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Horsley
Named GPAC Pitcher Of The Week
Banning
Named NAIA Region IV Pitcher Of The Week
Losett
And Horsley Are Record Setters During 2004 Season
Morningside had
five school record setting or school record tying performances
during the recently completed 2004 baseball season.
The Mustangs slugged 10 doubles and 14 triples during the
season to break their former team single-season standards
of 99 doubles by their 2002 team and 14 triples by their 1994
and 2000 clubs.
Individually, the Mustangs’ most prolific record setter
was Chris Losett, a junior shortstop from Helena, Mont.,
who had 11 home runs and 61 RBIs to top Morningside’s
former single-season records of 10 home runs by Rick Smith
in 1988 and T.J. Sitzmann in 1989 and 54 RBIs by Chris Schiltz
in 1995.
Losett also topped the Mustangs with 57 hits, 107 total bases,
and a .605 slugging percentage.
Heath Horsley, a sophomore pitcher from Lawton, Iowa,
had eight pitching victories to tie the Morningside single-season
record previously set by Kirt Bennett in 1988 and Joel Rosacker
in 2002.
Horsley was the Mustangs’ ace with an 8-2 record and
a team-leading 2.30 earned run average. His .800 winning percentage
was the third highest single-season victory rate in Morningside
history. Horsley led the Mustangs with 67 innings pitched,
the second highest single-season total in Morningside history,
and seven complete games and was their co-leader with 11 starts
and two shutouts.
The Mustangs’ leading hitter was Kip Hansen,
a junior second baseman from Roy, Utah, who had 55 hits in
146 at-bats for a .377 batting average. Hansen, the Mustangs’
co-leader with 24 base on balls, also topped the team with
a .478 on-base percentage.
Mike Winklepleck, a junior outfielder from Sioux City,
was the Mustangs’ other co-leader with 24 base on balls
and the team leader with 44 runs scored and 17 doubles, the
second highest single-season two-base hit total in Morningside
history.
Chad Kerr, a junior outfielder-pitcher from Sergeant
Bluff, Iowa, led the Mustangs with 13 stolen bases and was
their co-leader with three triples to share the team leadership
with Jay Merrigan, a senior outfielder from Vermillion,
S.D. Kerr and Rudy Pithan, a junior pitcher from Sioux
City, were the Mustangs’ co-leaders with three saves.
The strikeout leader of the Mustangs’ pitching staff
was Byron Banning, a junior from Whitefish, Mont.,
who fanned 58 batters in 66.2 innings pitched. Banning recorded
the fourth highest single-season strikeout total in Morningside
history, while his 66.2 innings pitched is the third highest
total in Morningside history.
Grant Aschinger, a junior from Lake View, Iowa, was
the top control specialist on the Mustangs’ pitching
staff with only 10 walks in 62.2 innings pitched.
Morningside finished the 2004 season with a 27-27 record following
an 11-20-1 finish the year before.
Morningside’s
Heath Horsley, a sophomore pitcher from Lawton, Iowa,
is a first-team selection on the 2004 All-Great Plains Athletic
Conference (GPAC) baseball team as selected by the league’s
head coaches.
In addition, Horsley was named the 2004 Scheels/GPAC Pitcher
of the Year.
Horsley was the Mustangs’ ace this season with an 8-2
record and a team-leading 2.30 earned run average. Horsley,
who had an unblemished 6-0 record in GPAC competition, tied
a Morningside single-season record with his eight victories.
Kirt Bennett was the first to do it when he won eight games
during the 1988 season and Joel Rosacker also accomplished
the feat in 2002.
Horsley allowed only 56 hits and 18 base on balls and struck
out 25 batters in 67 innings pitched. Horsley also led the
Mustangs with 67 innings pitched and seven complete games
and was their co-leader with 11 starts and two shutouts.
Morningside’s Chris Losett, a junior shortstop
from Helena, Mont., and Kip Hansen, a junior second
baseman from Roy, Utah, were both named to the All-GPAC second-team.
Losett batted .322 with 13 doubles, two triples, and a school-record
11 home runs and 61 RBIs. He broke the former Morningside
single-season records of 10 home runs by Rick Smith in 1988
and T.J. Sitzmann in 1989, and 54 RBIs by Chris Schiltz in
1995.
Hansen was the Mustangs’ leading hitter with 55 hits
in 146 at-bats for a .377 batting average with nine doubles,
one home run, and 24 RBIs. Hansen also topped the Mustangs
with nine sacrifices and was their co-leader with 24 base
on balls.
In addition to the Mustangs’ first and second-team all-conference
selections, the Mustangs’ Brendan Banning, Chad
Kerr, Nate Vollbrecht, and Mike Winklepleck
were all named to the All-GPAC honorable mention list.
Banning, a junior catcher from Whitefish, Mont., batted .328
with 13 doubles, one home run, and 26 RBIs.
Kerr, a junior outfielder from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, hit .325
with nine doubles, three triples, eight home runs, 29 RBIs,
and a team-high 13 stolen bases. He also posted a 3-6 record
with a 4.77 earned run average and a team-high three saves
as a pitcher. Kerr struck out 48 batters in 47 innings pitched.
Vollbrecht, a junior third baseman from Waterville, Minn.,
batted .295 with five doubles, two home runs, 19 RBIs, and
11 stolen bases.
Winklepleck, a junior outfielder from Sioux City, batted .316
with 17 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 35 RBIs, and
12 stolen bases. Winklepleck was the Mustangs’ leader
with 17 doubles and 44 runs scored.
Morningside finished the 2004 season with a 27-27 record following
an 11-20-1 finish the year before.
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Heath Horsley, a
sophomore pitcher from Lawton, Iowa, has been named the GPAC
Pitcher of the Week.
Horsley won his
only outing last week when he pitched the Mustangs to a 5-2
victory against the University of Sioux Falls on April 25
in Sioux City. Horsley, who won his seventh consecutive start,
scattered seven hits, struck out two, and walked one in six
innings.
Horsley is the Mustangs'
ace with a 7-1 record and a team leading 2.28 earned run average.
He has allowed only 44 hits and 13 base on balls in 55.1 innings
pitched. Horsley has struck out 21 batters.
The Mustangs will
take a 24-22 record into a 6 p.m. game against Briar Cliff
University on Wednesday, April 28.
Byron Banning, a
junior pitcher from Whitefish, Montana, has been named the
NAIA Region IV Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
In addition, Banning
was also named the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC)
Pitcher of the Week.
Banning tossed a seven-inning no-hitter in the Mustangs’
2-0 GPAC victory against Dakota Wesleyan University on April
10 to hand the Tigers their first GPAC loss of the season.
Banning walked two and struck out four in the contest.
Banning has won each of his last four starts to raise his
season’s record to 4-3 with a 2.37 earned run average.
He has allowed only 32 hits in 44.1 innings pitched with 17
walks and 36 strikeouts.
He has allowed only one earned run and eight hits over 27
innings for a 0.26 earned run average over his last four starts.
Morningside will take a 22-16 record into a 5 p.m. non-conference
game against the University of Sioux Falls on Wednesday, April
14, at Lewis & Clark Park.
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