Metro & state: Lugnuts, Lansing to start Michigan Baseball HOF

Baseball:

The Lansing Lugnuts and the City of Lansing will announce the establishment of the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame at 10 a.m. today at Cooley Law School Stadium. The inaugural class of inductees will come from a ballot compiled from public nominations, voted on by a nine-member committee of Michigan baseball experts. For information, visit MichiganBaseballHall.org or call (517) 485-4500. The Lugnuts are a Class A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Hockey: Michigan State junior goaltender Jake Hildebrand was named the Big Ten's first star of the week for the second time this season. He stopped 55 of 56 shots in the Spartans' two-game sweep of Ohio State. Michigan senior forward Zach Hyman was tabbed as second star, and junior forward Justin Selman is the third star. Hyman recorded six points, and Selman scored three goals in a sweep at Wisconsin. ... Michigan Tech forward Blake Pietila was named WCHA offensive player of the week after getting three points in the Huskies' sweep of Alaska.

Soccer: Michigan Bucks' Zach Steinberger, Dzenan Catic and Adam Montague were selected in the 2015 Major League Soccer (MLS) Super Draft. Steinberger was the first to hear his name called when the Houston Dynamo selected the midfielder with the No. 8 overall pick. Catic, a Kentwood native, was selected by the Philadelphia Union with the 10th pick of the second round (31st overall). Montague, a former Spartan, went in the third round with the 16th pick (58th overall) to the Vancouver Whitecaps. All are preparing for training camp to try to earn a spot on their respective teams.