Baseball and Softball Host Hot Stove Dinner in Preparation for 2024 Season
Registration for the 2024 Annual Hot Stove Dinner for the Central Connecticut baseball and softball programs is now open. The dinner will be held on February 3, 2024, ahead of the upcoming seasons for the Blue Devils squads. This year's event will include former Blue Devil Nick Neumann as a featured speaker.
Registration for the 2024 Annual Hot Stove Dinner for the Central Connecticut baseball and softball programs is now open. The dinner will be held on February 3, 2024, ahead of the upcoming seasons for the Blue Devils squads. This year's event will include former Blue Devil and MLB draft pick Nick Neumann as a featured speaker.
The dinner will be held at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville, CT. Contact baseball assistant coach Pat Hall (860-832-3579 or hallpac@ccsu.edu) or softball assistant coach Pat Holden (860-832-3050 or holden@ccsu.edu) with questions or for more information.
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Alumni, family and friends of the programs are invited to come together for a night of reconnecting and showing support of the Blue Devils programs. Tickets for the Hot Stove Dinner are $75 and the evening will begin with an included cocktail hour reception from 5:00-6:30 p.m. followed by dinner. The evening will also include auctions, and raffle prizes.
Neumann pitched for the Blue Devils from 2010-14. He was an All-Northeast Conference honoree, he tossed 239.2 innings in 51 career appearances. He recorded 17 wins and two saves, while posting a 3.61 earned run average, while striking out 164 hitters. In his senior season, he did not allow an earned run over his final three starts, including an eight-strikeout outing in a win over Sacred Heart in the league tournament. As a junior he tossed a complete game shutout against Mount St. Mary's and was named NEC Pitcher of the week.