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Tritons Reign Supreme!

2008 NWAACC Baseball Champions

 

The Edmonds Community College Baseball team represented the NWAACC not only with winning the 2008 Championship but also with rewards.  First year head coach, Brad Ditter, was named Coach of the Year for the NWAACC and also the Co-Coach of the Northern Region division.  Nick Meehan was named MVP of the Northern Region hitting .421 (leading the north in Average) while Dan Ninomiya was named the NWAACC tournament MVP.   Edmonds also placed 4 guys on the 1st All-Region team and 3 on the 2nd team. 

Edmonds also named two players (Nick Pizzuto, Nick Meehan) to the All-NWAACC team and two to the 2nd team (Tyler Rice, Ben Thielsen)

 

All-North Region Selections

Co-Coach of the year

• Brad Ditter

North Region MVP

• Nick Meehan

1st team

• Nick Pizzuto OF
• Tyler Rice P
• Paris Shewy P
• Ben Thielsen

2nd Team

• Chris Richey DH
• Brandon Kizer P
• Dan Ninomiya OF

All-NWACC Selections

Coach of the Year

• Brad Ditter

NWAACC Tourament MVP

• Dan Ninomiya

1st Team

• Nick Meehan OF
• Nick Pizzuto    OF

2nd Team

• Tyler Rice
• Ben Thielsen

The Edmonds Community College baseball team beat Lower Columbia College twice on Monday, May 26 to win the 2008 Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) baseball championship. The Tritons beat Lower Columbia 6-4 in the championship game, just hours after beating the Red Devils 4-3 in 13 innings to qualify for the title game. First year head coach Brad Ditter was also named NWAACC coach of the year!

The Tritons Baseball Team headed to the championships tournament May 22-26 at David Story Field in Longview, WA after defeating the Everett Community College Trojans 12-6 to win the North Region Baseball Championship May 12 in a home game at Seaview Field.  After a hard fought 5-2 victory in the first game of the series, the Triton's bats exploded for 12 runs off of 14 hits while committing no errors in the second and final game of the afternoon. 

Led by first year Head Coach Brad Ditter and assistants Adam Roberts, Scott Watson, Ron Omori and Shaun Cole, the Tritons excelled over the other teams in the NWAACC while compiling the second best overall win/loss record (33-8) out of 27 teams, before going on to win the championship.

Check out the NWAACC Storyline here: http://www.nwaacc.org/news.php?id=494

                A Look at former Tritons in the Pros

Ty Taubenheim	Pirates	Triple A	Indianapolis
Andrew Lafave	Nationals	Double A	Harrisburg
Ryan Strieby	Tigers	Advanced A	Lakewood
Cody McAllister	Red Sox	High A	Lancaster
Mark Thompson	Indians	Low A	Lake County
David Mark	Red Sox	Low A	Greenville

***Attention:  All former Tritons! Players and Coaches to be in an Alumni Baseball Game!***

 

The current Edmonds Community College Baseball coaching staff is working hard to put together a day where former Tritons can get together, play a baseball game, and then reminisce at a local restaurant after the game.  Triton Baseball is built on tradition and we want to start an annual alumni game starting in fall 2008.  Please contact Coach Roberts (Assistant Coach) (360) 202 1034, adam.roberts@edcc.edu or email Coach Ditter (Head Coach) brad.ditter@edcc.edu if you would like to take part in this inaugural event!  Please remember to provide us with your current contact information.  See you all this fall!

 

Thielsen Picks University of North Carolina Wilmington

Ben Thielsen, SS/2B for the Triton Baseball team, has decided to accept a scholarship and play baseball for the University of North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks for the 2008-09 Season.  UNCW has a very respectable reputation, appearing in the NCAA regional tournament 3 of the last 5 seasons.  Theilsen had a .370 batting average last year while picking up All-Northern Region and All-NWAACC honors.  Ben will join former Triton Aaron Smith who is currently an assistant coach for the Seahawks.

 

Edmonds Community College

Triton Baseball Alumni

2007                                                                                                              

Oliver Webster           New Mexico State

Curtis VanWyck        Kennesaw State

Benny Lanier             Concordia

Cam Litzenburger      Lewis and Clark State

Gary Jones                Hawaii Hilo

Reed Dehart              Colorado Pueblo

David Marks                                                                                                                                        Drafted 07

 

2006

Jared Neyens             Western Oregon University

Jeff Arkell                 Western Oregon University

Robbie Grimm           Western Oregon University/Central Washington University

Tyler Hauschild                                                                                                                                   Draft 2006

A.J. Huttenlocker       Missouri Western University                                                                             Draft 2005

Tim Reed                   Missouri Western University   

Mike DeDonato         San Jose State University

 

2005

Tyler Haggett             San Jose State University

Josh Amberson          San Jose State University

Howard Sanders        San Jose State University

Mark Thompson        Lewis and Clark State College                                                                            8th round 2007

Ryan Strieby              University of Kentucky                                                                                     4th round 2006

Tyler Mach                Oklahoma State University                                                                                4th round 2007

Tyler Johnson            Western Carolina University

Cody McAllister        Oklahoma City College                                                                                      Free agent 2007

Tony Snow                Oklahoma City College                                                                                      Free agent 2007

Mike Gilbert              Washington State University

Paul Gran                  Washington State University

Zach Woodward        Gonzaga University                                                                                             Independent

 

2004

Brian Burmester         University of Iowa

Bryan Tupper            Western Carolina University

Tim Hallum               Western Carolina University

Robbie Nelson           University of Hawaii/For Hayes State

Adam Roberts            University of Hawaii

D.J. Neyens               University of Washington

Tyler Mayfield

Marc Joenk                                 

Andrew Lefave          Missouri Valley College                                                                                     Free agent 2006

 

Other notables

Brady Everett             Clemson / Washington State                                                                               AA

Ty Tubenheim           19th round Blue Jays                                                                                          AAA

Aaron Trolia              Clemson / Washington State                                                                               AA

David Marks              19th round Boston                                                                                                A

 

Coaches

Don Marbutt              WSU Head Coach
Tighe Dickinson        UW Assistant

Spencer Allan         Purdue Assistant

Aaron Smith           UNCW Assistant

                                                                                                                                                                                            

WEBSTER DECIDES ON NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY

Oliver Webster has decided to forgo his sophomore season and accept a scholarship to pitch at New Mexico State University in the fall of 2008.  Webster went 6-2 with a 3.35 ERA for the Tritons in 2007. 

“This is an opportunity I’ve been waiting along time for. To play in the WAC against some of the top teams in the country is something I’ve always dreamed of doing” Webster said. 

Other Trition’s to move on in 07-08:

Camron Litzenburger, RHP: NAIA National Champions Lewis and Clark State

Gary Jones: Division I University of Hawai'i at Hilo

Curtis Van Wyck, SS: Division I Kennesaw State

Ben Lanier, CF: Concordia University, OR

David Marks, RF: Lowell Spinners in the New York Penn League.

While at EdCC Marks hit .370 with 7 HR and was ranked as the top prospect in the NWAACC by Baseball America. David was selected in the 19th round by the Boston Red Sox in the 2007 Draft.

Coach Brad Ditter stated, “Marks was a former Walk-on to the Triton family, he worked incredible hard to accomplish what he did and spent numerous hours in the weight room and in the indoor hitting facility.”

“I’m proud of every one of these kids, these six individuals worked extremely hard to put themselves in this situation. For Webster to move on after one year is a great accomplishment” coach Ditter said.