Eastern Illinois University Athletics

Links to feature stories in the Daily Eastern News, EIU's student newspaper, will be posted here. The DEN publishes Monday through Friday during the regular school. Eastern Illinois is the second-smallest school (in terms of enrollment) in the country with a daily student newspaper.

7/15/10: All-Acess with Jim Schmitz. Story by Abby Allgire

4/29/10: Zach Borenstein named Top Cat for his big weekend at Murray State. Story by Bob Bajek

4/21/10: All-Access with Daniel Rowe. Story by Dion Martorano

4/15/10: Curt Restko enjoying productive senior season. Story by Bob Bajek

4/15/10: Gerik Wallsten named Top Cat after a productive series against Morehead. Story by Bob Bajek

4/8/10: Alex Gee named Top Cat for his big series vs Austin Peay. Story by Bob Bajek

4/8/10: Catching up with former Panther Jordan Kreke & updating his MiLB career. Story by Collin Whitchurch

4/1/10: Feature on Richie Derbak's Ping! Baseball Blog. Story by Bob Bajek

2/24/10: All-Access with Daniel Bracken. Story by Dion Martorano

2/11/10: Brian Nielsen's OVC preview in the JG/T-C

2/9/10: CollegeBaseballInsider.com OVC coaches survey highlights Recchia, Mueller & EIU

2/4/10: Rivals.com OVC Preview picks Panthers

2/3/10: Panthers tabbed as Preseason favorites in the OVC in CollegeBaseballToday.com's league preview

2009 Archive

7/25/09: Josh Mueller projected as a Top Three round selection in the 2010 MLB Draft in Allan Simpson's blog about the quality pitching staff of the Wareham Gatemen at PGCrossChecker.com

7/7/09: Zach Borenstein featured in Pioneer Press for his outstanding freshman year. Story by Dino Marco.

7/6/09: Richie Derbak continues to do it all for the Quincy Gems this summer. Story by Frank Cash in Quincy Herald-Whig.

6/10/09: Brett Nommensen featured in New York State's Times Herald-Record. Story by Kevin Witt.

5/2/09: Jordan Kreke featured in SEMO series preview. Story by Scott Richey.

5/1/09: Jim Schmitz named DEN Coach of the Year. Story by Kevin Murphy.

4/30/09: All-Access with Sean Lyons. Interview by Richard Morse.

4/28/09: Zach Borenstein & Ryan Lindquist pick up the slack in the wake of Brett Nommensen's injury. Story by Collin Whitchurch.

4/24/09: Column about Alex Guttosch's long road back from arm injuries. Story by Collin Whitchurch.

4/16/09: Panthers featured in College Roundup column of the Chicago Sun-Times. Story by Daryl Van Schouwen.

4/9/09: Brett Nommensen audio interview with Sean Stires of CollegeBaseball360.com (also available as an MP3 download). Click on Audio and scroll down to Nommy's picture.

4/9/09: All-Acess with Zach Borenstein. Interview by Richard Morse.

4/8/09: Eastern featured in a CollegeBaseball360.com blog post by Sean Stires.

4/3/09: Brett Nommensen & Tyler Kehrer featured in Aaron Fitt's weekend preview at BaseballAmerica.com. Scroll down to Stat of the Week.

3/31/09: Eastern featured as a team flying under the radar in David Rawnsley's college notes section at PGCrosschecker.com. Scroll down to College Notes.

3/26/09: Jordan Kreke named Top Cat for his big week during EIU's sweep of Morehead State. Story by Neil Schneider.

3/13/09: Richie Derbak named Top Cat for his big week at the plate the first week of March. Story by Neil Schneider.

3/12/09: All-Access with Jordan Tokarz. Interview by Richard Morse.

3/2/09: Brett Nommensen featured in Northwest Herald's On-Campus column. Story by Barry Bottino.

2/27/09: Feature on Chris Ulrey getting drafted by the White Sox after his senior year of high school. Story by Collin Whitchurch

2/26/09: Mike Recchia Named Top Cat for his 10-strikeout performance at SELU. Story by Neil Schneider

2008 Archive

6/5/08: End of the year feature on team MVP Brett Nommensen. Story by Molly Clutter.

6/3/08: Brian Nielsen's season wrap-up in the JG-TC.

5/29/08: Feature on Brian Morrell in Quincy Herald-Whig. Story by Matt Schuckman. 

5/27/08: Brian Nielsen's short feature on Jordan Tokarz, MVP of the OVC Tournament, in the JG-TC.

5/27/08: Brian Nielsen's recap of the NCAA Selection show in the Journal Gazette-Times Courier.

5/26/08: Listen to NCAA Regional Preview special on WEIU-FM hosted by John Twork & Orion Buckingham.

5/10/08: Tristan Facer feated in Brian Nielsen's APSU series preview in the Journal Gazette-Times Courier.

4/19/08: Tyler Brandon featured in Brian Nielsen's JSU series preview in the Journal Gazette-Times Courier.

4/17/08: MHS product Ross Jeske has the last laugh in EIU's blowout win against Illinois. Story by Brian Nielsen in the JG-TC.

4/10/08: Richie Derbak named Top Cat for his clutch hitting in the UTM series. Story by Micky Deming.

4/4/08: Brett Nommensen featured in Brian Nielsen's UTM series preview in the Journal Gazette-Times Courier.

3/25/08: Feature about EIU's trio of catchers, including Richie Derbak's move to behind the plate. Story by Scott Richey.

3/25/08: All-Access with Tristan Facer. Interview & story by Mike Mears.

3/20/08: Jordan Tokarz named Top Cat after hitting safely in all eight games of spring break trip. Story by Micky Deming. 

2/21/08: Scott Richey's Season Preview, Complete with link to practice video and interview with coach Schmitz.

Brian's Nielsen's Season Preview & Coverage of the Coaches Teleconference in the JG-TC

Podcast of Scott Richey's conversation with former Panther Erik Huber about his first season of pro ball with the State College Spikes (Pittsburgh Pirates Single A affiliate).