College Wrap for May 28 - Jun 3, 2018.

By Kevin Wall
Canadian Baseball Network

The NAIA, NJCAA, NCAA D2 and D3 have completed their respective World Series and the NCAA D1 playoffs are in progress with teams advancing to the Super Regionals.

Over 200 Canadians on over 100 teams participated in playoff action and here is a list of the Canadian players on championship and finalist teams.

Canadians on Championship Teams

NJCAA D2 Champions - LSU Eunice
Nathan Holmes (Mississauga, ON)

NCAA D3 Champions - Texas-Tyler
Alex Bishop (Calgary, AB)

Chris Stodolka (Lethbridge, AB)

Canadians on championship Finalists

Team Ontario grad Cam Palmeter (Ajax, Ont.) of Freed-Hardeman Lions. 

NAIA Finalist - Freed-Hardeman
Cam Palmeter (Ajax, ON)
Darcy Moore (Sharon, ON)
Roberto Morson (Mississauga, ON)

NCAA D2 Finalists - Columbus State
Garrett Kirkwood (Calgary, AB

NJCAA D1 Semi Finalist - Southern Idaho
Brett Resch (Saskatoon, SK)
Shawn Grandmont (Lethbridge, AB)
Stephen Wade (Vancouver, BC)

NCAA D1 action
There were 19 Canadians on nine teams competing in the NCAA D1 Regionals (June 1-4)

Canisius has 10 players:
Canice Ejoh    (Toronto, ON) JR OF
Carson Perkins (Bienfait, SK) SO RHP
Conner Morro (Cheltenham, ON) JR IF
Cyrus Senior (Montreal, QC) SR OF
Jacob Martins (Richmond Hill, ON) FR IF

Jared Kennedy (Calgary, AB) JR LHP
JP Stevenson (New Glasgow, PE) SR LHP
Liam Wilson (Ayr, ON) SR 3B
Michael Ssemanda (Hamilton, ON) FR OF
Nick Capitano (Bolton, ON) SR C

The other Candians and their teams are:
Ben Onyshko (Winnipeg, MB) Stetson
Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON) Vanderbilt
Edouard Julien (Quebec City, QC) Auburn
Jackson Wark (St. Albert, AB) Saint Louis
Jack DeCooman (North Vancouver, BC) Washington

Jose Vasquez (Cambridge, ON) Northwestern State
Josh Burgmann (Nanaimo, BC) Washington
Mathieu Gauthier (Candiac, QC) North Carolina State
Matt Lloyd (Okotoks, AB) Indiana

Canadians in the upcoming NCAA D1 Super Regionals (June 8-11)

Ben Onyshko (Winnipeg, MB) Stetson
Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON) Vanderbilt
Edouard Julien (Quebec City, QC) Auburn
Jack DeCooman (North Vancouver, BC) Washington
Josh Burgmann (Nanaimo, BC) Washington

From the mound, 11 Canadian pitchers from nine schools made 11 appearances, three were starts. As a group, they worked 23 innings, striking out 19, earning two wins and one save. 

At the plate, 16 Canadian batters from 10 schools had 131 at bats with 35 hits and five home runs, producing 25 RBIs.

Notable pitching performances

Appearances: Ben Onyshko, Carson Perkins, Chris Stodolka, Indigo Diaz, JP Stevenson, Jackson Wark, Jared Kennedy, Jose Vasquez, Josh Burgmann, Mathieu Gauthier, Matt Lloyd

Starts: Indigo Diaz, JP Stevenson, Jackson Wark

Wins: Chris Stodolka, Josh Burgmann

Saves: Matt Lloyd

Strikeouts: Ben Onyshko (5), Indigo Diaz (5), Jackson Wark (2), Mathieu Gauthier (2), Chris Stodolka, JP Stevenson, Jose Vasquez, Josh Burgmann, Matt Lloyd

Notable batting performances

Home Runs: Edouard Julien (2), Alex Bishop, Kobe Hyland, Matt Lloyd

RBIs: Edouard Julien (6), Alex Bishop (5)

Batting average leaders (min 10 AB): Edouard Julien (.538)

Period pitching stats
Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Ben Onyshko, Stetson 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0.00
Carson Perkins, Canisius 1 0 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.63
Chris Stodolka, Texas-Tyler 1 0 3.1 3 3 2 1 1 0 8.10
Indigo Diaz, Iowa Western CC 1 1 2.2 3 1 3 5 0 0 3.38
JP Stevenson, Canisius 1 1 3.1 9 3 0 1 0 0 8.10

Jackson Wark, Saint Louis 1 1 1.0 2 4 2 2 0 0 36.00
Jared Kennedy, Canisius 1 0 2.0 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.50
Jose Vasquez, Northwestern State 1 0 3.0 5 4 1 1 0 0 12.00
Josh Burgmann, Washington 1 0 2.1 4 2 0 1 1 0 7.72
Mathieu Gauthier, North Carolina State 1 0 1.2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0.00

Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Matt Lloyd, Indiana 1 0 1.1 3 1 0 1 0 1 6.76

Period Hitting stats
Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Alex Bishop, Texas-Tyler 3 12 3 1 3 4 3 5 .250 .983
Brett Resch, Southern Idaho 3 13 3 0 0 4 2 3 .230 .615
Canice Ejoh, Canisius 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000
Conner Morro, Canisius 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .625
Cyrus Senior, Canisius 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 

Darcy Moore, Freed-Hardeman 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Edouard Julien, Auburn 3 13 7 2 2 3 6 6 .538 1.600
Garrett Kirkwood, Columbus State 3 15 4 0 0 1 2 1 .266 .600
Gibson Krzeminski, Iowa Western CC 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .000
Jacob Martins, Canisius 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Kobe Hyland, Iowa Western CC 2 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 .375 1.194
Liam Wilson, Canisius 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 .142 .392
Matt Lloyd, Indiana 4 18 5 1 1 7 2 3 .277 .871
Matt Turino, Jefferson 2 5 2 0 3 1 2 2 .400 1.266
Myles Miller, Northwestern Ohio 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.500 

Shawn Grandmont, Southern Idaho 3 14 3 0 0 4 2 1 .214 .428 

For information on the players and schools covered in this report, please visit the 2018 Canadians in College web page

For engaging accounts of Canadians in college baseball, please visit Matt Betts’ weekly BMOC -- Big Man On Campus
 

Comments regarding this report are welcome, please contact Kevin Wall <kwall@rogers.com>