Guide to the College World Series:

The top-ranked Johns Hopkins baseball team will open play in the 2010 NCAA Division III College World Series on Friday, May 28 at 5:30 pm (EST) against Heidelberg. The Blue Jays are making their third trip the World Series under head coach Bob Babb and hope to take the next step: JHU placed third in its first trip (1989) and second in its last appearance (2008).

Here is all the information you need to follow the Blue Jays as they take their quest for the national championship to the field:

Live Stats, Live Audio, Live Video: Live stats will be available for all games at the College World Series. Some games will also have live audio available and live video will be offered for the games on Monday and Tuesday. Access all three here: http://www.d3baseball.com/schedule/2010-05-28

JHU Blog: Johns Hopkins assistant SID Jill Olsen will be blogging throughout the weekend and has already posted several updates since the team arrived in Wisconsin on Wednesday. Check out the blog, which will include details of the team away from the field throughout its stay, here: http://hopkinssports.blogspot.com/

Photo Galleries: Several photo galleries have already been added to HopkinsSports.com and we’ll continue to add them as the weekend unfolds. Check out the existing photo galleries here: http://www.hopkinssports.com/photogallery/gallery_index.html?school=jhop&sport=&

Hopkins Baseball Gear: Available now in the official online store of Hopkins Athletics: http://store.cstv.com/marketplace/store_contents.cfm?store_id=346&product_id=170336&partner_id=13968

Hopkins Baseball in Print: Needless to say, the Blue Jays have enjoyed a great deal of media coverage in the days leading up to the College World Series. Here are the links to a few of the stories that have appeared:

Hopkins Shortstop a Winner Already: Read about Tim Rappazzo’s courageous battle against cancer and his return to the Blue Jay lineup: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-hopkins-baseball-rappazzo-20100526,0,7437900.story

Johns Hopkins Baseball Seniors Scoop Up Diplomas: A Baltimore Sun story on the special graduation held for the seniors on the Johns Hopkins baseball team: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-hopkins-world-series-20100524-19,0,2125874.story

Hopkins Duo Brings Playoff Experience: Sam Eagleson and Sam Wernick helped lead the Johns Hopkins football team to the NCAA Quarterfinals last fall. Now, their on the cusp of a national championship with the Blue Jay baseball team: http://www.d3baseball.com/notables/2010/05/25/hopkins-duo-brings-playoff-experience.html

JHU pair sports playoff experience (from d3baseball.com)

Johns Hopkins sophomores Sam Eagleson and Sam Wernick figured to have a hard time topping the season they enjoyed with the 2009 Blue Jay football team. After all, the duo helped guide Johns Hopkins to the Centennial Conference title, a school-record 10 wins and the NCAA quarterfinals. The trip to the quarterfinals was the first in school history and was highlighted by wins at previously undefeated Hampden-Sydney (23-7) and Thomas More (31-29) in the first and second rounds of the playoffs, respectively.

Nearly six months after that magical ride ended, consider it topped. With Eagleson pitching and Wernick sharing duties in right field, the Johns Hopkins baseball team is ranked No. 1 in the D3baseball.com Top 25 entering this week's Division III College World Series. The Blue Jays cruised to the Centennial Conference Championship,knocked off three-time defending Mid-Atlantic Regional Champion Kean, 8-3, on Sunday to earn a spot in the CWS and fashion a 43-5 record. Uncluded in the 43 wins was a 32-game winning streak--the longest winning streak in the nation this season and one shy of the school-record 3-game run JHU enjoyed to open the 2004 season.

The 43 wins this season are also one better than JHU accumulated in 2008, when the Blue Jays came within one strike of winning the national championship.

JHU's hopes for that elusive national championship are bolstered by the play of Eagleson and Wernick, who arrived at Homewood as freshman three months after the bitter defeat to Trinity in the 2008 title game. Eagleson earned Second Team All-Centennial honors as a cornerback in football in 2009 as he finished sixth on the team with 53 tackles and added team-highsc of six interceptions and nine pass breakups. In two seasons, he counts 97 tackles, 15 pass breakups and seven interceptions to his credit. Wernick, who earned ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honors in football and baseball last year, is just as productive as Eagleson as a wide receiver on the other side of the ball. Despite being slowed by injury early in the season, he totaled 51 receptions for 451 yards and one touchdown and counts 88 receptions for 1,114 yards and five TD's to his credit in two seasons.

Those individual efforts in football also figured to be hard to top. Again, consider it done.

Eagleson didn't throw a pitch for the Blue Jays as a freshman, but heads to Appleton, Wisconsin, this year with an 11-0 record, a 2.45 ERA and 54 strikeouts against just 22 walks in 73.1 innings. The opposition has hit just. 207 against him this season and he has already picked up the Centennial Conference Pitcher of the Year awards, with a shot at being named to the D3baseball.com All-American team this week. (EDITORS NOTE: Eagleson was named to the All-American team the day after this article was published)

Wernick has played in 34 games with 21 starts in right field. He is hitting .367 and ranks second on the team with 17 stolen bases on 19 attempts. He counts 33 hits and 27 runs scored to his credit and uses his wide receiver speed to track down balls in the alley.

Johns Hopkins will be making its third appearance in the Division III World Series, all of which have come under the wathful eye of head coach Bob Babb, who needs just one win to reach 900 in his career. Hopkins grabbed a third-place showing in 1989 and added the runner-up finish in 2008.

If Eagleson and Wernick have anything to do with it, they may just have what it takes to top that.

Also, Johns Hopkins head coach Bob Babb was interviewed on WMAR in Baltiomre on Tuesday morning, with his team headed to Appleton for the second time in three seasons. See the full video below!

D3baseball.com names 2010 All-Americans

Division III All-American baseball players typically stand out statistically ... so what are the stats for the "average" first-team position player All-American? A batting average of .453, with 61 runs scored, 80 hits, 18 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs, with 62 runs batted in, eight stolen bases, and a fielding percentage of .961.

What about the average first-team All-American starting pitcher? They have an earned run average of 2.01, having pitched 78 innings, allowing 60 hits, while striking out 79, and holding the opposition to a batting average of .211. These numbers put into perspective the caliber of the 2010 NCAA Division III first-team All-Americans.


The 2010 D3baseball.com player of the year is outfielder Dave Kahn, of the No. 1 ranked Johns Hopkins Blue Jays. Kahn batted .473, with 72 runs scored and 79 hits. He had 16 home runs and 70 RBIs. Kahn was joined on the first team by fellow Blue Jays Brian Youchak (2nd base; AA 1st team 2008) and pitcher Sam Eagleson. In total, Hopkins will bring five All-Americans to Fox Cities Stadium, when they play No.2 ranked Heidellberg in the opening round of the 2010 NCAA Division III World Series.

St. Thomas' Matt Schuld is the 2010 D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year. Schuld led the Tommies with 10 wins. He had an ERA of 2.05, pitched 83.1 innings and struck out 80 batters, while holding opponents to a batting average of .211. Schuld was a third-team selection in 2009.

Joining Kahn, Schuld, Youchak and Eagleson on the 2010 first-team are catcher Regan Dixon of Hardin-Simmons (3rd team 2009), Justin Franklin of Ferrum (1st base), Willie Brechun of Heidelberg (3rd base), Josh Fyffe of Penn State Behren (ss), Kevin Brashears of Shenandoah (OF), Ricardo Lizcano of Heidelberg (OF), DH Mike Marion of Virginia Wesleyan, Greg Van Sickler of Shenandoah (UTL), as well as pitchers Chris Degoti (Tufts), Dave Filak (Oneonta State; 2009 AA 3rd team), and Brian Rauh of Chapman.

In total, 12 of the 2010 D3baseball.com All-American honorees will be hitting the field for the Division III World Series, in what is sure to be a showcase of baseball talent.

(from d3baseball.com)

Baltimore Sun article about Coach Babb

As many of you know, our Baseball Blue Jays are currently ranked #1 in the Nation for Division III teams and on the road in Trenton, NJ for NCAA Regionals. This article was published in the Baltimore Sun on Wednesday, May 19th and we here at BJU have to agree....we think its the mustache too!

Babb has Johns Hopkins baseball playing razor-sharp

Blue Jays enter regional ranked No. 1 in Division III

By Mike Klingaman, The Baltimore Sun

May 19, 2010

Maybe it's the mustache. He had it 31 years ago, when he grabbed the baseball reins at Johns Hopkins. Now, nearly 900 victories later, there's still a trace of fuzz above coach Bob Babb's lip. And Hopkins keeps rolling along.

The Blue Jays (39-4), top-ranked in NCAA Division III, start their march toward the College World Series today at 1:15 p.m. against Moravian (Pa.) (26-13) in the Mid-Atlantic Regionals in Trenton, N.J. It's the 17th trip to the playoffs for Babb's team, which has never had a losing season under the 55-year-old coach.

Though the mustache seldom twitches, Babb's calm demeanor belies a ferocity within.

"His rule is: Act classy and respectful on the field, but play with a killer mentality," pitcher Sam Eagleson said.

It's a mind-set embraced by the players.

"He [Babb] is laid-back but intense in the sense that you know he wants to win every ... single ... game," outfielder Dave Kahn said. "With that attitude coming from the top, it's easy to play for him."

Babb, a Hopkins grad himself, has coached the Jays to 895 victories and could claim No.900 in the playoffs.

"Obviously, we have bigger goals than that right now," Babb said. One is to win the regional and return to the World Series, an eight-team, double-elimination tournament where Hopkins finished second in 2008 and third in 1989.

Babb said a national title is within reach of this year's Jays, who rose from a No.30 preseason ranking to the top of the polls. En route, they won 32 straight games — one shy of a school record — before losing the regular-season finale to Salisbury, which also made the playoffs.

"When these guys play well, they're as good as any team I've had," said Babb, whose winning percentage at Hopkins is a heady .742. "We've had faster teams and better starting pitchers, but never a bullpen this deep — or as much power from guys who hit for high average."

A World Series championship is all that has eluded the coach who calls himself "old school" and who doesn't own a cell phone. During games, he scribbles thoughts and strategies in a notepad, which he shares with the team.

"After every game, we get to see inside his head," second baseman Brian Youchak said. "How cool is that?"

Babb said his notebook also serves another purpose.

"On days when we're not scoring runs, I'll move the pad around — to the roof of the dugout, or in the helmet rack — until I find a place where we start to score," he said.

"Most players don't know that I do that, but my [assistant] coaches do. They think I'm an idiot."

Coincidentally, Hopkins leads the nation in runs scored, averaging 11.4 per game.

Also today, Salisbury (27-11), the No. 2 seed in the South Regional, plays LaGrange (Ga.) (25-18) at 2:30 p.m. in Fayetteville, N.C. It's the 11th straight postseason appearance for Salisbury, which reached the World Series in 2001 and 2004 but failed to make the finals. The Sea Gulls are ranked 17th nationally.

"This hasn't been one of our better years," said coach Doug Fleetwood, whose team won 38 games in 2009 and 41 the year before.

"A lot of people would be tickled with our record, but that's not the standard we set for ourselves. But we're here, where anybody can win it — so it might as well be us."

Did you see this?? Too Funny!!

SMARTLINK DAY OF RIVALS: Johns Hopkins' Senior Roommates, a look back
By Terry Foy
http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2010/04/14/smartlink-day-rivals-johns-hopkins-senior-roommates-a-look-back

If you're familiar with Inside Lacrosse Magazine, you've probably come across a feature in the Freestyle section called "Roommates." It all started two years ago when we sent surveys to a bunch of schools and Notre Dame and Johns Hopkins sent us back straight gold. Notre Dame's responses turned into last year's blog, one of the greatest additions to the history of mankind IL has ever made, and Hopkins' responses gave a glimpse into the lives of four studs at the D1 level.

I don't know whether Sam DeVore, Steve Boyle, Mike Kimmel and Mike Powers still live together, but they did at one point, and in the spirit of rivalry, here's a look back at the now senior stars dorm room two years ago.

Who...

Is the messiest?

Kimmel: Powers. You can't even see an inch of carpet in his room because it is covered with dirty clothes that he calls his wardrobe.

Powers: I am definitely the messiest, without a doubt.

DeVore: Powers

Boyle: Powers

Stays up the latest?

Kimmel: Powers. I'm convinced that he's nocturnal. I honestly have never seen him go to bed before 3 a.m., even if we have to be up early for something. Boyle loves naps.

Powers: Me. My roommates wonder if I even sleep. Boyle is in bed at like 9:30. He's always yelling at us to keep the noise down.

DeVore: Powers. Always playing his guy in Madden

Boyle: Powers. I'm not sure he even sleeps

Has the most DVDs?

Kimmel: DeVore and Powers both have a solid DVD collection. Boyle and I own one or two DVDs between the two of us.

Powers: Either me or Sam, but we really don't have a big DVD selection.

DeVore: Me. But Powers is always trying to take them.

Boyle: Kimmel. He loves watching game film of himself.

Has friends over the most?

Kimmel: DeVore. Everyone gets along with Sam.

Powers: Sam. He's a ladies man.

DeVore: Kimmel. They come to listen to his poetry.

Boyle: DeVore. Ladies dig the guitar, but Kimmel has newfound confidence because he got his braces off last summer.

Takes the longest showers?

Kimmel: Me. I take naps in the shower. We took a stool that we were supposed to use for eating and put it in the shower as a seat. It's quite comfortable.

Powers: Steve. Whenever I wake up to shower there seems to be no hot water

DeVore: Kimmel. He sits on a chair that used to be in our living room.

Boyle: Myself or Kimmel, but he is always late for stuff.

Eats the weirdest things?

Kimmel: Me. I put mayo on just about everything.

Powers: Kimmel. We kind of all eat the same stuff, but he eats the weirdest mix.

DeVore: Kimmel. Who puts mayonnaise on egg rolls?

Boyle: Kimmel. I'm pretty sure he eats mayonnaise with his cereal he likes it so much.

Breaks things in the room most often?

Kimmel: Me or Powers. We are both clumsy at times.

Powers: Kimmel broke the remote one time, so we couldn't watch TV for like two weeks.

DeVore: Kimmel. He managed to break the toilet paper holder.

Boyle: Everyone does thier fair share, but Kimmel never fixes anything.

Fixes stuff in the room most often?

Kimmel: DeVore is definitely the handiest out of the group

Powers: No one. Once it's broken, that's it.

DeVore: Once it's broken, that's it.

Boyle: Nobody really, they shut off our cable a couple weeks ago and we still haven't gotten it fixed.

Is the best cook?

Kimmel: Powers. He makes great egg sandwiches.

Powers: Me. But I can only make eggs. That's about as far as the cooking goes for the room.

DeVore: Powers. Great eggs.

Boyle: Powers. He makes a mean egg sandwich.

Is the worst cook?

Kimmel: Me. I only know how to use a microwave. I can't even make an egg.

Powers: Kimmel. The only thing he knows how to use is the microwave.

DeVore: Kimmel. Doesn't know how to cook eggs!

Boyle: Kimmel. I'm not sure he even knows how to use the microwave.

Go-to movie

Kimmel: Superbad

Powers: Superbad

DeVore: Superbad. Kimmel looks like Fogell

Boyle: Superbad. Kimmel looks like Fogell

Go-to TV channel

Kimmel: ESPN. Boyle won't let us watch anything else when he's in the room.

Powers: ESPN

DeVore: ESPN. That's all Boyle watches

Boyle: ESPN

Go-to meal

Kimmel: Chipotle

Powers: Hot Pockets or soup

DeVore: Chunky Soups and Hot Pockets, or Chipotle-Double Meat!

Boyle: Powers' egg sandwiches

Go-to video game

Kimmel: Madden, DeVore plays Dungeons and Dragons in his room though!

Powers: Madden or Top Spin

DeVore: Madden or Top Spin

Boyle: NCAA College Football '08

Go-to downtown activity

Kimmel: Making fun of each other and arguing

Powers: Just hanging out

DeVore: Writing poetry, sleeping, playing Guitar Hero or watching ESPN

Boyle: Arguing

Article in ESPN Magazine about Hopkins Lacrosse

Recognition Displays Added in Newton H. White Athletic Center

Further Enhancements to Include Trophy Cases for all 24 Varsity Teams at JHU

Johns Hopkins University Director of Athletics Tom Calder announced today the completion of the first phase of a three-phase project that will give a complete facelift to the Newton H. White Athletic Center. The completed first phase includes two free-standing structions honoring the University's Athletic Hall of Fame inductees and NCAA Post-Graduate Scholars. Coupled with the earlier completion of the department's All-America display, this initial stage of the project was funded completely by private donations at a cost of nearly $120,000.

The second phase scheduled to be completed by the start of the 2010-2011 academic year, will include trophy display cases for each of Johns Hopkins' 24 intercollegiate sports, a current champions display case and upgraded lighting in the Athletic Center lobby. The total cost for this phase is $125,000 and will also be completely funded through private donations.

The overall project in the Newton H. White Athletic Center has several purposes. First, it recongizes the accomplishments and individual achievements of today's teams and student-athletes, while making the University's collective memory of past successes more alive for alumin, parents and potential students. Second, it enhances the overall appeal of Johns Hopkins to potential recruits while demonstrating the importance and commitment the administration has placed on athletics.

Naming opportunities for this project as a whole, and others still in the planning stages, are still available. Please contact Blue Jays Unlimited at bju@jhu.edu or 410-516-6132 if you have interest in donating to this project.

http://www.hopkinssports.com/view.gal?id=66332

http://www.hopkinssports.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/jhop/genrel/auto_pdf/trophycasedisplays

Senior Student Athletes Attend CHAMPS Life Skills "Hands On" Etiquette Dinner

http://www.hopkinssports.com/view.gal?id=66215

Johns Hopkins senior student-athletes were recently invited to the athletic department's first Etiquette Dinner. The event, hosted by "Mom Nonnie" from Etiquette Plus, was a night of dining and etiquette adventures all in an effort to enhance the life skills of JHU's student-athletes. The students were greeted as they checked in, had a chance to mingle with fellow student-athletes all before Nonnie Owens began to walk them through a formal dining experience.

Owens began with tips on the cocktail hour and how to manage holding a drink, naking and plate of appetizers while at the same time being able to carry on a meaningful conversation with fellow guests. Conversation turned into the serving on the first course, a salad, where seniors were taught the differences between European Continental style and American Zig Zag. Everyone struggled with the European style and were back to American Zig Zag by the end of the course. The professional servers cleared their plates once the silverware was placed properly across the plate.

Many questions and comments continued as dinner and dessert were served. Students were curious as to how to eat soup if it was served, how to eat spaghetti, where to put the napkin if you leave the table. Mom Nonnie mingled throughout the room giving advice, making corrections and casually talking with our students.

The event was made possible by the CHAMPS Life Skills program; an NCAA sponsored initiative that was created to support the student-athlete development initiatives of NCAA member institutions and to enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience within the context of higher education.

The Johns Hopkins Department of Athletics will continue to focus on additional programming for other classes and, based on feedback from the senior class, mom Nonnie will be back in 2011