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Chattanooga State Community College Tigers
Enrollment: 5,987
Record: 37-14
How they got here: Beat Gordon College in three games, losing 10-0, then winning 10-8 and 10-8.
Coach: Greg Dennis
National Championships: 0
Key players: Tyler Burstram, RHP; Will Phillips, RHP; Michael Maxwell, 2B; Gabe Herman, OF
Notables: This is the first World Series appearance for the Tigers … The Tigers have a .388 team batting average, No. 2 in the NJCAA, behind Iowa Western … Burstram is 5-0 with nine saves, which is 23rd in the NJCAA... Phillips is 6-1 on the year … Herman has the highest batting average at .443, two points higher then Maxwell ... Both Herman and Maxwell have stolen 20 bases.
College of Southern Nevada Coyotes
Enrollment: 15,000
Record: 49-14
How they got here: Beat Central Arizona, 25-11
Coach: Tim Chambers
National championships: 1 — 2003
Key players: Bryce Harper, C; Ben Harper, RHP; Donn Roach, RHP; Chasen Shreve, LHP; Aaron Kurcz, RHP
Notables: Bryce Harper is the consensus top pick in the upcoming MLB Draft. ESPN’s Keith Law has him projected as the No. 1 pick in the draft. … Harper is second in all of JUCO with 28 home runs, seventh in RBI with 78. … Three pitchers are ranked in the Top 25 in the country in strikeouts per inning. That group is Bryan Harper (1.56) and Shreve and Kurcz (1.52). … Kurcz is 12th in the country with nine saves.... Roach is a transfer from Division I Arizona, while Kurcz transferred from Air Force.
Faulkner State Community College Sun Chiefs
Enrollment: 2,685
Record: 37-19
How they got here: Defeated Shelton State Community College, 7-5 and 7-6
Coach: Wayne Larker
National championships: 0
Key players: Joseph Hernandez, RHP; Patrick Shreve, LHP; Josh Huggins, INF; Daniel Wass, INF
Notables: Larker has 723 career wins and was a 2008 inductee in the Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame … Hernandez tied for fifth in the NJCAA with 12 saves and is 7-1 on the year … Shreve is 8-1 with 61 strikeouts … Huggins led the team with 45 RBI … Wass is tops on the team with a .365 average.
Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons
Enrollment: 3,194
Record: 37-22
How they got here: Beat Seward County, 8-6, in 12 innings
Coach: Kyle Crookes
National championships: 0
Key players: Shawn Lewick, LHP; Andrew Urban, RHP; Matt Williams, RHP; Andrew Dixon, OF; Luke Acosta, INF
Notables: This will be only their second appearance in the World Series, the last coming in 2005 … Former major league players that played at HCC include Tim Olson (Arizona), Mike Zagurski (Philadelphia) and Craig Dingman (Rockies, Yankees, Tigers) … Lewick is 7-1 with a 1.71 ERA... Urban is 18th in the country with 8 saves … Williams is 8-1 … Acosta has 52 RBI … Dixon is batting .370 and has stole 41 bases.
Chattanooga State Community College Tigers
Enrollment: 5,987
Record: 37-14
How they got here: Beat Gordon College in three games, losing 10-0, then winning 10-8 and 10-8.
Coach: Greg Dennis
National Championships: 0
Key players: Tyler Burstram, RHP; Will Phillips, RHP; Michael Maxwell, 2B; Gabe Herman, OF
Notables: This is the first World Series appearance for the Tigers … The Tigers have a .388 team batting average, No. 2 in the NJCAA, behind Iowa Western … Burstram is 5-0 with nine saves, which is 23rd in the NJCAA... Phillips is 6-1 on the year … Herman has the highest batting average at .443, two points higher then Maxwell ... Both Herman and Maxwell have stolen 20 bases.
College of Southern Nevada Coyotes
Enrollment: 15,000
Record: 49-14
How they got here: Beat Central Arizona, 25-11
Coach: Tim Chambers
National championships: 1 — 2003
Key players: Bryce Harper, C; Ben Harper, RHP; Donn Roach, RHP; Chasen Shreve, LHP; Aaron Kurcz, RHP
Notables: Bryce Harper is the consensus top pick in the upcoming MLB Draft. ESPN’s Keith Law has him projected as the No. 1 pick in the draft. … Harper is second in all of JUCO with 28 home runs, seventh in RBI with 78. … Three pitchers are ranked in the Top 25 in the country in strikeouts per inning. That group is Bryan Harper (1.56) and Shreve and Kurcz (1.52). … Kurcz is 12th in the country with nine saves.... Roach is a transfer from Division I Arizona, while Kurcz transferred from Air Force.
Faulkner State Community College Sun Chiefs
Enrollment: 2,685
Record: 37-19
How they got here: Defeated Shelton State Community College, 7-5 and 7-6
Coach: Wayne Larker
National championships: 0
Key players: Joseph Hernandez, RHP; Patrick Shreve, LHP; Josh Huggins, INF; Daniel Wass, INF
Notables: Larker has 723 career wins and was a 2008 inductee in the Alabama Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame … Hernandez tied for fifth in the NJCAA with 12 saves and is 7-1 on the year … Shreve is 8-1 with 61 strikeouts … Huggins led the team with 45 RBI … Wass is tops on the team with a .365 average.
Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons
Enrollment: 3,194
Record: 37-22
How they got here: Beat Seward County, 8-6, in 12 innings
Coach: Kyle Crookes
National championships: 0
Key players: Shawn Lewick, LHP; Andrew Urban, RHP; Matt Williams, RHP; Andrew Dixon, OF; Luke Acosta, INF
Notables: This will be only their second appearance in the World Series, the last coming in 2005 … Former major league players that played at HCC include Tim Olson (Arizona), Mike Zagurski (Philadelphia) and Craig Dingman (Rockies, Yankees, Tigers) … Lewick is 7-1 with a 1.71 ERA... Urban is 18th in the country with 8 saves … Williams is 8-1 … Acosta has 52 RBI … Dixon is batting .370 and has stole 41 bases.
Iowa Western Community College Reivers
Enrollment: 3,640
Record: 45-11
How they got here: Swept Kiswaukee 17-2 and 11-1 and Wabash Valley, 21-15 and 9-4
Coach: Doc Ross
National championships: 0
Key players: Brent Seifert, INF; Taylor Eikenberry, LHP; Nick Hogue, RHP; Jordan Kistler, RHP; Ryan Hutchinson, OF
Notables: The Reivers have made the tournament the last four years ... The Reivers lead all of NJCAA in team batting average with .398 … Seifert is third in the NJCAA with a .497 average … Eikenberry is No. 25 in the country with 1.34 strikeouts per inning … Kistler is 8-0 and Hogue is 8-1 on the season …Hutchinson is batting .452 and is second on the team in home runs with 13 – four behind Seifert.
Pitt Community College Bulldogs
Enrollment:7,500
Record: 41-11
How they got here: Beat Potomac State College (West Virginia), 6-0 and 9-2.
Coach: Tommy Eason
National Championships: 0
Key players: Justin Nygard, RHP; Robert Penny, RHP; Taylor Buran, OF; Brett Williams, OF
Notables: In 2008, PCC had a first-round pick in Lonnie Chisenhall, tabbed by the Indians … In 2000, Freddie Bynum was picked and has since played for the Orioles, A’s and White Sox … As a team, the Bulldogs are hitting .364, 12th in the NJCAA .. Six players with over 100 at-bats are all averaging better than a .330 average … Buran is hitting .426, while Williams is hitting .349 … Both Williams and Matt Campbell have 11 home runs .. Penny is 8-1 and Nygard is 7-1 on the season.
San Jacinto College Gators
Enrollment: 27,000
Record: 48-10
How they got here: Beat Blinn College, 6-2
Coach: Tom Arrington
National championships: 5 — 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
Key players: Miguel Pena, LHP; Adam Wright, OF; David Rollins, RHP; Tommy Collier, 1B/RHP; Sean Nolin, OF; John Killen, RHP, Mark Herrera
Notables: Pena was a fifth-round pick of the Nationals last year, but didn’t sign. He is currently 13-1 … the five championships were won by Wayne Graham, now the head coach at Rice … all the players listed in “key players” above were drafted in the last two years … Also on the roster is infielder Kody Gruber, son of former Blue Jay 3B Kelly Gruber … The Gators have a famous group of alumni, including Rogers Clemens, Andy Pettite, as well as current big leaguers Nick Stavinoha (Cardinals) and Mike Gonzalez (Orioles) … The Gators have been national runners-up six times …Herrera is 17th in the NJCAA with 1.48 strikeouts per inning … Clay Schrader is third in the national in the same category with 1.74 strikeouts per inning. He is 10th in the country with 11 saves.
State College of Florida Manatees
Enrollment:12,000
Record: 37-13
How they got here: Beat Miami-Dade Community College, 8-1
Coach: Tim Hill
Key players: Alex Burgos, LHP; Bobby Dixon, RHP; Tyler Rocklein, OF; Austin Smith, OF; B.J. Zimmerman, INF
Notables: The Manatees have one player in the big league currently in Reds’ reliever Matt Maloney... this Bradenton-based team played the Pirates in an exhibition game and lost 6-1 … Tim Hill has 1,090 wins in his 29th year as head coach .. it is the team’s 10th World Series berth … Former players that had notable big leagues careers include Lance Carter (Royals, Rays), Glenn Davis (Astros, Orioles) and David Howard (Royals, Cardinals) … Burgos is 13-1, 1.42 earned run average (12th in the NJCAA) and 109 strikeouts (2nd in NJCAA) .. Dixon has nine saves and a 0.60 ERA. … Rocklein, Smith and Zimmerman are all batting over .300.
Temple (Texas) College Leopards
Enrollment: 3,375
Record: 37-23
How they got here: Beat McLennan College, 6-5 in 13 innings
Coach: Craig McMurtry
National championships: 0
Key players: Brandon Parrent, LHP; Brannon Easterling, RHP; Korey Wacker, OF/LHP; Stafford Brantley, OF
Notables: McMurty is a former Major League pitcher for the Braves (1983-86), Rangers (88-90) and Astros (1995) … Parrent is 9-6 with two shutouts this year … Easterling is 8-3 with two saves …Wacker led the team with a .385 average, while Brantley paces the team with eight homers.
— Compiled by Cody Thorn, sports editor
