Northwest Recruit - Luke Lawyer C

Luke Lawyer
Class entering NWMSU - Junior
Hometown - Shawnee, Kansas
High School - Mill Valley High School
Bats - Right  - Throws - Right
Height - 6'2"  - Weight - 190lbs
Born in - MARYVILLE, MISSOURI (yeah!)
Transferring from the University of Oklahoma
High School Awards - 4-year letter winner at Mill Valley High School.  Named First Team KAW Valley League and All World News Team as a senior.  Hit .420 with 28 RBIs.

Get to know Luke Lawyer -
First Baseball Memory - T-ball:  I played short stop.  I rolled the ball to first base because I didn't think the 1B would catch the ball.  I got the out.

Favorite sport besides baseball - football.

What reality show would you like to star on?  Survivor.

Who would play YOU in a movie about You?  Matt Damon

Member of the 2011 Kelowna Falcons Baseball Club.

Go Cats!!

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Northwest Recruit - Zachary Douglas C/UT

Zachary Douglas
Class entering NWMSU - Freshman
Position - C/UT

Bats - Switch Hitter  - Throws - Right
Height - 6'2"
Weight - 160 lbs
Hometown - Wheeling, Missouri
High School - Chillicothe High School
2011 Stats not available on-line.

Go Cats!!

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Northwest Recruit - Jacob Raffaele LHP

Jacob Raffaele
Class entering NWMSU - Junior
Position - LHP
Bats - Left  - Throws - Left
Height - 6'1"  - Weight - 210lbs
Hometown - Carlsbad, California
College transferring from - Grossmont College
2011 Statistics -
ERA - 5.40
W-L - 1-2
App - 9
GS - 1
IP - 11.2
H - 15
ER - 7
BB - 3
K - 7
2B - 4
3B - 3
Recruiting Service evaluation - A LHP/1B who attended LaCosta High School.  He has a nice strong build with long limbs and showed solid two-way potential.  On the mound...has a low effort delivery and throws with a short arm action.  He has an online delivery and his arm works well producing nice armside run on his fastball.  His change-up has nice sinking action and he also shows a solid 1 to 7 curveball.  Indicates a lot of room for increased velocity.  At the plate, he makes consistent contact but can get a little too long in his swing causing other parts of his swing to go array.  At first base, he has good feel around the bag with soft hands.  He appears to be very comfortable on the field...an above average fielder.  A solid student that could attract attention from mid to higher-level college programs in America.

Go Cats!!

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Northwest Recruit - Jace Anderson RHP

Jace Anderson Class Entering NWMSU - Junior
Position - RHP
Bats - Right  - Throws - Right
Height 6'3"  -  Weight - 170lbs
Hometown - Omaha, NE
High School - Creighton Prep
Transferred from Nebraska at Omaha
Stats - I found some summer American Legion Stats from the Omaha area (a legit summer league) where Jace led in saves (11) and Top 20 in Strike Outs (59).
2010 at UNO -
ERA - 8.68
W-L Record - 1-0
GP - 7
IP - 9.1
H - 14
ER - 9
BB - 6
K - 5

Go Cats!!

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Northwest Recruit: Ryan Lanke

Ryan Lanke
Class Entering at NWMSU - Freshman
Position - OF
Bats - Right  - Throws - Right
Height - 5'11"  - Weight - 175 lbs
Hometown - Pella, Iowa
High School - Pella Dutch
No Stats available on-line.

Go Cats!!!

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#1 Story of 2011 - A Moment of Silence for Matt Mason

I received this information from a fellow Bearcat, Brian Kever, 1995, about a teammate and Bearcat:

"Matt Mason, who played at NW, gave his life for his country today. He was one of the elite Navy Seals who was shot down in Afghanistan. Please keep his family in your prayers."

Brian cited this article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44043847/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/t/us-troops-mostly-elite-navy-seals-killed-afghanistan/

Pray for the Mason family.

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Northwest Recruit - Eric Swain

Eric Swain
Class Entering NWMSU - Junior
Position - INF
Parents:  Larry and Jannet Swain
Hometown - Jefferson, Iowa
High School - Jefferson Scranton High School
High School Coach - Mark Sawhill
Bats - Right  - Throws - Right
Height - 6'00"  - Weight - 185 lbs
Transferring From - Iowa Central Community College
2011 Stats from ICCC:
BA - .289
GP/GS - 58/56
AB - 173
R - 32
H - 50
2B - 12
HR - 1
RBI - 34
TB - 54
SLG % - .376
BB - 22
HBP - 11
K - 22
GDP - 8
OB% - .399
SF - 2
SH - 6
SB/ATT - 7/11
E - 10
Fielding % - .917

Go Cats!!

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Northwest Recruit - Tyler Durant OF

Tyler Durant
Entering Class at NWMSU - Junior
Position - OF
Bats - Right  - Throws - Right
Height - 6'00"  - Weight - 200
Hometown - Eldridge, Iowa
Transfer from Iowa Central Community College
2011 Stats from Iowa Central
BA - .313
GP/GS - 57/57
AB - 182
R - 43
H - 57
2B - 11
RBI - 36
TB - 68
SLG % - .374
BB - 20
HBP - 8
K - 17
GDP - 2
OB% - .399
SF - 3
SH - 6
SB/Att - 3/6
PO 49
A - 6
E - 1
Fld % - .982
Fastball clocked at 86mph
60 feet in 7.20 seconds
According to one recruiting service - Tyler is a RHP/MIF with an athletic build, good two-way potential, long arm-action on the mound, nice cut action on fastball, heavy life, nice tilt on curveball, solid bat speed, present strength, line drive swing plane, good hitting approach, good pop in bat, short to the ball, aggressive hitting approach, quick feet in the field, clean actions and solid range.

Go Cats!!

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Northwest Recruit - Jon Pomatto RHP/OF

Jon Pomatto
Class Entering at NWMSU - Junior
Positions - RHP/OF/1B
Bats - R  - Throws - R
Height - 6'00"  - Weight - 185 lbs.
Transfer from Neosho County Community College
2010 Statistics at Neosho County:
Batting Average - .347
GP/GS - 55/53
AB - 150
R - 44
H - 52
Doubles - 4
Triples - 5
HR - 0
RBI - 25
TB - 66
Slugging % - .440
BB - 22
HBP - 2
K - 35
GDP - 1
OBP - .429
SF - 3
SH - 13
SB/Att - 17/20
A - 12
E - 5
Fielding % - .950

Pitching Stats -
ERA - 3.82
W/L - 0/0
App - 3 (no starts)
IP - 3.2
H - 10
ER - 2
BB - 1
K - 3

Go Cats!!

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