TODAY IN STORM BASEBALL
SERIES DETAILS:
GAME ONE: April 5 • 3:30 p.m.
GAME TWO: April 5 • 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Indianola, Iowa
VENUE: McBride Field
THE ALL-TIME SERIES:
Simpson leads the head-to-head series 21-15 and won last year’s series two games to one; the Storm and Prairie Wolves split the doubleheader portion of the series in Lincoln before Simpson earned a 9-1 home win. The Storm are 14-5 when playing Nebraska Wesleyan at McBride Field.
Brady Held, .400
STATISTICAL LEADERS
Batting Average
Bennett Wadstrom, 15 Runs
Matthew Marquez, 25 Hits
Ian Baldwin, 9
Brady Held, 18
Extra Base Hits
Runs Batted In
Brady Held, 5 Stolen Bases
Trey Castile, 2.43
Trey Castile, 43
Noah Unger, .345
Hunter Zielasko, 19
John Haimowitz, 27
Kaleb Knox, 11
Kaleb Knox/Evan Kling, 18
Zach Osbahr, 5
Tyson Romero, 1.34
Tyson Romero, 41
2023 SIMPSON BASEBALL 2
SIMPSON
STORM 11-10, 1-4 A-R-C
NWU
PRAIRIE WOLVES 8-14, 0-8 A-R-C
TEAM COMPARISON .250 Batting Average .280 106 Runs 164 171 Hits 203 46 Extra Base Hits 69 94 Runs Batted In 130 20 Stolen Bases 19 4.63 Earned Run Average 6.71 177 Strikeouts 170
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Average
Run
Strikeouts
AROUND THE AMERICAN RIVERS CONFERENCE
STANDINGS
PLAYER OF THE WEEK AWARDS
WEEK 1 (FEB. 27)
Pitcher: Ryan Manternach, LOR
Position: Ryan Wohlers, LOR
WEEK 2 (MARCH 6)
Pitcher: Easton Dunwoody, SIM
Position: Logan McCoy, CEN
WEEK 3 (MARCH 13)
Pitcher: Declan O’Hare, CEN
Position: Jordan Mathewson, BVU
WEEK 4 (MARCH 20)
Pitcher: Nolan Klocke, LUT
Position: Aiden Michna, LUT
WEEK 5 (MARCH 27)
Pitcher: Ethan O’Donnell, COE
Position: Evan Taylor, BVU
WEEK 6 (APRIL 3)
Pitcher: Declan O’Hare, CEN
Position: Cole DeStefanis, DBQ
WEEK 7 (APRIL 10)
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WEEK 8 (APRIL 17)
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WEEK 9 (APRIL 24)
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WEEK 10 (MAY 1)
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LEAGUE HISTORY
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TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS School Titles Last Wartburg 10 2017 Coe 4 2022 Buena Vista 3 2019 Luther 3 2021 Simpson 2 2004 Dubuque 1 2018 Central 0 Loras 0 Neb. Wesleyan 0 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS School Titles Last Wartburg 23 2017 Buena Vista 17 2022 Luther 13 2009 Simpson 6 2006 Central 5 2012 Coe 3 2021 Loras 2 2009 Dubuque 1 2018 Neb. Wesleyan 0
Team A-R-C Pct. Overall Pct. Home Away Streak Luther 5-0 1.000 12-8 .600 5-0 0-3 W5 Buena Vista 8-1 .889 17-5 .773 2-0 6-1 W2 Dubuque 5-2 .714 15-3 .833 2-2 5-0 W5 Loras 4-4 .500 13-9 .591 2-3 4-1 W1 Central 4-6 .400 10-11 .476 3-2 1-4 L2 Coe 3-3 .500 11-7 .611 2-1 1-3 W1 Wartburg 3-5 .375 8-9 .471 3-3 0-2 L1 Simpson 1-4 .200 11-10 .524 4-2 1-4 L4 Neb. Wesleyan 0-8 .000 8-14 .364 3-5 5-6 L8
2023 SIMPSON BASEBALL 4 Day Date Opponent Location Time Saturday Feb. 25 St. Norbert Jacksonville, Ill. L, 6-5 Sunday Feb. 26 St. Norbert Jacksonville, Ill. L, 16-7 Sunday Feb. 26 Augustana (Ill.) Jacksonville, Ill. L, 7-3 Saturday March 4 St. Olaf McBride Field L, 2-1 Saturday March 4 St. Olaf McBride Field W, 4-1 Sunday March 5 St. Olaf McBride Field L, 15-2 Sunday March 12 Ohio Northern Auburndale, Fla. W, 2-1 (9 inn.) Sunday March 12 Ohio Northern Auburndale, Fla. L, 9-3 (7 inn.) Monday March 13 Beloit Orlando, Fla. W, 10-5 Tuesday March 14 St. Scholastica Orlando, Fla. W, 8-2 Thursday March 16 Springfield Orlando, Fla. W, 3-2 (10 inn.) Friday March 17 Wis.-Superior Orlando, Fla. W, 5-4 (7 inn.) Friday March 17 Wis.-Superior Orlando, Fla. W, 3-2 (7 inn.) Saturday March 25 Hamline McBride Field W, 10-0 (7 inn.) Saturday March 25 Hamline McBride Field W, 6-3 Sunday March 26 Hamline McBride Field W, 4-3 (14 inn.) Tuesday March 28 at Loras* Dubuque, Iowa W, 12-2 (7 inn.) Tuesday March 28 at Loras* Dubuque, Iowa L, 11-5 Saturday April 1 at Central* Pella, Iowa L, 12-9 Sunday April 2 at Central* Pella, Iowa L, 3-1 Sunday April 2 at Central* Pella, Iowa L, 8-3 Wednesday April 5 Neb. Wesleyan* McBride Field 3:30 p.m. Wednesday April 5 Neb. Wesleyan* McBride Field 6:30 p.m. Friday April 7 at Luther* Decorah, Iowa 3 p.m. Saturday April 8 at Luther* Decorah, Iowa 1 p.m. Saturday April 8 at Luther* Decorah, Iowa 4 p.m. Tuesday April 11 Loras* McBride Field 6 p.m. Friday April 14 Wartburg* McBride Field 6 p.m. Saturday April 15 Wartburg* McBride Field 1 p.m. Saturday April 15 Wartburg* McBride Field 4 p.m. Tuesday April 18 at Neb. Wesleyan* Lincoln, Neb. 3 p.m. Friday April 21 Coe* McBride Field 6 p.m. Saturday April 22 Coe* McBride Field 1 p.m. Saturday April 22 Coe* McBride Field 4 p.m. Friday April 28 at Buena Vista* Storm Lake, Iowa 6 p.m. Sunday April 30 at Buena Vista* Storm Lake, Iowa 1 p.m. Sunday April 30 at Buena Vista* Storm Lake, Iowa 4 p.m. Friday May 5 Dubuque* McBride Field 3:30 p.m. Friday May 5 Dubuque* McBride Field 6:30 p.m. Saturday May 6 Dubuque* McBride Field 1 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. May 11-13 A-R-C Tournament Cedar Rapids, Iowa TBA
* American Rivers Conference
2023 schedule
SIMPSON’S 2023 RECORD WHEN...
GENERAL
STATISTICAL
SCORING
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At McBride Field .......................................... 4-2 On the road.................................................. 1-4 At a neutral site 6-4 Playing A-R-C opponents ............................. 1-4 Playing in extra innings ............................... 3-0 Playing in a shutout 1-0 Leading after four innings ........................... 8-2 Tied after four innings ................................. 1-2 Trailing after four innings 2-6 Leading after seven innings ........................ 9-2 Tied after seven innings .............................. 1-0 Trailing after seven innings 1-8
Scores first........ 5-2 Opponent scores first .................................. 6-8 Margin is 1-2 runs ....................................... 5-3 Margin is 3-4 runs 2-2 Margin is 5+ runs ....................................... 4-5 Scoring 0-2 runs .......................................... 1-3 Scoring 3-5 runs 5-5 Scoring 6-9 runs 2-2 Scoring 10+ runs ........................................ 3-0 Opponent scores 0-2 runs ........................... 7-1 Opponent scores 3-5 runs 4-1 Opponent scores 6-9 runs ........................... 0-4 Opponent scores 10+ runs ......................... 0-4
Out-hit opponent ......................................... 8-3 Out-hit by opponent 3-6 Hits are tied...... ........................................... 0-1 Zero errors are made ................................... 2-1 One error is made. 4-3 Multiple errors are made 5-6 Opponent doesn’t make an error ................ 1-4 Opponent makes one error ......................... 1-6 Opponent makes multiple errors 9-0 Hit zero home runs ...................................... 0-0 Hit one home run ........................................ 4-2 Hit multiple home runs 0-1 BY DATE Playing in February 0-3 Playing in March........................................ 11-4 Playing in April ............................................ 0-3 Playing in May 0-0 Playing during the day .............................. 10-7 Playing at night (5 pm or later) ................... 1-3 Playing on Monday 1-0 Playing on Tuesday ...................................... 2-1 Playing on Wednesday ................................ 0-0 Playing on Thursday 1-0 Playing on Friday 2-0 Playing on Saturday .................................... 3-3 Playing on Sunday....................................... 2-6
SIMPSON STORM
Head Coach: Nathan Roling (seventh season)
Assistant Coaches: Tyler Willis, Trent Dooley, Josh Breitbarth, Brady Gavin
2023 SIMPSON BASEBALL 6 No Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wr. Hometown / High School 1 Bennett Wadstrom INF So. 5-10 165 Pleasant Hill, Iowa / Southeast Polk 2 Ty Cowley OF Sr. 5-9 170 Urbandale, Iowa / Urbandale 3 Ian Baldwin OF Fr. 5-9 170 Arvada, Colo. / Ralston Valley 4 Ryan Willis INF Sr. 5-11 180 Waverly, Iowa / Waverly Shell-Rock 5 Will Carlock C So. 6-1 205 San Diego, Calif. / Christian 6 Alex Foster P Fr. 6-0 165 Granger, Iowa / Madrid 7 Zach Fuller INF Jr. 5-11 185 Adel, Iowa / ADM 8 Jack Shaffer OF/P Fr. 6-1 210 Lincoln, Neb. / Lincoln Southwest 9 Dylan Schlee INF/P Fr. 5-9 175 Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny 10 Zach Dueker P Jr. 6-0 150 West Des Moines, Iowa / Des Moines Christian 11 Joel Sampson C Jr. 5-10 185 Avoca, Iowa / AHSTW 12 Lucas Juhl INF Jr. 5-10 175 Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny 13 Sam Campin INF/P Fr. 5-11 175 Plattsmouth, Neb. / Plattsmouth 14 Sam Vanderpool P So. 5-10 150 Gilbert, Iowa / Gilbert 15 Sam Porter INF Jr. 6-0 180 Avoca, Iowa / AHSTW 16 Mitchell Roeder P Fr. 5-10 170 Maquoketa, Iowa / Maquoketa 17 Dallas Jackson P Sr. 6-0 185 Indianola, Iowa / Indianola 18 Easton Dunwoody P Fr. 5-10 180 Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny 19 Brady Steward P Fr. 6-2 170 Grinnell, Iowa / Grinnell 20 Tyson McAlexander OF Fr. 5-10 180 Elkhorn, Iowa / Elkhorn South 21 Teegan McEnany P Fr. 5-10 175 Independence, Iowa / Independence 22 Nate Cagley INF/P Fr. 6-4 225 Jesup, Iowa / Jesup 23 AJ Urban INF So. 6-0 200 Omaha, Neb. / Roncalli Catholic 24 Trey Castile P Jr. 6-0 155 Urbandale, Iowa / Des Moines Christian 25 Cody Grasmick OF/P Jr. 5-11 160 Kansas City, Kan. / Turner 26 Hunter Essmann C Fr. 6-0 170 West Des Moines, Iowa / Valley 27 Brady Held P/OF Sr. 6-3 180 Indianola, Iowa / Indianola 28 Braedon Boswell C/P Fr. 6-0 180 Lamoni, Iowa / Lamoni 29 Jake Edenburn P Fr. Bondurant, Iowa / Bondurant-Farrar 30 Eli Feekin P So. 6-3 195 Papillion, Neb. / Papillion-LaVista 31 Matthew Marquez OF Sr. 5-8 185 West Covina, Calif. / Bishop Amat 32 Levi Herrick C So. 6-0 210 Dallas, Texas / Bishop Lynch 33 Brennen Lemke INF Sr. 6-3 215 Clinton, Iowa / Clinton 34 Dalton Ferrin INF Fr. 6-0 170 Omaha, Neb. / Burke 35 Aiden Rupprecht INF/OF So. Omaha, Neb. / Skutt Catholic 36 Jeff Rasmussen Jr. OH So. 6-0 200 Sacramento, Calif. / Laguna Creek 37 Zach Wemhoff P Jr. 6-0 180 Davenport, Iowa / Assumption 38 Wyatt Clark OF Jr. 5-10 180 Pleasantville, Iowa / Pleasantville 40 Max Crooks P Sr. 6-4 225 Des Moines, Iowa / Dallas Center-Grimes 41 Jordan Bly OF Fr. 6-4 205 Toledo, Iowa / South Tama County 42 Dante Dolash P So. 6-4 235 Eldora, Iowa / South Hardin 44 Andrew Weig OF/P So. 6-4 215 Polk City, Iowa / North Polk 46 Ryan Holladay P Fr. 6-2 230 Marion, Iowa / Linn-Mar
NEBRASKA WESLEYAN PRAIRIE WOLVES
Head Coach: Eric Ignatowski (first season)
Assistant Coaches: Mason Bennett, Dan Linsner
7 SIMPSONATHLETICS.COM No Name Cl. B/T Pos. Ht. Hometown / High School 1 Tyler Merkel C R/R 5-9 So. Omaha, Neb. 2 Aaron Chazin OF R/R 5-9 So. Sylmar, Calif./Granada Hills 3 Matthew Brown OF L/R 5-7 Jr. Omaha Neb./Omaha Northwest 4 Darrien Costello-Justus INF R/R 5-8 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Ralston 6 Owen Machal OF R/R 5-10 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Millard North 7 Dominic Sis LHP L/L 5-10 Jr. Benkelman, Neb./Concordia University (NE) 8 Alex Angele OF L/R 5-11 Sr. Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Pius X 9 Duncan Ortega UTIL R/R 5-8 Fr. San Antonio, Tex. 10 Tyson Romero RHP R/R 6-5 So. Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East 11 Zach Osbahr INF/P R/R 6-0 So. Kansas City, Mo./Staley 12 Dylan Howell INF R/R 5-8 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev./Allan Hancock CC 13 Noah Wing RHP R/R 5-10 Sr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha Westside 14 Connor Burress INF/P R/R 5-10 So. Omaha, Neb./Jamestown 16 Austen King RHP R/R 5-10 Jr. Las Vegas. N.M./Robertson/Luna CC 17 Christian Harris INF R/R 5-11 Sr. Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln North Star 18 Carter Bjorkman 1B/3B R/R 6-3 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. 19 Kaleb Knox INF R/R 6-2 Gr. Moreno Valley, Calif./Valley View 20 Evan Kling 1B L/R 5-11 Sr. Santa Barbara, Calif./Dos Pueblos/ Allan Hancock 21 Hunter Zielasko UTIL R/R 6-0 Jr. Lake Stevens, Wash./Skagit Valley CC 22 Jake Gerardis INF R/R 5-7 So. Prosper, Tex./McKinney Christian 23 Bobby Simmons RHP R/R 6-0 Sr. Katy, Tex./Milikin University (IL) 24 Jason English OF/1B R/R 6-0 Jr. Columbia, S.C./Richland East/ USC-Lancaster 25 Carter Betts INF R/R 6-0 So. Omaha, Neb./Millard West 26 Blake Church C R/R 5-10 So. Arvada, Colo./Arvada West 27 Cody Heidenreich 1B R/R 6-2 Jr. Papillion, Neb./Papillion-LaVista 28 Dakota Pruitt OF R/R 6-0 Jr. Brighton, Colo./Otero CC 29 John Haimowitz C R/R 6-0 Sr. Valencia, Calif./Valencia 30 Robbie Ross RHP R/R 5-11 Jr. Berthoud, Colo./Berthoud 31 Theo Hughes RHP R/R 6-5 Jr. Seward, Neb./Seward 32 Noah Unger OF/P R/R 6-3 Sr. Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln Pius X 34 Conner Filer OF R/R 6-2 So. Omaha, Neb./Lewisburg (MS) 36 Alejandro Espinoza RHP R/R 5-9 So. Lake Forest, Calif./El Toro 37 Abe Pease RHP R/R 5-10 So. Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre 38 Bryson Knapp RHP R/R 6-1 So. Fort Collins, Colo./Garden City CC 39 Tyler Spreitzer RHP R/R 6-0 Fr. Omaha, Neb. 40 Max Brammier LHP L/L 5-11 Jr. Syracuse, Neb./Syracuse Tyler Bradford C R/R 5-10 Fr. Rock Springs, Wyo. Easton DeBolt LHP L/L 5-11 Jr. Omaha, Neb./Omaha Central Rudy Gres 1B R/R 5-11 So. San Antonio, Tex. Trey Holthus 3B/OF R/R 6-0 Fr. Tecumseh, Neb. Eric Kaps LHF L/L 5-9 Fr. Omaha, Neb. Eric Lerma C R/R 5-10 So. Broomfield, Colo./Hibbing CC Harrison McDonald INF/P R/R 5-11 So. Elkhorn, Neb./Elkhorn Keaton Peters 1B 6-0 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. Ty Poore INF R/R 5-10 Fr. Omaha, Neb. Antonio Robles INF L/R 5-7 So. San Antonio, Tex./Harlan Jacob Runnells 3B/P 5-11 Fr. New Braunfels, Tex. Aidan Sibbald 5-9 Fr. Fort Collins, Colo. Drew Styskal P R/R 6-4 Fr. Lincoln, Neb.
2023 SIMPSON BASEBALL 8 BENNETT WADSTROM Sophomore • INF Pleasant Hill, Iowa 1 TY COWLEY Senior • OF Urbandale, Iowa 2 RYAN WILLIS Senior • INF Waverly, Iowa 4 WILL CARLOCK Sophomore • C San Diego, Calif. 5 ALEX FOSTER Freshman • P Granger, Iowa 6 the storm IAN BALDWIN Freshman • OF Arvada, Colo. 3 ZACH FULLER Junior • INF Adel, Iowa 7 JACK SHAFFER Freshman • OF/P Lincoln, Neb. 8 ZACH DUEKER Junior • P West DSM, Iowa 10 JOEL SAMPSON Junior • C Avoca, Iowa 11 LUCAS JUHL Junior • INF Ankeny, Iowa 12 DYLAN SCHLEE Freshman • INF/P Ankeny, Iowa 9 SAM CAMPIN Freshman • INF/P Plattsmouth, Neb. 13 SAM VANDERPOOL Sophomore • P Gilbert, Iowa 14 MITCHELL ROEDER Freshman • P Maquoketa, Iowa 16 DALLAS JACKSON Senior • P Indianola, Iowa 17 EASTON DUNWOODY Freshman • P Ankeny, Iowa 18 SAM PORTER Junior • INF Avoca, Iowa 15 BRADY STEWARD Freshman • P Grinnell, Iowa 19 TYSON MCALEXANDER Freshman • OF Elkhorn, Iowa 20 NATE CAGLEY Freshman • INF/P Jesup, Iowa 22 AJ URBAN Sophomore • INF Omaha, Neb. 23 TREY CASTILE Junior • P Urbandale, Iowa 24 TEEGAN MCENANY Freshman • P Independence, Iowa 21
9 SIMPSONATHLETICS.COM the storm MATTHEW MARQUEZ Senior • OF West Covina, Calif. 31 LEVI HERRICK Sophomore • C Dallas, Texas 32 DALTON FERRIN Freshman • INF Omaha, Neb. 34 AIDEN RUPPRECHT Sophomore • INF/OF Omaha, Neb. 35 JEFF RASMUSSEN JR Sophomore • OH Sacramento, Calif. 36 BRENNEN LEMKE Senior • INF Clinton, Iowa 33 CODY GRASMICK Junior • OF/P Kansas City, Kan. 25 HUNTER ESSMAN Freshman • C West DSM, Iowa 26 BRAEDON BOSWELL Freshman • C/P Lamoni, Iowa 28 JAKE EDENBURN Freshman • P Bondurant, Iowa 29 ELI FEEKIN Sophomore • P Papillion, Neb. 30 BRADY HELD Senior • P/OF Indianola, Iowa 27 ZACH WEMHOFF Junior • P Davenport, Iowa 37 WYATT CLARK Junior • OF Pleasantville, Iowa 38 JORDAN BLY Freshman • OF Toledo, Iowa 41 DANTE DOLASH Sophomore • P Eldora, Iowa 42 ANDREW WEIG Sophomore • OF/P Polk City, Iowa 44 MAX CROOKS Senior • P Des Moines, Iowa 40 RYAN HOLLADAY Freshman • P Marion, Iowa 46
2023 SIMPSON BASEBALL 10 NO. NAME G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB-CS AVG OBP SLG 3 Ian Baldwin 21 87 14 23 7 2 - 14 4 15 3-1 .264 .297 .391 31 Matthew Marquez 21 85 8 25 5 1 1 15 5 18 0-1 .294 .326 .412 2 Ty Cowley 19 70 14 24 5 - - 11 5 9 2-3 .343 .435 .414 5 Will Carlock 18 64 12 18 2 - 2 7 7 10 2-0 .281 .352 .406 1 Bennett Wadstrom 21 58 15 16 3 1 - 5 12 23 3-2 .276 .417 .362 12 Lucas Juhl 18 55 5 11 3 - - 10 5 11 0-1 .200 .262 .255 7 Zach Fuller 17 55 8 9 1 - 2 8 4 14 2-1 .164 .230 .291 27 Brady Held 16 55 9 22 4 - 2 18 7 9 5-2 .400 .477 .582 33 Brennen Lemke 17 47 3 6 2 - - 2 6 28 - .128 .236 .170 4 Ryan Willis 10 34 6 8 1 - 1 2 3 4 - .235 .297 .353 15 Sam Porter 13 28 2 4 - - - 1 5 8 - .143 .333 .143 35 Aiden Rupprecht 9 18 1 4 1 - - 0 3 4 - .222 .364 .278 11 Joel Sampson 5 13 2 1 - - - 0 1 4 - .077 .200 .077 23 AJ Urban 2 6 0 0 - - - 0 - 4 - .000 .000 .000 22 Nate Cagley 3 3 0 0 - - - 1 - 1 - .000 .000 .000 9 Dylan Schlee 11 3 0 0 - - - 0 1 2 - .000 .250 .000 8 Jack Shaffer 8 3 3 0 - - - 0 - 3 1-0 .000 .250 .000 32 Levi Herrick 3 1 0 0 - - - 0 1 - - .000 .667 .000 20 Tyson McAlexander 5 0 1 0 - - - 0 - - 1-0 - -34 Dalton Ferrin 6 0 3 0 - - - 0 1 - 1-0 - 1.000Totals 21 685 106 171 34 4 8 94 70 167 20-11 .250 .334 .346 Opponent 21 671 114 158 28 8 12 98 86 177 26-5 .235 .361 .355 2023
NO. NAME APP GS W L SV CG IP H R ER BB K K/9 ERA 24 Trey Castile 7 6 1 2 0 1 37.0 21 13 10 15 43 10.46 2.43 18 Easton Dunwoody 7 5 1 2 0 - 27.0 26 21 15 21 23 7.67 5.00 16 Mitchell Roeder 7 3 1 2 1 - 20.0 20 19 15 7 24 10.80 6.75 17 Dallas Jackson 5 5 1 3 0 - 19.1 20 15 12 7 23 10.71 5.59 9 Dylan Schlee 10 0 2 1 2 - 18.2 9 5 3 6 17 8.20 1.45 42 Dante Dolash 5 2 2 0 0 - 18.0 21 10 9 10 12 6.00 4.50 44 Andrew Weig 8 0 1 0 0 - 14.1 12 13 12 7 10 6.28 7.53 40 Max Crooks 7 0 2 0 0 - 10.2 9 1 1 3 12 10.13 0.84 25 Cody Grasmick 3 0 0 0 0 - 5.0 4 4 4 4 4 7.20 7.20 10 Zach Dueker 2 0 0 0 0 - 3.0 2 - - 1 3 9.00 0.00 19 Brady Steward 3 0 0 0 0 - 2.2 12 11 8 4 3 10.13 27.00 6 Alex Foster 1 0 0 0 0 - 1.1 2 2 2 1 3 20.25 13.50 Totals 21 21 11 10 3 1 177.0 158 114 91 86 177 9.00 4.63 Opponent 21 21 10 11 6 2 178.0 171 106 81 70 167 8.44 4.10
statistics
Through 4/4/23
head coach NATHAN ROLING
THE ROLING FILE
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Hometown: Dubuque, Iowa
Spouse: Laura
Daughter: Emma
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2017-present: Simpson College Head Coach
2014-16: Loras College Assistant Coach
2011-13: Coe College Assistant Coach
2010: Dubuque Waves (River Valley Summer League) Head Coach
2009-10: Stevenson University Graduate Assistant
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
2006-09: Loras College
2005: Iowa Central CC
EDUCATION
Stevenson University, 2010
M.S., Business & Tech. Management
Loras College, 2008
B.A., Business, Sports Management
ROLING AT SIMPSON
• Enters seventh season in 2023
• Record of 68-127 (39-88 A-R-C) in first six seasons
• Guided the Storm to 19 wins in 2022, the team’s highest win total since 2014
• Led the Storm to the A-R-C Tournament in 2021 after compiling 14 league wins, the most since 2008
• Hired on July 11, 2016 as the 26th coach in program history
• Ranks fifth all-time in career wins
RECENT TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER ROLING
• 2022 pitching staff ranked seventh in DIII in strikeouts per nine innings (10.4) and led the conference in strikeouts (248) and batting average against (.236) during league play
• Simpson’s 4.80 ERA in 2022 was the team’s lowest in eight years
• The Storm hit 82 doubles in 2022, the most since 2009 and fourth-highest season total all-time
• Simpson received 10 votes in the D3baseball.com Top 25 poll on March 9, 2021 after starting the season with a doubleheader sweep of Illinois College
BEFORE SIMPSON
• Spent three seasons as the top assistant coach at Loras... oversaw recruiting, hitting, catching and team defense... team hit .314 in 2016 to tie for second in the IIAC... coached both the league’s batting champion and co-home run leader in 2016
• Served as the top assistant at Coe during a highly successful three-year stretch... helped the Kohawks go 89-43 with an IIAC Championship in 2011 and two trips to the NCAA Tournament... Coe experienced the three winningest seasons in school history during the stretch, including 32 wins in 2011
• Served as head coach of the River Valley Summer Collegiate Baseball League’s Dubuque Waves for a season... led the Waves to a league championship while earning Manager of the Year honors
• Completed a two-year graduate assistantship at Stevenson
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COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES
1 1991
NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES
6 1990, 1991 1992, 1994, 1999, 2004
IIAC CHAMPIONS
6 ........................................ 1952, 1958, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2006
IIAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
2 ......................................... 1994, 2004
ALL-AMERICANS
1991 Joel Johnson, P (1st team)
.................. Joe Blake, Jr., OF (3rd team)
Ryan Cooley, INF (3rd team)
2022 ............ Brady Held, UT (2nd team)
CoSIDA ACADEMIC
ALL-AMERICANS
1991 Kevin Burns (2nd team)
2020 Truman Schmitt (2nd team)
CoSIDA ACADEMIC
ALL-DISTRICT
2021 Colton Major (1st team)
2020 Truman Schmitt (1st team)
2014 .................... Tyler Craig (1st team)
2004 Mike Donnenwerth (2nd team)
ABCA ALL-REGION
1987 ............. Greg Christy, P (1st team)
Jim Valley, INF (1st team)
1988 ............. Brent Clark, OF (1st team)
1990 Dave Teske, P (1st team)
....................... Tim Young, OF (1st team)
1991 Ryan Cooley, INF (1st team)
................... Joe Blake, Jr., OF (1st team)
Joel Johnson, P(1st team)
1992 ................. Ben Blake, C (1st team)
Jason Blake, P (1st team)
Barry Steim, P (2nd team)
1994 Chris Donohue, P (1st team)
Mike Stover, INF (2nd team)
1998 Matt McCollough, UT (2nd team)
1999 Adam Lueder, P (1st team)
Brian Baker, INF (HM/3rd team)
2000 Chris Larson, OF(1st team)
Brian Baker, INF (HM/3rd team)
honor roll
2001 Brian Baker, INF (HM/3rd team)
Brent Delger (HM/3rd team)
2002 Tony Coppola, OF (1st team)
Andy Walker, INF (HM/3rd team)
2003Mike Donnenwerth, UT (2nd team)
2004 Dan Rieck, INF (1st team)
Troy Hatten, OF (2nd team)
Mike Donnenwerth, UT (HM/3rd team)
2005 Joey Young, OF (2nd team)
2006 Jon Clanton, C (2nd team)
............... Ross Anderson, OF (3rd team)
2008 Jared Sass, P (2nd team)
.............Jason McClaflin, INF (3rd team)
Jake Ritchey, P (3rd team)
2009 ........Cory Dawson, DH (2nd team)
2010 Scott Ethell, INF (2nd team)
2013 ............. Tyler Craig, INF (1st team)
2016 Austin Burlin, OF (2nd team)
2019 ........ Truman Schmitt, C (1st team)
2021 Brady Held, P (2nd team)
2022 ............... Brady Held, P (1st team)
D3BASEBALL.COM ALL-REGION
2016 Austin Burlin, OF (3rd team)
2019 Truman Schmitt, C (2nd team)
2021 Brady Held, P (3rd team)
2022 Brady Held, UT (1st team)
CONFERENCE MVP
Blake, Jr., OF Ryan Cooley, INF
Joe Blake, Jr., OF Barry Steim, P
Chris Donohue, P
Postel, UT
Stover, INF
Jeremy Schlee,
Karl Omdahl, OF
Brian Baker, UT
McCollough,
Larson, OF
Brian Baker, INF
Lamberti, OF
Tony Coppola, OF Scott Sibbell, INF
Shawn Parker, P Scott Sibbell, INF
Mike Donnenwerth, UT
Troy Hatten, OF Shawn Parker, P
Dan Rieck, INF 2005 Shawn Parker, P
Joey Young, OF
Ross Anderson, OF
2023 SIMPSON BASEBALL 12
1971 Joe
P 1991 Joel
P 2004 ...............................
Blake, Sr.,
Johnson,
Dan Rieck, INF
2022 Brady Held, Sr., P
CONFERENCE PITCHER OF THE YEAR
OF THE YEAR 1987 ................................ John Sirianni 1990 John Sirianni 1991 ................................ John Sirianni 1994 John Sirianni 1999 ................................ John Sirianni 2004 John Sirianni 2006 ................................ John Sirianni FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE 1970 Joe Blake, Sr., P 1971 Joe Blake, Sr., P Brent Walker, INF 1972 Steve Doering, INF Tom Simmons, OF 1973 Rick Lathrum, INF 1974 Bob Eichner, P Chuck Klicker, OF 1976 Blake Wever, UT 1978 Mark King, P 1979 Bob Sandquist, P Tom Wesolowski, INF 1980 Jeff Finch, UT Dan Merritt, INF Tom Wesolowski, UT 1981 Dan Merritt, INf 1983 Randy Brown, OF 1985 .............................. Brent Clark, OF Eddie Mauro, INF 1987 ...............................Greg Christy, P Brent Clark, OF ........................................Jim Valley, INF 1988 Greg Christy, P ....................................... Brent Clark, OF 1989 Ryan
OF .........................................Barry Steim, P 1990 David
P ........................................ Tim
1991
P Tim
1992
1994
1996
P ......................................Mark
1997
1998 ......................
P 1999
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2000 ............................
2001
Steve
2002 ..........................
2003 ................. Mike
UT
CONFERENCE COACH
Cooley,
Teske,
Young, OF
Joe
Joel Johnson,
Young, OF
Steve
Mike
Simon, UT
Matt McCollough,
Adam Lueder, P Matt
UT
Brian Baker, INF Chris
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Donnenwerth,
2004
2006
Chris Cyronek, INF
2008 Chris Jones, OF 2009 Cory Dawson, DH
2010 Chris Dorff, RP
Scott Ethell, INF
2012 Michael Chia, INF
2013 Tyler Craig, INF
Brett Crable, OF 2014 Jake Scieszinski, UT
2015 Matt Pennings, P
2016 ........................... Austin Burlin, OF 2018 Kolton Arnold, UT
2021 ................................ Brady Held, P
2022 Brady Held, P
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1969 .............................. Jack Blake, INF
Dean Burtch, C
1986 .............................. Brent Clark, OF Brian Marley, INF
1987 .................... John Cavanaugh, INF
Steve Hauser, P
Brad Rose, C
1988 Tony Costa, OF Ed Johnson, INF
Don Newbury, INF
1989 Todd Rhoads, C
1990
Joel Johnson, P
Don Newbury, INF
Joe Blake, Jr., OF 1991 Tom Welsch, INF
1992 .................................. Ben Blake, C Jason Blake, P
..................................... Brent Gavin, INF
Troy Plummer, OF 1993 .......................... Chris Donahue, P
Scott Lundholm, OF 1994 .................. Kevin Christensen, INF
Scott Lundholm, OF 1995 ....................... Ryan Campbell, OF Dan Clark, INF
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honor roll
2003
Jeremy Schlee, UT
Matt Young, INF
1996 ....................... Ryan Campbell, OF Todd Vogal, C
1998 Adam Lueder, P
Andy Merrill, INF
Matt Young, UT
1999 Brent Faber, INF
2000
Matt Sonka, INF
Adam Lueder, P
2001 Andy Walker, INF
2002 Andy Walker, INF
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Joe Clanton, C 2004 Grant Fjetland, INF
Hews, P Dusty Kain, OF 2005 James Brown, OF 2006 Jon Clanton, C Dusty Kain, OF Mike Tunure,
2007 Cory Dawson, DH Chad Scieszinski, P 2008 ........................... Cory Dawson, UT Jason McClaflin, INF ........................................ Jake ritchey, P Jared Sass, P 2009 ............................. Jared Swim, OF Cory Rasmussen, UT 2011 ................................ Paul Brown, P Tyler Crandell, OF 2012 ................................. Jake Barr, OF Tyler Crandell, SS ....................................... Aaron Young, P 2013 Jake Barr, OF Blake Heitmeier, UT 2014 Jake Barr, OF Matt Pennings, SP 2015 Jake Scieszinski, SS 2016 Gage Reis, UT Bud Smith, C 2018 Trey Kehoe, UT 2019 Truman Schmitt, C 2021 Josh Breitbarth, C ..................................... Colton Major, P Noah Sacco, OF 2022 ................................ Trey Castile, P Ty Cowley, OF
JD
INF
1994 ......................... Kevin Christensen 1996 Eric Trudo 1997 ............................... Derek Overton Adam Soyer 1998 ................................ Chris Jermier Derek Overton 2002 ................................ Tony Coppola Scott Sibbel 2004 Blake Shepherd 2005 Chad Scieszinski 2006 Clint Henning Chad Scieszinski Mark Voelliger 2007 Joe Hajduch Jared Sass Chad Scieszinski 2008 Joe Hajduch 2009 Brandon Harrison Tim Bolton Justin Stoffa Curtis Bjork Cory Dawson Dan Murphy Jared Sass 2010 Mike Smith Bobby Bieniek 2011 ...............................Bobby Bieniek Robert Endriss ..........................................Justin Svehla Trent Svehla 2012 ................................. Travis Mateer 2013 Eric Jones 2014 ............................. Brock Borgeson Eric Jones 2015 ............................. Brock Borgeson 2016 Brock Borgeson ................................................. J Lowery 2017 Nathan Carlin Trey Kehoe J Lowery Devon Veach 2018 Nathan Carlin Trey Kehoe J Lowery Truman Schmitt Devon Veach 2019 Nathan Carlin ............................................ Noah Sacco Truman Schmitt .......................................... Devon Veach 2020 Dillon Berg ...................................... Josh Breitbarth Noah Sacco .................................. Jonathan Sailstad Truman Schmitt 2021 ............................. Josh Breitbarth Riley Fagan ............................................ Noah Sacco Jonathan Sailstad ........................................ Quentin Sefrit 2022 Zach Dueker Cal Gebhart Jake Havran Lucas Juhl Colton Major Chris Miller Zach Wemhoff Ryan Willis
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