1966 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1966 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 27 to June 1 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. Nassau Community College defeated Miami-Dade Community College in the championship game. Miami-Dade pitcher Joe Arnold was MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Cameron State Agricultural College	12-7	Jim Hayes
Ellsworth Community College	18-5	Marty Dittmer
Mesa State College	22-9	Bus Bergman
Miami-Dade Community College	37-13	Demie Mainieri
Nassau Community College	21-2	Bruce Dubois
Paris Junior College	13-9	Jim Campbell
Phoenix College	20-9	Martin "Pug" Marich
Wingate Junior College	16-8	Ron Christopher

Results

1966 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Nassau	6
		Paris	5
							Nassau	4
							Wingate	2
		Wingate	2
		Cameron St.	1
												Nassau	8
												Miami-Dade	4
		Miami-Dade	1
		Phoenix	0
							Miami-Dade	9
							Ellsworth	8
		Ellsworth	7
		Mesa St.	0
						Loser's bracket
							Paris	3
							Cameron St.	1				Ellsworth	2
												Paris	0
							Phoenix	4
							Mesa St.	6				Wingate	12
												Mesa St.	0

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
		Nassau	3									Nassau	6
		Ellsworth	6									Miami-Dade	5
							Ellsworth	3
							Miami-Dade	9
		Miami-Dade	8
		Wingate	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 27
Game 1	Nassau Community College	6-5	Paris Junior College
Game 2	Wingate Junior College	2-1	Cameron State Agricultural College
Game 3	Miami-Dade Community College	1-0	Phoenix College
Game 4	Ellsworth Community College	7-0	Mesa State College
May 28
Game 5	Paris Junior College	3-1	Cameron State Agricultural College	Cameron eliminated
Game 6	Mesa State College	6-4	Phoenix College	Phoenix eliminated
Game 7	Nassau Community College	4-2	Wingate Junior College
Game 8	Miami-Dade Community College	9-8	Ellsworth Community College
May 29
Game 9	Wingate Junior College	12-0	Mesa State College	Mesa eliminated
Game 10	Ellsworth Community College	2-0	Paris Junior College	Paris eliminated
Game 11	Nassau Community College	8-4	Miami-Dade Community College
May 30
Game 12	Miami-Dade Community College	8-0	Wingate Junior College	Wingate eliminated
Game 13	Ellsworth Community College	6-3	Nassau Community College
May 31
Game 14	Miami-Dade Community College	9-3	Ellsworth Community College	Ellsworth eliminated
June 1
Game 15	Nassau Community College	6-5	Miami-Dade Community College	Nassau wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• 1B: Bill Brill, Mesa
• 2B: Kurt Bevacqua, Miami-Dade
• 2B: Richard Souto, Nassau
• 3B: San Columbo, Nassua
• 3B: Terry Brumfield, Miami-Dade
• SS: Steve Loher, Nassau
• U: Steve Ogin, Miami-Dade
• U: Gary Reiners, Ellsworth
• OF: Al Crawford, Miami-Dade
• OF: Larry Linville, Mesa
• OF: Harry Greene, Wingate
• OF: Dennis Hagarty, Miami-Dade
• C: Bob Stinson, Miami-Dade
• C: Gene Sidor, Miami-Dade
• P: Richard Folkers, Ellsworth
• P: Joe Arnold, Miami-Dade

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