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Aschinger And Winklepleck Are NAIA Honorable Mention All-Americans
Mustangs Have Record-Breaking 2005 Campaign
Aschinger And Winklepleck Named To All-Region Team
Three Mustangs Tabbed To All-GPAC First-Team
Carey Named NAIA National Pitcher Of The Week
Winklepleck And Aschinger Receive MVP Honors
Aschinger Is GPAC Pitcher Of The Week
Winklepleck And Meyers Rank Among National Leaders
Dalton Meyers and Mike Winklepleck each ranked among the NAIA national statistical leaders during the 2005 baseball season.
Meyers established a Morningside single-season record with 70 RBIs in 60 games to rank ninth nationally with an average of 1.17 RBIs per game.
Winklepleck was the nation’s ninth leading hitter with 67 hits in 154 at-bats for a .435 batting average.
Their exploits helped lead the Mustangs to a 42-18-1 record to set a school record for victories during the 2005 campaign.
As a team, the Mustangs ranked fifth nationally with an average of 7.41 runs per game, seventh with 53 home runs, 10th with 452 runs scored, 10th with 234 base on balls, and 19th with 105 doubles. The Mustangs’ pitching staff ranked ninth nationally in fewest walks per game with an average of 2.34 per game.
Aschinger And Winklepleck Are Honorable Mention All-Americans
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Grant Aschinger |
Mike Winklepleck |
Grant Aschinger, a senior pitcher from Lake View, Iowa, and Mike Winklepleck, a senior outfielder from Sioux City, were each named to the honorable mention list of the 2005 NAIA All-America Baseball Team.
Aschinger posted a 6-3 record with one shutout and a team-leading 2.28 earned run average this past season. Aschinger, who completed eight of his nine starts, allowed 81 hits and only seven base on balls to go along with 37 strikeouts in 73.2 innings pitched. His 73.2 innings pitched broke the former Morningside single-season record of 69.1 innings pitched by Nic Nelson in 2000.
Aschinger posted a 10-7 record with a 3.03 earned run average over his two-year Morningside career.
Winklepleck was the Mustangs’ leading hitter with 77 hits in 177 at-bats for a .435 batting average. His 77 hits was the second highest single-season total in Morningside history. Winklepleck had 15 doubles, two triples, four home runs, and 45 RBIs. He led the Mustangs with 18 stolen bases and set school records with 65 runs scored and 49 base on balls to break the former single-season standards of 55 runs by Ryan Meis in 1995 and 34 base on balls by Kory DeHaan in 1996. Winklepleck also topped the Mustangs with a .610 slugging percentage and a .558 on-base percentage.
Winklepleck batted .380 with 37 doubles, six triples, 11 home runs, 110 RBIs, 152 runs scored, 95 base on balls, and 44 stolen bases during his four-year Morningside career.
Click here for the entire 2005 NAIA All-America Baseball Team.
Mustangs Have Record-Breaking 2005 Campaign
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Mike Winklepleck |
Chris Losett |
Morningside enjoyed a record breaking 2005 baseball campaign that saw the Mustangs post a school-record 42 victories.
The Mustangs, who finished the season with a record of 42-18-1, shattered their former school record of 30 victories during the 2002 campaign.
The Mustangs hit .309 as a team and were one of the most explosive offensive teams in Morningside history with school-record totals of 452 runs scored, 556 hits, 105 doubles, 16 triples, 53 home runs, 397 RBIs, 94 stolen bases, and 234 base on balls. They broke the former school marks of 371 runs in 2000, 512 hits in 2000, 100 doubles in 2004, 14 triples in 2004, 52 home runs in 1988, 305 RBIs in 2000, 88 stolen bases in 1995, and 215 base on balls in 1994.
Mike Winklepleck, a senior outfielder from Sioux City, set single-season school records with 65 runs scored and 49 base on balls to shatter the former school standards of 55 runs by Ryan Meis in 1995 and 34 base on balls by Kory DeHaan in 1996. Winklepleck was the Mustangs’ leading hitter with a team-high 77 hits in 177 at-bats for a .435 batting average. His 77 hits were the second highest single-season total in Morningside history. Winklepleck also paced the Mustangs with a .610 slugging percentage, a .558 on-base percentage, and 18 stolen bases. He finished his four-year career with a .380 batting average.
Dalton Meyers, a junior first baseman from Hernando, Fla., and Chris Losett, a senior shortstop from Helena, Mont., were also individual record setters.
Meyers batted .333 with a school-record 70 RBIs to break the former school record of 61 RBIs Losett set last year. Meyers and Losett each slugged 18 doubles to tie a school record first set by Juan Matta in 2002. Meyers ranked second on the team with nine home runs for the fifth highest home run total in the Morningside annals.
Losett slugged 12 home runs to break Morningside’s single-season home run record for the second year in a row after he had 11 home runs the previous season. Losett batted .313 and drove in 55 runs for the third highest RBI total in Morningside history.
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Chad Kerr |
Grant Aschinger |
Chad Kerr, a senior outfielder from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, led the Mustangs with five triples to tie a Morningside record first set by Lincoln Wacker in 1994. Kerr was the Mustangs’ second leading hitter with a .347 batting average and had 68 hits for the third highest single-season hit total in Morningside history.
Aside from his hitting exploits, Kerr was also the ace of the Mustangs’ bullpen with a 2-0 record a 1.11 earned run average and a team-high four saves. Kerr limited the opposition to a batting average of only .203 and was the top strikeout artist among the Mustangs’ pitchers with 19 strikeouts in 19 innings.
The Mustangs’ pitching staff also produced a record-setting performance as Grant Aschinger, a senior from Lake View, Iowa, logged a school-record 73.2 innings pitched to break the former record of 69.1 innings pitched by Nic Nelson in 2000. Aschinger posted a 6-3 record and led the Mustangs with a 2.28 earned run average and eight complete games. He walked only seven batters all season.
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Josh Bay |
Justin Carey |
Josh Bay, a senior pitcher from Spirit Lake, Iowa, posted a 7-3 record with a 2.90 earned run average and Justin Carey, a senior pitcher from Elkhorn, Neb., went 7-4 with a 3.66 ERA to share the team lead in victories. Their seven triumphs were just one shy of the Morningside single-season record. Bay’s 72.1 innings pitched was the second highest total in Morningside history.
Jeremy Hespen, a junior pitcher from Belgrade, Mont., fashioned a 6-1 record for a .857 winning percentage for the second highest victory rate in Morningside history. Hespen had a 2.48 earned run average.
Aschinger And Winklepleck Make All-Region Team
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Grant Aschinger |
Mike Winklepleck |
Grant Aschinger, a senior pitcher from Lake View, Iowa, and Mike Winklepleck, a senior outfielder from Sioux City, have been named to the NAIA All-Region IV Baseball Team.
Aschinger posted a 6-3 record with one shutout and a team-leading 2.28 earned run average this season. Aschinger, who completed eight of his nine starts, allowed 81 hits and only seven base on balls to go along with 37 strikeouts in 73.2 innings pitched. His 73.2 innings pitched broke the former Morningside single-season record of 69.1 innings pitched by Nic Nelson in 2000.
Winklepleck was the Mustangs’ leading hitter with 77 hits in 177 at-bats for a .435 batting average. His 77 hits was the second highest single-season total in Morningside history. Winklepleck had 15 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 45 RBIs. He led the Mustangs with 18 stolen bases and a school-record 65 runs scored and 49 base on balls to break the former school single-season standards of 55 runs by Ryan Meis in 1995 and 34 base on balls by Kory DeHaan in 1996. Winklepleck also topped the Mustangs with a .610 slugging percentage and a .558 on-base percentage.
Morningside posted a 42-18-1 record to set a school record for wins in a season during the 2005 campaign.
Click here for the entire NAIA All-Region IV Baseball Team.
Morningside’s Grant Aschinger, a senior pitcher from Lake View, Iowa; Dalton Meyers, a junior first baseman from Hernando, Fla.; and Mike Winklepleck, a senior outfielder from Sioux City, were named to the first team of the 2005 All-Great Plains Conference (GPAC) baseball team.
In addition, the Mustangs’ Chad Kerr, a senior outfielder from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, was named to the All-GPAC second-team.
Aschinger posted a 5-2 record with one shutout and a team-leading 1.69 earned run average during the regular season. Aschinger, who completed all seven of his starts, allowed 58 hits and only four base on balls to go along with 33 strikeouts in a team-high 58 innings pitched. Aschinger has not walked a batter in his last 45 innings pitched.
Meyers batted .355 with 14 doubles, seven home runs, a team-high 60 RBIs, 22 base on balls, 34 runs scored, and three stolen bases during the regular season. He has eight RBIs through Friday’s play at the GPAC Tournament to raise his season’s total to 68 RBIs to break the former Morningside single-season record of 61 RBIs set by Chris Losett last season.
Winklepleck was the Mustangs’ leading hitter during the regular season with 63 hits in 144 at-bats for a .438 batting average. He also led the Mustangs with 17 stolen bases, 54 runs scored, a .618 slugging percentage, a .561 on-base percentage, and a school-record 41 base on balls. He slugged 13 doubles, two triples, and three home runs to help account for 37 RBIs. Winklepleck earned All-GPAC honorable mention honors last year.
Kerr was the Mustangs’ third leading hitter during the regular season with 55 hits in 156 at-bats for a .353 average with nine doubles, a school-record tying five triples, seven home runs, 34 RBIs, 12 base on balls, 14 stolen bases, and 37 runs scored. Kerr also had a 2-0 pitching record with two saves and a 1.50 earned run average in six appearances. He allowed 10 hits, walked 10, and struck out 14 in 14 innings pitched. Kerr was an All-GPAC honorable mention selection last year.
Morningside’s Josh Bay, Drake Carlson, Kip Hansen, Jeremy Hespen, and Jared Small were all named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list.
Bay, a senior pitcher from Spirit Lake, Iowa, had a 6-3 record with two shutouts and a 2.32 earned run average. Bay, who completed six of his nine starts, allowed 57 hits to go along with 19 walks and 34 strikeouts in 57.1 innings.
Carlson, a senior catcher from Elkhorn, Neb., batted .270 with seven doubles, three home runs, 23 RBIs, 20 base on balls, one stolen base, and 12 runs scored.
Hansen, a senior second baseman from Roy, Utah, batted .329 with six doubles, three home runs, 23 RBIs, 20 base on balls, four stolen bases, and 40 runs scored.
Hespen, a junior pitcher from Belgrade, Mont., had a 5-1 record with a 2.24 earned run average. Hespen allowed 40 hits and 18 base on balls to go along with 28 strikeouts in 40.2 innings pitched.
Small, a junior outfielder from Sioux City, batted .317 with 10 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 38 RBIs, 16 base on balls, eight stolen bases, and 48 runs scored.
Click here for the complete 2005 All-GPAC baseball team.
 Justin Carey has been named the NAIA National Pitcher of the Week for the week ending May 1.
He was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball Pitcher of the Week earlier this week.
Carey pitched a no-hitter in his only start when the Mustangs blanked Mount Marty College 7-0 on April 29. Carey, who walked three and struck out eight, twirled a no-hitter after teammate Heath Horsley had pitched a no-hitter in a 6-1 Morningside triumph in the first game of the doubleheader.
Carey is 6-3 with a 3.57 earned run average this season. He has allowed 52 hits, walked 16, and struck out 40 in 53 innings pitched.
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Mike Winklepleck |
Grant Aschinger |
Morningside announced its award winners for the 2005 baseball season when the Mustangs held their awards banquet on Sunday.
Mike Winklepleck, a senior outfielder from Sioux City, received the Mustangs’ Protexter Most Valuable Player Award named in memory of former longtime Morningside baseball head coach Don Protexter.
Grant Aschinger, a senior from Lake View, Iowa, received the Eric Johnson Most Valuable Pitcher Award named after the former Morningside pitcher and 1997 graduate who died in an automobile accident this past Christmas.
Winklepleck is the top hitter for a Morningside team that will take a 37-14-1 record into this week’s Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Championships at Hastings, Neb. He has a team-high 63 hits in 144 at-bats for a .438 batting average with 13 doubles, two triples, 37 RBIs, and team highs of 54 runs scored, 41 base on balls, and 17 stolen bases. Winklepleck, whose 41 base on balls established a new Morningside single-season record, also tops the team with a .618 slugging percentage and a .561 on-base percentage.
Aschinger has a 5-2 record and a team-leading 1.69 earned run average. Aschinger, who has completed all seven of his starts with one shutout, has allowed 58 hits with 33 strikeouts and only four base on balls in 58 innings pitched. He has not walked a batter in his last 38 innings.
Morningside’s other award winners were:
Top Defensive Player – Drake Carlson, a senior catcher from Elk Horn, Neb.
Most Improved Player – Josh Hansen, a freshman pitcher-third baseman from Onawa, Iowa.
Rookie Of The Year – Tom Kohl, a freshman outfielder from Leavenworth, Kan.
Junior Varsity Most Valuable Player – Ryne Young, a sophomore second baseman-outfielder from Sioux City.
Most Respected Teammate Award – Kip Hansen, a senior second baseman from Roy, Utah; Josh Bay, a senior pitcher from Spirit Lake, Iowa; and Chad Kerr, a senior outfielder-pitcher from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.
Top Practice Player Award – Rudy Pithan, a senior pitcher from Sioux City; Billy Mallett, a freshman pitcher-outfielder from Salix, Iowa; and Kip Hansen.
Coaches Appreciation Award – Scott Nielsen, a freshman catcher from Fremont, Neb.; Dave Schipper, a freshman outfielder-pitcher from Underwood, Iowa; Jim Braunschweig, a junior second baseman from Alta, Iowa; Clint Little, a freshman outfielder from Crab Orchard, Neb.; Ryan Hutchinson, a senior first baseman from Pisgah, Iowa; and Ryne Young.
 Grant Aschinger, a senior pitcher from Lake View, Iowa, is this week’s Hauff Mid-America Sports/Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
Aschinger had a 2-0 record with a 2.57 earned run average last week. He was the winning pitcher in a 10-1 triumph against Dakota Wesleyan University and a 10-3 win against Doane College. He did not walk a batter in 14 innings.
He allowed one run on seven hits and struck out three batters in his complete game win against Dakota Wesleyan. Aschinger also went the distance against Doane when he pitched a five-hitter with two strikeouts.
Aschinger is 5-0 with a 1.74 earned run average this season. He has allowed 44 hits and walked only four batters in 44.1 innings pitched. Aschinger has not walked a batter in 24.1 innings over his last six appearances.
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