MAY 14-17 REGIONALS MAY 23-30 FINALS USA BASEBALL NATIONAL TRAINING COMPLEX CARY, NORTH CAROLINA HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE AND THE TOWN OF CARY 2015 NCAA DIVISION II BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WELCOME 2015 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship CONTENTS CONNECT WITH THE NCAA ON THE WEB HOST TEAMS COMMITTEE @NCAADII #NCAAD2 LINKS INTERACTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET INFORMATION /NCAA RECORDS AND VIDEO PAST RESULTS (PDF) /NCAASports UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE Co-host of the 2015 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF MOUNT OLIVE The University of Mount Olive has become one of the most unique and fastest grow- ing private educational institutions in North Carolina. In its traditional program, the University of Mount Olive offers more than 40 majors. The average class size at UMO is less than 25, so every student has the opportunity to get personal attention. 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WIN OR LOSE, IT’S WHERE YOU CELEBRATE THE GAME. buffalowildwings.com LEE DUNNAM KYLE HAMNER MICHAEL POSITION: POSITION: Catcher TOMLINSON Outfielder MAJOR: Sports POSITION: Third MAJOR: Building management baseman construction WORLD SERIES MAJOR: Building WORLD SERIES HIGHLIGHT: “During construction HIGHLIGHT: “The one of our first WORLD SERIES state championship games, I was catch- HIGHLIGHT: For in Florida was harder to get out of ing and there was a man on third, Tomlinson, the games in South than the regional tournament. We and our pitcher threw the ball off the Williamsport, Pennsylvania, exposed played Coral Springs (Florida), and backstop. I got the ball, and we were him to new cultures. All the teams once we got past them we realized, able to get the kid out at home. lived in two-story dorms, and the ‘Wow, we can really do this.’ The There was a momentum change in Florida boys hung out with World Series was probably the best the game. We made that play, and Hawaiians, who shared a bathroom baseball experience I’ve had yet to we did really well after that.” with a Russian team. “I was really date.” close with the Japanese guys,” he added. Little LEAGUE, big REUNION Three college baseball players are teammates again a decade after competing in the Little League World Series sk three University of West Florida ON CAMPUS heated high school rivalries and early college baseball players about their favorite paths that pulled them from central Florida. By Rachel Stark baseball memories, and you might Tomlinson was the first to enroll at West A Originally published in NCAA Champion magazine hear something about the summer of 2005. Florida, followed a year later by the younger That was the year Lee Dunnam, Kyle Hamner Hamner. This fall, Dunnam transferred from and Michael Tomlinson donned baby blue the University of South Carolina Upstate www.ncaachampionmagazine.org uniforms and represented their hometown of and Tomlinson returned from a redshirt sea- Maitland, Florida, on the biggest stage in In the years after their preteen success, the son. Now the trio are once again on the same youth baseball: the Little League World Series. three maintained their friendships despite team, playing for another taste of glory. Taste the Win. Enjoy the Moment. Official Cookies & Crackers of the © Mondelēz International group REGIONALS SEEDS 2015 NCAA Division II Baseball Championship Atlantic Regional at Erie, Pennsylvania South Regional at Livingston, Alabama 1. *Mercyhurst ......................................................35-8 1. *West Alabama..................................................41-9 2. Millersville ........................................................42-9 2. Nova Southeastern ..........................................38-11 3. Seton Hill........................................................42-11 3. Tampa ............................................................35-13 4. Winston-Salem State ......................................40-13 4. Florida Tech ....................................................36-11 5. West Chester ..................................................26-13 5. Lynn ............................................................34-13-1 6. West Virginia State..........................................34-15 6. Albany State (Georgia) ....................................18-27 Central Regional at St. Cloud, Minnesota Southeast Regional at Thomasville, North Carolina 1. *St. Cloud State ................................................50-3 1. *Catawba ........................................................40-13 2. Minnesota State Mankato ................................41-7 2. Mount Olive ..................................................37-14 3. Emporia State..................................................39-14 3. North Georgia ................................................35-15 4. Southern Arkansas ..........................................39-16 4. Georgia College ..............................................33-17 5. Missouri Southern State ..................................40-12 5. Wingate ..........................................................32-24 6. Henderson State..............................................27-19 6. North Greenville ............................................27-23 East Regional at Manchester, New Hampshire South Central Regional at Grand Junction, Colorado 1. *Franklin Pierce ................................................46-2 1. *Colorado Mesa ................................................46-7 2. Stonehill ......................................................33-13-1 2. St. Edward’s ....................................................40-11 3. Southern New Hampshire ..............................30-12 3. Angelo State ....................................................37-15 4. Wilmington (Delaware) ..................................33-12 4. Colorado State-Pueblo ....................................39-14 5. Dowling ..........................................................27-15 5. West Texas A&M ............................................35-18 6. St. Thomas Aquinas ....................................27-17-1 6. St. Mary’s (Texas) ............................................38-14 Midwest Regional at St. Charles, Missouri West Regional at Walnut, California 1. *Quincy ..........................................................39-15 1. *Cal Poly Pomona ..........................................39-14 2. Grand Valley State ..........................................34-16 2. Azusa Pacific ..................................................32-18 3. William Jewel..................................................37-17 3. California Baptist ............................................30-20 4. Truman ..........................................................31-20 4. Dixie State ......................................................31-17 5.