Bobby Howard named coach at North Ark

Thursday evening in their regularly scheduled board meeting, the North Arkansas College Board of Directors elected Bobby Howard to be their new baseball coach.

Howard comes to the Pioneers with an extensive resume that includes several years of coaching baseball and basketball. He has also served as an athletic director in the past. He comes to Northark after the contract of former baseball coach Phil Wilson was not renewed.

This will be Howard’s third stint at Northark and will also be his third time of coaching Pioneer baseball. Howard coached the Pioneers during the 1991-1992 season when he also served as the Lady Pioneers basketball coach. He finished with a 19-14 record while playing Division II. He served as the women’s basketball coach seven years from 1991-1998.

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JUCO Poll Updates

JUCO D1:
13. University of Arkansas-Fort Smith [up 3]
42-10

JUCO D3:
9. North Arkansas College [down 3]
33-17

JUCO Rankings

PG Crosschecker Top 50:
36. Arkansas-Fort Smith [same]

NJCAA D1:
16. University of Arkansas-Fort Smith [up 1]

NJCAA D3:
6. North Arkansas College [down 2]

JUCO D-3 Poll

4. North Arkansas College (30-9)

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JUCO D-III Top 10

4. North Arkansas College (26-8)
Also claimed two first place votes.

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2009 D3 Pre-Season All-Americans

First Team
Infield Chase Ledyard North Arkansas College

Second Team
Catcher Matt Chwalinski North Arkansas College

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NJCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll

6. North Arkansas

NJCAA Division III Baseball Poll

North Arkansas College takes the the No. 1 ranking in the final 2008 RINGORT NJCAA Division III Baseball Poll, thus ending Joliet Junior College's (Ill.) four week reign at No. 1. North Arkansas received 67 total poll points and five first place votes to take the top spot.

North Arkanas clinched the Region 2 Championship with a sweep of Crowley's Ridge Colleges this past weekend. The Pioneers are now 38-11-1 on the season and advance to the NJCAA Division III Distirct C (Regions 2 & 5) Tournament May 9-10 at the site of the Region 5 Champion.

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NJCAA Division III Poll

2. North Arkansas College [same]

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NJCAA Division III Poll

2. North Arkansas College

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North Arkansas 8th in Pre-Season Poll

The North Arkansas College Pioneers are ranked 8th in Collegiate Baseball's NJCAA Div. III Pre-Season Poll.