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As President of Treasure Valley Community College, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our campus.

On behalf of everyone at TVCC, I especially want to express my appreciation for your support of our student athletes.

Under the direction of Dean Randy Griffin and Athletic Director Ed Aronson, our coaches and staff are committed to providing team enrichment in a learning-centered college environment.

Our college classrooms and laboratories are the primary settings for teaching and learning, we believe

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there is a lot to be learned on tracks, fields, and courts.

TVCC’s coaches are teachers first - mentors who make deep and lasting impressions on their students.

While the drive to win is important, our real commitment lies in develop­ing leadership traits and the competitive spirit, which will aid our scholar-athletes throughout their lives.

Intercollegiate sports give the College a combined sense of identity and a special pride we can share as we encourage our athletes to reach all of their goals. TVCC’s student organizations and activities, including athletics, also provide a way for the community to be directly involved with the College.

We appreciate all that our community does to celebrate and encourage our athletes – we look forward to seeing you at more events!

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n behalf of our entire student athletes, coaches, and staff, we would like to welcome you to Treasure Valley Community College. Ed Aronson is in his fourth year as Athletic Director.

He joined the Athletic Department in July, 2008.

Prior to joining the NWAACC (Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges), TVCC offered four programs (baseball, softball, and men and women’s basketball) with approximately 80 student athletes.

TVCC joined the NWAACC conference during the 2003-2004 academic year and added five more programs: men and women’s Ed Aronson, cross country, men and women’s soccer, and TVCC Athletic Director volleyball. Total student athletes grew to 140.

The following year, TVCC added four more programs (men and women’s track, and men and women’s tennis) and now offers 13 programs, six for men and seven for women, with over 200 student athletes.

TVCC’s 2010-2011 athletic season was highlighted by the men’s tennis team capturing a 2nd place finish at the NWAACC championship’s, the women’s XC team finished 2nd at the championships, the softball team made its’ first ever appearance at the NWAACC softball tournament and finished in the top eight, and the men’s soccer team finishing in the top eight during its tournament.

While Treasure Valley has enjoyed success on the playing fields and courts and in the classroom, it has also continues to improve its facilities. The most recent capital project is the completion of the stadium seating (bleachers) in the John J Easly gymnasium. The partnership with the Boosters, the administration, and students of TVCC was just one of many projects that have enhanced our facilities. Prior to joining the TVCC athletic department, Aronson spent 22 years as the General Manager of a local business. Aronson received his bachelor’s degree from Boise State University in Business Management, after attending TVCC and playing baseball for the Chukars back in 1976 and 1977. Aronson also spent two years on the Chukar softball staff during the 2000-2002 seasons.

Aronson, and his wife Jody, have two children Ryan and Tesslyn.

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2012 Chukar Outlook YOUTH, DETERMINATION, AND CHARACTER

Head Coach Rick Baumann is excited about this year’s team. After last year’s sophomore dominated team went 34-12 overall and 18-10 in league, it looks like a whole new team this spring for the veteran coach and his staff. Returning with any significant experience are center fielder Chase Fields from Ontario and right handed pitcher Ryan Nyborg from Vale, Oregon. Last year Fields hit .400 and earned 2nd team All-League honors and Nyborg was 4-2 on the hill earning 2nd team AllLeague honors as well. Coach Baumann is excited about the recruiting class he brought in for 2012 that includes several local athletes, as well as, Boise valley players.

ON THE HILL

Besides Nyborg on the hill there are several talented pitchers for Coach Baumann to choose from. Back for his sophomore year is Alex Jones (RHP) whom along with Nyborg threw extremely well in the fall season. Trae Johnson (RHP) and Nate Villalobos (RHP) received medical redshirt years last year due to arm problems and should help the starting pitching for the Chukars in 2012. Red shirt freshman Zach Eckman (RHP) will compliment the sophomores on the staff along with several new freshman pitchers that have shown well in the fall and late winter outings.

NEAR THE WARNING TRACK

Fields will anchor the outfield in center and the only other sophomore in the outfield is Josh Mejia. Josh saw limited time due to the sophomore dominated lineup last year.

Curtis Wolfe is a returning red shirt freshman who has shown well in the preseason. Cory Holm, an Emmett HS graduate, transferred from Western Oregon University and has good speed in the outfield and on the bases, Chase Miller from Mountain View HS and Ryan Johnson from Timberline HS look to push for a starting position in the outfield.

Easton Bennett from Portland, Oregon and Madison HS has been a pleasant surprise, also, for the Chukars.

AROUND THE BASES Brad Birch returns as the only sophomore infielder. Brad played mostly first base last year but has been switched to third base this year due to his slick fielding and powerful arm. Mitch Skaggs will compete at third base, also, and has been the Chukars most consistent hitter in the fall and preseason. There should be a good battle for the other infield positions as Brady Harris (New Plymouth HS) and Dillon Peterson (Bozeman, Mt. TVCC Baseball Program - Spring 2012

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2012 Chukar Outlook and Bozeman HS) compete for the shortstop position, Tanner Brinkman (Bonney Lake, WA and Sumner HS) and Ryan Wright (Fruitland HS) battle it out at second base, and Gregg Simonds (Boise HS), Matt Hamilton (Buhl HS), and Brady Mooney (Pullman, WA and Pullman HS) vie for the first base job. Brandt Eaton (Mesquite, NV and Virgin Valley HS) and Mooney are both utility players that can play both middle infield positions.

Eaton has had shoulder problems that has limited his action during the preseason.

BEHIND THE PLATE

Zach Reay, a freshman red shirt, should battle it out with incoming freshman Trevor Nix (Tigard, OR and Tigard HS) for the starting catching position. Both should see plenty of time behind the plate with doubleheaders scheduled over 22 dates on the schedule.

SCHEDULE

Treasure Valley will have a very competitive pre-league schedule again as they open the year with the Gentry Ford Kickoff Classic. The Gentry Ford Classic will see the Chukars taking on Prairie Academy from Alberta Canada, Chemeketa CC, and Miles City from Montana. The TVCC nine will then head to Bend, Oregon where they will play some of the top teams in the NWAACC. Prior to opening league play the Chukars will conclude their pre- league schedule with a trip to the west coast to play Clackamas, Linn Benton, and Clark community colleges.

The Eastern Division looks to be formidable again this year with perennial power Columbia Basin looking to defend their championship along with always tough Yakima Valley, Spokane Falls, and Walla Walla community colleges. Big Bend, Blue Mountain, and Wenatchee Valley are going to be much improved going into the 2012 campaign.

The top four teams in league will play in the Eastern Division playoffs with the winner of the league season not only hosting the tournament but getting an automatic berth into the NWAACC Championship Tournament in Longview, Washington.

ATMOSPHERE

Elks Memorial Field, the home of the Chukars, has never looked better. The baseball facility sports a new parking lot and new hitting tunnel area that were built last year.

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coaching staff Rick Baumann played collegiately at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California his freshmen year before transferring on to Idaho State University (1969 -1972) where he played and pitched for Babe Caccia’s Bengals his final three years. Baumann began his college coaching career assisting Caccia as his pitching coach in 1973.

Coach Baumann began his coaching career in 1971 as the assistant coach to Head Coach Bill Derham of the Pocatello Rebels American Legion Baseball Team in Pocatello, Idaho. Rick took over as the head coach in 1973 and promptly led the Rebels to their first state championship.

Baumann began his teaching career in the fall of 1973 at Kuna High School in Kuna, Idaho. Baumann coached basketball during his four years at Kuna High School. Rick got back into baseball as he took over the head coaching position at Minico High School in Rupert, Idaho. In five years with the Spartans he would garner a 98-38 record, which is the highest winning percentage (.720) in the history of the program. He led the Spartans to four regional titles in five years and played in the state championship game in 1981 and 1982. His career culminated with a 24-6 effort in 1982 and Minico’s first state championship.

RICK BAUMANN Baumann began his head coaching college career in the fall of Contact Information: 1982 as the head coach of Treasure Valley Community College. rbaumann@tvcc.cc During his first 14 years as skipper of the Chukars, Baumann built 541-881-5877 one of the finest junior college programs in the nation. Baumann’s overall record of 393 wins and 301 losses has included two Scenic West Athletic Conference championships in 1990 and 1992 respectively. In 1990 Baumann led the Chukars to the District Championship and an automatic birth to the NJCAA College World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado. With a fifth place finish and an overall record of 48 wins and 16 losses, Baumann was named Region 18 and District Coach of the Year. In 1991, Baumann had the opportunity to work with some of the best collegiate players in the country when he was named head Coach of the West Team at the Olympic Trials in Homestead, Florida. In 1992, Baumann was also named Region 18 Coach of the Year.

Baumann also coached in the prestigious summer league in Alaska. In 1994 he led the Alaska Goldpanners to a 35-19 overall record, won the Anchorage Bucs Tournament, and Alaskan League Championship.

In 1996 Baumann stepped down as the head coach for the Chukars and became the Athletic Director at TVCC. He also assisted Head Coach Gary Van Tol as his pitching coach in 1996. Baumann directed the athletic department and saw the department grow from four athletic programs to 15 men’s and women’s athletic programs over the next ten years. Baumann headed the program again in 2000 as Van Tol moved onto Division 1 coaching positions and hired Russ Wright to take over the helm in 2001. When Coach Wright left in 2005 to take over the head coaching duties at Fruitland High School, Baumann came back to head the baseball program for Treasure Valley Community College. Under Baumann’s leadership the past six years, the Chukars are 190-88. The Chukars qualified for the NWAACC Championship for the first time in school history in 2009. The Chukars in 2010 had their best season in the NWAACC finishing 35-13, winning the Eastern Division Playoffs, and finished 5th in the NWAACC Championships. In 2011 at on point the Chukars were ranked #1 and #3 in the NWAACC and ABCA Junior College Pacific Division polls. They finished the season 34-12 and earned their fourth straight trip to the playoffs.

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coaching staff Marty Henry enters his eleventh year as the pitching coach at Treasure Valley Community College. Henry has developed some outstanding pitchers, including Colorado Rockies pitchers Jason Hammel and Clayton Mortensen during his tenure as the pitching coach.

Marty graduated from nearby Fruitland High School in 1990 where Head Coach Rick Baumann promptly recruited him to TVCC. During his two year career for the Chukars, Henry set the record for wins in a season (10) along with wins in a two year career with 16. Marty was drafted by the Houston Astros after his freshman year at Treasure Valley and went on to play at MissouriSt. Louis in 1993. Marty started his coaching career in 1994 as the assistant coach at his alma mater Fruitland HS and during the summer of 1995 coached the Treasure Valley Stars. His first head coaching position MARTY HENRY Contact Information: mhenry@tvcc.cc 541-881-5885

was at New Plymouth High School in 1998 and during that summer coached the Western Idaho Bulls American Legion Baseball program. Marty went to Kuna High School to assist the baseball program in the spring of 1999 before Head Coach Russ Wright hired Marty to assist him with the Chukars in 2001.

Marty has also been the assistant coach for the American Legion Program for the Capital Caps from 2001 to the present.

Henry has been the pitching coach for Rick Baumann since Wright resigned the program in 2005.

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coaching staff Coach Aaron Sutton is in his fourth season as assistant coach for the Chukars. He played baseball for Fruitland High School in Fruitland, Idaho, where the team won the state championship in 2002. He also was a part of the Treasure Valley Stars back-to-back State championships in 2002 and 2003. In 2003, he was named Idaho American Legion State Player of the Year. He is an alumni of Treasure Valley Community College and recently graduated from Western Oregon University with a degree in Business/ Economics.

Sutton is also the head coach for the Treasure Valley Stars American Legion AA program. The Stars most recently won the Area B District Title in 2009 and 2011 and placed 4th at the Idaho State tournament in both seasons. In 2008 and 2009, coach Sutton coached Team Idaho’s Senior Showcase team which traveled to the Arizona Fall Classic.

He was also an assistant coach for the Alaska Goldpanners Aaron Sutton 50th Anniversary travel squad in 2009. The Panners travel Assistant Coach squad played a 12 game schedule in Alaska against the entire Alaskan League.

Coach Sutton was selected to the All-NWAACC first team and All-GNAC first team for baseball at TVCC and WOU. He also was recognized by ESPN the Magazine as an All-District Academic All-American his Senior year at WOU. Sutton is currently working on his Masters degree at Idaho State University Meridian campus.

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coaching staff Coach Luby graduated from Marist HS in 1982 where he played baseball. Coach Luby went on to play for Jack Reilly at Oregon State in 1983 before moving on to Eastern Oregon State College in 1984 and then to Western Oregon State College in 1985 before finishing his collegiate career as an all-conference second baseman for Western Oregon.

Coach Luby has coached baseball for 24 years starting at Monroe HS in 1988 where he won a 2A State Title in 1991. Steve has been a high school coach for every 20 years with stops at Regis HS, Oakridge HS, and Kennedy HS. He went back to Monroe in 2006 to 2008 where he was an assistant baseball and football coach. Coach Luby comes to the Treasure Valley and Vale HS from Harrisburg HS where he was the head Steve Luby Assistant Coach

football and baseball coaches from 2008 to 2011 before landing the prestigious Vale HS football job where Coach Baumann has asked him to join his staff as an assistant.

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Bennett, Easton Birch, Brad Brinkman, Tanner Bunn, Alex Cameron, Cullin Curtis, Heath Eaton, Brandt Eckman, Zach Fields, Chase Freeman, Tyler Hamilton, Matt Harris, Brady Hernandez, Chase Holm, Cory Holt, Jeff Howard, Michael Johnson, Ryan Johnson, Trae Jones, Alex Lively, Markus Mejia, Josh Miller, Chase Mooney, Brady Nix, Trevor Nyborg, Ryan Olson, Sam Peterson, Dillon Reay, Zach Simonds, Gregg Skaggs, Mitch Villalobos, Nate Wewers, Joe Wolfe, Curtis Wright, Ryan

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Height Position 6’0” 6’2” 5’10” 5’11” 6’3” 5’11” 5’8” 6’3” 5’8” 5’9” 6’3” 5’11” 5’11” 5’10” 6’1” 6’0” 6’0” 6’2” 6’2” 6’5” 5’8” 5’10” 6’0” 5’10” 6’2” 6’1” 6’0” 6’2” 6’2” 6’1” 6’3” 6’0” 5’11” 6’0”

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Coaching Staff

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baseball schedule Date Time 03/09 03/09 03/10 03/10 03/11 03/17 03/18 03/23 03/23 03/24 03/24 03/25 03/25 03/28 03/28 03/31 03/31 04/04 04/04 04/07 04/07 04/11 04/11 04/14 04/14 04/18 04/18 04/21 04/21 04/25 04/25 04/28 04/28 05/02 05/02 05/05 05/05 05/09 05/09 05/12 05/12 05/18 05/24

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Gentry Ford Classic vs Prairie Gentry Ford Classic vs Chemeketa Gentry Ford Classic vs Chemeketa Gentry Ford Classic vs Miles City Gentry Ford Classic vs Prairie Bend Tournament Bend Tournament Clackamas CC Clackamas CC Linn Benton CC Linn Benton CC Clark College Clark College Blue Mt. CC Blue Mt. CC Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee Valley College Columbia Basin College Columbia Basin College CC of Spokane CC of Spokane Walla Walla CC Walla Walla CC Yakima Valley CC Yakima Valley CC Big Bend CC Big Bend CC Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee Valley College Blue Mt. CC Blue Mt. CC CC of Spokane CC of Spokane Columbia Basin College Columbia Basin College Yakima Valley CC Yakima Valley CC Walla Walla CC Walla Walla CC Big Bend CC Big Bend CC Eastern Region Playoffs NWAACC Championships

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he Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) is the governing body for community colleges (aka junior colleges) in Washington and Oregon. We are comprised of 35 members schools from Coos Bay, OR to Spokane, WA. We sanction nine sports for both men and women.

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to student-athletes, coaches, administrators and partners.

For our student-athletes, community colleges athletics provide an opportunity to extend their playing career and hone their athletic skills

The NWAACC is divided into four regions who set their own schedules and operating procedures that guide the insititutions in that particular region.

The basic structure is the framework for opportunites provided

while receiving a top quality education. This opportunity will potentially springboard the student-athlete to a four-year university or straight into ranks of the employed.

For our coaches and administrators, the NWAACC is an opportunity to express their passion for their sport or athletics.

For our partners, the NWAACC represents an opportunity to reach out to over 285,000 community college students and over 3,700 studentathletes. There are several options for supporting the NWAACC.

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION NUMBER OF SCHOOLS: 35 MAJOR MARKETS: Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Vancouver (BC).

STUDENT-ATHLETES: NUMBERS

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Total: 3,780 Female: 47% Male: 53% Age Range: 16-51 Avg Male: 19.14 years old Avg Female: 18.12 years old

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

Member schools are located in the following cities:

WASHINGTON

Aberdeen Auburn Bellevue Bellingham Bremerton Centralia Des Moines Everett Lakewood Longview Lynnwood Moses Lake

Mt Vernon Olympia Pasco Port Angeles Seattle Spokane Tacoma Vancouver Walla Walla Wenatchee Yakima

OREGON Albany Coos Bay Eugene Gresham Ontario Oregon City Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Vancouver WHERE ARE THEY FROM? WA: 61% OR: 22% ID: 8% CA: 2% AK: 2% Our student-athletes represent 34 states from Alaska to Florida.

SPORTS

FALL: Cross Country (MW), Volleyball (W), Soccer (MW)

WINTER: Basketball (M/W) SPRING: Baseball (M), Softball (W), Golf (M/W), Tennis (M/W), Track & Field (M/W)

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WHERE IS THE NWAACC LOCATED? The NWAACC is located in Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Coos Bay, Ontario, Vancouver (WA and BC), Wenatchee, Yakima, Pendleton, Walla Walla, Pasco and many others. There are currently 24 schools in Washington, 10 in Oregon and one in British Columbia.

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ABOUT THE NWAACC The Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges is the parent organization for thirty-five(35) community colleges in the states of Washington and Oregon*. The NWAACC has a variety of administrative responsibilities including conference tournament management, eligibility, publications, rule enforcement and sports information.

The growth of the community colleges over the past decade has been impressive. The colleges in the Northwest are comprehensive in nature and provide a variety of academic and vocational offerings as well as many enrichment activities for their students. As our student athletes have transitioned into a work environment, many have provided testimony about the significant benefit and value that participation in community college athletics provided for them.

Enrollment in community colleges continues to grow as does interest, participation and membership within the NWAACC. * One college outside Washington and Oregon holds partial membership in the NWAACC.

NWAACC HISTORY AND GROWTH 1946: WSJCAC is Born Although athletic competition between junior colleges existed in the 1930’s, the first structured league and championship events in men’s sports first came about when the Washington State Junior College Athletic Conference was formed in 1946. The nine charter members of the WSJCAC were Centralia, Clark, Everett, Grays Harbor, Lower Columbia, Olympic, Skagit Valley (known then as Mt. Vernon JC), Wenatchee Valley and Yakima Valley. Columbia Basin became the tenth member in 1955.

The conference offered football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track and golf. In 1963, wrestling entered the picture followed by cross country in 1965 and soccer in 1974. The first two years of the WSJCAC went without any bylaws until the spring of 1948 when Executive Secretary Jim Ennis of Everett JC along with Dave DuVall of Skagit Valley and Maury Phipps of Grays Harbor wrote the original constitution governing scholarship limits, grade eligibility requirements and overall philosophy of the conference’s athletic programs.

1963: The OCCAA is Established in Oregon It was about this time when community college athletics came to life in the State of Oregon. In the winter of 1963, five schools met to exchange ideas on the possible formation of a league. The Oregon Community College Athletic Association then began play in 1963-64 with Blue Mountain, Southwestern Oregon, Central Oregon, Clatsop and Treasure Valley as charter members. The conference more than doubled in size when Clackamas, Lane, Mt. Hood, Umpqua and three others joined in 1968-69.

1964: Washington’s WSJCAC Renamed WAACC In 1961, the Washington State Legislature cleared away a legal roadblock which had forbidden the establishment of junior colleges in those counties that had four-year colleges. That started a spurt of expansion as the conference doubled in size. In 1964, the conference was renamed the Washington Athletic Association of Community Colleges.

1970: The NWAACC is Established The WAACC was renamed the NWAACC when Mt. Hood left the OCCAA to join their Washington neighbors in 1970.

It was during the seventies that women’s sports started to grow. Previously they were governed by the Northwest College Women’s Sports Association. Women’s sports were combined with the men’s sports when the umbrella organization of the NWAACC was formed for the 1978-79 season.

The job of handling both the men’s and women’s athletics was too much for volunteer athletic directors who performed the task in the past. After the 1978-79 season, a five-member committee from the conference hired Frank Bosone as their first Executive Director. Bosone retired in 1992 and was succeeded by Dick McClain.

1983: Merger - OCCAA Joins NWAACC Northwest community college athletics was forever changed when seven schools from the OCCAA joined the NWAACC for the 1983-84 season. The merger between the Washington and Oregon colleges has helped the NWAACC become a strong organization. Since 1984, nine other colleges have added intercollegiate athletics and/or became NWAACC members.

Today, the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges has 35 member schools.

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Chukar Outlook

THE PROGRAM If you are looking for a challenge and want to better yourself in the classroom and on the field, we have what you are looking for and much more.

TreasureValley Community College is located in Ontario, Oregon, along the Snake River, about 50 miles west of Boise, Idaho. If you are interested in transfer programs to a four-year university, or a two-year Associated degree, TreasureValleyCommunity College offers a variety of courses to satisfy your career interests. The excellent teacher to student ratio, on-campus housing, food service, and the opportunity to play college baseball makes TreasureValley the perfect place to start your college experience.

Athletically, TreasureValley Community College is a member of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges. We compete in the Eastern Division of the NWAACC, which is arguably one of the toughest in the nation. The Eastern Division has produced NWAACC champions in a number of sports, including baseball. We have the resources to offer athletic scholarships to student-athletes who we feel have the character and talent to help us win a championship.

Do you have the goal of playing for an NWAACC Championship?

Our baseball program is new to the NWAACC, but has had an outstanding tradition of success. The program has been to the College World Series twice, most recently in 1990, where we finished fifth. We have an eight-week fall schedule along with an extensive conditioning program in the winter. Our regular season begins in March and consists of 22 dates with the Chukars playing doubleheaders or two games on each date for a 44 regular season games. Should the Chukars finish the season in the top four teams in the Eastern Division of the NWAACC, then they proceed to the Eastern Division playoffs. If the Chukars win the regular season, then they would host the playoffs and be seeded into the NWAACC championships automatically depending on the outcome of the playoffs. In addition, we have the ability to place our returning players in a number of summer programs in an effort to provide an opportunity for our players to continue developing their skills. We provide the exposure our student-athletes need to get to the next level. A majority of our graduating sophomores receive opportunities to play at the four-year or professional level.

Our outdoor and indoor facilities are excellent. Elks Memorial field is located on campus, 100 yards from the baseball clubhouse. The field has lights, natural grass, four turf batting cages, a full-inning by inning scoreboard, concessions, restrooms, a souvenir stand and a press box. We also have a quality indoor hitting facility with 2 full tunnels, drill area and portable mounds next to the player’s clubhouse and weight room.

We have a genuine concern for the overall welfare of our student-athletes. Everyone associated with our program works very hard to earn their rewards. Our number one priority is education and preparing our student-athletes for the future as we strive for excellence.

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