PREP BASEBALL 1993 / PRIVATE SCHOOLS

CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN 1992 RECORDS OVERALL: 9-3 LEAGUE: 6-2

COACH: RECORD AT SCHOOL Dave Bartelt: 22-7

RETURNING STARTERS YR. POS. B-T Matt Foley Sr. CF R-R Matt Krug Sr. P-SS R-R Erik Olsen Sr. SS R-R Doug Shiery Jr. LF R-R Joel Walker Jr. 2B R-R Wesley Wolf Sr. C R-R

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OTHER TOP RETURNERS YR. POS. B-T Jason McGee Jr. OF R-R

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TOP NEWCOMERS YR. POS. B-T Jeremy Steele So. P-INF R-R Eric Asalava Fr. P-INF R-R

OUTLOOK

Krug, the Academy League’s most valuable player last season, returns to lead the C-Hawks’ charge toward a third consecutive Academy League championship. Krug hit .450 last season while posting a 0.22 earned-run average. “He’s a great all-around player,” Bartelt said of the 6-foot, 155-pound senior. Bartelt said Krug throws in the mid 80-m.p.h. range and also said Stanford is among the schools recruiting Krug. Walker, a two-year starter, returns after hitting .400 as the cleanup hitter. Wolf returns at catcher, and Foley is a base-stealing threat who will probably lead off, Bartelt said. Olsen gives the infield stability at shortstop and he batted leadoff for most of last season. Asalava, a freshman, has emerged as Cal Lutheran’s No. 2 pitcher. “I think we can win league, but this is such a goofy sport in that sometimes you win when you’re supposed to lose and vice-versa,” Bartelt said. “We lost in the first round of the playoffs the past two years and I think the kids are tired of that. I look at the season one game at a time, but I know the kids would like to get past that first round this season.”