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Our mascot, Mr. JUCO, is hiding throughout the program. Please help is the JUCO, us him hiding program. throughout find so Mr. Our we can mascot, Where’s Mr. JUCO? Mr. Where’s .com CommunityHospital 2021 N. 12th Street • Grand Junction, CO 81501 • (970) 242-0920 Junction, • Grand CO 2021 N. 12th Street www.Your 2013 Banquet Speaker Rob Miech Sports Writer Rob Miech is the 2013 JUCO Banquet Speaker.

Bryce Harper took junior college baseball an d the JUCO World Series by storm in 2010 as he and the College of Southern Nevada qualified for the national tournament in Grand Junction. Just a short time after the tournament, Harper signed a $9.9 million contract with the and quickly rose through the minor leagues capping off his 2012 season winning the Rookie of the Year.

Las Vegas sports writer, Rob Miech’ s book, The Last Natural, chronicled Harper’s make-or-break season at CSN. Jamie Hamilton read the book and reached out to Miech to speak at the banquet. When the announcement was made, Hamilton said, “Miech is a great storyteller and we’re very pleased he is coming to speak at our banquet.”

Miech spent the 2010 season with the CSN Coyotes mingling in the dugout, the locker room, on the team bus, and in motel rooms. In his book, Miech delivers an account of the 17-year olds only season in collegiate baseball detailing Harper’s journey towards winning the 2010 Golden Spike award as the top amateur baseball player and becoming the number 1 selection in the 2010 draft.

Miech has been a sports writer for 25 years. During that time he mostly covered college including the UCLA Bruins who went on to become the 1994-95 national champions. While living in Los Angeles, Miech also covered more than 500 MLB games and is convinced that prepared him for his biggest writing venture. Miech has won several awards during his career and his work has appeared in CBS Sportsline, MLB.com, The Washington Post, USA Today, and the Las Vegas Sun. Photo provided courtesy of Rob Miech

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From 1959 to 2013, thousands of junior college baseball players have come to Grand Junction, Colorado to play ball. They have come from big cities and small towns across the . These players have given their best effort here in the culmination of their season. The JUCO legacy lives in the players and teams that have participated in this event over the years. The teams of past JUCO tournaments are listed on the JUCO website. We invite you to take a look. Maybe your home town has been part of the legacy.

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Saturday, May 25th 9:00 am Game 1 National Anthem: Judy Dyrud/Cindy Whalen Color Guard: American Legion District 13 Joint Honor Guard 7:30 pm Game 4 NJCAA District Champions/Introduction of Coaches; •ANDAND• Escorted by Fruita Monument High School Cheerleaders, Melissa Furnace National Anthem: Bookcliff Chapter Barbers hop Singers Raisha Quinn Director Color Guard: American Legion District 13 Joint Honor Guard

Sunday, May 26th 10:00 am Game 5 National Anthem: Danielle Mickelsen 7:30 pm Game 7 NJCAA Special 75th Year Celebration Leadership of NJCAA; Mary Ellen Leicht - NJCAA Executive Director; We can’t all the game Rick Hitt - NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association Representative; - 2nd Vice President with a bottom of the ninth and NJCAA Baseball Chairman; Escorted By Fruita Monument High School Cheerleaders, Melissa Furnace , but we can Coach; Law Enforcement/First Responders Night/JUCO save something else—lives. Scholarships National Anthem: Dawn Morrow Donating blood is a simple thing that Color Guard: Thunder Mountain Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol has a huge impact on everyone living in western Colorado. A blood donation can Monday, May 27th literally save lives. The blood given at 10:00 am Game 8 National Anthem: Pamela Prinster St. Mary’s donor center and donor coaches 7:30 pm Game 10 Memorial Day Tribute Veteran Salute–Honorable Gov. John Vanderhoof; Dove Release - Betty’s White Doves helps accident, surgery, and cancer patients National Anthem: Mosaic in hospitals all over western Colorado, Color Guard: Thunder Mountain Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol not just in Grand Junction. 7th Stretch: The Bookcliff Chapter Barbershop Singers Raisha Quinn Director; Fireworks Following The Game

Tuesday, May 28th 11:00 am Game 11 National Anthem: Kimber Rand 7:30 pm Game 13 Alpine Bank Appreciation Night / Alpine Bank Scholarships National Anthem: Cover Charge Quartet Color Guard: Boy Scouts of America

Wednesday, May 29th 3:00 pm Game 14 National Anthem: Tony Finnerty

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•ANDAND• and receive a free, Thursday, May 30th JUCO Blood Drive April–May, 2013 single game JUCO ticket! 3:00 pm Game 16 National Anthem: Kimberly Watkins 7:30 pm Game 17 Grand Valley Lions Clubs Recognition Grand Junction Lions Club Student Athlete Awards National Anthem: Michael Brown Color Guard: Boy Scouts of America

Friday, May 31st 7:00 pm Game 18 Grounds Crew Recognition St. Mary’s Regional Blood Center National Anthem: Maddie Taylor 750 Wellington Avenue, Grand Junction, CO Color Guard: Mesa County Sheriff and Grand Junction Police 970-298-2555 Department Joint Honor Guard Monday–Friday: 7:00 am-5:30 pm Saturday: 7:00 am-Noon Saturday, June 1st Go to www.stmarygj.org for our donor coach schedule. 7:00 pm Game 19 NJCAA/JUCO Recognition National Anthem: Cheryln Crawford 2012 Tournament Champions

When the 2012 season started Iowa Western Community College was ranked #4. By midseason the Reivers were firing on all cylinders and grabbed the #1 spot. They held onto that national ranking as they made their way to Grand Junction for the 2012 JUCO World Series.

The Reivers first game of the 2012 tournament quickly set the tone for the tournament as they faced off against San Jacinto. After suffering an 8-5 loss to the Gators, the Reivers needed to battle back through the losers’ bracket and won their next 4 games to advance to the championship game. San Jacinto continued to play winning baseball during the tournament as they advanced to the championship game for a rematch of the tournament opener.

The Iowa Western-San “Jac” finale would not disappoint the Grand Junction crowd. Both teams played hard knowing the title was on the line. In the end, Iowa Western claimed their 2nd national championship when they pulled out a 6-5 victory.

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Individual States Winning Titles 1958-2012 1. Texas ...... 19 On The Cover 2. Arizona ...... 12 On the cover: Sam Bumpers, second basemen for the 2012 Iowa 3. Georgia ...... 4 4. Florida ...... 4 Western Reivers. 5. Kansas ...... 2 6. N. Carolina ...... 2 Sam is an enthusiastic ballplayer with dreams of playing for the White 7. Oklahoma ...... 2 Sox. He is currently a junior and playing ball for the Lamar University 8 . Iowa ...... 2 Cardinals in Beaumont, Texas. 9. Maryland ...... 1 10. Missouri ...... 1 I met Sam at the US Bank pre-tournament barbeque. His fun, energetic 11. Nevada ...... 1 personality made him stand out to me. My 6 year old daughter, Chayse, 12. New York ...... 1 fell in love with Sam when my family attended one of the Iowa Western 13. Utah ...... 1 games. Every time Sam would take his place in the batter’s box, Chayse 14. New Mexico ...... 1 would loudly carry on and cheer. You ask her who her favorite ball 15. Tennessee ...... 1 player is and she would confidently and cheerfully answers, “Sam 16. Idaho ...... 1 Bumpers.” Here we are, 1 year later (which could be almost forever for a 6 year old), Chayse still keeps his baseball card on a shelf in her room and waits until the day she can cheer for her favorite White Sox player! IOWA WESTERN 2012 Tournament Results

May 26, 2012, Saturday San Jacinto 5, Iowa Western 2 Neosho 11, Spartanburg 3 Polk State 10, Western Nevada 1 Jefferson 11, Cisco 3 May 27, Sunday Iowa Western 4, Spartanburg 1 (Spartanburg eliminated) Western Nevada 9, Cisco 2 (Cisco eliminated) Gordon 13, Shelton State 3 May 28, Monday Iowa Western 6, Western Nevada 4 (Western Nevada eliminated) Jefferson 9, Polk State 5 (Polk State eliminated) San Jacinto 9, Neosho 5 May 29, Tuesday Shelton State 6, Polk State 0 (Polk State eliminated) Iowa Western 14, Neosho 1 (Neosho eliminated) Gordon 20, Jefferson 13 May 30, Wednesday Shelton State 12, Jefferson 4 (Jefferson eliminated) Gordon 9, San Jacinto 7 May 31, Thursday San Jacinto 7, Shelton State 6 (Shelton State eliminated) Iowa Western 10, Gordon 0 (Gordon eliminated) June 1, Friday San Jacinto 7, Gordon 1 (Gordon eliminated June 2, Saturday Championship Finale Iowa Western6, San Jacinto 5 2012 Final Tournament Standings 1. Iowa Western 5-1 2. San Jacinto 4-2 3. Gordon 3-2 Todd Bennett 4. Jefferson 2-2 Tournament Experience

Are you looking for a great NJCAA World Series experience? Traditionally, the NJCAA and the JUCO Committee have Well, Grand Junction’s Suplizio Field is the place to be. New attempted to enhance our fans’ baseball experience of some of options for seating, food, and restrooms were completed in the the best amateur baseball action in America. In achieving this spring of 2012 which make for a better time for all the fans. we hope to “Keep it clean and positive” at the Junior . Expletives and other displays of poor The new stadium, along the first baseline, offers full seats as well sportsmanship are taboo. The Tournament is a family as a special level for handicapped seating with an additional environment where we all cheer for our favorite the players and enclosed area for specia l groups and a full level to teams of the Tournament and all the fans and the athletes accommodate the press. The first base seats are reserved and deserve a profanity-free experience. the other seats throughout the stadium are available to reserve for those wishing to have their favorite place to sit during the From the other “Cleanliness” aspect, please Tournament. There are still over 6,000 seats available for help all of us by using the trash receptacles for people who opt to choose seats on a first-come first-serve basis. the remnants of the treats you enjoy during the games. The city of Grand Junction has established Stocker Stadium and Suplizio field as non-smoking venues making them a healthy environment for all fans.

2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 7 Word Search Baseball Stats

This puzzle is a mix between a crossword and a word search. The answers for the Made Easy questions below are hidden in the word search. All the answers can be found throughout the JUCO program. Words can be found forward, backward, straight and diagonal. AB At Bats Answer key below. Good Luck! BB Bases on Balls (Walks) AVG Batting Average CS Caught Stealing ASEFBYWONURGDCOWBOYSHVMVPO 2B Doubles ILIDWRGQUAMPIHSKLENQLRHIJK GIDP Ground into Plays HBP by Pitch Offensive COLDIAUPXMIRBACZPWKLMANPHI H Hits OKCTAGOCWAVRMYHGNAOLEMOHMP HRR Home Run Ratio HR Home Runs LEKTNOTTENNEBSWAHSIMVWLELP IBB Intentional Bases on Balls (Walks) EGEOPWXAMHLWKEOBEHLKIHNAED ISO Isolated Power LOB Left on Base MRLCIESAWQIPILCDPEWIMCVBVG OBP On-Base Percentage AEHSCOUTOELLIPPICRESRETLAW OPS On-Base Plus Slugging R Runs NLMEJZQUEPTVLSXZIOMTYVOPRK RBI Runs Batted In LECMNOESAPBNYIUSPPHCIBHITP SF Sacrifice Flies SH Sacrifice Hits (Bunts) METPMPCJYONWQZIHUNTERUCLSK S Singles EHHWQRXFHPMNEKIRBYPUCKETTD SLG SB% Percentage HWENDYJONESLQLWXSTYKEKOORB SBR Stolen Base Runs WGLMARAUPOBILSYDSGHILKIWOP SB Stolen Bases K NHAEMPMICGKIRPAUPIRHKSOJPO TB Total Bases VSSHEUICPO POIVMNDSEAILKBSU 3B Triples AO Fly Outs (Air) PATPDSEAMSWTUVPKJDWQUCKMAT BB Walks (Bases on Balls) NRNRBKUGHCUXEIMOSAICPWELYC BK Balks CBO Combined Shutout DAADMENAMSKOBWTLAGCHOXPZIL CG Complete Games QHTIESDNOTTORDITZMWIDIHUKN CGL Complete Game Losses ER Earned Runs Pitching UTUERRGAPYIJGJDKEPEMNXDKYL ERA Average EMRSNOHPQRMESLTUVRWEXTYZLS GF Games Finished GO Ground Outs OAABDSCODIMSEKEJEOBARYOAEB GOAO Ground Outs / Fly Outs Ratio ROLYREHCOKYCELKNJAESREEVES GP Games Played GS Games Started TKELARSONFKHDANSNSAVOCAPOO H Hits GSAMBUMPERSKLEYKPDKSAOLKJR HBP Hit Batters HR Home Runs KILPDPWNTCIEERTELBUODPEWSD IBB Intentional Walks IP Pitched IRA Inherited Runs Allowed 1. Who’s 6th birthday? 13. Rob Miech’s book IPS Innings Per Start L Losses 2. On the cover 14. Polk State 2012 Draftee (LN) MB9 Baserunners Per 9 Innings OBA Opponents’ Batting Average 3. East Central Team 15. Juco committee admin PA Plate Appearances R Runs 4. Colorado Hall of fame inductee 16. Bob Engle’s Dodgers job RPF Relief Failures RW Relief Wins 5. Photographer for JUCO Program (LN) 17. 3rd (page 9) S/SHO Shutouts SO Strikeouts 6. 1982 big bat 18. Stadium makeover Nominated in _____ SV Saves SVO Save Opportunities 7. 2000 banquet speaker (LN) 19. Game 10 anthem singers TB Total Bases W Wins 8. Midland Coach (LN) 20. Kaskaskia hotel WP Wild Pitches A Assists 9. Memorial Day Honoree (LN) 21. Navarro #14 (LN) CS Caught Stealing DP Double Plays 10. Honored optometrist (title + LN) 22. Norm Franke company E Errors GP Games Played 11. Center of a baseball 23. Inside back cover advertiser OFA Outfield Assists PB Passed Balls 12. Warner, OK mascot 24. 1989 tournament winner PK Pickoffs Defensive PO Putouts (LN) = last name SB Stolen Bases (Allowed) TC Total Chances

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8 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series Each year at the JUCO World Series I have watched fans feverishly fill out their score sheets in the program. To be honest, I have no idea what all that scribbling Scorekeeping means. This JUCO will be different. I am going to fill out my score sheets, but how do I do it? If you are like me, this looks like a daunting task, but never fear because together we will walk through the 101 of “Score Keeping Made Easy”. Made Easy This where many a rocket scientist has realized he is not as smart as he thought he was. There are lots of variations on keeping score, for this exercise we will focus on the easy way. Inside each box is a diagram of a . I will give a half inning example, batter by batter. On the side of the my scorecard below you can follow along.

Top of the first inning: First things first, every position has a The first batter is Davidson. He strikes out swinging. His box would be filled in number. On the score sheet you will see a with a large “K”. This is important and not to be confused with a backward “K”, baseball field with numbers 1 through 9. which is for a batter who strikes ou t without swinging. I’ve labeled a sticky note below with the respective positions for your reference. The next batter, Smith, hits a ball to the (position 6). The shortstop (position 6) then throws to the (position 3) and the runner is called On the top of the score sheet going out. This would be scored as a “6 – 3” in Garigen’s box. left to right you will see numbers 1 thru 10. These indicate each inning of the The next batter is Phillips. He hits a single to left field. This would be scored by game. On the left hand vertical column is drawing a line from home plate to first base. Then at first base “1B” is the area where you can write in the written to indicate this was a one base hit. starting line up for each team.

The next batter, Lee, draws a walk. This would be scored by drawing a line to On the page to your right you will see first base, then entering a “W” next to first base. You also need to now go to all the abbreviations for “Baseball Stats Davis’ box and draw a line from first base to second base, because he has now Made Easy.” These are numbers and moved to second base. abbreviations that are needed to keep score for a game. The score sheet, if read and The next batter, Woods, hits a homerun and the famous song by Pat Benatar “Hit marked properly, can successfully guide you me with your best shot” blares in the background while you draw a line through a baseball game. around the diamond and write an “HR” to the right of the diamond. In Johnson’s and Davis’ boxes fill in the diamond to indicate that they scored. This is a reminder that this is “Scorekeeping made easy,” so to learn what “HR” stands for please refer to your “Stats Made Easy” page, which is the page to the right.

Now the next batter, Burns, hits a fly ball to center field that is caught for thee Home final out. Mark the box with an “8” POSITION which means that made 1 2 the out. Draw a diagonal line “/” at thee 3 First Baseman bottom right hand corner of the box to 4 indicate the top half of the inning has 5 ended. 6 Short Stop 7 You have now graduated and know 8 Center Fielder enough to be dangerous. If at any time 9 Right Fielder you get confused, just draw a bunch of lines and write in a bunch of numbers. Everyone around you will think you are brilliant. Good luck and enjoy this year’ss “2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series!”!”

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The Junior College World Series is underway Dating back to 1960, the JUCO tournament has seen approximately 115 and vi sions of a national championship are players make the trek up to the big leagues. JUCO fans had the opportunity to in the minds of every player in the tournament. watch 8 players in 1983 and 1991 play in the tournament that went on to Shortly after the tournament, each player’s make an appearance in the major leagues. The tournament that saw the most hopes and dreams of the past week transform future big leaguers was 1982 when fans watched 10 future major league stars into dreams of a future major league career play. Revi ewing the 20 selections for the JUCO 50th Anniversary team, 50% of as the baseball draft begins. For the athletes, that group saw major league action. the draft provides some direction for their future: their formal competitive playing career In 2010, there was a great deal of excitement throughout baseball surrounding may abruptly come to an end; they may have the selection of from the College of Southern Nevada as the first an opportunity to continue to play competitive pick in the major league draft. This was the first time that the first player selected at a 4-year university; or their dream of a was from our JUCO alumni. However, he was not the only 1st round selection major league career is further fueled after coming from one of our tournament teams. Out of the approximately 115 major being selected in the draft. leaguers to have played in the JUCO Tournament, 12 players were selected as 1st round draft picks. Out of this group, 7 players were selected within the first 7 Since the inception of the JUCO tournament, draft picks (1 as the 1st pick, 3 as the 3rd selection, 2 as the 4th selection, and the JUCO committee has tried to identify past 1 as the 7th selection). JUCO tournament players that were selected in the baseball draft AND were fortunate The success of some of our JUCO alumni prospered after they began their major enough to play in a major league game. It league career. It might surprise you to know that we have had 17 of our JUCO might surprise you to know that we have had alumni make appearances in a Major League All-Star game. Seven of these some big significant league players pass players made appearances in multiple All-Star games. Before we get back to through our tournament. watching baseball, let’s take a moment to think back on those big names I mentioned. In 1986, Yavapai College brought a young pitcher by the name of who went on to make 6 All-Star appearances. In 2001 Curt added a World Series MVP award to his playing resume. came to our Tournament in 1982 with Middle Georgia College. David also made 3 appearances in All-Star games. Many of you might recall that in 1998 while pitching for the Yankees, David pitched a perfect game. In Major League Baseball history, only 23 people have ever pitched a perfect game. “Boomer,” as he was affectionately nicknamed, capped off his 1998 season with an MVP award from the Championship Series. Also in 1982, Triton College brought a future all-star with them. The late brought a big bat with him and established the highest batting average for the JUCO tournament at .688. Kirby went on to play with the and made 10 appearances in All-Star games. Kirby was the 1991 AL ALCS and the 1993 All Star MVP. Unfortunately, his playing career was cut short due to a retina condition. Just 6 years after his playing career, Kirby reached the pinnacle of his baseball career when he was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001. Kirby is the only member of our JUCO alumni to achieve this prestigious honor. In his only collegiate season Bryce Harper played for the College of Southern Nevada during the 2010 Tournament and went on to be the first player selected in the 2010 draft. Bryce began the 2012 season at Triple-A before making his first appearance in the big leagues with the Washington Nationals in late April. National League manager Tony LaRussa selected Bryce as one of h is reserve players for the 2012 team making him the youngest position player in major league history to be selected to an All-Star team. This 2010 JUCO player, who has been called a baseball prodigy, capped off his rookie season by being selected as the National League Rookie of the Year. This is also a first for a JUCO alumnus. With such a strong rookie season, it is hard to say just where he will rank among the JUCO elite. Of all the thousands of players to come through our tournament, this is a short list of some real high achievements from a few former JUCO players. After realizing just who we have had experience his first moment in the spotlight right here in Grand Junction, it’s easy to understand why we have such a great Tournament!

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Home 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 15 Central Alabama Community College Trojans

Location: Alexander City, AL Times Qualified at JUCO: 1 Number Of Championships: 0 Southeastern District Team Sponsor: Whitewater Building Materials Corp.; Ed and Team Host: Redlands Lions Club Russ Bergquist and Keith Lyons Head Coach: Wynn Fletcher Season Record: 38-13 Team Hotel: Holiday Inn Southeastern District Southeastern # Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

1 Reese, Darius OF 5’6 170 R/R .396 SO 6/1/93 Alexander City, AL 2/17 Lawson, Jalin 2B 5’7 190 R/R .190 FR 5/4/94 Troy, AL 4 Raspino, Ryan SS 5’11 185 R/R .267 FR 5/26/94 Vestavia Hills, AL 5 Smith, Ryan OF 5’10 175 R/R .333 FR 7/18/93 Vestavia Hills, AL 6 Parks, William RHP 5’9 170 R/R 1-0 SO 2/12/93 Alexander City, AL 7 Young, Paul P/OF 6’2 205 R/R .340/4-0-1 FR 3/15/93 Milton, FL 9 Lewis, Joey 3B 5’11 185 R/R .380 SO 10/12/92 Columbus, GA 10 Miller, Blaine C 6’0 185 R/R .235 SO 1/25/93 Smiths, AL 11 Deates, Derek RHP 6’2 170 R/R 0-0 FR 5/18/94 Prattville, AL 12 Smirnoff, Shawn LHP 6’0 175 L/L 3-0-1 FR 9/2/94 Eclectic, AL 13 Dees, Gabe RHP 6’0 170 R/R 0-2 FR 8/6/93 Franklin, AL 14 Hayes, Garrett OF 6’0 195 L/R .213 FR 2/18/94 Winston, GA 15 Hall, Ben 2B 5’10 190 R/R .281 SO 8/21/92 Huntsville, AL 16 Millsap, Tyler LHP 5’10 180 L/L 0-0 FR 8/6/93 Pelham, AL 18 Norton, Matthew RHP 6’3 200 R/R 4-3-1 FR 9/17/93 Muscadine, AL 20 Adams, Wilson RHP 6’5 205 R/R 2-0 FR 1/26/94 Montgomery, AL 22 Rinehart, Zach OF 6’2 190 L/R .331 SO 7/2/93 Snellville, GA 23 Edwards, Bo OF 6’2 210 R/R .295 SO 9/26/91 Adairsville, GA 24 Smith, Jess C 6’0 185 R/R .212 FR 3/2/94 Fort Payne, AL 25 Whatley, Tripp 3B 6’1 190 R/R .262 FR 1/18/93 Montgomery, AL 26 Knighton, John Michael RHP 6’2 180 R/R 12-1-1 FR 4/30/94 Jasper, AL 27 Hunt, Ethan RHP 6’2 185 R/R 1-1-1 FR 9/27/93 Fairhope, AL 28 Martin, B.J. 3B/SS 6’0 228 R/R .364 SO 7/14/92 Mt. Hermon, LA 30 Mayhew, Zach P/C 5’11 190 R/R .256/1-1 FR 3/26/93 Montgomery, AL 32 Lee, Alex 1B 6’3 205 L/R .400 FR 10/23/93 Heflin, AL 34 Patterson, Jamie RHP 6’4 190 R/R 1-3 FR 12/7/93 Saraland, AL

16 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series Central Alabama How Is It Made? Community College over the pill, followed by another 45 yards of a 3-ply wool yarn, and a third layer consisting of another 53 yards of a 3-ply yarn. Each layer is very distinct in color and texture helping to give the ball its size and shape. The last layer that is wound over the pill is 53 yards of a poly-cotton blend that is smooth to give the final product added strength to avoid tears and flat spots after being hit. That’s a total of 272 yards of yarn around the pill!

The cover is made of cowhide. The leather is cut into pieces that resemble the number 8 with holes along the edges for final stitching. Each baseball requires 2 pieces of leather that are Quick Facts placed around the wound yarn and are held in place with glue City: Alexander City, AL in preparation for stitching. The stitching around a baseball is Population: typically red. Each ball uses 88 inches of waxed thread and has 15,008 108 stitches to complete the assembly. Amazingly, even with the Elevation: 705 feet technology we have today, the stitching is still done by hand. An Player(s) to watch: Darius Reese, OF experienced person can handle the needle a nd strings to John Knighton, Pitcher complete the entire stitching process within 13-15 minutes. After the ball is stitched, it is run through a press that rolls the As we all sit in the stands watching the boys of summer throw ball around and around to remove any imperfections in the and smack the baseball around, did you ever wonder how shape of the ball. The ball is run through the quality control are made? This just might cross the minds of a few of process to ensure each ball weighs between 5 and 5.25 ounces the most passionate baseball fans. For the rest of us, here is the and measures between 9 and 9.25 inches in circumference short production version. before it receives a final stamp of approval from Rawlings and Major League Baseball. It all starts with a small round piece of rubberized cork covered in 2 layers of rubber, actually smaller than a golf ball. This The next time you are holding a baseball, take a minute to unseen part of the ball is called “the pill” which has been appreciate the skill that goes into stitching one of these pills, affectionately used as a slang term to refer to the baseball. The taters, rocks, or whatever you want to call it. When it’s done, it’s pill is next covered by winding 121 yards of 4-ply wool yarn still a baseball.

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2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 17 Palm Beach State College Panthers

Location: Lake Worth, FL Times Qualified at JUCO: 0 Number Of Championships: 0 Gulf District Gulf Gulf District Team Sponsor: Big O Tires; Kevin Brooks Team Host: Sertoma Club Paul Bird and Jeff Carpenter Team Hotel: Marriott Courtyard Head Coach: Kyle Forbes Season Record: 38-19

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

2 Mooney, Marcus INF 5’9 155 R/R .314 FR 1/20/94 Loxahatchee, FL 3 Myskowski, Eric OF 5’10 185 R/R .309 FR 8/5/93 Palm City, FL 5 Wurster, Chris P 6’1 165 R/R 1-1 FR 10/25/93 Lake Worth, FL 6 Tosner, Jared INF 6’1 180 R/R .220 FR 5/3/94 Wellington, FL 7 Becker, Cal P 6’1 180 R/R 2-1 FR 6/9/93 San Rafael, CA 8 Stemle, Mike OF 6’0 165 R/R .352 SO 4/20/92 Lake Worth, FL 9 Kyzar, Hunter P 6’1 180 L/L 2-1 FR 3/6/94 Lake Worth, FL 10 Coughlin, Bryan P 6’0 180 R/R 3-1 FR 6/14/93 Jupiter, FL 11 Mullroy, Matt OF 6’1 200 R/R .287 SO 1/27/93 Boca Raton, FL 12 Lashley, Brett INF 5’10 175 R/R .325 FR 2/3/94 Lake Worth, FL 13 Davila, Tony INF 6’2 210 R/R .188 FR 12/23/93 Miami, FL 14 Lazaro, Jose P 6’0 180 R/R 2-5 SO 12/11/92 Guaynabo, PR 15 Hudzina, Dan INF 5’11 190 R/R .290 FR 2/27/94 Palm City, FL 19 Murray, Sean P 5’9 180 R/R 1-1 FR 6/10/94 Wellington, FL 20 Mattone, Matt C 6’1 210 R/R .252 FR 7/8/92 Lake Brantley, FL 22 Church, Ryan INF 6’2 215 R/R .291 SO 6/22/93 Green Acres, FL 23 Bonilla, Alex C 5’10 200 R/R .333 SO 1/6/92 Boynton Beach, FL 24 Corbitt, Jon C 6’1 205 R/R .284 SO 8/12/92 Jupiter, FL 25 Farjad, Tj P 6’1 195 L/L 1-2 FR 9/26/91 Loxahatchee, FL 27 Babrick, Mark P/OF 6’6 220 R/R .385/1-1 SO 1/16/ 93 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 28 Pistey, Ryan P 5’11 175 R/R 10-2 SO 3/5/93 Boynton Beach, FL 30 Martinez, Gabe OF 5’10 175 L/L .310 FR 7/24/94 Wellington, FL 31 Underwood, John P/INF 6’2 210 L/R .356/10-2 SO 9/2/92 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 32 Maloney, Trevor P 6’2 205 R/R 2-0 FR 9/11/93 Boca Raton, FL

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JUCOcards.com ANTHONY BANDA San Jacinto 16 LHP ALEX PRIDEMORE 18 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series Spartanburg Methodist 40 RHP Quick Facts City: Lake Worth, FL Population: 34,910 Elevation: 19 feet Player(s) to watch: J. D. Underwood, Pitcher Ryan Church, IF

Mr. JUCO Celebrates His 6th Birthday

As part of the tournament’s 50th Anniversary in 2007, Mr. JUCO was introduced as the mascot of the JUCO World Series. For the past 6 years Mr. JUCO has worked hard representing the tournament by interacting with kids, young and old, in the Grand Junction area. However, as is often the case in baseball, his arrival to our tournament was by accident. You see, his story goes like this ……

As all fairy tales begin, once upon a time there was a young glove working hard to stay in the game. Day in and day out he was fielding ground balls and line drives. Nothing could get by him! Suddenly, on a hot August afternoon while attempting to field a sizzling ground ball at 3rd base, his future took a turn. After he reached the sharply hit ball, a string broke near his webbing and the ball trickled away for an error. Attempts to repair him failed and he was placed on a shelf and forgotten.

As luck would have it, Jamie Hamilton, the JUCO tournament director, came across the discarded, dried-up glove. As only a baseball player could do, Mr. Hamilton lovingly reconditioned the leather and brought the glove back to form. Restored to game shape, the glove jumped at an opportunity to get back in the game when Mr. Hamilton placed a new baseball into his pocket and crowned him as mascot of the JUCO World Series in May 2007. The rest is history – or as the fairy tales might say, “…. and he lived happily ever after.”

Mr. JUCO has been part of a team that works hard to bring smiles to fans of all ages at the ballpark while supporting a great tournament in Grand Junction. During the 2013 Junior College World Series, please join us as we celebrate Mr. JUCO’s 6th birthday.

2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 19 Kaskaskia College Blue Devils

Location: Centralia, IL Times Qualified at JUCO: 0 Number of Championships: 0 Northern District Team Sponsor: US Bank; Randall Cupp Team Host: Grand Junction Kiwanis Golden K; John Bacheldor & Richard Specht Northern District Northern Team Hotel: DoubleTree Hotel Head Coach: Mitch Koester Season Record: 39-10

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

1 Dennon Koziol IF 5’10 185 L/R .375 SO 12/16/92 Hamilton, ONT 2 Jarod Perry OF 5’9 160 R/R .372 SO 4/4/92 Hopkinsville, KY 4 Cameron Cummins IF 5’8 165 R/R .333 FR 6/27/94 Harrisburg, IL 5 Dillon Hoel IF 6’0 160 R/R .362 FR 3/15/94 Tuscola, IL 6 Chase Fieldhouse OF 5’10 190 R/R .345 FR 6/10/93 St. John, IN 7 Daniel Valdez IF 6’0 170 R/R .385 FR 12/24/94 Orlando, FL 8 Chris Stevens IF 6’3 215 R/R .335 FR 11/20/93 Bolingbrook, IL 9 Kyle Emig OF 6’3 220 R/R .272 SO 3/9/93 Trenton, IL 10 Josh Galvan C 5’10 190 S/R .312 FR 2/2/94 Cicero, IL 11 Brandon Hemmen C 6’0 175 R/R .167 FR 6/16/94 Teutopolis, IL 12 Steven Reynolds P 6’3 180 R/R 8-1 FR 6/14/94 Decatur, IL 13 Landin Diaz OF 5’8 165 L/L .378 FR 8/12/91 Kissimmee, FL 14 Alfredo D’ Amelio IF 6’0 185 R/R .310 SO 8/22/92 Orlando, FL 20 Nick Gardewine P 6’0 160 R/R 10-2 FR 8/15/93 Effingham, IL 21 Fory Albert P 6’0 195 R/R 1-1 SO 12/12/92 Centralia, IL 24 Cody Netzel P 6’0 170 L/L 5-1 SO 4/4/93 Kankakee, IL 25 Joey Coonrod P 6’2 200 L/R 9-1 FR 11/23/93 Carrollton, IL 26 Zach Danks P 6’3 195 R/R 4-0 FR 7/11/94 Robinson, IL 28 Daniel Arroyo P 5’8 145 R/R 0-1 FR 9/30/92 Guayanilla, PR 30 Kyle Floyd C 6’1 180 R/R .386 SO 8/4/93 Windsor, IL 31 Dylan Carr OF 6’0 165 R/R .000 FR 2/18/94 Greenville, IL 32 Luis Aponte P 6’1 180 L/R 1-0 FR 5/9/94 Santa Isabel, PR 33 Cameron Obermeier P 6’2 160 L/L 0-0 SO 6/9/93 Okawville, IL 35 Jason Wimbury P 6’1 200 R/R 1-2 SO 9/23/93 Warren, MI 38 Blake Feldmann P 6’3 200 L/L 0-0 SO 5/5/93 Aviston, IL 40 Jevon Boyd P 6’3 225 R/R 0-1 FR 8/12/94 Edwardsville, IL Trivia

1. How old is Mr. JUCO this year? 2. How many runs were scored by both teams in the 2012 championship game? 3. During the 2012 amateur draft, how many players from the 2012 tournament were drafted? 4. Which team in the 2012 tournament had the most players drafted in the 2012 draft? 5. How many stitches are used to complete the manufacturing of a baseball? 6. How many total yards of yarn are used to make a baseball? 7. Banquet speaker, Rob Meich, wrote a book titled The Last Natural. What former JUCO alumni did he follow to write his book? 8. Who is the only JUCO tournament alumnus to pitch a major league perfect game? 9. Kirby Puckett is one of the record holders for the highest batting average during the tournament. How many players share that honor with him? 10. Former Governor John Vanderhoof flew what kind of airplane during his service over the South Pacific? 20 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series ? Kaskaskia 2013 JUCO Committee College Robin Hood - Website Tanya Hopson - Intern Matt Hyde - Tournament Play Kenneth Johnson - Youth Baseball Clinic Wendy Jones - Administration Robert Josey - You th Baseball Clinic Peter Jouflas - Trophies Kevin King - Service Clubs - Soft Goods Deb Kovalik - Visitor & Convention Bureau Quick Facts Pete Kunish - 2013 Special Guest Shane Lee - Ticket Sales City: Centralia, IL Lynn Lickers - Daily Sentinel Population: 13,021 Chuck Locke - Press Box Elevation: 518 feet Dan MacKendrick - Program Player(s) to watch: Chris Stevens, IF Brad McCloud - Marketing Nick Gardewine, Pitcher Dan McKee - Practice Fields Jeff McLaughlin - Social Media (Twitter) Eric Mellow - Marketing Eddie Mort - Stadium Liaison Patty Arnold - Information Liaison Dr. Tom Motz - Medical Advisor Lance Balding - Gate Tickets Paul Nelson - Game Entertainment Landon Balding - Online Ticket Sales Fred Nichols - Scoreboard Walt Bergman - Tournament Play Mike Nordine - Official Scorekeeper Tilman Bishop - Trophies Kevin Price - Team Housing Heath Boren - Youth Baseball Clinic Donna Redd - Banquet Theresa Bouley - Billboards Gary Roahrig - Flags Lou Brackett - Practice Fields Dan Rubinstein - Ticket Sales Justin Brun - Newsletter Kyle Rush - Tournament Play Steve Buller - Transportation Bob Russell - Security Liaison Bill Byers - Soft Goods Mike Russell - Legal Gary Carr - Game Entertainment Rob Schoeber - Ticket Sales Rojean Chaparro - Office Manager Buzz Schoenbeck - Dist. 51 Liaison - Ticket Sales Ray Coca - Museum History & Program Steve Schultz - Hall of Fame Harold Cooper - Gate Tickets Diane Schwenke - Chamber Representative Rory Cornelison - Billboards Tom Sheldon - Marketing Del Cummings - Headquarters Larry Sherman - Headquarters, Records Kadan Cummings - Teen Delegate David Sloan - Historian, Headquarters, Hall of Fame Coleen Cunningham - Marketing Errol Snider - Game Entertainment Jim Davis - Official Radio Darren Starr - Treasurer, Tournament Information, Website Steve Dugdale - Practice Fields Craig Stoneburner - Practice Fields Jim Eisenhauer - Headquarters Katie Sweet - Headquarters Steve Elliott - Accountant Dr. Tom Tadvick - Gate Tickets Chris Emmons - Utility Reford Theobold - Press Box Rich Englehart - City Manager Robert Thomason - Field Crew George Goetz - Gate Tickets Tex To lman - Practice Fields Jamie Hamilton - Tournament Chairman Aislynn Tolman-Hill - Banquet Taylor Harper - Field Crew Karen Troester - Ticket Liaison Scott Hayduk - Ticket Sales Clay Tufly - Sponsorship & Scholarship Programs Greg Hazelhurst - Scoreboard Mike Vendegna - Ballpark Liaison Dave Hilgenfeld - Ticket Sales Mary Verdieck - Hall of Fame Display Stan Hilkey - Security Liaison Paula Voytilla - Sponsorship & Scholarship Programs Bruce Hill - Vice Chairman, Operations Brian Wheeler - Program Editor Carl Hochmuth - Tickets, Calling Committee Jermaine Williams - Official Scorekeeper David Hood - Website Lee Young - Hosts & Marketing

? 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 21 Midland College Chaparrals Location: Midland, TX Times Qualified at JUCO: 0 Number Of Championships: 0 Southwest District Team Sponsor: SOS Staffing Services Bill Rohr Team Host: Grand Junction Lions Club Steve Stewart and Chase Wortmann Southwest District Southwest Head Coach: David Coleman Season Record: 47-13 Team Hotel: DoubleTree Hotel

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

2 Joel Atkinson SS 5’8 155 R/R .325 SO 10/29/91 San Clemente, CA 14 Tyler Barlow 3B 5’10 180 R/R .266 SO 11/19/93 Maple Ridge, BC 34 Jake Bateman P 6’2 210 R/R 0-1 SO 8/26/92 Dallas, TX 3 Blair Beck CF 6’1 190 R/R .375 SO 9/19/92 Midland, TX 40 Michael Brosig P 6’4 210 R/R 1-2 FR 12/15/93 Midland, TX 32 Cody Brown P 6’3 210 R/R 4-2 SO 5/10/91 Sacramento, CA 30 Brandon Courville P 6’0 207 R/R 1-0 FR 7/22 /93 Flower Mound, TX 16 Chris Dixon P 6’0 185 R/R 5-0 FR 8/16/94 Cypress, CA 15 Jeremie Fagnan RF 6’0 170 L/R .410 SO 8/2/93 Calgary, Alb 31 Jeremy Filipek P 6’2 185 R/R 6-2 SO 9/7/92 Langley, BC 36 Jay Gonzales DH 5’10 200 R/R .316 FR 12/23/93 Argyle, TX 21 Jake Holifield P 6’2 185 R/R 1-0 SO 6/16/92 Midland, TX 8 Caleb Koedyker CF 6’1 205 R/R .208 FR 4/20/94 Seminole, TX 27 Ethan Kohnle LF 6’0 185 L/R .319 SO 2/17/93 Lubbock, TX 5 Thomas Mcilraith P 6’2 185 R/R 8-3 FR 2/17/94 Amarillo, TX 28 Clay O’Dell P 6’0 185 R/R 3-0 FR 11/16/93 Tuscola, TX 12 Scott Popescu 3B 5’11 190 R/R .300 FR 11/5/93 Flower Mound, TX 38 Victor Prieto P 6’0 205 R/R 0-0 FR 11/26/92 Andrews, TX 29 Keanu Ramos P 6’0 200 R/R 0-1 SO 4/7/93 Lubbock, TX 24 Hunter Redman C 5’11 180 R/R .353 SO 8/25/92 Midland, TX 10 Matt Reyes 2B 5’10 165 R/R .357 SO 2/10/93 Midland, TX 9 Jared Robinson P 6’0 185 R/R 10-1 SO 9/16/92 Lubbock, TX 23 Chris Shaw 1B-C 6’1 185 R/R .382 FR 4/25/94 Winnipeg, CA 33 Daniel Vargas LF 6’ 0 190 R/R .372 R-FR 4/3/93 Midland, TX 11 Steve Withrow CF 5’10 190 R/R .256 SO 11/11/92 Odessa, TX 6 Jason Zgardowski P 6’3 175 R/R 8-1 SO 9/27/93 San Antonio, TX H088-10 JUCO Program:Layout 1 5/6/10 4:05 PM Page 1

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2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 23 Spartanburg Methodist College Pioneers Location: Spartanburg, SC Times Qualified at JUCO: 7 Number of Championships: 0 Eastern District Team Sponsor: EMTech, Inc.; Mike Anton Eastern District Eastern Team Host: Redlands Rotary Club Don Pettygrove & Jeff Wendland Team Hotel: DoubleTree Hotel Head Coach: Tim Wallace Season Record: 45-13

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

1 Tony Holton OF 6’1 190 R/R .308 FR 12/3/92 Statham, GA 2 Brandon Burris OF 5’8 155 R/R .240 FR 8/21/12 Blythewood, SC 3 Matt White IF 5’9 180 R/R .331 FR 11/17/93 Summerville, SC 4 Zack Shields OF 6’1 155 L/R .231 FR 5/12/93 Florence, SC 5 Jake Walton IF 6’0 190 L/R .302 FR 8/14/93 Union, SC 7 Champ Rowland IF 6’0 185 R/R .258 SO 2/28/92 Greenville, SC 8 Ranz Bodison IF 6’1 177 R/R .209 FR 9/30/93 Mauldi n, SC 9 Shell McCain UT 5’9 186 R/R .310 SO 9/18/92 Fort Mill, SC 10 Domineke Albert C 5’10 180 R/R .317 SO 12/3/92 Columbia, SC 12 Chris Washington P 5’10 155 R/L 7-2 FR 4/5/93 Marion, SC 16 Elliott Caldwell IF/C 6’0 200 R/R .351 SO 9/11/92 Piedmont, SC 17 Preston Fry OF 6’1 195 R/R .375 FR 12/11/93 Fort Mill, SC 18 Reid Moman OF 5’11 185 L/R .444 SO 3/3/93 Greenville, SC 22 Wesley Rogers OF 6’4 175 R/R .319 FR 3/7/94 Greenville, SC 23 Collin Steagall IF 6’1 240 L/R .313 FR 8/9/94 Lexington, SC 24 Cody Mincey P 5’10 185 R/R 4-2 SO 4/23/92 Hartsville, SC 26 Josh Escoffier P 5’10 185 R/R 1-1 FR 10/22/93 Charleston, SC 27 Chase Henry P 6’0 180 R/R 1-1 SO 12/18/92 Spartanburg, SC 29 Rickey Rice P 5’11 180 R/R 3-0 SO 8/21/93 Union, SC 30 John Leopard IF/P 6’2 195 R/R .291 FR 6/30/93 Aiken, SC 31 Tyler Crocker C 5’11 200 R/R .280 SO 10/29/92 Roebuck, SC 32 Jimmy Lindberg P 6’0 195 L/L 6-2 SO 9/25/95 Charleston, SC 34 Robert Landers P 6’4 205 L/L 4-0 SO 9/30/91 Greenville, SC 36 Brandon Landrie P 6’0 220 R/R 1-0 SO 5/8/92 Spartanburg, SC 39 Dylan Rogers P 6’2 170 R/R 6-1 FR 10/20/93 Union, SC 40 Alex Pridemore P 6’3 205 R/R 4-2 SO 8/18/93 Union, SC 2013 JUCO Home Run Alley Hero Norm Franke Norm Franke of Alpine Bank is the 2013 Home Run Alley Hero of the JUCO World Series. Norm has been with Alpine Bank for thirty years.

His community involvement for Mesa County is legendary. He has served on numerous non-profit board of directors. He has also been a Trustee to CMU and helped steer the campus into the great facility it is today.

Norm’s passion for JUCO has no bounds. When there was competition to move this event to another site, Norm and his organization stepped up to the plate with a large sponsorship that has enabled the Grand Junction Baseball Committee to keep this tournament until 2035.

Norm has moved to Denver to lead the expansion of their banking services but his heart will always be with the western slope community.

24 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series Tournament Bracket 2013 Thank you Saturday 5/25 Sunday 5/26 Monday 5/27 Tuesday 5/28 Wednesday 5/29 Thursday 5/30 Friday 5/31 Saturday 6/1 FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE YOU FOR Quick Facts City: Grand Junction, CO Total Area: 32.7 miles Central Alabama CC (AL) (SOUTHEASTERN) Population: City, 58,704; Mesa County, 147,083 Game 1 - 9:00 AM Elevation: 4,586 (GULF) Winner 1 Palm Beach State College (FL) City Founded: 1881 Game 10 - 7:30 PM Kaskaskia College (IL) Winner 10 (NORTHERN) Winner 2 Game 2 - 12:00 NOON Game 1 - 9:00 AM (SOUTHWESTERN) Game 2 - 12:00 PM Midland College (TX) Game 3 - 3:00 PM Spartanburg Methodist College (SC) Game 4 - 7:30 PM (EASTERN) Game 5 - 10:00 AM Game 3 - 3:00 PM Game 15 - 7:30 PM Game 6 - 2:00 PM (EAST CENTRAL) Win ner 3 Winner 15 Game 7 - 7:30 PM Walters State CC (TN) Game 8 - 10:00 AM Game 9 - 2:00 PM Y E A R S Navarro College (TX) Winner 9 Game 9 - 2:00 PM (SOUTHERN) Winner 4 Game 10 - 7:30 PM Game 4 - 7:30 PM Game 11 - 11:00 AM (SOUTH CENTRAL) Winner 13 Game 12 - 3:00 PM Connors State College (OK) Game 13 - 7:30 PM Game 13 - 7:30 PM Game 14 - 3:00 PM Neosho County CC (KS) Game 15 - 7:30 PM (CENTRAL) Winner 7 Game 19 - 7:00 PM Game 16 - 3:00 PM Game 7 - 7:30 PM Game 17 - 7:30 PM (if necessary) Game 17 - 7:30 PM (WESTERN) *See Note Game 18 - 7:00 PM Cochise College (AZ) Game 19 - 7:00 PM

Loser 1 Game 5 - 10:00 AM Loser 2 Winner 5

Game 8 - 10:00 AM Winner 8 Winner 12 Game 18 - 7:00 PM Loser 3 Winner 6 Game 12 - 3:00 PM Game 6 - 2:00 PM Loser 4 Loser 10

Loser 7 Game 11 - 11:00 AM Loser 9 Winner 11 Game 14 - 3:00 PM Winner 14 Loser 13 *See Note Note: If there are three teams remaining at Game 16 - 3:00 PM Game 18, the team with the most games played Loser 15 shall receive a bye to Game 19. If there is a tie for the most games played, a coin toss will be used to determine the bye.

All games except Championship Games (possibly Game18 if only two teams remain and Game 19) will have the run rule. 10 runs after 5 complete innings. 8 runs after 7 complete innings. All games are scheduled for 9 innings.

www.alpinebank.com Walters State Major League Community College Senators 2012 JUCO Tournament Players Drafted to Major League Teams Location: Morristown, TN Name College Major Team Times Qualified at JUCO: 5 Quick Facts Alec Asher Polk State College Number Of Championships: 1 City: Dylan Baker Western Nevada College Spartanburg, SC Fred Ford Jefferson College East Central District Population: 37,334 Daniel Stumpf San Jacinto College Kansas City Royals Team Sponsor: Industrial Insulation Group Elevation: 807 feet Anthony Banda San Jacinto College Player(s) to watch: Reid Moman, OF Dalton Friend Jefferson College Joe Ortiz Brett Wiley Jefferson College St. Louis Cardinals Team Host: Orchard Mesa Lions Club Chris Washington, Pitcher Bruce Caldwell Spartanburg Methodist C St. Louis Cardinals Bruce Veatch & Mike Bussey Adam Giacalone Neosho County CC Milwaukee Brewers David Bote Neosho County CC Cubs Head Coach: Ken Campbell Season Record: 37-16 Team Hotel: Ramada Inn Damek Tomscha Iowa Western CC Isea Conklin Iowa Western CC

East Central District # Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown Matthew Strahm Neosho County CC Kansas City Royals Keaton Steele Iowa Western CC 1 Jake Farr INF/P 6’1 165 L/R .291 FR 2/21/94 Strawberry Plains, TN Jonathan Pulley Spartanburg Methodist C 2 Reid Mathews INF 6’1 190 R/R .317 SO 9/11/92 Kinsport, TN 3 Michael Smith OF 5’10 165 R/R .419 FR 10/2/93 Franklin, TN 4 Alex Couch INF 6’4 190 R/R .241 FR 07/04/93 Bristol, VA 5 Zach Walton RHP 5’10 175 R/R 4-1 SO-RS 3/3/92 Columbia, TN 6 Elijah Sutherland INF 5’9 165 R/R .384 FR 10/7/93 Kinsport, TN 7 Matt Harrell OF 5’11 205 R/R .346 SO-RS 4/16/92 Morristown, TN JUCO Tourney Players who have advanced to the Major Leagues 8 Grant Painter LHP 5’11 195 L/L 2-0 FR 3/25/94 Knoxville, TN 9 Taylor Patterson RHP 6’4 245 R/R 8-4 SO 7/23/92 Chattsworth, GA 11 Jake Corum RHP 6’1 185 R/R 0-1 SO 4/14/92 Blaine, TN 12 Jared Allen OF 6’1 220 R/R .391 SO 11/7/92 Delano, TN PLAYER PLAYED FOR PLAYED PRO TEAM SEASON PLAYER PLAYED FOR PLAYED PRO TEAM SEASON 14 Colin Bennett 1B 6’3 230 R/R .301 SO 11/17/92 Cartersville, GA Curt Schilling Yavapa College, AZ 1986 1988 Jim Chamblee Odessa JC, TX 1995 2003 16 Dustin Woody C 6’1 185 R/R .341 SO 3/11/93 Richmond, VA Jonathan Hurst Spartanburg Methodist, SC 1986 1992 Jose Rodriquez Indian Hills CC, IA 1995 St. Louis Cardinals 2000 17 Thomas Cook C/2B 6’1 170 R/R .333 FR-RS 11/23/92 Morristown, TN Doug Lindsey Seminole JC, OK 1987 1991 Ramon Vazquez Indian Hills CC, IA 1995 Mariners 2001 18 Josh Peterson RHP 6’2 185 R/R 7-3 SO 2/26/93 Elizabethton, TN Rick Wilkins Florida CC 1987 Chicago Cubs 1991 Joe Nelson Seminole JC, OK 1 995 2001 19 Corey Greeson INF 6’0 175 L/R .250 FR 9/3/93 Calhoun, GA Rheal Cormier CC Rhode Island 1988 St. Louis Cardinals 1991 Shawn Sedlacek Indian Hills CC, IA 1995 Kansas City Royals 2003 21 Bryson Roberts OF 6’1 210 R/R .200 FR 10/28/93 Lake City, TN Chad Curtis Cochise College, AZ 1988 California Angels 1992 Jason Smith Meridian CC, MS 1996 Chicago Cubs 2001 22 Ben Fraley LHP 5’10 175 L/L 1-0 FR 4/1/94 Pearisburg, VA Jessie Hollins San Jacinto College North, TX 1989 Chicago Cubs 1992 Paul Phillips Meridian CC, MS 1996 Kansas City Royals 2004 23 Chris Hipchen OF 6’0 195 R/R .235 SO 11/9/92 Geneva, IL Albie Lopez Mesa CC, AZ 1990 Cleveland Indians 1993 Travis Hafner Cowley County CC, KS 1997 Texas Rangers 2002 24 Bryan Bussey C 6’0 210 R/R .281 FR 8/4/93 Marshall, NC Garey Ingram Middle Georgia College 1990 LA Dodgers 1994 Mike Gonzales San Jacinto College North, TX 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates 2003 25 Austin Norrell C 6’0 225 R/R .267 FR 6/30/93 Sugar Valley, GA Kelly Stinnett Seminole JC, OK 1990 NY Mets 1994 Travis Hughes Cowley County CC, KS 1997 Texas Rangers 2004 26 Chase Cunningham RHP 6’3 210 R/R 2-1 SO 8/7/93 Bluff City, TN Shane Halter Seminole JC, OK 1990 Kansas City Royals 1997 Aaron Looper Indian Hills CC, IA 1998 2003 27 Jay Gause RHP 6’4 245 R/R 9-5 SO-RS 4/24/92 Johnson City, TN Frank Rodriguez Howard College, TX 1991 Boston Red Sox 1995 Bill White Meridian CC, MS 1998 Texas Rangers 2007 28 Austin Taylor INF 6’1 235 R/R .375 FR-RS 11/13/92 Friendship, TN Trinidad State JC, CO 1991 Montreal Expos 1995 Cliff Lee Meridian CC, MS 1998 Cleveland Indians 2002 29 Tyler Brosius RHP 6’4 240 R/R 3-1 SO-RS 1/7/92 Waynesville, NC Matt Lawton Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, MS 1991 Minnesota Twins 1995 Jessie Crain San Jacinto College North, TX 1999 Minnesota Twins 2004 30 Shane Riley 1B 6’5 255 R/R .261 SO 6/18/92 Germantown, TN Jason Dickson Northeastern OK, A&M 1991 California Angels 1996 John Lackey Grayson County College, TX 1999 Anaheim Angels 2002 Steve Kline Allegany CC, MD 1991 Cleveland Indians 1997 Brandon Lyon Dixie College, UT 2000 2002 Glendale CC, AZ 1991 LA Dodgers 1998 Adam LaRoche Seminole JC, OK 2000 Atlanta Braves 2004 Rob Jennings Manatee JC, FL 1991 Chicago Cubs 1996 Reggie Willits Seminole JC, OK 2000 LA Angels 2006 Ron Hahay South Suburban CC, IL 1991 Boston Red Sox 1996 Brad Thompson Dixie College, UT 2001 St. Louis Cardinals 2005 THE LAW OFFICE OF BILLIE M. CASTLE Chad Fonville Louisburg JC, NC 1992 Montreal Expos 1995 Brandon McCarthy Lamar CC, CO 2002 2005 George Arias Pima CC, AZ 1992 California Angels 1996 Matt Pagnozzi Central Arizona College 2002 St. Louis Cardinals 2009 Ryan Franklin Seminole JC, OK 1992 Seattle Mariners 1999 Nick Stavinoha San Jacinto College North, TX 2002 St. Louis Cardinals 2008 It’s a Winning Combination: Darrell Einertson Indian Hills CC, IA 1992 NY Yankees 1999 Andy LaRoche Grayson County College, TX 2003 LA Dodgers 2007 Rafael Carmona Indian Hills, CC, IA 1993 Seattle Mariners 1995 George Kottares Connors State College, OK 20 03 Milwaukee Brewers 2011 Lou Collier Triton College, IL 1993 Pittsburgh Pirates 1997 Andy Dirks Hutchinson CC, KS 2005 2011 Professional and Personal Galveston College, TX 1993 1997 Derrick Holland Wallace State CC, AL 2006 Texas Rangers 2009 Trust in the services of a knowledgeable professional. 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2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 31 Navarro College Bulldogs Location: Corsicana, TX Times Qualified at JUCO: 2 Number Of Championships: 1 Southern District Team Sponsor: Sorter Construction Bill Ogle

Southern District Southern Team Host: Horizon Sunrise Rotary Club Bill Voss and Lindsay Keller Head Coach: Whoa Dill Season Record: 43-15 Team Hotel: Clarion Inn

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

1 Mason Salazar INF 5’9 165 R/R .333 SO 5/26/93 Flower Mound, TX 2 Grayson Lewis INF 5’10 165 R/R .328 FR 3/8/94 Rockwall, TX 4 Kevin Meredith OF 5’11 175 R/R .305 SO 9/13/92 Manor, TX 5 Sterling Gravens RHP 6’1 190 R/R 0-0 SO 8/18/91 Midlothian, TX 6 Drake Roberts INF 5’9 170 R/R .355 SO 1/6/92 Brenham, TX 8 Kaleb Goodell OF 6’0 170 L/L .295 SO 12/27/92 Klein, TX 9 Byron Reichstein OF 6’1 205 L/R .305 SO 8/3/93 Ontario, Canada 10 Jovan Hernandez INF/P 5’11 200 R/R .316 FR 5/20/94 Rockwall, TX 11 JD Hammer RHP 6’2 180 R/R 3-0 FR 7/12/94 Fort Collins, CO 12 Campbell Cooper OF 6’0 195 R/R .295 SO 11/30/92 Coppell, TX 13 Clay Brast RHP 5’11 170 R/R 0-2 FR 10/11/93 Houston, TX 14 John Clay Reeves C 5’11 195 R/R .372 SO 11/10/92 Monroe, LA 15 Colton Besett C 6’1 190 R/R .181 SO 2/9/93 Cedar Park, TX 16 J.P. Phillips OF 5’10 175 L/L .304 FR 1/15/93 Klein, TX 17 Clint Rupp OF 5’10 165 L/R .273 SO 1/13/92 Plano, TX 21 Drew Benefield C 6’0 210 R/R .289 SO 1/15/92 Rockwall, TX 22 Tyler Wilson INF 6’1 205 R/R .321 SO 7/22/93 Cedar Park, TX 25 Blake Griffin RHP 6’0 190 R/R 10 saves SO 10/6/92 Mesquite, TX 28 Chad Young LHP 6’1 250 R/L 7-1 SO 9/29/92 Mesquite, TX 29 Clint Wilson RHP 6’1 220 R/R 1-3 SO 4/12/92 Cedar Park, TX 30 Jack Moffit RHP 6’3 220 R/R 4-2 FR 12/25/95 Flower Mound, TX 31 Gage Curry RHP 6’2 200 R/R 9-2 SO 10/31/92 Corsicana, TX 33 Zach Hobbs LHP 6’5 230 L/L 4-4 SO 1/26/93 Palmer, TX 34 Lukas Schiraldi RHP 6’6 210 R/R 10-0 SO 7/25/93 Austin, TX

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Location: Warner, OK Times Qualified at JUCO: 5 Number Of Championships: 0 South Central District Team Sponsor: Century Link; Randy Krause Team Host: Palisade Sunrise Rotary Club John Sabal & Mark Liff Team Hotel: Quality Inn Head Coach: Perry Keith Season Record: 52-9

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown South Central District Central South 1 Dalton Daniels INF 5’11 170 L/R .381 SO 10/29/92 Salina, Ok 2 Yariel Gonzalez INF 6’0 180 S/R .421 FR 06/01/94 San Sebastian, PR 3 Eli Roundtree OF 6’1 198 L/L .314 SO 02/17/93 Milwaukee, WI 4 Jacob Borrego INF 6’0 190 R/R .270 FR 12/12/93 Moore,OK 5 Korey Keith INF 6’0 205 L/R .420 SO 10/24/91 Warner, OK 6 Tyson Tackett OF 6’0 165 R/R .333 SO 05/11/93 North Little Rock, AR 9 Zayne Dougan P 6’4 180 R/R 3-0 FR 03/28/94 Perkins, OK 11 Chance Sugg OF 5’9 165 R/R .316 FR 08/14/92 Paragould, AR 12 Christian Perez INF 6’0 171 R/R .307 FR 09/08/93 Bayamon, PR 13 Victor Claudio INF 5’11 190 R/R .378 SO 08/13/92 Catano, PR 14 Daniel Concepcion P 6’4 235 R/R 8-1 SO 09/03/93 Dorado, PR 15 Hunter Simpson C 6’0 200 L/R .357 FR 08/15/94 Jonesboro, AR 16 Colton Strother P 6’4 205 L/L 5-2 SO 03/18/93 Broken Arrow, OK 17 Jiro Morales C 5’10 190 R/R .357 SO 10/06/92 Hatillo, PR 18 Kelvin Rivas P 6’4 270 S/R 8-2 SO 06/05/92 Guaynabo, PR 19 Josh Hammill P 5’11 200 L/L 8-0 FR 07/20/93 Inola, OK 20 Sawyer Barnard P 6’3 185 R/R 6-0 SO 08/16/92 Moore,OK 24 Philip Diedrick OF 6’1 215 L/R .307 SO 09/17/92 Ajax, ONT 25 Tyler Fourkiller OF 6’1 200 R/R .378 FR 07/15/93 Stilwell, OK 27 Emmanuel Arnaud P 6’2 171 L/L 0-0 FR 09/07/93 New York, NY 28 Jordan Romano P 6’6 200 R/R 4-3 SO 04/21/93 Markham, ONT 29 Justin Ferrell P 6’7 180 R/R 5-1 FR 04/21/94 Wagoner, OK 30 Hunter Spencer INF 6’4 250 R/R .364 SO 08/31/92 Vian, OK 37 Andrew Simonetti P 6’3 180 R/R 3-0 FR 04/29/93 Toronto, ONT 44 Eric Kirkpatrick C 6’0 225 R/R .353 FR 07/17/93 Tahlequah, OK 46 Abiecel Garcia P 6’0 180 R/R 0-0 SO 10/26/92 San Juan, PR

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Quick Facts City: Warner, OK Population: 1,403 Elevation: 636 feet Todd Bennett Player(s) to watch: Yariel Gonzalez, IF Daniel Concepcion, Pitcher Sam Suplizio Field Makeover Recognized Nationally

Immediately after the 2011 JUCO tournament demolition crews began to tear down the old seating section along the 1st baseline of Sam Suplizio Field. The new “Tower at Lincoln Park” was unveiled just prior to the start of the 2012 JUCO tournament. We knew we had created something. Little did we know just how special.

Late in the summer of 2012 the field makeover received a nomination for a 2012 Sports Travel award by “SportsTravel” magazine for the Best Sports Event Series or Circuit. Just receiving a nomination was exciting. Other 2012 events in this category were: Big East Men’s Basketball Tournament, CIAA (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) Basketball Tournament, NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, and the NCAA Women’s College Softball World Series. We were competing in the same category as some huge Division I college events. After seeing the other nominations, we knew we were in a very elite group of events.

“SportsTravel” magazine established the following criteria for voters: 1) the organization and attendance at the event or series was superior. 2) The event or series provided a superior experience for the competitors and/or spectators. 3) Site(s) of the event or series enhanced the event or series. Considering the size of the other events, again, we were in pretty elite company as a nominee.

The October 2012 issue of Athletics Administration, the official publication of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), jointly featured 3 photos on the cover: facilities from the University of Southern California (USC), Southern Illinois University (SIU), and our “Tower at Lincoln Park.” This was another big honor to share the spotlight with a national audience.

In the end, the winner of the “SportsTravel” magazine Best Collegiate Sports Event Series or Circuit went to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. We have no doubt that our event is pretty special to all the participants and spectators that make a trip to the Junior College World Series. Just being mentioned in the same category as some very big Division I events validates our tournament as a class act to attend! Excerpts from the web pages of “SportsTravel” Magazine; October 2012 Athletics Administration Magazine – NACDA. PHOTO CREDIT: October 2012 magazine cover photo used with permission of NACDA 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 35 Neosho County Community College Panthers

Location: Chanute, KS Times Qualified at JUCO: 2 Number Of Championships: 0 Central District Team Sponsor: ANB Bank; Lon Carpenter

Central District Central Team Host: Kiwanis Club of Grand Junction Rick Nisley and Lee KreidlerTeam Hotel: Grand Vista Hotel Head Coach: Steve Murry Season Record: 35-25

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

1 Connor Wichmann P 5’11 185 R/R 0-1 FR 8/30/93 Owasso, OK 2 Robbe Ewing OF 6’0 170 R/R .326 SO 6/16/92 Stockton, MO 3 Connor Goedert INF 6’2 195 R/R .333 FR 12/14/93 Ottawa, KS 4 Justin Warne INF 5’10 180 R/R .301 FR 6/9/93 Sioux Falls, SD 5 Matt Milner INF 6’0 195 L/R .388 SO 7/24/92 Shawnee, KS 6 Jon Furlong P 6’0 205 R/R 6-3 SO 1/25/92 Bixby, OK 7 Josh Merrill P 6’1 180 R/R 2-2 SO 6/28/92 Wichita, KS 8 Colby Smith OF 5’10 180 R/R .293 FR 11/6/93 Brighton, CO 10 Colton Crocker OF 5’10 180 R/R .293 FR 8/2/93 Owasso, OK 11 Bobby Wernes INF 6’3 185 R/R .373 FR 7/4/94 Olathe, KS 12 Jake Johnson P 6’2 180 R/R 4-6 FR 6/5/93 Salina, OK 13 Brandon Bell OF 5’8 175 R/R .000 FR 12/15/93 Chanute, KS 14 Dylan Christie INF/P 6’5 240 L/R .250/3-1 FR 1/20/94 Overland Park, KS 15 Dalton Thompson C 5’10 215 R/R .319 FR 9/8/92 De Soto, KS 16 Chance Sinclair P 6’4 190 R/R 9-2 SO 10/20/92 Spring Hill, KS 17 Brett Mitchell P 5’9 180 R/R 2-1 FR 5/13/94 Pryor, OK 20 Connor Dawson INF 5’10 160 R/R .294 FR 9/15/93 Olathe, KS 23 Craig Johnson C 6’0 200 R/R .280 FR 2/4/94 Stockton, MO 25 Jake O’Brien INF/P 6’0 200 L/L .297/1-0 SO 9/3/92 Tulsa, OK 30 Jacob Walters P 6’0 170 R/R 0-0 FR 6/28/93 Lenexa, KS 31 Adam Fritts OF 6’0 160 R/R .100 FR 7/28/93 Ottawa, KS 32 Evan Smith C 5’10 200 R/R .286 SO 1/23/93 Spring Hill, KS 33 Jeremy Mansur P 6’2 185 L/L 3-3 FR 7/2/93 Raymore, MO 37 Cody Hutchinson P 6’1 160 R/R 0-3 FR 9/30/93 Owasso, OK 40 Tanner Rosenthal P 6’2 170 R/R 2-0 FR 5/27/94 Lee’s Summit, MO 45 Jeff Boyd P 6’2 180 R/R 2-3 SO 1/19/93 Lenexa, KS

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September 1, 2012

In life as in sports the starting line sometimes is just as important as the finish line. Our history provides each of us a glimpse of the roadmap of events which, when joined together, highlight how we got to where we are today.

Nearly eight decades ago, a group of individuals, passionate about creating opportunities for the two-year college athlete, joined together and formed what we know today as the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association). During the early years of the Association, many obstacles and challenges were put in their path. Despite pressures to dissolve, these leaders never gave up and never gave in because they knew the end result was too important.

Perseverance, ingenuity, creativity and opportunity are the foundations upon which the NJCAA has stood since 1938. These same traits are reflected even more today through the Association’s 500-plus member colleges and nearly 60,000 student-athletes.

Quick Facts Throughout the 2012-2013 academic year, the NJCAA will proudly be sharing its rich 75-year history with the world. Just like the founders of the NJCAA faced challenges and difficulties, today’s student-athletes City: Chanute, KS face some seemingly insurmountable trials. College, work, athletics and life overall can be difficult. By looking back at previous challenges Population: 9,112 overcome, often one will find that their foundation is already in place to achieve success. Elevation: 958 feet Your team, your college as well as the NJCAA each have a unique Player(s) to watch: Conner Goedert, IF history. Join us in celebrating it proudly.

Chance Sinclair, Pitcher Good luck now and in the future.

Sincerely,

Mary Ellen Leicht Executive Director

NJCAA…OPPORTUNITIES START HERE Gov. Vanderhoof

In our continued effort to honor members of our community who the Philippines. After his plane was struck by enemy fire he was have served in our armed forces, each year the JUCO unable to land on the U.S.S. Bunker Hill. He was forced to ditch committee selects a local veteran to be honored prior to the his airplane in the sea which resulted in him shattering his leg. 7:30 pm game during the special Memorial Day festivities. The He was sent to the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs which May 27, 2013 honoree is former Colorado Governor John had been converted to a navy hospital for his recovery. Vanderhoof. Please join us as we thank Governor Vanderhoof for his service and congratulate him on his 91st birthday! Stick After being shot down three times, Vanderhoof was discharged around for fireworks after the game. and remained in Glenwood Springs where he began a new life of public service in state government. During his political career Governor Vanderhoof is a life-long Colorado resident. He he served as a State Representative for 20 years. He became originally joined the Civilian Pilot Training program and served the first elected Lt. Governor in Colorado and was appointed with the famed entertainer, Jimmy Stewart. After as the 37th Governor of Colorado completing the training he went on to join the Navy when his predecessor accepted a and served as a pilot during World War II. During his position in the Nixon administration. military career, Governor Vanderhoof experienced combat missions in the Pacific Campaign and was one During his military service, Vanderhoof of the first Navel pilots to takeoff at night and he was awarded three Air Medals, two served as part of the first wave during the mission to purpl e hearts, and the Distinguished secure Iwo Jima. Flying Cross for “heroism or extraordinary achievement as an Gary Harmon from the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel aviator.” Other well-known recipients spoke to Vanderhoof last year and reported that, of the Distinguished Flying Cross are “While serving in th e South Pacific as an F-6 Grumman George H. W. Bush, Jimmie Doolittle, Hellcat fighter pilot, Vanderhoof shot down four enemy John Glenn, and John McCain. planes and once spent more than 20 days bobbing in the Coral Sea before he was rescued. In fact, he had The NJCAA World Series and western been declared dead, and President Franklin Roosevelt signed Colorado salute a local member of the “Greatest Generation.” his death certificate.” Contributors: The Daily Sentinel, Gary Harmon, May 30, 2012; Colorado State Archives; Dan MacKendrick, Brian Wheeler Harmon also discovered that Vanderhoof’s final mission was Photo by Gretel Daugherty, Courtesy of the Daily Sentinel part of a raid on an air strip on the southern end of Luzon in

2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 37 Cochise College Apaches

Location: Douglas, AZ Times Qualified at JUCO: 2 Number Of Championships: 0 Western District Team Sponsor: Mays Concrete Dan Roberts Western District Western Team Host: Grand Junction Rotary Club Barbara Traylor Smith & Craig Ginter Head Coach: Todd Inglehart Season Record: 49-17 Team Hotel: Clarion Inn

# Player Pos Ht Wt B-T BA/PR Yr DOB Hometown

2 Nance, Zach OF 5’11 180 R/R .213 SO 1/25/93 Brighton, CO 3 Hale, Nate OF 5’11 175 L/R .378 SO 9/23/93 Las Vegas, NV 4 Bastidas, Esteban C/OF 5’11 200 R/R .292 SO 7/8/91 Monagas, VZ 5 Luna, Jake OF 5’10 195 R/L .265 FR 11/20/93 Tucson, AZ 6 Rodgers, Zach P/OF 5’9 175 R/R 10-0 SO 7/21/93 El Mirage, AZ 7 Parks, Jason C 6’0 185 R/R .203 SO 5/25/93 Queen Creek, AZ 8 Duce, Tagg INF 6’0 175 R/R .360 SO 3/1/93 Sierra Vista, AZ 9 Boyle, Anthony INF 5’7 190 R/R .250 FR 8/14/93 Hobbs, NM 10 Nelson, Austin INF 5’9 170 R/R .300 FR 12/9/93 Las Vegas, NV 11 Desgagne, Stephan INF/OF 5’11 175 R/R .255 SO 2/15/92 Tucson, AZ 13 Garcia, Ricardo INF 5’11 180 R/R .211 FR 3/11/91 Maracay, VZ 15 Altamirano, Xavier P 6’3 195 R/R 3-1 FR 7/20/94 Douglas, AZ 16 Schroter, Kenton P 5’11 200 R/R 2-1 SO 8/18/93 Nanaimo, BC 17 Potts, Jacob P 6’2 165 R/R 7-8 SO 4/16/94 Glendale, AZ 18 Dorantes, Kevin P 6’1 245 R/R 9-1 SO 6/16/93 Las Vegas, NV 19 Foster, Kaz OF 6’1 165 L/R .294 FR 9/11/93 Artesia, NM 20 Bess, Tyler 1B 6’1 200 R/L .240 FR 4/24/94 Albuquerque, NM 21 Ramos, Ciji P 6’2 190 R/R 0-0 FR 10/25/93 Albuquerque, NM 22 Naemark, Steven P 6’3 195 L/L 10-3 FR 3/23/90 Tucson, AZ 23 Salas, Frank UTL/P 6’1 200 S/L .286/7-2 SO 10/30/92 Baja, MX 24 Valenzuela, Alan P 6’3 225 R/R 1-1 FR 12/23/93 Tucson, AZ 25 Arzaga, Gerardo 1B/3B 6’3 205 L/R .248 FR 9/24/93 Mesa, AZ 26 Aguirre, Roy P 5’11 175 R/R 0-0 FR 5/6/94 Douglas, AZ RS Sanez, Jason C 5’11 180 R/R .000 FR 9/6/93 Douglas, AZ Trivia Answers

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Former JUCO All-Star In Dodger Front Office Former Mesa College (1969) and NJCAA All-Star, Bob Engle, and General Manager of Baseball was named as the Vice President of International Scouting for Operations. In 2004 he took on the the in November 2012. job as Director of International Relations and was promoted to Vice Engle came to Mesa College after a tour of duty in the Army. President of International As Pennsylvania natives, Bob and his wife, Barbara, had no Operations in 2007. In 2011, Engle idea what was in store for their future. Bob played baseball for was selected as the east coast the Mavericks for two years and then went on to Colorado Scout of the Year. During his Major University before embarking on his tremendous big league League career, Bob has been career. While attending Mesa College, then an NJCAA school, instrumental in signing four Cy Engle played in the JUCO Tournament and was selected to the Young Award winners: , All-Tourney team as a catcher in the 1969 Tournament. He was , Pat Hentgen, and also selected as a member of the Junior College World Series Felix Hernandez. Golden Anniversary All-Tournament Team as part of the Tournament’s 50th Anniversary celebration. Commenting on his collegiate playing career, Engle cited the coaches at the junior college B ob began his major league career in 1974 when he was hired level as “critical” influences on his life and career. Engle had by the Baltimore Orioles as the Midwest Scouting Supervisor. In some very special memories of Mesa Jun ior College (now 1976 he moved to the Toronto Blue Jay organization as the Colorado Mesa University). He specifically wanted to thank Eastern Regional Supervisor where he met baseball Hall of Coach Dan MacKendrick and the late Coach Bus Bergman for Famer . In 1982, Bob was promoted to the Eastern the guidance and influence they provided on his professional Regional Scouting Director and he moved into the Director of and personal development. Scouting role in 1990. Bob remained with the Blue Jays through 2000 holding positions of Assistant General Manager and Congratulations Bob! Everyone involved in the JUCO Senior Advisor of Baseball Operations. Engle Joined the tournament wishes you continued success. Mariners in 2000 as the Senior Advisor to the Vice President

2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 39 2013 NJCAABaseball Hall of Fame

This year’s inductees include former coaches Donald Green of Jefferson State Community College (Ala.), Stephen Hertz of Miami Dade College (Fla.), and Jim Walker of College of Southern Idaho. The 2013 class also includes longtime NJCAA Division I World Series Tournament Vice-Chairman and volunteer Bruce Hill of Grand Junction, CO.

The four inductees were honored at the 2013 NJCAA World Series Tournament banquet held on May 24, 2013.

Donald Green More than 150 players tutored by Hertz Head Coach, 1967-96 signed professional contracts, including Jefferson State Community College four currently in Major League Baseball – Placido Polonco (MDC 1993-94); Andres Torres (MDC 1997-98); Jon For 28 years Donald Green piloted the Albaladejo (MDC 2000-01); and Jesus Feliciano (MDC 1998). baseball program at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Ala. He Hertz has also coached at the international level. He helped compiled a 622-428 (.592) career mark in the NJCAA, which Team USA win gold at the 1999 Pan American Maccabi ranked him in the top 20 all-time among inactive coaches in the Games as an assistant coach. Returning to the same tourna ment association when he retired in 1996. in 2003, Hertz was head coach of Team USA and led the Green’s teams won the Alabama Community College squad to the gold medal. In 2007, he led the Tel Aviv Lightning Conference (ACCC) North Division 10 times and twice captured to the semifinals of the inaugural season of the Israel the Region 22 title. He was named the North Division Coach of League. the Year on nine occasions and was a two-time Region 22 A notable baseball player during his time, he signed a Coach of Year recipient. professional contract with the Houston Col 45’s in 1963 and In addition to coaching, Green promoted baseball in the made his MLB debut that year at the age of 19 – the eighth Alabama region, serving as president of the ACCC Baseball youngest player t hat season. In the minor leagues he twice was Committee for three years. From 1991 through 1996, he held an All-Star (1965 Western Carolina League and 1966 Florida the p osition of Athletic Director at Jefferson State. State League). He concluded his professional career in 1969 at the Triple-A level with the affiliate in A native of Birmingham, he was an accomplished athlete at Tidewater, Va. Jones Valley High School. He attended Florida State University and Samford University on football scholarships, lettering three Hertz is a member of the following halls of fame: Florida years at Samford, where he earned his Bachelor of Science College System Activities Association (2007), Coral Park High degree. He later earned a Master of Arts degree from the School (2006) and Miami High School (1985). University of Alabama. Jim ‘Skip’ Walker He was inducted into the Al abama Baseball Coaches Head Coach, 1974-2004 Association Hall of Fame in 2001 and the ACCC Hall of Fame College of Southern Idaho in 2004. Green passed away on April 14, 2011 after a long Jim Walker led one of the most successful battle with cancer. baseball programs in the western United States for 30 years. As the head coach at the Steve Hertz College Southern Idaho, Walker guided the Golden Eagles to Head Coach, 1980, 1986-2012 regional and national success. Miami Dade College Walker’s teams captured the Scenic West Conference/NJCAA Steve Hertz spent a quarter century as the Region 18 championship 12 times during his tenure. In addition, head baseball coach at Miami Dade the Golden Eagles claimed eight NJCAA Western District titles, College. During his tenure, his teams finished advancing to the JUCO World Series. At the national as either the champions or runners up of the tournament in Grand Junction, CSI won a national championship Southern Conference 19 times (10 championships / 9 runners- in 1984 and also placed third in 1988, fourth in 1986 and up). Even more impressive, his teams advanced to the Region 8/ 1994, and fifth in 1976. Gulf District tournament 19 times during his 26 seasons as head coach. In addition to his success with CSI, Walker has also helped Team USA to success on the diamond. In 1980 he was the assistant His 2001 squad won the Gulf District title, advancing to the coach for Team USA at the World Games in Japan and the JUCO World Series where they finished fifth. Friendship Games in Korea and Taiwan. In 1987 and ’88 he Miami Dade was consistently ranked in the top 10 nationally again was an assistant for Team USA squads that participated under Hertz and he was named the Southern Conference in the World Games in Canada and Venezuela. In 1998 he was Coach of the Year 10 times and Region 8/Gulf District Coach an advisor for the Netherlands Olympic team. of the Year once. Walker retired as the head coach at CSI in 2004 with an He retired in 2010 with a career NJCAA mark of 945-325 overall career record of 1,061-349 (.752). He is one of just 22 (.750). He is one of just 36 coaches in NJCAA history with 900 coaches in NJCAA hi story to reach 1,000 career victories. He or more career victories. Including a combined 15 years as the was inducted into the CSI Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003 and head coach at Coral Park and Southridge high schools in Miami, the college’s baseball facility was named his honor the same Hertz’s all-time coaching record stands at 1,245-420 (.748) over year. In 2012 he was inducted into the American Baseball 41 years. Coaches Association Hall of Fame. 2012 Alpine Bank 40 JUCO2013 World Alpine Series Bank JUCO World Series Forever a baseball coach, Walker continues to be a part of the Likely his greatest contributions took place during his tenure as Golden Eagles program as an assistant coach. His son, Boomer, City Councilman (2003-12) and Mayor for the City of Grand is currently in his eighth season as CSI’s head coach. Junction (2009-11). His understanding and support of the JUCO World Series helped the tournament thr ive in conjunction with Bruce Hill community support. His leadership was paramount in the build- Tournament Vice Chairman, up and completion of the recent $8.3 million dollar renovation 1987-present to Lincoln Park and Sam Suplizio Field, which has hosted the NJCAA JUCO World Series NJCAA’s premier baseball championship since 1959. Grand Junction, Colo. Hill is the owner and president of Superior Alarm, Inc., of Grand A native of Grand Junction, Bruce Hill has Junction. In 1997 he was honored with the “Citizen of the Year” helped advance significant improvements and success to the award from t he Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce and the NJCAA Division I World Ser ies over the past three decades. He 2003 recipient of “Small Business of the Year” award. He most first volunteered with the local JUCO Tournament Committee in recently was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni to Colorado Grand Junction in 1987 as a team host and marketing director. Mesa University in 2006 for his years of dedication and service It didn’t take long before Hill was tabbed to his current position to his community. as Tournament Vice Chairman. Narratives by: Mark Krug, Assistant Executive Director, NJCAA Hills passion and dedication to the JUCO World Series has been instrumental in the overall operation of the event each year. He has been a true a mbassador for the JUCO World Series, Grand Junction and the NJCAA, volunteering his time traveling and advising college coaches and administrators in regards to the tournament. Prior Inductees

• Fred Frickie – Calhoun Community College, AL • George Cook – South Georgia College, Douglas, GA • Richard A. Lessmann – St. Louis CC / Meramec, St. Louis, MO • Randy – Wallace State Community College, Hanceville, AL • Robert Ned Sapp, Jr. – Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA • Dave Oster – Jefferson College, Hillsboro MO • Scott Sims - South Georgia College, GA • Billy M. Crowder – Westark Junior College, Fort Smith, AR • Kenneth C. Farris – Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, Perkin ston, MS • Pat Daugh erty – Indian Hills CC, Centerville, IA • Herb Boetto – Glendale CC, Glendale, AZ • William J. Brooks – Wilmington College, Wilmington, NC • Martin Dittmer – Ellsworth JC, Iowa Falls, IA • Dave Dangler – Yavapai College, AZ • Ronald W. Christopher – Wingate JC, Wingate NC • Rich R. Mathews – Centerville, IA • James E. Frye – Mesa, AZ • Russ Frazier – Louisburg, NC • John S. Smith – Des Moines Area CC, Boone, IA • Dave Grant – Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ • W. Cam Walker - Indian Hills Community College IA • Joseph Dondero – Nassau CC, Garden City, NJ • Martin “Pug” Marich – Phoenix College, AZ • Paul MacLaughlin – Lincroft, NJ • John Leonard Toppi – Phoenix, AZ • Ronald “Gene” Creek – Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL • Dennis Conley – Olney Central College, IL • Ray Birmingham, Jr., – New Mexico Junior College, NM • Walter “Bus” Bergman – Mesa JC, Grand Junction, CO • Gene D. Hanson – College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL • Walter F. Berg man – GJ Baseball Committee, GJ, CO • Dudley “Skip” Bailey – Monroe Community College, NY • Floyd Jacobson – Wilbu r Wright College, Chicago, IL • Tilman M. Bishop – Grand Junction, CO • H. David Chamberlain – Monroe CC, Rochester, NY • Wayne King – Joliet Junior College, IL • Duane S. Dykstra – Grand Junction, CO • Bruce C. DuBois – Nassau CC, Garden City, NY • Claude J. Kracik – Lincoln Land CC, Springfield, IL • Eugene F. Haggerty – Grand Junction, CO • James T. Gallagher – Major League Baseball, New York, NY • David Rowlands – Harry S. Truman College, Chicago, IL • Jamie Hamilton – Grand Junction, CO • Daniel J. Kelley – Rockland Community College, Suffen, NY • Larry Smith – Kaskaskia College, IL • Dale Hollingsworth – Grand Junction, CO • Donald Brown – Redlands Community College, OK • Robert Symonds – Triton College, River Grove, IL • George E. Killian – Colorado Springs, CO • Perry Keith – Connors State College, OK • Richard R. Symonds – Oakton Comm. College, Des Plaines, IL • Wayne Nelson – Grand Junction, CO • Negial King – Bacone JC, Muskogee, OK • Hurst F. Otto – Grand Junction, CO • Gerald Blemker – Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN • Lloyd Russell Simmons – Seminole, OK • Richard E. Reimer – Grand Junction, CO • Valis Scott M cLean – Allen County CC, Iola, KS • Homa Thomas – Northeastern Oklahoma, Miami, OK • Sam Suplizio – Grand Junction, CO • Galen McSpadden – Seward County CC, KS • Jim Karwoski – Penn State U niversity, Monaca, PA • Jay Tolman – Mesa JC, Grand Junction, CO • Kent Shelley – Johnson County CC, Overland Park, KS • Charles J. Ross – CC of Beaver County, Monaca, PA • Edward R. Sylvia – Housatonic CC, CT • Rex L. Bradley – Louisville, KY • Lon Joyce - Spartanburg Methodist College, SC • Mike Easom – Indian River Community College, Ft. Pierce, FL • Tom Fizzell, Sr., – Massasoit Community College, MA • John Daigle - Tournament Director, TN • Bill Frazier – Gulf Coast CC, Panama City, FL • Barry A. Glinski – Quinsigamond CC, Worchester, MA • Babe Howard – Millingon, TN • Charles P. Greene – Miami-Dade CC / South Miami, FL • Ted Lekas – Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA • James C. Painter – Columbia College, Columbia, TN • Bill Hamilton – Pensacola Junior College, FL • Tim Hill – Manatee Community College, FL • Steven Bazarnic – Allegany CC, Cumberland, MD • Jack Allen – Ranger JC, Ranger, TX • Demie Mainieri – Miami-Dade CC / North, Miami, FL • Elliott Oppenheim – CC of Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD • Richard B. Butler – Waco, TX • Howard C. Roey – Florida CC, Jacksonville, FL • Richard J. Croch – Port Huron, MI • James LeRoy Dreyer – Blinn College, Brenham, TX • Harry H. Tholen – Santa Fe CC, FL • Thomas M. Hofmann – Grand Rapids JC, Grand Rapids, MI • Wayne L. Graham – Rice University, Housto n, TX • Frank J. Torre – Palm Grove Garden, FL • Earnest G. Myers – C.S. Mott Community College, Flint, MI • Bill Griffin – Panola JC, Carthage, TX • LeRoy Wheat – Broward CC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL • Rick Zimmerman – Odessa College, Odessa, TX • Stehpen Cohen – North Hennepin CC, Minneapolis, MN • Bob Wynn – Manatee JC, Bradenton, FL

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1958 Cameron College, Lawton, OK BATTING 1959 Paris Junior College, Paris, TX Average (15 or more at bat): .688 Kirby Puckett, Triton College, IL 1960 Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ (1982); Bill Losa; San Jacinto College-North, TX (1987); Bryant Beaver; 1961 Wilmington College, Wilmington, NC Seminole State College, OK (2004) Hits: 17 Shell Scott; College of Southern Idaho, ID (1984) 1962 Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ Hits (one game): 6 Tary Scott; Walters State CC, TN (1984); Edward 1963 Wilmington College, Wilmington, NC Nodhturfd, Jefferson Davis CC, AL (1994) 1964 Miami-Dade Junior College, Miami, FL Runs: 15 Scott Skripko, Middle Georgia, GA (1982); Lance Leitner, 1965 Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ College of Southern Idaho, ID (1988); Randy Brown, San Jacinto-North, 1966 Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY TX (1990) 1967 Bacone Junior College, Muskogee, OK RBI (tournament): 18 Greg Geren, Cleveland State CC, TN (1980) Doubles: 1968 Glendale Community College, Glendale, AZ 5 Mickey Dearstone, Columbia State CC, Tenn. (1973); Eric Smith, Panola Junior College, TX (1979); Scott Needs, Wallace State 1969 Panola Junior College, Carthage, TX CC, AL (2002); Keon Braxton, Santa Fe College, FL (2009) 1970 Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Triples: 4 Howard May, Gulf Coast CC, FL (1965) 1971 Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Home Runs: 6 Jeff Kipila, Brookdale CC, NJ (1986); Jerry Shepard, Middle 1972 Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Georgia College, GA (1990) 1973 Ranger Junior College, Ranger, TX Home Runs (one game): 3 Steve Cook, Miami-Dade CC-North, FL 1974 Meramec Community College, St. Louis, MO (1974); Steve Coats, Louisburg College, NC (1975); Darrell Higgs, 1975 Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ Pima CC Ariz. (1981); Joe Datin, Middle Georgia College, GA (1984); Kevin Lofthus, College of Southern Idaho (1986); Bill Losa, San Jacinto 1976 Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ College-North, TX (1987); Michael Mose, Lake Land College, IL (1988); 1977 Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ Micheal Peters, Essex CC, MD (1992); Boodle Clark, Walters State CC, 1978 Ranger Junior College, Ranger, TX TN (2003); Kevin Gossage, Yavapai College, AZ (2006), Marty Gantt, 1979 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA Spartanburg Methodist College, SC (2009) 1980 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA Consecutive Home Runs: 4 Steve Coats, Louisburg College, NC (1975) Grand Slams In A Tournament: 1981 Miami-Dade Community College South, Miami, FL 3 George Arias, Pima CC, AZ (1992) Stolen Bases: 11 Humbert Acosta, Miami-Dade CC, FL (1976) 1982 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA Most at Bat in a Series: 36, Jim Kotkas, Southern ID (1984) 1983 McLennan Community College, Waco, TX 1984 Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, ID PITCHING Appearances: 6 , Tarleton State (1960) 1985 San Jacinto College-North, Houston, TX : 30.67 , Miami-Dade CC, FL (1966) 1986 San Jacinto College-North, Houston, TX Victories: 4 Donnie Moore, Ranger Junior College, TX (1973) 1987 San Jacinto College-North, Houston, TX Strikeouts: 33 Doug Slocum, Mesa CC, AZ (1972); Frank Rodriguez, 1988 Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL Howard College, TX (1991) 1989 San Jacinto College-North, Houston, TX Strikeouts (one game): 21 Floyd Weaver, Paris Junior College, TX (1960) 1990 San Jacinto College-North, Houston, TX Bases on Balls (one game): 15 Doug Ault, Panola Junior College, 1991 Howard College, Big Spring, TX Carthage, TX (1970) No Hitter: 1 Billy Debruhl, Wilmington, N.C. (1959) 1992 Essex Community College, Baltimore County, MD Bases on Balls (one game, both teams): 25, Allegany, MD vs. Iowa 1993 Yavapai College, Prescott, AZ Western, (1984); Normandale, MN., vs. Mesa, AZ, (1990) 1994 Galveston College, Galveston Island, TX TEAM 1995 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA Most Runs (tournament-seven games): 79, Southern Idaho (1984) 1996 Northeast Texas Community College, Pleasant, TX Most Runs (tournament-six games): 73, San Jacinto North (1986) 1997 Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, KS Most Runs (tournament-five games): 69, Central Arizona (2008) ties 1998 Cowley County Community College, Arkansas City, KS San Jacinto North (2002) 1999 Grayson County College, Denison, TX Most Runs (one game): 47, Central Arizona 28, Iowa Western 19 2000 Grayson County College, Denison, TX (8 innings) (2008) Most Hits (tournament): 98, Galveston (1994) 2001 North Central Texas College, Gainesville, TX Most Hits (one game): 47, San Jacinto-North (24) vs. Louisburg (23), 2002 Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ (2002) 2003 College of Southern Nevada, Henderson, NV Home Runs In A Tournament: 62 (2009) NJCAA JUCO World Series, 2004 Dixie State College, St. George, UT Grand Junction, CO 2005 New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM Combined Home Runs: 11- Indian Hills CC, IA (8) vs. Odessa College, 2006 Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN TX (3) (1995) Home Runs In A Game: 2007 Chipola Junior College, Marianna, FL 8 Indian Hills CC, IA (1995) vs. 8 Grayson County Junior College, TX (2003) 2008 Grayson County College, Denison, TX 2009 Howard College, Big Spring, TX ATTENDANCE Attendance: 2010 Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA 119,369 – 2008, seven-day tournament Attendance: 137,920 - 2010, eight day tournament 2011 Navarro College, Corsicana, TX Single Day: 29,339 - May 26, 2007 2012 Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA

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lpine Bank scholarships to the local awarded a total athletes over the past 14 A of five scholarships years. Over $60,000.00 during the 2012 JUCO has been donated since the World Series to four School program was established to Dist. 51 baseball players help Western Slope student/ and one from Mesa State athletes attend a college of College. their choice. Alpine Bank, which is a Pictured below are the major sponsor of the JUCO winners of last year’s Tournament, has given scholarships:

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Joe Tubb Mick McDaniel David Elder Mary Ellen Leicht Mark Krug Brian Beck President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Executive Director Assistant Assistant South Plains Clg. Tompkins Cortland GCAA Executive Director Executive Director PRESIDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Margaret McMenamin John Erwin Garrett Hishaw Larry Bailey George Knox Paul Dale Union Co. College Illinois Central Clg. Catawba Valley CC Mississippi Delta Labette Paradise Valley CC Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg. Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region

Greg Silcox Mike St. John Jeff Wiley Gary Huber John Green Randy Stange Paradise Valley Carl Albert Jefferson CC Black Hawk Clarendon College Hutchinson Comm. Clg. State College College Comm. Clg. Region10 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region Region11 Region12

Bobby Hudson Bob Zelinski Lind Hartsell Thom McDonald Dale Vos Volunteer State Central Florida Southeast Craven Iowa Comm. Clg St. Clair Co. Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg Comm. Clg. Athletic Conference Comm. Clg. Region15 16 Region 17 Region Region18 Region13 Region14 David Archer Buster Gilliss Roark Mike Pelliccia Doug Stotler Al Williams Chattahoochee Bismarck State Montgomery Nassau CC Jefferson College North Idaho Tech. College Comm. Clg. Navarro College College Region 20 Region Region21 Region22 Region23 Region24 Region19

John Kuntz Bruce Springer John Jackson Dean Myrick Jim Southward Rod Lovett Sussex Co. Anne Arundel Dean College Alabama Comm. SBCJCA Parkland College Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg. Clg. Conference Men’s Officers 2012-2013

Joe Tubb Mick McDaniel David Elder Mary Ellen Leicht Mark Krug Brian Beck President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice President Executive Director Assistant Assistant South Plains Clg. Tompkins Cortland GCAA Executive Director Executive Director PRESIDENTIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Margaret McMenamin John Erwin Garrett Hishaw Larry Bailey George Knox Paul Dale Union Co. College Illinois Central Clg. Catawba Valley CC Mississippi Delta Labette Paradise Valley CC Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg. Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region

Greg Silcox Mike St. John Jeff Wiley Gary Huber John Green Randy Stange Paradise Valley Carl Albert Jefferson CC Black Hawk Clarendon College Hutchinson Comm. Clg. State College College Comm. Clg. Region10 Region 7 Region 8 Region 9 Region Region11 Region12

Bobby Hudson Bob Zelinski Dan Johnson Lind Hartsell Thom McDonald Dale Vos Volunteer State Central Florida Southeast Craven Iowa Comm. Clg St. Clair Co. Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg Comm. Clg. Athletic Conference Comm. Clg. egion 16 egion R Region 17 Region Region18 Region15 Region13 Region14 David Archer Buster Gilliss Roark Mike Pelliccia Doug Stotler Al Williams Chattahoochee Bismarck State Montgomery Nassau CC Jefferson College North Idaho Tech. College Comm. Clg. Navarro College College Region 20 Region Region21 Region22 Region23 Region24 Region19

John Kuntz Bruce Springer John Jackson Dean Myrick Jim Southward Rod Lovett Sussex Co. Anne Arundel Dean College Alabama Comm. SBCJCA Parkland College Comm. Clg. Comm. Clg. Clg. Conference Let us remember those that came before us who set a standard of excellence

Grand Junction Loses a Champion in that post for five years. He continued to serve the tournament of the Community as a Host Committee Chairman for another 38 years, providing the excellent relationship and coordinating a ssistance in The entire Grand Junction community numerous ways to the visiting teams and families. After 43 was shocked at the sudden and years, Dr. Otto stepped down as the Host Committee Chairman unexpected death of 54-year-old but continued to serve as a committee member until his Commander Greg Assenmacher. retirement in 2011. After his JUCO retirement, Dr. Otto was still Assenmacher died of natural causes in considered a valued committee member until his death. January 2013. In 2001, Dr. Otto was enshrined in the 60-member JUCO Commander Assenmacher began his Baseball Coaches Hall Of Fame for his contributi on to the career at the police department in 1981 NJCAA and the JUCO tournament. The Hall of Fame was Excerpts and photo from and served in nearly every position Grand Junction Police established in 1982 to honor those individuals who have possible during his police career. As a Department Press Release, contributed to furthering the “Excellence of Baseball Coaching” commander, he was responsib le for January 30, 2013 and the selections are made by the National Junior College several high-profile cases including the 2006 bombings and Baseball Coaches Association. Since 2002, an additional 31 helping to solve a 30-year-old homicide that resulted in the people have joined Dr. Otto in the Hall of Fame. 2009 arrest of a suspect. Dt. Otto set the bar very high for other c ommittee members. Grand Junction Police Chief John Camper said, “Commander Thank you for establishing the groundwork and helping to make Assenmacher has served as one of the most outstanding our tournament something special for everyone. representatives of the Grand Junction Police Department that we have had. Through his volunteer work with Crime Stoppers, Grand Junction Baseball Icon Dies JUCO, multiple Honor Flights for World War II veterans, and countless other outreach activities, his efforts on behalf of the On February 8, 2013, the Grand citizens of this community are unparalleled. His commitment to Junction baseball community was solving crime and making Grand Junction a safer city will not saddened to learn of the passing of soon be matched. Most important, we all knew him as one of 91-year-old Bill Fanning. the kindest and most giving men that we have had the pleasure of knowing. He will be deeply missed for years to come.” Mr. Fanning was forever known as “Coach” to the hundreds of former JUCO Tournament Chairman Jamie Hamilton said, “Greg players he encountered over his 35-year Assenmacher had only recently accepted a position as an career a s the Grand Junction High official member of the JUCO committee. However, he provided School (GJHS) baseball coach. During guidance and safety advice to our tournament for over 30 his high school tenure Coach Fanning Gretel Daugherty, Photo years. His love of baseball and the community will never be was at the helm for a 467-172 record Courtesy of the Daily Sentinel forgotten. He always understood this was and is an event while leading the Tigers to three owned by the citizens of Grand Junction and Mesa County...he Colorado state championships. During the 1961 and 1962 was a great friend of JUCO.” state championship seasons Coach Fanning’s Tigers won 43 consecutive games. The JUCO family would like to extend our sympathies to the Assenmacher family and thank them for sharing his wonderful When he wasn’t coaching, you could find him working at some qualities with all of us. sporting event. Coach Fanning spent 39 years umpiring baseball, 37 years officiating football and 32 years as a JUCO’s Longest Serving basketball official. Fanning umpired 13 consecutive years at the Committee Member Dies JUCO World Series.

In February 2013, the JUCO I think the Coaches obituary published on February 12, 2013 in committee lost our longest serving the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel captured what could be his committee member with the passing most generous quality, “While coaching was his passion, of Dr. Hurst Otto. teaching was his calling. Coach taught World History for 35 ye ars at GJHS and influenced as many students in the A practicing Optometrist by profession, classroom as athletes in the ball park. Numerous students have Dr. Otto served the JUCO tournament written or called over the years to express their thanks to the for 53 years as a JUCO Committee coach for influencing their lives. A student from 1958 wrote “I member. Dr. Otto helped to ensure Christopher Tomlinson, Photo know you don’t remember me but you were my history teacher that the tournament got off to a great Courtesy of the Daily Sentinel in 1958 and you changed my life. I was kind of a nerdy kid start by serving as the co-chairman of without much motivation or direction. Mo st of the time in high the first JUCO Tournament Committee in 1959 and continued school I was on auto pilot, just enough to get by but not enough

5050 20132013 AlpineAlpine BankBank JUCOJUCO WorldWorld SeriesSeries to excel. The one real exception was your class. I found it fun Junction High School where he played baseball and basketball. and stimulating.... I was recently selected to receive the After his final high school season, Jim was awarded the Clair Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.... Thank you Mr. Clayton trophy as the school’s outstanding senior baseball Fanning. A job excellently done on your part has player. Jim went on to play baseball for Coach Bus Bergman as enriched my life.” a Mesa Col lege Maverick.

Coach Fanning received many honors and awards during his As a lifetime resident of Grand Junction, Jim stayed involved in lifetime. Patty Arnold from the Daily Sentinel reported that the baseball after his junior college years working as a local high coach is a member of numerous Colorado and national halls of school and college . His officiating drew praise from fame. A few of note are the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame, the many coaches around western Colorado. Jim served as an University of Colorado Living Legends, Colorado High School umpire during some of our first JUCO games. Coaches Hall of Fame, and the National High School Sports Hall of Fame. In 2005 Coach Fanning was inducted into Jim worked for many years at Home Loan and Investment JUCO’s inaugural class in Home Run Alley. Company where he attained the position of Executive Vice President and Treasurer. When Grand Junction landed the The JUCO Committee and the NJCAA would like to express our NJCAA Tournament, Jim was one of the first volunteers to serve deepest sympathies to the Fann ing family. Thank you Coach for on the JUCO Committee. He was involved with Jim Johns as making outstanding adults out of so many kids! hosts for the early Texas teams to the tourney. Due to his involvement as a team host, many of the Texas teams loved and JUCO Remembers Si Grantham’s respected him and often invited him to Texas. On many Contribution to Tournament occasions, Jim accepted the invitati ons and visited the Lone Star State to watch the playoff games and get a head start on his Si Grantham passed away in hosting duties. December 2012. Si was a member of the JUCO committee in the early years Jim’s service in many capacities contributed to the success of the of the tournament. Si served as a JUCO Tournament. Beginning as a volunteer, working as umpire, member of the entertainment committee and ultimately becoming an ambassador to the tournament as a but could be found helping anyone with Team Host. whatever activity needed the help. Dan MacKendrick rememb ered Si as a “real character” who was a positive In recognition of his many years of service to the baseball influence on kids. Before retiring, Si worked at the City Market community and his contribution t o the JUCO Tournament, the store at 1st and Orchard which was across the street from West JUCO Committee would like to honor and thank Jim for making Junior High School (now West Middle School). You could always the Tournament a part of his life. In honor of his dedication to count on Si interacting with the school kids after the school day. making the Junior College World Series something special to This daily contact of caring and kindness was remembered by athletes and fans, a memorial scholarship has been established those young teenagers as he became a strong positive influence for high school seniors striving to play baseball in junior college. on each of them. While working on the JUCO committee, Anyone wishing to contribute to the scholarship fund sho uld send Si continued his advocacy for kids when he could be found their check to: The Jimmy Bonella Scholarship Fund, c/o Home distributing free game tickets to the kids during his annual Loan and Investment Company, 205 N. 4th Street, Grand school tour. Junction, CO 81501.

Si was an incredible community member and was involved with JUCO Committee loses a 6th many groups or clubs in the community. It was due to his member this year willingness to be involved that Si became known as “Grand Junction’s biggest little angel.” In May 2013, Carl Hochmuth became the sixth JUCO committee member to During World War II Si served aboard the USS Cony from pass away during the last year. Carl 1942-1945. After his discharge, the Grand Junction community was a long-standing member of the became the fortunate recipient of his willingness to make committee who was willing to help a difference. whenever and doing whatever was needed. He most recently worked on The JUCO committee would like to the ticket calling committee. Carl was always upbeat and extend a heartfelt thanks to the walked in the Lion’s Club Parade in February proudly wearing Grantham family for sharing Si with us his JUCO blazer. and the community. Carl was a Master Gardener and used his knowledge as a Former Committee Member member of Grand Junction Forestry Board. In case you didn’t Leaves Mark on Tourney know, Carl was also an award-winning amateur winemaker. by Dan MacKendrick Using his skills as a master gardener, Carl carefully nurtured his own grape vines and tenderly transformed the grapes into In September 2012, Grand Junction winning recipes for the 2008 and 2009 Mesa County Fair. and the baseball community lost a long- time friend with the passing of Jim Thank you for your service to our community and to the Bonella. Jim was a graduate of Grand JUCO Committee.

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52 2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series All cars available for use by special guests, officials, and visiting coaches of the Alpine Bank Junior College World Series are provided through the generosity of the following Grand Junction area sponsors: Dana Motors Inc. Trophy and Award Sponsors 2586 Hwy 6 & 50 970-243-6140 Championship Team Trophies Ed Bozarth Chevrolet First, second and two third place trophi es are presented to 2595 Hwy 6 & 50 970-243-3131 the top four teams in the tournament: Courtesy of U. S. Bank Fuoco Motor Company of Grand Junction. 741 N. 1st Street 970-242-1571 D.S. Dykstra Participation Plaques Grand Junction Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge Participation plaques are presented to the first six teams 2578 Hwy 6 & 50 970-245-3100 that are eliminated from the tournament: Courtesy of the Grand West Kia Grand Junction Lions Club. 2980 Hwy 50 South 970-248-0800 Championship Team - Individual Medals Modern Classic Motors A gold medal is presented to each player on the 975 Independent Ave. 970-245-7671 championship team: Courtesy of City Market. Scotty’s Muffler-Lube-Car Wash Second Place Team – Individual Medals 405 Pitkin Ave. 970-245-0101 A silver medal is presented to each player on the second Shiners Car Wash & Lube Center place team: Courtesy of the Grand Junction Rotary Club. 2460 Hwy 6 & 50 970-257-0922 All-Tournament Team Trophies Simpson Auto Individual trophies are presented to15 players selected for 2540 Hwy 6 & 50 970-245-5421 the All-Tournament team. Players are selected by ballots Thrifty Car Rental from the JUCO Committee, NJCAA officials, news media, 750 Horizon Drive 406-259-0106 official scorekeepers and Major League scouts in Western Slope Auto attendance: Courtesy of PEAK Performance Products 2264 Hwy 6 & 50 970-243-0843 Company and Sam’s Club of Grand Junction. Participation Patch 2013 JUCO Umpires 2013 JUCO Doctors Each tournament player and coach receives a participation Paul Arreola, AZ Special thanks to the following patch: Courtesy of Gene Taylor’s Sporting Goods of Grand Jeremy Dupree, GA physicians who graciously provide Junction and Hanson International of Western Colorado. Jared Ferrans, CO their services during the Alpine Leading Hitter Trophy Dominic Giarratano, CO Bank Junior College World Series. The Rawlings “Big Stick” award is given to the player with Matt Stellges, TX Sherm Straw, MD the highest batting average during the tourn ament (minimum Connan Strobel, KS Kurt Holmes, DO 15 official at bats): Courtesy of the Rawlings Sporting ALTERNATE: Richard Knackendoffel, DO Goods Company. Brian Frisch, NV Rob Gershon, DO Homa Thomas Sportsmanship Trophy SUPERVISOR OF OFFICIALS: Mark Luker, MD A special trophy is given to an individual player, coach or Jim Paronto, CO Larry Copeland, DO team who best exemplifies sportsmanship during the Matthew Runyan, MD Umpire game apparel provided by tournament: Courtesy of KEKB FM Radio of Grand Junction. HONIG’S, MI Glenn Madrid, MD Outstanding Pitcher Award JUCO MEDICAL ADVISOR: The ROBERT PURKEY, JR. MEMORIAL AWARD is given to Tom Motz, DO the outstanding pitcher during the tourn ament: Courtesy of The Moose 100.7 FM.

Jay W. Tolman Outstanding Defensive Player The outstanding defensive player of the tournament is selected by radio broadcasters who watch every game of the tournament: Courtesy of the Grand Junction Kiwanis Club.

Most Valuable Player Award The PRESTON WALKER MEMORIAL AWARD is given to the most outstanding player of the tournament: Courtesy of the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

Bus Bergman Coaches Plaque And Award This plaque and award is given to the head coach of the winning team: Courtesy of the NJCAA and a professional computer briefcase Courtesy of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company.

2013 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series 53 Rotating Pairings For NJCAA Division I Baseball Tournament WESTERN CENTRAL EAST CENTRAL (Regions 1, 9 and 18) (Region 6) (Regions 7 and 17)

SOUTHWESTERN SOUTHERN SOUTHEASTERN (Region 5) (Region 14) (Region 22)

NORTHERN SOUTH CENTRAL EASTERN (Regions 4, 11, 12, 13, and 24) (Regions 2, 16 and 23) (Regions 3, 10, 15, 19, 20 and 21)

GULF (Region 8) MAINE WASHINGTON 21

MONTANA MINNESOTA VT NORTH DAKOTA NEW N.H. YORK MASS WISCONSIN OREGON 18 13 3 SOUTH DAKOTA MICHIGAN R.I. CONN. IDAHO 4 20 WYOMING 11 OHIO PENN NJ 15 9 NEBRASKA IOWA ILLINOIS 12 MD INDIANA DEL NEVADA 24 W. VIRGINIA 19 VIRGINIA KANSAS UTAH 16 1 KENTUCKY CALIFORNIA COLORADO 6 10 MISSOURI 7 N. CAROLINA TENNESSEE OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS S. CAROLINA NEW MEXICO 2 17 ARIZONA 5 MISS 22 GEORGIA 23 ALABAMA TEXAS 14 FLORIDA • (Red) Indicates LOUISIANA states that have 8 played at JUCO through 2012 2013 2014

Saturday 9:00 a.m. SE – G EC – N SE = SOUTHEASTERN C = CENTRAL Saturday 12:00 p.m. N – SW C – SW SC = SOUTH CENTRAL SW = SOUTHWESTERN Saturday 3:00 p.m. E – EC S – W W = WESTERN E = EASTERN N = NORTHERN Saturday 7:30 p.m. S – SC SE – SC S = SOUTHERN G = GULF Sunday 7:30 p.m. C – W G – E EC = EAST CENTRAL JUCO Rules of Play

All games will be played under NCAA rules, except for the following changes representation as the case may arise. Every effort will be made for a team or additions to these rules which have been adopted by the NJCAA for representative to be present (coaching staff). Tournament play: H. Tournament Umpires are instructed to keep games moving and will strictly A. All games are scheduled for nine (9) innings. enforce charged conference/pitcher removal rules. B. The ten run (10 run) rule shall be in effect after five (5) complete innings. I. Rules require that double earflap helmets be worn at bat and on the bases. C. The eight run (8 run) rule shall be in effect after seven (7) complete innings. J. Protests: No protests will be tolerated on judgement calls. Rule D. The championship game (game #19) shall be played the full nine (9) innings interpretation protests will be decided immediately by the Tournament regard-less of the score. Director, the NJCAA Representative and the supervisor of officials (if E. Any game delayed because of rain, power failure, etc., shall be resumed at available). The game shall then proceed immediately. the point of suspension and played a full nine (9) innings unless terminated K. Official line up cards, in duplicate, are to be submitted to the Umpire-In- under rule b or c above. Chief before each game. F. Optional substitution provision will not apply to Tournament play. L. Open wound policy: Under circumstances when constant or profuse G. The Home Team will be determined by the flip of a coin prior to each bleeding occurs, the appropriate team official following NCAA game. The home team will occupy the third base dugout. The tournament may attend to the participant. Should bleeding not be controlled immediately, directors reserve the right to handle the flip even with out team the player shall be removed from the game.

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