2021 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 43
Will Pudik
- Position:
- C
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Hometown:
- Peoria, Ill.
- High School:
- Peoria Notre Dame
Freshman - 2021
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Did not appear in a game
Freshman - 2020 (COVID-19 Shortened)
- Appeared in one game as a pinch-hitter
- Academic All-Big Ten
High School
- Three-year letterwinner
- Played for head coach David Cales at Peoria Notre Dame
- .446 with 12 doubles, three triples, five homers, 42 RBIs and a 1.297 OPS as a senior
- All-Big 12 Conference
- High Honor Roll
- National Honor Society
- Over 150 hours of community service
- Also played basketball in high school
Personal
- Born Sept. 10, 1999
- Son of Troy and Beth Pudik
- Two older brothers, Nick and Matthew
- Family has long history at the University of Illinois, as his mother, father, brothers, and three uncles attended the university
- Majoring in economics
- Plans to attend law school
- Chose Illinois because, "of its reputation of academic and athletic excellence."
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