Baseball
Sierra Baseball back in the Final 4, 2012
Sierra finished the season ranked #3 in California.
The Sierra College baseball team is a member of the Big 8 Conference, which is recognized as one of the nation’s top baseball conferences. Under Head Coach Rob Willson, the Wolverines won the CCCAA State Championship in 2008 and have made the post-season every year since 2004, winning six Regional and two Super Regional titles during that span.
2012 Season Preview
The 2012 College baseball season will be much like recent years; extremely competitive and full of parity. The Big 8 Conference in which the Wolverines compete is widely regarded as the best conference in California with pre-season Northern California polls ranking 6 of the 8 teams in the top 12. Defending state champion Delta College is ranked #1 with Sierra next at #4 in the north. The Big 8 rounds out the top 12 with Diablo Valley at #8, Sacramento City College at #9, Cosumnes River at #11 and Santa Rosa #12.
The 2012 campaign features a 36 game schedule, 24 of which are conference play. The Wolverines look to their sophomores for leadership as they are retuning 10 players who helped propel last year’s team to its 8th straight post-season appearance and another trip to the Super-Regionals. Sierra will rely on a deep pitching staff to take them where they plan to go annually.
The staff returns its 1-2 punch from last year with Ryan Millison and Josh Eagle. Millison, a 7 game winner for Sierra as a freshman, has signed a national letter of intent to Long Beach State. Eagle won 7 games as well, 2 in the playoffs in his freshman campaign including a complete game, 4 hit, 9 strikeout performance in the team’s final regular season game of 2011 to ensure Sierra qualified for the state playoffs.
The #3 spot in the rotation is still up for grabs as the season begins but Sierra has several talented pitchers ready to compete for the spot. Expected to contribute out of the bullpen and potentially earn the #3 spot in the rotation are Collin Monagle, Dillon Jones, Chris Daniels, Cody Frank, Josh Hall and Bryson Dymond. The bullpen is rounded out by Drew Dennis, Brice Briare, Danny Muzzi, and Matt Watkins.
The coaching staff is looking for more consistency from the offense in the spring and it will rely heavily on Coach Evangelho’s creativity to score runs. The offense is headed by returning 1st Team All Big 8 third basemen Kaden Kamoe and returning sophomore Casey Friederich. Expected to help the sophomores lead the way offensively are third year catcher Clinton Brill and transfers Eddie Mora and Brady Steiger. Outfielder Chris Streeter, first baseman Jimmy Jack and an outstanding freshmen class will provide offensive balance and support in the lineup.
Coach Willson is extremely excited about the new editions to his coaching staff. Returning are Associate Head Coach Ryan Evangelho, assistant coach Bret Hemphill and Ryan Stevens. New key coaching acquisitions are Ian Cook, Mikela Olsen and Alex Creel.
Sierra looks to advance to its 9th straight post-season appearance and make another exciting run in the state playoffs.
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| Final Four 2006, 2008, 2012 |
| Super Regional Champions 2006, 2008, 2012 |
| Regional Champions 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 |
| Conference Champions 1949, 1951, 1957, 1979 |
| State Playoffs 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
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Contact
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M-F: 8:00am - 5:00pm
- rwillson@sierracollege.edu
- (916) 660-8117
- (916) 630-4554
Robert Willson Instructor/Head Baseball Coach
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- 5000 Rocklin Rd.
Rocklin, CA 95677
- rwillson@sierracollege.edu
- (916) 660-8117
- (916) 630-4554
Ryan Evangelho PT Instructor/Associate Head Baseball Coach
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- 5000 Rocklin Rd.
Rocklin, CA 95677
- revangelho@sierracollege.edu
- (916) 660-4102
- (916) 630-4554
Brett Hemphill PT Faculty/Assistant Baseball Coach
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- 5000 Rocklin Rd.
Rocklin, CA 95677
- (916 660-8100
- (916) 630-4554
Ryan Stevens PT Faculty/Assistant Baseball Coach
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- 5000 Rocklin Rd.
Rocklin, CA 95677
- (916) 660-8100
- (916) 6304554