Fast Facts about SMC Baseball

 ¨       SMC has 329 wins in the last seven seasons… 

¨       SMC has appeared in the NJCAA Top Twenty in each of Tim Wallace’s sixteen seasons… 

¨       SMC has reached the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado five times… 

¨       SMC has won eight Region X Championships under Tim Wallace… 

¨       SMC has been the Region X runner-up ten times, three under Tim Wallace… 

¨       93 former Pioneers have gone on to play professional baseball… 

¨       28 SMC alums are presently playing at a four-year institution… 

¨       SMC has 14 former players active in pro ball, 3 with Major League experience… 

¨       Eleven Pioneers made the Dean’s List during 2006-2007 academic year… 

¨       3 players earned Academic All-American honors in 2007….  

¨       Eleven players have registered a 4.0 grade point average in the last four years…  

¨       Fourteen players have participated in a weekly Big Brother program with local schools… 

¨       Tim Wallace’s .760 (708-224) winning percentage ranks him among leaders in all collegiate classifications; his win total makes him the winningest coach in SMC history… 

¨       SMC has had 31 players reach All-American status, thirteen under Tim Wallace… 

¨       Three teams have reached a #2 ranking in NJCAA polls during Tim Wallace’s tenure… 

¨       Six players from 2007 team earned Region X honors… 

¨       Tim Wallace has garnered four Louisville Slugger Coaches Awards, four Region X Coach of the Year awards and three Eastern District Coach of the Year awards… 

¨       Spartanburg Methodist College is in the running for a National Championship every year… 

¨       SMC finished third at the 2007 Junior College World Series… 

¨       Two Pioneers were named to the 2007 Juco World Series Team, and one earned the Best Defensive Player Award...

Updated July 2, 2007