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The team celebrates winning the championships on the field.

2003 National Champions Baseball Team

  • Class
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball
The 2003 baseball team forever etched its name into Chapman history with the Panthers second baseball national title and Chapman's second Division III national title. Under first-year head coach Tom Tereschuk, the Panthers went 39-12 to finish as the best Division III team in the nation. Chapman fell into the loser's bracket at the national championships but emerged with the help of a walk-off victory over Emory. Chapman faced off with Christopher Newport in the championship series and used an offensive outburst to sweep the best-of-three series, 15-2 and 15-7. Hall of Famer Alex Taylor was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament and pitcher Ryan France was named an All-American.

No. Name Year Pos. Ht. BIT Hometown / High School
1     Justin Hallenbeck 
3     Scott Akamine 
4     Jeff Levering 
5     Gabe Bonfanti 
6     Shaun Donahoe 
7     Alex Taylor 
8     Travis Otott 
9     C.J. Castillo 
11    Matt Graves 
12    Max Gruber 
13    Brian Sanders 
14    Evan Williams 
15    Chris Van Camp 
16    Matt Ricatto
17    Jairo Ochoa 
19    Ryan France 
23    Joe Harkey 
24    John Alexander 
25    Al Lambert 
27    Billy Sulentor 
29    Brian Brubaker 
31    Buddy Klovstad 
32    Jeff Green 
36    Tyler Dean 

Head Coach: Tom Tereschuk
Assistants: Dave Edwards, Jeff Cecil, Eric Deovlet, Mike Reiter
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