Baseball
The NJCAA has announced the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings 2026 NJCAA D1 Baseball Gold Glove Awards, with two Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference baseball players earning Gold Gloves at their positions.
Cowley College centerfielder Drake Fittro and shortstop Josiah Sems are among nine individuals from six Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference baseball teams to have earned the highest defensive honor awarded by the conference by being named Gold Glove award winners at their positions.
Helping guide the University of Kansas baseball team to new heights, Cowley College alums Cade Baldridge and Tyler Hancock will look to keep the Jayhawks’ dream season continuing when they play in the super regional for the first time in program history. Baldridge is a second baseman for the Jayhawks, and Hancock is the team's hitting coach.
Cowley College baseball players Drake Fittro and Riley Lile were recognized for their accomplishments in the 2026 season by being named Second Team All-Region selections.
The Cowley College Baseball Summer Prospect Camp, an opportunity for high school students to display their abilities in front of invited scouts and college coaches, will be held on Monday, June 15, at the Tiger Baseball Field in Arkansas City.
Running into top-seed Johnson County for the second time in three days, the fifth-seeded Cowley College baseball team could not replicate another winning formula on Saturday in the semifinals of the District Plains Tournament held at Wichita State University’s Eck Stadium at Tyler Field. The Tigers fell behind early and saw their season end with a 9-1, seven-inning loss to the Cavaliers.
In a match-up of the only two remaining unbeaten teams at the District Plains Tournament, the third-seeded Kansas City Kansas Community College Blue Devils defeated fifth-seed Cowley College 4-3 in 10 innings on Friday at Wichita State University’s Eck Stadium at Tyler Field. Kansas City advances to Saturday’s championship at 4 p.m. The Blue Devils (43-18) will earn the automatic berth to the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, CO, with a win. With a loss, they would play again on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Facing top-seed Johnson County in the Plains District Tournament on Thursday night at Wichita State University’s Eck Stadium, the fifth-seed Cowley College baseball team roared back from deficits of 3-0 and 5-2 to shock the No. 1-ranked Cavaliers 11-5.
Winning 20 conference games and advancing to the District Plains Tournament at Wichita State University, the Cowley College baseball team had eight players make the list of all-conference selections.
The No. 5-seed Cowley College baseball team scored three runs in each of the first two innings of Friday’s game against the 12th-seed Dodge City Conquistadors and went on to a 10-5 victory and win of the best of three sub-regional two games to none.
Cowley College freshman Grady Hoke continued his string of strong starts on the mound by limiting 12th-seed Dodge City to four hits and one run in seven innings of an 8-2 victory over the Conquistadors in the first game of a best-of-three sub-regional played Thursday in Arkansas City.
Needing to win both games of a doubleheader against Kansas City, Kansas Community College on Saturday in Arkansas City, to finish in second place in the conference, the Cowley College baseball team got the 4-0 win they needed in the opener before losing 7-1 in the nightcap. By splitting the doubleheader, Cowley finishes in third place in the Jayhawk Conference Eastern Division.
Coming off being swept in a four-game series against conference champion Johnson County, the Cowley College baseball team got shut out 2-0 against Kansas City Kansas Community College in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday in Kansas City, KS. Putting the loss behind them, the Tigers put an emphatic end to their five-game skid with a 13-2, seven-inning run-rule victory over the Blue Devils in the nightcap.
Wrapping up the final three outs of Thursday’s suspended game between Cowley and top-ranked Johnson County, the teams concluded that contest along with the final two games of the four-game series on Saturday in Overland Park, KS. The Tigers lost the suspended game 16-6 before falling 2-1 and 8-5 to get swept in the series.
Facing No. 1-ranked Johnson County in a doubleheader on Thursday in Arkansas City, the Cowley College baseball team hit seven home runs in the two games. Still, it was unable to slow down the Cavaliers' offense while losing game one 11-6 and trailing game two 16-6 when the game was halted due to inclement weather after the top of the eighth inning. Game two will be resumed on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Overland Park, KS.
With a critical four-game series against No. 1-ranked Johnson County only days away, the Cowley College baseball team got in a midweek game against No. 13-ranked Seminole State College on Tuesday in Arkansas City. The Tigers snapped the Trojans 17-game win streak with a 16-10 victory over the Trojans.
