Mateer Becomes First Baker Women’s Golfer Named to Academic All-District Team

BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – Baker University senior women’s golfer Lindsey Mateer continues to collect awards, as she became the first-ever in Baker University men’s or women’s golf to be named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Women’s At-Large Team.

The award is to recognize the nations top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom.

First-Team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

Mateer is just one of 11 athletes named to the First-Team College Division from District 3 which comes from a pool of athletes from the States of Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

All nomination criteria must be met for a nomination to be valid.

-  Nominations for the Academic All-America® program will be accepted only from current dues-paying CoSIDA members.

-  CoSIDA members may nominate student-athletes only from their own institution.

- To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution. 

-  Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team’s games at the position listed on the nomination form (where applicable). In baseball and softball, pitchers must have at least 10.0 innings pitched. Athletes who have not participated in at least 50 percent of their team’s contests are not eligible.

-  No student-athlete is eligible until he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility.

-  In the cases of transfers, graduate students and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible.

-  Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or better both as an undergrad and in grad school.

-  All nomination deadlines are strictly followed.

-  With the exception of the at-large program, there are no limits in the number of athletes an institution may nominate. However, please make sure the student-athlete is either a starter or an important reserve.

Only four Baker student-athletes have ever been named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, Josh Rydberg (Men’s Soccer), Jordan Dolbib (Women’s Soccer), Katie Thurbon (Women’s Track & Field) and Aaron Caldwell (Men’s Track & Field).

Kansas Archeology Training Program June 2-17

Public Invited to Participate in Archeological Excavation in Council Grove, Kansas

Volunteers are invited to participate in the 2016 Kansas Archeology Training Program (KATP) Field School, June 2-17, at the Last Chance Store (14MO367).  The National Historic Landmark at 502 West Main Street in Council Grove was acquired as a state historic site in 2015.  Built in 1857, it was a key stop on the Santa Fe Trail.  In addition, a metal detection survey and testing will be conducted at the 1851 Kaw Methodist Mission State Historic Site (14MO368) at 500 North Mission.  Both sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

This year marks the 41st anniversary of the KATP Field School, which provides a hands-on opportunity for the public to work alongside professional and avocational archeologists in the field and in the laboratory.  No experience is necessary, just a desire to learn.  Volunteers can participate for one day or the entire 16 days.  Participants may assist archeologists in strategic test excavation of the sites and/or help with cleaning and cataloging artifacts in the lab.  Archeology technique courses are offered and may be taken for college credit or simply for personal enrichment.

Participation fee for KATP field school is $30 for members of the Kansas Anthropological Association (KAA) or Kansas Historical Foundation (KHF).  Nonmember fee is $90.  Children must be at least 10 years old and accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.  The registration packet and further details are available on the KSHS website at www.kshs.org/14622 (including forms for KAA and KHF membership).  For more information call Virginia Wulfkuhle at 785-272-8681, ext. 266.  

Project headquarters for classes and the artifact processing lab will be the Council Grove Junior-Senior High School at 129 Hockaday Street.  While field school is in session, visitors are welcome to visit the excavation site and the lab to see artifacts being processed; visitor hours are 9am to 11:30am and 1:30pm to 4pm.  Classes offered include Archeological Fieldwork, Mapping, Between Discovery and Excavation: Testing Archeological Sites, and Architectural Buildings Survey.

A full schedule of evening programs will be free and open to the public; the schedule is posted on the KSHS website at www.kshs.org/14622 (click on “Registration Packet – Part 1,” link, then scroll down to “2016 KATP Evening Programs”).  At Collectors Night on June 8, the public is invited to bring artifacts for identification by archeologists.  In addition, a daytime “Scan and Share” event is set for June 9, 9:30am to 3pm, where the public is encouraged to bring historical photographs, postcards, and documents to be scanned; originals will be returned to the owners and scanned images will be added to state archives and shared with the Morris County Historical Society.

The 2016 field school is sponsored by the Kansas Historical Society and the Kansas Anthropological Association. Preregistration must be postmarked by May 20.

Bass, Greenbaum & Rivera-Albeso Named to Heart All-Conference Baeball Teams

BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – Three members of the Baker University baseball team earned spots on the 2016 Heart of America Athletic Conference All-Conference teams, as seniors Gabe Greenbaum and Austin Bass were named to the Second Team All-Conference, while reliever Kekai Rivera-Albeso was named to the Honorable Mention All-Conference squad.

Bass led Baker with a .362 batting average, along with a team-high 59 hits, six triples and was fourth on the team with 13 stolen bases.

Greenbaum hit .338 his senior season and led Baker with 40 runs scored and his on base percentage of .495 led the ‘Cats. He was also second on the team in stolen bases with 17.

Rivera-Albeso was arguably the Wildcats’ best reliever. He led the team with a 3.48 ERA and in his 20.2 innings of work, he allowed only four extra base hits.

The Wildcats ended its season in the semifinals of the Heart Conference Championship last week and its 24 wins are the most since 1999.

Number 5 Baker Ends Heart Tournament Run in Semifinals

JOPLIN, Mo. – No. 5 seeded Baker University baseball team ended its impressive run through the 2016 Heart of America Athletic Conference in the semifinals to Number 4 MNU, 12-7, on Sunday afternoon.

Baker ends its season with a record of 24-31. MNU opened up a 4-0 lead heading into the Bot. of the 2^nd inning, then Baker added two in the bottom of the second.

After MNU took a 6-2 lead, Baker scored three more in the third and two in the fourth to take a 7-6 lead.

But the Pioneer pitching staff held Baker scoreless in the 5^th through 9^th innings to move onto the championship game to face number 2 CMU.

Lake Johnson got the start for Baker and threw 2.2 innings, allowing six runs. Jack Mayes through four innings allowing five earned runs and earned the loss and Austin Stendeback also through 2.1 innings of work, allowing just one earned run.

Both of Gabe Greenbaum’s hits went for extra bases, as he had a triple and double. Charlie Coleman and Wes Summers had doubles for Baker.

Summers knocked in a team-high two RBI’s, while Greenbaum, Jacks, Austin Bass and Neal Boyce all knocked in one run each.

NAIA Baseball Box Score

Heart of America Post-Season Championship

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	3	1	2	0	1	0	4	1	0		12	15	1
Baker (Kan.)	0	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		7	10	1

Baker Captures Sixth-Straight Heart Outdoor Track Championship

DES MOINES, Kan. – The Baker University men’s outdoor track & field team captured its sixth-straight Heart of America Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa on the campus of Grand View University.

Baker has now won Heart titles in men’s outdoor track in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and now 2016.

Head track & field coach Ryan Pitts earned the Heart Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Coach of the Year award, he also won the 2016 Heart Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year in March.

Also earning awards for Baker were senior Dayshawn Berndt who earned the Men’s Track Athlete of the Year award, while freshman Gloria Mares earned the Women’s Track Athlete of the Year honor.

Mares won the 200m race in a time of 25.01 and Berndt took first in the men’s 200m dash in a time of 21.58.

Baker earned 178.5 points, while Graceland took second with 140.5 points.

On the women’s side, Baker finished in fourth place behind first-place Grand View, second-place Benedictine and third-place MNU. Baker had previously won the last four Heart Women’s Outdoor Track & Field championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.

Two Baker men’s athletes broke school records, as Tyler Randall broke the program record in the 800 in a time of 1:54.91, while Jesse Mathews broke the school record in the 400m hurdles in a time of 53.86.

Brenda McCollum took home first in the women’s 5,000m race walk in a time of 27:59.19. Jamie Steury also captured first in the 3,000m steeple chase in a time of 9:55.63.

Josh Peck took home an individual championship in the men’s discus throw with a mark of 51.74m.