Willowbrook graduate Chris Roycroft pitched to Princeton’s Jett Wedekind at Aurora University in 2018 and 2019, both named Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference All-Conference for the Spartans. Five years later, Roycroft broke in with the St. Louis Cardinals. The road from Division III school Aurora to the big leagues was not an easy one, taking Roycroft on a path pitching two seasons for the Joliet Slammers of the independent Frontier League to Busch Stadium.
