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Samuel Heilenbach
  • supply chain/operations management
  • Class of 2018
  • Western Springs, Ill.

Western Springs's Heilenbach Part of WIAC Championship, NCAA Tournament Bid at UW-Whitewater

2017 May 16

Sam Heilenbach, a native of Western Springs, IL, and graduate of Lyons Township High School, is a member of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team, which won its fifth Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament in program history to clinch the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Championship, which begins this week with the Midwest Regional at Miller Stadium in Whitewater.

The Warhawks (35-7 overall), the No. 1 seed in the region, will face eighth-seeded St. Norbert on Thursday at 1:15 p.m. to open play in the eight-team, double-elimination regional tournament.

Other participants in this week's regional include No. 2 seed Concordia Chicago, No. 3 Adrian (Mich.), No. 4 St. Scholastica (Minn.), No. 5 UW-La Crosse, No. 6 St. Thomas (Minn.) and No. 7 Macalester (Minn.).



UW-Whitewater clinched its 10th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and 21st overall after winning the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title for the fifth time in program history to earn the league's automatic NCAA bid.



The Warhawks finished 17-3 in conference play to clinch the WIAC regular season championship for the 17th time in program history.

Heilenbach, a sophomore at UW-Whitewater, is majoring in general management.