2015 GNAC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Northwest Nazarene CRUSADERS
Musgraves
Hatfield
McGuire
Overall Record: 27-26 GNAC: 15-17
Head coach Rocke Musgraves, in his second season
at NNU, has the Crusaders in the playoffs for the first
time in 23 years. NNU clinched the third-and-final
berth last Saturday with a 7-6 12-inning victory over
Western Oregon.
Pitching has been NNU’s forte as they rank second
in the GNAC with a 4.90 ERA and first in strikeouts
with 348. Jake Reppert has a 5-4 record and leads the
team with a 3.54 earned run average. He has thrown
two shutouts. Colben McGuire has a 4-4 record, a
4.32 ERA and a team-best 72 strikeouts.
At the plate, Josh Hatfield has been the catalyst
for the Crusader offense. Hitting an outstanding .365,
Hatfield leads the conference in runs scored (47) and
stolen bases (11) while ranking second in hits (70).
Andre Helmstadter takes a .312 batting average
to Billings. He has hit 18 doubles, a GNAC-high six
triples and has a team-high 35 RBIs. Tyler Davis is
batting .306 and leads the GNAC in doubles with 20.
No.
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Name
Pos.
Kyle Thomson
OF
Tyler Marsh
RHP
Josh Hatfield
OF
Andrew Groves
RHP
Kaleb DeHaas
C/INF
Ben Circeo
INF
Tucker Campbell
INF
Tate Glasgow
INF
Tyler Davis
INF
Skyler Penrod
INF
Coltin Brink
INF
Matt Lightfoot
OF
Ethan Brandt
OF
Tim Jones
OF
Jake Dewey
OF
Tom Sigrist
RHP
Blake Mitchell
RHP
Andrew Helmstadter C/INF
Justin Lamb
C
Colben McGuire
RHP
Ryan Johnson
OF
Jake Reppert
LHP
Brandon Mozzone RHP
Jake Ferdinand
LHP
Colton Loomis
RHP
Nick Strange
RHP
Larsson Chapman INF
Johnathon Hallman C
Justin Pilgrim
RHP
Ross Clevenger
RHP
Jesse Hilyard
C/OF
Noah Starr
RHP
GNAC
W L
22 10
21 11
15 17
14 18
8 24
All
W L
27 21
26 23
27 26
24 25
16 34
Ht.
5-7
5-9
5-10
5-11
6-0
5-11
6-1
6-0
5-11
5-10
5-8
6-3
5-6
6-1
6-1
6-4
6-0
6-0
5-10
5-11
6-1
6-5
6-4
5-11
6-0
6-0
6-4
6-0
6-0
6-0
6-4
6-0
Yr.
SR
JR
JR
SR
SR
SR
JR
SR
JR
SO
FR
FR
SO
FR
FR
SO
JR
SO
FR
SR
SR
SR
FR
SR
JR
FR
FR
FR
SO
FR
FR
SO
Exp.
1V
2V
2V
TR
3V
1V
TR
3V
TR
1V
HS
HS
1V
HS
HS
1V
TR
1V
HS
1V
1V
1V
HS
3V
TR
HS
HS
HS
TR
HS
HS
1V
Hometown (Previous School)
Enumclaw, Wash. (Yakima Valley CC)
Boise, Idaho (Capital)
Meridian, Idaho (Mountain View)
Mukilteo, Wash. (Bellevue Coll.)
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (Coeur d’Alene)
Bothell, Wash. (Tacoma CC)
Tigard, Ore. (Lane CC)
Portland, Ore. (Westview)
Orinda, Calif. (Chabot CC)
Nampa, Idaho (Liberty Charter)
Erie, Colo. (Erie)
Nampa, Idaho (Skyview)
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (Lake City)
Meridian, Idaho (Meridian)
Boise, Idaho (Centennial)
Boise, Idaho (Centennial)
Anaheim, Calif. (Cypress CC)
Palm Desert, Calif. (Desert Christian)
Nampa, Idaho (Whitworth Univ.)
Idaho Falls, Idaho (Lane CC)
Boise, Idaho (Treasure Valley CC)
Monroe, Wash. (Bellevue CC)
Auburn, Wash. (Auburn Mountainview)
Henderson, Nev. (Foothill)
Cashmere, Wash. (Spokane CC)
Astoria, Ore. (Astoria)
Port Angeles, Wash. (Port Angeles)
Sacramento, Calif. (Christian Brothers)
Pitt Meadows, B.C. (Prairie Baseball Acad.)
Eagle, Idaho (Bishop Kelly)
Klamath Falls, Ore. (Henley)
Boise, Idaho (Bishop Kelly)
Head Coach - Rocke Musgraves
Assistant Coach - Jason Krohn
Pitching Coaches - Brian Solemsaas, Easton Kapiontek
2015 Final Standings
Montana State Billings
Western Oregon
Northwest Nazarene
Central Washington
Saint Martin’s
B/T
L/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
L/L
R/R
L/L
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
L/L
R/R
L/L
R/R
R/R
L/L
L/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
R/R
Tournament Schedule
H
11-5
14-2
11-12
13-11
6-16
A
13-13
12-20
16-14
11-14
10-18
N
3-3
0-1
0-0
0-0
0-0
May 7-8 at Billings, Mont.
Thurs., May 7
Game 1: #3 Northwest Nazarene vs. #2 Western Oregon, 1 p.m.
Game 2: #3 Northwest Nazarene vs. #1 Montana St. Billings, 4 p.m.
Game 3: #2 Western Oregon vs. #1 Montana St. Billings, 7 p.m.
Fri., May 8
Game 4: Elimination game, noon
Game 5: Championship game, 3 p.m. (if needed)
NOTE: If all three teams finish round-robin play with 1-1 records,
Game 4 will match Northwest Nazarene and Western Oregon with
the winner playing Montana St. Billings in the championship game.
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