2004 Northern State Baseball Season Wrap-up
The Northern State Wolves baseball team made great strides from last season as they won seven more league games than a year ago and moved up a spot in the final conference standing. The Wolves finished in seventh place in the NSIC with a 10-16 record, a game behind Bemidji State for sixth place. The ten win this season in the NSIC is more than the last four years combined for the Wolves. The Wolves .395 win percentage (17-26 record) was also an improvement from last years .286 win percentage (14-35 record).
The Wolves also had some outstanding individual achievements. Four players were named to the NSIC All-Conference team; Deacon Burns (Jr., CF, Brownwood, TX) earned the highest honor as he was named NSIC Co-Player of the Year.
^Burns set/tied two NSIC league records this season with 13 home runs and 91 total bases. (Tim Richt of Wayne State, co-player of year, also had 13 home runs and 91 total bases). Burns also led the NSIC in batting average (.495), hits (45), runs scored (37), slugging percentage (1.000), and on base percentage (.548). He was also third in RBIs (34) and stolen bases (9-10).
*Wes Fisbeck also earned first team all-conference honors, finishing first on the team in doubles (17) and second on the team with a .432 batting average, a .742 fielding percentage and 57 hits. Valdie Magstadt and Benji Kieffer each received honorable mention honors. Magstadt was third on the team with a .411 batting average and 46 hits while Kieffer led the team in sac bunts (4), was second in triples (2) and was fifth with a .369 batting average.
All four of the players had over ten multiple hit games over the season. Burns had 20, Fisbeck 17, Kieffer 12, and Magstadt 10. Burns and Magstadt were the only two members of the team to have five hits in a single game this season.
The Wolves finished the season with a 17-26 overall record and a 10-16 mark in the NSIC. The Wolves won three more games than a year ago including seven more in the NSIC.
^NSIC games only stats
*All game stats
