Welcome to the NCCAA: Division II Baseball Championship

South	Atlanta Christian College
East	Philadelphia Biblical University
Central	Manhattan Christian College
At Large	Toccoa Falls College (South)
	Dallas Christian College (Southwest)
	Clearwater Christian College (South)
Mideast	Ohio Christian University
North Central/Midwest (TBA)	Winner of North Central University, Maranatha Baptist Bible College, and Lincoln Christian College

Live Scoring

We are excited to partner with GameChanger for the live scoring of all 2011 NCCAA World Series games. GameChanger allows fans to follow the live action on their computers and/or mobile devices. Furthermore, GameChanger users are able to access an abundance of game and tournament statistics. GameChanger is truly an awesome application. See this link to learn more: http://www.gamechanger.io/features/fans.

Below are the links to become followers of your respective teams. Please feel free to forward this to all fans, alumni, student groups, parents, etc.

GameChanger provides different levels of access to play-by-play, stats, and alerts. Please see this link to learn about the differences: http://www.gamechanger.io/features/fans/upgrades.

We’re looking forward to a great week of competition.

Thanks,

Jeff Zurcher

ACC – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/atlanta-christian-college-4915226

CCC – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/clearwater-christian-college-4915486

DCC – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/dallas-christian-college-4915386

MCC – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/manhattan-christian-college-4915426

NCU – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/north-central-univ-5009736

OCU – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/ohio-christian-univ-4915326

PBU – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/philadelphia-biblical-univ-4915286

TFC – http://www.gamechanger.io/t/spring-2011/toccoa-falls-college-4915096

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Chaplain

Tom Roy from Unlimited Potential Inc. (UPI) will be serving as the NCCAA Chaplain for DI and DII baseball National Championships in Mason, OH. Tom has faithfully served in this capacity for 21 years.

Tom has spent his life involved in ministry to baseball players at all levels.

After signing a baseball contract with the San Francisco Giants right out of high school, it looked like Tom Roy was starting to go places. Shortly after Tom was released from the organization. Waiting for him was Carin and her love for the Lord. She introduced Tom to the Lord and on August 29, 1970 they got married. Tom initially started out as a radio broadcaster and later felt the calling to enroll at Grace College.

After coaching for about 9 years, Tom felt that God was putting it on his heart to start Unlimited Potential Inc. UPI purpose is to reach, teach and train pro baseball players for the purpose of sending. www.upi.org

In 1980 he became the executive director of the organization. Tom has ministered to people all around the world including 65 countries. This has included everything from speaking in chapels, to conduction camps, and clinics. In 2008 Tom took over the role of President/Founder of UPI, and manages to still keep in contact with the “UPI alumni.” Baseball is something that Tom is passionate about, and using it to lead others to Christ is an amazing testimony.

Throughout his life he has had roles in coaching at different high schools and colleges, and even a team from Sweden. Tom has also been an Associate scout for three different professional organizations, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, and the San Diego Padres. Most recently he has authored the book “Released” which shares his life journey with baseball.

The NCCAA is proud to have someone of Tom’s experience and passion to serve as Chaplain. The highest award in NCCAA baseball is named the Hank Burbridge Unlimited Potential Inc. Award which is supported by his organization.

2010 Information

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Coaches,

We are extremely excited for next week’s NCCAA D-II Baseball World Series being held once again in Mason, Ohio. The Arington Foundation, who sponsors the event, is diligently working hard to make this year’s event even better than last year (if that can be possible).

Below, I have included some important information you will need for next week. You should have also received a few emails from Jeff Zurcher from Arington requesting some information. Please respond to his requests asap so that he can get all of his preparations done in a time manner. If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact me or Jeff.

Thanks,

Doug Yager

NCCAA D-II Baseball

National Chair

I. 2010 NCCAA WORLD SERIES

A. Date: Tuesday, May 11 – Saturday, May 15, 2009

B. Place: Prasco Park, Mason, Ohio

C. Housing:

1) Kings Island Resort & Conference Center

5691 Kings Island Drive

Mason, OH 45040

513.398.0115

www.kingsislandresort.com

2) Directions to the Resort will be forthcoming from the Arington Foundation.

3) Six rooms are provided for free at the Resort staring Tuesday night and continuing until your team is eliminated

i. If your team is eliminated in the 10am game, you need to be checked out of the hotel by 2pm that same day.

ii. If your team is eliminated in the afternoon round, you need to check out of the hotel by 11am the following morning.

4) Additional rooms can be reserved for your team at a rate of $79.00 per night. Your team is responsible for paying for all additional rooms

D. Family:

1) Family, friends, or fans coming to the NCCAA World Series may also stay at the Kings Island Resort and Conference Center

2) Unfortunately, there is NO special rate at the hotel this year form them.

3) Guests should call the Kings Island Resort direct line at 1-800-727-3050 but still say they are with the NCCAA Tournament.

E. Meals:

1) In general, two meals will be provided per day during the tournament (Wednesday onward) and the third meal must be provided by the individual schools.

2) Breakfast:

i. The Kings Island Resort provides a complimentary breakfast each morning.

ii. They usually have hot and cold choices in a small “buffet” style of serving

3) Lunch/Dinner

i. The Arington Foundation will provide one meal per day starting with dinner at the banquet Tuesday night.

ii. Each day thereafter, they will provide one meal at the Player Food Tent outside of PRASCO PARK for each member of your squad.

iii. Once in Ohio, Chris or Jeff from Arington will ask you for the time you want to eat in the Player Food Tent each day so that they can schedule people & food accordingly.

4) Third Meal of the Day

i. Each team is responsible for providing a third meal of the day to their players from their own budgets.

F. Travel Costs

1) Each team will be reimbursed a portion of their travel costs

2) The amount of reimbursement is based on a percentage the distance a school needs to travel to the tournament.

3) I will email each school individually how much travel reimbursement they will be receiving (the amount should be very similar to last year for returning schools)

G. Tournament Seeding:

1. Atlanta Christian College

2. Manhattan Christian College

3. Toccoa Falls College

4. Ohio Christian University

5. Lancaster Bible College

6. Hillsdale Free Will Baptist College

7. North Central University

8. Maranatha Baptist Bible College

H. Schedule:

1) Monday, May 10

i. Option for checking into Kings Island Resort early

1. If you desire to check in a day early contact:

Barbara Feiler

Kings Island Resort and Conference Center

513.229.5642

ii. Schools must pay for these rooms themselves

2) Tuesday, May 11

i. Check into Kings Island Resort

1. Check-in is officially at 4pm. However, all of us will be arriving before then. When you submit your HOTEL ROOM LIST, please let Jeff Zurcker know what time you plan on arriving at the hotel. He will pass this information on and hopefully be able to get us all checked in immediately upon each of our arrivals.

2. For simplicity sake, you may want to consider going to the Christian Service Project FIRST and checking into the hotel afterwards.

ii. 9am – 3pm: Christian Service Project (at Matthew 25 Ministries)

1. 2 hours of volunteer work for the CSP

2. Dress for the CSP is casual (shorts and t-shirts are fine)

3. Directions to Matthew 24 will be forthcoming from the Arington Foundation.

iii. 4pm – 6pm: Coaches’ Meeting (at Kings Island Resort)

1. Mandatory for all Head Coaches in the tournament

2. Contact Resort front desk after you arrive for the exact room assigned for the meeting.

iv. 7pm – 9pm: NCCAA World Series Banquet (at Prasco Park - Vaughan Auditorium)

1. Dress for the banquet is business casual (i.e. khakis, collared shirt, dress shoes, or better). Please, NO jeans, t-shirts, shorts, tennis shoes, sandals, sweat suits, etc. This is a special NCCAA event & we want to be sure to treat it as such.

2. Guest Speaker for the program section of the Banquet will be Chris Singleton – former MLB player (White Sox, Orioles, A’s Devil Rays) and current ESPN Baseball Tonight analyst.

3. Directions to PRASCO for the Banquet will be forthcoming from the Arington Foundation.

3) Wednesday, May 12 thru Saturday, May 15

i. Games

1. See “bracket” on next page

ii. Parade of Champions

1. Details forthcoming

iii. Coaches meeting to discuss BURBRIDGE RATING revisions

1. Tbd, but most likely Wednesday night after the 7pm contest.

2. We would meet at the hotel

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Team Lodging

The Arington Foundation will assist member schools with hotel costs beginning on Tuesday of each tournament. As stated in the bid, each team will receive three (3) rooms per night. Teams will have until 11:00 A.M. the day following elimination to check out, unless they are eliminated in the 10:00 A.M. game—in which case they would be required to check-out by 2:00 P.M. of that same day. For the championship day (Saturday), both teams playing in the final game will check-out prior to that game. If teams would like to stay past their required check-out time or arrive on Monday, special requests need to be provided to Jessica Goldschmidt immediately (513-204-1260/ j.goldschmidt@arington.org). The attached document titled “Rooming List” needs to be completed and returned to Jessica Goldschmidt immediately. Additional directions are provided within the document.

Food

For each day that a team plays a game in the tournament, players and coaches will be provided one meal per day at the on-site hospitality tent. Coaches will coordinate daily with the hospitality tent coordinator to schedule a desired eating time. If a team is eliminated but chooses to return the following day to watch play, that team will not receive hospitality tickets.

Community Service Project

Teams will complete their community service project at Matthew 25: Ministries. Matthew 25: Ministries is an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization helping the poorest of the poor locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally regardless of race, creed, or political persuasion. Teams will complete two hours of service on Tuesday, prior to tournament play. A block of time has been established with Matthew 25, providing teams with flexibility to participate anytime prior to 3:00 PM. Directions are attached.

Fan Lodging

There are numerous hotels in the area offering fans of the tournament discounted rates. Please pass the attached document titled “2011 DII Fan Hotel Rates” to interested parties. Information regarding fan rates will also be posted on www.prascopark.com.

Coaches Meeting

The coaches’ meeting is schedule for 4:00 PM on Tuesday, May 10. A private room has been reserved at Kings Island Resort and Conference Center. Additional details about the specific location will be provided at check-in.

Banquet

The banquet will begin promptly at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, May 10^th. Dress is business casual.

Need from teams immediately:

Arrival Times to the hotel and Community Service Project
Completed Rooming List.

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