Schmipf wins MVP award
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LSU junior second baseman Ryan Schimpf was named the Most Valuable Player of the Valley Baseball League championship series after leading the Luray Wranglers to the league title.
The Wranglers completed a three-game series sweep over the Covington Lumberjacks on Tuesday with a 4-0 victory at Bulldog Field in Luray, Va.
The Valley League, a wooden-bat league located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, is funded in part by a grant from Major League Baseball and is a member of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball. The league has produced well over 1,000 professional baseball players, including a record 79 former players drafted in the most recent Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in June 2008.
Schimpf was named the MVP of the championship series after going 7-for-13 (.538) in the three games with four home runs and five runs scored. He drove in eight of Luray's 17 runs in the series. Schimpf hit a pair of solo home runs on Tuesday, one day after going 4-for-5 with five RBI, including a three-run homer, on Monday.
Schimpf, a product of Covington, enjoyed a magnificent summer season for Luray, batting .392 (38-for-97) in 27 games with three doubles, 11 homers, 27 RBI and 25 runs.
Schimpf hit .320 (80-for-250) for LSU in 2008 with 18 doubles, seven triples, 12 homers and 54 RBI. He was LSU’s top hitter in NCAA Tournament games, as he helped lead the Tigers to the College World Series. He batted .452 (14-for-31) in nine NCAA games – including three CWS contests – with five doubles, one triple, two homers and nine RBI.
Schimpf is the second LSU player to earn MVP honors this summer. Sophomore centerfielder Leon Landry was named last week as the MVP of the Cal Ripken Sr. League championship series.
The Wranglers completed a three-game series sweep over the Covington Lumberjacks on Tuesday with a 4-0 victory at Bulldog Field in Luray, Va.
The Valley League, a wooden-bat league located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, is funded in part by a grant from Major League Baseball and is a member of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball. The league has produced well over 1,000 professional baseball players, including a record 79 former players drafted in the most recent Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in June 2008.
Schimpf was named the MVP of the championship series after going 7-for-13 (.538) in the three games with four home runs and five runs scored. He drove in eight of Luray's 17 runs in the series. Schimpf hit a pair of solo home runs on Tuesday, one day after going 4-for-5 with five RBI, including a three-run homer, on Monday.
Schimpf, a product of Covington, enjoyed a magnificent summer season for Luray, batting .392 (38-for-97) in 27 games with three doubles, 11 homers, 27 RBI and 25 runs.
Schimpf hit .320 (80-for-250) for LSU in 2008 with 18 doubles, seven triples, 12 homers and 54 RBI. He was LSU’s top hitter in NCAA Tournament games, as he helped lead the Tigers to the College World Series. He batted .452 (14-for-31) in nine NCAA games – including three CWS contests – with five doubles, one triple, two homers and nine RBI.
Schimpf is the second LSU player to earn MVP honors this summer. Sophomore centerfielder Leon Landry was named last week as the MVP of the Cal Ripken Sr. League championship series.
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