New Loggers for 07

Dallas Baptist University will have three players playing for the Loggers this summer. RHP Victor Black was drafted in 41st round by Mets out of high school and has struck out 42 in 37 innings this spring. Evan Bigley was hitting .304 through 3/15 and has played mostly in the outfield. INF Trevor Head has two HR this season.

Three players from Southern Miss will also be making the trip north this summer. OF Luke Adkins was named last year to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team. OF Bo Davis currently has a five game hitting streak. INF Brian Dozier is hitting .338 and has started every game at SS. Brian was also named to the Freshman All-American team last year.

La Crosse also has signed a couple of freshman from Arizona, LHP Paul Bargas and C Dwight Childs. Dwight has thrown out over half of those attempting to steal on him this spring. Paul has struck out 9 and only walked one this spring.

INF/RHP Cole White leads Army in most offensive categories and has 16 strikeouts in 16 innings as a pitcher this spring.

INF Sawyer Carroll has 11 doubles and 21 walks to go along with his .378 average this season for Kentucky.

San Diego State INF Troy Hanzawa is hitting .333 and has stolen 4 bases this spring.

Former high school teammates Brett Jackson and Greg Redig are both seeing some action during their freshman campaigns at California.

Others signings announced by La Crosse so far are Evansville LHP/1B Tristan Facer, Lamar LHP Justin Walker, and Northern Iowa C Jeremy Weih. Walker has struck out 11 in 8.1 innings this spring. Jeremy is hitting .273 and has caught four stealing.

2006 Top 10 Prospects

Lets take a look at how the 2006 top 10 Northwoods League prospects as selected by Baseball America are faring this year.

1. Jordan Zimmermann RHP Eau Claire - UW-Stevens Point starts their season on March 5th against the University of St. Thomas.

2. Charlie Shirek RHP Duluth - Charlie is 1-1, 5.00 in two starts for Nebraska this spring.

3. Brett Hunter RHP Alexandria - Brett has started in three games and appeared in two others. He is 2-1, 2.45, 1 save and leads Pepperdine with 23 strikeouts.

4. Steven Hensley RHP Duluth - In three starts for Elon, Hensley has gone 1-1, 7.71, with 18 strikeouts in 14 innings.

5. Chad Dawson RHP St. Cloud - Chad is 0-0, 3.18 in one start for the Sycamores of Indiana State.

6. Tim Smith OF Mankato - Smith is batting .421 with 1 HR and 1 SB in his first season with Arizona State after starring at Midland College for the past two seasons.

7. Tim Murphy OF/LHP Duluth - Tim is batting .261 with 4 steals in 13 games in the UCLA outfield. He also has three strikeouts in 1.2 innings out of the bullpen.

8. Jeff Richard RHP Waterloo - Jeff is 0-1 4.15 with 6 strikeouts in 4.1 innings of work this year for Central Michigan.

9. Chris Jones OF Rochester - Jones has started all 13 games for Cal State Fullerton and is hitting .234 with 3 steals this spring.

10. Byron Wiley OF Duluth - Hitting .370 and leading Kansas State with 2HR and 2SB in 8 games, Byron has also shown good plate discipline while drawing 9 walks.