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LEAGUE CO-BATTING CHAMP, ALMA 3B JEREMY STEPHENS NAMED TO FIRST-TEAM ALL-MIAA BASEBALL TEAM

 

Alma Senior Third Baseman Jeremy Stephens was named First Team All-MIAA on Monday afternoon after a vote by the league’s coaches. The Co-Batting Champion for the MIAA was named to the first team for the second consecutive season, as he finished the 2009 campaign with a .474 average in league play.

Stephens, from Maple Rapids, MI (Fulton-Middleton), led the MIAA with 46 hits, was tied for second with ten doubles and tied for second with 61 total bases. He also added 22 RBI’s, which was good for a tie for eighth in the league, while his seven stolen bases was good for a four-way tie in the MIAA. In addition, his .500 on base percentage percentage was fifth in the league, while his slugging percentage of .629 was fourth in the league.
 

 

Alma College students are annual high achievers in the national Model United Nations competition. Alma has received Outstanding Delegation awards in each of the last 13 years (1997 through 2009) at the world's largest and most prestigious collegiate Model UN Conference in New York City.

 

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Judd Folske

Judd Folske

Judd Folske is entering his first year as Alma College Head Baseball Coach in the 2007-2008 season after spending two years as an assistant coach with the program. Coach Folske joined the Maroon and Cream in the fall of 2005 after stops at NCAA Division I Central Michigan University, and stints at Div. II schools Saginaw Valley State University and Ferris State University. He also serves the athletic department as assistant athletic director.

While head coach of the CMU Chippewas, Folske posted a 131-98 mark. In 2000, he finished in a tie for first in the MAC conference with a record of 41-17 (18-8). Folske retired after the 2003 season at CMU, and went to work as an assistant at SVSU, where he worked in that capacity for two seasons.