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“It was an honor and a
privilege to be chosen by my
peers to represent the NBC
and the NJCAA. Anytime
you can be on the field with
USA across your chest, it’s an
incredible honor.”

Murray State College

USA Coach Zach Crabtree

When Zach Crabtree was named head coach for the
2016 USA All-American Team, it was a big win for
Murray State College. Team members, representing
22 colleges from 11 states across all three divisions of
NJCAA baseball, along with four assistant coaches,
arrived on the Tishomingo MSC campus for a week
of practice sessions and exhibition games in prepara-

tion for the national event.

The national team had never before spent its practice
time in Oklahoma and was only the second USA The NJCAA National Team, which was comprised of some of the best two-year college athletes from across the

team to practice on a college campus. country, saw its winning run at the National Baseball Congress (NBC) World Series come to an end on August 12
with a 12-8 loss to the San Diego Force. Before falling to the Force, the national team won games against the Liberal
Crabtree, Murray’s head baseball coach since 2010, Bee Jays, Sterling CO Express, and the Kansas City Stars, which included celebrity coaches and former MLB
led the Aggies to their first national championship players Roger Clemens, Toby Keith and Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson.
in 2013. In 2014, he served as an assistant on the At the end of NBC World Series play in Wichita, Kansas, the USA Team walked away with a 3-1 record and the
NJCAA National Team that played in the NBC 2016 Sportsmanship Award. In a tweet from series’ officials, the national team received kudos for “......displaying
World Series. wonderful sportsmanship on and off the field!”