Mines (24-18, 17-11 RMAC) vs. UCCS (15-29, 12-16 RMAC) – Friday, 3 p.m. – Doubleheader – Jim Darden Field [Live Stats] [RMAC Network]
Mines (24-18, 17-11 RMAC) vs. UCCS (15-29, 12-16 RMAC) – Saturday, 12 p.m. – Doubleheader – Jim Darden Field [Live Stats] [RMAC Network]

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REGULAR SEASON FINALE
It's the last weekend of the regular season for Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference baseball. The Colorado School of Mines Baseball team will play its regular-season finale at home, hosting UCCS in a pair of doubleheaders on Friday and Saturday. The final weekend at Jim Darden Field in 2024 begins on Friday at 3 p.m. with a nine-inning contest followed by a seven-inning showdown. Saturday features the same format starting at 12 p.m. Additionally, as is tradition on the last home weekend of the regular season, Mines will celebrate its seniors. Senior Day festivities will take place prior to the first game of Saturday's doubleheader with the on-field ceremony under way at 11:40 a.m. To learn more about what this weekend means for postseason seeding, standings, and potential advancement, fans should read the rest of the preview.
 
FAN PARKING
Fans planning to attend the first game on Friday which starts at 3 p.m. should be aware that parking is enforced on the Colorado School of Mines campus until 5 p.m. on weekdays. Those who plan to park on campus should plan to pay through the application advertised in the lots or at the closest kiosk. Parking on campus is free on the weekends.
 
GET YOUR TICKETS
Fans are encouraged to purchase digital tickets or print tickets at home ahead of the games by going to www.minesathletics.com/tickets. This will expedite the entry process to Jim Darden Field. Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $5 for children, seniors, and military members. Mines faculty, staff, and students get in free with their Blaster Card.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Every Mines home game and all RMAC games can be seen live and for free on the RMAC Network at www.minesathletics.com/tv. Additionally, the Orediggers' home games will feature play-by-play commentary from Miles Dunklin. The RMAC Network can also be found on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Firestick, and Android TV devices by going to the app store and searching "RMAC." Fans can also follow @OrediggersBSB on "X" (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.
 
SENIOR WEEKEND
As stated above, the Orediggers are celebrating their senior class this weekend. While Friday includes a few private events, Saturday will be the big day for Mines' veterans. Festivities for the seniors start at 11:15 a.m. with the chance to have a catch with their dad's or a family member on Jim Darden Field. At 11:40 a.m., the on-field ceremony begins with each senior, and their families, being individually recognized and greeted by the rest of the team on the third-base line. This portion will be streamed live and for free on the RMAC Network. Right after the on-field ceremony, the senior dads (or selected family member) will join together and throw out the ceremonial first pitch to their respective sons. This will also be available in real time  on the RMAC Network. First pitch for game three of the series between Mines and UCCS is set for 12:05 p.m.
 
FRIDAY'S FIRST PITCH
Mines baseball is going all-out for its last home games of the regular season. On Friday, Colorado School of Mines Director of Athletics David Hansburg will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the series opener. The first pitch from the department leader will air live on the RMAC Network, and is currently scheduled for 2:55 p.m. Hansburg has led Mines Athletics since 2013, guiding the Orediggers to the most successful era in the history of the department. In the last five years alone, including the 2023-24 school year, Hansburg has overseen a department that has brought home a total of 29 RMAC titles and two national championships. He was also at the helm in 2018 and 2019 when Mines baseball earned bids to its first two NCAA tournaments.
 
WEATHER FORECAST
The weather on Friday looks to be nearly perfect for a pair of baseball games. The daytime high is set at 68 degrees with mostly-sunny skies and breezes ranging from 10-15 MPH. Saturday will start with clear skies, but clouds and the potential for scattered showers will move in during the afternoon. As with any spring weekend in Colorado, fans planning to attend the games should bring sunscreen, layers, and probably a rain jacket.
 
LAST TIME OUT
It's a short turnaround for Mines after playing a doubleheader on Sunday and another on Monday at MSU Denver. The Orediggers took the first two games, winning 18-6 and 7-6 with the later coming in extra innings. On Monday, the Roadrunners started the day with a 9-4 win to avoid the sweep. In the end, Mines prevailed and won the series with a 13-3 trouncing of MSU Denver in the finale. Winning pitchers for the Orediggers included Luke Folsom (game one), Jackson Bakovich (game two), and Alex Honeyman (game four). Tyler Pina led the performances at the plate. He finished the series batting .750 in three games with three runs on six hits including two doubles and three home runs with eight RBI. Keene Tanaka and Luke Folsom both his over .500 as well and Folsom scored five runs with eight RBI on two doubles and a home run. Mason Andrews hit two home runs in the series and scored seven times. Jackson Woolwine, I-Ly Hsue, and Canon Humphreys added long balls as well. Also notable were seven runs and four doubles from Woolwine, 10 combined runs from Hsue and Nielsen, and six RBI for Humphreys. The Oredigger defense only committed a total of three errors across three games and 33.0 innings.
 
CLINCHED
Mines' series win at MSU Denver, combined with other results around the league, clinched the Orediggers a berth in the 2024 RMAC Baseball Tournament. While a majority of the seeding is up in the air, the location of the tournament will once again be Grand Junction, Colo., after Colorado Mesa clinched its 12th straight conference title. Mathematically, Regis can tie the Mavericks' RMAC record, but CMU holds the tiebreaker. Seeding scenarios will be outlined below. The 2024 RMAC Baseball Tournament begins Wednesday, May 8, and runs through Saturday, May 11. Additional information on the conference postseason will be available next week at www.minesathletics.com.
SEEDING SCENARIOS
Just one weekend remains in the regular season, and scenarios for seeding and qualifying for the six-team conference tournament remain extremely unclear. Here's what is clear. Colorado Mesa (32-14, 22-6 RMAC) is the top seed and host. Mines (24-18, 17-11 RMAC), Regis (27-18-1, 18-10 RMAC), Adams State (22-24, 17-11 RMAC), and MSU Denver (28-22, 19-13 RMAC) have all cemented a spot in the bracket. CSU Pueblo (26-19, 15-13 RMAC) and UCCS (15-29, 12-16 RMAC) have not clinched a spot and are battling for the final berth. New Mexico Highlands (8-38, 4-24 RMAC) and Colorado Christian (6-39, 4-24 RMAC) have been mathematically eliminated from postseason contention. The current RMAC standings feature Colorado Mesa at #1, Regis #2, Mines and Adams State tied for #3, MSU Denver #5, CSU Pueblo #6, and UCCS #7. Check the next section for weekend matchups and actual scenarios.
 
AROUND THE RMAC
As stated in the previous section, the scenarios are unclear and the standings are condensed. Colorado Mesa has already wrapped up the #1 seed. The Mavericks close the regular season at Adams State starting on Thursday night and will look to solidify their regional standing for a berth in the NCAA tournament while ASU chases a higher seed. Regis plays at CSU Pueblo on Friday and Saturday. The ThunderWolves need at least two wins to punch their RMAC tournament ticket and eliminate UCCS from the postseason. Four wins for Regis and a single Mines loss to UCCS would give the Rangers the #2 seed. If you're reading this, you already know that Mines is playing UCCS. Three Oredigger wins would end the Mountain Lions' season, as would two Mines victories and a CSU Pueblo win. Still tracking? MSU Denver has its bye week, putting the Roadrunners' seeding at the mercy of everyone else in the league. Ironically, the two teams that cannot make the league's postseason end their respective seasons against each other in New Mexico.
 
TIEBREAKERS
The first criteria for RMAC tournament seeding listed in the conference manual is "won-lost conference record." The second criteria is "head-to-head competition in regular season conference play." Those two are pretty straight forward. The third criteria is "performance indicator." That is where things get confusing and a path the author will not follow. With that in mind, if Mines ties with Regis in the conference standings, the tiebreaker would be performance indicator since the Orediggers and Rangers split their series in the regular season. The same is true if Mines ties with Adams State. The Orediggers won their series against MSU Denver and CSU Pueblo, giving them the tiebreaker against those two squads. Mines and UCCS cannot tie in the standings since they are separated by more than four games. So there you have it, clear as mud.
 
REGIONAL RANKINGS
On Wednesday, the second edition of the NCAA South Central Regional rankings were released. This iteration was the first featuring teams in ranked order, and Mines appeared at #8 on the list. For those who don't know, the NCAA Regional rankings are what determines the teams that qualify for the national postseason – nothing else. The South Central Region features a six-team bracket. This means, as of Wednesday, the Orediggers are on the outside looking in at the NCAA tournament. However, two weeks (including the conference tournament) remain for Mines to improve its standing. Additionally, two of the six spots will be claimed by the conference tournament champions (automatic qualifiers) from the Lone Star Conference and RMAC. The regional rankings have a variety of factors/criteria including, but not limited to, record against NCAA Division II opponents, in-region record, Rating Percentage Index (RPI), strength of schedule, head-to-head record, common opponents, and performance indicator. Needless to say, a lot can change in two weeks. At the end of the day, the Orediggers can remove all doubt and just win the RMAC tournament in Grand Junction.
 
SENIORS
There are 13 Orediggers whose respective careers will be honored and celebrated this weekend. The list includes Jackson Bakovich, Chandler Cole, Luke Folsom, Rodney Gregg, I-Ly Hsue, Collin Kringlen, Marcus Lee, Henry Novicki, Nic Roma, Ben Schoneman, Weston Siefken, Keene Tanaka, and Brady Veltien. Check out a brief profile of each senior below.
 
JACKSON BAKOVICH
A true freshman in the spring of 2020 who took a redshirt before playing fulltime starting in 2021. After dabbling as a utility player, Bakovich moved to the bullpen as a reliever. Over the last four seasons, Bakovich has gone 7-5 in 39 appearances – all in relief – with a 7.31 career ERA thanks to 68 strikeouts compared to 20 walks in 76.1 innings of work. With six wins in 2024, the Fort Collins, Colo., native is tied for #8 in the program record book. He also sprinkled four at-bats across the 2021 and 2022 seasons while also fielding 1.000 at second base. Bakovich has been named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll three times, earned the 2023 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award, and won RMAC Pitcher of the Week earlier this season. He already has his bachelor's degree from Mines in mechanical engineering and will receive a master's degree in computer science in less than a week. The graduate of Loveland High School has secured a job as a software engineer at Lockheed Martin.
 
CHANDLER COLE
Chandler Cole joined the Orediggers in the fall of 2020 by way of Spring Branch, Texas, and Smithson Valley High School. After redshirting his freshman season, Cole served as a backup catcher for the Orediggers before transitioning to the bullpen as a relief pitcher. The Texan had six at-bats in 2022 and recorded one run and a double while fielding 1.000. He came out of the bullpen twice in 2023 and touts a career ERA of 0.00 with one strikeout in 1.1 innings. Despite limited action, Cole has become widely-known as the best "chirper" in the RMAC and possible the region, unofficially earning all-conference honors at the position. His classy, but cutting, quips from the dugout towards the opposition have provided a high-level psychological impact which has led to numerous walks, extra-base hits and runs scored. Cole appeared on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in 2022 and 2023 while also earning the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award in 2023. He will graduate from Mines next week with a degree in mechanical engineering.
 
LUKE FOLSOM
Luke Folsom arrived at Mines in the fall of 2020 and started immediately as a freshman in the spring of 2021, playing in the field while also pitching. Over the last four years, he has accumulated 132 runs on 198 hits with 57 doubles, two triples, and 28 home runs with 149 RBI while hitting .352 in 166 games. On the mound, Folsom owns a career record of 7-9 with a 7.78 ERA. The Littleton, Colo., native has struck out 107 batters and walked 52 in 34 appearances including 30 starts for a total of 130.2 innings. He was voted NCBWA Third-Team All-America and D2CCA Honorable Mention All-America as a utility player in 2022 while also earning multiple all-region awards and Second-Team All-RMAC at designated hitter. Included among numerous weekly awards is NCBWA National and Regional Hitter of the Week. He's also a two-time CSC Academic All-District team member and a CSC First-Team Academic All-American. The Columbine High School graduate currently appears in the program record book more than 20 times and holds the Mines record for doubles in a game and in a season while ranking #2 for all-time doubles as an Oredigger. We could say more, but it would take a while. Folsom will graduate from Mines next week with a degree in mechanical engineering. He is set to work fulltime at Tri-State Generation and Transmission as a transmission line engineer.
 
RODNEY GREGG
A member of the team since the fall of 2019, Rodney Gregg pitched for the Orediggers for three seasons before medically retiring from baseball. In three fulltime seasons, Gregg amassed a career record of 6-1 with a 5.11 ERA, going 5-0 overall his last two campaigns. He struck out 37 batters and walked 15 in 37 appearances including one start for a total of 61.2 innings. Gregg won NCBWA Regional Pitcher of the Week and RMAC Pitcher of the Week in 2021 after making three appearances in four days which resulted in one earned run across 9.2 innings with six strikeouts and a 1-0 record. Since retiring from playing, the Peyton, Colo., native served as an assistant coach for Mines as well. He will graduate from Mines next week with a degree in civil engineering.
 
I-LY HSUE
I-Ly Hsue arrived on Mines' campus in the fall of 2019 and eventually took over for the Orediggers at second base as a true freshman in the spring of 2020. Since that time, Hsue has scored 146 runs on 204 hits including 46 doubles, five triples, and 21 home runs with 104 RBI while batting .321 in 173 games. He's also stolen 36 bases on 46 attempts and walked 54 times. The Kirland, Wash., native was named Honorable Mention All-RMAC last season. He has appeared on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll two times as well. The graduate of Lake Washington High School appears multiple times in the program record book including top-10 rankings in career runs, career doubles, career stolen bases, and career total bases. Hsue already owns a bachelor's degree from Mines in mechanical engineering. He will receive his master's degree in Additive Manufacturing next week.
 
COLLIN KRINGLEN
Collin Kringlen is a native of Broomfield, Colo., and graduated from Holy Family High School. He was a member of the baseball team from the fall of 2019 until retiring from playing fulltime after the 2023 season. After transitioning from pitcher to position player, Kringlen finished his career as a .500 hitter with an overall slugging percentage of 1.000. He recorded his first collegiate hit in his first collegiate at-bat, notching a double and scoring a run against New Mexico Highlands. Kringlen also earned RMAC Academic Honor Roll status three times and brought home the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award in 2023 as well. He earned his bachelor's degree from Mines in electrical engineering last May and recently submitted his thesis in pursuit of a master's degree from Mines in electrical engineering.
 
MARCUS LEE
Marcus Lee is a five-year member of the Oredigger baseball team. After redshirting the spring of 2020, Lee became a mainstay in Mines' bullpen. Across the last four seasons, including 2024, Lee is 8-8 on the mound with a career ERA of 5.32 and five total saves. He has struck out 80 batters and walked 34 in 46 appearances including four starts (all in his first season) for a total of 110.0 innings. The Fruita, Colo., native appeared on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in 2021, 2022, and 2023. He also brought home the D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award in 2023. His best season by the numbers was 2023 when he went 3-1 with three saves on the way to a 4.70 ERA. That year, the Fruita-Monument High School graduate struck out 15 batters and only walked four. Last May, Lee earned a bachelor's degree from Ines in mechanical engineering. Next week, he will receive a master's degree from Mines in engineering & technology management. He's set to work fulltime with Harvest Midstream as an integrity engineer.
 
HENRY NOVICKI
Henry Novicki joined the Orediggers this season after playing four years at NCAA Division I Bucknell. He was a two-way player at Bucknell and totaled 21 runs on 30 hits including eight doubles and four home runs with 22 RBI. The Wapwallopen, Pa., native also came out of the bullpen three times for the Bison. This year at Mines, Novicki has made four appearances and struck out three batters in 2.1 innings of relief. Accolades for Novicki include Deans List distinction and appearances on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. He earned his bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Bucknell. He will graduate from Mines in December with a master's degree in natural resource and energy policy. Novicki is set to conduct research this summer at Pure Green Cement.
 
NIC ROMA
The 2024 season marks Nic Roma's fourth with Mines baseball. He came to the Orediggers by way of Marietta, Ga., and Marist. After redshirting the 2021 campaign, Roma entered the starting rotation at catcher. Overall, he has appeared in 54 games with 22 starts leading to six runs on nine hits including two doubles and three home runs for a .317 slugging percentage. Roma has also walked four times and driven in six runs while boasting a perfect fielding percentage. He appeared on the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in 2022 and 2023 while also winning the 2023 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. Roma already owns a bachelor's degree from Mines in mechanical engineering and is currently pursuing a master's degree in engineering & technology management. After the season, Roma is set to work fulltime for Lyric in private equity and also plans to obtain a master's degree in business administration.
 
BEN SCHONEMAN
Ben Schoneman came to Mines in the fall of 2019 as an infielder and pitcher. After filling the utility role in the shortened 2020 season, Schoneman transformed into a starting pitcher for the Orediggers. In five seasons on the mound, the Albuquerque, N.M., native is 10-12 with a 6.87 ERA. He has struck out 158 batters and walked 62 in 48 appearances including 40 starts for a total of 188.2 innings. The righty also owns one save. He earned Honorable Mention All-RMAC as a pitcher in 2021 and 2022. His career at the plate includes a .429 batting average with one run one three hits including two doubles and three RBI. His career strikeouts rank #9 in program history. The graduate of La Cueva High School also won RMAC Pitcher of the Week following a complete-game effort on opening weekend in Arkansas. Schoneman already has a bachelor's degree from Mines in mechanical engineering. Next week, he'll receive a master's degree in engineering & technology management before going on to work as a mechanical engineering at Conoco Phillips.
 
WESTON SIEFKEN
Weston Siefken joined the Orediggers in the fall of 2019 and made an immediate impact out of the bullpen as a true freshman in the spring of 2020. Despite a medical redshirt in the spring of 2021, Siefken has gone on to go 3-4 with a 6.26 ERA with one complete game and one save. He's struck out 39 batters in 34 appearances including four starts (all this season) for a total of 54.2 innings. The Broomfield, Colo., native's lone complete game was only the second start of his career, coming against Adams State earlier this season. The effort including four strikeouts compared to two walks and just two earned runs across 7.0 innings. Siefken was named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in 2022 and 2023. He earned his bachelor's degree from Mines in mechanical engineering. Next week, the graduate of Holy Family High School will receive a master's degree from Mines in engineering & technology management. He is slated to go work fulltime as a fuels engineer at APTIM.
 
KEENE TANAKA
Keene Tanaka has been at Mines since the fall of 2018. He redshirted the spring of 2019 and developed into the Orediggers' starting catcher over the last five seasons. For his career, Tanaka has scored 47 runs on 83 hits including 16 doubles and four home runs with 51 RBI while hitting .273 across 135 games and 101 starts. The Honolulu, Hawaii, native has walked 30 times and stolen three bases while fielding .985 with 720 putouts. Tanaka caught for two different RMAC Pitchers of the Year including Mines' all-time wins leader Tyler Blomster and the Orediggers' single-game strikeouts king Kevin Zapanta. He's currently putting together his best collegiate campaign, hitting .326 with 15 runs on 30 hits including four doubles and two home runs on the way to 23 RBI while adding two stolen bases on two attempts. The graduate from 'Iolani School already owns a bachelor's degree from Mines in mechanical engineering. He will receive a master's degree from Mines next week in engineering & technology management. Tanaka has secured a job with U.S. Engineering as a pre-construction engineer.
 
BRADY VELTIEN
Brady Veltien arrived in Golden in the fall of 2020. He played immediately as a true freshman in the spring of 2021 as a true utility man, touting appearances at the plate and on the mound. He moved to a fulltime position player in 2022 and has played all over the infield for the Orediggers. In four seasons, Veltien owns 33 runs on 49 hits including 13 doubles and one home run with 27 RBI while hitting .275 in 79 games and 41 starts. The Longmont, Colo., native is officially 1-0 on the mound, striking out seven batters in five appearances for a total of 6.1 innings. He was named to the RMAC Academic Honor Roll in 2022 and 2023 while also bringing home the 2023 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. This past December, the Mead High School graduate earned his bachelor's degree from Mines in computer science. He will receive his master's degree in engineering & technology management from Mines next December. Meanwhile, Veltien is set to work as a software engineering at Northrop Grumman.
 
SCOUTING UCCS
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs Baseball team went 5-20 in the first half of the season. A series split with Regis and a sweep at New Mexico Highlands revived the Mountain Lions' season. They come to Golden with an overall record of 15-29 while sitting 12-16 in conference play, sitting three games out of the final spot in the RMAC tournament bracket. Last weekend, UCCS dropped a series at home against Adams State. The weekend before that, the Mountain Lions managed a win over then-#11 Colorado Mesa. Despite the record, UCCS still touts some powerful bats. Colorado State transfer Hayden Iverson leads the team, batting .385 with 53 runs on 69 hits including 14 doubles, three triples and nine home runs with 35 RBI. Alec Gomez has 10 home runs and is hitting .359. Also notable are well-known names in Kit Wigington and Caleb Stubbings. Both are hitting well over .300. Wigington has 14 doubles an five home runs while Stubbings boasts nine doubles and seven home runs. Marko Sipila is the Mountain Lions' wins leader on the mound at 3-6. He has a 7.27 ERA with 51 strikeouts compared to 16 walks in 11 starts for a total of 52.0 innings. The next-closest arm is Jason Fink who is 2-5 with 32 strikeouts, 21 walks, and a 6.17 ERA. Garrett Shriver owns three saves in 14 appearances and is 1-1 with a 6.04 ERA thanks to 21 strikeouts and four walks. As a team, UCCS does rank #5 in the nation in double plays turned per game.
 
OREDIGGERS AGAINST THE MOUNTAIN LIONS
Mines baseball owns a 19-10 lead in the all-time series against UCCS. The Mountain Lions played their first season of baseball in 2017. Since that time, the Orediggers have never dropped a RMAC series to UCCS. Mines is 8-2 in its last 10 meetings with the Mountain Lions. Last season, in Colorado Springs, the Orediggers took the series including a 28-20 win in the opener. That four-game set also included Adam Houghtaling hitting for the cycle for the second time in his career and Mason Andrews tying the program record for RBI in a game with seven. The 28 runs scored by Mines in the opener are the most in a game by any Oredigger team in program history.
 
WALTER PENNINGTON UPDATE
Walter Pennington continues to dominate at the Triple-A level for the Kansas City Royals. So far in 2024 for the Omaha Storm Chasers, Pennington sits 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA and one save thanks to 27 strikeouts compared to three walks and 11 hits in 12 games and 19.0 innings of work. Earlier this spring, the former Oredigger starter reported for Big League Spring Training. There, he made seven appearances and finished 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA thanks to 11 strikeouts and two walks across 5.1 innings. Last year in the minor league system, the Broomfield, Colo., native went 7-2 with a 3.18 ERA in 49 appearances including one start. He earned one save as well while striking out 75 batters in 70.2 innings of work. Across four years in the MLB's minor league system, Pennington is 18-8 with a 3.79 ERA. He boasts 196 career strikeouts and has only walked 83 batters in 119 games for a total of 197.1 innings pitched. The lefty also touts two starts, eight saves in 11 opportunities and 14 holds.
 
IN THE PROS
Over the last six years, four Orediggers have entered baseball's professional ranks. Mikey Gangwish (2016-19) was the first as he played professionally in Australia before returning to a contract with the Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League. He has since retired and earned his master's degree at Mines. The second was Trevor Kehe (2017-19) who was drafted in the 36th round of the MLB First-Year Player Draft by the Baltimore Orioles. He worked in the Orioles organization for three years and advanced as far as High-A ball with the Aberdeen IronBirds before retiring. Rounding out but leading the trio is Walter Pennington (2017-20).
 
THE SKIPPER
The 2024 campaign marks Mines' sixth season with Robby Bales as head coach. During his tenure as the Oredigger skipper, Bales holds an overall record of 141-103 with a mark of 92-70 in RMAC play. He has coached 17 All-RMAC players, 10 all-region players, three all-Americans, two RMAC Pitcher of the Year winners, one RMAC Freshman of the Year, seven CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, one MLB Draft Pick and had one player signed as a free agent in the MLB. Additionally, Bales has guided Mines to the NCAA Tournament once, and RMAC Tournament three times, advancing to the regional and conference tournament final in 2019. Bales' teams have also performed in the classroom as the squad brought home the RMAC Brechler Award in 2020, 2021, and 2023 as the team boasting the highest combined GPA in the conference.
 
LOOKING AHEAD
After the final series of the regular season, Mines will look to the RMAC tournament which starts Wednesday, May 8, in Grand Junction, Colo. All seeding information, dates and game times will be announced at www.minesathletics.com next week. Pay-per-view video of the postseason will be offered on the RMAC Network with a link to live stats as well.
 
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