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Richie Schiekofer Earns Second Award of the 2019 Season<\/em><\/p>\n

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Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. \u2013 Each season Rawlings, in partnership with the Northwoods League, gives players with the highest batting average in their respective positions as the \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award. This year Rafters outfielder Richie Schiekofer received the award with a .325 batting average.<\/p>\n

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Schiekofer came to Wisconsin Rapids from Rutgers. In 68 games, he had 76 hits and knocked in 24 runs. In addition, he was walked 39 times and only struck out 36 times, which is an average of .52 per game. This is the second award that Schiekofer won for the 2019 season, with the first being the Rawlings \u201cFinest in the Field\u201d Award due to his flawless defensive performance.<\/p>\n

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Rawlings has been giving out the \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award in the Northwoods League since 2007. Players need to have at least 2.7 plate appearances per team game in order to qualify. Schiekofer will receive a special Rawlings engraved bat. The 2019 Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award recipients are below.<\/p>\n

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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<\/strong><\/td>\nWisconsin Rapids<\/strong><\/td>\nRutgers<\/strong><\/td>\n.325<\/strong><\/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

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Want to attend a Rafters game next season? Rafters Ticket Packages are on sale now! For more information on ticket options visit Raftersbaseball.com, call the Rafthouse at 715-424-5400, or visit Historic Witter Field. The Rafthouse is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Thursday 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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