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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


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