Jacob VanVacter

College Baseball Program of the Day #007: Johnson County Community College Cavaliers ⚔️⚾ In 2026 the Cavaliers didn't just win. They put together one of the greatest seasons college baseball has ever seen. 🏆 2026 NJCAA Division I national champions, the first title in program history 🏆 67-3 overall, a modern-era NJCAA record for wins in a season 🏆 Perfect 32-0 in the Kansas Jayhawk Conference and a program-record 41-game winning streak 🏆 5-0 at the JUCO World Series in Grand Junction as the No. 1 seed, beating Harford, Walters State, Miami Dade, Midland and Blinn (8-5 in the title game) 💣 219 home runs, the most in college baseball history, more than 30 past the old record held by 1997 LSU 💣 All nine hitters in the lineup reached double-digit home runs 🔥 The pitching staff led the NJCAA with 690 strikeouts The players: ⚾ OF Ryan Bradford: NJCAA, ABCA and Perfect Game Player of the Year. Hit .437 with an NJCAA-record 42 home runs, 113 RBI and 128 runs, one of only five players in college baseball history with 40+ homers. Now at TCU. ⚾ OF Ashton Hartwig: JUCO World Series MVP, hit .474 with three homers and 10 RBI in Grand Junction, including a walk-off homer against Midland ⚾ A record five ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans Head coach Eric Horner is 317-66 (.828) and was named the 2026 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Division I National Coach of the Year plus JUCO World Series Coach of the Tournament. JCCC has won four straight KJCCC East and Region 6 titles. His staff: Michael Yeager (assistant/recruiting coordinator), Wally Nellor (assistant/pitching coach), Donley Canary and Jacob VanVacter (assistants). The pipeline is the real story for recruits. 29 players from the title team are moving on: 23 signed with NCAA Division I programs including TCU, Arkansas, Kansas State, West Virginia, Saint Louis and South Florida, five went to D2, and players were drafted by the Reds and Nationals. Three players with JCCC ties went in the 2026 MLB Draft. @JCCCBaseball @JCCCAthletics @JacobVanvacter National Baseball Recruiting | @natlbbrecruit 2027 and 2028 players and parents, DM us "INFO" and we'll help you build a real list of schools and a plan to get seen.

Top 20 JUCO Baseball Programs in the Country Entering 2027 Rankings based on recent success, player development, transfers to four-year programs and national relevance. Johnson County — @JCCCBaseball Blinn — @BlinnBaseball Midland — @MCChapBaseball Walters State — @WSCCbaseball Wabash Valley — @WVCBaseball Harford — @HarfordBaseball Chipola — @Chipola_BSB Gaston — @GCRhinosBSB Iowa Western — @ReiverBaseball McLennan — @McLennanBSB LSU Eunice — @LSUEBengalsBSB Cloud County — @CloudBaseball Florence-Darlington Tech — @FloDarBaseball John A. Logan — @JALCBaseball Georgia Highlands — @GHCBaseball Connors State — @ConnorsBaseball Southern Nevada — @CSN_Baseball Cochise — @CochiseBaseball Hutchinson — @HutchCCBaseball Salt Lake — @SLCCBaseball Who is too high, too low or completely missing? Johnson County has to be No. 1 after going 67–3, winning the 2026 NJCAA Division I championship and setting an all-college single-season record with 219 home runs. Blinn finished national runner-up, while Midland finished third. 2026 championship recap⁠