1980 NJCAA Baseball World Series

The 1980 NJCAA Baseball World Series was held May 24 to May 30 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. The ten schools qualified by winning one of ten District tournaments. Middle Georgia College defeated Cleveland State Community College in the championship game. Greg Geren of Cleveland State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Community College of Baltimore	20-9	George Henderson
Cleveland State Community College		Steve Longley
Iowa Western Community College		Rick Mathews
Linn-Benton Community College		Dave Dangler
McLennan Community College	37-7	Rick Butler
Mesa Community College		Jim Frye
Middle Georgia College	41-2	Robert Sapp
Monroe Community College	22-1	Dave Chamberlain
Seminole State College	52-14	Lloyd Simmons
Triton College	41-7	Bob Symonds

Results

College World Series Bracket

Bracket to be included

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	Middle Georgia College	12-1	Monroe Community College
Game 2	Mesa Community College	7-6	Iowa Western Community College
Game 3	Cleveland State Community College	12-4	Triton College
Game 4	McLennan Community College	8-0	Community College of Baltimore
Game 5	Seminole State College	9-5	Linn-Benton Community College
May 25
Game 6	Triton College	6-5	Community College of Baltimore	Baltimore eliminated
Game 7	Monroe Community College	6-4	Iowa Western Community College	Iowa Western eliminated
Game 8	Linn-Benton Community College	12-2	Triton College	Triton eliminated
Game 9	Middle Georgia College	17-4	Mesa Community College
Game 10	McLennan Community College	11-5	Cleveland State Community College
May 26
Game 11	Mesa Community College	14-4	Monroe Community College	Monroe eliminated
Game 12	Cleveland State Community College	22-14	Linn-Benton Community College	Linn-Benton eliminated
Game 13	Seminole State College	8-0	McLennan Community College
May 27
Game 14	McLennan Community College	4-2	Mesa Community College	Mesa eliminated
Game 15	Middle Georgia College	3-2	Seminole State College
May 28
Game 16	McLennan Community College	9-8	Seminole State College	Seminole St eliminated
Game 17	Cleveland State Community College	8-6	Middle Georgia College
May 29
Game 18	Cleveland State Community College	8-4	McLennan Community College	McLennan eliminated
May 30
Game 19	Middle Georgia College	18-8	Cleveland State Community College	Middle Georgia wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• IF: Ernie Riles, Middle Georgia
• IF: Was Ivey, Cleveland State
• IF: Billy Butler, Cleveland State
• IF: Keith Sloan, Cleveland State
• IF: Bob Gergen, Iowa Western
• IF: David Van Horn, McLennan
• IF: Tommy Barrett, Mesa
• OF: Greg Geren, Cleveland State
• OF: Stan Claxton, McLennan
• OF: Bobby Roche, Middle Georgia
• OF: Tommy Dunbar, Middle Georgia
• OF: Steve Davis, Middle Georgia
• C: Mike Swain, Middle Georgia
• C: Rick Wilson, Mesa
• P: Craig McMurtry, McLennan
• P: Jimmy Darnell, Seminole
• P: Steve True, Seminole