ESU’s Nehls signs with Evansville Otters
By The Emporia Gazette (Contact)
Originally published 01:14 p.m., June 17, 2008
Updated 01:14 p.m., June 17, 2008
Former Emporia State pitcher Brock Nehls signed a contract to play baseball for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League on Friday, the school announced Monday.
Nehls joins catcher Keith Hernandez, who signed with the Detroit Tigers organization, as Hornets that have signed with professional teams this spring. Nehls made his debut on Sunday against Chillicothe, allowing just one hit and no runs in 3 2/3 innings of relief work. The Otters are leading the West Division of the Frontier League.
Nehls was 10-2 last season for the MIAA regular-season champion Hornets, who finished 50-10 on the season. He was second on the team with 75 strikeouts in 76 1/3 innings and had a 3-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
2 Hornets earn degree-completion awards
Emporia State track and field athlete Damon Birk and softball outfielder Jessie Wiard have earned NCAA Division II Degree-Completion Awards.
The Division II Degree-Completion Award program provides financial assistance to deserving student-athletes with completion of a first baccalaureate degree.
Birk earned All-MIAA honors in five events this year at the indoor and outdoor MIAA Championships. He placed fourth in the indoor shot and fifth in the weight throw, outdoor shot and discus as a senior.
He has a 3.00 GPA in physical education.
Wiard was a four-time honorable-mention All-MIAA pick for the Hornets. She is the NCAA Division II career leader in sacrifice hits with 81 and set the ESU single-season record for stolen bases in 2008 with 45.
She maintains a 3.75 GPA in elementary education.
Candidates for the award are student-athletes who have exhausted their athletics eligibility and have received athletics financial aid. Recipients are selected on the basis of several factors, with emphasis on academic performance. Other factors considered are financial circumstances, athletics achievement and involvement in campus and community activities.
Birk and Wiard are two of seven student-athletes from the MIAA selected for the Degree-Completion Award.
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