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Backstrom Third Team Case Study

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Last spring in his third season, Kurtis Kloke and Spencer Backstrom each earned Second Team all-Northwest Conference honors. Backstrom was also selected Third Team all-Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association. He posted 85 strikeouts in 60 innings of work with 14 appearances to his credit. He finished the season with a 4-2 mark, four saves and a 1.95 ERA en route to second team all-Northwest Conference honors. Kloke had 12 multi-hit games with a team-leading 40 hits and a share of the team lead with 26 RBIs.

In his second season as the Boxers' head coach, he guided the Boxers back to the Northwest Conference Baseball Tournament. One of the key contributors to that team, Walker Olis garnered multiple post-season honors including First …show more content…

Billings’ high water mark came in 2011 when the Loggers finished second in the NWC with a 15-9 record. He has coached 75 Puget Sound All-NWC selections, four All-West Region selections and a Third Team All-American in Mark Rockey …show more content…

While on the team’s staff, the Studs amassed 197 wins, won five league titles and advanced four times to the National Baseball Congress (NBC) World Series, finishing second in 2008. Billings helped to coach a number of Division I players and future professional players, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum. In addition to his head coaching duties, Billings served as Puget Sound’s athletic facilities manager. Prior to taking the job at Puget Sound, Billings spent the 2000 and 2001 seasons as head coach at Pierce Community College in Lakewood, Wash., as well as serving two seasons on the staff of the Tacoma Stags U18 squad under former Puget Sound skipper Ken Garland. He also spent two years as an instructor with the Wilkinson Baseball Academy. A 1999 graduate of Puget Sound with a degree in physical education, Billings transferred to Puget Sound from Redlands in 1996. A three-year starter at catcher or first base, Billings was a three-time letterwinner, two-time captain and led the NWC in RBIs in 1998. He was named the Loggers’ most valuable player in 1998 earned All-NWC honors in 1999. A native of the Tacoma area, Billings and his wife, Feather, are proud parents of a son, Benson. They reside in

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