April 9, 2008
Lorain County Ballplayers Captain B-W Baseball Team
Today’s Lorain Morning Journal profiles nine Baldwin-Wallace College baseball players from the Lorain County area, including team captains Nick Radca and Cody Kidd.
Amherst’s Nick Radca, a senior shortstop, and Wellington’s Cody Kidd, a junior center fielder are both captains of the Yellow Jackets — and have not disappointed.
“They’ve done a very nice job,” said Baldwin-Wallace coach Bob Fisher, who is in his 40th season. “They have excellent leadership and are setting excellent standards in the classroom and on the field. They also give the team a lot of leadership from a lot of other angles.”
Kidd leads the Yellow Jackets with a .413 batting average and has stolen nine bases in 11 tries. Radca, who will be back in action this week after a knee injury, is batting .316.
The other Lorain-area natives playing varsity ball for the Jackets are twin brothers Scott and Chris Nealon from Avon Lake, Matt Bush from Midview High School and Brandon Roberts from Edison High School.
Freshmen Kevin Appell from Sandusky, Ben Kubuski from Elyria Catholic High School and Mitch Tulk from Elyria are all members of B-W’s junior varsity squad.
March 27, 2008
B-W Baseball Team Values Panther Trio
Today’s Euclid Sun Journal sports page features a trio of Euclid High School graduates who are excited about playing baseball at B-W.
Three Euclid High School graduates, sophomores Jim Palko and Jimmy Martin and freshman transfer Mike Palko, are excited about getting back on the baseball diamond this spring. All three are expected to do it at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Jim Palko was B-W’s Outstanding Freshman last year, and he’s off to a good start this season with a 2–0 record and a 2.61 earned run average. His brother Mike is returning to the mound after losing a season to Tommy John surgery and will start his rookie season with the Yellow Jackets on the junior varsity club.
Martin, who saw action in the Jackets’ middle infield as a freshman, started four games at second base on this year’s spring trip to Ft. Myers, Fla., and will provide depth at the keystone corner behind senior second baseman Nate Luken.
March 25, 2006
Akron Ballplayers Help B-W Baseball Team
Yesterday’s Akron Beacon Journal reported that “seven former area high school baseball players are contributing to the Baldwin-Wallace college team for the 2006 season.”
They are: Kevin Brown and J.D. Fullerton, both of Cuyahoga Falls; Brandon Fredericks of Revere; Nick Haught of Walsh Jesuit; Shaun Slater of Norwayne; Zach Hoffman of Crestwood and Steve Miller of CVCA.
Brown, an Academic All-OAC and Academic All–District IV second baseman, is off to a great start in his senior season. He leads the team with a .421 batting average and a .564 on-base percentage. Fullerton, a junior pitcher, is 1–0 in four appearances as a long reliever. Slater, last year’s Outstanding Freshman, is hitting .333 with nine RBIs in 11 games as an outfielder and designated hitter.
Miller is a sophomore pitcher who transferred to B-W from West Palm Beach (Fla.) Community College, and Hoffman is a sophomore third baseman. Haught, a catcher, and Fredericks, a pitcher, are both promising freshmen who made the varsity roster for the Yellow Jackets’ spring trip to Fort Myers, Fla.
