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Known for many
activities and sports in its 107-year existence, Clarendon College
is recently being recognized for its excellence in baseball. Since Clarendon
put baseball in its athletic department in the fall of 2000, it has taken off
further than anybody ever expected. In just the 4th season the Bulldogs went
an impressive 43-13 and won the division for a second straight year which
propelled them into the Region V regional tournament. 2004 marked the first
time in the programs history that they were ranked nationally which saw the
Bulldogs as high as 10th in the national polls.
Clarendon
College is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association and
plays in the Western Junior Collage Athletic Conference (WJCAC), which
includes: Frank Phillips College in Borger, New Mexico Junior College in
Hobbs, El Paso Community College in El Paso, Howard College in Big Springs,
Midland College in Midland, Odessa Junior College in Odessa, Western Texas in
Snyder, and New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell. The Clarendon Bulldogs
play in NJCAA Region V, which holds its regional tournament at Lubbock Christian
University located in Lubbock, Texas.
Clarendon
is very fortunate to play in a baseball-enriched state where anybody any year
could come out of Texas and win the national
championship in Grand Junction,
Colorado. Since 1980, 14
national champions have come out of the state of Texas. Not only does Texas
have the most competitive junior college league in America but it is also a hot bed
for recruiting.
Clarendon
is set in the backyard of the Big XII conference arguably the best Division I
baseball conference in America.
In the five years of placing players onto the next level Clarendon has sent
14 players to Division I, 12 players to Division II, and numerous players to
NAIA schools all across the country. Not only has Clarendon had great success
moving players onto four-year schools, but also sending them to the
professional level. In the 2006 draft,
former Bulldog Ryan Rholinger was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the
6th round. Morgan Brenson
was signed by the San Francisco Giants after the 2005 season and in 2003
Angel Rohena, was picked up by the Dodgers organization and was picked as a
top prospect by Baseball America.
One
of the most exciting things about playing here is the people you will meet.
Our program represents players from as far away as Canada,
Puerto Rico, and Australia.
Not only do we get players from other countries but we also represent
multiple states in the United
States.
Junior
Colleges all over the United
States generally have average to below
average campuses. One thing that we are very proud of is our campus and facilities.
We take pride in how clean and well maintained our buildings and housing
facilities are. In the past few years the college has built a new weight room
that is open for athletes daily and they have also built new dorms. The dorms
are located on campus but they are apartment style so they have that off
campus feel that students always want. Food is another thing that people
always want to know about when looking into colleges. Great Western Dining
serves Clarendon’s cafeteria. It is an all-you-can cafeteria that serves
three times per day.
If
you have any further questions about our school or our program please don’t
hesitate to call.
Mike
Silva
P.O. Box 968
Clarendon, TX 79226
(806)874-4845
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