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2023 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There ’ s No Place Like Copeland
Colton Vercoe
Pitcher | Wichita State | San Tan Valley , AZ
Report : Last season at Mesa Community College , Vercoe made 14 appearances , including 6 starts , going 1-4 with one save and a 4.03 ERA ... Struck out 40 and walked 23 in 51.1 innings ... Tossed 4.0 scoreless innings against Park University Gilbert on February 8 , striking out six and allowing just one hit ... Earned his first collegiate win with a quality start against Glendale CC on April 9 , firing a season-best 6.1 innings without allowing an earned run ... Fanned six over 6.0 innings against Phoenix College in following outing on April 16 ... Compiled a 1.23 ERA over his final four appearances with the Thunderbirds ... Named to NJCAA All-Academic First Team ... Voted to Kansas Collegiate League All-Star Team while playing with Kansas Curve in summer of 2022 .
Sophomore Right / Right 6-5 | 205
Personal : Born on October 27 , 2002 ... Son of Walt and Trish Vercoe ... Has a brother , Keegan ... Father , Walt , played baseball collegiately at Iowa Western and Midland University ... Brother , Keegan , played collegiately at Azusa Pacific and the University of Northwestern ... Cousin , TJ Walz , played collegiately at Kansas and in the Oakland Athletics organization ... Majoring in business .
Sam Whiting
Pitcher | UC-Santa Barbara | Sloughouse , CA
Report : Last season , Whiting was named to the 2022 Big West Academic All-Conference Team ... Made 17 appearances during the 2022 season , ending with a record of ( 1-0 ) ... Reached a career high of 6 Ks in a single game after tossing a hitless 2.1 innings against LMU ( Mar . 8 ) ... Picked up his first collegiate win against UC San Diego ( Apr . 12 ).
Personal : Born on December 15 , 2000 in Sacramento , California ... Son of Cathi and Tim ... Grew up in Sloughhouse with his siblings Zac ( 20 ) and Hanna ( 23 ) ... Plans to major in Sociology with a possible minor in a health-related field ... Aspires to be a pro player or a physical therapist .
Redshirt Junior Right / Right 6-3 | 210
Jalen Worthley
Pitcher | Nebraska | Lincoln , NE
Report : Worthley ranked as the No . 82 left-handed pitcher in his class according to Perfect Game ... Played at Lincoln East High School ... Was a second-team super state selection as a junior and first-team super state honoree as a senior ... Tabbed Prep Baseball Report ’ s Player of the Year in Nebraska as a senior ... Posted an 8-0 record with a 0.84 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 44 innings in his senior campaign .
Personal : Born on April 2 , 2004 ... Son of Chris and Ronnette Worthley ... Has one sister , Jacey , and two brothers , Jeter and Jarrett ... Majoring in business administration .
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Freshman Left / Left 5-11 | 175