For the third-straight season, and fourth time since 2017, the BU baseball program has earned the ABCA’s Team Academic Excellence Award, the lone NAIA programs to do so and qualify for the Avista NAIA World Series.
LHP Kenji Miller (Shoreline, Wash./Everett CC) has signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic careers at BU beginning in the fall.
RHP Jared Eifler (Calgary, Alta./Shoreline CC) has signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic careers at BU beginning in the fall.
Bellevue University baseball coach Duane Monlux has been named one of 10 NAIA Regional Coaches of the Year by the ABCA after leading BU to their third Avista NAIA World Series under his watch.
Bellevue University's Alec Ackerman (shortstop) and Conner Barnett (right fielder) were both named to the ABCA/Rawlings-NAIA Gold Glove Team, as selected by the NAIA-Baseball Coaches Association All-America Committee today.
Six Bruins from the 2022 NAIA World Series participant Bellevue University baseball team picked up postseason honors from the Omaha World-Herald announced today. Senior pitcher Elijah Johnson was recognized as the honorary captain of the team. Bruins joining Johnson on the first team included: catcher Brenton Davis, shortstop Alec Ackerman, outfielder Conner Barnett, outfielder Kanta Kobayashi, and pitcher Blake Crippen.
Elijah Johnson earned first-team honors while junior shortstop Alec Ackerman and junior center fielder Kanta Kobayashi were both named to the second team.
Eve Fountain (volleyball) and Madison Nelson (cross country/distance track) were named the co-Female Athletes of the Year. Andy Wilkinson (men's socder) and Elijah Johnson (baseball) were the co-Male Athletes of the Year. Tylah Saifoloi (women's golf) and Tibor Stankovic (men's soccer) were honored as the Academic Athletes of the Year.
Bellevue received contributions up and the down the line up, and on the mound, as they grinded out a 5-4 win over MNU to keep their season alive on Sunday.
After staving off elimination on Sunday, 5th-seeded Bellevue meets 2nd-seeded Tennessee Wesleyan in another elimination game Monday at 8:30 a.m. (10:30 a.m. CT) at the 65th Avista NAIA World Series
5th-seeded Bellevue and 9th-seeded MidAmerica Nazarene face off on Sunday at noon (2 p.m. CT) in an elimination game at the 65th Avista NAIA World Series
Bellevue defeated CUNE 5-2 in the "If Necessary" Game to win the Opening Round - Bellevue Bracket and advance to the program's 15th Avista-NAIA World Series.
Brenton Davis and Conner Barnett each hit 3-run home runs to back a complete game by Elijah Johnson as BU defeated Tabor 7-2 to reach the Championship of the Opening Round - Bellevue Bracket.
A six-run second and seven-run fifth backed a complete game shutout from Elijah Johnson as the top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Bellevue defeated fourth-seeded Waldorf 13-0.
Mathieu Sirois’ single through the left side scored Josh Vaughan with the game-ending run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Bellevue University baseball team defeated eighth-seeded Presentation College, 12-2, to open the 2022 North Star Athletic Association Baseball Tournament.
Alec Ackerman (Player of the Year), Elijah Johnson (Pitcher of the Year), Kanta Kobayashi (Newcomer of the Year), and Duane Monlux (Coach of the Year) led 12 Bruins named to the first and second all-NSAA teams.
Jacob Pubill (Daly City, Calif./Laney College) has signed a letter of intent to continue his academic and athletic careers at BU beginning in the fall.
Bellevue University has been chosen to host one of the ten 2021 NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round Sites. The Bruins will host the Bellevue Bracket at Don Roddy Field from May 16-19.