2015 GNAC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Montana State Billings YELLOWJACKETS
Bishop
Miller
Muller
Overall Record: 27-21 GNAC: 22-10
A 20-5 record in their final 25 games earned the
Yellowjackets the GNAC regular-season title and top
seed in this week’s conference playoffs. A big reason for
the turnaround was the Yellowjackets’ GNAC-leading
offense.
As a team the offense produced 7.25 runs per game
while leading the GNAC in every major offensive
category including batting average (.316), RBIs (318)
and home runs (40).
Luke Reinschmidt and Brody Miller combined
to drive in 115 runs, hit 24 home runs and score 93
runs. Reinschmidt hit a team leading .380 and had 10
home runs and 56 RBI. Miller hit .360 and led MSUB
with 14 home runs and 59 runs batted in.
On the mound, MSUB has been led by senior
pitcher Brady Muller. Muller posted a 6-1 record and
led the GNAC in strikeouts with 74. Tanner Johnson
also won six of seven decisions and led the ‘Jackets with
a 3.99 ERA.
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Name
Myles Berkram
Lee Busto
Bret Bitow
Conner Holbrook
Luke Reinschmidt
Trevor Nix
Brody Miller
Brady Muller
Kevin Toon
Colter Sternhagen
Corey Morris
Casey Merritt
Griffen Pape
Kyle Durbin
Dylan Goldsack
Lucas Blehm
Jacob Foley
Drew Christina
Cody Cooper
Landon Peterson
Blake Loran
Bret Christina
Tanner Johnson
Jake Mills
Bryon Baker
Jake Campeau
Adam Cox
Wyatt Schlosser
Pos. B/T
UTL R/R
RHP R/R
UT/P R/R
C
R/R
OF
R/R
C
R/R
INF
R/R
LHP L/L
INF
R/R
INF
R/R
SS/2B R/R
OF
L/L
RHP R/R
INF
L/R
LHP L/L
RHP R/R
IF/OF R/R
LHP L/L
RHP R/R
C
L/R
1B
L/R
1B
R/R
RHP R/R
RHP R/R
RHP R/R
RHP R/R
RHP R/R
OF/1B L/L
Ht.
5-7
6-1
5-10
5-8
5-11
5-11
5-8
6-1
6-2
6-0
5-9
5-9
6-3
6-1
5-7
6-3
5-10
6-2
6-4
5-9
6-0
6-0
6-3
6-2
6-2
6-5
6-3
6-0
Yr.
SO
JR
SR
SR
JR
SR
SR
SR
JR
JR
JR
SO
FR
JR
JR
SR
FR
SR
SO
FR
SR
JR
JR
SR
SO
SR
FR
FR
Exp.
1V
2V
3V
1V
2V
1V
3V
3V
1V
1V
TR
1V
HS
TR
TR
3V
HS
3V
1V
HS
3V
2V
TR
1V
1V
3V
RS
HS
Hometown (Previous School)
Billings, Mont. (Billings West)
Littleton, Colo. (Heritage)
Puyallup, Wash. (Lower Columbia CC)
Walla Walla, Wash. (Walla Walla CC)
Billings, Mont. (Billings)
Tigard, Ore. (Linn-Benton CC)
Missoula, Mont. (Sentinel)
Billings, Mont. (Billings West)
Walla Walla, Wash. (Walla Walla CC)
Helena, Mont. (South Mountain CC)
Richland, Wash. (Walla Walla CC)
Twin Falls, Idaho (Twin Falls)
Star, Idaho (Eagle)
Idaho Falls, Idaho (Coll. of Eastern Utah)
Burbank, Calif. (L.A. Mission Coll.)
Billings, Mont. (Billings Central)
Boise, Idaho (Capital)
Walla Walla, Wash. (Walla Walla CC)
Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman)
Boise, Idaho (Capital)
Billings, Mont. (Jamestown Coll.)
Walla Walla, Wash. (Walla Walla CC)
Belgrade, Mont. (Salt Lake CC)
Burley, Idaho (Miles CC)
Butte, Mont. (Butte)
Walla Walla, Wash. (Walla Walla CC)
Encino, Calif. (Taft)
Saskatoon, Sask. (Vauxhall)
Head Coach - Rob Bishop
Assistant Coaches - Parker Krickenberg, Austin Rue
Graduate Assistant - Jason Oatman
Tournament Preview
A new team will be crowned the Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament champion this week as Montana State University Billings
hosts the third annual post-season championships at Dehler Park in Billings.
Competing for the title will be the regular-season champion Yellowjackets,
Western Oregon and Northwest Nazarene. Last year’s champion, Central
Washington, did not qualify for the tournament.
MSUB (27-21) has already ended WOU’s 13-year regular-season title run
by winning 20 of its last 25 games after getting off to a 2-5 conference start. It
has also posted its most victories since baseball was brought back as a varsity
sport in 2008 and has guaranteed itself its first winning season in that time.
The Yellowjackets are the only team in the GNAC to post a .300 batting
average this season. Led by center fielder Luke Reinschmidt (10 hr, 56 rbi,
.380), second baseman Brody Miller (14 hr, 59 rbi, .360) and shortstop Corey
Morris (0 hr, 15 rbi, .358), the Yellowjackets batted .316 under fifth-year
coach Rob Bishop.
While hitting has carried the ‘Jackets, they come into the tournament
off perhaps the most impressive pitching performance in a four-game series
in GNAC history. Last weekend, MSUB allowed just one earned run in
outscoring Saint Martin’s 21-2 in four victories. Both Brady Muller and
Tanner Johnson are 6-1 on the season.
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Western Oregon, which won the GNAC’s first post-season championship
in 2013 and advanced to the title game last year, enters the event winning five
of its last six games.
Jesse Pratt is WOU’s pitching ace and is the GNAC leader in wins (7-1)
and ERA (2.62). In 12 appearances, including 11 starts, he has allowed just
48 hits in 68 2/3 innings, just 6.29 per nine-innings pitched which is one of
the best hit-to-innings ratios in GNAC history. The record is 5.91 by WOU’s
Grady Wood in 2012.
Offensively, left fielder Matt Taylor leads WOU in batting with a .377
average. Third baseman Garrett Harpole is the team leader in home runs (8)
and RBI (37). Taylor and shortstop Marcus Hinkle provide speed with 10
stolen bases apiece.
Northwest Nazarene is making its first post-season appearances in 23
years. The Crusaders are led in hitting by outfielder Josh Hatfield with a
.365 average. Second baseman Tyler Davis and third base-catcher Andree
Helmstadter each have driven in 35 runs. Davis is also the team leader with
nine home runs.
Jake Reppert is the conference leader in complete-game shutouts with two
and has a 5-4 record and a 3.54 ERA. Colben McGuire is 4-4 and has a 4.32
ERA.