Former IUP Baseball shortstop Paul Bingham was called up yesterday to the Eugene Emeralds of the Class “A” Northwest League.  Prior to the promotion, he played 20 games for the Arizona Rookie League Padres in Peoria, Arizona.

Bingham, PSAC West Player of the Year and 1st Team All-American, was dafted this past June in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball Draft by the San Diego Padres.

Follow his new team:
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Jeff Ditch
IUP Baseball
www.winwithclass.com

Two current members of the IUP Baseball team, Robbie Zinsmeister and Stephen Cooke, were selected as collegiate summer league all-stars this past week.

Zinsmeister of the Quakertown Blazers in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League was selected as the shortstop for the west squad. The ACBL all-star game will be played Monday, July 12, on the campus of St. John’s University in New York.  Zinsmester is hitting .300 and leads his team in runs, hits, triples, stolen bases, and RBI’s.

Cooke pitches for the Winchester Royals of the Virginia Valley Baseball League.  Selected as an all-star for the north squad, Cooke has made 12 appearances on the mound and posted a 4-1 record.  The Valley League all-star game is Sunday, July 11, at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA.  Cooke was a PSAC 1st team closer for IUP this past season.

In professional baseball, IUP alum Paul Bingham is currently hitting .375 for the San Diego Padres Arizona Rooke League team.  He leads his team and is sixth overall in the league in batting average.  He was drafted by the Padres in the 20th round of the Major League Baseball Draft this past June after completing a record setting four year career at IUP and was named PSAC Player of the Year and 1st Team All-American.

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Jeff Ditch
IUP Baseball
www.winwithclass.com

IUP shortstop Paul Bingham was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 20th round / 604th overall pick during the 2010 MLB Draft.

He was the PSAC West Player of the Year, 1st Team All-American, and Ping!Baseball Top 35 for the Tino Martinez DII National Player of the Year award.

While Bingham played his way to the greatest individual season in IUP history, he also earned a 3.75 GPA during the spring semester in Geographical Information Systems.

IUP also posted a 2.95 spring semester team GPA and 3.09 for the 2009-2010 school year.

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Jeff Ditch
IUP Baseball
www.winwithclass.com

Our 2010 season has come to a close.  We were eliminated from the PSAC tournament last night by Kutztown and finished the season 31-24 overall, 29-19 Atlantic Region, 18-6 PSAC West (Champions).

We graduate 14 seniors who, when we look back several years from now, will forever be atop the record books.  And the 2008 and 2010 teams of which they anchored will be an important part of IUP Baseball history !

2010 Seniors: Jamie Smith, Jake Rougeaux, Paul Bingham, Mark Woleslagle, TJ Nichols, Josh Hildebrand, Eric Bruno, Corey Betz, Colby Betz, Kyle Stryker, Roland Thiele, Steve Mondschein, and Kofi Osei-Aning.

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Jeff Ditch
IUP Baseball
www.winwithclass.com

IUP has claimed the PSAC West Title !!  The PSAC tournament begins Wednesday, April 28, at The Point Stadium in Johnstown.

PSAC West
IUP 18-6
Cal 17-7
Mercyhurst 16-8
Slippery Rock 13-11
Gannon 12-12
Lock Haven 7-17
Clarion 1-23

PSAC East
West Chester 17-7
Kutztown 16-8
Mansfield 13-11
East Stroudsburg 11-13
Millersville 11-13
Bloomsburg 9-15
Shippensburg 7-17

Wednesday, April 28:
9:30 AM Cal vs Mansfield, 12:30 PM West Chester vs Slippery Rock, 3:30 PM Kutztown vs Mercyhurst, 6:30 PM IUP vs East Stroudsburg.

WIN with CLASS !

Jeff Ditch
IUP Baseball
www.winwithclass.com