Baseball Names Captains For 2005 Season
12/28/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Dec. 28, 2004
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State head baseball coach Ted Mahan has announced the selection of senior Erik Morris (Orchard Park, Mich.) and red-shirt junior Tim Day (West Chester, Ohio) as captains for the 2005 baseball season.
"I think the 2005 Spartan team chose two outstanding young men to lead their team, in Tim Day and Erik Morris," said Mahan. "Both Tim and Erik are proven quality Big Ten players and outstanding students. We look forward to these two players providing leadership and direction for the team in 2005."
Morris is the leading returning hitter for the Spartans after batting .321 with 10 home runs, 50 runs scored and 44 RBI as a junior.
Day has compiled a 14-10 record in his first two seasons as a Spartan, but sat out the entire 2004 season due to an elbow injury. He earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American honors in 2002, when he set the MSU single-season record for wins in season en route to an 11-3 mark.
The Spartans return 15 letterwinners from last season's team that finished with a 33-26 overall record, including a 19-13 mark in Big Ten play. MSU opens the 2005 season with a three-game series at Centenary in Shreveport, La., on Feb. 25-27.
