17 Northwoods League Alumni on Opening Day Rosters

• Jay Gibbons (Manitowoc 96-97) is starting the year as the Orioles leftfielder but will see plenty of time as the DH this season.
• Robb Quinlan (Dubuque, St. Cloud 96, 98) should see time at 1B and 3B this season for the Angels.
• Curtis Granderson (Mankato 01) is the starting centerfielder and the leadoff hitter for the Tigers.
• Juan Pierre (Manitowoc 96) is starting in centerfield for the Dodgers this year.
• Bobby Kielty (Kenosha 96) is a backup outfielder with the Athletics.
• Jay Marshall (Rochester 02) went from A ball last season to the Oakland bullpen this season.
• Jeff Weaver (Dubuque 95) is in the Mariners starting rotation this year.
• George Sherrill (Kenosha 97-98) is in the Seattle bullpen this season.
• Josh Willingham (Waterloo 00) is the starting leftfielder for the Marlins this year.
• Jeremy Accardo (Alexandria 01) is in the Toronto bullpen this season.
• Casey Janssen (Wisconsin 01) also is in the bullpen for the Bluejays this year.
• Paul McAnulty (Mankato 01) will be backing up 1B, 3B, and the OF for the Padres this season.
• Tom Gorzelanny (St. Cloud 02) has earned a spot in the starting rotation for the Pirates this year.
• Andre Ethier (Rochester 02) is starting in rightfield for the Dodgers this season.
• Mike Rouse (Brainerd 99) is backing up the infield positions this season for the Indians.
• Ben Zobrist (Wisconsin 03) is starting at shortstop for the Devil Rays this year.
• Pat Neshek (Wisconsin 02) will be in the Minnesota bullpen this season.

Eau Claire, Rochester and Waterloo add players

Butler CC C Tyler Goodro will be returning to Eau Claire this summer. He hit .309 in the 15 games he played after being a late season addition last summer.

OF Jonathan Ratledge will not be playing for Eau Claire this summer due to an injury.

The Express have also added a couple of pitchers from UIC. RHP Andrew Davis has a team high 3 wins in 14 appearances this spring. RHP Adam Worthington was the Flames closer as a true freshman last spring and made a Horizon League-leading 38 appearances. This spring he has 10 strikeouts in 8 innings.

Rochester has signed Baylor RHP Reed Woytek who has summer league experience pitching for the Hays Larks of the Jayhawk League last summer.

The Honkers have also added RHP Greg Martin from UNC-Greensboro. Greg has struck out 8 in 13 appearances this spring.

Nebraska freshman OF Aaron Jarosh has signed to play for Waterloo this summer. He was rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 high school prospect in Iowa for the 2006 MLB Draft.

Waterloo adds two more pitchers

• Waterloo has signed RHP Jay Broughton from Ball State. Jay was named Most Valuable Pitcher for the fall season.

• The Bucks also added RHP Tom Boleska of High Point University. Tom is 2-1, 3.48 with one save and 14 strikeouts in 9 appearances this spring.

• Ball State RHP Brenden Stines picked up his second win of the spring today, striking out seven in 6.1 innings against Akron.

• C/1B Brent Milleville is hitting .314 this spring with Stanford and currently has a five game hitting streak.

• OF Deric Manrique is hitting .316 with a team high 8 steals this spring at Northern Iowa.

• RHP Brandon Hennessey has struck out seven and walked one in 7 appearances this spring for San Jose State.

Waterloo

Waterloo is undertaking a five year stadium renovation project. The first phase includes a new entrance and a new restroom building. The team will again have a local connection with players from Northern Iowa.

LHP Dan Jennings has made 5 appearances out of the Nebraska bullpen this spring. He is one of four returning Bucks announced so far.

RHP Scott Shaw is 1-1 with 5 strikeouts in two starts this spring for Illinois. Last summer for Waterloo he was 4-3, 2.40 with 45 strikeouts in 71.1 innings.

RHP Chris Pack has made two appearances for Villanova as a freshman this spring.

RHP Brandon Hennessey has 5 strikeouts in 7.1 innings this spring for San Jose State.

RHP Joshua Schneider is 2-1, 1.95 this spring for Hawaii. Earned all-state honors in high school in three sports.

RHP Brenden Stines has struck out 15 and only walked 5 in three starts this year for Ball State.

C Scott Dunwoody leads Dayton with a .400 OBP and 2 steals.

C Brent Milleville was selected in the 39th round in 05 draft by Angels. Two-time high school player of the year in Kansas. Brent has also played 1B this spring for Stanford.

OF Jeff Whitlow was selected in 50th round of 05 draft by Detroit. Jeff had 10 steals last summer for Waterloo, and is hitting .308 with one steal this spring for Stanford.

OF Deric Manrique had 11 steals for the Bucks last summer. Deric has not committed an error in centerfield this spring at Northern Iowa.

IF Travis Hendrix was selected as a California Community College all-American as a sophomore before transferring this season to Northern Iowa.

IF Tim McCann has one homerun this spring for Seton Hall. Tim was a BIG EAST Academic All-Star in 06.

OF Mark Pappas was third on Seton Hall last year with a .294 average and is hitting .333 this spring