Chris Hase a 2010 graduate of High School North and former member of the Knights’ baseball team, now plays for the University of Wisconsin’s club team. The eighth-seeded Badgers finished third in this year’s National Club Baseball Association World Series, held in Tampa, Florida in May.
En route to their third-place finish the Badgers defeated the top seed, East Carolina, 16-8. In that matchup Hase was voted player of the game by the NCBA. Wisconsin then edged out fourth-seeded Delaware, 8-7, in a 13-inning game that, due to rain delays, ended at 3:05 a.m. The Badgers ultimately lost to the second seed and eventual winner, Utah State. Hase, batting in the clean-up spot, hit .350 for the series.
Joe Jensen, a 2011 graduate of High School North and a three-sport star at Hamilton College, was also a standout on the baseball diamond this spring.
The junior started all 26 games for the Continentals and led the team with a .398 batting average, nine home runs, and 40 RBIs. In the outfield Jensen made 43 put-outs out of 44 chances for a .977 fielding percentage.
Jensen also excels as a wide receiver for Hamilton’s football team and as a sprinter on its indoor track team.
