Baseball

Men’s Baseball Program Overview

The Genesee Community College men's baseball team competes in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region III, Division III level and is a member of the Western New York Athletic Conference. The team plays over 20 games in the fall, including its conference schedule and tournament at the end. In the spring, the team has the most difficult schedule among any of the other Division III programs in Region III. Skip Sherman is starting his fifth year as head coach. He is responsible for the team's only conference championship (2005), as well as its highest ranking ever in school history in 2007 (11th in the nation). He was awarded the Region III Coach of the Year for 2007 and was recognized in January 2008 at the American Baseball Coaches Association as Region III National Coach of the Year

2008 Fall Preview: Baseball

The 2008 fall baseball team saw 46 players attend the four day tryout for one of the most up and coming programs in New York. After finishing in the top four in Region III for the last three years, the team moves to compete at the Division II, scholarship level. It is the only time in the programs rich tradition that the team will move up a division to compete.

This fall the team is looking towards playing for the Western New York Athletic Conference Championship.  The team has made the finals the last two out of three years and won the title for the first time in school history in 2005. The team will compete this year again for the title and will have home field advantage playing at their home park, Dwyer Stadium.

The fall 2008 team is made up eleven sophomores and twelve freshmen including athletes from all over the world.  We currently have five players from Venezuela and eight players from Canada along with four local standouts. The team will compete in twenty games in the fall and will finish its season on October 5th.

The Cougars are looking to many returning athletes to lead the team this spring.  These athletes include All American player, Chris Page (Batavia) who will not compete this fall, along with Dave Gardiner (Canada), Felix Hernandez (Venezuela) and Dominic Garcia (Buffalo).  After the fall season and long off-season, the team is expected to play a 50 game spring schedule including a 10 game trip to Florida in March.