KENOSHA, Wis. – The Kenosha Kingfish have begun building their roster for the 2017 season and are excited to announce that three returning pitchers are among the first additions to the club. “We are proud to welcome these players back to Kenosha for another successful season,” states Kingfish General Manager Zac Pallissard. Right-handed pitchers Christian Bokich and Cole Erickson were members of the 2016 Kingfish, while Josh Serio returns from the 2015 Championship squad.
Serio was a star on Kenosha’s 2015 playoff squad and will hope to repeat that success again this summer. He finished the 2015 season with a remarkable 0.89 ERA in 40.1 innings spanning seven starts. He struck out 46 batters while walking 14 and allowing just 25 hits. He finished his season with 12.1 innings of three-hit shutout baseball across his final two starts of the season. Serio is currently a junior at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Erickson, a junior at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, was one of the steadiest presences on the mound for the Kingfish in 2016, leading the team in innings pitched (68) and strikeouts (52). Erickson’s best start of the year came on June 27th in the form of seven innings of shutout baseball against the Kalamazoo Growlers, in which he allowed three hits and struck out eight.
Bokich appeared in four games for the Kingfish in 2016, starting three of them. He compiled a 2.95 ERA in 21.1 innings pitched, striking out 13 and walking nine. His final start of the year was a seven-inning gem against the Wisconsin Woodchucks, during which he allowed one run on five hits. Bokich is currently a junior at Lee University in Tennessee.
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The Kenosha Kingfish are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, 160 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League YouTube channel. For more information, visit www.kingfishbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Kingfish as your favorite team.