Righthander Brandon Kizer (Marysville, Wash.) ventured north to the Alaska Baseball League where he pitched for the Peninsula Oilers. Kizer pitched 28 innings in 14 appearances with the Oilers, claiming a 1-0 record and a 0.64 ERA - the lowest on the team - along with 22 strikeouts. The Oilers won the Alaska Baseball League and finished second in the National Baseball Congress World Series, while Kizer himself was elected to the ABL All-Star Game.
Trent Oleszczuk (Beaverton, Ore.) spent his summer in Corvallis, Ore., playing for the Knights of the West Coast League. A WCL All-Star, he hit .262 with 37 hits and added 32 walks for the Knights, who won the WCL title. In the championship series, Oleszczuk faced Redhawk teammates Eric Yardley (Richland, Wash.) and Cory Mack (Spokane, Wash.), who both pitched for the Walla Walla Sweets. Yardley appeared in seven games for Walla Walla while Mack pitched in six. Also in the WCL was outfielder Sean Narby (Auburn, Wash.), who played in 32 games for the Kitsap Blue Jackets, notching 17 hits and eight RBI.
Cullen Hendrickson (Auburn, Wash.), Michael Tevlin (Billings, Mont.), and Riley Tompkins (Lynnwood, Wash) were also in the WCL, playing with the Bend Elks. Hendrickson played in 27 games, collecting 11 runs, 16 hits, two homers, and 14 RBI, good enough for fifth on the team. Tevlin hit .232 with eight runs, three doubles and four RBI in 23 games, while Tompkins hit .235 with two doubles and three RBI in just five games. The trio helped take the Elks to a 29-25 record and the WCL playoffs.
Both Bryndon Ecklund (Elma, Wash.) and Nick Latta (Tacoma, Wash.) spend their summer in Arcata, Calif., playing for the Humboldt Crabs. Together they helped the Crabs go 40-13 and win the Far West League championship. Ecklund hit .288 with 21 hits and six RBI in his 25 games while Latta hit .289 with 26 hits-including a triple and a home run-to go along with 21 runs and 11 RBI during his 30 games played. Also in the Far West League were Doug Kincaid (Portland, Ore.), Marcelino Morales (Pasco, Wash.), and Jace Sloan (Puyallup, Wash.), who all played for the Southern Oregon Riverdawgs.
Lefty Nick Sours (San Carlos, Calif.) pitched for the Menlo Park Legends of the Pacific West Baseball League. Sours' 1.42 earned run average was the lowest on the team, and he fanned 25 batters while collecting four wins in 13 appearances. He helped the Legends to a 26-17 record and a second place finish at the Rawlings Cup Tournament.
Tyler Sustare (Bend, Ore.), Josh Kutz (Seattle, Wash), Blaine Jones (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), and Ryan Somers (Sammamish, Wash.) all stayed local by playing in the Puget Sound Collegiate League in Thurston County. Sustare played for the Hawks Prairie Cardinals who went 19-15 and won the PSCL tournament while Kutz played for the Olympia Athletics, who went 17-15 and took second in the tournament. Jones and Somers were teammates on the West Olympia Linx who went 11-20 and took fourth in the PSCL tournament.
The Seattle University baseball team will report to campus Tuesday, Sept. 6, to begin preparations for the 2011-12 academic year.