Baseball - Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek, Michigan

Congratulations to the Bruin Baseball Team for making the NJCAA National Tournament World Series! They will be traveling to Enid, Oklahoma for a quest to bring home the national title. They will be playing their 1st game on Saturday, May 23 @ noon (CDT - Central Daylight Time), which is one hour behind us. Their next game will be determined if they win or lose their first game.

You can follow the Bruins the following ways:
Online at: www.ctbsports.com
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There will be a link at www.davidallenballpark.com where you can watch the game live and get the most recent tournament information and statistics from DakStats.

We wish our Bruins good luck in Oklahoma!

Bruins selected in 2008 draft - 1 current and 1 former Bruin selected in the 2008 draft. Dan Killian a freshman catcher was selected in the 7th round of the 2008 major league baseball draft. He was the 16th Junior College player taken. Killian hit .395 with 7 homeruns and as he helped Kellogg to a league co-championship.
Brad McElroy a senior outfielder for the Charlotte 49ers was selected in the 24th round of the mlb draft. McElroy left the 49ers program as their all-time leader in batting average. Brad helped the 2005 Bruins to a conference championship and school record 46 wins.

2007 National Runners up - Kellogg Community College finished another highly successful season with a record of 44-15. The Bruins won the MCCAA Conference and qualified for the NJCAA 11 World Series where they lost in the National Championship game 5-4

BASEBALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
MCCAA Conference Championship(s) - 1982, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008
Regional Championship(s) - 1999, 2002, 2007
Regional Finalists - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
National Championship finish - 1999 - 2nd place, 2002 - 5th place, 2007 - Runner Up

2008 Former Bruins currently playing at four year programs:

Brad Mcelroy - UNC Charlotte, Div I
Kevin Mailloux - Canisius, Div I
Billy Schlee - Jacksonville U, Div I
Joe Sheets - Western Michigan, Div I
Derrick Mosher - Western Michigan, Div I
Steele Lewis - Centenary, Div I
Jamar Tabor - Centenary, Div I
Matt Crane - Bethune Cookman, Div I
Jeff Nowaczyk - Central Michigan, Div I
Tim George - Wayne State, Div II
Noah Turner - Hillsdale, Div II
Gord Gateman - St. Joseph's, Div II
Mariano Jimenez - West Palm Beach, Div II
Zach Grau - West Palm Beach, Div II
Andrew Van Sumeran - Northwood, Div II
Scott Sierzenga - Saginaw Valley, Div II
Johnny Crane - Indiana Tech, NAIA
James Baker - Spring Arbor, NAIA
James Ledford - Southwest Baptist, NAIA

Kellogg gets it done in the classroom! Kellogg Community College's baseball team maintained a 3.05 grade point average as a team in the fall semester. 17 players averaged above a 3.00.