1996 NJCAA Division I Baseball World Series

The 1996 NJCAA Division I Baseball World Series was held May 26 to June 1 at Sam Suplizio Field in Grand Junction, CO. The ten schools qualified by winning one of ten District tournaments. Northeast Texas Community College defeated Meridian Community College in the championship game. Robert Vaz of Northeast Texas was named MVP.

Participating Teams

School	Record	Head Coach
Allegany College	43-4	Steve Bazarnic
Arizona Western College	41-23	John Stratton
Indian Hills Community College	45-14	Cam Walker
Indian River Community College	38-14	Mike Easom
Jackson State Community College	37-18	Bubba Cates
Meramec Community College	43-12	Todd Whaley
Meridian Community College	46-10	Corky Palmer
Middle Georgia College	55-7	Robert Sapp
Northeast Texas Community College	43-17	Ty Harrington
Triton College	37-14	Bob Symonds

Results

College World Series Bracket

Bracket to be included

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 26
Game 1	Indian Hills Community College	13-5	Triton College
Game 2	Northeast Texas Community College	16-4	Meramec Community College
Game 3	Arizona Western College	12-2	Indian River Community College
Game 4	Middle Georgia College	8-5	Meridian Community College
May 27
Game 5	Meramec Community College	15-4	Triton College	Triton eliminated
Game 6	Meridian Community College	15-14	Indian River Community College	Indian River eliminated
Game 7	Jackson State Community College	2-1	Allegany College
Game 9	Middle Georgia College	8-4	Arizona Western College
May 28
Game 8	Meridian Community College	12-3	Meramec Community College	Meramec eliminated
Game 10	Northeast Texas Community College	12-1	Indian Hills Community College
Game 11	Arizona Western College	5-4	Allegany College	Allegany eliminated
Game 13	Middle Georgia College	14-5	Jackson State Community College
May 29
Game 12	Meridian Community College	19-3	Indian Hills Community College	Indian Hills eliminated
Game 14	Arizona Western College	5-4	Jackson State Community College	Jackson St eliminated
Game 15	Northeast Texas Community College	6-5	Middle Georgia College
May 30
Game 16	Arizona Western College	8-7	Middle Georgia College	Middle Georgia eliminated
Game 17	Meridian Community College	4-2	Northeast Texas Community College
May 30
Game 18	Northeast Texas Community College	11-1	Arizona Western College	Arizona Western eliminated
June 1
Game 19	Northeast Texas Community College	4-3	Meridian Community College	Northeast Texas wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• IF: Scott Cheek, Meridian
• IF: Tony McCladdie, Middle Georgia
• IF: Billy Ray Munoz, Arizona Western
• IF: Jose Nunez, Northeast Texas
• IF: Chance Melvin, Meridian
• OF: Robert Vaz, Northeast Texas
• OF: Ryo Hyguchi, Arizona Western
• OF: Brent Huddleston, Northeast Texas
• OF: Justin Harrison, Meridian
• C: Braxton Whitehead, Meridian
• C: Kevin Fountain, Northeast Texas
• P: George Carrion, Northeast Texas
• P: Emar Fleming, Allegany
• P: Chris Gorrell, Arizona Western
• DH: Paul Phillips, Meridian

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