NSIC RELEASE

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The office of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference announced their preseason baseball standings and awards Friday, and Northern State was picked to finish 13th in the conference.

Defending NSIC tournament champions Minnesota State was picked to finish first.  The Mavericks garnered seven of the possible 12 first-place votes they could receive, and just edged out defending NSIC regular season champion Wayne State by two first-place votes and three total votes.

Junior Lucas Jung (Aberdeen, S.D.) and senior James Paul (Paynesville, Minn.) were tabbed as Northern State players to watch this season.

Wayne State's Joe Wendte was named NSIC Preseason Player of the Year after earning the regular season award a year ago.

Southwest Minnesota State's Adam Schrader was named NSIC Preseason Pitcher of the Year by the league's coaches.


2010 NSIC Baseball Pre-Season Coaches' Poll
1    Minnesota State (7)        151
2    Wayne State (5)            148
3    Southwest Minnesota State    120
4    Winona State            118
5    St. Cloud State (1)        114
6    Augustana             106
7    Upper Iowa            92
8    Concordia-St. Paul        82
9    Minnesota Duluth        76
10    University of Mary        53
11    Bemidji State            51
12    Minnesota, Crookston        30
13    Northern State            29
First place votes in ( )

Northern State University is an NCAA Division II affiliated school participating in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference and is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota.

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