2014 S e a s o n

A group that reported to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina motivated by what was left unaccomplished in 013’ was sent into the offseason stung by the reality that their championship aspirations had fallen 2 wins short in 2014.

Summer Record: 88-51, Monday Waukegan Lower League, Tuesday Waukegan Upper League, Tuesday Waukegan Lower League and Libertyville Wednesday League Night Champion’s. Individual highlights for the WHAT? Squad included the breakout season of offseason acquisition Jimmy Brando, Kevin Colburn and Andrew Formica and the strong rookie season of infielder Jeffrey Johnson.

Summer League Standing

Anastasias Softball represented the Lower Squad from 2009 until 2015.

Summer Roster

Pitchers	Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Utility Players
James Creekmore	Brian Williams	Aaron Archibald	Austin Ward	Bert Ramirez
Kyle Schrader	Jerry Vasquez	Andrew Formica	Bradley Daniel	Donny Crunkilton
Mike Martinez	Juan Cisneros	Clark Collins	Brandon Fern	Eric Matthews
Ralph Lozano	Kevin Keefe	Danny Morales	Jimmy Brando	Matt Cross
	Louie Enriquez	Evan Berliner	Joe Yonke	Matt Tincher
	Neil Sankpal	Jake Economos	Keith Kauppi	Mike Gould
	Rich Wolfer	Jeffery Johnson	Kyle Risinger	Nick Boyer
		Kevin Colburn	Matt Boley	Ray Quinones
		Matt Hermsen	Pedro Martinez	Ryan Sweeney
		Matt Maldonado	Russell Shoumake	Ryan Vanderwarker
		Nick Baron	Tanner Erbach	Tylor Young
		Ryan Siembal	Thomas Wolfer
		Tyler Henkel	Tyler Antcliff

Upper Squad Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A.	A.B.	Runs	O.B.	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
Ralph Lozano	P	69	273	261	121	178	157	106	14	1	36	1.729	156	12	.602	9
Bert Ramirez	C	32	119	114	38	61	53	34	7	4	8	1.320	38	5	.465	3
Brian Williams	C	9	31	30	8	16	15	13	2	0	0	1.083	10	1	.500	0
Juan Cisneros	C	28	96	80	31	54	36	33	3	0	0	1.051	25	16	.450	2
Ryan Vanderwarker	C	20	74	68	23	43	37	24	7	1	2	1.478	28	6	.544	0
Andrew Formica	1B	87	334	317	149	225	205	115	36	6	48	1.926	200	17	.647	3
Clark Collins	1B	9	33	29	15	23	19	14	4	1	0	1.559	11	4	.655	0
Jake Economos	1B	26	100	97	42	56	49	28	7	5	9	1.519	53	3	.505	4
Evan Berliner	2B	32	134	129	62	90	83	71	5	3	4	1.494	47	5	.643	2
Matt Hermsen	2B	43	163	156	62	93	76	62	5	2	7	1.250	52	7	.487	10
Danny Morales	3B	5	18	16	7	11	9	5	2	0	2	1.674	12	2	.563	0
Kevin Colburn	3B	19	74	73	49	54	52	24	11	1	16	2.278	58	1	.712	1
Ray Quinones	3B	20	74	71	24	32	25	22	0	0	3	.911	14	3	.352	4
Jeffrey Johnson	SS	36	141	139	73	91	85	45	17	3	20	1.854	84	2	.612	4
Jimmy Brando	LF	58	247	247	130	176	171	106	31	11	23	1.899	120	0	.692	5
Keith Kauppi	LF	18	69	67	15	34	31	26	4	0	1	1.060	24	2	.463	1
Tanner Erbach	LF	17	64	61	25	37	31	28	1	2	0	1.168	20	3	.508	3
Austin Ward	LC	7	26	23	10	15	12	10	1	1	0	1.229	7	3	.522	0
Joe Yonke	LC	26	110	95	56	72	54	35	9	2	8	1.613	47	15	.568	3
Thomas Wolfer	RC	89	333	315	127	228	201	160	24	8	9	1.536	117	18	.638	9
Russell Shoumake	RF	53	184	173	68	103	89	55	26	4	4	1.340	54	11	.514	3

Lower Squad Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A.	A.B.	Runs	O.B.	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
James Creekmore	P	16	62	53	15	37	27	26	1	0	0	1.125	22	9	.509	1
Kyle Schrader	P	15	50	43	21	34	26	24	2	0	0	1.331	15	7	.605	1
Mike Martinez	P	33	111	104	34	56	45	40	5	0	0	1.957	25	7	.433	4
Jerry Vasquez	C	10	33	32	6	17	15	15	0	0	0	.948	8	1	.469	1
Kevin Keefe	C	25	87	77	30	47	35	32	0	3	0	1.072	11	10	.455	2
Louie Enriquez	C	8	24	21	5	11	7	7	0	0	0	.791	0	3	.333	1
Neil Sankpal	C	20	75	66	25	36	26	24	2	0	0	.904	15	9	.394	1
Rich Wolfer	C	18	63	56	27	37	30	23	4	2	1	1.319	17	7	.536	0
Tyler Henkel	1B	39	151	144	61	94	83	62	12	1	8	1.463	41	7	.576	4
Matt Maldonado	2B	41	157	148	70	94	80	63	11	3	3	1.315	44	9	.541	5
Taylor Young	2B	7	24	21	12	13	9	8	0	1	0	1.066	5	3	.429	1
Nick Baron	3B	36	132	129	48	75	70	59	9	2	0	1.211	33	3	.543	2
Ryan Siembal	3B	48	158	131	44	90	63	58	3	1	1	1.112	40	27	.481	0
Aaron Archibald	SS	47	178	156	71	116	85	75	9	0	1	1.274	45	22	.545	9
Donny Crunkilton	SS	9	27	24	9	9	6	4	2	0	0	.666	3	3	.250	0
Bradley Daniel	LF	16	57	53	16	29	24	21	3	0	0	1.018	12	4	.453	1
Nick Boyer	LF	7	25	23	9	12	7	5	0	0	2	1.045	4	2	.304	3
Matt Boley	LC	8	33	27	13	21	13	11	0	2	0	1.266	10	6	.481	2
Pedro Martinez	LC	17	65	60	23	33	27	21	5	1	0	1.075	18	5	.450	1
Ryan Sweeney	LC	9	30	28	12	16	14	10	2	2	0	1.247	6	2	.500	0
Kyle Risinger	RC	53	193	160	57	106	70	59	6	5	0	1.087	45	33	.438	3
Mike Gould	RC	7	26	26	3	13	11	9	2	0	0	1.000	5	0	.423	2
Brandon Fern	RF	9	36	34	15	19	16	11	2	2	1	1.263	14	2	.471	1
Eric Matthews	RF	5	18	17	5	12	10	8	2	0	0	1.373	4	1	.588	1
Tyler Antcliff	RF	23	84	78	34	51	40	33	4	3	0	1.248	25	6	.513	5

Most Valuable Player

A lot of people figured that the 2014 MVP Award would end up being something of a tight race between Jimmy Brando, Andrew Formica, and Thomas Wolfer. Instead, it ended up being a blowout, as Jimmy Brando picked up 21 of a possible 22 first-place votes for a landslide victory.

For Jimmy Brando, it’s a great honor following a breakthrough season that saw him win 6 out of 12 Awards. He finished the year with a .692 average, a 1.899 OPS, 23 home runs, and 120 RBI, and he was the biggest individual reason why the WHAT? Sftbll ran through the playoff’s and made into the Championship game.

Rookie of the Year

Shortstop Jeffrey Johnson was named the 2014 Rookie of the Year. His best month of the season came in August when he batted .608 with 10 home runs and 42 RBI’s in 13 games. Johnson hit .612 with 20 home runs and 84 RBI’s during the regular season in addition to serving as the everyday shortstop for a pitching staff that led all of softball in earned run average. For his efforts, he was named the Player of the Month Award for August and won a Gold Glove and Defenseman of the Year.

Made his team debut on June 16th. 2014 against Bombers Squad at SportsPark, B’ going ( 0 for 2 ). Collected his first Home Run on Tuesday June 17th, 2014 against Xtreme Softball Club, Gm. 2 at SportsPark, A’.

Team Memorabilia

This is a 2014 authentic softball trading card of the WHAT? Shortstop Jeffery Johnson and First Basemen Andrew Formica. This is an authentic card of young Gold Glover and Defenseman of the Year Award shortstop and Rookie of the Year Winner Jeffery Johnson also took home a Sporting News All Star Award and the Sports Personality of the Year Award. SP Chirography Card also represents Andrew Formica with his Silver Slugger Award, Sporting News All Star Award and Utility Player of the Year Award. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

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2014 S e a s o n

Summer League Standing

Anastasias Softball represented the Lower Squad from 2009 until 2015.

Summer Roster

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Utility Players

Upper Squad Summer Stats

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Lower Squad Summer Stats

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Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Team Memorabilia