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ICC Baseball News
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ICC Assistant Baseball Coach, Bill Hare, inducted into the
Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame on October 28, 2006
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Bill Hare graduated from St. Paul Park High School in 1961 and Hamline University in 1965. Bill started his career at Edgewood Junior High in Mounds View before moving to Greenway in 1973. Bill served as B squad baseball coach there for eight years before taking over as head coach in 1981. He stayed in that position until he retired in 1999. He is still in coaching as an assistant coach at Itasca Community College in Grand Rapids.
His coaching career in baseball has reached 40 years and is still going strong. Bill's Greenway teams had tremendous success, winning 342 games while losing just 101, a winning percentage of over 77 percent. In his 19 years as head coach Greenway won 17 conference championships, nine district or sub-section titles and 12 section championships. Bill coached Greenway to four state championships, in 1986, 1987, 1991 and 1993. They were also runner-up in 1992. At one time, Greenway held the state record for consecutive wins at 31 before losing to Waseca in the 1988 state tournament.
Bill was Minnesota Coach-of-the-Year four times and was named district or section coach-of-the-year 16 or 17 times. Bill is a member of the Hamline Athletic Hall of Fame, the Minnesota State High School Athletic Directors Hall of Fame and the Minnesota State High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame. |
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 Bunkelman Drafted
Cody Bunkelman, a pitcher for
the ICC Vikings baseball team was drafted in the sixth round by the
Cleveland Indians in the 2004 Amateur Draft.
Bunkelman's fastball was clocked on a radar gun in the high 90s. He
said the throwing program he was put on at ICC helped him tremendously
in improving his fastball, which in turn improved his worth to
professional baseball scouts.
Cody signed the following week and was sent to Burlington, NC for his first rookie season.
He is still playing for the Cleveland Indians.
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Information about Cody can be found on the website for the Burlington Indians: http://www.btribebaseball.com
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If you would like to know more about Itasca Community College and our baseball program, please contact:
Justin Lamppa
Head Baseball Coach
1851 East Highway 169
Grand Rapids, MN 55744-3397
Office: (218) 327-4226
Fax: (218) 327-4350
Email: jlamppa@it.cc.mn.us Back
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