Archive for category: FEATURED

/ May 18, 2012 3:34 am

Q&A With Coach Dennis of Chattanooga State College in Tennessee; Building A Respectable Baseball Program For Homegrown Talent

I was surfing the web the other day and came across some pictures of Chattanooga State College, a community college out in Tennessee, playing a baseball game with the DOUBLE A affiliates of the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was Chattanooga State vs. the Chattanooga Lookouts. So I started to look into their program and found some very interesting things about [...]

/ May 18, 2012 2:17 am

Q&A With Coach Estes of Freed-Hardeman University in Tennessee; 2012; First National Tournament Bid In 15 Years in the TSAC

The 2012 season marked Head Coach Jonathan Estes’s 4th season at Freed-Hardeman University. It also marked the first time in 15 years that the program won a conference title and a National Tournament bid.  The hard work of a coaching staff,  and a dedicated commitment from an athletic department showed great results in 2012. I recently had the chance to [...]

/ May 18, 2012 1:18 am

Q&A With Coach Wilson of Arizona Christian University; 2012 Association of Independent Institutes Conference Champs

The Arizona Christian University Baseball Program came into existence in 2011. With only a year under their belt, they took on the 2012 season with confidence, poise, and a great coach. Head Coach Doyle Wilson had a great playing career with the University of Arkansas, coached at the University of Southern California, and in only his first year at Arizona [...]

/ May 18, 2012 12:22 am

Q&A With Assistant Coach Lewis of Campbellsville University in Kentucky; 2012 Runner Up in the MSC

The Campbellsville University Tigers have been a mainstay at the top of the Mid-South Conference for the past 7 consecutive season. They’ve either been regular season champs, or conference tournament champs, and that type of established prowess does not go unnoticed in the College Baseball world. In 2012, they sort of fell short from that, but that does not mean [...]

/ May 17, 2012 11:10 pm

Q&A With Coach Shabansky of GateWay College in Arizona; 2012 Lost By One Run In The D2 Region 1 Championship Series

Gateway College went to the JUCO World Series in 2011 showing the type of program they are capable of being. In 2012, their season took them straight into the D2 Region 1 Tournament where they valiantly fought their way into the Championship Series. Ultimately, they lost to a tough Scottsdale College 6-5 in 11 innings. I recently had the chance [...]

/ May 17, 2012 3:16 am

Q&A With Coach Baumfeld of Georgetown College in Kentucky; 2012 MSC Champions

Georgetown College placed a 2nd place finish in the Mid-South Conference and headed into conference play with confidence and great coaching.  They won all four games in the tournament for the title. When it was time to face competition in the NAIA Championship Opening Round, they struggled and wound up losing two game before their elimination. Baseball is not an [...]

/ May 12, 2012 10:40 pm

Q&A With Coach Standiford of Tabor College in Kansas; 2012 Co-Champions in the KCAC

Tabor College was solid and played good baseball all season. Within the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference, Tabor College has established a baseball program that has been recognized nationally. They have earned a spot in the NAIA Opening Round Regional bracket and plan on competing strongly. I recently had the chance to talk to Head Coach Mark Standiford about his playing [...]

/ May 11, 2012 3:21 am

Q&A With Coach Martin of DePauw University in Indiana; 2012 Runner Up In The NCAC

DePauw University was withing one game of winning the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAA Division 3).  They finished with the best overall record (33-12) in the conference and stood out in so many categories. They fell in a tough game against The College of Wooster 8 to 6. There was nothing to be ashamed of. The truth is that in [...]

/ May 11, 2012 1:17 am

Q&A With Coach Dinkel of Sterling College in Kansas; 2012 KCAC Champs

Sterling College of the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference finished their season on a seven game winning streak and the best overall record in the conference. They finished the season as the #25 ranked NAIA baseball program in 2012, plus they took the conference title. They are about to launch their whole essence into the NAIA Regional opening round as the [...]

/ May 10, 2012 3:23 am

Q&A With Coach McGovern of Menlo College In California; 2012 NAIA West Conference Champs

I always think it’s a special thing when a coach takes over a program, and in that first year, they win a conference tournament. That’s exactly what happened to Coach Stefan McGovern at Menlo College. Despite having finishing in 4th  place in the NAIA West Conference, Menlo wound up tuning up to the tournaments challenge winning 4 of their 5 [...]