Eric Baldwin was back in Whitewater Wednesday to be honored for his $200,000 donation to the UW-Whitewater baseball program. The funding was used to install lights at Prucha Field at Jim Miller Stadium.
The highly successful professional poker player was honored in special pregame ceremonies prior to game-one of Wednesday’s doubleheader vs. UW-Oshkosh.
“Baldy” sat in with Gary Douglas and Tom Pattison for nearly 20 minutes on the KOOL 106.5 broadcast of game one.
Baldwin earned his degree at UW-W in psychology with a minor in mathematics. Baldwin was a true student athlete. Eric earned his way onto the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll all three years that he played for UW-W, also earned the league's Max Sparger Award as the Scholar Athlete for Baseball in 2005. He graduated Summa Cum Laude.
On the baseball field, Baldwin was a team captain on the 2005 NCAA Division III National Championship team along with the 2004 team that finished 3rd at the D III World Series in Appleton.
Eric is known as one of the most competitive players on the Pro Poker Circuit. He arrived in Whitewater Wednesday after winning just over $1-miillion finishing second at the Tournament of Champions World Poker Tournament at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Henderson, Nevada resident has earned $4-million in his career.
Baldwin told the radio audience that he had always known the moto once a Warhawk, always a Warhawk and his success on the Pro Poker Tour has allowed him to give back to the University.
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