The JUCO World Series is an annual baseball tournament held across three divisions of National Junior College Athletic Association baseball. Taking place in late May and early June each year, it determines the junior college baseball national champions.
NJCAA playoff format The NJCAA baseball playoff format for reaching the JUCO World Series is generally the same for all divisions, regions, and districts with few exceptions. The postseason begins with a Region Sectional. This is a best-of-three series against another team from the region. Oftentimes the top eight seeds in a given region will be seeded one through eight. With this being the case, the number one team would face the number eight seed in the first round and so on. The four winners of these opening round series then advance to the Region Championship. The Region Championship is a four team double elimination tournament that determines the winners of each of the NJCAA's twenty-four regions. Each of the Region Champions then advances to the District Championship. The District Championship is generally a three-game series contested between two region champions to determine who receives that district's bid to the JUCO World Series. In Divisions I and II, the ten district champions continue on to the JUCO World Series where a double elimination tournament decides that year's national champion. In Division III, the seven district champions plus an at-large selection, a runner-up from one of the district championships, reach the JUCO World Series and play a double elimination tournament to determine the national champion.
Division I College World Series Since 1977, the champion of each of the NJCAA's ten regionally defined districts advance to the event. It is held as a ten team, double-elimination tournament. Several different brackets and schedules have been used since the event began in 1958. In the first season, the event was an eight-team bracket leading to placement, with the winners of their first two games playing for the championship, while others played for respective places. In 1959, the NJCAA adopted the double-elimination format. In 1977, the event expanded to ten teams, and has remained so ever since. The Division I College World Series is held annually in Grand Junction, Colorado at Sam Suplizio Field.
Division I Champions Year Champion Most Outstanding Player 1958 Patrick O'Dell, Lawton 1959 Glendell Baker, Paris 1960 Mickey Lee, Tarleton State 1961 Ronnie Durham, Wilmington 1962 Lee McFarland, Phoenix 1963 Ken Wideman, Long Island 1964 Mack Hendreau, Mesa 1965 Tom Burgess, Phoenix 1966 Joe Arnold, Miami Dade 1967 Gerald Pirtle, Bacone 1968 Otic McCowan, Glendale (AZ) 1969 Doug Ault, Panola 1970 Larry Patton, Columbia 1971 Jim Otten, Mesa 1972 Greg Snowden, Mesa 1973 Donnie Moore, Ranger 1974 Steve Viefhaus, Meramec 1975 Neil Fiala, Meramec 1976 Jim Morley, Central Arizona 1977 Dan Townsend, Yavapai 1978 Jim Mick, Ranger 1979 Tommie Dunbar, Middle Georgia 1980 Greg Geren, Cleveland State 1981 Curtis Morgan, Seminole 1982 Kal Daniels, Middle Georgia 1983 David Turner, McLennan 1984 Shell Scott, Southern Idaho 1985 Randy Randle, San Jacinto 1986 Brian Deak, Yavapai 1987 Bill Losa, San Jacinto 1988 Chris Hanks, Southern Idaho 1989 David Evans, San Jacinto 1990 Randy Brown, San Jacinto 1991 Frank Rodriguez, Howard 1992 Mike Peters, Essex 1993 Kevin Pitts, Triton 1994 José Rosado, Galveston 1995 Brian Davis, Middle Georgia 1996 Robert Vaz, Northeast Texas 1997 Travis Hafner, Cowley 1998 Josh McMillen, Cowley 1999 Matt Gawer, Grayson 2000 Adam LaRoche, Seminole State 2001 Blake Justice, North Central Texas 2002 Gabe Mayorga, Central Arizona 2003 Tyler Coon, Southern Nevada 2004 Matt Spring, Dixie State 2005 Renny Osuna, NMJC 2006 Jack Tilghman, Walters State 2007 Drew Parker, Chipola 2008 J. D. Alfaro, Grayson 2009 Andrew Collazo, Howard 2010 Ivan Hartle, Iowa Western 2011 J. T. Files, Navarro 2012 Keaton Steele, Iowa Western 2013 Darius Reece, Central Alabama 2014 Alex Krupa, Iowa Western 2015 Ramon Osuna, Walters State 2016 Rashaan Kuhaulua, Yavapai 2017 José Caballero, Chipola 2018 Morgan McCullough, Chipola 2019 Hunter Jump, Central Arizona2020No tournament held2021 Logan Henderson, McLennan2022 Kiko Romero, Central Arizona2023 Juan Correa, Central Florida2024 Cade Climie, Blinn2025 Jalen Seward, Salt Lake2026 Ashton Hartwig, Johnson County
Division II College World Series The NJCAA Division II College World Series is held annually in Enid, Oklahoma at David Allen Memorial Ballpark. The World Series was previously held in Millington, Tennessee from 1993 until 2008. It has remained in Enid, Oklahoma since 2009. The Division II tournament is a double elimination tournament contested by the ten district champions. The Division II format is largely the same as the Division I tournament, being that there are ten teams competing for the national championship in a double elimination format.
Division II Champions YearChampionMost Outstanding Player199319941995 Chris Reyes, Potomac State19961997199819992000 Scott Blackwell, Lincoln Land2001 Brian Elder, Delaware Tech2002 Daniel Grant, Parkland2003 Justin McKenzie, Grand Rapids200420052006 Brett Durand, LSU-Eunice2007Longview Community College Ben Knuth, Longview2008 Perry Smith, LSU-Eunice2009 Kevin Kiermaier, Parkland2010 Gabriel Thibodeaux, LSU-Eunice2011 Jhiomar Veras, Western Oklahoma State2012 Stuart Turner, LSU-Eunice2013 Noel Nevarez, Murray State2014 Jordan Zimmerman, Mesa2015 David LaFluer, LSU-Eunice2016 Erick Hoard, Jones County2017 Matt Littrell, Kankakee2018 Koi Westbrook, LSU-Eunice2019Northern Oklahoma College-Enid Brandon Hudson, Northern Oklahoma-Enid2020no tournament2021 Peyton LeJeune, LSU-Eunice2022 D.K. Donaldson, Pearl River2023 Meade Johnson, Heartland2024 Dawson Willis, LSU-Eunice2025 Bradon Durfee, Pasco–Hernando State2026 Jackson Beddoe, Pearl River
Division III College World Series The NJCAA Division III College World Series is held annually in Greeneville, Tennessee at Pioneer Park. The Division III World Series was originally held in Jamestown, New York from 1993-1994. It then moved to Batavia, New York from 1995-2004 before moving again to Glens Falls, New York for the 2005-2006 seasons. It was held in Tyler, Texas from 2007-2014. It changed sites once again for the 2015-2016 seasons when Kinston, North Carolina hosted. The World Series has been held in Greeneville, Tennessee since 2017. The double elimination tournament pits the seven district champions plus an at-large selection against each other to determine the NJCAA Division III baseball national champion. Unlike the Division I and II tournaments, there are only seven districts in Division III, rather than ten. This allows for a non-district champion to reach the finals with an at-large bid to round out the tournament at a more even eight teams.
Division III Champions
+YearChampion1993Gloucester County College1994Joliet Junior College1995Madison Area Technical College19961997Madison Area Technical College1998Norwalk Community-Technical College1999Gloucester County College20002001Eastfield College2002Richland College200320042005Gloucester County College2006Eastfield College2007Tyler Junior College2008Joliet Junior College2009Richland College2010Gloucester County College2011Eastfield College2012Joliet Junior College2013Gloucester County College2014Tyler Junior College2015201620172018Oakton Community College2019Cumberland County College2020no tournament2021Tyler Junior College2022Herkimer County Community College2023Rowan College of South Jersey2024Rowan College of South Jersey2025Rowan College of South Jersey2026SUNY Niagara
See also
National Junior College Athletics Association
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