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Joe Pickinpaugh
Sophomore - Pole Vault
Elwood, Neb. (Elwood HS)

2007 Outdoor: Scored sixth place finish in the pole vault at the NSIC Championships in Moorhead, Minnesota by clearing 13' 5 3/4"...cleared career-high 14'0" on 4-20-07 at the Sioux City Relays to finish meet in eighth place.

2007 Indoor: Cleared season-best 13'6" at the Wildcat Open on 2-10-07 and the South Dakota John Dalton Open on 2-15-07...did not place in the pole vault at the NSIC Championships.

2006 Outdoor: Finished eighth in the pole vault at the NSIC Championships by clearing 12' 11 3/4", a season-best mark.

2006 Indoor: Competed in the pole vault during the indoor season. Had a season-best jump of 13' 0" in the pole vault at the John Dalton Open on 2-17-06.

Mike Grosz
Sports Information Director
Wayne State College
(402)375-7326
or 1-800-228-9972

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Wayne State has earned the #3 seed for the NCAA Div. II Central Regional Baseball Tournament hosted by Emporia State in Kansas. The 40-11 Wildcats meet #4 seed Central Missouri (41-15) in Thursday's first round with game times to be announced Monday afternoon.

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.

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5.11.08
Baseball
NSIC Tournament
Conc.-St. Paul 10
#15 Wayne State 6

5.9.08
Baseball
NSIC Tournament
#15 Wayne State 9
SW Minnesota State 1

5.8.08
Baseball
NSIC Tournament
#15 Wayne State 6
Winona State 3

5.4.08
Baseball
First Game
#16 Wayne State 3
Bemidji State 0
2nd Game
#16 Wayne State 13
Bemidji State 12
8 innings

5.4.08
Softball
NSIC Tournament
Univ. of Mary 3
Wayne State 0