2026 NWAC Baseball Championship

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The 2026 NWAC Baseball Championship was held May 21-25 at Story Field in Longview, WA. The four #1 teams from each region received automatic births, while the #2 teams each hosted a 3 team Super Regional to determine the other 4 births. West #1 Lower Columbia College defeated South #2 Lane Community College for the title. Jaylen Kennedy of Lower Columbia was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
East 1 Community Colleges of Spokane 21-7 Ryne Webb
North 2 Edmonds College 38-12 Brooks Roy
North 1 Everett Community College 25-5 Eli Konsker
South 2 Lane Community College 36-16 Josh Blunt
South 1 Linn-Benton Community College 27-9 Andy Peterson
West 1 Lower Columbia College 22-2 Kurt Lupinski
West 2 Pierce Community College 28-20 Kevin Davis
East 2 Wenatchee Valley College 31-19 Aaron Vaughn

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round     Second round     Third round
                           
  N1 Everett CC 11  
  W2 Pierce CC 5    
      N1 Everett CC 14  
      E2 Wenatchee Valley 4    
  S1 Linn-Benton CC 5          
  E2 Wenatchee Valley 6        
      N1 Everett CC 1
      S2 Lane CC 5
  E1 Spokane 2        
  S2 Lane CC 12          
      S2 Lane CC 8    
      N2 Edmonds 7  
  W1 Lower Columbia 2    
  N2 Edmonds 4  
  Loser's bracket
  W2 Pierce CC 0  
  S1 Linn-Benton CC 5     N2 Edmonds 5
    S1 Linn-Benton CC 10
  E1 Spokane 4  
  W1 Lower Columbia 7     E2 Wenatchee Valley 9
    W1 Lower Columbia 11
  Semifinals     Elimination     Final
                           
  Re-ordered Semifinals
  S2 Lane CC 1       S2 Lane CC 2
  S1 Linn-Benton CC 9           W1 Lower Columbia 12
      S1 Linn-Benton CC 1    
      W1 Lower Columbia 5  
  N1 Everett CC 5    
  W1 Lower Columbia 6  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 21
Game 1 Everett Community College 11-5 Pierce Community College
Game 2 Wenatchee Valley College 6-5 Linn-Benton Community College
Game 3 Lane Community College 12-2 Community Colleges of Spokane
Game 4 Edmonds College 4-2 Lower Columbia College
May 22
Game 5 Linn-Benton Community College 5-0 Pierce Community College Pierce CC eliminated
Game 6 Lower Columbia College 7-4 Community Colleges of Spokane Spokane eliminated
Game 7 Everett Community College 14-4 (8) Wenatchee Valley College
Game 8 Lane Community College 8-7 Edmonds College
May 23
Game 9 Lower Columbia College 11-9 Wenatchee Valley College Wenatchee Valley eliminated
Game 10 Linn-Benton Community College 10-5 Edmonds College Edmonds eliminated
Game 11 Lane Community College 5-1 Lane Community College
May 24
Game 12 Lower Columbia College 6-5 Everett Community College Everett eliminated
Game 13 Linn-Benton Community College 9-1 Lane Community College
May 25
Game 14 Lower Columbia College 5-1 Linn-Benton Community College Linn-Benton eliminated
Game 15 Lower Columbia College 12-2 Lane Community College Lower Columbia wins CWS

==All-Tournament Team

  • MVP - Jaylen Kennedy, Lower Columbia
  • Utility - Kellen Segel, Linn-Benton
  • DH - Harlan Rowe, Lower Columbia
  • Catcher - Trevor Devincenzi, Lane
  • Infield - Bryant Starr, Linn-Benton
  • Infield - Kai Miller, Everett
  • Infield - Keagan Kelly, Lower Columbia
  • Infield - Nolan Donivan, Lane
  • Infield - Sam Davidson, Lower Columbia
  • Outfield - Bryce Moser, Edmonds
  • Outfield - Teyton Hardeman, Wenatchee Valley
  • Outfield - Noah Scharer, Linn-Benton
  • Outfield - Peyton Tyner, Lane
  • Pitcher - Griffin Scott, Lane
  • Pitcher - Evan Lehnert, Linn-Benton
  • Pitcher - Quinn Hubbs, Lower Columbia
  • Pitcher - Basil Hendrix, Everett
  • Relief Pitcher - Matthew Kosderka, Lower Columbia


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