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Illinois Club BaseBall
Information
Location	Champaign, Illinois
Ballpark	Prairie Park
Founded	2004
Colors	blue, orange
Ownership	none
Manager	Jim Doyle
Media	none

History

Illinois Club Baseball was founded in the spring of 2004, by Cary Bolnick and Jay Goldberg. The Illinois Club Baseball team was formerly known as POP FLY The Baseball Club (Preserving Our Pastime For Later Years), before being contacted by Sandy Sanderson, the president of the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA). Sandy Sanderson invited the Illinois team to join the NCBA, and Illinois Club Baseball was born. The NCBA currently has well over 100 baseball teams across the country.

The Illinois Club Baseball team is solely ran by students of the University of Illinois. The team has a head coach along with four administrators who help run the team: president, vice president, treasurer, and social chair.

Conference

The Illinois Club Baseball team is currently in the Great Lakes South Conference. Along with the Fighting Illini are the Loyola Ramblers, the Illinois State Redbirds, the Indiana Hoosiers, the Ball State Cardinals, and the Columbia College Renegades.

Championships

• 2005 Great Lakes South Conference Champions
  
• 2005 Great Lakes Regional Champions
  
• 2005 World Series Runner-ups
  
• 2006 Great Lakes South Conference Champions
  
• 2007 Great Lakes South Conference Champions
  
• 2007 Great Lakes Regional Champions
  
• 2008 Great Lakes South Conference Champions
  

Rankings

Currently the 2009 Fighting Illini are ranked #8 in the country according to the NCBA polls.

RANK
1 Colorado State University (17)
2 Penn State University (1)
3 University of Oregon (1)
4 University of Arizona
5 NC State University
6 University of Maryland
7 Sam Houston State University
8 University of Illinois
9 Weber State University
10 James Madison University
11 Virginia Tech
12 University of Pittsburgh
13 Clemson University
14 Wake Forest University
15 Texas Tech University
16 University of Texas
17 University of Florida
18 Florida State University
19 Arizona State University
20 Indiana University

Division II

In 2008, University of Illinois Club Baseball added a Division II team. This Division II Illinois Club Baseball team competes in the Divison IV South conference against the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars, the Southern Illinois Carbondale Salukis, the University of Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars, and the Missouri State Grizzlies.

2009 Roster

2009 Illinois Club Baseball

Coach

Jim Doyle #6

Pitchers

Kyle Clapper #25
Lucas Cook #40
Marcus Dersch #15
Mike Fisher #17
Dave Hernandez #27
Mike Lidge #54
Mike Montgomery #42
Jim Pecoraro #10
Scott Rasley #26
Collin Reeser #16
Kirby Smith #20
Michael Strope #12

Infielders

Troy Bloom #5
Mike Castillo #1
Charlie Limjoco #9
Chris Doran #22
Matt Lorenz #2
Nick Stanfa #8
Dan Morales #4

Outfielders

Tyler Branson #14
Luke Gacek #3
Alex Georges #21
Danny Miller #32
Mike Obermeier #55
Jimmy Strale #18
Jake Meyer #23

Catchers

Matt Cervantes #7
Tyler Dailey #49
Russ Kesman #11

References

"Illinois Club Baseball". Retrieved 2009-04-06. "National Club Baseball Association". Retrieved 2009-04-06.