OTTAWA-It’s that time of year where 64 Division 1 baseball programs begin their quest for Omaha, Nebraska, home of the College World Series, where a national champion will be crowned at the end of June.
Among the group of players vying for college baseball supremacy are 27 Canadians scattered amongst 17 different Division 1 programs with Regionals set to begin today at 16 different sites.
The 27 players include representation from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Québec with 14 of those players having spent time with the Junior National Team program.
Sacramento State leads the way with six Canadians on their roster while Indiana State has three along with coach Jordan Tiegs of Woodstock, Ontario. The University of Cincinnati and Illinois State each have two Canadians on their respective rosters.
Stay up-to-date on the action: https://www.ncaa.com/sports/baseball/d1
*** JNT Alumni
Auburn
INF Edouard Julien (Québec, QC)***
Cincinnati
INF Dondrae Bremner (Toronto, ON)***
RHP Chase Stewart (Abbotsford, BC)
Fresno State
RHP Nik Cardinal (Bonnyville, AB)
Harvard
OF Matthew Jenkins (Toronto, ON)
Illinois State
SS Aidan Huggins (Edmonton, AB)
RHP Dalton Harvey (Cambridge, ON)
Indiana
UT Matthew Lloyd (Okotoks, AB)***
Indiana State
C Max Wright (Toronto, ON)
INF/OF Dane Tofteland (Grande Prairie, AB)
RHP Tyler Whitbread (Camlachie, ON)***
Liberty
RHP Noah Skirrow (Stoney Creek, ON)
Mississippi State
RHP Eric Cerantola (Oakville, ON)***
North Carolina State
RHP Mathieu Gauthier (Candiac, QC)***
Oklahoma State
INF Max Hewitt (Midhurst, ON)
Omaha
OF Matt Bondarchuk (Edmonton, AB)
Quinnipiac
INF Kyle Maves (Burlington, ON)
Sacramento State
RHP Tanner Dalton (Lethbridge, AB)
RHP Zack McQuaid (Oshawa, ON)***
INF Steven Moretto (Coquitlam, BC)***
INF Dylan Ohlsen (Abbottsford, BC)***
RHP Connor Sparks (Saskatoon, SK)***
C Martin Vincelli-Simard (Boisbriand, QC)***
Stony Brook
RHP Sam Turcotte (Toronto, ON)***
UC Santa Barbara
INF Jason Willow (Victoria, BC)***
University of Illinois-Chicago
LHP Braeden Toikka (Vancouver, BC)
Vanderbilt
OF Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON)***
(Photo: UC Santa Barbara Athletics)