Monday, June 10, 2013

Sophomore LHP Jared Dettman (Somerset, WI) was drafted in the 17th round by the Atlanta Braves

Century College sophomore LHP Jared Dettman (Somerset, WI) was drafted in the 17th round by the Atlanta Braves in this past weekend's Major League Draft.  Jared was named NJCAA 3rd Team All American, and helped guide the Wood Ducks to a national runner up finish at the 2013 NJCAA III World Series. He was also drafted out of high school in 2011 by the Minnesota Twins.  He has accepted a baseball scholarship to attend North Dakota State University if he doesn't sign with the Braves.

"Jared was one of the top left handed pitchers in the nation this past year, and I couldn't be more happy for him," stated Century College Head Baseball Coach Dwight Kotila. "The Braves believe Jared has a chance to develop into a top pitching prospect in their organization, and I couldn't agree more.  A lot of credit for Jared's development goes to our pitching coach, Randy Briesacher, who is one of the best pitching coaches I have been around."


Dettman becomes the 4th player who played for Coach Kotila in his coaching career to be drafted, and the first player in the young history of Century College to be drafted.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Century's Men's Baseball Team 2013 Season

The Century College baseball team, in just its 3rd year as a program, completed a very successful 2013 season with a 42-13 record, and reached the NJCAA DIII World Series, where they finished as National Runner-Up, losing in the national championship game to Gloucester (NJ). The team also finished the season as #2 ranked team in the National Junior College Athletic Association's final DIII National Poll.

The 2013 squad had 7 players who moved on to NCAA DI, II, III and NAIA universities to continue their baseball careers.  In 3 years as a collegiate baseball program, Century has already placed 17 players at various NCAA and NAIA colleges and universities.

Individual Player Awards

The NJCAA released its post season award winners on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, and several Century baseball players were honored:
  • Zach Horn (C – Bloomington, MN) was named NJCAA 1st Team All American.  Horn was also named to the NJCAA All Region XIII team.
  • Jared Dettman (LHP – Somerset, WI) was named NJCAA 3rd Team All American.  Dettman was also named to the NJCAA All Region XIII Team.
  • Colton Vien (RHP – Montevideo, MN) was named to the NJCAA All Region XIII Team.


Also, the following players were named to the NJCAA World Series team: 
  •  Zach Nielsen (Marion, IA)
  • Jordan Stroh (Maple Grove, MN)
  •  Jace Otto (Blaine, MN)

Century finished as National Runner-up at the 2013 NJCAA DIII World Series.

During the past 3 years, the team has had 5 players named NJCAA All Americans, and 7 players named NJCAA All Region XIII players.  In addition, the team has had members selected to play in the Northwoods League, one of the premiere summer college baseball leagues in the country.


This summer, sophomore pitcher Jared Dettman (Somerset, WI) will be pitching for the Eau Claire (WI) Express in the Northwoods League.