Vote for the southwestern Illinois Baseball Player of the Week April 18-23
Vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s Baseball Prep of the Week. Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, April 28. To vote again, hit refresh.
Want to nominate an athlete? The BND Athlete of the Week highlights high school varsity softball and baseball players who put in outstanding performances from the week prior to the opening of the poll. If you want to suggest someone to be included, send an email to Garen Vartanian at gvartanian@bnd.com.
Please include the athlete’s name, school, class, position, and applicable game performance statistics. Coaches must be willing to verify information.
To be clear, this poll is not scientific. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. It’s all for fun, BND readers. People also may submit the same athlete from week to week.
We are planning to post the results later this week after the poll closes.
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Here are this week’s nominees:
Dalton Boruff, Breese Central High School, senior, P/2B. In recent action, Boruff went 5-for-8 with 2 home runs 3 runs scored, 2 walks and 5 RBI. He also fired a 6-inning 1-hitter in a win against Salem while striking out 10; Boruff collected two hits and an RBI in the game as well On the season, Boruff is 5-0 with a 0.84 earned run average with 51 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings, while allowing just 11 hits. At the plate, he is batting .400 with 3 home runs and 23 RBI.
Brendan Brock, Mascoutah High School, senior, C. In a recent win against Sikeston (Missouri), at Busch Stadium, Brock went 3-for-4 with 4 runs scored and two RBI. On the season, Brock is batting .556 with 6 home runs, 25 RBI and 35 runs scored.
Ean DiPasquale, Belleville East High School, P/1B. DiPasquale threw a no-hitter against Carbondale on Saturday, April 23, striking out 6 and walking only 3 in his 5 innings of work. On offense, Ean helped the Lancers to a 5-0 record last week by compiling a .625 on base percentage, collecting 8 walks in 5 games. On the season, DiPasquale is 4-1 on the mound with a 1.35 earned run average with 37 strikeouts in 26 innings. He’s also batting .302.
Eli Hoerner, Freeburg High School, senior, SS. In a recent win against Roxana, Hoerner went 3-for-3 with 4 runs scored, 2 home runs and 6 RBI. On the season, Hoerner is hitting .534 with 6 home runs, 37 RBI and 28 runs scored.
Matt Miscik, Highland High School, senior, P/1B. In recent action, Miscik had a hit and an RBI in a victory against Alton. On the season, Miscik is batting .432 with 2 home runs and 19 RBI and also has two victories on the mound.
Jake Radosevich, Triad High School, senior, catcher. In action last week, Radosevich went 5-for-11 with 2 home runs and 11 RBI, including a 5 RBI game in a win against Cape Notre Dame. On the season, Radosevich is batting .429 with 4 home runs, 10 doubles and 26 RBI.
Spencer Stearns, Edwardsville High School, senior, P/3B. In recent games, Stearns collected 3 hits, 2 home runs and 5 RBI in two wins against fellow Southwestern Conference foe Alton. Stearns is batting batting .521 on the season with 6 home runs and 21 RBI. Additionally, Stearns is 4-0 on the mound with a 1.05 earned run average with 30 strikeouts in 20 innings. Stearns also has been recognized by the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame as a finalist for the prestigious Rising Star Award.
