WSC Athletics Hall of Fame
Jeff Lutt
Jeff Lutt was a two-sport stanout at Wayne State College, excelling in baseball and football. The Wayne High graduate played baseball at WSC in 1991, '92 and '93 and played football for the 'Cats in 1991, '92, '94 and '95. Jeff's best season in baseball was in 1992 when he was 7-5 with a team-best 3.35 ERA as a pitcher for the 'Cats. He tossed a complete game one-hitter to beat NAIA national power Bellevue University 4-1. Lutt was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization in 1993 as a righthanded pitcher and played for the Pirates Class A New York-Penn League team in 1993 and the Pirates' Class A South Atlantic League team in 1994. In football, Lutt was a pre-season All-American candidate in 1995 after recording a team-high 11 quarterback sacks in the 1994 season. He finished the 1995 season third on the team in tackles with 64, including nine quarterback sacks. Lutt went on to play two seasons with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League (1996 and '97).
Lutt was inducted into the WSC Athletics Hall of Fame October 1, 2005.
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Concordia-St. Paul topped #15 Wayne State 10-6 Sunday afternoon in the NSIC Baseball Tournament championship game. The 40-11 Wildcats await word from the NCAA on a at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Official pairings are to be released Sunday evening by the NCAA.
Nate Preston won three events to lead the WSC men to a third straight NSIC outdoor track and field championship Saturday in Wayne. The Wildcats scored 164 points to nip second place Mary (156.5) for the team title. Brett Suckstorf won two events (hammer throw and discus) for WSC.
The WSC women's track and field team finished in third place with 106 points at the NSIC Championships in Wayne. Katie Wilson won two events (hammer throw and discus) and took second in the shot put to lead the Wildcats.
The NSIC Office announced Saturday that the NSIC Baseball Tournament has been shortened to a single-elimination tournament with Wayne State and Concordia-St. Paul (the last two undefeated teams in the tournament) playing Sunday at 1 p.m. in Wayne and the winner earning the NSIC Tournament Title and the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Nick Schumacher struck out a career-high 14 batters in a complete game win to lead #15 Wayne State to a 9-1 victory over Southwest Minnesota State at the NSIC Baseball Tournament in Wayne. The 40-10 Wildcats will play in the winner's bracket final Saturday at 10 a.m. against either Bemidji State or Concordia-St. Paul.
Seven WSC baseball players were named to the 2008 NSIC All-Conference Baseball Team announced Thursday afternoon. Nick Schumacher was named the NSIC Pitcher of the Year, Marc Manganaro earned the NSIC Co-Player of the Year while Nick Bidroski was selected the NSIC Co-Freshmen of the Year.
5.9.08BaseballNSIC Tournament#15 Wayne State 9SW Minnesota State 1
5.8.08BaseballNSIC Tournament#15 Wayne State 6Winona State 3
5.4.08BaseballFirst Game#16 Wayne State 3Bemidji State 02nd Game#16 Wayne State 13Bemidji State 128 innings
5.4.08SoftballNSIC TournamentUniv. of Mary 3Wayne State 0
