Covering UMHB Athletics and the stories behind the score
BELTON — Mike Stawski knew he had a serious problem. And there was no easy fix.
It was the fall of 2009. The setting: Louisville, Kentucky. And Stawski, just three years removed from his college playing days as a pitcher at Saint Joseph’s College (IN), looked over his new team at Spalding University.
This is Part 1 of a two-part series on the success of UMHB’s baserunning in baseball and softball this spring. The series originated from our conversations with head baseball coach Mike Stawski and head softball coach Melissa Mojica, as UMHB is currently one of three D-III institutions whose baseball and softball teams each rank in the Top 15 nationally in stolen bases per game. Part 2 featuring Cru Baseball and Mike Stawski will be published on April 8.