1977 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1977 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 28 to June 3 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. 1977 was the first year that the tournament was expanded from 8 to 10 teams. Yavapai Community College defeated DeKalb College in the championship game. Dan Townsend of Yavapai was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Camden County College	18-10	Jack Don
DeKalb College	33-4	Jim Morris
Grand Rapids Community College	36-19	Tom Hofmann
Iowa Western Community College	43-10	Rick Mathews
Louisburg College	22-5	Russ Frazier
Meramec Community College	39-18	Ric Lessmann
Quinsigamond Community College	22-2	Barry Glinski
Texas Southmost College	27-12	Jimmy Dodd
Umpqua Community College	26-11	Dan Withers
Yavapai Community College	33-8	Gary Ward

Results

College World Series Bracket

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Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 28
Game 1	Umpqua Community College	7-5	Louisburg College
Game 2	Yavapai Community College	5-4	DeKalb College
Game 3	Grand Rapids Community College	9-1	Meramec Community College
Game 4	Quinsigamond Community College	5-2	Camden County College
Game 5	Iowa Western Community College	12-0	Texas Southmost College
May 29
Game 6	Meramec Community College	12-1	Camden County College	Camden County eliminated
Game 7	DeKalb College	9-6	Louisburg College	Louisburg eliminated
Game 8	Meramec Community College	8-0	Texas Southmost College	Texas Southmost eliminated
Game 9	Grand Rapids Community College	11-3	Quinsigamond Community College
Game 10	Yavapai Community College	9-1	Umpqua Community College
May 30
Game 11	DeKalb College	6-5	Quinsigamond Community College	Quinsigamond eliminated
Game 12	Meramec Community College	7-1	Umpqua Community College	Umpqua eliminated
Game 13	Yavapai Community College	9-0	Iowa Western Community College
May 31
Game 14	Yavapai Community College	9-0	Grand Rapids Community College
Game 15	DeKalb College	12-8	Iowa Western Community College	Iowa Western eliminated
June 1
Game 16	DeKalb College	6-3	Grand Rapids Community College	Grand Rapids eliminated
Game 17	Yavapai Community College	13-11	Meramec Community College	Meramec eliminated
June 2
Game 18	DeKalb College	8-7	Yavapai Community College
June 3
Game 19	Yavapai Community College	10-4	DeKalb College	Yavapai wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• IF: Jim Atkins, Meramec
• IF: Steve Scholnik, Yavapai
• IF: Jim Gaingregorio, Quinsigamond
• IF: Dave Guimbarada, Yavapai
• IF: Doug Casey, DeKalb
• IF: Kelly Heath, Louisburg
• IF: Doug Wabeke, Grand Rapids
• IF: Jim Tjader, Iowa Western
• OF: Randy Rogers, DeKalb
• OF: Dan Townsend, Yavapai
• OF: Marc Goodson, DeKalb
• OF-U, Tom Shupe, Grand Rapids
• C: Leonard Thompson, DeKalb
• P: Aaron Scott, DeKalb
• P: Bob Bradford, Yavapai
• P: Rick Kranitz, Yavapai

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