BASEBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 56th Annual Avista-NAIA World Series • May 25 - June 1 Taking a Closer Look at 2012 Table of Contents • Forty-five teams qualified for the NAIA Baseball National Media Information ..............................................2 Championship Opening Round, 29 of which earned an Qualifi ers ...........................................................3 automatic berth by winning their respective conference/ Opening Round Results ....................................4 independent/unaffiliated group tournaments or regular- Conference Tournament Results .................5 - 6 season championships. An additional 16 at-large selections All-Conference Teams ................................. 7 - 9 – determined by the final NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 Poll Gold Glove Teams ...........................................10 released May 6 – made up the field. 2011 Week-by-Week Ratings ..........................11 • Among the 45 teams selected, 15 played in their first Opening 2011 National Players of the Week .................12 Round since the format was adopted in 2009. Newcomers Team Pages............................................. 14 - 33 included: Arizona Christian, Asbury (Ky.), Bacone (Okla.), College of Idaho ..................................14 - 15 Dakota State (S.D.), Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.), Georgetown Embry-Riddle (Fla.) .............................16 - 17 (Ky.), Judson (Ill.), Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), Menlo (Calif.), Peru Lee (Tenn.) ..........................................18 - 19 State (Neb.), Point Park (Pa.), Siena Heights (Mich.), Shorter Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) ................... 20 - 21 (Ga.), Sterling (Kan.) and Tabor (Kan.). Point Park was the LSU Shreveport (La.) .......................... 22 - 23 lone Opening Round newcomer to qualify for the World Oklahoma City .................................... 24 - 25 Series. The Pioneers won the Marion (Ind.) Bracket with a Point Park (Pa.) ................................... 26 - 27 7-5 victory over fifth-seeded Doane (Neb.) on May 12. Rogers State (Okla.) ........................... 28 - 29 • Ten teams played in their fourth-straight Opening Round. Five of those teams qualified for Lewiston: Embry- South Carolina Beaufort ...................... 30 - 31 Riddle (Fla.), Lee (Tenn.), LSU Shreveport (La.), Oklahoma City and Tennessee Wesleyan. Tennessee Wesleyan ..........................32 - 33 • Five of last year’s nine World Series qualifiers return to the field, including Lee who is making its sixth-consecutive Championship History ............................. 34 - 48 trip to Harris Field. Behind the Flames are Embry-Riddle and Oklahoma City with five-straight appearances. Records ............................................... 35 - 40 Rogers State (Okla.) and South Carolina Beaufort are making their program’s first-ever appearance in Lewiston, All-Time Participation .......................... 41 - 43 while College of Idaho ends a 10-year drought and Point Park snaps a 14-year stretch without an appearance. All-Time Results ..................................44 - 48 • Lee, LSU Shreveport and Point Park enter the field with 50-plus wins this season with the Flames pacing the All-Time All-Americans ............................ 49 - 54 group with 54, including their current three-game win streak. LSU Shreveport owns the fields top winning streak Awards ..................................................... 55 - 56 entering the tournament at 16 games dating back to April 13. • LSU Shreveport’s four losses are the least among the 10 World Series teams, followed by Lee and Point Park with 9 and Oklahoma City with 10. College of Idaho has the most defeats with 19. World Series Staff • Five of the nine teams that qualified through Opening Round play were No. 1 seeds in their respective brackets, NAIA President and CEO ......................Jim Carr while three No. 3 seeds (Rogers State, South Carolina Beaufort, College of Idaho) and one No. 2 seed (Point NAIA Administrator .......................Scott McClure Park) fill out the remainder of the field. World Series Director ..............Brooke Cushman • Three of conferences will have multiple teams playing in the World Series. Oklahoma City and Rogers State NAIA Media Coordinator ..............Alan Grosbach represent the Sooner Athletic Conference, which sends multiple teams to Lewiston for the fourth-straight year, Media Coordinator .........................Logan Fowler Embry-Riddle and South Carolina Beaufort hail from The Sun Conference, and Lewis-Clark State and College of Media/SI Assistant .........................Bert Sahlberg Idaho represent the NAIA West (Unaffiliated Group No. 2). Offi cial Scorer ................................Denny Grubb • Host Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) owns the World Series record for appearances, playing in its 31st overall event Facility Coordinator...........................Mike Benke and 14th straight. The Warriors have won the title a record 16 times and have a mark of 119-37 in the national championship. Credits • Other previous national championship winners included in the 2012 field are Oklahoma City (2005) and College The 2012 Avista-NAIA World Series press book of Idaho (1998). was written, edited, compiled and designed by • Defending national champion Concordia (Calif.) failed to advance out of the Opening Round after losing to Alan Grosbach, Manager of Communications Doane (Neb.), 6-5, in the Marion (Ind.) Bracket. This marks the second-straight year that the defending champion & Sports Information. Additional assistance has failed to reach the World Series. provided by Chad Waller, Director of • NeuLion, the NAIA’s digital media partner and official video-streaming company of 10 select NAIA National Communications & Sports Information, Logan Championship events, will be broadcasting all games at the 2012 Avista-NAIA World Series. Single day packages Fowler, World Series Media Coordinator, and can be purchased for $9.95, while an all-series pass is available for $39.95. Bert Sahlberg, World Series Media/Sports Information Assistant. Cover design by Kate Zackary, NAIA Marketing Intern. Celebrating 56 Years of NAIA Baseball • Over the course of 56 years, the World Series has traveled to 10 different sites across eight states. This year marks the 13th consecutive and 21st overall that the event has been held in Lewiston, Idaho. From 1985 - 1991, A special thanks to championship team Sports teams embarked upon Lewiston and returned in 2000 to present day. St. Joseph, Mo., hosted the World Series Information Directors for their help. for 13 years, with stints of eight and five years. • Thirty different programs have won the baseball national championship, seven of which claimed the title multiple About Avista times. Lewis-Clark State leads all programs with 16 banners, followed by Grand Canyon (Ariz.) with four and For more than 120 years, Avista has been an Lewis (Ill.) with three. David Lipscomb (Tenn.), Lubbock Christian and Cumberland have each twice won the active partner in the communities we serve. We national championship. provide electricity, natural gas and other energy • Twenty-two teams have played in the title game, but not taken home the title, including 2012 qualifiers Embry- services to more than 650,000 customers in Riddle (2005) and Lee (2008, 2010). eastern Washinton, northern Idaho and parts of • Since the inaugural World Series in 1957, 41 states have been represented in the championship game. This southern and eastern Oregon. includes Canadian provinces. • The national championship has been pushed into extra innings five times, with the last happening in 2006. The longest title contest occurred in 1968 as William Jewell (Mo.) defeated Georgia Southern, 4-3, in 13 innings. • Fifteen title games have been decided by one run with the last coming in 2010. Conversely, it has been 16 years since the national champion won by shutout. Avista-NAIA World Series Press Book • 2012 • 1 Media Information Press Box Seating ● SIDs are welcome to sit with their radio crews during broadcasts, but the only extra seating in the press box is when a radio crew isn’t using a radio booth ● Daily seating charts will be posted in each radio booth and the main press box area Press Box Operating Hours ● The press box will open 60 minutes prior to the start of the fi rst game each day and will remain open throughout the day Internet ● The press box operates on the LCSC-WLAN wireless network ● A limited number of LAN internet ports are available - SIDs are expected to supply their own ethernet cords ● A username and password are not needed Media Guides ● Media guides from participating teams that have been supplied will be available in the press box on a fi rst-come, fi rst-serve basis Radio ● There is 50 minutes between games and the breakdown is as follows: ● 20 minutes for post-game wrap up and interviews ● Seven minutes for equipment breakdown ● Eight minutes for incoming crew setup ● 15 minutes pregame coverage ● The booth assignments will be posted, but if radio stations want to work out different breakdown timing between games, it is allowed ● The schedule will be posted in both radio rooms and the main rooms of the press box each morning prior to the games Stats ● Stats will be available immediately following the games both in StatCrew and DakStat formats ● Game files will be immediately emailed to respective SIDs once made offi cial ● Box scores will be immediately be posted to the NAIA website once made offi cial ● SIDs who want to bring memory sticks for immediate