER) got the start and left the game with a 4-3 lead. Kyle Switalski (1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 K's), Ty Ethington(2 1/3, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER), Ricky Marshall(2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 RS) and Morgan Coombs(2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4 K's) also pitched in the 12-10, 11 inning loss. The leading hitters were: Kevin Gillespie (2-5, 2 RS), Tyler Rehmel (3-4, 2 RS, RBI), Chris Ulrey (2-6, RS, GS HR, 4 RBI) and Trent Bierman (2-3, 3 RBI) Game 5 LTC 4-John Logan 3 Robbie Reeves (5 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 K's) got the start and pitched well, leaving the game with a 3-1 deficit. Michael Manus (4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 K's) entered the game in relief of Reeves and was outstanding, blanking the Logan bats for the final 4 frames. LTC trailed 3-1 until the 9th when; Gillespie lead off with a walk, and Schlichter followed with a 1 out single, setting the stage for Brooks Hunton. Hunton drilled a fastball down the right field line for a double scoring both Schlichter and pinch runner Jeff Reinke to seal the victory and secure LTC's 2nd Region XXIV title in 3 years. Monday, May 14 Statesmen Rack Up Post Season Awards All Great Rivers Athletic Conference John Schlichter(3B), Tyler Rehmel(2B), Brooks Hunton(1B) and Michael Manus(P) Mitch Hannahs-Great Rivers Athletic Conference Coach of the Year All NJCAA Region XXIV John Schlichter(3B), Tyler Rehmel(2B) and Michael Lucas(P) Mitch Hannahs-NJCAA Region XXIV Coach of the Year All NJCAA Region XXIV Tournament Michael Manus-MVP Morgan Coombs(P), Michael Lucas(P) and Brooks Hunton |
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