2022-23 Coyote Baseball News
Weatherford College athletics had one of its best seasons in history in the 2022-23 academic year, and the Coyotes were successful students as well.
The Texas Rangers selected Paul Bonzagni in the 12th round, and the Minnesota Twins drafted Kade Bragg in the 17th round.
Former Weatherford College baseball player Kade Bragg, now at Angelo State University, is the 2023 NCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year as voted by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods.
Before this season, Weatherford College had never had an All-American in baseball. Now, they have two.
When the NJCAA Division I baseball season ended Saturday night, Weatherford College’s Robin Villeneuve was officially the home run champion for the 2023 season.
Weatherford College wrapped up the greatest baseball season in school history with a third place finish at the NJCAA Division I World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado.
The Coyotes saw a 20-game winning streak snapped Wednesday night in a 14-4 loss to Wabash Valley at the 2023 Alpine Bank JUCO World Series, their first loss of the tournament.
The Weatherford College Coyotes continued their post-season surge, toppling the No. 1 Central Florida Patriots Monday night for their 20th straight win.
Robin Villeneuve hit a walk-off home run to give the Coyotes a 10-9 victory over Delgado Saturday.
“I started playing baseball at 10 years old because of my grandpa and the first at-bat of my life I hit a home run,” the Weatherford College sophomore first baseman/left-handed pitcher recalled.
Weatherford College is the fourth seed in the upcoming 10-team JUCO World Series tournament to determine a national baseball champion.
For the first time in school history, Weatherford College will play for a national championship in baseball
A grand slam by Robin Villeneuve in the fifth inning put Weatherford College in the lead for good Sunday afternoon at Roger Williams Ballpark, beating New Mexico Junior College 8-5 in the Region V Baseball Tournament semifinal. The win put the Coyotes in the championship game Monday at 5 p.m.
The Weatherford College baseball team moved up two spots to No. 6 in the latest National Junior College Athletic Association Division I rankings released on May 8.
Weatherford College baseball swept the top awards on the 2023 All-Conference team as voted by the coaches of the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference.
Several of the nation’s top collegiate baseball teams and talent will converge on Weatherford College for the NJCAA Region V Tournament May 12-16 at Roger Williams Ballpark.
