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Volume XLIII—Issue 4
around the bases
Inside this issue:
Around the Bases
1
All-State Voting Pro-
2
cess
District Reps
3
Contact Info
2nd half of season
3
Check List
Executive Director
4
Update Cont.
Academic All-State
5
North/South
5
Selection Committee
College Records
6
2016
I.H.S.B.C.A.
DATES
Sectional Draw - May
17th
Sectional Play Starts May 25th
Spring IHSBCA District
Meetings - June 5th
State Finals June 17th
& 18th
N/S All-Star Selection
June 18th
2016 North/South AllSeries at Whiting July
8th-10th
Junior Showcase - July
8th at Whiting
First Base - The IHSBCA leadership met with
the IHSAA and all other sports’ coach’s associations to discuss “Rule 15: Participation”.
The conversation went well on thoughts/
suggestions for changes in the future. The
IHSAA will consider the discussion and continue dialogue into next school year.
Second Base - As we proceed through the
third season with our updated website, we
would like to encourage you to continue to
use it to post scores, schedules, and games
wanted. The website can be a great resource
for everyone involved in baseball at the high
school level in Indiana. Special thanks to
Crawfordsville assistant Tommy Coy for his
efforts to gather all the scores. We intend to
continue using the site for the purpose of
nomination players for All-State and Academic All-State.
Third Base - As the season moves into the
final couple of weeks prior to the start of Sectional play, we are excited about the level and
quality of baseball being played in the State
of Indiana. We have talented teams in all four
high school classes and many of our college
programs continue to represent themselves
very well at the various levels. If you haven’t
gotten to a college game this spring try and
get out and support our state programs.
Home Plate - Listed in this edition you will
find information concerning Academic AllState and All-State nominations. You will
also find listed the names and address of the
District Reps who will be holding the annual
North/South and Mr. Baseball nomination
meetings on June the 5th, as well as the members of the respective North/South committees
that will meet in Indianapolis to select the
teams. Please recognize that these processes
are time sensitive and have specific deadlines
that must be met for your player(s) to be given consideration. At the district meeting you
will also have the opportunity to nominate a
Coach for COTY and an Umpire for UOTY
as well as a Media representative for each
district. Please contact your district representative if you have any questions regarding
this meeting.
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INDIANA H.S.BASEBALL NEWS
Volume XLIII
ISSUE 4
ONLINE ALL - STATE VOTING PROCESS
Instructions regarding the IHSBCA All-State process are outlined below.
Nominations for All-State will continue to be collected online. The deadline to nominate a player is June 5th. Last year, there was
over 400 player nominations and 255 coaches who registered to submit their nominations. We hope to expand on these numbers this
year. The process is similar to last year. It is outlined below:
Nomination Process:
Coaches must go to the following link to nominate players: http://ihsbca.powermediallc.org/all-state/ (link on the IHSBCA website too)
Returning coaches with a username and password will be asked to enter that information in the system in order to
nominate a player(s). There is a forget password link for those who do not remember their password. Click the
link and enter your email or username to reset your password.
New coaches will be required to register for the site to establish a profile. After completing the registration (a few
basic questions), a confirmation page will appear confirming your registration and providing links to the All-State
nomination. You will now be able to nominate a player(s).
Enter information on the player(s) you are nominating for All-State
Immediately after submission:
A confirmation page will appear thanking you for your nomination. You will also be able to download the player's AllState nomination form by clicking on the provided link.
A confirmation email is sent as well. Please understand that certain school email providers have very strict filters setup within their system. We guarantee that a confirmation email is sent, but can not guarantee that is reaches
your Inbox. The confirmation email will be sent from online.forms@sportzventures.net.
A coach has the ability to view their nominations by clicking on the link "completed forms" in the footer of the website. This will
show each of your All-State nominations.
Deadline: June 5th at midnight (same day as spring district meetings)
Voting Process:
The voting window for All-State and Player of the Year will open June 12 and close on July 2 at midnight.
June 12th allows for the MLB draft to be complete and for drafted players to be included in the All-State and Indiana High School
Baseball Player of the Year process.
Coaches need to login with their username/password in order to cast their votes
Unlike in previous years, the IHSBCA will only have one level of voting and will be allowed to vote (1 time) for players in all 4
classes.
To clarify, coaches are able to vote for players in 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A.
Player of the year will be included in the section above the submission button. (using 5-3-1 scoring system)
The voting process will take place within the same form. Once you cast your vote, the system will recognize you and
not accept additional submissions.
Similar to the nomination process, coaches will be directed to a confirmation page as well as sent a confirmation email alerting
them that their vote was collected.
The process is easy and can be completed on any of your devices: computer, tablet or phone. Let's make sure these deserving baseball players get the recognition they deserve.
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2nd Half of Season Checklist
1. Tourney draw on 5/17.
2. Sectional play starts 5/25.
3. Academic All-State nominees from 5/15 to 6/15.
4. All-State nominees now until 6/5.
5. Regionals on 6/4.
6. District meeting for N/S nominees on 6/5.
7. Semi-State on 6/11.
8. All state voting from 6/12 to 7/2.
9. State Finals on 6/17 and 6/18.
10. N/S selections on 6/18.
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May 2016
District A
Bob Glover
Hobart H.S.
rgloverclass@hobart.k12.in.us
District B
Mark Schellinger
New Prairie H.S.
markschellinger@npusc.k12.in.us
District C
Jim Treadway
Concord H.S.
concordhsbaseball@yahoo.com
District D
Pat McMahon
F.W. Canterbury H.S.
mcmahontires@comcast.net
District E
Andy McClain
Norwell H.S.
thebaseballcoach@hotmail.com
District F
Mike Larrabee
Yorktown H.S.
mlarrabee@yorktown.k12.in.us
District G
Jay Malott
South Dearborn H.S.
Jay.malott@sdcsc.k12.in.us
DISTRICT REPS
Following the North/South nomination meetings
on June 5th, please e-mail player nominations
from the North to Shane Edwards at
shaneed@ohusc.k12.in.us and the South to Scott
Hughes at sdhughes@shelbycs.org.
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District H
Brad King
New Castle H.S.
bking1@nccsc.k12.in.us
District I
Ryan Wolfe
Plymouth H.S.
rwolfe@plymouth.k12.in.us
District J
Jeff Lebeau
Tri-County H.S.
lebeauj@trico.k12.in.us
District K
NORTH/SOUTH ALL-STAR INFORMATION
The All-Star process is for SENIORS ONLY and you
have to attend the Spring Meeting on June 5th to nominate players for consideration. Candidates are selected at
the Spring Meetings and them forwarded to the North and
South Committees. These committees convene at the
state finals on June 18th to select the two 25 man squads.
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Matt Cherry
Fishers H.S.
mcherry@hse.k12.in.us
District L
Brad Lantz
Guerin Catholic H.S.
blantz@guerincatholic.org
District M
Kyle Kraemer
Terre Haute South H.S.
kwk@vigoschools.org
District N
Jeremy Richey
Seymour H.S.
richeyj@scsc.k12.in.us
District O
Brian Kirchoff
Northeast Dubois H.S.
bkirchoff@nedubois.k12.in.us
District P
Mike Goedde
Evansville Central H.S.
Michael.Goedde@evsc.k12.in.us
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Volume XLIII
ISSUE 4
executive director update
The Update will be short this month. Shane Edwards (who handles our newsletter) has most of the items
already listed. Please pay attention to the Academic All-State process; North – South nomination / Spring
Meeting day of June 5; and the All-State process (which is ALL online). Busy time!!
The IHSBCA has been meeting with the IHSAA on the participation rule and is having good discussions.
More about that in future newsletters, but we are hoping to have a recommendation in the fall.
My hot button this spring has been coaches. I have had several coaches call me and share the travails they
have been through this spring. I have also had coaches share confusion on rules and decisions made by
umpires and the IHSAA. Bottom line…….it is hard to be a coach. Everybody is your critic and whom do
we go to for support?
I have a two-fold suggestion: #1 – if you have been coaching for some time, please find a newer coach to
reach out to and help. They need advice, direction, and perspective. They also need a friend. #2 – please
share with me how I / the IHSBCA can help you. I have had several rules items shared with me that I will
work on with the IHSAA (no names mentioned) and it was suggested we do some mentoring or break out
sessions with older and younger coaches at the clinic. All good thoughts!
The IHSBCA is here to help our coaches and I want to advocate for the needs of coaches and our sport.
Please keep me in the loop in terms of how I can help.
Good luck in the tournament!
Brian
Academic Achievement Games
Classic Baseball in Chicago, Illinois is hosting the Academic Achievement Games with support from the Illinois Coaches
Association. The event showcases the high end academic baseball athlete.
The academic institutions attending the event will number 40-50 schools. Sample schools represented are: five from the
Ivy league, the three service academies, Northwestern, Cal Tech and The University of Chicago to name a few.
They are looking to expand the talent pool for this great event as colleges/universities are coming from virtually every
state. Last year, they had players from multiple states.
The event is nomination based. Feel free to see the link of the criteria for applicable players.....
http://www.classicbaseball.org/academic-achievement.html
IHSBCA POTY and COTY
2016 STAT LEADERS
Coaches—The IHSBCA POTY & COTY nominations
take place at the 16 district meetings June 5th. The
POTY winner is selected by our membership during
voting for All-State and the winner will be recognized at
the North/South banquet in July. COTY winners will be
recognized and awarded their certificate at the Hall of
Fame dinner during the IHSBCA Clinic in January.
You can find statistical leaders by going
to this MaxPreps link: 1) Go to the IHSAA website(www.ihsaa.org) 2) Click on
“Sports” link and select baseball 3) Select 2015-2016 and then click on “State
Statistical Leaders”
IHSBCA.ORG
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academic all-state info
Coaches who would like to nominate a player for Academic All-State
will have from May 15th through June 15th to do so on the IHSBCA
website.
The following requirements must be met to be Academic All-State:
1. Player must be a senior in 2016.
2. Player must start 70% of games as a senior (or 25% as a pitcher).
3. Form must be signed by the high school principal and head baseball coach.
4. If player is a valedictorian, then he is an automatic member.
5. Player must have a score of 8 or above in the following worksheet:
a. Player’s GPA ÷ School’s GPA Maximum x 2
b. Player’s SAT/1600 OR ACT/36
x8
i. Use the higher of the two results.
ii. SAT: use only MATH and READING
ii. If student has taken the SAT multiple times, use
the highest scores of each of the MATH and READING sections.
c. Add the GPA total to the higher of the SAT or ACT totals.
d. If the answer is 8 or higher (do NOT round up . . . 7.999 is
NOT Academic All-State), the player is Academic
All-State
The link for Academic All-State nomination(s) can be found on the
main page of the IHSBCA website (ihsbca.org) in the small navigation section below the main navigation section. When you open the
link, the password you need is ACADEMIC2016 - you must use all
caps. You will then fill out the information, the link will do the calculations and then you simply need to submit it. Deadline to nominate a player for Academic All-State is June 15th.
Future Conventions
It’s not to early to start thinking about getting out to a convention
prior to the start of next season. Check out the ABCA and BCA websites for more information on their conventions and membership.
BCA - December 3-6, 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri
ABCA - January 7-10, 2017 in Anaheim, California
OHSBCA - January 21-23, 2017 in Columbus, Ohio
IHSBCA - January 21-23, 2017 in Indianapolis
May 2016
North/South Committee Information
The selection of the 2016 North and South All
-Star teams will take place the Saturday morning of the State Finals. The committees will
review the names sent in from the 16 District
meetings held on June 5th.
Each head coach, who is an IHSBCA member,
will receive notification from the district representative informing him of the time and
place of the meeting. A member of the
schools coaching staff MUST be present at
the meeting to have a senior player nominated
for consideration for the 2016 All-Star squads.
Each school is allowed to nominate up to three
senior players for All-Star consideration.
COMMITTEE FOR SOUTH SELECTION
Scott Hughes - Shelbyville (CH)
Mike Goedde - Evansville Central 4A
Ben McDaniel - Columbus North 4A
Jeremy Sassanella - Brebeuf 3A
Jay Malott - South Dearborn 3A
Bob Kyle - Rockville 2A
Tim Terry - South Vermillion 2A
Eric Stotts - Borden 1A
Dick Alter - Indpls. Lutheran 1A
COMMITTEEE FOR NORTH SELECTION
Shane Edwards - Oak Hill (CH)
Bob Shinkan - Munster 4A
Brian Abbott - Huntington North 4A
Kevin Hannon - Knox 3A
Jason Garrett - FW Dwenger 3A
Dave Neuenschwander - Adams Central 2A
Kris Holtzleiter - Southwood 1A
Pat McMahon - Ft. Wayne Canterbury 1A
Tom Bennett - Faith Christian 1A
***STATE FINALS MEAL***
Coaches—for those of you who are in attendance at the State Finals, Brian Abbott will have
$10 coupons available that are redeemable
that day at the concession stands.
Indiana High School Baseball
Coaches Association
2340 Guilford Street
Huntington, IN 46750
Phone: 260-356-3031
Email: babbott@ctlnet.com
IHSBCA website: www.ihsbca.org
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Baseball in Indiana is alive and well at the college level. If you haven’t done so, get out and see a game,
better yet take your players. It is great to get kids on a campus to see different facilities and to appreciate the quality of play at all levels. Listed below are the win-loss records (overall & conference) for all the
Indiana programs as of 4/30/16.
Ancilla College
4-23(1-13)
Anderson University
14-19(11-10)
Ball State University
27-18(12-6)
Bethel College
17-22(13-9)
Butler University
12-29(3-7)
DePauw University
19-16(8-8)
Earlham College
24-12(13-10) Franklin College
13-22(8-14)
Goshen College
19-32(11-14) Grace College
19-24(6-15)
Hanover College
13-21(10-12) Huntington University
16-25(11-9)
IPFW
21-23(6-15)
Indiana Tech University
29-16(13-12)
Indiana State University
26-16(6-5)
Indiana University
25-16(10-4)
IUSE
38-11(27-1)
IU South Bend
20-26 (12-13)
Indiana Wesleyan University
31-19(13-11) Manchester University
20-15(14-8)
Marian University
16-27(6-14)
22-23
Purdue Calumet
17-19 (12-15) Purdue University
7-33(2-15)
Purdue Univ.-North Central
8-41(6-22)
23-9(15-5)
St. Joseph College
24-20(12-10) St. Francis University
15-35(9-15)
Taylor University
35-14(17-5)
Trine University
16-18(12-11)
University of Evansville
24-16(7-4)
University of Indianapolis
30-14(15-7)
University of Notre Dame
25-17(9-10)
University of Southern Indiana
28-16(15-7)
Valparaiso University
20-18(11-5)
Vincennes University
24-21
Wabash College
17-18(7-7)
Oakland City University
Rose-Hulman Institute
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT—JEREMY HAZELBAKER
Jeremy Hazelbaker made his MLB debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on April 3, 2016
against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jeremy graduated from Wapahani High School in 2006
where he was a North All-Star and 1st team All-State. He was a part of
the 2004 2A state runner-up Wapahani team. Jeremy furthered his
career at Ball State, playing for Coach Maloney. Following his junior
year, Jeremy was selected in the 4th round of the MLB draft by the
Boston Red Sox. After spending seven years (751 games) in the minor leagues, Jeremy is making the most of his opportunity. He went 4
for 4 with a double, triple, and an RBI n the Cardinals home opener vs.
the Milwaukee Brewers on 4/11. As of May 1st, Jeremy is hitting .313
in 64 AB over 24 games. He has 4 2B, 2 3B, 5 HR, and 13 RBI.