College Baseball Program of the Day #017: San Jacinto College Ravens 🐦‍⬛ 5 national championships. 15 national title games. 28 trips to the JUCO World Series. 2027 and 2028 players, San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas is one of the most decorated junior college programs in the country, and it plays its home games at John Ray Harrison Field at Andy Pettitte Park. The history: - NJCAA national champions in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990 - National runner-up 10 more times, most recently 2016 and 2017 - 25 NJCAA Region XIV championships - Alumni who reached the big leagues include Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Brandon Belt, and San Jac developed Jackson Rutledge into a 2019 first-round pick The pipeline is still running. In the 2026 MLB Draft: - Tre Broussard went to Cleveland in the 3rd round (No. 95 overall) after hitting .409 at San Jac and moving on to Houston - Catcher Jake Bennett went to Toronto in the 8th round after 18 homers and 72 RBIs as a San Jac sophomore and a big final year at Dallas Baptist - LHP Brandon Arvidson went to the Cubs in the 12th round after an All-American season at San Jac with 108 strikeouts, then a year at Tennessee - Mac Moyer signed with the Padres after two years at San Jac and a .353 season at Nebraska - Incoming freshman RHP Ross Davis was drafted by Baltimore in the 20th round and is expected to honor his San Jac commitment The 2026 season: - Opened the year ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA preseason poll with a roster made up mostly of freshmen - Finished 34-22 and went 24-9 at home - Run-ruled Blinn 12-1 in the Region XIV tournament - The offense hit .293 with a .421 on-base percentage and went 95-for-107 on stolen bases The players: - Danati Fronduto hit .361 with a .488 on-base percentage, 9 home runs and 42 RBIs - RJ Olivares hit .333 with a .479 on-base percentage, 51 runs and 13 steals - Nathan Belle hit .317 with 38 RBIs and 16 steals - Patrick Lewis went 5-2 with 76 strikeouts in 60.1 innings - Jorge Garza posted a 2.00 ERA over 15 appearances Head coach Eric Weaver is 73-39 in two seasons back in Pasadena, including a 39-17 year in 2025 that closed on a 22-3 run. Before taking over, he was associate head coach and co-recruiting coordinator at Blinn for its 2024 NJCAA national title, and he spent eight seasons as a San Jac assistant, when the Ravens made six World Series trips and won six Region XIV titles. He pitched at Alvin and closed at Texas State. His staff: - Kory Koehler, recruiting coordinator and hitting coach. A former San Jac catcher in his 26th season with the program, he was the first junior college coach named American Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year - Woody Williams, pitching coordinator. A 15-year big leaguer with 132 wins and a 2003 All-Star selection with the Cardinals, and one of 24 pitchers to beat all 30 MLB teams. He coached San Jac from 2016-22, then was pitching coach at Texas and Houston, where he produced two Big 12 Pitchers of the Year - Jason Krug and Matteo Martinez, assistants @SJRaven_BB @SanJacRaven43 @Trifecta_Winner @SanJacCollege National Baseball Recruiting | @natlbbrecruit