Lewis University

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Lewis Flyers Romeoville, IL

Name History:

Lewis College of Science and Technology	1944-62
Lewis College	1962-73
Lewis University	1973-date

Baseball Team History:

Year	Record	Coach
1953	5-9	Gordon A. Gillespie
1954	11-5	Gordon A. Gillespie
1955	12-5	Gordon A. Gillespie
1956	8-6	Gordon A. Gillespie
1957	10-8	Gordon A. Gillespie
1958	11-11	Gordon A. Gillespie
1959	20-4	Gordon A. Gillespie
1960	13-10	Gordon A. Gillespie
1961	21-8	Gordon A. Gillespie
1962	27-5	Gordon A. Gillespie
1963	26-10	Gordon A. Gillespie
1964	25-8	Gordon A. Gillespie
1965	25-7	Gordon A. Gillespie
1966	34-6	Gordon A. Gillespie
1967	24-11	Gordon A. Gillespie
1968	23-6	Gordon A. Gillespie
1969	32-10	Gordon A. Gillespie
1970	38-17	Gordon A. Gillespie
1971	43-24	Gordon A. Gillespie
1972	46-12	Gordon A. Gillespie
1973	36-14	Gordon A. Gillespie
1974	45-14	Gordon A. Gillespie
1975	52-16	Gordon A. Gillespie
1976	47-15	Gordon A. Gillespie
1977	50-19	Thomas M. Dedin
1978	26-24	Thomas M. Dedin
1979	35-18	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1980	61-24	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1981	55-17	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1982	36-31-1	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1983	31-28	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1984	42-24-2	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1985	42-24-1	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1986	42-26-1	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1987	36-26-1	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1988	46-19	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1989	42-23	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1990	49-14	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1991	32-21-1	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1992	45-22	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1993	29-24	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1994	47-17-1	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1995	38-22	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1996	46-16	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1997	31-23	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1998	22-27	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
1999	25-31	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2000	34-26	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2001	25-29	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2002	29-27	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2003	17-37	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2004	16-39	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2005	11-43	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2006	10-46	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2007	8-47	Henry M. (Irish) O’Reilly
2008	18-29	Timothy McDonough

Major League Players

Name	Birthplace	Dates Played at College	Major League Debut
Edward W. Spiezio	Joliet, IL	1962-63	7/23/1964
Gregory J. Washburn	Coal City, IL	1967	6/7/1969
Thomas M. Brennan	Chicago, IL	1971-74	9/5/1981
Ernest W. Young	Chicago, IL	1988-90	5/17/1994
Timothy B. Unroe	Round Lake Beach, IL	1991-92	5/30/1995
Richard A. Huisman	Oak Park, IL	1988-90	9/4/1995
Jason J. (J.J.) Furmaniak	Naperville, IL	1998-00	9/13/2005

bold	member of Lewis Hall of Fame

Conference Affiliations:

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	1953-80
Great Lakes Valley Conference	1981-date

Highlights:

Kevin J. Rhomberg (DB 9/1/1982) attended

John Boles (ML manager) played 1967-70

Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference champion 1961-69, 1971-75, 1977, 1979-80...Great Lakes Valley Conference champion 1985-87, 1990, 1992, 1994

NAIA National Championship participant 1962-63, 1966, 1971-72, 1974-77, 1980...NAIA National Championship 2^nd place 1966, 1980...NAIA National Champion 1974-76...Division II World Series participant 1988-90, 1992, 1994

Division II All-America selections (First-Team)

1981	Bob Tumpane (ABCA)
1983	Mark Altobella (ABCA)
1984	Mark Altobella (ABCA)
1986	Bill Kazmierczak (ABCA)
1989	Mike Stevenson (ABCA)
1990	Rick Huisman (ABCA)
1990	Randy Russ (ABCA)
1990	Ernie Young (ABCA)
1991	Mike Stevenson (ABCA)
1991	Kenn Blair (ABCA)
1992	Dennis Krob (ABCA)
1992	Tim Unroe (ABCA)
1994	Chris Priest (ABCA)
1994	Bob Ryan (ABCA)
1996	Brian Gibbons (ABCA)
1996	Rick Moss (ABCA)

Division II National Player of the Year

1991	Mike Stevenson (ABCA)