Vote for the southwestern Illinois Baseball Player of the Week April 25-30
Vote for the Belleville News-Democrat’s Baseball Prep of the Week. Poll closes at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 5. 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:
Daniel Darin, Gibault Catholic High School, junior, OF/P. In recent games against Belleville East and Civic Memorial, Darin went a combined 6-for-10 with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored. Darrin is batting .446 on the season with 3 home runs, 28 RBI and 22 runs scored. He also is 3-2 on the mound with a 2.90 earned run average and 46 strikeouts in 29 innings.
Micah Georgian, Belleville East High School, senior, SS. In wins against Alton Marquette and Althoff last week, Georgian went 4-for-6 with 4 runs scored and 2 RBI. On the season, Georgian is batting .433 with 2 homers, 18 RBI and 34 runs scored.
Grant Huebner, Edwardsville High School, senior, OF/C. Huebner recently notched 3 hits and 3 RBI in a doubleheader sweep of Belleville West. On the season, Huebner is batting .403 with 2 home runs, 20 RBI and 26 runs scored.
Joe Mendiola, Belleville East High School, junior, 3B. In three games last week, Mendiolo went 6-for-10 with 1 double, 4 RBI and 4 runs scored in helping the Lancers to three victories. Mendiola is batting .571 on the season with 2 home runs, 29 RBI and 24 runs scored.
Tyler Tieman, Althoff Catholic High School, senior, INF/OF/P. In a recent game against Nashville, Tieman went 3-for-4 with 1 run scored and 2 RBI. On the season, Tieman is batting .403 with 2 home runs, 29 RBI and 20 runs scored. He also is 3-2 on the mound with a 3.53 earned run average.
Dom Voegele, Columbia High School, junior, P/INF. In four games last week, Voegele hit .467 with 2 home runs — including a walk-off — and 2 doubles while collecting 7 RBI and a 1.404 OPS (On-base Plus Slugging). He also earned a win against Salem, firing 5 innings while allowing just 2 hits and fanning 11. His efforts helped the Eagles to a 4-0 mark. Voegele is batting .333 on the season with 2 round trippers and 20 RBI while fashinoning a 3-3 record and 3.29 earned run average on the mound.
