The New York Mets have signed right-handed pitcher Luc Rennie.

“Luc is a true Frontier League success story,” Evansville manager Andy McCauley said. “After his release by Baltimore, he needed a venue to get back into form.

“I have to give credit to Max Peterson for working endlessly with him and credit Luc for his tireless work ethic.”

Rennie, a San Diego, Calif. native, joined the Otters before the 2016 season and he made 13 appearances on the mound for Evansville last year with 12 starts. In 77 1/3 innings in 2017, he stuck out 66 batters while finishing with a 7-5 record and 2.91 ERA.

In 10 starts for Evansville this season, Rennie was 4-1 with a 2.31 ERA in 62 1/3 innings. At the time of his signing with the Mets, Rennie led the Frontier League in strikeouts with 70.

“He deserves this opportunity,” McCauley said. “We wish him the best of luck with the Mets organization.”

On June 25, Rennie was named the Frontier League Pitcher of the Week after he went a season-high eight innings while striking out a career-high 12 batters in a 6-0 victory over Southern Illinois June 22.

He was drafted in the 16th round of the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft from Torrey Pines High School in San Diego by the Orioles and split time between Frederick, Delmarva and Aberdeen from 2012-15.

He has pitched 221 1/3 innings in affiliated baseball, winning 11 games and striking out 188 in four seasons.

Rennie is the 71st player in Otters franchise history to sign with a MLB organization out of Evansville and he is the first since December when Ryan Etsell was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies.

Evansville returns to Bosse Field Tuesday, July 17, at 6:35 p.m. for the first of three against Lake Erie.

The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-American Scholars were announced today with a total of 1,011 women’s collegiate golfers recognized with this prestigious honor. The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics. The minimum cumulative GPA is 3.50.

Three representatives from the University of Evansville were named to the list as Minka Gill, Giulia Mallmann and Lexie Sollman earned the honor.

“I am very proud to have three players on this prestigious team,” Purple Aces head golf coach Jim Hamilton said.  “It shows the outstanding commitment they have on the course and in the classroom.  We plan on continuing this excellence in the future!”

As a freshman, Minka Gill had an excellent showing.  Majoring in Neuroscience, the Kokomo, Ind. native finished the school year with a 3.971 GPA.  She played in 25 rounds while finishing with a stroke average of 82.88.

Senior Giulia Mallmann completed her time at UE with a GPA of 3.715 while majoring in Sport Management.  She has also been building up her resume off the course, spending time working as an intern at the 2016 Olympics and with the PGA Tour.  During the 2017-18 season, Mallmann played in all 26 rounds with her top finish coming at the Alabama State Spring Kickoff as she came home in 14^thplace.

Lexie Sollman finished her sophomore campaign with the Aces and stands with a GPA of 3.632 as a Public Health major with an emphasis in Nutrition.  She took part in 18 rounds this season, earning a top 20 finish at Alabama State.

Trailing by two runs entering the eighth inning, the Evansville Otters scored five runs in the final two frames to win 7-4 over the Lake Erie Crushers on Wednesday evening at Sprenger Stadium.

In the first, Travis Harrison brought home the first two runs of the game with a single to left field with the bases loaded.

Lake Erie got one back when Bryan DeLaRosa scored from third base on the back end of a double steal.

The Crushers then took the lead in the fifth on Dane Hutcheon’s two-run homer to right.

Kewby Meyer drove in an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh.

With two outs in the eighth, Hunter Cullen hit an RBI single to right which scored Zach Welz, and a subsequent error from the right fielder allowed Mike Rizzitello to score from first and tie the game at 4-4.

The Otters took the lead by pushing home three runs in the top of the ninth. With the bases loaded and two outs, Zach Welz hit a groundball to short that produced an errant throw from Aaron Hill which allowed the go-ahead run to score and kept the bases loaded. Rizzitello then stepped in and laced a two-run single to right to push the lead to 7-4.

Mitch Aker came on in the ninth and shut the door with a scoreless frame to earn his fifteenth save of the season.

Garrett Harris picks up the win for the Otters after throwing 1.1 innings and not allowing a baserunner.

Seth Lucio is hung with the loss after allowing three runs, all unearned, in the ninth while recording two outs.

Spencer Medick went six innings, allowing three runs and striking out six and gets a no-decision for his efforts.

Donny Murray also receives a no-decision after the threw 4.1 innings, allowing two runs on two hits and four walks.

The series will conclude tomorrow evening at 7:05 p.m. ET at Sprenger Stadium.