2024 NWAC Baseball Championship

The 2024 NWAC Baseball Championship was held May 23-27 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. South #1 Linn-Benton Community College defeated West #1 Tacoma Community College for the title. Aidan Dougherty of Linn-Benton was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
North 3	Bellevue Community College	14-10	David Olson
East 2	Blue Mountain Community College	18-10	Derek Bettinson
North 2	Edmonds College	14-10	Brooks Roy
North 1	Everett Community College	18-6	Keith Hessler
South 1	Linn-Benton Community College	30-6	Andy Peterson
West 2	Lower Columbia College	16-8	Kurt Lupinski
East 1	Community Colleges of Spokane	19-9	Ryne Webb
West 1	Tacoma Community College	18-6	Ian Sanderson

Results

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

S1

Linn-Benton CC

1

W2

Lower Columbia

0

S1

Linn-Benton CC

4

N1

Everett CC

3

N1

Everett CC

3

E2

Blue Mountain CC

1

S1

Linn-Benton CC

5

W1

Tacoma CC

10

W1

Tacoma CC

3

N3

Bellevue CC

1

W1

Tacoma CC

11

N2

Edmonds

0

E1

Spokane

0

N2

Edmonds

1

Loser's bracket

W2

Lower Columbia

6

E2

Blue Mountain CC

2

N2

Edmonds

1

W2

Lower Columbia

2

N3

Bellevue CC

5

E1

Spokane

6

N1

Everett CC

2

E1

Spokane

3

Semifinals

Elimination

Final

Re-ordered Semifinals

W1

Tacoma CC

6

S1

Linn-Benton CC

7

W2

Lower Columbia

4

W1

Tacoma CC

4

W1

Tacoma CC

3

S1

Linn-Benton CC

4

S1

Linn-Benton CC

8

E1

Spokane

6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	Edmonds College	1-0	Community Colleges of Spokane
Game 2	Tacoma Community College	3-1	Bellevue Community College
Game 3	Everett Community College	3-1	Blue Mountain Community College
Game 4	Linn-Benton Community College	1-0	Lower Columbia College
May 24
Game 5	Community Colleges of Spokane	6-5	Bellevue Community College	Bellevue eliminated
Game 6	Lower Columbia College	6-2	Blue Mountain Community College	Blue Mountain eliminated
Game 7	Tacoma Community College	11-0	Edmonds College
Game 8	Linn-Benton Community College	4-3	Everett Community College
May 25
Game 9	Lower Columbia College	2-1	Edmonds College	Edmonds eliminated
Game 10	Community Colleges of Spokane	3-2	Everett Community College	Everett eliminated
Game 11	Tacoma Community College	10-5	Linn-Benton Community College
May 26
Game 12	Linn-Benton Community College	8-6	Community Colleges of Spokane	Spokane eliminated
Game 13	Tacoma Community College	6-4	Lower Columbia College	Lower Columbia eliminated
May 27
Game 14	Linn-Benton Community College	4-3 (10)	Tacoma Community College
Game 15	Linn-Benton Community College	7-4	Tacoma Community College	Linn-Benton wins CWS

All Tournament Team

• MVP: Aidan Dougherty, Linn-Benton
• Utility: Kellen Segel, Linn-Benton
• Catcher: Cam Gillespie, Edmonds
• Infield: Logan Shepherd, Tacoma
• Infield: Carson Hayes, Lower Columbia
• Infield: Chase Cretti, Tacoma
• Infield: Micah Coleman, Everett
• Infield: Dom Longo, Spokane
• Outfield: Spencer Sullivan, Linn-Benton
• Outfield: Jordan Hockett, Linn Benton
• Outfield: Aden Dance, Tacoma
• Outfield: Drew Johnson, Tacoma
• Pitcher: Ethan Kleinschmit, Linn Benton
• Pitcher: Elijah Higginbottom, Tacoma
• Pitcher: Will Franklin, Edmonds
• Pitcher: Troy Shepard, Spokane
• Pitcher: Gabe Brabec, Linn Benton
• Relief Pitcher: Easton Corey, Linn-Benton