ROUGHRIDER BASEBALL
The Complete Package—Athletics and Academics!

We feel Crowder College offers a complete package to prospective student-athletes. We have a great baseball program and can help student-athletes prepare for a successful academic career at the same time.

BASEBALL—The Roughriders finished the 2007 season with their 4th consecutive 30+ win season, compiling 137 wins during that 4-year span.
Every player leaving Crowder after their tenure in the last 4 years has received a scholarship offer from a 4-year institution, continuing the great tradition of placing players at the next level across the country . Some 55 former Roughriders have been drafted and enjoyed a major league career in the past twenty two years, many still playing in the majors and minors. In the last 4 years 11 players have been drafted, while 7 players signed professional contracts with major league organizations. Each of these are still competing in their respective leagues. In addition to professional baseball, Crowder has sent 18 players to NCAA Division I baseball programs during the same time. Some of these schools include University of Arkansas, University of Missouri, Oklahoma State University, Fresno State, University of Mississippi, Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Texas Southern, and Charleston Southern.

Other schools that former Roughriders have transferred to include Georgia, Nebraska, Louisiana Tech, Arkansas State, Texas State, University of Southern Mississippi, Wichita State, Missouri State, Central Missouri, Delta State, Southern Arkansas, Cumberland University, Oklahoma City University, among many other major and mid-major conference schools

The Crowder College Baseball Team plays a full 20-game scrimmage schedule in the fall and a regular 56-game spring schedule in Division I of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Although Crowder College does not have a conference affiliation, we play a tough 24 game Region 16 schedule, as well as many other nationally ranked teams. Since our campus is located in the southwest corner of Missouri, near the Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas state lines, we play many colleges in the four-state area. Our team also makes a trip each spring to play top talent in Texas.

The Roughriders won Regional (Missouri State) Championships in 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1991. Many individual and team statistics rank in the top twenty nationally each year.

ACADEMICS--Academic preparation plays an important part in helping students who want to transfer to four-year institutions. Since 1987 over 88% of Crowder’s student-athletes have graduated, a mark well ahead of the national average. We feel one of the keys to graduating players is our student advisee program. Students are assigned advisors, who usually teach in their major, as soon as they make the decision to come to Crowder. Those advisors walk them through the class selection and enrollment process each semester keeping them on track to graduate.

CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS--Crowder College was the first junior college in the state to have housing. In 2000, a new housing complex was built on the campus allowing students walking access to their classes, student center, cafeteria, gymnasium and baseball field. The YMCA (with an indoor pool) opened on campus in 2001 with residence hall students having unlimited access as part of their dorm fees. There are two major construction projects that will be completed in 2008. The Arnold Farber Academic building It will be a “one-stop shop” for a student with Admissions, Financial Aid, Bookstore, and Cashiers Office all located on the first floor. The Library will also move to this building increasing its size by 50 percent. The second project is the MARET (Missouri Alternative and Renewable Energy Technology) Center. Crowder is already recognized for its energy-efficient design of cars and houses.

BASEBALL COMPLEX—The ‘Rider baseball field dimensions are 330’ down the lines with an 8 foot fence and 400” in center with a 15 foot wall. Many renovations have been completed during the past few years, including field resurfacing, dugouts, backstop, scoreboard, outfield fence, side fences, pressbox renovations, batting cages, and many other projects. Plans for improvements to the facility in the future include upgrades to the locker room area, along with many other projects to improve our ballpark and the surrounding area. Our goal as a coaching staff is to continually improve, eventually having one of the finest community college facilities in the country.