2023 NWAC Baseball Championship

The 2023 NWAC Baseball Championship was held May 25-29 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 West #2 Tacoma Community College for the title. Jadon Williamson of Lower Columbia was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
North 1	Bellevue Community College	24-6	David Olson
East 2	Columbia Basin College	19-9	Stefan McGovern
East 1	Community Colleges of Spokane	23-5	Ryne Webb
North 2	Edmonds College	21-7	Brooks Roy
South 2	Lane Community College	22-14	Josh Blunt
South 1	Linn-Benton Community College	23-13	Andy Peterson
West 1	Lower Columbia College	21-3	Kurt Lupinski
West 2	Tacoma Community College	20-4	Ryan Mummert

Results

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

N1

Bellevue

2

W2

Tacoma

6

W2

Tacoma

4

S1

Linn-Benton

2

S1

Linn-Benton

5

E2

Columbia Basin

0

W2

Tacoma

5

E1

Spokane

2

E1

Spokane

8

S2

Lane

5

E1

Spokane

3

W1

Lower Columbia

2

W1

Lower Columbia

3

N2

Edmonds

1

Loser's bracket

N1

Bellevue

4

E2

Columbia Basin

0

W1

Lower Columbia

7

N1

Bellevue

6

S2

Lane

6

N2

Edmonds

2

S1

Linn-Benton

2

S2

Lane

3

Semifinals

Elimination

Final

Re-ordered Semifinals

W2

Tacoma

1

W2

Tacoma

3

W1

Lower Columbia

7

W1

Lower Columbia

5

W1

Lower Columbia

10

S2

Lane

2

E1

Spokane

0

S2

Lane

4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Tacoma Community College	6-2	Bellevue Community College
Game 2	Linn-Benton Community College	5-0	Columbia Basin College
Game 3	Community Colleges of Spokane	8-5	Lane Community College
Game 4	Lower Columbia College	3-1	Edmonds College
May 26
Game 5	Bellevue Community College	4-0	Columbia Basin College	Columbia Basin eliminated
Game 6	Lane Community College	6-2	Edmonds College	Edmonds eliminated
Game 7	Tacoma Community College	4-2	Linn-Benton Community College
Game 8	Community Colleges of Spokane	3-2	Lower Columbia College
May 27
Game 9	Lane Community College	3-2	Linn-Benton Community College	Linn-Benton eliminated
Game 10	Lower Columbia College	7-6	Bellevue Community College	Bellevue eliminated
Game 11	Tacoma Community College	5-2	Community Colleges of Spokane
May 28
Game 12	Lane Community College	4-0	Community Colleges of Spokane	Spokane eliminated
Game 13	Lower Columbia College	7-1	Tacoma Community College
May 29
Game 14	Lower Columbia College	10-2	Lane Community College	Lane eliminated
Game 15	Lower Columbia College	5-3	Tacoma Community College	wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

• Utility - Dane Woodcook, Tacoma
• Utility - Cole Calnon, Lane
• Catcher - Justin Stransky, Lower Columbia
• Infield - Bryan Rojas, Lane
• Infield - Garrett Gores, Spokane
• Infield - Noah Juarez, Lane
• Infield - Noah Fields, Tacoma
• Infield - Tyler Peterson, Lower Columbia
• Outfield - Jaxon Davis, Spokane
• Outfield - Kyle Parkman, Lower Columbia
• Outfield - Kamana Nahaku, Tacoma
• Outfield - Titus Dimitru, Linn-Benton
• Pitcher - Ryan Lynch, Bellevue
• Pitcher - Michael Schwarz, Lower Columbia
• Pitcher - Elijah Higginbottom, Tacoma
• Pitcher - Chase Reynolds, Linn-Benton
• Relief Pitcher - Dylan Watts, Tacoma