Eric Baldwin, captain of the UW-Whitewater's 2005 national championship baseball team and currently a professional poker player who was named 2009 Player of the Year by CardPlayer magazine, will be honored at UW-W's April 28 doubleheader.  

Baldwin will be welcomed by Chancellor Richard Telfer and will throw out the first pitch  for the UW-Oshkosh doubleheader.  Telfer will honor Eric by naming the clubhouse at Prucha Field at Jim Miller Stadium, “The Eric Baldwin Clubhouse”.  Baldwin donated $200,000 to UW-Whitewater baseball for field lights, which helped the Warhawks earn a bid to host a NCAA Division III regional May 19-23.
 
Baldwin earned $1,034,715 this past weekend by placing second place at the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. This puts his career winnings close to $4 million.  

In Baldwin's 2005 championship season, the Warhawks had a record of 45-7 and defeated NY-Cortland 11-4 in the championship game.  Baldwin played and started in all 52 games and batted .356.  He had 13 home-runs with 70 runs batted in, recorded 17 doubles and had a slugging percentage of .660.

The game will start at 1:00 p.m. and Baldwin will be available for autographs during the game.

For additional information: John Vodenlich, UW-W head coach or Paul Plinske, UW-W director of athletics