I am so happy to officially launch NWCSavant! This website has advanced stats for the NWC including a few ones created specifically for the conference. Please check it out and feel free to leave any feedback for future updates!
With the 4
@NorthwestConf
tournament teams locked in for baseball, I make a plea to the voters to give an at large bid to the conference. All 4 teams are more than deserving of an at large bid if they don’t win the tournament. Here’s Why… [Thread]
Lewis and Clark Baseball just walked into Birmingham, AL and embarrassed the number 7 team in the nation Birmingham Southern. The NWC is stacked. Period.
It must be said that
@BoxersBaseball
deserve an at large bid to regionals after the season they had. 2 outs away from winning and are top to bottom better than almost every school on the east coast. Voters have to reward these guys
The
@gowhitman
Blues are currently the best collegiate team in baseball due to transitive wins. Here’s the breakdown:
1. Whitman beat Washington
2. Washington beat Stanford
3. Stanford beat Texas A&M
4. Texas A&M beat LSU
Whitman>LSU
Here is how the national rankings should look:
1. Lewis and Clark
2. Pacific
3. Whitman
4. Willamette
5. Puget Sound
6. Pacific Lutheran
7. George Fox
8. Linfield
9. Whitworth
10. John Hopkins
11. Salisbury
12. Shenandoah
…
(Who cares after this)
Let it be known that the NWC is 15-2 against non Region 10 teams. Yet the narrative is “aren’t good enough”. I just watched
@PS_baseball
and
@WillametteBSB
embarrass Bethany Lutheran who mind you made REGIONALS last year. The west should be sending at a minimum 8 teams a year.
Birmingham-Southern (Division 3) just advanced to the D3 Super Regionals
Their college is SHUTTING DOWN permanently May 31st.
If they advance to the D3 College World Series, they will be playing for a school that no longer exists
1. Jack Thomson
Im not sure what else I can really say about this guy. He is a game changer and the closest thing to Barry Bonds D3 baseball has ever seen!
Stats to know:
OPS: 1.510
HR: 23
BB: 50
HBP: 21
TB:142
AB:152
If this doesn’t show how much this win means to Lewis and Clark I don’t know why does! Congrats to the future D3 player of the year and the rest of the team!
Here is the highly anticipated Jensen Ayers NWC all conference team:
C: Isaac Lovings
IF: Dylan Joyce
IF: Tyler Quinn
IF: Jack Thomson
IF: Ty Yukumoto
OF: Ben Parker
OF: Brennen Davis
OF: Andy Schmitz
P: Mateus Conaway
DH: Cole Trotignon
Congrats to all the winners!
Player of the Year goes to
@jack_thomson18
. Not surprising all all. He has had it in the bag since Whitworth decided to Barry Bonds him with the bases loaded. Didn’t even make it to the box before he got sent to first…
Award week continues. More than 1,100 players were nominated for the 15th annual All-America team. Here are our top award-getters, plus the full All-America team:
#d3b
#d3baseball
I’m not a big college football guy but Caleb Williams should not be the number 1 overall pick. Doesn’t protect the ball whatsoever. Throw any NWC Baseball Player back there and they will hold onto the ball better than him
For the first time since 1993,
@LCPiosBB
is going to the postseason (NWC Tournament spot ✅). Pios down George Fox 8-5 behind sophomore Luke Ritter and Brayden Nomura (0 combined earned runs) and a Brandon Gonzaga 2-run HR
#RollPios
#D3Baseball
@D3BaseballPod
'Twas the night before the NWC Tournament, when all through the house
Not a player was stirring, not even a mouse
The jerseys were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that the championship soon would be theirs
The NWC has answered your call
@D3BaseballPod
to play teams outside of region 10.
They are currently 32-6 (.842) vs non region 10’s all which at least made their conference tournament in 2023. Willamette has 4 more in Chicago.
@d3baseball
@NWCbaseballpod
Just saw the D3 top 25 rankings. Think it’s time to find new voters. If I get put on the committee I guarantee to put the NWC conference in the rightful spots the deserve!
#letjensenvote
ITS CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY! Can’t wait to see these two teams give it everything they got.
Just a reminder that regardless of what happens today the losing team deserves an at large bid to regionals! Both teams are incredible deserving of going farther!
I’m getting sick and tired of these awful rankings. The fact that
@BoxersBaseball
isn’t ranked yet is a joke. Not to mention
@LCPiosBB
somehow falling off the list after taking 2/3 games from a good NAIA school. (Cont.)
I just perfectly picked every single series down to the amount of wins for each team yet me and
@SammyBenbow04
are going to be told we don’t know anything about this league 🥱. Power rankings are gonna be fun this week 👀
The NCAA doesn’t care for student athletes at all. This is another example of that. Forcing athletes to more or less pull all nighters and having them sleep on the floor of airports. Great job NCAA 👍
Nothing says “we truly care about the student-athlete experience” more than being eliminated at 10:30 pm, and the NCAA requiring us to jump on a bus at 1:30 am for a 3 hour drive to Atlanta to catch an 8:30 am flight home.
Umm… WTF are these rankings? How does the
@NorthwestConf
not have any teams in the top 25? Claremont gets bumped after beating below .500 teams but God Forbid the NWC play hard conference games against each other. Be Better
#snubbed
#letmevote
#rigged
NCAA D3 Regional Rankings have just came out! As it stands the NWC has Pacific and Lewis in Clark ranked.
Besides Claremont being overrated, I don’t have to much to complain about with these rankings. I personally feel Pacific vs Lewis and Clark is a toss up so no problems!
Once again the crooked voters can’t put respect on
@NorthwestConf
teams. The Champion
@BoxersBaseball
can’t receive a single vote and
@LCPiosBB
fall off the list after winning 2/3 vs
@WillametteBSB
. It is absolutely ridiculous we let these people continue to vote
Look I understand that the first week is in alphabetical order and that the SCIAC has been better in head to head vs the NWC…
NWC was robbed from having a team on the list. Let me tell you what the NCAA gets wrong with Region X and the NWC (Cont.)
Nothing like having only one person in Region 10 (SCIAC) be able to vote for the top 25 rankings when the 39 others are actively working against you. D3 Baseball rankings are and will continue to be a joke until atleast 4 Region 10 SID’s are able to vote in it.
No wonder
@ETBU_Baseball
finished behind Salisbury last year even going 2-0 in H2H. Voters were looking for UTBU….
No such thing as east coast bias right
@JensenAyersBB
Hate cheating on my NWC guys but got bored and decided to turn on some random East Coast championship baseball. Any NWC team runs these guys out of the park. The West needs at least 3 at larges this year…
Whitman donors are making possible a clubhouse for Blues Baseball. Located at Borleske Stadium, the 3,300-square-foot facility will include locker, training and meetings rooms. The WW Sweets will use the facility during their seasons, as well.
#goblues
I retract my statement about UPS having the best schedule in the conference. What an incredible schedule for Willamette. This is how you put the conference on the map to get the respect it deserves!
My way to early 2024 NWC Baseball predictions:
1. Pacific
2. Lewis and Clark
3. Puget Sound
4. Willamette
5. Whitman
6. George Fox
7. Pacific Lutheran
8. Whitworth
9. Linfield
As more information comes out about incoming recruits these rankings will quickly change!
2. Isaac Lovings
This is someone I have not given nearly enough love to this year. Plays fantastic defense and makes an impact offensively from the catcher position.
Stats to know:
OPS: 1.235
HR: 19
TB: 125
BB: 24
AB: 158
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒕! 🏔️
This weekend Borleske Stadium will host the 2024 NWC Tournament! Willamette, Pacific, Whitworth, & your Blues will go to battle with a spot in the NCAA tourney on the line! Play begins tomorrow at 12 PM with the Blues vs. Pacific!
#GoWhitman
Who���s the king? 👑
@hernandez4jj
dazzles in the series opener against Alfred State as we pick up the win 6-1! Final line for Julien: 9 IP (CG), 5 H, 1 ER, 13 K! We will be back tomorrow looking to take the series over the Pioneers 🏔️
#GoWhitman
#ClimbWithTheBlues
🏔️
The
@BoxersBaseball
is the only team to have the distinction of being a Jensen LOCK for the post season tournament. No situation can occur where they possibly don’t make the tournament. All in on the Boxers as a top team as usual!
Our final preview episode featuring
@BoxersBaseball
is now live! Thanks to
@hedwards_24
and
@DavisKoester
for coming on to talk about Pacific and their expectations for 2024. Just a couple weeks from Opening Day 👀
NWC Chaos 📈
For the third time this season, we’ve got a new team at the top!
@WillametteBSB
claims the top spot for the first time after a powerful series win against Pacific
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Absolutely massive things in the work with
@SammyBenbow04
to make
@NWCbaseballpod
the best D3 Baseball account in the country. These graphics will blow you all away. Please give that account a follow if u haven’t already. All info and more will be posted there!
What a nail biter! The Pios hold on by 1 run after getting out of a bases loaded situation. Games tomorrow are gonna be awesome. Can’t wait to see how this finishes!
All 4 teams who qualified are more than capable of making deep runs if given the chance. Please give the NWC an opportunity to show others that this isolated conference can compete with the best of the best!
Game week is upon us and that means our first Power Rankings! Each week,
@SammyBenbow04
,
@JensenAyersBB
and
@D3region10base
will come up with their respective lists. We’ll average them out and post them each Monday. Here are our Power Rankings for Week 1 👇🏼
I've never made an emotional tweet, but this needs to be said. Oregon Tech Baseball earned the reg season conf title and
#1
seed, 5 top 25 wins, 36 road games, and, lost in the CCC Tournament Championship to a team RV, and earned the best record in program history.
Truely a remarkable feat that the season hasn’t even started yet and the NWC is already forgotten about. You are telling me all of these teams are better than every single NWC team? What does a team have to do to atleast get an honorable mention vote?
#letjensenvote
If Whitman doesn’t get an at large birth (which is incredibly likely) it’s because of their first weekend of the year going 1-3 vs the SCIAC. If they went 3-1, no doubt they would have a spot almost locked up.
@D3region10base
@NWCbaseballpod
WHAT A GAME!
@gowhitman
stuns
@BoxersBaseball
with a 4 run ninth inning to lead the Blues to the second round. Can’t imagine the treat we are in for this next upcoming game!
Hate posting lowlights but rule number one of the batflip is the ball better leave the yard…
Let’s see some hustle out of the box on balls that stay in the yard. Maybe hit the weight room so this stuff doesn’t happen players 🤝
Only 1 person voting west of the great plains for the entirety of Region 10 is a crime.
#letjensenvote
I will give region 10 its proper place on the ballots they deserve.
@D3region10base
24 Sports Information Directors All from the East Coast and 1 SCIAC Sports Information Director. Every year it is the same BS. My son and his teammates went back east to play Summer ball. Played against Studs from a few top D3 Teams and They ran circles around them.
Currently in the transfer portal. Uncommitted for the 2024-2025 season. UTIL/RHP
Senior year stats
AVG .356
OBP .487
SLG .847
OPS 1.334
R 60
HR 23
RBI 50
TB 133
20/20 SB
FB 90-93 Top 94
Slurve 78-82
CH 79-82
NWC Player of the Year
Pre season All-American
4. The
@LCPiosBB
are this years biggest story in the NWC conference tournament. It’s been 30 years since the Pioneers have played playoff baseball. They are led by likely NCAA D3 player of the year Jack Thomson and his division leading 19 homeruns.
3. Julien Hernandez
The NWC pitcher of the year, this guy can throw and locate 3 pitches anywhere he wants. Throws low 90’s with a good looking slider.
Stats to know:
IP: 85.2
SO: 102
BB: 25
ERA: 2.73
Hunter Dryden spun a 💎 for
@mvscrappers
tonight:
6.0 IP
5 H
0 R
0 BB
8 K
66 pitches (50 strikes)
@_thedryguy_
posted his top fastball velocity (95.3 mph) with his final pitch, notching his 8th strikeout📽️
Hello Twitter! We’re here to bring you the first podcast about Northwest Conference baseball, and our first episode just dropped with
@JensenAyersBB
and
@SammyBenbow04
talking 2024 NWC rankings. Give us a listen below and a follow 👇🏼
The NWC All Conference Teams are honestly easy to make. How do you screw something this easy up? It’s honestly shocking. The list clearly shows coaches have vendettas against certain schools…
Not surprised you guys can’t understand the West. As someone who pays attention to the region these rankings are legitimately awful. You guys have some common sense. If you ever need someone who knows the SCIAC and NWC in and out please reach out!
Not NWC but how can this possibly be an upset when ETBU was the higher seed????? That’s quite literally the opposite of an upset????? Probably because they don’t watch the west nor care about it since they can’t even spell players names right in the announcements
#letjensenvote
Making a major statement, No. 5 ETBU pitchers combined for a no-hitter upsetting No. 6 Lynchburg, 5-0. Sayers Collins and Robert Kroft threw the first no-no in the 2024 D3 baseball season. Release:
#d3baseball
Wouldn’t be D3 Baseball if we didn’t see East Coast Bias in the final poll this year. Despite sweeping Salisbury in the World Series, ETB are ranked behind them. Doing well in the World Series clearly matters in the rankings so I don’t know what the logic is. Record is overrated.
Sad news for D3 fans. Birmingham-Southern is finally closing its doors after many years of fighting to survive. Best wishes to everyone involved to land on their feet 🫡
Would of liked to see
@hernandez4jj
make this list or even
@BradyJoyner7
. However, at least the NWC has a player on the list. I’ll take what I can get at this point
Congrats to
@BoxersBaseball
’s CJ Colyer for being named a
@d3baseball
Preseason All-American. Should the NWC have had more players named to this list?? 🤔
The Legend of the Lumberjack leaves
@LCPiosBB
w/ 13 school records as 1st team All-American
@jack_thomson18
earns the Division-III Player of the Year honor & finally collects a scholarship for his sixth season of eligibility at D1
@PortlandBSB
@fox12oregon
Did you know
@colyer_cj
has 20 Home Runs?!?!
Not like the Pacific announcers announce it every 30 seconds or anything…
Get some more talking points PLEASE
Let’s also not forget Whitman beat a PAC 12 D1 program this fall but can’t get a single vote either. Like what are we doing. 58 teams receive a vote yet Pacific or Whitman can’t get one