Former Chaps in the Minors

Kyle Yates (Kerrville High School, Midland College, University of Texas (Austin)
Right-Handed Pitcher
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA Eastern League)
Major League Parent Club Toronto Blue Jays
Stats: W-6 L-5 (4.38 ERA)
Pitched to a combined record of 11-6 with a 3.14 ERA between Lansing of the Midwest League (Class A) and Dunedin of the Florida State League (Class A Advanced)...Struck out 153 batters in 160.1 IP between the two teams...Had five games with 10 or more strikeouts, including a season-high 11 in a 10-1 complete game win at Tampa on Aug. 19...Over his last six starts of the season, he recorded 41 strikeouts in 33.2 innings pitched, surrendering just two earned runs...Held opposing hitters to a .160 batting average over that stretch, while posting a 3-0 record.

05/28/2007 EAS Pitcher of the Week
11/20/2006 AFL All-Prospect Team
11/06/2006 AFL Pitcher of the Week
06/19/2005 MID Pitcher of the Week

Brad Cuthbertson (Lethbridge CC, Midland College)
Right-Handed Pitcher
Gulf Coast League Blue Jays (Rookie Gulf Coast League)
Major League Parent Club Toronto Blue Jays
Stats: W-2 L-1 (2.86 ERA)

Matt Robinson (Rapid City, SD, Midland College, University of Kentucky)
Right-Handed Pitcher
Lake County Captains (Class A South Atlantic League)
Major League Parent Club Cleveland Indians
Stats: W-1 L-4 (7.97 ERA)
Went 3-1 with a 3.62 ERA in 17 relief appearances with the Gulf Coast League Indians.

Scott Vander Weg (Denver, CO, Midland College, Lamar University)
Right-Handed Pitcher
Palm Beach Cardinals (Class A Advanced Florida State League)
Major League Parent Club St. Louis Cardinals
Stats: W-3 L-4 (5.09 ERA)
His 2.45 ERA ranked 3rd among STL pitchers from the 2005 draft class.

Tim Smith (Canada, Midland College, Arizona State University)
Outfielder
Spokane Indians (Class A Short-Season Northwest League)
Major League Parent Club Texas Rangers
Stats:
Team League AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS
SPO NOR .171 12 41 9 7 1 0 1 3 11 8 10 0 1 .333 .268 .602

Midland College Golf

The Midland College golf team came up just short of pulling off a repeat of their national championship magic from 2006, finishing second to Scottsdale Community College in the 2007 NJCAA National Men's Golf Championship. In rounds three and four, the Chaparrals recorded scores of 293 and 290 respectively to finish the tournament with a total of 1140. The Chaps edged 2004 and 2005 national champion Odessa College by one shot with the Wranglers finishing third in the competition.

Team Scores (top 5 only):
1: Scottsdale CC 279-286-282-275 (1122) -14
2: Midland College 291-266-293-290 (1140) +4
3: Odessa College 276-292-288-285 (1141) +5
4: Central Alabama CC 284-287-289-287 (1147) +11
5: McLennan CC 276-295-287-298 (1156) +20

Individual Scores (top 10 and Midland College scores only):
1: Rich Saferian, Scottsdale CC 70-71-66-70 (277) -7
2: Julian Valenciana, Odessa College 66-69-72-71 (278) -6
T-3: Braxton Marquez, Scottsdale CC 70-73-71-66 (280) -4
T-3: Leroux Ferreira, Midland College 72-64-73-71 (280) -4
T-5: J. P. Van Der Walt, Central Alabama CC 68-70-71-74 (283) -1
T-5: Jakob McKinley, Scottsdale CC 69-72-76-66 (283) -1
7: Peter Fallon, McLennan CC 70-75-68-71 (284) E
T-8: Nick Nelson, Odessa College 66-73-73-73 (285) +1
T-8: Sebastian Gunnarsson, NMJC 69-68-77-71 (285) +1
T-10: Kyle Pressley, NWSCC 71-73-71-71 (286) +2
T-10: Wynand Snyman, Midland College 72-64-82-68 (286) +2
19: Kevin Carrigan, Midland College 76-67-69-76 (288) +4
T-36: Eddy Koracevic, Midland College 73-71-76-75 (295) +11
T-58: Nathan Sheen, Midland College 74-73-75-80 (302) +18

Leroux Ferreira earned first team NJCAA All-American honors, Wynand Snyman was named to the NJCAA All-American second team, with Kevin Carrigan being named to the honorable mention NJCAA All-American team.