Chicago, Ill. – July 13, 2021 – The Midwest Collegiate League has announced rosters for its annual midsummer All-Star Game, which will take place on Tuesday, July 20 at 7:10 p.m. at Oil City Stadium.
The home team for the game will be the MCL East All-Stars, comprised of players from the Northwest Indiana Oilmen, Crestwood Panthers and Southland Vikings. The East All-Stars will be managed by Northwest Indiana Oilmen skipper TJ Marik.
The visiting team will be the MCL West All-Stars, comprised of players from the Joliet Generals, MCL Minutemen and Chicago American Giants. The West All-Stars will be led by Joe Silva, the manager of the Joliet Generals.
The game will be carried on the Oilmen Broadcasting Network, available via JED-TV and AM 1230 WJOB. The video stream is available on a subscription basis with a one-month, 99-cent trial available by using the promocode OILMEN99CENTS. The radio broadcast is available free of charge on the WJOB app and over the air on AM 1230 Hammond. Brandon Vickrey (NWI Oilmen) and Jon Zaghloul (Crestwood Panthers) will have the call for the All-Star Game.
Click here for East Roster. Click here for West Roster.
MCL East All-Stars
# Name (MCL Team) Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T College / Hometown (HS, Yr.)
1 Gannon Andrews (CW) C 5-9 165 R/R Purdue Northwest / Portage, Mich. (Portage Northern ’20)
1 Christian Williams (NWI) C 5-9 190 R/R Michigan State / Carmel, Ind. (Carmel ’20)
2 Donovan Noble (CW) MIF 5-9 170 R/R South Suburban College / Chicago, Ill. (Brooks ’20)
3 Jared Comia (NWI) OF 6-1 185 L/L Illinois / Dyer, Ind. (Hanover Central ’21)
4 Kevin McCormick (NWI) 1B/3B 6-1 175 L/R Evansville / Orland Park, Ill. (St. Laurence ’21)
13 Zamaurion Hatcher (NWI) OF 5-11 175 L/R WVC / Michigan / Chicago, Ill. (Kenwood ’21)
18 Jake Paymaster (SOU) LHP 6-4 200 L/L Triton College / New Lenox, Ill. (Lincoln Way West ’20)
19 Casey Kmet (NWI) 1B/3B 5-10 210 R/R Notre Dame / Arlington Heights, Ill. (St. Viator ’19)
23 Matt Lelito (NWI) RHP 6-5 220 R/R Kankakee / St. John, Ind. (Andrean ’19)
25 Hayden Matulich (CW) OF 6-1 185 R/R Purdue Northwest / San Jose, Calif. (Pioneer ’20)
27 Jacob Ferry (NWI) OF 6-2 200 L/R Morehead State / Aurora, Ill. (Oswego East ’20)
27 Justin Schassburger (CW) RHP 5-10 175 R/R Anderson / Dyer, Ind. (Andrean ’20)
30 AJ Wright (NWI) MIF 5-9 180 R/R Northwood / Griffith, Ind. (Griffith ’19)
32 Nolan Vlcek (SOU) RHP 6-2 195 R/R Marshalltown CC / Lockport, Ill. (Lockport ’20)
34 Patrick Doran (SOU) 1B 6-3 165 L/L North Carolina Central / Evergreen Park, Ill. (Evergreen Park ’18)
34 Michael Laudondo (CW) RHP 6-2 170 R/R Rockhurst / Westchester, Ill. (St. Laurence ’21)
35 Jacob Bimbi (NWI) LHP 6-0 185 L/L Wabash Valley / Crystal Lake, Ill. (Crystal Lake South)
36 Jack Guzek (NWI) RHP 6-5 210 R/R Iowa / Manhattan, Ill. (Brother Rice ’17)
45 Nick Miketinac (NWI) RHP 6-1 185 R/R Butler / St. John, Ind. (Mount Carmel ’20)
46 Luke Sefcik (SOU) UTL 5-9 160 R/R Central Michigan / Palos Heights, Ill. (Marist ’21)
Manager: TJ Marik (NWI Oilmen)
Teams
NWI – Northwest Indiana Oilmen
SOU – Southland Vikings
CW – Crestwood Panthers
MCL West All-Stars
# Name (MCL Team) Pos. Ht. Wt. B/T College / Hometown (HS, Yr.)
1 DJ Butler (CAG) SS/2B 5-11 175 S/R Kirkwood CC / Chicago, Ill. (Simeon HS ‘20)
4 Billy Le Pretre (CAG) RHP 5-10 145 R/R Millikin University / Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle ’20)
5 Charlie Gannon (JOL) C 6-0 160 R/R MSOE / DeKalb, Ill. (DeKalb ’20)
6 Josh Houston (CAG) 3B 5-10 220 R/R Kirkwood CC / Chicago, Ill. (Mount Carmel ’20)
10 Corey Graham (CAG) OF 6-0 180 R/R Kirkwood CC / Hazel Crest, Ill. (Crete Monroe ’18)
12 Gabe Cortez (MM) 1B 5-10 200 R/R Prairie State / Tinley Park, Ill. (Tinley Park ’20)
13 Bryce Vincent (JOL) SS/2B 6-2 185 R/R Concordia Chicago / Scottsdale, Ariz. (Jacobs ’19)
15 Christian Seegers (JOL) 3B 6-1 195 R/R Oakton / Schaumburg, Ill. (Conant ’19)
17 Jorge Santos (MCL) RHP 6-1 160 R/R South Suburban / Homewood, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor ’19)
23 Jaylen Patterson (CAG) OF/1B 6-1 205 R/R Kirkwood CC / Chicago, Ill. (Kenwood ’18)
23 Cooper Avery (JOL) RHP 6-0 180 R/R Valparaiso / Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley ’20)
24 Tre’ Hondras (CAG) OF/2B 6-0 185 R/R Illinois State / South Holland, Ill. (Homewood-Flossmoor ’20)
25 Doug Loden (MCL) RHP 5-10 185 R/R Joliet JC / St. John, Ind. (Lake Central ’20)
27 Will McManaman (CAG) LHP 6-4 210 L/L Denison University / Chicago, Ill. (Saint Ignatius ’20)
29 Jack Bell (JOL) RHP 5-10 180 L/L Western Illinois / Minooka, Ill. (Minooka ’19)
30 Josh Williams (CAG) OF 6-2 180 L/L Highland CC / Chicago, Ill. (Simeon ’19)
30 Brennan Fisher (JOL) LF 6-4 235 L/R Quincy / Westchester, Ill. (IC Catholic Prep ’20)
32 Kai Formella (JOL) RHP 6-0 180 R/R DuPage / Elmhurst, Ill. (York ’20)
32 Gino Gazzillo (MM) C 6-0 180 L/R Joliet JC / Steger, Ill. (Mount Carmel ’21)
35 Nick Vollmert (JOL) RHP 6-6 220 R/R St. Ambrose / Crystal Lake, Ill. (Crystal Lake South ’19)
Manager: Joe Silva (Joliet Generals)
Teams
CAG – Chicago American Giants
JOL – Joliet Generals
MM – MCL Minutemen
MCL All-Star Game Year-by-Year Timeline
2011 – The year before the Northwest Indiana Oilmen joined the league, their soon-to-be home
field got a taste of MCL baseball. The All-Star Game was hosted within the beautiful confines of
Oil City Stadium for the first time, a game that saw the South (Southland Vikings and Will
County CrackerJacks) edge the North (Chicago Zephyrs and Rockford Foresters) 8-7 in extra
innings.
2012 – The MCL’s Mid-Summer Classic made a one-year transition to Benedictine Stadium as
the South (Will County, Northwest Indiana, Southland and Illinois) beat the North (DuPage
County, DeKalb County, Rockford and Chicago) 3-2.
2013 – Current St. Louis Cardinals star Paul DeJong played in an MCL All-Star Game that saw
his North squad fall to the South 12-4. The game featured six players who would go on to play
professionally including DeJong, Pat Cashman (White Sox organization), Andrew Lowe
(Frontier League), Chis Chigas (Frontier League), Matt Pobereyko (New York Mets
organization) and Jeff Boehm (Los Angeles Angels organization).
2014 – The South defeated the North 10-3 as slugger Jeff Boehm cracked a two-run homer in the
first inning to help the South jump out to a 3-0 lead. Boehm, who was with the Southland
Vikings and went on to play in the Los Angeles Angels organization, received the 2014 Midwest
Collegiate League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award.
2015 – The South topped the North 10-3 in another game stacked with players who would go on
to play professionally. That group included Micah Coffey (White Sox organization), Shane
Carrier (Minnesota Twins organization), Trent Carrier (Pecos League), Reid Birlingmair
(Oakland Athletics organization), Enrique Zamora (Frontier League) and Scott Kapers (Texas
Rangers organization).
2016 – DuPage County’s Joe Engel (Columbia) notched three hits to earn MVP honors as the
Blue All-Stars beat the White All-Stars 10-2.
2017 – The MCL fielded one All-Star team, which took down the Serbian National Team 14-3.
The MCL squad pounded out 19 hits and Tyler Sroczynski of the Oilmen led the way with four
RBIs.
2018 – In a game dominated by pitching, 11 different hurlers enjoyed scoreless, hitless outings
as the MCL West All-Stars topped the MCL East All-Stars 6-3 in 11 innings. Bloomington’s
Zach Frey was the winning pitcher with two perfect innings of relief. He struck out four of the
six batters he faced and needed only 19 pitches to hold the East scoreless in the ninth and 10th
innings, earning the MCL All-Star Game MVP Award.
2019 – The East led the West 1-0 through one inning before lightning and storms caused a delay, and eventually the postponement of the midsummer classic.
2020 – No All-Star Game was held due to the COVID-19 shortened season.