November 16, 2009
Monon Bell is Back Home
Congratulations to Erik Raeburn, his coaching staff, and the Little Giant football squad for a huge win in the 116th Monon Bell Classic last Saturday. The Wabash Community is extremely proud of the preparation, hard work, and execution. The bar has been set for the winter and spring sports on campus. To all of the Wabash faithful...the atmosphere was electric at Blackstock on Saturday...like only a Wabash crowd can bring! Go get the Green this weekend in Bloomington. Ring the Bell for Wabash!
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November 11, 2009
Wabash Comes to You!
The Wabash College Admissions Office invites you and your parents to attend one of our Wabash Nights. Learn more about Wabash from local alumni, current students, faculty, coaches, and admissions staff.
Complete the form below to register for a Wabash Night in your area. All programs begin at 6:30 pm except for the Merrillville reception which begins at 2:30 PM.
Complete the form below to register for a Wabash Night in your area. All programs begin at 6:30 pm except for the Merrillville reception which begins at 2:30 PM.
Members of the Wabash Baseball coaching staff will be attending the programs in Mishawaka (Coach Stevens), Merrillville (Coach Schultz), and Cincinnati (Coach Flynn). Register for the W Nights online at http://www.wabash.edu/admissions/visit/wabashreceptions . We hope to see you on the road!
| Northwest Indiana Reception | |
| Sunday, November 22 Social - 2:30 PM Program - 3:00 PM Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza 800 East 81st Street (NW corner of Highway 30 and I-65) Merrillville, IN | |
| Grand Rapids Reception | |
| Monday, November 23 Social - 6:30 PM Program - 7:00 PM Grand Rapids Airport Hilton 4747 28th Street SE Grand Rapids, MI | |
| Evansville Wabash Night | |
| Tuesday, November 24 Social - 6:30 PM Program - 7:00 PM Evansville Country Club 3810 Stringtown Road Evansville, IN | |
| Fort Wayne Wabash Night | |
| Tuesday, November 24 Social - 6:30 PM Program - 7:00 PM Sycamore Hills Country Club 11836 Covington Road Fort Wayne, IN | |
| Mishawaka/South Bend Wabash Night | |
| Tuesday, November 24 Social - 6:30 PM Program - 7:00 PM Windsor Park Conference Center 4020 Edison Lakes Parkway Mishawaka, IN | |
| Cincinnati Wabash Night | |
| Wednesday, December 2 Social - 6:30 PM Program - 7:00 PM Crowne Plaza Hotel 5901 Pfeiffer Road Cincinnati, OH |
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November 10, 2009
2010 Wabash College Varsity Baseball Schedule
Date | Day | Opponent | Location |
2/27 | Saturday | Allegheny College | Xenia, OH – AIA Stadium |
3/3 | Wednesday | Millikin University | Decatur, IL |
3/6 | Saturday | Birmingham Southern | Birmingham, AL |
3/7 | Sunday | Adrian College | Birmingham, AL (@ BSC) |
3/7 | Sunday | Birmingham Southern | Birmingham, AL |
3/9 | Tuesday | LeTourneau University | Longview, TX |
3/10 | Wednesday | U. of Texas at Dallas | Richardson, TX |
3/11 | Thursday | Eureka College | Irving, TX (@ U. of Dallas) |
3/11 | Thursday | University of Dallas | Irving, TX |
3/12 | Friday | Austin College | Sherman, TX |
3/13 | Saturday | Bacone College | Muskogee, OK |
3/16 | Tuesday | Franklin College | Crawfordsville, IN |
3/20 | Saturday | Ohio Wesleyan University* | Delaware, OH |
3/21 | Sunday | Ohio Wesleyan University* | Delaware, OH |
3/23 | Tuesday | Anderson University | Anderson, IN |
3/27 | Saturday | Wittenberg University* | Crawfordsville, IN |
3/28 | Sunday | Wittenberg University* | Crawfordsville, IN |
3/31 | Wednesday | DePauw University | Greencastle, IN |
4/2 | Friday | R. M.-Springfield | Crawfordsville, IN |
4/3 | Saturday | R. M.-Springfield | Crawfordsville, IN |
4/5 | Monday | Valparaiso University | Valparaiso, IN |
4/10 | Saturday | Earlham College* | Richmond, IN |
4/11 | Sunday | Earlham College* | Richmond, IN |
4/14 | Wednesday | DePauw University | Crawfordsville, IN |
4/17 | Saturday | Denison University* | Crawfordsville, IN |
4/18 | Sunday | Denison University* | Crawfordsville, IN |
4/22 | Thursday | Elmhurst College | Gary, IN – U.S. Steel Yard |
4/29 | Thursday | NCAC Tournament | Chillicothe, OH |
4/30 | Friday | NCAC Tournament | Chillicothe, OH |
5/1 | Saturday | NCAC Tournament | Chillicothe, OH |
5/13 | Thursday | NCAA Regional | TBA |
5/21 | Friday | NCAA World Series-First Round | Appleton, WI |
5/25 | Tuesday | NCAA World Series-Championship | Appleton, WI |
2010 Wabash College JV Baseball Schedule
Date | Day | Opponent | Location |
2/28 | Sunday | Indiana Tech | Crawfordsville, IN |
3/9 | Tuesday | LeTourneau University | Longview, TX |
3/17 | Wednesday | DePauw University | Greencastle, IN |
3/24 | Wednesday | Anderson University | Crawfordsville, IN |
3/30 | Tuesday | DePauw University | Greencastle, IN |
4/8 | Thursday | Rose-Hulman I.T. | Terre Haute, IN |
4/13 | Tuesday | Parkland C.C. | Crawfordsville, IN |
4/15 | Thursday | Holy Cross College | Crawfordsville, IN |
4/21 | Wednesday | Rose-Hulman I.T. | Crawfordsville, IN |
Bold – Denotes Wabash Home Game
* -- Denotes NCAC West Conference Game
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October 21, 2009
Leckrone '10 and Starbuck '12 Dominate Chicago
by Jim Amidon
October 21, 2009
Wabash sophomore Sam Starbuck was flipping through the pages of Men’s Health magazine when he saw a promo for the Men's Health Urbanathlon in Chicago.
The event is a rigorous race and obstacle course that incorporates challenging urban obstacles at iconic Chicago landmarks like Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, and Soldier Field.
And since the fall baseball season was over — and his teammate Keegan Leckrone said he’d run with him — Starbuck signed up for the nearly 12-mile, obstacle-riddled event through downtown Chicago.
Starbuck, a Logansport native, is an infielder on the baseball team, while Leckrone is a pitcher from Park Forest, Illinois.
Starbuck knew almost nothing about the event — only what he read on the Internet, so naturally he never imagined he’d finish among the leaders with more than 5,000 competitors.
And finish he did — first in his age group of 18 and 19 year-old competitors, and 282nd overall.
“In the end I had no idea I won,” Starbuck said. “In fact, I thought it was a pretty poor time. But after looking at the results again and realizing that I had in fact won, I was pretty shocked.”Imagine walking to all of Chicago’s great, iconic locations — Lake Shore Drive, over the Chicago River, up and down Navy Pier, back down Lake Shore Drive to Shedd Aquarium and then on to Soldier Field.
Now imagine running that route — in about 90 minutes. And throw in six body-jarring obstacles just to keep things interesting.
That’s what Starbuck and Leckrone did.
“I only read about the obstacles on the Internet , so I did not really know what to expect and went into the race with an open mind,” Starbuck says. “It turned out there were obstacles located approximately every three miles of the 12-mile course.”
The obstacles are straight out of a reality TV show.One “Tire Obstacle” had competitors stutter-stepping through every opening like you might see at a football practice — but with a lot more tires. A similar obstacle involved monster truck tires and competitors could not touch the ground between them.
There was a set of 12 “Monkey Bars” spread far apart, and another set of five “Marine Hurdles” that required competitors to go up and over each bar. The race ended with the innovative "Taxi Hurdle" that forced competitors to hurdle over the hoods of two parked taxi cars, followed by a “Wall Obstacle” to climb over with a rope in order to reach the finish line (photo left).
The killer obstacle was at Soldier Field.
“The worst of the obstacles was the one-mile stair climb of Soldier Field,” said Starbuck. “It came at about mile 10 of the race and was a shock to the legs at that point.”The Soldier Field Stair Climb involved running up — and down — 563 steps, then down the long exit ramp (in photo right).
While Starbuck was honored for winning his age group in 92 minutes, the best part was running with his teammate.
“The whole race was a great experience, especially running it with Keegan,” he said.
Leckrone was no slouch, either. Running in the super competitive 20-24 year-old age group, Leckrone finished 520th overall and 99th (out of more than 350 runners) in his age group with a time of 96 minutes.
Not bad for a couple of Wabash baseball players!
“It was for a good cause as all the proceeds went to CAF (Challenged Athletes Foundation), to help pay for prosthetics for athletes who have lost limbs due to paralysis,” said Starbuck, who is also president of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.
“In the future I hope to run the Urbanathlon in New York and perhaps next time raise a bit more money from organizations here on campus to provide more money to the foundation in the name of the College.”
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October 05, 2009
Fall Season '09 Closes with Successful Day at Rose-Hulman
The 2009-2010 fall/non-traditional season came to an end with the annual competition date at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Saturday. The Little Giants took on the Fighting Engineers in three 6-inning games. It was a great day of baseball and the coaching staff witnessed many positive things.
A big thank you goes out to Jeff Jenkins, Sean Bendel, and the RHIT players for all of their hospitality. As always, Coach Jenkins ran a first-class competition date. Another big thank you goes out to Butch Dalhaus and his family for providing and serving food to our players at RHIT and last weekend for Homecoming.
The fall season once again went way too fast! The coaching staff is excited for the 2010 spring season at Wabash!
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September 24, 2009
Chapel Sing 2009
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September 23, 2009
Wabash: Where Multi-Sport Athletes Thrive
Congratulations to John Holm '12 (Naperville, IL - Naperville Central H.S.) on a sure-handed kick return in Week 2 of Little Giant football action at the University of Chicago. John, who started 38 of 42 games on the diamond in 2009 as a freshman, was just one of the seven multi-sport athletes on our baseball roster last year. Although football and baseball seem to be a popular two-sport combination, Derek Bailey '12 (Bloomington, IN - Bloomington South H.S.) had a very successful freshman year for both the basketball and baseball programs at Wabash. Best of luck to all of our multi-sport athletes as the 2009-2010 year in sports continues.
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