Upset
of Top-Ranked Central Arizona Lands Texas School in No. 1 Position
With
its stunning 6-4, 10th-inning walk-off win in the Junior
College World Series championship game, Texas’ Navarro College has
finished the 2011 season in the No. 1 spot in Perfect Game’s
ranking of the nation’s top 50 junior-college teams.
The
Bulldogs (47-18) beat top-ranked Central Arizona in the final game as
catcher J.T. Files snapped a 4-4 tie with a two-run homer. It was the
19th title overall by a Texas team, but the first by
Navarro.
Appropriately,
Navarro’s stellar pitching and defense played a key role in the
team’s run to a national championship. University of Houston-bound
righthander Austin Pruitt, the national ERA leader, worked the first
nine innings for the Bulldogs, while the team played flawlessly in
the field, befitting a squad that led the nation with a .975 fielding
average.
“That’s
what we’ve been doing all year,” Navarro coach Whoa Dill said. “I
told our guys pitching and defense will win us a national
championship.”
By
contrast, Western Oklahoma State won the National Junior College
Athletic Association Division II World Series by outslugging its
opponents on its way to a title. The Pioneers (51-16) led the D-II
ranks in batting average (.403) and home runs (103) on the season,
and scored 61 runs in six games in the national tournament, on their
way to beating Jones County (Miss.) 11-1 in the final game.
Shortstop
Roberto Duran was a difference maker in the final as he drove in six
runs with four hits, including two doubles and a home run. The
Pioneers climbed to No. 12 nationally with their first championship.
Meanwhile,
Bellevue (Wash.) moved to No. 8 overall by capturing the Northwest
Athletic Association of Community Colleges title, their third in five
years. The Bulldogs beat defending champion Lower Columbia (Wash.)
5-3 in the final.
Compiled by Perfect Game USA / National Junior College Athletic Association.
FINAL |
5-23 |
TEAM |
STATE |
DIVISION |
OVERALL |
SEASON ACCOMPLISHMENT |
1 |
3 |
Navarro |
TX |
NJCAA I |
42-17 |
Junior College World Series champion |
2 |
1 |
Central Arizona |
AZ |
NJCAA I |
52-13 |
JC World Series runner-up |
3 |
4 |
Howard |
TX |
NJCAA I |
46-13 |
|
4 |
6 |
San Joaquin Delta |
CA |
California |
35-12 |
California state champion |
5 |
2 |
Grayson County |
TX |
NJCAA I |
42-15 |
JC World Series |
6 |
5 |
Chipola |
FL |
NJCAA I |
39-20 |
JC World Series |
7 |
7 |
Salt Lake |
UT |
NJCAA I |
49-16 |
|
8 |
26 |
Bellevue |
WA |
NWAACC |
33-13 |
Northwest champion |
9 |
8 |
Seward County |
KS |
NJCAA I |
44-18 |
JC World Series |
10 |
9 |
Northwest Florida State |
FL |
NJCAA I |
39-16 |
|
11 |
11 |
Western Nevada |
NV |
NJCAA I |
46-13 |
|
12 |
|
Western Oklahoma State |
OK |
NJCAA II |
51-16 |
JC Division II World Series champion |
13 |
14 |
Iowa Western |
IA |
NJCAA I |
40-18 |
JC World Series |
14 |
12 |
Polk State |
FL |
NJCAA I |
43-12 |
|
15 |
15 |
Santa Fe |
FL |
NJCAA I |
37-11 |
|
16 |
18 |
Potomac State |
WV |
NJCAA I |
35-10 |
JC World Series |
17 |
16 |
San Jacinto |
TX |
NJCAA I |
41-16 |
|
18 |
10 |
Jefferson |
MO |
NJCAA I |
43-20 |
JC World Series |
19 |
13 |
Southern Union |
AL |
NJCAA I |
41-18 |
JC World Series |
20 |
|
Jones County |
MS |
NJCAA II |
46-15 |
JC Division II World Series runner-up |
21 |
19 |
Santa Ana |
CA |
California |
30-14 |
California Final 4 |
22 |
20 |
Walters State |
TN |
NJCAA I |
43-15 |
|
23 |
21 |
Pitt |
NC |
NJCAA I |
38-13 |
|
24 |
22 |
Rio Hondo |
CA |
California |
37-5 |
|
25 |
23 |
USC Sumter |
SC |
NJCAA I |
41-11 |
|
26 |
24 |
Orange Coast |
CA |
California |
32-10 |
|
27 |
25 |
Eastern Oklahoma |
OK |
NJCAA I |
38-22 |
|
28 |
27 |
Lamar |
CO |
NJCAA I |
47-17 |
|
29 |
28 |
John A. Logan |
IL |
NJCAA I |
37-19 |
|
30 |
29 |
Delgado |
LA |
NJCAA I |
42-17 |
|
31 |
30 |
Chattanooga State |
TN |
NJCAA I |
43-12 |
|
32 |
31 |
Georgia Perimeter |
GA |
NJCAA I |
42-17 |
|
33 |
32 |
Seminole State |
OK |
NJCAA I |
40-15 |
|
34 |
33 |
Neosho County |
KS |
NJCAA I |
46-13 |
|
35 |
|
Madison |
WI |
NJCAA II |
45-16 |
JC Division II World Series |
36 |
34 |
Crowder |
MO |
NJCAA I |
40-19 |
|
37 |
35 |
Columbia State |
TN |
NJCAA I |
35-16 |
|
38 |
36 |
Ohlone |
CA |
California |
28-19 |
California Final 4 |
39 |
37 |
Wabash Valley |
IL |
NJCAA I |
46-17 |
|
40 |
38 |
Northwest Shoals |
AL |
NJCAA I |
37-16 |
|
41 |
39 |
Yavapai |
AZ |
NJCAA I |
36-27 |
|
42 |
17 |
Heartland |
IL |
NJCAA II |
53-9 |
JC Division II World Series |
43 |
41 |
Blinn |
TX |
NJCAA I |
38-17 |
|
44 |
|
Lower Columbia |
WA |
NWAACC |
36-12 |
Northwest runner-up |
45 |
43 |
McLennan |
TX |
NJCAA I |
36-22 |
|
46 |
44 |
Cowley County |
KS |
NJCAA I |
43-13 |
|
47 |
42 |
South Georgia |
GA |
NJCAA I |
33-31 |
JC World Series |
48 |
45 |
Olney Central |
IL |
NJCAA I |
42-17 |
|
49 |
46 |
Feather River |
CA |
California |
31-7 |
|
50 |
47 |
New Mexico |
NM |
NJCAA I |
37-22 |
|