Aug. 4, 2022, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Grand Rapids Community College sophomore Jeremy Marble was named Most Valuable Pitcher of the Great Lakes UBL Baseball League, joining six other current or former GRCC players honored with postseason awards.
Marble, a southpaw from Sparta, played this summer for the Grand Rapids Brewers in the Great Lakes UBL, a wood bat league for college players.
Marble earned five wins and one loss with a 2.53 earned run average. He had 44 strikeouts and just 19 walks in 39 innings.
Marble was named to the Great Lakes UBL First Team, along with teammate Colton Leatherman, a right-handed pitcher from Rockford; and University of Indianapolis star Jared Bujdos, who played for GRCC in 2019 and 2020.
Three players with GRCC ties were named to the Second Team, including current infielder/outfielder Jacob Gumieny and former Raiders Drew Murphy and Garrett Cheslek.
Cheslek, a 6-6 pitcher from Sparta, played for Aquinas College this year while Murphy plans to attend Concordia University in Ann Arbor.
Joe Hoeks, a sophomore who played infield and outfield for GRCC this year, was named All-League honorable mention. He hit .292 with 20 stolen bases.
It’s the second year in a row a GRCC player earned one of the league’s top honors. Ryan Dykstra was named Most Valuable Player in 2021. Dykstra is playing for the Kalamazoo Growlers of the Northwoods League this summer and will attend Oakland University in the fall.
The Great Lakes UBL Baseball League is a summer league with teams in Midland, Grand Rapids, Jackson, Livonia and Manistee. Amateur players are from NAIA, NJCAA and NCAA-sanctioned colleges and universities.
The league, a member of the National Amateur Baseball Federation, is intended to provide a summer baseball program for eligible players to give them experience using a wood bat in a competitive atmosphere. The team with the best overall record wins the league championship.