2013 Baseball Headlines
Two teams from the Orange Empire Conference (Fullerton and Cypress) will represent the South at the 2013 CCCAA State Tournament at Fresno City College May 17-19.
A pair of standout freshmen and a grizzled veteran coach highlight this year’s list of players for the 2013 All-Orange Empire Conference Baseball team, as selected by the conference’s head coaches at their postseason meeting held on Monday at UC Irvine.
Following his impressive month, the California Community College Sports Information Association named Matt Blanchard the February Male Athlete of the Month.
The first celebratory mosh pit of players went to Manny Argomaniz for bringing home the game-winning run in the 10th inning for the Orange Coast College baseball team in Friday's 3-2 victory over Palomar.
With the Orange Empire Conference portion of the baseball schedules set to kick off on Thursday, here is a team-by-team breakdown of the 2013 season thus far...
2012 All-Orange Empire Conference Team Announced
Conference champion Santa Ana College took home Pitcher of the Year and Coach of the Year honors while runner-up Orange Coast College had a pair of players named Players of the Year. In all, 18 players were named First-Team All-OEC with another 20 named Second-Team All-OEC
Saddleback College head baseball coach Jack Hodges has announced that he will be retiring at the end of the season, ending a 22-year run as head coach of the Gauchos and over 40 years of coaching baseball in Southern California
Santa Ana College (SAC) baseball coach Don Sneddon, already the all-time leader in wins, recorded his 1,000th career victory following the Dons 4-3 win at Orange Coast College
Santa Ana College officially dedicated its baseball field in honor of Head Coach Don Sneddon, naming it Don Sneddon Field after the all-time winningest coach in California Community College baseball history