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Despite not playing high school baseball, Gareth Stroh finds home at Nebraska<\/p>\n

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Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. \u2013 Wisconsin Rapids Rafters pitcher Gareth Stroh was a stud high school baseball player who never played high school baseball.<\/p>\n

That is, Stroh\u2019s high school in Gibbon, Nebraska, did not have a baseball program. His only opportunity to play team baseball was during the summer travel baseball season. Stroh said the lack of exposure was not ideal, but being free during the spring season allowed him to pursue other sports, which he said helped him develop as an athlete.<\/p>\n

With little recruitment out of high school, Stroh chose Coffeyville Community College in Kansas. As a freshman left-handed pitcher, Stroh went 2-6 with a 7.97 ERA. However, it was spending the summer with the 2016 Northwoods League Champion Rafters that opened up more opportunities for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing to Coffeyville was one of the best decisions I have ever made,\u201d Stroh said. \u201cAs far as baseball goes, it gave me the chance to fail and learn from it as I had to learn how to pitch to better competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stroh finished the 2016 summer in Rapids with a 5-2 record, collecting a 3.60 ERA and 55 strikeouts. That year, Purdue\u2019s first-year head coach Mark Wasikowski gave Stroh an opportunity to help him start a new era of Boilermaker baseball.<\/p>\n

After two years with Purdue, Stroh said he decided it was time for a change. That is when he found an opportunity to play DI baseball in his home state with the University of Nebraska for his senior season.<\/p>\n

Stroh returned to Rapids for the summer of 2018, going 3-1 and striking out 39 batters in nine starts. He sat out the spring of 2019 with the Cornhuskers due to transfer rules, but said he hopes he can build up stamina and improve as a pitcher in preparation for his final year of collegiate baseball.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlaying summer ball here in Wisconsin Rapids and playing for Noto has been pivotal in my development as a baseball player,\u201d Stroh said. \u201cI have had the opportunity to learn from great coaches and teammates and how they do things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Want to attend a Rafters game this season? Single-game tickets are on sale now. For more information on all Rafters ticket offerings visit Raftersbaseball.com, call the Rafthouse at 715-424-5400, or come visit us over at historic Witter Field. The Rafters ticket office is open from\u00a09:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday at Witter Field, 521 Lincoln Street in Wisconsin Rapids.<\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. 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.\u00a0A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff,\u00a0over 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball,\u00a0including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (TOR).\u00a0\u00a0All league games are viewable live via the\u00a0<\/em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a>. For more information, visit\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>www.raftersbaseball.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rafters as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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