College Baseball 360 » Elon baseball http://collegebaseball360.com baseball news, college baseball stats, sean stires, pete lafleur, college world series video, college baseball podcast, Fri, 14 Feb 2025 21:33:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Elon Baseball “Pinch Hit For Haiti” Update http://collegebaseball360.com/elon-baseball-pinch-hit-for-haiti-update/ http://collegebaseball360.com/elon-baseball-pinch-hit-for-haiti-update/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:01:54 +0000 http://collegebaseball360.com/?p=3513

Donations Have Topped $16,000

ELON, N.C. – As of Wednesday, the “Pinch Hit for Haiti” effort spearheaded by Elon senior catcher Mike Melillo has seen a total of $16,272 donated to the Red Cross towards relief efforts in the island nation which was ravaged by a 7.0 earthquake.
As of Wednesday’s update, schools from 31 different states and Washington, D.C. had donated towards the cause. A total of 82 different schools were represented. Donations in the name of Elon total $4,139 while Charlotte checks in with $1,076 towards the total.  Sacramento State in California added $1,200 to the total after donating the proceeds from their first-ever Martin Luther King Jr. Day Fundamentals Camp toward the project.
Stories which have aired on local television as well as an updated map of where donations have come from can be found at the link above.
The Elon baseball team has challenged every NCAA collegiate baseball team to donate money to the Red Cross as part of the “Pinch Hit for Haiti” initiative. Fans are also encouraged to make a donation.

Mike Melillo (Elon Photo)

After thinking about the amount of money that could be raised if every athlete gave just $1, Melillo came up with the “Pinch Hit for Haiti” concept. “The idea is to pay it forward because we’re not in a situation to physically help,” said Melillo. “We want to offer our help in any way we can. Although our donations may be small individually, we feel that collectively as student-athletes our support will be of great assistance.”
The 7.0 earthquake in Haiti has had an effect on nearly 3,000,000 people in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The capital city of Port-au-Prince was nearly leveled. Estimates have casualties numbering in the 10s of thousands.
Steps to joining Pinch Hit for Haiti:
As a team:
1. An individual from your school collects $1.00 from each member of the team.
2. That individual visits www.redcross.org and donates the amount collected via credit or debit card.
3. Once the process has been completed, Red Cross will provide you with a page that has your tracking number, name, and the amount donated.
4. Copy the information and paste it into an email document.
5. Email the information along with your team/school name to pinchhitforhaiti@gmail.com
6. Pay it forward and tell as many student-athletes as you can about our objective.
As an individual:
1.Visit www.redcross.org and donates the amount collected via credit or debit card.
2. Once the process has been completed, Red Cross will provide you with a page that has your tracking number, name, and the amount donated.
3. Copy the information and paste it into an email document.
4. Email the information along with the school you cheer for or the school you wish to represent to pinchhitforhaiti@gmail.com
5. Pay it forward and tell as many people as you can about our objective.
As of Wednesday, here is the list of programs represented:
Alabama: Auburn, Samford, Troy
Arkansas: Hendrix
California: Cal State Northridge, Sacramento State, San Diego State, San Francisco
Connecticut: Connecticut, Fairfield
Florida: Central Florida, Florida, South Florida
Georgia: Georgia Southern
Hawaii: Hawaii
Illinois: Southern Illinois
Indiana: Butler, Huntington, Indiana State
Iowa: Iowa Wesleyan, Northwestern College
Kentucky: Louisville
Louisiana: McNeese State, Louisiana State, Tulane
Maine: Maine
Massachusetts: Boston College, Elms, Northeastern, Stonehill, Tufts
Michigan: Michigan, Oakland
Mississippi: Mississippi
Nevada: UNLV
New Jersey: Centenary, Princeton, Rutgers
New York: LeMoyne, Siena, Stony Brook, Union
North Carolina: Appalachian State, Campbell, Charlotte, Duke, East Carolina, Elon, Gardner-Webb, North Carolina, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina State, UNC Wilmington, Wake Forest, Baseball America
Ohio: Ohio, Youngstown State
Pennsylvania: Eastern, Gettysburg, Grove City
Rhode Island: Bryant, Rhode Island
South Carolina: The Citadel, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Furman, South Carolina, USC Upstate, Winthrop, Wofford
South Dakota: Sioux Falls
Tennessee: Tennessee Wesleyan
Texas: Austin, TCU, Texas Southern
Virginia: Radford, Virginia, Virginia Tech, William & Mary
Washington: Washington
Washington, D.C.: Catholic, Georgetown
West Virginia: West Virginia

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Elon/Georgia Southern Tabbed Co-Favorites

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The 2009 Southern Conference regular season champion, Elon, and tournament champion, Georgia Southern, have been tabbed co-favorites for the 2010 campaign in balloting of the league’s 11 baseball coaches. The media members who cover SoCon baseball have selected Elon as the top team in 2010, narrowly edging out GSU.

The Phoenix received five of 11 possible first-place votes and 91 points from the league’s head coaches while garnering 13 of 27 first-place nods on the media ballots. Coach Mike Kennedy’s team returns three starters in the field and 12 of 15 pitchers from the 2009 team which went 23-4 in the SoCon and 41-18 overall en route to winning its second consecutive league regular season title.

Georgia Southern equaled Elon’s 91 points in the coaches’ balloting while also receiving four first-place votes. The Eagles, under the guidance of Rodney Hennon, finished second in the SoCon regular season race a year ago at 20-8 and 42-17 overall before claiming the 2009 SoCon Baseball Championship crown in Greenville, S.C. The Eagles enter 2010 with five returning starters in the field and 9 of 12 pitchers from last season.

In the coaches poll, The Citadel earned a pair of first place votes while ranking third with 80 points. Following the Bulldogs in fourth was cross-town rival College of Charleston with 76 points. Western Carolina (71 points) was predicted to place fifth in the standings, followed by Appalachian State (50), Samford (40) and Furman (33) in the sixth, seventh and eighth spots, respectively. Rounding out the rankings were UNC Greensboro (31), Davidson (24) and Wofford (18).

In the media balloting, College of Charleston (237 points) grabbed two first-place votes and the third slot, trailed by The Citadel (231) with one first place nod. Western Carolina (190), Appalachian State (173) and Furman (110) filled slots five through seven while Samford (92), UNC Greensboro (89), Davidson (65) and Wofford (52) finished the standings.

Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own teams in the voting process.

The 2010 Southern Conference baseball season begins on Friday, February 19 with all 11 league teams in action. The 2010 Southern Conference Baseball Championship will be held from May 26-30 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, S.C.

2010 SoCon Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll

Place    School (First)                      Points

1t.        Elon (5)                                   91

1t.        Georgia Southern (4)                91

3.         The Citadel (2)                         80

4.         College of Charleston              76

5.         Western Carolina                     71

6.         Appalachian State                   50

7.         Samford                                 40

8.         Furman                                   33

9.         UNC Greensboro                     31

10.        Davidson                                24

11.        Wofford                                  18

2010 SoCon Baseball Preseason Media Poll

Place    School (First)                      Points

1.         Elon (12)                                253

2.         Georgia Southern (10)             250

3.         College of Charleston (2)         219

4.         The Citadel (1)                        213

5.         Western Carolina                     178

6.         Appalachian State                   159

7.         Furman                                   103

8.         UNC Greensboro                     84

9.         Samford                                 82

10.        Davidson                                60

11.        Wofford                                  49

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