“The University of British Columbia is the only school in Canada playing NAIA competition.
And as the saying goes “they play well.”
The Thunderbirds have made the NAIA National championship opening rounds the past four seasons (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023), making the final in 2022 before losing to Lewis-Clark State. Due to COVID, there was not a tournament in 2020 and border restrictions made it difficult to visit their Cascade Collegiate Conference opponents.”
Read MoreAfter a monster year with the Connors State Cowboys, Brady Cerkownyk (Etobicoke, Ont.) has been voted the Canadian Baseball Network’s College Player of the Year.
Read MoreUniversity of Michigan left-hander and Terriers alum Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, Ont.) has been voted to the Canadian Baseball Network’s All-Canadian Second Team.
Read MoreElliott, CBN All-Canadian college Second Team: Jones, Carcini, Mendham, McGarry-Doyle, O’Halloran, Carr, Manias
Read MoreThe Canadian Baseball Network reveals its 2023 All-Canadian college Third Team.
Read MoreHere is a list of all of the former CBN all-Canadian Team members — 222 in all — who have reached the next level, or are on their way to proceeding further down the road than most before retiring. It has been updated to include how they performed in 2023 (if they are still active).
Read MorePhilip Cheong commits to Stanford
Read MoreSix Canucks impressed at the recent Perfect Game Jayhawk Junior College Showcase at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kan.
Read MoreFormer Prairie Baseball Academy Dawg RHP Aidan Newton (Calgary, Alta.) is one of many new players headed to the Northwestern State Demons.
Read MoreToronto Mets alum Caden Shapiro, who is the son of Toronto Blue Jays president and CEO, Mark Shapiro, is carving out his own path in baseball. He is getting ready for his junior season with the Princeton Tigers. Canadian Baseball Network writer Matt Betts recently spoke with the younger Shapiro.
Read More“There are 159 sunny days a year, on average, in the town of Corvallis, Oregon. That, of course, is a minority.
The average high/low temperatures in March are 58 and 40 (14.4 and 4.4, Celsius). In April it zooms up to 64 and 42 (18 and 5.5). Corvallis gets 51 inches of rain per year, mostly during the time Oregon State University is in session.
Baseball would not seem to be a naturally-occurring commodity at Oregon State, in other words. Until 2005, the Beavers had been to one College World Series, in 1952, and the players were stunned at how hot it was in Omaha, although they were spared further discomfort by losing twice and going home.
So what Oregon State has done since then is one of the great improbabilities in American collegiate sport.
Now the Beavers’ dam (cq) good run has been endangered not by its richer, sunnier Pac-12 rivals, but by the utter incompetence and greed of those who have just now been barred from treating players in all sports like unpaid servants.”
Read MoreFormer North Delta Blue Jays RHP Nate Rosser (Delta, BC) has transferred from Ohlone College to Butler University.
Read MoreThe Okotoks Dawgs defeated the Medicine Hat Mavericks 13-5 to win the franchise’s seventh title in front of 5,888 happy fans at Seaman Stadium in the third and the deciding game of the Western Canada League championship series.
Read MoreStrong family support has been one of the keys to right-hander Matt Duffy’s success. It’s also a key reason why Duffy was selected in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox. He has since signed with the club. Canadian Baseball Network writer Melissa Verge recently spoke with Duffy about his baseball odyssey so far.
Read MoreThe Thunder Bay Border Cats are back, and in a big way for the first time since the pandemic.
Four Border Cats players were named to the Northwoods League annual all-star game, including two homegrown products.
Read MoreNash Crowell (Yarmouth, N.S.) will represent the Okotoks Dawgs in the Western Canadian Baseball League’s Home Run Derby which will take place before the league’s All-Star Game. Canadian Baseball Network editor Kevin Glew caught up with the young slugger to talk about the event and his baseball odyssey so far.
Read More“Logan Grant admits he’s not the best cook, so getting to play close to home for the first time in a few years has been a nice treat.
He grew up in the Dawgs Academy program in Okotoks before heading off to school at Bismarck State College and, most recently, Bellevue University.
After successful stints with the Sylvan Lake Gulls in 2021 and the Swift Current 57s in 2022, he’s back in the friendly confines of Seaman Stadium as part of the Okotoks Dawgs, a team he always wanted to play for.
“It’s unbelievable being able to be on this side of it,” Grant told Alberta Dugout Stories: The Podcast. “Watching those players growing up, it’s super-cool getting to do what they got to do.”
Read MoreSouthern Illinois University Edwardsville junior outfielder Avery Owusu-Asiedu (Saskatoon, Sask.) was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball Draft Monday afternoon.
Read MoreCanisius junior right-handed pitcher Matt Duffy became the 15th player in program history to be drafted on Monday when he was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB Draft.
Read MoreTerriers and Junior National Team alum and University of Michigan left-hander Connor O'Halloran (Mississauga, Ont.) was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays with the 20th pick of the fifth round (157th overall) on day two of the 2023 MLB Draft on Monday afternoon.
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