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Aug. 7, 2007

Penguins Concluding Impressive Summer Seasons

Youngstown -- A group of Youngstown State baseball players are finishing up their summer seasons with impressive numbers and honors in three top-level wooden bat leagues across the country.

    Erich Diedrich was named First-Team All-Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League as a first baseman for the Columbus All-Americans. Batting cleanup in the wooden-bat league, Diedrich hit .350 during the regular season and ranked ranked second in the league total bases, third in home runs and fourth in hits and runs scored. He then went 8-for-12 with four runs scored in four postseason games to help lead the All-Americans to the Great Lakes League title. Earlier in the year Diedrich was named to the all star team.
    Relief pitcher Ryan Wackerman also earned second-team honors and was an all star in the Great Lakes League as a member of the Southern Ohio Copperheads. Wackerman finished the regular season with a record of 2-0 with one save while compiling a 0.87 ERA in 17 appearances. He allowed 15 hits and two earned runs in his 20 2/3 innings, and opposing batters hit .203 against him. Wackerman struck out three hitters in 2 2/3 scoreless frames in the quarterfinals of the playoffs in his only postseason appearance.
    John Koehnlein and Dustin Wachter joined Wackerman on the Copperheads team. Koehnlein hit .282 and scored 18 runs in 31 games while Wachter hit .303 in 13 games during the regular season. Koehnlein then stormed into the postseason by posting hits in his first seven at bats before going 0-for-4 against Diedrich's All-Americans in the semifinals.
    Chuck Schiffhauer finished the year with a 2.67 ERA and struck out 19 batters in 30 1/3 innings for the Stark County Terriers.

Josh Page and Adam Kalafos had solid seasons for the Staunton Braves in the Valley Baseball League in Virginia. Page hit .277, scored 19 runs, stole 15 bases and turned 25 double plays to earn team MVP honors. Kalafos went 5-1 with a 2.92 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 49.1 innings over nine starts.

In the Texas Collegiate League, Lucas Engle and Ryan Sellman are still pitching for the playoff-bound Coppell Copperheads. Engle is entering postseason play with a 3-0 record and a 2.23 ERA in nine appearances. He has made five starts and four appearances out of the bullpen, and opposing batters are hitting .213 against him. Sellman is 1-0 with a save and a 3.68 ERA in 14 appearances out of the bullpen.