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History
Illinois Club Baseball was founded in the spring of 2004, by Cary Bolnick and Jay Goldberg. The Illinois Club Baseball team was formerly known as POP FLY The Baseball Club (Preserving Our Pastime For Later Years), before being contacted by Sandy Sanderson, the president of the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA). Sandy Sanderson invited the Illinois team to join the NCBA, and Illinois Club Baseball was born. The NCBA currently has well over 100 baseball teams across the country.

The Illinois Club Baseball team is solely ran by students of the University of Illinois. The team has a head coach along with four administrators who help run the team: president, vice president, treasurer, and social chair.

Conference
The Illinois Club Baseball team is currently in the Great Lakes South Conference. Along with the Fighting Illini are the Loyola Ramblers, the Illinois State Redbirds, the Indiana Hoosiers, the Ball State Cardinals, and the Columbia College Renegades.

Championships

 * 2005 Great Lakes South Conference Champions


 * 2005 Great Lakes Regional Champions


 * 2005 World Series Runner-ups


 * 2006 Great Lakes South Conference Champions


 * 2007 Great Lakes South Conference Champions


 * 2007 Great Lakes Regional Champions


 * 2008 Great Lakes South Conference Champions

Rankings
Currently the 2009 Fighting Illini are ranked #8 in the country according to the NCBA polls.

RANK

1 Colorado State University (17)

2 Penn State University (1)

3 University of Oregon (1)

4 University of Arizona

5 NC State University

6 University of Maryland

7 Sam Houston State University

8 University of Illinois

9 Weber State University

10 James Madison University

11 Virginia Tech

12 University of Pittsburgh

13 Clemson University

14 Wake Forest University

15 Texas Tech University

16 University of Texas

17 University of Florida

18 Florida State University

19 Arizona State University

20 Indiana University

Division II
In 2008, University of Illinois Club Baseball added a Division II team. This Division II Illinois Club Baseball team competes in the Divison IV South conference against the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars, the Southern Illinois Carbondale Salukis, the University of Illinois Springfield Prairie Stars, and the Missouri State Grizzlies.

Coach
Jim Doyle #6

Pitchers
Kyle Clapper #25

Lucas Cook #40

Marcus Dersch #15

Mike Fisher #17

Dave Hernandez #27

Mike Lidge #54

Mike Montgomery #42

Jim Pecoraro #10

Scott Rasley #26

Collin Reeser #16

Kirby Smith #20

Michael Strope #12

Infielders
Troy Bloom #5

Mike Castillo #1

Charlie Limjoco #9

Chris Doran #22

Matt Lorenz #2

Nick Stanfa #8

Dan Morales #4

Outfielders
Tyler Branson #14

Luke Gacek #3

Alex Georges #21

Danny Miller #32

Mike Obermeier #55

Jimmy Strale #18

Jake Meyer #23

Catchers
Matt Cervantes #7

Tyler Dailey #49

Russ Kesman #11