Five UCI players, as well as one OCC product, are playing in the West Coast League, while there are two Anteaters in the Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League, and one more UCI player in the Northwoods League.
Hernandez, whom UCI Coach Mike Gillespie said was the best hitter on a roster that went 45-15 and won its first Big West Conference championship, was hitting just .125 through 16 at-bats for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.
Hillman, a two-time community college All-American who was drafted in the 38th round this month by the Tampa Bay Rays, was hitless in his first 10 at-bats for the Cotuit Kettleers.
Lemmerman, who has started at shortstop his first two collegiate seasons at Duke, was hitting .227 through six games with the Wareham Gatemen. But he had a three-run double to key a comeback win for his team Friday.
Slaught, a right-handed starting pitcher who went 8-0 with a 4.62 earned-run average as a sophomore in 2009, is pitching with the Kinai Peninsula Oilers.
Fisher, who hit .320 with four home runs and 28 RBIs for the Anteaters as a sophomore utility man, is also playing with the Oilers.
Four ’Eaters who helped comprise a productive freshman class in 2009 are among those in the West Coast League. Freshman All-American Ronnie Shaeffer is joined by teammates DJ Crumlich and Tommy Reyes with the Wenatchee (Wash.) Apple Sox.
Shaeffer, who led UCI with a .388 batting average, Crumlich (.261) and Reyes (.348) all spent plenty of time in the UCI starting lineup this past season. Also in the West Coast League are UCI players Jordan Leyland and Nick Hoover.
