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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019<\/p>\n

Contact: Matt Bomberg, President, Great Lakes Division<\/p>\n

matt@northwoodsleague.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Rawlings \u2018Big Stick\u2019 Award Winners Announced<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

J.T. Schwartz from the Loggers tops the list with .378 average<\/em><\/p>\n

Rochester, Minn. – The Northwoods League is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award. This award is given to the player at each position who had the best batting average during the 2019 regular season.<\/p>\n

La Crosse Loggers first baseman J.T. Schwartz leads the list of award winners. Schwartz earned a Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d by leading the league with an impressive .378 batting average.<\/p>\n

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\nRawlings has been rewarding the top hitters in the Northwoods League since 2007 in addition to honoring the best fielders since 2002. To honor their achievement, the nine award winners will receive an engraved bat from Rawlings. The complete list of 2019 Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award Winners is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/strong><\/td>\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nNWL Team<\/strong><\/td>\nCollege<\/strong><\/td>\nBatting Average<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/strong><\/td>\nLogan Michaels<\/td>\nMadison<\/td>\nVirginia<\/td>\n.354<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1B<\/strong><\/td>\nJ.T. Schwartz<\/td>\nLa Crosse<\/td>\nUCLA<\/td>\n.378<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2B<\/strong><\/td>\nMatt Bottcher<\/td>\nEau Claire<\/td>\nIllinois-Chicago<\/td>\n.367<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3B<\/strong><\/td>\nAdam Frank<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\nFairleigh Dickinson<\/td>\n.348<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS<\/strong><\/td>\nEvan Berkey<\/td>\nRochester<\/td>\nCal State Bakersfield<\/td>\n.358<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INF<\/strong><\/td>\nJustice Bigbie<\/td>\nMadison<\/td>\nWestern Carolina<\/td>\n.346<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nRichie Schiekofer<\/td>\nWisconsin Rapids<\/td>\nRutgers<\/td>\n.325<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nBrandon Seltzer<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\nPalm Beach Atlantic<\/td>\n.325<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nT.J. Reeves<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\nAlabama<\/td>\n.324<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DH<\/strong><\/td>\nJake Thompson<\/td>\nLakeshore<\/td>\nKentucky<\/td>\n.355<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\nTo be eligible a player would have needed to have enough plate appearances to qualify for a batting title. A player must have a minimum of 2.7 plate appearances per team game.<\/p>\n

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The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 26th<\/sup>\u00a0season, 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 230 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG), World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS) and MLB All-Stars Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (MIA). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/em>www.northwoodsleague.com<\/a>\u00a0or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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