Brandon Gruber

2003 National Champions Baseball Team

• Class

• Induction 2023

• Sport(s) Baseball

The 2003 baseball team forever etched its name into Chapman history with the Panthers second baseball national title and Chapman's second Division III national title. Under first-year head coach Tom Tereschuk, the Panthers went 39-12 to finish as the best Division III team in the nation. Chapman fell into the loser's bracket at the national championships but emerged with the help of a walk-off victory over Emory. Chapman faced off with Christopher Newport in the championship series and used an offensive outburst to sweep the best-of-three series, 15-2 and 15-7. Hall of Famer Alex Taylor was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament and pitcher Ryan France was named an All-American.

No. Name Year Pos. Ht. BIT Hometown / High School

1     Justin Hallenbeck 

3     Scott Akamine 

4     Jeff Levering 

5     Gabe Bonfanti 

6     Shaun Donahoe 

7     Alex Taylor 

8     Travis Otott 

9     C.J. Castillo 

11    Matt Graves 

12    Max Gruber 

13    Brian Sanders 

14    Evan Williams 

15    Chris Van Camp 

16    Matt Ricatto

17    Jairo Ochoa 

19    Ryan France 

23    Joe Harkey 

24    John Alexander 

25    Al Lambert 

27    Billy Sulentor 

29    Brian Brubaker 

31    Buddy Klovstad 

32    Jeff Green 

36    Tyler Dean 

Head Coach: Tom Tereschuk

Assistants: Dave Edwards, Jeff Cecil, Eric Deovlet, Mike Reiter