SPORTS INFORMATION Hugo Perez, SID 2501 N 14th Dodge City, KS 67801 Phone (620) 227-9387 Fax (620) 227-9334 Contact: Baseball Office Phone: (620) 227-9405
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Corwin Earns All-American Status COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 8, 2011) -- The NJCAA has released its Division I and II Baseball All-Americans for the 2011 season today (June 8). The selections were made by each division's respective baseball committee. Dodge City Community College sophomore, Mitch Corwin, earned second team NJCAA Division II All-American status. He becomes the first Conquistador to earn All-American honors since James Bennett earned 1st team NJCAA Division I honors in 2004. Corwin, a Buhler High School graduate, earned several honors this past season as he helped lead the Conquistadors to the Plains District championship game. He was the Region VI Division II player of the year and earned 1st team All Jayhawk Western Division. Corwin also earned KJCCC Verizon Wireless Player of the Week and NJCAA Division II National Player of the Week honors in March. During the 2010 Season, Corwin earned honorable mention All Jayhawk Western Division honors. Corwin led the Conquistadors in several offensive categories this past season. He led the Conquistadors in batting average, doubles, hits, RBI’s and stolen bases. Corwin also left his mark in the Dodge City Community College baseball record books. He is in the top ten in every single offensive category and has the top marks in several categories including single season batting average, hits, hits in a career, doubles, doubles in a career, and triples in a career. The Conquistadors (30-29) finished up their 2011 season at the Plains District tournament in Altus, Oklahoma. The 30 wins is the most wins by a Dodge City Community College baseball team since 2000 and only the third 30 win season since 1980. For the third straight year over 10,000 student-athletes suited up to play NJCAA baseball this season, which is the most athletes to participate in any NJCAA sport for the 2010-11 academic year. Of the 10,000 student-athletes that suited up this year in the sport of baseball in Divisions I, II and III, only 126 earned NJCAA All-America honors.
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SPORTS INFORMATION Hugo Perez, SID 2501 N 14th Dodge City, KS 67801 Phone (620) 227-9387 Fax (620) 227-9334
2011 NJCAA Division II All American Teams Name Dylan Johnson
College Heartland Community College
Position DH
Year Fr.
Team 1st Team
Wes Minton
Parkland College
IF
Fr.
1st Team
Jon Kemmer
Allegany College of Maryland
OF
Fr.
1st Team
Gabe Brown
Lenoir Community College
C
So.
1st Team
Yhoxian Medina
Southeastern Community College
IF
So.
1st Team
Josh Melendez
GateWay Community College - AZ
IF
So.
1st Team
Jake Stone
College of The Albemarle
IF
So.
1st Team
Jhiomar Veras
Western Oklahoma State College
OF
So.
1st Team
Zac Zellers
Heartland Community College
OF
So.
1st Team
Sean Donatello
University of Connecticut at Avery Point
P
So.
1st Team
Andrew Pierce
Jones County Junior College
P
So.
1st Team
Josh Vandermark
Glen Oaks Community College
P
So.
1st Team
Tucker Alexander
Murray State College
IF
Fr.
2nd Team
Marcus Heath
Sinclair Community College
IF
Fr.
2nd Team
John Ziznewski
Rockland Community College
IF
Fr.
2nd Team
Troy Mannebach
Oakton Community College
P
Fr.
2nd Team
Colton White
Lincoln Land Community College
C
So.
2nd Team
Jake Kucek
Cuyahoga Community College
DH
So.
2nd Team
Trey Porter
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
IF
So.
2nd Team
Mitchell Corwin Darian Johnson
Dodge City Community College Mesa Community College
OF OF
So. So.
2nd Team 2nd Team
Justin Kalsua
Elgin Community College
OF
So.
2nd Team
Dan Dierdorf
Frederick Community College
P
So.
2nd Team
Matt Duncan
Southeastern Community College
P
So.
2nd Team
Kendall Patrick
Black Hawk College-Moline
C
Fr.
3rd Team
Justin Britt
Southeastern Community College-Whiteville
IF
Fr.
3rd Team
Michael Fitzgerald
Lincoln Land Community College
IF
Fr.
3rd Team
Mike Wesolowski
Mesa Community College
IF
Fr.
3rd Team
Jon Carlson
Parkland College
P
Fr.
3rd Team
James Pugliese
Mercer County Community College
P
Fr.
3rd Team
Tanner Vavra
Madison Area Technical College
IF
So.
3rd Team
Hebraim Cordova
Des Moines Area Community College
OF
So.
3rd Team
Jason Hockemeyer
Grand Rapids Community College
OF
So.
3rd Team
Matt Richard
Louisiana State University Eunice
OF
So.
3rd Team
Jeremy Fitzgerald
Patrick Henry Community College
P
So.
3rd Team
Kasey Clinton
Allegany College of Maryland
DH
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3rd Team