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Digital Commons @ George Fox University Baseball George Fox University Athletics 2004 2004 Press Release George Fox University Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/athletics_baseball Recommended Citation George Fox University Archives, "2004 Press Release" (2004). Baseball. 32. https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/athletics_baseball/32 This Press Release is brought to you for free and open access by the George Fox University Athletics at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Baseball by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. GEORGE Fox UNIVERSITY SPORTS RELEASE: BASEBALL- Monday, July 12, 2QM:. Contact: Blair Cash, SID (E-mail) [email protected] (Web) www.georgefox.edu/athletics (0} 503-554-2926 (C) 503-537-8920 (Hl503-554-8067 (Fax) 503-554-3864 (Hotline) 503-554-3868 7/12- George Fox Coach Pat Bailey to be Featured Guest on Portland:Beavers' July 15 BroadGasts NEWBERG, Ore. - NCAA Division Ill National Coacllofftle Year Pat Bailey of George Fox University will be a featured guest commentator on both the radio and telewisii:wd:iroadcasts 'of the Portland Beavers' Pacific Coast League baseball game with the Las Vegas 51s this Thursda~;.July 15. · .. Bailey will provide color commentary for most of the gama with--radio broadcaster Mike Stone on KKAD AM 1550, and will join television broadcasters Rick Burk and Scott Anderson for the 3rd inning on CNW 14/Comcast Cable Channel 14. Game time is 7:05p.m. · Bailey was named National Coach of the Year for leading the. Bruins to-the NCAA Division Ill National Championship this past spring Appleton, Wise. During the regular season. the Bruins-went 20-4 in the-Northwest Conference, · sharing the league title with Linfield College and earning Bailey NWC Co-Coach ofthe Year honors, the sixth time in nine seasons at George Fox he has either won or shared the award. The Bruins then went 4-0 in the NCAA Division Ill West Regional in Orange, Calif., capturing their firstregionaJ crown in fqur NCAA playoff appearances, before going 5-1 in the Division Ill World Series in Appleton, Wise. The Bruins defeated Easter!'l'Connecticut State University 6-3 in the title game to bring the university its first NCAA team championship in any·sport, and finished the year with a record-setting 40-10 record. Bailey has compiled a 262-120 record in nine seasons, all winning ones. at George Fox. He is the winningest coach in Bruin baseball history, and his career won-lost per~of.686 ran)(~i!mO!l9 the. top 25among.activ~ coaches at the Division Ill level. The Bruins have" won oo$bcired.six COJI'Iference titles. 'during his tenure, arid have made.six post-season appearances.(two- NAIA;·rour NCAA)..·.- - - · -- Bailey was born in Rock Springs, Wyo., and played high school ball in Moscow, Idaho, before going on to play for two years each at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene and the University of ldab(l.:in Moscow. He posted a record of 223-134 in 13 years as a high school coach at Willru:ne,ud:ti!}tr.in:Eugeoo, Ore., and We$tlinn (Ore.) High, and 187- 64 in seven summers as an American Legion coaefti His total coach_ing record in 22 years is 672-318. GEORGE Fox UNIVERSITY SPORTS RELEASE: BASEBALL - Thursday, July 8, 2004 Contact: Blair Cash, SID {E-mail) [email protected] (Web) www.georgefox.edu/athletics {0) 503-554-2926 (C) 503-537-8920 (H) 503-554-8067 {Fax) 503-554-3864 (Hotline) 503-554-3868 7/8- Bruins' Bailey Named Region and National Baseball Coach of the Year by ABCA NEWBERG, Ore. - For leading his team to conference, regional, and national baseball championships in 2004, head coach Pat Bailey of the George Fox University Bruins has been named NCAA Division Ill West Region Coach of the Year and NCAA Division Ill National Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association. The announcement of all regional and national coaches of the year at all levels- NCAA I, II, and Ill, NAIA. and NJCAA- was made during the recently-completed NCAA Division I World Series in Omaha, Neb. A complete list of all award winners can be found at the ABCA web site at http://www.abca.org/topnav/awards/coachesofyear.html. During the regular season, the Bruins went 20-4 in the Northwest Conference, sharing the league title with Linfield College and earning Bailey NWC Co-Coach of the Year honors, the sixth time in nine seasons at George Fox he has either won or shared the award. The Bruins then went 4-0 in the NCAA Division Ill West Regional in Orange, Calif., capturing their first regional crown in four NCAA playoff appearances, before going 5-1 in the Division Ill World Series in Appleton, Wise. The Bruins defeated Eastern Connecticut State University 6-3 in the title game to bring the university its first NCAA team championship in any sport, and finished the year with a record-setting 40-10 record. Bailey has compiled a 262-120 record in nine seasons, all winning ones, at George Fox. He is the winningest coach in Bruin baseball history, and his career won-lost percentage of .686 ranks among the top 25 among active coaches at the Division Ill level. The Bruins have won or shared six conference titles during his tenure, and have made six post-season appearances {two NAJA, four NCAA). Bailey was born in Rock Springs, Wyo., and played high school ball in Moscow, Idaho, before going on to play for two years each at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene and the University of Idaho in Moscow. He posted a record of 223-134 in 13 years as a high school coach at Willamette High in Eugene, Ore., and West Linn (Ore.) High, and 187- 64 in seven summers as an American Legion coach. His total coaching record in 22 years is 672-318. · CITY OF NEWBERG PROCLAMATION A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 2004 GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY BRUIN · BASEBALL TEAM AND DECLARING A DAY IN THEIR HONOR. RECITAlS: 1. W'l1ereas~ this year's George Fox University Bruin Baseball team coached by Patrick Bailey has brought recognition to the City of Newberg and the University; and 2. W'l1ereas~ the team became the Northwest Conference co-champions and the NCAA Western Regional Champions; and 3. lf11ere~~ the team advanced to Grand Chute, Wisconsin to play in the NCAA Division III World Series; and 4. l!Ji11ereas~ on]une I, 2004, in the championship game, they defeated the No. 1-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University team to finish the season with a record of 40 wins and I 0 losses; and 5. l!Ji11ereas~ the team won the 2004 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III National Baseball Champions and became the Pacific Northwest's first-ever NCAA baseball champions. NOW, THEREFOR£ ITIS PROCLAIMED by Mayor Bob Stewart of the City ofNewberg, Oregon, that the Council and staff of the City of Newberg want to congratulate all of the team members along with their coach tor their outstanding performance during the baseball season. We would also like to proclaim: August 30, 2004 - "GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITI BRUIN BASEBALL DAY" in the City ofNewberg. All of dte citizens ofNewberg are very proud of dlis wonderfUl accomplislunent and join together to celebrate dtis great victory. DATED dtis 1Oth day of]une, 2004. Bob Stewart - Mayor GEoRGE Fox UNIVERSITY SPORTS RELEASE: BASEBALL- Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Contact: Blair Cash, SID (E-mail) [email protected] (Web) www.georgefox.edu/athletics (0) 503-554-2926( (C) 503-537-8920 (H) 503-554-8067 (Fax) 503-554-3864 (Hotline) 503-554-3868 6/9- Nice Guys CAN Finish First: NCAA Title Highlights Life-Long Devotion to Baseball for Bruins' Pat Bailey NEWBERG, Ore.- From his youngest days as a Little Leaguer to a nine-year stint as a college coach, baseball has been a life-long love of Pat Bailey, the head coach of the George Fox University Bruins. The only things he loves more, he will tell you, are Jesus Christ and his family: wife Susan and children Alex and Ann. Bailey sees his work at George Fox as more than just a job, and more than just an effort to build a winning program. For him, it is a ministry, a chance to influence and mold a group of young student-athletes into successful people, both on the field and off the field in the everyday walks of life. 'There is nothing that pleases me more," Bailey admits, "than having people wherever we play tell me what fine young men we have, and how classy and polite our players are. I want our team to represent themselves, their teammates, their school, and the Lord with character and integrity." The Bruins got the opportunity to do just that on a nation-wide scale this past spring, winning the NCAA Division Ill Regional for the first time and earning a berth in the Division Ill World Series in Appleton, Wise. The winning didn't stop after the regional, though, as the Bruins went on to capture the whole thing, going 5-1 in the tournament and defeating #1-ranked Eastern Connecticut State University 6-3 in the title game to bring home the first NCAA national championship in George Fox history. The World Series crown was the culmination of a highly-successful nine years for Bailey at the Quaker institution 24 miles southwest of Portland, Ore. The Bruins have never had a losing season with Bailey at the helm, posting a 262- 120 record during his tenure, including this year's record-setting 40-10 mark.