DMACC Bears News
posted 06/16/2008
Mormann and Meiners Selected in Baseball Draft
Two Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) baseball players were selected
in the recent Major League Baseball Draft.
Relief pitcher Mitch Mormann of Manchester was selected by the Cleveland
Indians in the 17th round. Shortstop Travis Meiners of Eyota, MN was selected
by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round. Mormann and Meiners were
also named to the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) All-Conference
First Team.
Mormann was the top relief pitcher for the DMACC Bears. He appeared in 28 games, by far the most of any DMACC pitcher. He recorded a team high 12 saves. In fact, those 12 saves shattered the all-time single season record of nine set back in 1976. Mormann had a 4-3 record with a 3.76 earned run average for the DMACC Bears. Opponents hit a meager .218 against Mormann this season. That was the lowest batting average allowed by a DMACC pitcher. He struck out 59 while allowing only 44 hits and 22 walks in 52 and 2/3 innings. The 6’ 6” Mormann is enrolled in DMACC’s Liberal Arts program.
Meiners set numerous all-time single season baseball records for the Boone
Bears. He had 75 RBI surpassed the record 70 runs batted in set in 1988.
Meiners’ five triples this season tied his own record set last season
and the 10 triples is an all-time career record for a DMACC baseball player,
as is the 118 runs scored over the past two seasons. He led the team in
assists with 159 this year and his 270 career assists is a new DMACC record.
Meiners, who played in all 66 games for the Bears, stole a team high 29
bases in 30 attempts, hit .359 and had a .449 on base percentage. He hit
19 home runs, which would have tied the school record, but was surpassed
by teammate Tyler Robbins’ 20 home runs in the 2008 season. Meiners
had 169 total bases, 35 walks and 76 runs scored, all second best on the
team. Meiners just completed his second year for the Bears, where he was
enrolled in the College’s Liberal Arts program.
Mormann and Meiners helped the DMACC Bears to a 48-18 record as the team
advanced to the NJCAA Division II World Series in Millington, TN. The 48
wins are also a new high, eclipsing the 41 wins set in 1982.