2008 Sinclair Community College Baseball Web-site!
Baseball at Sinclair Community College has traditionally been one of the strongest in the state of Ohio. Over the past 20 years, the Tartan-Pride have advanced to the Region XII tournament 16 times; won or shared the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference championship 9 times; 5 players drafted into professional baseball; and numerous players have moved on to play at NCAA or NAIA programs around the country.
Wednesday, November 19
THROCKMORTON SIGNS AT LMU!!!
Congratulations to Corey Throckmorton who has signed to play at Lincoln Memorial University (TN) next season. Corey will join the Railsplitter's for the 2010 season and will look to make an impact right away. LMU is a NCAA Division II School that plays in the South Atlantic Conference.
Thursday, November 13
COACH JIM HARRISON SCHOLARSHIP FUND
For those who wanted to contribute to the Coach Jim Harrison Scholarship Fund please send you checks to:
Sinclair Community College
444 West Third Street - 12201 Sinclair Foundation
Dayton, OH 45402
Checks should be written to Coach Jim Harrison Scholarship Fund.
Sunday, November 2
LONGTIME SINCLAIR COACH DIES
Jim Harrison was stricken while doing what he loved — tutoring young baseball players.
The longtime area coach and teacher was working with the Sinclair Community College team Friday, Oct. 31, when he stopped breathing. He was revived and taken to Miami Valley Hospital, where he died early Saturday morning due to heart complications from cancer, his family said. He was 76.
Mr. Harrison had been at Sinclair for 20 years, the first 14 as head baseball coach, the last six as an assistant.
"Coach was like a grandfather to me," said current Sinclair head coach Steve Dintaman. "He really loved baseball. He had to be around it."
Mr. Harrison, a Troy resident, taught at Wayne High School from 1963 to 1988, coaching baseball and football. The school's baseball field, dedicated in 1990, is named for him.
Wayne won five Western Ohio League baseball championships and three district championships while making one regional finals appearance, in 1977, under Mr. Harrison's guidance.
"We're getting bombarded by calls from all over the country," son Tim Harrison said. "It's amazing how many lives he touched and what he's done."
After retiring from Wayne, Mr. Harrison wanted to continue coaching baseball "but not have any pressures," Tim Harrison said. Sinclair became the perfect fit.
"It's always an adventure," Mr. Harrison told the Dayton Daily News in 2005 in discussing the challenges the downtown Dayton school presented.
A one-time Cincinnati Reds farmhand as a catcher/third baseman, Mr. Harrison is in the Dayton Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame, the Miami Valley Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Wayne High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
He is survived by wife Janice, sons Tim and Jim, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services are being handled by Terebinski-Jennings Funeral Home in Tipp City, but were pending as of Saturday night.
By Sean McClelland
Staff Writer at Dayton Daily News
Tuesday, August 5
SINCLAIR UNVEILS NEW HATS DESIGNED BY THE GAME
The Sinclair Baseball team will now be wearing hats by The Game. If you are interested in purchasing a hat please check the site in October for details.
Wednesday, July 9
FOLLOW FORMER AND CURRENT SCC PLAYERS IN SUMMER LEAGUES
Two members of the 2008 team are currently playing in the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League. Former Tartan Pride member and Academic All-American Troy Siefring is playing for the Grand Lake Mariners and returning infielder Taylor Hoisington just picked up with the Southern Ohio Copperheads. You can track both players on the following sites:
http://www.grandlakemariners.org/
http://aspnet.cob.ohiou.edu/copperheads/index.aspx
Also two former captains Justin Tucker & Matt Willett are playing in the New York Collegiate League for the Niagara Power. You can follow them on this site:
http://nycbl.com/gameday/GameDay071508.pdf
Monday, July 7
TARTANS MOVING ON...
The following members of the 2008 team are moving on to play at four year schools next season:
2008 Ryan Burlas - University of Indianapolis - Division II
2008 Kyle Hammontree - University of Indianapolis - Division II
2008 Dustin Hunt - Walsh University - NAIA
2008 Dan Jensen - University of Cincinnati - Division I
2008 Wes Rehmert - Urbana University - Division II
2008 Tyler Roberson - Shawnee State University - NAIA
2008 Josh Sandlin - Cedarville University - NAIA
2008 Troy Siefring - Northern Kentucky University - Division II
2008 Josh Stewart - Malone College - NAIA
2008 Justin Tucker - Lindsey Wilson College - NAIA
2008 Matthew Willett - Cedarville University - NAIA
Tuesday, July 1
SINCLAIR TRIO EARNS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
Three members of the 2008 Tartan Pride received Academic All-American Honors this week. They are: Matt Willett (3.76), Troy Siefring (3.8 Distinguished), and Dan Marsh (3.72). All three were also team captains and have left their mark on this program athletically and academically. Best of luck to all three in the future.
Tuesday, May 20
TARTAN PRIDE LOOK TO CONTINUE THEIR RECENT SUCCESS WITH A STRONG RECRUITING CLASS IN 2008!
Coach Dintaman has been very busy recruiting this year and has assumbled a very strong 2008 class so far. "I feel that all of these players will have a chance to come in and contribute right away for us next season. They are all very talented players but more importantly they fit the mold in what I want from a student-athlete. Each player that we have signed has the goal to play baseball behind the junior college level and they know that it first starts in the classroom. They have all bought into what I am trying to do here at Sinclair and with the strong group of players coming back next year we will hopefully be able to get over the hump and to a World Series." The following players have committed or signed to play baseball for Sinclair next season:
Zach Botjer - RHP - Patrick Henry High School
DJ Caprella - 2B - Shawnee High School
Arthur Dockery - SS/OF - Detroit Southeastern High School (MI)
Ryan Groene - C - Fairfield High School
Matt Kilburn - RHP - Wayne High School
Richie Killion - RHP - Defiance High School
Erik Lamka - RHP - Troy High School
Taylor Messinger - C - Wayne High School
Clay Norton - LHP/OF - Eaton High School
Tim Plonski - 1B/C -North Royalton High School
Joe Profitt - SS/3B - Carlisle High School
Clay Ragland - OF/C - Adena High School
Jacob Robinson - RHP/3B - Simon Kenton High School (KY)
Jesse Solomon - OF - Wayne High School
Derik Snyder - 3B/RF - Parkway High School
Jordan Russell - RHP/OF - Wheelersburg High School
Ryan West - RHP - Northmont High School
Brad Yinger - RHP/1B - Sidney High School
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