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Peetz and Frombach
Lead Pointers on All-WIAC Baseball Squad
UW-Stevens Point senior first baseman Matt Peetz and sophomore
second baseman Jake Frombach were both named to the All-Wisconsin
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first team, while five others earned
honorable mention accolades.
Peetz was named to the team for the second consecutive year, while Frombach
earned his first all-conference award after being selected honorable mention
a year ago.
Meanwhile, senior catcher Joe Waksmonski, junior pitcher
Aaron Achterberg, junior outfielder Matt Polomis, freshman
outfielder Chuck Brehm and freshman pitcher Matt Simonson were
named honorable mention.
The Pointers finished 25-16 overall and placed third in the WIAC,
winning at least 25 games for the eighth consecutive season.
Peetz, a Spring Green native and River Valley High School graduate,
posted one of the best offensive seasons in school history with a
league-best .465 batting average. He led the team with 66 hits, 43 runs
scored, 14 doubles, eight home runs, 46 RBI�s and 27 walks. Peetz had a
21-game hitting streak at mid-season and finished as the school�s all-time
leading hitter with a .396 career average and 199 career hits. He also had a
school-record 43 career doubles.
Frombach, a Stratford native, was eighth in the league in batting with
a .367 average, along with 47 hits and 19 RBI�s. He struck out just nine
times in 135 plate appearances and also had just seven errors at second base
while posting a .950 fielding percentage. Frombach was selected to the team
despite missing the last nine games of the regular season due to injury, but
he returned for the WIAC tournament and went five-for-13 over the three
games.
Waksmonski, a Schofield native and D.C. Everest High School graduate,
was a first-team selection the past two years and hit .263 this season while
ranking second on the team with 34 RBI�s. Waksmonski caught all but two of
the team�s 41 games this season.
Achterberg, an Eau Claire native and North High School graduate, went
5-0 in league play, beating both UW-Whitewater and UW-Oshkosh. He was 5-2
overall with a 5.53 ERA. Achterberg had 42 strikeouts and 14 walks for the
season.
Polomis, a Wausaukee native, ranked third on the team with a .315
average and was second on the squad with 13 doubles. He drove in 25 runs and
did most of his damage late in the season, hitting .423 (22-for-52) over the
last 13 games of the regular season.
Brehm, a Spencer native, was fourth on the team with a .313 average and
also ranked second with 35 runs scored. He had eight doubles and six home
runs with 26 RBI�s. Brehm did not commit an error in 86 fielding chances in
centerfield.
Simonson, a Plover native who attended Pacelli High School, was fifth
in the WIAC with a 2.63 ERA while posting a 3-1 record. He posted a 1.69 ERA
in league games to rank second in the WIAC. Overall, Simonson had 28
strikeouts and just nine walks in 48 innings pitched.
UW-Oshkosh�s Jeremy Jirschele was the league�s Position Player of the
Year and UW-Whitewater�s Brady Endl was the Pitcher of the Year. |
