KANSAS COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

The Coach-of-the-year is Mike Waldie of Bethany College, the 2000 regular-season conference champion.

Player-of-the-year is Nate Sungy of Bethany College. (There is no KCAC Postseason Baseball Tournament, and the champion advances to NAIA Region IV championship tournament, from which the winner goes to NAIA world series nationals.)

The complete All-KCAC Baseball Teams (first & second), and the Honorable Mention list are:

K.C.A.C. ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL, First Team, 2000

PITCHERS:
Jeremy Cantrell, senior, Hilmar, CA, BETHANY COLLEGE.
Clint Strassburg, junior, ElDorado, KS, BETHANY COLLEGE.
Eric Frodsham, senior, Beloit, KS, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.
Chad Holmes, senior, Salina, KS, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

FIRST-BASE:
Sammy Mendoza, junior, Gilbert, AZ, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

SECOND-BASE:
Jason Gordon, sophomore, Salina, KS, BETHANY COLLEGE.

THIRD-BASE:
Cody Brassfield, junior, Mesa, AZ, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

SHORTSTOP:
Breft Shaffer, junior, Douglas, KS, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.

UTILITY / INFIELD:
Randy Ables, senior, Rockport, TX, TABOR COLLEGE.

OUTFIELD:
Nate Sungy, junior, Arvada, CO, BETHANY COLLEGE.
Ryan Staten, freshman, Dodge, KS, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.
Dustin Herron, junior, Topeka, KS, OTTAWA UNIVERSITY.
Brian Lytle, junior, Flagstaff, AZ, STERLING COLLEGE.

CATCHER:
Jason Nelson, junior, Vista, CA, BETHANY COLLEGE.
Max Bethge, junior, Phoenix, AZ, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.

DESIGNATED HITTER:
Steven Weatherly, junior, Terral, OK, BETHANY COLLEGE.


K.CA.C. ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL, Second Team, 2000
PITCHERS:
Daniel Regan, BETHANY COLLEGE.
Greg Brock, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.
Dustin Prothe, OTTAWA UNIVERSITY.
Kreg Welch, STERLING COLLEGE.
FIRST-BASE:
Ryan Blankenship, BETHANY COLLEGE.
SECOND-BASE:
Greg Lampkin, KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY.
THIRD-BASE:
Cody Hollingshead, STERLING COLLEGE.
SHORTSTOP:
Bryan Leftzel, BETHANY COLLEGE.
UTILITY I INFIELD:
--None--
OUTFIELD:
Todd Just, BETHANY COLLEGE.
Chuck Holt, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.
Michael Brennan, STERLING COLLEGE.
Kds Haynes, TABOR COLLEGE.
CATCHER:
Jeremy Miller, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.
DESIGNATED HITTER:
Artie Sebastian, FRIENDS UNIVERSITY.
HONORABLE MENTION, All-KCAC Baseball, 
BETHANY COLLEGE: • Bdan Eckert, freshman, 3B. 
• Jeff Wimpy, freshman, OF. 
FRIENDS UNIVERSITY:
 • Dennis Dreeszen, senior, P. 
• Darren Hicks, junior, lnf.
KANSAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY:
•	Scott Swingle, senior, OF.
•	David Gardner, senior, P.

OTTAWA UNIVERSITY:
·	John Campbell, senior, Catcher.
·	Ryan Neufeld, junior, LF.
STERLING COLLEGE:
o Ben Schmidt, freshman, P.
TABOR COLLEGE:
*	Chris Stucky, junior, 1 B.
·	Ash Jones, senior, Catcher.



K.C.A.C. 2000 BASEBALL RECORDS / STANDINGS 

BASEBALL (Men) 					CONFERENCE	OVERALL	OVERALL
1. Bethany College.. (KCAC Champion'00)		16-4		31 -18	31 - 20
2. Kansas Wesleyan University			14-6		28 -19
3. Ottawa University				13-7		18 - 26
4. Friends University				10-10		24 - 20
5. Sterling College				5-16		13 - 31
6. Tabor College				2-18		9 - 28

NOTE: The KCAC does not have a BASEBALL Post-season Tournament, and the 2000 regular-season champion advances to the NAIA Region IV Baseball Tournament, May 10-12, at Salina, Kansas, Dean Evans Stadium. This year the KCAC second-place team did not rank high enough in the final Regional rankings to obtain an at-large berth. The conferences in Region IV for baseball are KANSAS COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, NEBRASKA-IOWA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE, and MIDLANDS COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE; the one independent is Peru State University. The last such regional baseball tournament hosted by the KCAC was held at the same site May 15-18, 1996.

NOTE: The NAIA nationals, the NAIA "world series" games, will be held May 26-June 2 at Lewiston, Idaho.