KENOSHA, Wis. – The Kenosha Kingfish have signed two sophomore to their pitching staff for 2017. Left-hander Davis Schwab and right-hander Justin Hasek will be joining the Kingfish squad for the 2017 summer.
Schwab is a 6-foot-4, 215-pound sophomore at Johnson County Community College who has pitched 50.2 innings for the Cavaliers this spring, good for second on the team. Schwab is also second on the team with a sparkling 1.95 ERA, and leads the team with 58 strikeouts. Of his nine starts, four have ended in complete games.
Originally from Overland Park, Kansas, Schwab transferred to Johnson County after spending his freshman year of college baseball at Kansas State. There, he appeared in four games, allowing three earned runs in 3.1 innings on the mound. In high school, Schwab was a first team all-state closer, and held a 1.05 ERA with 33 strikeouts in 26.2 innings of work in his junior year.
Hasek is a 6-foot-1, 175-pound sophomore at Galveston Community College. He’s held down a 3.21 ERA in 42 innings this spring. He’s struck out 33 batters and has yet to allow a home run in 2017. He’s turned things around from his freshman season at Galveston, during which he had a 7.88 ERA in 16 innings with 14 strikeouts.
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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 (BOS), 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