The Eau Claire Express has the most selections for the 2026 All-Star game in the Northwoods League, with a total of six players, as announced by the Northwoods League at 10:10 a.m. on Monday.
The eight selected players from the Trains will join the roster for the 2026 Northwoods League All-Star Game, which will take place at 7:05 p.m. on July 8th at the newly constructed Field of Dreams Movie Site ballpark in Dyersville, IA.
Eau Claire’s six players from the Great Plains Division are junior Hollon Brock from the University of Montevallo, redshirt-sophomore CJ Varsho from Winona State University, junior Olivier Martel from the University of Illinois, junior Brock Adamson, who recently committed to Missouri State University, junior Hunter Guenther from Winona State University and sophomore Jackson Niederwerder, who recently committed to Charleston Southern University.
The Trains are led by Martel on the mound, who is currently 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 13.2 innings. From the backstop, Brock is currently hitting a .415 with four home runs, three steals and 21 RBIs in 25 games.
Adamson from the mound has delivered 22 strikeouts in his 14.1 innings pitched with a 1.26 ERA. Guenther, currently 3-0, has dished out 44 strikeouts in his 35 innings pitched.
The last player from the rubber who will join the All-Star roster is Niederwerder, who currently has 25 strikeouts in his 17.2 innings pitched from the rubber.
From the outfield, Varsho has secured 27 putouts with a 1.000 fielding percentage. At bat, Varsho averages .388, holding 26 runs, four doubles and six RBIs.
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The Eau Claire Express is a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its 27th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 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, over 250 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner, and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB Gold Glove finalist and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TOR). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.eauclaireexpress.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or Google Play and set the Booyah as your favorite team.
