2013 Media Guide - University of North Dakota Athletics

North Dakota
2013 NORTH DAKOTA BASEBALL
PATRICK RIEWER
JR | OF/P | 6-0 | 180
Hometown: Wadena, Minn.
Prev. School: Ellsworth CC
Before UND: Played two seasons at Ellsworth
Community College (Iowa falls, Iowa)
... Named ECC Male Athlete of the Year as a
sophomore ... ICCAC All-Conference honorable
menon both seasons ... Also a two-me ICCAC First Team All-
Academic selecon ...Hit .426 in his two combined JUCO seasons
... Hit .450 with ve dingers and 22 RBI in his second campaign
... Earned seven saves and had 3.28 ERA in those two seasons
on the mound ... Named conference MVP in weach of his nal
two seasons as a prep at Bertha-Hewi HS ... Hit seven triples
as a senior, which was ed for fourth-most in a single season in
Minnesota HS record books ... Hit .585 with 24 hits in conference
games as a junior.
Personal: Son of Steve and Cathy Riewer ... Majoring in chemical
engineering.
JACOB THRELKELD
JR | OF | 5-11 | 175
Hometown: Burnsville, Minn.
Prev. School: Iowa Central CC
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Before UND: Played two seasons at Iowa Central
Community College ... Hit .313 in his sophomore
season, scoring 34 runs with three HR
and 37 RBI ... Stole 10 bases as well ...Played
in 90 games in his JUCO career, hing .276 with 46 runs ... Combined
for ve leers in baseball and football at Burnsville HS ...
Hit .400 and had a 5-1 record on the mound in his senior year ...
A two-me all-conference player and named a Lions All-Star as a
senior ... Collected all-state accolades in his nal year ... An Athlec
Director’s Honor Roll member as a prep.
Personal: Son of Je and Angie Threlkeld ... Majoring in Business
(banking and nance economics, management).
PATRICK VANDOORNE
SO | INF | 5-9 | 180
Hometown: Boissevain, Man., Canada
Prev. School: Valley City State
Before UND: Spent the 2011 season at Valley
City State ... Earned Dakota Athlec Conference
Freshman of the Year honors along
with all-conference accolades ... Baed .360 in
overall games and improved that to a .485 clip in DAC games ... A
2010 graduate of Boissevian School in Manitoba, Canada ... Team
MVP as a sophomore and senior ... Named a Provincial All-Star as
a senior and named to Team Manitoba as a junior.
Personal: Son of Donnie and Elaine Vandoorne ... Majoring in
civil engineering.
MATT WEHRLI
SO | OF | 6-0 | 200
Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz.
Prev. School: Chandler-Gilbert CC
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Before UND: Played his freshman year at
Yavapai College in Presco, Ariz., hing .230
in 61 at-bats with six runs and six RBIs ... Medical
redshirted at Chandler-Gilbert Community
College in 2012 .... As a prep, baed .426 as a senior with six
home runs and 34 RBIs while being named to the Class 5A Division
I rst team by the Arizona Baseball Coaches Associaon
... Named First Team All-City and All-Region in both junior and
senior seasons ... First Team All-State as a senior ... Broke high
school’s single-season doubles record (17) in junior campaign.
Personal: Son of Phil and Carlene Wehrli ... Majoring in business.
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