1968 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1968 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 30 to June 4 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. Glendale Community College (AZ) defeated Manatee Junior College in the championship game. Otis McCowan of Glendale was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Bacone Junior College	33-4	Negial King
Blinn College	23-9	Leroy Dreyer
Ferrum Junior College	18-6	William Passan
Glendale Community College (AZ)	32-11	Herb Boetto
Grand Rapids Community College	23-6	Thomas Hofman
Hudson Valley Community College	16-1	Joe Purello
Manatee Junior College	33-7	Bob Wynn
Mesa State College	15-16	Bus Bergman

Results

1968 College World Series Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
		Manatee	15
		Glendale	6
							Manatee	15
							Blinn	8
		Blinn	5
		Bacone	4
												Manatee	7
												Hudson Valley	5
		Hudson Valley	3
		Grand Rapids	1
							Hudson Valley	6
							Mesa St.	1
		Mesa St.	3
		Ferrum	1
						Loser's bracket
							Glendale	10
							Bacone	2				Mesa St.	2
												Glendale	8
							Grand Rapids	5
							Ferrum	1				Blinn	9
												Grand Rapids	2

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
		Manatee	2									Manatee	4
		Glendale	4									Glendale	9
							Glendale	4
							Blinn	1
		Hudson Valley	5
		Blinn	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 30
Game 1	Manatee Junior College	15-6	Glendale Community College (AZ)
Game 2	Blinn College	5-4	Bacone Junior College
Game 3	Hudson Valley Community College	3-1	Grand Rapids Community College
Game 4	Mesa State College	3-1	Ferrum Junior College
May 31
Game 5	Glendale Community College (AZ)	10-2	Bacone Junior College	Bacone eliminated
Game 6	Grand Rapids Community College	5-1	Ferrum Junior College	Ferrum eliminated
Game 7	Manatee Junior College	15-8	Blinn College
Game 8	Hudson Valley Community College	6-1	Mesa State College
June 1
Game 9	Glendale Community College (AZ)	8-2	Mesa State College	Mesa eliminated
Game 10	Blinn College	9-2	Grand Rapids Community College	Grand Rapids eliminated
Game 11	Manatee Junior College	7-5	Hudson Valley Community College
June 2
Game 12	Blinn College	7-5	Hudson Valley Community College	Hudson Valley eliminated
Game 13	Glendale Community College (AZ)	4-2	Manatee Junior College
June 3
Game 14	Glendale Community College (AZ)	4-1	Blinn College	Blinn eliminated
June 4
Game 15	Glendale Community College (AZ)	9-4	Manatee Junior College	Glendale wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• 1B: Phil Pate, Blinn
• 2B: Carlo Spartano, Hudson Valley
• 3B: Jim Williams, Glendale
• SS: Dick Allerd, Mesa
• U: Doug Thorley, Glendale
• U: Dave Moates, Manatee
• U: Ron Cash, Manatee
• U: Mike Houck, Hudson Valley
• U: Ralph Dick, Mesa
• OF: Otis McCowan, Glendale
• OF: John Grubb, Manatee
• OF: Ricky Burch, Blinn
• P: Jack Snyder, Glendale
• P: Mike Boyce, Glendale
• P: Pat Jamison, Blinn

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