2023 Tryouts!

Players who are looking to continue their baseball careers are encouraged to tryout for club baseball here at UW-Madison. New players that want to tryout should fill out this form.

We have two informational New Player Meetings:
Wednesday August 30 from 6-7pm
Thursday August 31 from 6-7pm
Both meetings are at Helen C White in room 4208. Players only need to attend one of the meetings.

Our first initial tryout dates are:
Tuesday September 5 from 10pm-Midnight
Wednesday September 6 from 9pm-Midnight
The tryouts will be held at Near West Fields at 2001 Observatory Dr, Madison, WI 53706.

If you have any questions or want to reach out, please contact our club president Quentin Jehn via email at qjehn@wisc.edu.

We look forward to meeting you at the New Player Meetings and seeing you at tryouts!

Upcoming Schedules

Due to weather and other circumstances, the schedules for both D1 D2 have changed slightly. Here’s how the remainder of our teams’ regular season schedules look.

D1:
4-15 Away at Northwestern. Doubleheader starting at 2pm.
4-16 Away at Northwestern. Single game starting at Noon.

4-22 Home vs Whitewater. Doubleheader starting at 6pm.
4-23 Home vs Whitewater. Single game starting at 11am.

 

D2:
4-15 Home vs La Crosse. Doubleheader starting at 6pm.
4-16 Home vs La Crosse. Single game starting at 10am.

4-22 Away at Illinois State (D1). Exhibition.
4-23 Away at Illinois State (D1). Exhibition.

D1 is 6-0 in conference play, good for a two game lead in conference,  with a 9-2 overall record. D2 is 7-2 in conference play, good for a half game lead in conference, with a 9-5 overall record.

Fall Recap, Spring Preview

Both the DI and DII teams got off to strong starts in the Fall season.

DI went undefeated in the fall winning the Duel in the Dells tournament in Mauston, WI. DI also swept a three game series on the road against Marquette in conference play, scoring 35 runs across the three games.

DII hosted a ranked Creighton team for a three game weekend series. Each game was tight, but with solid pitching, good defense, and timely hitting, DII took two out of three in the series and now sits atop the conference standings.

Both DI and DII will head to Panama City Beach, Florida for spring break the week of March 11-18 for the NCBA Swing Into Spring spring training games.

The DI team will look to carry its fall hot stretch into the spring. Their conference schedule for the spring goes:

3/31-4/2 vs UW-Milwaukee
4/7-4/9 @ Northwestern
4/21-4/23 vs Whitewater

DII will defend its top spot in the standings against these conference foes in the spring:

3/31-4/2 @ Wayne State
4/7-4/9 @ Northwestern Missouri
4/14-4/16 vs La Crosse

On Wisconsin!

Wisconsin Baseball Back in Action in Panama City Beach, FL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

After a few months off, Wisconsin baseball will be back in action soon!

During the week of spring break (March 12-19), Wisconsin DI and DII will be making the trek down to Panama City Beach, FL for the annual NCBA Swing Into Spring spring training games. These games have moved from their previous home of Plant City, FL to a brand new facility (Panama City Beach Sports Complex), and we are extremely excited to get back to playing in the warmth.

Both teams will be playing at the same times. Their schedules for this event go as such:

DI Schedule:

Sunday 3/13/22:

  • Wisconsin v. Ohio State (DI) – 4:00 PM Field 4
  • Wisconsin v. North Dakota – 7:00 PM Field 4

Monday 3/14/22:

  • Wisconsin v. Iowa – 1:00 PM Field 3
  • Wisconsin v. UNI – 4:00 PM Field 3

Thursday 3/17/22:

  • Wisconsin v. Northeastern – 4:00 PM Field 4

DII Schedule:

Sunday 3/13/22:

  • Wisconsin v. Ohio State (DII) – 4:00 PM Field 3
  • Wisconsin v. Indiana – 7:00 PM Field 3

Monday 3/14/22:

  • Wisconsin v. Bloomsburg – 1:00 PM Field 5
  • Wisconsin v. Dickinson – 4:00 PM Field 5

Thursday 3/17/22:

  • Wisconsin v. North Dakota State- 4:00 PM Field 2

If any badger fans are in the area, come stop by and watch Wisconsin’s only baseball team win some games! We hope to see you there!

Wisconsin Baseball to Continue Conference Play vs. Northwestern This Weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wisconsin Badger baseball team will look to continue its high level of play this weekend as they take on their next conference opponent, the Northwestern Wildcats.

After so very strong performances in last weekend’s series win over Marquette, the Badgers hope to keep that momentum rolling to close out their fall season.

Wisconsin’s favorite baseball team will be playing a 3 game series this weekend. Games will be as such:

Friday, October 22nd, 7:00 PM @ Warner Park Duck Pond

Saturday, October 23rd, 1:00 PM @ Near West Turf Fields (Doubleheader)

We hope to see you there!

Badger Baseball at Warner Park This Weekend

Badger Conference Baseball Coming up this Weekend

After a strong 2021 Duel in the Dells performance, Wisconsin’s only baseball team is looking to continue the momentum as conference play begins.

The Badgers DI team will take on the Golden Eagles of Marquette to kick off fall conference play.

This will be a 3 game series, all of which will be Free to the public!

Games 1 & 2 (Doubleheader) on Friday, October 15th, 2021: Warner Park (2920 N Sherman Ave, Madison, WI 53704) starting at 5 PM and 8 PM.

Game 3 on Sunday, October 17th, 2021: Near West Fields (2001 Observatory Dr, Madison, WI 53706) starting at 11 AM.

Come watch the state of Wisconsin’s favorite baseball team (hopefully) mash some baseballs and win some games this weekend! We hope to see you there!

Club Baseball is Back!

 

 

We are very exited to announce that after a COVID canceled season, the Wisconsin Badgers Club Baseball team will be returning to action for the 2021-2022 season!

Now that this upcoming season will be mostly back to normal, we are looking for talented baseball players to join our squad for another successful year.

If you’re interested in joining the squad, we will be hosting events in the near future to hopefully get some guys on board.

New Player Meetings:

We are hosting New Player Meetings before tryouts. These are very laid back, mostly informal meetings just so we can get to know new guys and get information and dates communicated. These meetings will take place on the following dates:

  • Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 from 7:00 – 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 from 8:00 – 9:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 9th, 2021 from 7:00 – 8:00 PM
  • Thursday, September 9th, 2021 from 8:00 – 9:00 PM

Tryouts:

We will also be hosting tryouts so you can showcase your skills and get some work in. The first week of tryouts will go as such:

  • Sunday, September 12th from 4:00 – 8:30 PM
  • Tuesday, September 14th from 8:00 – 11:00 PM
  • Wednesday, September 15th from 8:00 – 11:00 PM
  • Saturday, September 18th from 2:00 – 6:30 PM
  • Sunday, September 19th from 2:00 – 6:30 PM

These are held at the Near West Turf Fields (2001 Observatory Dr, Madison, WI 53706) on the baseball field in the northeast corner.

If you are interested in joining, feel free to email jvanbramer@wisc.edu expressing interest, and he will get you the information to sign up for a New Player Meeting and Tryouts.

Questions or general concerns, reach out by email to Jared Van Bramer at jvanbramer@wisc.edu or by text at (920) 495-8876

Super Senior Spotlight: JJ Lamb

Happy Graduation Day! We’ve got one more player to show off and that is our favorite super senior/grad student/Mr. President himself JJ Lamb. We tried to cut him freshman year, and he wouldn’t leave. We voted someone else as president last year, so he came back to UW for grad school just so he could run the team this year.  Ball is life with this one.

Position: C, OF, Keeper of Stats

Major: MS Biomedical Engineering

Nickname: The Great Lambino (but no one calls him that)

Favorite Baseball Team: Minnesota Twins

Favorite Baseball Movie: Moneyball

Years on Club Team: 5

Notable Stats: Only president to pinch hit for himself with the bases loaded in a one run game (it worked, by the way)

Favorite Club memory: Jake Gain’s grand slam against Ohio St. in the 2019 regional championship and clinching a World Series appearance

Favorite thing about club ball: Just a bunch of dudes who love baseball

Quote: “You just kept showing up to everything and eventually someone said, ‘F it, just put the kid on D2.'” -D2 Coach Austin Grimm

What’s next for you? Jumping state lines and going to the University of Minnesota for a PhD in Mechanical Engineering.

Lamb getting hit by a pitch during 2019 Spring Training.

 

Congratulations to all our seniors!

Thanks to everyone for all your support of our program this year. Looking forward to the next season and we hope to be able to see everyone again on a ball field soon! Go Badgers!

Senior Spotlight: Ryan Wenzel

We keep on, keeping on. Today’s senior is D2’s left fielder and leadoff man for the last 2 years: Ryan Wenzel. He was a left handed hitter who so consistently poked singles in the short-third hole, it basically became the Wenz Special.

Wenzel exhibiting his textbook swing during the 2019 D2 NCBA World Series.

Position: LF

Major: Food Science

Nickname: Wenz

Favorite Baseball Team: Milwaukee Brewers

Favorite Baseball Movie: Sandlot

Years on Club Team:

Notable Stats: A career 0.372 hitter (58/156) with 32 RBI, mostly as a leadoff hitter

Favorite Club memory: Each year of club baseball was packed with great memories and hard fought games. Nothing’s better than playing baseball in Florida during spring break each year in March, and heading to the beach (or bar) with your teammates after the game. Being a part of last year’s D2 World Series team was truly special- it was a team full of guys who never gave up. I’m thankful for the opportunity to have been a part of the club, and I’ve made many life long friends because of it.

Quote: “It’s not a sword!” (crazy things happen in the OF)

What’s next for you? Ryan is headed to work in the lab of a local spice and flavor manufacturer as a food scientist.

Thank you and best of luck, Ryan!

Wenzel showing off the Badgers’ beautiful red uniforms during Spring Training in Florida

Senior Spotlight: Karson Krueger

Batting today for the Wisconsin seniors is one of it’s finest hitters. Karson Krueger was a player known for swinging a really long bat, hitting baseballs super far, and having some of the greatest “scoops” over at first base.

Position: STRICTLY 1B

Hometown: Appleton, WI

Major: Finance & Risk Management

Nickname: Kruegerbomb

Favorite Baseball Team: Milwaukee Brewers

Baseball movie: Moneyball

Years on club team: 3 years

Notable Stats: Hit .429 with 3 Home Runs and was selected as a First-Team All American during the 2019 season. Also has 5 career stolen bases (“Kid’s got speed” – No scout ever)

Favorite Club Memory: Clinching a World Series birth after beating Ohio State and hitting a walk-off against Mizzou during Spring Break

Favorite thing about club ball: Having the opportunity to continue playing the game of baseball while making a great new group of friends along the way

Quote: “Yeah, you definitely should have made the team your freshman year” – Bobby (Former Club Baseball President)

What’s next for you? I will be starting as a Project Manager at Epic in June!

Thank you, Karson!

Karson playing the only position he’s allowed to: 1B during the 2019 D2 World Series

Location of Near West Field: https://tinyurl.com/y6u6yqzk