Bradley Baseball stockpiling Mid-Illini conference arms

[Old Coach]

Bradley Baseball appears to be loading up on local (Mid-Illini Conference) pitching in the current recruiting cycle. Washington senior Gus Lucas actually committed to Bradley more than 2 years ago, but last week, fellow Washington Panther, Easton Harris, announced that he would be playing at Bradley. And just yesterday, Morton junior lefty Tate Roley announced his commitment to Bradley. Coach Dominquez has always done a great job of keeping local talent home and playing for the Braves. Currently, Jackson Chatterton (Dunlap), Ryan Vogel (Metamora), and Taylor Catton (Dunlap) have been regular contributors with 2 other Mid-Illini alums Isaiah Gudeman (Morton) and John Day (Dunlap) on the roster.

[James Wheat]

I see that players contributing on offense, how about the pitching staff recruited from Mid Illini? Are we getting good results from any of them?

[Da Coach]

BU baseball is not off to a very good start. They are 6-12 so far - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/baseball/schedule
Overall, the pitching has not been very consistent. The team has a 6.43 ERA and the team has yielded 122 runs in 18 games with an opponents' BA of .295.
This is Elvis' 17th season. Here is a summary of the past 16 seasons - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...all#post510816

[bradleyfan124]

BU baseball is not off to a very good start. They are 6-12 so far - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/baseball/schedule
Overall, the pitching has not been very consistent. The team has a 6.43 ERA and the team has yielded 122 runs in 18 games with an opponents' BA of .295.
This is Elvis' 17th season. Here is a summary of the past 16 seasons - https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...all#post510816

I have loved Bradley baseball but if the university is not going to support the program with a decent coach or full scholarships they need to discontinue the program and put the money toward their major sports, basketball.

[Da Coach]

For the record, the NCAA only allows a maximum of 11.7 athletic scholarships at the D1 level. Those 11.7 scholarships can be divided between a maximum of 27 players, and the roster cannot exceed 35 players (Bradley has 33 on their roster). Any player who receives scholarship money must get a minimum of 25% of a scholarship, so most are getting between 25% and 50% of a scholarship. It is uncommon for any player to get a full athletic scholarship.

So all D1 schools divide most or all of their scholarships. That makes it much more difficult for most private schools to compete, since their costs are much higher than state schools, and virtually all the players have to pay some or all of their costs.

Baseball is now 8-15, and 2-1 in MVC play. They won 2 of 3 over this past weekend at Illinois State - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/baseball/schedule

[bradleyfan124]

For the record, the NCAA only allows a maximum of 11.7 athletic scholarships at the D1 level. Those 11.7 scholarships can be divided between a maximum of 27 players, and the roster cannot exceed 35 players (Bradley has 33 on their roster). Any player who receives scholarship money must get a minimum of 25% of a scholarship, so most are getting between 25% and 50% of a scholarship. It is uncommon for any player to get a full athletic scholarship.

So all D1 schools divide most or all of their scholarships. That makes it much more difficult for most private schools to compete, since their costs are much higher than state schools, and virtually all the players have to pay some or all of their costs.

Baseball is now 8-15, and 2-1 in MVC play. They won 2 of 3 over this past weekend at Illinois State - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/baseball/schedule

I had heard Bradley only gave partial scholarships. I did not know the other schools did the same..Thanks

[bradleyfan124]

Talking a little baseball.. I saw where a pitcher from Illini Bluffs threw a perfect game. He will be playing at Bradley next year. He faced 21 batters and got 21 strikeouts. Amazing!!

[Da Coach]

That is incredible!
Here is more - https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/...t/73563358007/