Final 1998 MIAA Baseball Report

  League Overall
  W L W L T
Hope 16 5 25 12 0
Adrian 14 7 22 16 0
Defiance 13 8 16 14 0
Olivet 12 9 17 17 0
Albion 11 10 19 13 0
Alma 9 12 12 18 0
Calvin 8 13 14 21 0
Kalamazoo 2 19 5 29 0

 

Batting Leaders: 1. Dan Slagle, Adrian, 65-28-.431; 2. Mike Meeuwsen, Hope, 72-30-.417; 3. Ross Hunderman, Calvin, 42-17-.405; 4. Robb Smith, Albion, 70-28-.400; 4. Aaron Wiers, Calvin, 45-18-.400; 6. Dan Meysar, Calvin, 74-29-.392; 7. Adam Goss, Albion, 58-22-.379; 8. Scott Thomas, Alma, 67-25-.373; 9. Zebb Schroeder, Adrian, 70-26-.371; Art Klawender, Alma, 63-23-.365.

RBI Leaders: 1. Mike Meeuwsen, Hope, 25; 2. Dan Meysar, Calvin, 23; 3. Chad Ruby, Hope, 21; Jason Mckillen, Adrian, 18; 4. Dan Slagle, Adrian, 18.

Total Base Leaders: 1. Mike Meeuwsen, Hope, 51; 2. Scott Thomas, Alma, 49; Robb Smith, Albion, 47; 4. Dan Meysar, Calvin, 46; 5. Chad Ruby, Hope, 45.

Most Doubles: 1. Robb Smith, Albion, 13; 2. Dan Slagle, Adrian, 11; 3. Scott Thomas, Alma, 9; 3. Dan Meysar, Calvin, 9; 5. Ben Fellows, Hope 8.

Most Triples: 1. Aaron Klotz, Adrian, 3; 2. Andy Slanster, Kalamazoo, 2.

Most Home Runs: 1. Scott Thomas, Alma, 5; 1. Mike Meeuwsen, Hope, 5; 3. Chad Ruby, Hope, 4; 3. Ken Milliman, Olivet, 4; 5. Dean Esteves, Hope, 3.

Most Runs Scored: 1. Chad Ruby, Hope, 24; 2. Justin Cole, Calvin, 21; 2. Mike Meeuwsen, Hope, 21; 4. Dan Meysar, Calvin, 20; 4. Dean Esteves, Hope, 20.

Most Stolen Bases: 1. Ryan Strother, Albion, 9; 2. Chris Champanois, Olivet, 8; 3. Bob Carter, Olivet, 6; 4. 7 tied with 5.

Earned Run Average: 1. Todd Dunfield, Albion, 26-7-2.42; 2. Jacob Haynes, Adrian, 36-10-2.50; 3. Todd Lucas, Hope, 24-7-2.63; 4. Adam Marcionetti, Calvin, 34-10-2.65; 5. Brian Mulder, Albion, 46-14-2.74; 6. Curt Kesler, Hope, 13-4-2.77; 7. Jeff Senn, Adrian, 55-17-2.78; 8. Adam Labbe, Hope, 54-18-3.00; 9. Ryan Holzinger, Alma, 47-17-3.26; 10. Jim Carmen, Olivet, 41-15-3.29.

Pitching Victories: 1. Jeff Senn, Adrian, 5-1; 1. Brian Mulder, Albion, 5-1; 1. Jesse Renollet, Defiance, 5-1; 1. Ryan Holzinger, Alma, 5-2; 5. Curt Kesler, Hope, 4-0; 5. Kris Steubben, Olivet, 4-0; 5. Adam Labbe, Hope, 4-2.

All-MIAA Honors

Most Valuable Player: Mike Meeuwsen, Hope College

First Team
C - Mike Meeuwsen, Hope* (Senior from Rockford/GR Christian HS)
1B - Scott Thomas, Alma* (Junior from Oxford/Our Lady of Lakes HS)
2B - Matt Klein, Hope* (Junior from DeWitt/DeWitt HS)  
SS - Dean Esteves, Hope** (Junior from Hudsonville/Hudsonville HS)
3B - Chad Ruby, Hope** (Senior from Humboldt, Iowa/Humboldt HS)
OF - Ben Fellows, Hope* (Sophomore from Lansing/Eastern HS)
OF - Dan Mesyar, Calvin** (Senior from Ludington/Ludington HS)
OF - Robb Smith, Albion* (Senior from Bay City/Central HS)
UT - Dan Slagle, Adrian* (Sophomore from Bryan, Ohio/Bryan HS)  
P - Jeff Senn, Adrian* (Freshman from Jackson/Lumen Christi HS)
P - Adam Labbe, Hope** (Junior from Cadillac/Cadillac HS)
P - Chris Rowlison, Defiance* (Jun. from Edgerton, Ohio/Edgerton HS)
* denotes number of years All-MIAA

Second Team
C - Shawn Grant, Alma (Sophomore from Allen Park/Allen Park HS)
1B - Matt Dumas, Defiance (Senior from Rossford, Ohio/Rossford HS)
2B - Aaron Klotz, Adrian (Senior from Jackson/Lumen Christi HS)
SS - Adam Goss, Albion (Freshman from Okemos/Okemos HS)
3B - Justin Cole, Calvin (Sophomore from Grand Rapids/GR Christian HS)
OF - Adam Schiermyer, Adrian (Sophomore from Morenci/Morenci HS)
OF - Nate Keskes, Albion (Sophomore from Flint/Carman-Ainsworth HS)
OF - Brent Boersma, Calvin (Senior from Kalamazoo/Kalamazoo Christian HS)
UT - Jason Trippett, Albion   (Sophomore from Albion/Albion HS)
P - Brian Mulder, Albion (Junior from Grand Rapids/West Catholic HS)
P - Ryan Holzinger, Alma (Junior from Sanford/Meridian HS)
P - Jesse Renollet, Defiance (Freshman from Fairview, Ohio/Fairview HS)

Honorable Mention
ADRIAN: Jake Haynes, Jason McKillen, Zebb Schroeder, David Slagle, Matt Berkemeier, Ed Herr, Mike Noonan; ALBION: Ryan Strother, Jason Westphal; ALMA: Scott Mantyla, Art Klawender, Jeff Lane; CALVIN: Randy Commeret, Ryan VanDommelen, Aaron Wiers, Ross Hunderman; DEFIANCE: Matt Huard, Jay Extine, Keith Kern, Cam Coutcher, Mike Weaver, Chad Shinabery, Adam Kinney; HOPE: Ryan Tanis, Joe Fitzsimmons, D.J. Reyburn; KALAMAZOO: Dave Boggan, Andy Slankster, Joe Botka, John Hach, Matt Rix; OLIVET: Kris Stuebben, Ken Milliman.

Position Player of the Week Honor Roll

#1  Dan Slagle, Adrian
#2  Chad Ruby, Hope
#3  Scott Thomas, Alma
#4  Robb Smith, Albion
#5  Matt Dumas, Defiance
#6 Mike Meeuwsen, Hope

Pitchers of the Week Honor Roll

#1  Jason Westphal, Albion
#2  Jeff Senn, Adrian
#3  Adam Labbe, Hope
#4  Kris Stuebben, Olivet
#5  Matt MacDonald, Alma
#6 Jacob Haynes, Adrian