Athletics Hall of Fame

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1999 Baseball Team

  • Class
  • Induction
    2013
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball

The 1999 CSS baseball team put the program on the map. Led by late head coach John Baggs, the Saints qualified for its first NCAA Division III baseball tournament. CSS would play three extra inning games at the regional, two with top-ranked and host University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and another with 13th-ranked UW-Stevens Point. The Saints would fall twice to the No.1-ranked Titans, both in 11 innings, but defeated the Pointers for the program's first NCAA Regional Tournament victory on a Justin Harriman walk-off home run in the 10th. The squad featured eight All-UMAC first team selections. Kevin Kuklinski was named the UMAC Player of the Year and Dave Schlangen was the UMAC Pitcher of the Year. Schlangen, Harriman and Leland Swenson were first team All-Midwest Region choices, while Swenson was also named an All-American. The pitching staff set a single season program record with a 1.97 earned run average, which ranked third in the nation. The staff also tied a then-NCAA record with 13 shutouts. The team's .965 fielding percentage ranked second in the country.

Team Members: 
#1 Kevin Kuklinski
#2 Josh Lamppa
#3 Greg Young
#5 Jeff Lahti
#6 Jordan Rheingans
#7 Justin Harriman
#8 Joe Wicklund
#9 Leland Swenson
#11 Brian Sloat
#12 Adam Barta
#15 Jamie Steinberg
#16 Tom Berrisford
#17 J.D. Halley
#18 Corey Kemp
#19 Dustin Lundin
#20 Chris LePine
#21 Derek Bilben
#22 Nathan Ahlberg
#23 Dan Birkholz
#24 Kevin Kuklis
#28 Phil Giesen
#29 Dan Zuberbier
#31 Dave Schlangen
#32 Joey Wood
#34 Gabe Fransen
#35 Bryan Malovrh
 
Head Coach: #33 John Baggs
Assistant Coaches: #27 Eddy Morgan, #26 Tim Anderson

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