Published: August 01, 2008 11:28 pm            

ISU junior Nick Ciolli named top prospect of Alaska Baseball League

TERRE HAUTE — Indiana State junior and Terre Haute North High School graduate Nick Ciolli has been named the top prospect of the Alaska Baseball League and an Alaska Baseball League first-team all-star.

Ciolli is nearing the end of his second summer playing for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks.

“That doesn’t surprise me,” Lindsey Meggs, Indiana State baseball coach said. “Nick has all the tools that you look for in the pros. He can hit, hit with power, run and throw. We expect him to have a big year in 2009.”

The Sycamore outfielder is the second-leading hitter on the Goldpanners this season with a .348 average. He has played in all 35 games and was 10 of 12 in stolen bases with nine doubles and 11 RBIs.

“I really have been having a lot of fun,” Ciolli said. “The awards were just announced a couple of days ago and I was excited to be named the top prospect in the league.”

Ciolli has also been picked up by the Peninsula Oilers, also of the Alaska Baseball League, and will join them in Wichita, Kan. The Oilers are playing in the National Baseball Congress World Series and open up against the San Diego Force on Sunday.

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In other baseball:

n Riley 8s runner-up — At Newburgh, the Riley 8-year-old team finished runner-up in the 12-team Cal Ripken Ohio Valley Regional baseball tournament last weekend.

Riley (26-4 on the season) started the tournament with a 12-6 win over Union County, the southern Indiana state champions. The next day, Riley defeated the South Lexington (Ky.) 7s 18-0 to earn the No. 1 seed in the tournament.

In a non-pool play game, Riley dropped a 6-3 decision to Southeast Lexington, the Kentucky state champions.

Continuing in tournament play, Riley beat Shelby County (Ind.) 20-0 and the Newburgh Blue Streaks 21-4 to advance to the championship game. In the title tilt, Riley lost to the South Lexington 8s 10-4.



Team members — Connor Brown, Kyle Brubaker, Benji Downs, Gabriel Foust, Will Hayes, Lukas Johnson, Noah Jones, Paul Mimms, Landen Shipley, Trevor Trump, Cole Whitlock and Noah Worthington.

Promotions

n Sycamore aide moving on — Tim Troville, the Assistant Athletic Director for Operations, Facilities and Game Management at Indiana State University, has been hired as the Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities/Fields and Game Management at Tufts University in Medford, Mass.

Troville will begin his tenure at Tufts on Aug. 6.

At ISU since November 2006, Troville helped revitalize its athletic facilities and operations. Among his many tasks, he was the Meet Manager for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championships.

Golf

n CCTH wins Junior Inter-Club — At Country Club of Terre Haute, the host course won the 2008 Junior Interclub by 19 strokes over Hulman Links 343-362 on Friday. Rea Park was third with a score of 372.

Thomas Goss shot a 74 for individual medalist honors.



n Area result — At Peru, Kade Baker of Brazil tied for 46 th with a two-round score of 168 (81-87) in a Masters event at Rock Hollow Golf Course on Thursday.



n VCEF outing — At Rea Park, a team of Greg Higham, Andy Higham, Abe Nasser and Sylas Smith won the gross division Friday in the Vigo County Education Foundation outing.



Gross

52 — Greg Higham, Andy Higham, Abe Nasser, Sylas Smith

Net

60 — Steve Buis, Mike Calleta, Jeff Hefner, Rob Vickers

63 — Charlie Welker, John Battiston, Chad Goodman, Joe McKanna (second); Paul Thiemann, Dave Grimes, Mark Thiemann, Adam Thiemann

Skill prizes

Closest to pin — Chuck Adamson (No. 17)

Longest drive — Larry Russell (No. 18)

Longest putt — Alan Gordon (No. 9)



n Hodges outing — At Hulman Links, a team of Bob Johnson, Rich Hawk, Troy Miller and Jim Winning won the fourth annual Tray Hodges Scholarship and Burn Camp outing.



First — Bob Johnson, Rich Hawk, Troy Miller, Jim Winning

Second — Blaine Chandler, C.Chandler, Ben Fell, M.Chandler

Third — Mike Toney, Mark Neaderhiser, Mark Bird, Ted Collins

Skill prizes

Closest to pin — Tony Wolfe (No. 8), Chad Gedrick (No. 13), Winning (No. 16)

Longest drive — Wolfe (No. 1)

Longest putt — Doug Cooper (No. 5)

        

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