Wisconsin add one from Austin Peay

The Woodchucks have signed Will Hogue from Austin Peay State University. Will is leading the Governors in almost every offensive category. He is hitting .356 with 6 HR, 23 RBI, .604 slg %, and 9 stolen bases this spring.

<---Daniel Descalso is hitting .374 with 2 HR, 22 RBI and has been walked 17 times to give him an impressive .451 OBP this season at UC-Davis.

• Steve Gerstenberger is leading Michigan State with a .429 average, 2 HR, .548 SLG % and a .479 OBP.
• Pat Venditte has struck out a team high 48 in 42.1 innings this spring for Creighton. He has held opponents to a .186 batting average.

Recent Signings

• Battle Creek has announced the signing of INF Iain Dykins from Central Missouri.

• Duluth has signed INF Brayden Drake, RHP Tim Clubb, and OF Christian Overstreet from Missouri State. Drake is hitting .267 with 2 homeruns this spring. Clubb is 1-0 and has 5 strikeouts in 11.2 innings. Overstreet has played in 8 games this spring as a freshman.

• Eau Claire has signed two players from UC-Davis. RHP Eddie Gamboa has made 5 appearances out of the bullpen this spring and struck out 4 in 7.2 innings. C Jacob Jefferies is hitting .340 this spring and is second on the team with 8 RBI.

• Green Bay has signed P/1B Mike Jacobson from UW-Whitewater. Mike has been dominant in his two starts this spring, both of which were complete games. He is 2-0, 0.64 and has struck out 10 while only walking 2.

• Waterloo has signed RHP Tanner Roark from Illinois and INF Adam Gaylord from Stanford. Tanner was undefeated last year in 10 starts as a freshman. Roark was also named one of Collegiate Baseball's Top Players to Watch in the Big Ten this year. Adam is hitting .314 this spring as a freshman.

Wisconsin

The Woodchucks biggest addition for 2007 will be new manager and former Milwaukee Brewer great Jim Gantner. Having the sons of two former major league baseball players and an ambidextrous pitcher on the team should make for an interesting summer.

Joining Jim this summer will be his son Matt Gantner. Matt is an outfielder at High Point University in North Carolina.

RHP Brett Bochy is a freshman at Kansas, and is the son of San Fransisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy.

INF Daniel Descalso led the Woodchucks with 10 steals last year. He also pitched two innings without giving up a run. This spring he is hitting .273 with 1 hr and 2 sb at UC-Davis.

Descalso

INF Steve Gerstenberger led the Big Ten last year with 7 triples. Through three games for Michigan State this spring he is batting .333 .

INF Elliot Arrington led UNC-Asheville last year with a .349 average and 46 RBI.

P Pat Venditte was one of three known ambidextrous pitchers in college baseball in 2006. He led Creighton last year with 54 strikeouts in 62.2 innings. This spring he has struck out 16 in 12 innings.

OF Jordan Stine led UW-Whitewater in 06 with a .397 average and 12 steals. As a Merrill, WI native he will be playing very close to home this summer.

St. Cloud

St. Cloud has announced five players that will be returning in 2007.

• INF Bryan Cartie from McNeese State is only hitting .229 but his 13 walks have helped raise his OBP to .429. He tied a team record by walking four times in one game. Cartie also has stolen 4 bases in 5 tries.
• RHP Luke Wertz did not give up a run in 5 appearances with St. Cloud last year. He was not as sharp in his first appearance this spring with Nebraska. He walked two, had two wild pitches, and gave up three earned runs in 1.2 innings.
• INF/LHP James Leverton led the River Bats in homeruns and was second in steals last year. He had a couple multi-hit games last weekend for Texas Tech to raise his average to .233
• LHP Trevor Fox is 1-2, 4.86 this spring for UC-Davis. He previously attended Santa Rosa JC.
• RHP Chad Dawson struck out two and gave up two runs in his only start this spring for Indiana State. He was one of the most dependable River Bats last year, only giving up 9 runs in 37.2 innings of work.