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2001 PAC Baseball All-Conference Awards
League batting champion and home run king Nate Kauffman (Sr., RF, Canonsburg, PA/Canon-McMillan) of Grove City College has been named the 2001 Presidents' Athletic Conference Most Valuable Player after leading the Wolverines to their first ever PAC baseball title.  Kauffman batted .446 and belted a school-record 12 home runs, giving him 23 in his four-year career -- another school record.  Kauffman, one of eight Wolverines named to the PAC first or second teams, also led the PAC with an .891 slugging percentage and in RBI per game with 35 in 29 games (1.21 avg).  Grove City's fourth-year skipper Rob Skaricich was voted PAC Coach of the Year for the second time in three years.  Waynesburg had seven all-conference placements, including five on the All-PAC First Team.  Bethany also landed five players on the first team.  Thiel and Washington & Jefferson received five and three all-league placements, respectively.

PAC Most Valuable Player: Nate Kauffman, Grove City
PAC Coach of the Year: Rob Skaricich, Grove City


ALL-PAC FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown/High School
C Charlie Humes Waynesburg Sr. Toronto, OH/Toronto
1B Mike Houck Bethany Sr. Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin
2B Brandon Maravich Waynesburg So. Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin
2B Max Schimmel Bethany Jr. Pittsburgh, PA/Baldwin
3B Scott DeUnger Bethany Sr. Charleroi, PA/Charleroi
SS Beau Bilock Thiel Sr. Pittsburgh, PA/Allderdice
OF Nate Kauffman Grove City Sr. Canonsburg, PA/Canon-McMillan
OF Adam Booth Grove City Sr. Hartville, OH/Lake
OF George Taylor Waynesburg So. Washington, PA/Chartiers-Houston
OF Brian Swartzlander Wash. & Jeff. So. Leechburg, PA/Kiski
P Jim O'Hara Waynesburg Sr. Windber, PA/Windber
P J.G. Louden Grove City Sr. Morgantown, WV/University
P Josh Molnar Bethany Sr. Avella, PA/Avella
P/DH Todd Welsh Bethany Fr. West Mifflin, PA/West Mifflin
DH Nate Cline Waynesburg Sr. Toronto, OH/Edison

ALL-PAC SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. Hometown/High School
C Jeff Conaway Grove City Sr. Freeport, PA/Freeport
C Sean Bristor Wash. & Jeff. Sr. Washington, PA/Trinity
1B Steve Navarro Grove City So. Gilbertsville, PA/The Hill School
1B Randy Chiquelin Thiel So. Kingston, TN/Hamburg (NY)
2B Jake Cuthbert Grove City Fr. Belle Vernon, PA/Belle Vernon
3B Caleb Goist Thiel Fr. Columbiana, OH/Columbiana
3B Mark Riggin Wash. & Jeff. So. Dunbar, PA/Connellsville
SS Mike Kashurba Grove City Sr. Latrobe, PA/Greater Latrobe
OF Jason Tremblay Waynesburg So. Pittsburgh, PA/Carlynton
OF Jon Kennan Thiel Fr. McKees Rocks, PA/Canevin
P Justin Magee Grove City Jr. Grove City, PA/Grove City
P Nick Sivrich Waynesburg Jr. East McKeesport, PA/Serra Catholic
DH Jay Dahl Thiel So. Erie, PA/Central

The following Westminster players earned PAC Coaches Honor:
Scott Nastase (So., C, Poland, OH/Poland Seminary); Brian Goettler (Fr., 2B, North Versailles, PA/East Allegheny); Nathan Statzer (Fr., SS, Zelienople, PA/Seneca Valley); Henry Klinar (Sr., OF, Venetia, PA/Peters Twp.); B.G. Davison (So., OF, Baden, PA/Ambridge); Matt Pournaras (So., P, Ambridge, PA/Ambridge); Pat Boyle (Fr., P, Ellwood City, PA/Lincoln); and Kurt Latta (Sr., DH, New Wilmington, PA/Wilmington).

GROVE CITY CAPTURES FIRST PAC BASEBALL TITLE
Championship Game, Saturday, April 28
Grove City 7, Bethany 4
Grove City claimed its first ever PAC title, defeating two-time defending champion Bethany, 7-4, in Bethany, WV.  Mike Kashurba (GRO) belted a three-run homer in the second inning that put Grove City ahead for good and southpaw Mike Suchan (GRO) hurled four-1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just three hits and striking out three.  Matt Kearney (GRO) picked up the save, setting the Bison down 1-2-3 in the ninth with two strikeouts.  Bethany jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first before the Wolverines rallied with three runs in the second and two in the third.  The Bison used a three-run fourth to cut the margin to 5-4.  Grove City (designated the home team) added two insurance runs in the bottom of the fourth.   Kashurba, Nate Kauffman (GRO), Greg Grupp (GRO), Jeff Conaway (GRO) and Marc Paoletta (BET) each had two hits.  Grove City, coming off a fourth-place tournament finish last year, fell in its other two PAC championship game appearances (vs. Bethany in 1999 and vs. Waynesburg in '98).  The title-clinching victory extended the Wolverines' winning streak to eight games.
F Friday, April 27 @ Bethany
Bethany 9, Waynesburg 2
Scott DeUnger (BET) hit the first pitch of the game over the fence in left and the Bison exploded for 18 hits in the seven-run triumph.   DeUnger and Todd Welsh (BET) collected three hits each as Bethany kept its three-peat hopes alive, needing to sweep Grove City Saturday.  Bison ace Josh Molnar (BET) yielded just two runs (one earned) on seven hits over nine complete innings, fanning four.   Charlie Humes (WAY) paced the Jackets with three hits.
E Friday, April 27 @ Bethany
Waynesburg 5, Thiel 1
Nate Cline (WAY) belted two home runs and drove in four as the Yellow Jackets eliminated Thiel.  Jim O'Hara (WAY) held the Tomcats to one run on five hits in seven innings of work.
D Friday, April 27 @ Bethany
Grove City 15, Bethany 5
The Wolverines opened up a 7-0 lead after two innings and never look back, earning their third appearance in the PAC title game in four years.  Grove City posted a six-run second inning in which four straight batters doubled and Nate Kauffman (GRO) followed with his 10th home run of the season.   Adam Myers (GRO) opened the scoring with a solo shot in the first.  Adam Booth (GRO) had three doubles, while Mike Kashurba (GRO), J.G.Louden (GRO), Jake Cuthbert (GRO) and Kauffman finished with three hits each.  All nine Wolverines who came to the plate scored, including six who scored twice.  Grove City banged out 18 hits in the victory.
C Thursday, April 26 @ Bethany
Bethany 13, Thiel 10
Scott DeUnger (BET) went 3-for-5 with a solo home run in the first inning as the Bison held off Thiel, who rallied from a 13-4 deficit with six runs in the ninth.  Mike Houck (BET) had two hits, including a two-run homer in eighth.  Max Schimmel (BET) contributed two hits and three RBI.
B Thursday, April 26 @ Bethany
Grove City 3, Waynesburg 2 (10 innings)
Adam Booth (GRO) collected three hits, including a two-out, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 10th that plated Nate Kauffman (GRO) with the winning run.  Kauffman also had three hits and scored two of the Wolverines' three runs.
A Wednesday, April 25 @ Thiel
Thiel 18, Washington & Jefferson 5
Demetrius Richman (THI) went 4-for-5 with a triple, double, four RBIs and four runs scored and Beau Bilock (THI) added three hits, including two triples as the Tomcats exploded for 20 hits in the 13-run victory.
Seeding: #1 Bethany, #2 Grove City, #3 Waynesburg, #4 Thiel, #5 Washington & Jefferson
STANDINGS

PAC

OVERALL
W L T W L T
Grove City 9 2 0 19 10 0
Bethany 8 3 0 18 22 0
Waynesburg 7 3 0 19 13 0
Thiel 3 7 0 10 25 0
Washington & Jefferson 0 12 0 0 16 0
Westminster* - - - 18 14 1
*Provisional member of Division III.  

May Scoreboard:
St. Vincent 6, Westminster 0
St. Vincent 7, Westminster 1
Bethany 20, Pitt-Greensburg 2
Bethany 14, Pitt-Greensburg 4
Grove City 8, Westminster 5
Pitt-Bradford 8, Thiel 1
Pitt-Bradford 13, Grove City 4
Pitt-Bradford 8, Grove City 5 (8 inn.)
Marietta 9, Bethany 0
Marietta 10, Bethany 6
Point Park 10, Westminster 3
Grove City 5, Hiram 4

ECAC Division II Championship:
Westminster 6, Dowling 4
Molloy 15, Westminster 0
Dowling 11, Westminster 3

FINAL TEAM STATISTICS 
BATTING            G    AB    H    AVG
BETHANY           40  1208  415   .344
WAYNESBURG        32   953  303   .318
WESTMINSTER       33  1005  309   .307
THIEL             35  1087  320   .294
GROVE CITY        29   894  259   .290
WASH. & JEFF.                NO REPORT

PITCHING        G    IP   R  ER    ERA
GROVE CITY     29 222.0 135  93   3.77
WAYNESBURG     32 222.2 138 111   4.49
WESTMINSTER    33 251.2 183 143   5.11
BETHANY        40 292.0 285 197   6.07
THIEL          35 254.2 280 203   7.17
WASH. & JEFF.                NO REPORT

FIELDING        G    PO   A   E    AVG
GROVE CITY     29   666 284  50   .950
WESTMINSTER    33   755 308  64   .943
BETHANY        40   876 369  89   .933
THIEL          35   764 321  84   .928
WAYNESBURG     32    NA  NA  NA     NA
WASH. & JEFF.                NO REPORT

SLUGGING           G    AB   TB    AVG
GROVE CITY        29   894  401   .449
WESTMINSTER       33  1005  446   .444
BETHANY           40  1208  529   .438
WAYNESBURG        32   953  409   .429
THIEL             35  1087  458   .421
WASH. & JEFF.                NO REPORT

STOLEN BASES       G    SB  SBA    AVG
WESTMINSTER       33    60   86   1.82
GROVE CITY        29    37   41   1.28
THIEL             35    33   40   0.94
BETHANY           40    37   61   0.93
WAYNESBURG        32    15   NA   0.47
WASH. & JEFF.                NO REPORT		 SCORING            G      R      AVG
THIEL             35    234     6.69
WAYNESBURG        32    202     6.31
WESTMINSTER       33    207     6.27
BETHANY           40    249     6.23
GROVE CITY        29    178     6.14
WASH. & JEFF.              NO REPORT

HOME RUNS          G     HR      AVG
GROVE CITY        29     29     1.00
WAYNESBURG        32     23     0.72
WESTMINSTER       33     20     0.61
THIEL             35     19     0.54
BETHANY           40     12     0.30
WASH. & JEFF.              NO REPORT

TRIPLES            G     3B      AVG
WESTMINSTER       33     12     0.36
THIEL             35     11     0.31
WAYNESBURG        32      9     0.28
BETHANY           40     10     0.25
GROVE CITY        29      4     0.14
WASH. & JEFF.              NO REPORT

DOUBLES            G     2B      AVG
THIEL             35     59     1.69
GROVE CITY        29     47     1.62
WESTMINSTER       33     53     1.61
WAYNESBURG        32     51     1.59
BETHANY           40     59     1.48
WASH. & JEFF.              NO REPORT

DOUBLE PLAYS       G     DP      AVG
BETHANY           40     35     0.88
THIEL             35     29     0.83
WESTMINSTER       33     21     0.64
GROVE CITY        29     18     0.62
WAYNESBURG        32     NA       NA
WASH. & JEFF.              NO REPORT

 
FINAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
BATTING                       G       AB      H      AVG   
Nate Kauffman, GRO           29      101     45     .446
Charlie Humes, WAY           32      113     50     .442
Beau Bilock, THI             35      127     56     .441
George Taylor, WAY           31      103     43     .417
Max Schimmel, BET            35      137     57     .416
Mike Houck, BET              40      133     55     .414
Scott DeUnger, BET           40      132     52     .394
Jason Tremblay, WAY          31      105     39     .371
Nathan Statzer, WES          33      125     46     .368
Todd Welsh, BET              39       91     33     .363
John Appleby, BET            30       78     28     .359
Jon Keenan, THI              34      105     37     .352
Brandon Maravich, WAY        31      103     35     .340
Henry Klinar, WES            30       98     33     .337
Nate Cline, WAY              31       98     33     .336
Scott Nastase, WES           32       88     28     .318
Randy Chiquelin, THI         35      119     37     .311
Adam Booth, GRO              29       97     30     .309
Sean Flood, BET              37       97     30     .309
Caleb Goist, THI             32      112     34     .304
Rob Thompson, WES            24       73     22     .301  

SLUGGING                      G       AB     TB      AVG   
Nate Kauffman, GRO           29      101     90     .891
Beau Bilock, THI             35      127    107     .843
Charlie Humes, WAY           32      113     92     .814
Henry Klinar, WES            30       98     68     .694
Scott DeUnger, BET           40      132     81     .614
Max Schimmel, BET            35      137     80     .584
Nathan Statzer, WES          33      125     72     .576
Brandon Maravich, WAY        31      103     57     .553
Mike Houck, BET              40      133     71     .534
Jon Keenan, THI              34      105     56     .533
Jason Tremblay, WAY          31      105     54     .514
George Taylor, WAY           31      103     52     .505
Randy Chiquelin, THI         35      119     60     .504 

TOUGHEST TO STRIKE OUT        G       AB     SO      AVG   
Jason Tremblay, WAY          31      105      2     52.5
Nathan Statzer, WES          33      125      7     17.9
B.G. Davison, WES            33      115     11     10.5

RUNS BATTED IN                G        RBI        AVG      
Nate Kauffman, GRO           29         35       1.21
Beau Bilock, THI             35         39       1.11
Henry Klinar, WES            30         32       1.07
Charlie Humes, WAY           32         34       1.06
Randy Chiquelin, THI         35         35       1.00
Max Schimmel, BET            35         33       0.94
Mike Kashurba, GRO           29         23       0.79
Nate Cline, WAY              31         24       0.77

HOME RUNS                     G         HR        AVG      
Nate Kauffman, GRO           29         12       0.41
Charlie Humes, WAY           32         10       0.31
Beau Bilock, THI             35          9       0.26
Henry Klinar, WES            30          7       0.23
J.G. Louden, GRO             26          5       0.19
Steve Navarro, GRO           28          5       0.18
Scott DeUnger, BET           40          7       0.18
Brandon Maravich, WAY        31          5       0.16
Nate Cline, WAY              31          4       0.13
Mike Kashurba, GRO           29          3       0.10

TRIPLES                       G         3B        AVG      
Beau Bilock, THI             35          9       0.26
Max Schimmel, BET            35          7       0.20
Henry Klinar, WES            30          4       0.13
Nathan Statzer, WES          33          4       0.12

DOUBLES                       G         2B        AVG      
Beau Bilock, THI             35         18       0.51
Nathan Statzer, WES          33         12       0.36
Charlie Humes, WAY           32         10       0.31
J.G. Louden, GRO             26          8       0.31
Max Schimmel, BET            35          9       0.26
Mike Houck, BET              40         10       0.25
Kevin Humberston, WES        31          7       0.23

RUNS SCORED                   G          R        AVG      
Charlie Humes, WAY           32         36       1.13
Beau Bilock, THI             35         39       1.11
Nate Kauffman, GRO           29         32       1.10
Max Schimmel, BET            35         36       1.03
Scott DeUnger, BET           40         38       0.95
Brandon Maravich, WAY        31         29       0.94          
Caleb Goist, THI             32         29       0.91
Henry Klinar, WES            30         27       0.90
Nathan Statzer, WES          33         28       0.85
Jason Tremblay, WAY          31         25       0.81
B.G. Davison, WES            33         25       0.76

EARNED RUN AVERAGE           APP        IP      R     ER     AVG   
Matt Pournaras, WES           10      54.1     28     17    2.82
Nick Sivrich, WAY              7      44.2     20     15    3.02
Terry Richardson, WAY          6      35.0     17     12    3.09
Todd Welsh, BET               10      55.0     37     19    3.11
J.G. Louden, GRO               9      42.2     17     15    3.16
Pat Boyle, WES                15      39.0     20     16    3.69
Josh Molnar, BET              17      49.2     28     21    3.80
Justin Magee, GRO              9      40.2     27     19    4.20
Bryan Goble, THI              11      62.1     51     31    4.48

STRIKEOUTS PER 9 INNINGS     APP        IP     SO      AVG   
Pat Boyle, WES                15      39.0     51    11.77
Terry Richardson, WAY          6      35.0     45    11.57
Ben Yeckel, WES               10      41.0     46    10.10
Jim O'Hara, WAY               11      43.0     42     8.79
Matt Robison, WES              8      41.2     37     7.99
Nick Sivrich, WAY              7      44.2     39     7.86
Todd Welsh, BET               10      55.0     47     7.69
Josh Molnar, BET              17      49.2     37     6.70
J.G. Louden, GRO               9      42.2     30     6.33
Bryan Goble, THI              11      62.1     42     6.09

STAT MINIMUMS
Batting            2.5 at-bats per game played
Pitching           1.0 inning pitched per game played by team
Participation      75% of team's games played

 

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