______________________________________________________________________________WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, St Louis, MO
Head Coach – Pat Bloom
Washington University in St. Louis consistently ranks as one of the top schools in the country. The beautiful campus is located in a suburban setting seven miles from downtown St. Louis. Wash U has an undergraduate enrollment of over 7,000, which is divided amongst four different colleges. The two most popular colleges are the top ranked School of Engineering and the Olin School of Business. With an acceptance rate of 17% and an average ACT score of 33, Wash U attracts elite students from all 50 states and over 100 countries. Along with offering competitive academic scholarships, Wash U also will guarantee to meet 100% of financial need for admitted students.
Washington University is an NCAA Division III member, and the Bears were a founding member of the prestigious University Athletic Association (UAA). The UAA is one of the most competitive athletic conferences in Division III, and is comprised of leading institutions from across the country. Washington University has established itself as one of the top athletic programs in the country, combining to win 19 National Championships. Wash U has finished in the top 5 of the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings for nine consecutive years, which is awarded to the top athletic department in Division III. The Bears baseball team has participated in the NCAA Regional Tournament six of the past eleven seasons, and is consistently one of the top teams in the Central region.
______________________________________________________________________________WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY – Morgantown, WV
Head Coach – Randy Mazey
West Virginia University is a public, land grant institution that was founded in 1867. By 2020, WVU will attain national research prominence, enhancing educational achievement, global engagement, diversity and the vitality and well-being of the people of West Virginia. WVU ranks nationally in many prestigious scholarships including 24 Rhodes Scholars. WVU includes 14 different college and schools that offer a total of 353 different majors. Students at WVU can choose from 467 different student organizations and/or be one of 922 students that travelled to another country to study abroad (2014-15 academic year). As part of WVU’s commitment to service, students logged 10,236 hours of service during the spring 2016 academic courses. With some of the lowest tuition rates in the nation, WVU offers a one-of-a-kind experience that is available to students across the country.
WVU Baseball competes in the Big-12 conference. Heading into the 5th season under Coach Mazey the Mountaineers look to pick-up where they left off following last years 36-22 season. The 2016 team finished the season as the hottest team in the country, winning 17 of the last 21 games on the way to the Big-12 Championship Game. In 2017, the Mountaineers return the youngest team in the country from the previous season, having over 100 more combined-freshman starts than any other team in 2016. The current roster includes 4 former Freshman All-Americans, BJ Meyers, Kyle Davis, Darius Hill and Ivan Gonzalez. Even being the youngest team in the country, the 2016 team saw 4 player sign professional contracts. In Coach Mazey’s Tenure the Mountaineers have seen 16 players move on to professional baseball in just four seasons. Coach Mazey has created a culture around the WVU Baseball program that promotes the concept of learning life lessons through the game, the program caters to the players providing every resource possible for the players to become the best players and best people that they can possibly become. These resources include former LA Dodgers strength coach Chris Dunaway, nutritionist Nette Freshour and the 2017 WVU Baseball Team becoming the first and only team in the country to use Fatigue Science Readibands to track and promote wellness in players through proper sleeping habits.
_____________________________________________________________________________WESTMONT COLLEGE, Santa Barbara, CA
Head Coach - Robert Ruiz
Westmont College is a Private, Christian, Liberal Arts College located in Santa Barbara, California. Our student body is made up of 1250 undergraduate students with a Faculty to Student ratio of 12:1 and average class size of 18. Annually, Westmont is ranked in the Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges in the country, the top Christian Liberal Arts College and the top rated institution in the NAIA.
As a baseball program, Westmont is coming off the three best seasons in program history (39, 41 and 42 wins), have had 8 players drafted/sign professional contracts and advanced to the National Tournament each of the last three seasons (2014, 2015, 2016). Westmont Baseball won the GSAC conference championship in 2016 and hosted a regional. The Warriors compete in the NAIA as a member of the Golden State Athletic Conference. Our conference traditionally has numerous teams ranked in the Top 25 and consistently sends multiple teams to the National Tournament, making the GSAC one of the best conferences in the NAIA. Westmont has captured the GSAC All-Sports award in 2014, 2015, 2016 and finished last season at 11th nationally in the Directors Cup.
______________________________________________________________________________WHEATON COLLEGE, Wheaton, IL (a suburb of Chicago)
Head Coach - Matt Husted
Wheaton College is an explicitly Christian, academically rigorous, fully residential liberal arts college located in Wheaton, Illinois a suburb of Chicago. Established in 1860, Wheaton is guided by its original mission to provide excellence in Christian higher education, and offers more than 40 undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences. There are around 2,400 undergraduate students with all 50 states represented and 45 countries.
The Wheaton Baseball is a NCAA Division III program and competes in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. There is significant momentum in the program. In 2012 Wheaton opened Lee Pfund Stadium, the all turf home of the Thunder. Wheaton qualified for the conference tournament in 2013 and 2015, had the CCIW Pitcher of the year for the first time in school history in 2014, and in 2015 finished 2nd in the CCIW, setting a school record for conference wins. We are also committed to serving the less fortunate giving our student athletes the opportunity to serve the poor, homeless, people with special needs, and refugee children performing over 500 hours of service as a team last year. Wheaton takes a baseball missions trip every 3 years during a portion of the Christmas Break. This year we went to Cuba and three years ago we went to Panama.
______________________________________________________________________________WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY, Spokane, WA
Head Coach - Dan Ramsay
Since 1890, Whitworth has held fast to its founding mission to provide "an education of mind and heart" through rigorous intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated Christian scholars. Recognized as one of the top regional colleges and universities in the West, Whitworth University has an enrollment of 3,000 students and offers 60 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. In recent years, Whitworth has enjoyed record levels of student enrollment and retention, the strongest financial position in the university's history, and increased external visibility.
Whitworth has competed in an NCAA Regional Tournament 3 times in the last 5 years. Their 2012 squad defeated Trinity (TX) in the McMinnville Regional to secure their first ever NCAA DIII World Series appearance. In 2015, the Pirates entered the inaugural Northwest Conference Tournament as a 3-seed and defeated conference foes Linfield via no-hitter and Pacific Lutheran at their home field to secure a spot in the Tyler Regional. The Pirates played the host at the 2016 Spokane Regional after a program best 11-0 start and national rankings as high as #8 during their 2016 campaign. The Pirate pitching staff led all of Division III with 2.02 walks per 9-innings and the Pirate defense set a school record with a .972 fielding percentage in 2016.
WOFFORD COLLEGE, Spartanburg, SC
Head Coach- Todd Interdonato
Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Wofford College is a highly selective liberal arts college that is a member of the Division-I Southern Conference (SoCon). Ranked as the best college in South Carolina and the #2 Mid-Major College in the Southeast, Wofford is perennially named a ‘Best Value’ college as well as a national leader in the overall percentage of students studying abroad. With an enrollment of just over 1600 students and an 11:1 Student-To-Faculty Ratio, Wofford prides itself on offering students an intimate undergraduate learning experience that will empower them with the knowledge and relationships needed to serve the world. Wofford offers 65 majors, minors, and pre-professional programs and operates on a 4-1-4 academic calendar which includes a January Interim term.
Led by Head Coach Todd Interdonato, The Terrier Baseball Program has seen a historic rise in recent years with the 2016 campaign marking the first time in school history that the program has notched three consecutive 30-win seasons. Since 2013, the program has led all NCAA Division 1 programs in overall stolen bases and the highly aggressive style of play has led them to break 21 team and 51 individual records over this stretch while producing 10 All-SoCon honorees and 1 All-American. The Terriers have been well represented in the MLB Draft in recent years as well with 5 players selected over the past four years including two Top-10 Round picks. With 91 SoCon-All Academic Honor Roll awardees and 1 Academic All-American over this same span, Wofford Baseball prides itself on providing its players an environment in which they can truly embody the student-athlete model.
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