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Thirty-six Frederick Community College Cougars scholar-athletes earned Maryland JUCO All-Academic Awards for the 2024-25 Season. The announcement was made on Thursday, July 31.
The NJCAA has announced the 2024-25 All-Academic Teams, recognizing student-athletes nationwide for their academic excellence and dedication in the classroom. A total of 13,915 student-athletes have been honored for achieving a GPA above 3.60. Twenty-seven Frederick Community College scholar-athletes received NJCAA All-Academic honors for posting an overall GPA of 3.60 or higher for the 2024-25 academic year. This is more than double the number of All-Academic honors received the previous year.
On the same day as the 2025 MLB Draft, Frederick CC Cougars Baseball alum Brendan Kleiman announced his commitment to the University of Arkansas. After two seasons at The Rick and going on to play at Eastern Michigan, the senior transfer will catch in the SEC for the Razorbacks.
Frederick Community College Baseball Head Coach Rodney Bennett has received multiple Coach of the Year honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), and the veteran Cougars Coach was awarded the 2025 ABCA/ATEC NJCAA Regional Coach of the Year for NJCAA Division II on Tuesday, as the organization announced this week.
Shawn Karpaitis has been named a 2025 NJCAA Division II Baseball All-American by the NJCAA Division II Baseball Committee. A native of Mechanicsburg, PA, and a sophomore outfielder, Karpaitis turned in one of the most memorable and dominant seasons in Cougars baseball history.
The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced the NJCAA DII Rawlings Gold Glove Awards on Wednesday. For her outstanding performance in center field, Leo Cline is the recipient of the NJCAA Rawlings Gold Glove Award, marking the second consecutive year that a Frederick Community College Cougar student-athlete has received this prestigious honor.
The Frederick Community College Cougars saw their remarkable 2025 season come to a close on Monday afternoon at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid, Oklahoma, falling 4-3 to the fourth-seeded Heartland Community College Hawks in a tightly contested elimination game at the NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series.
The Frederick Community College Cougars ran into early trouble in their NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series opener on Saturday, falling 15-1 to Iowa Central CC Tritons squad at David Allen Memorial Ballpark in Enid, Oklahoma. In a game where almost nothing went right for the Cougars, the Tritons poured on the offense, putting Frederick in a win-or-go-home situation in the double-elimination tournament.
Facing elimination not once, but twice on Championship Saturday, the Frederick Community College Cougars delivered a dominant performance in games two and three of the NJCAA Region 20 Division II Championship Series against the Anne Arundel Community College Riverhawks. With their backs against the wall, the Cougars rallied to claim the regional title and secure their place in the 2025 NJCAA Division II Baseball World Series in Enid, Oklahoma—marking the program’s tenth appearance and Head Coach Rodney Bennett’s seventh trip to the national stage.
With everything on the line in a winner-take-all final, the Frederick Community College Cougars baseball team showed they were the best in the west and delivered a gritty performance to defeat the #3 seed Hagerstown Community College Hawks 6-4. The win, earned in front of their home crowd, brings the Region 20 DII Championship Series to Frederick beginning May 16 at noon.
Facing elimination not once but twice on Sunday, the Frederick Community College Cougars baseball team showed why they are the number one seed in a pair of must-win games at home, forcing a winner-takes-all showdown against Hagerstown CC on Monday at noon.
The Frederick Community College Cougars erupted for eight runs over the final three innings to surge past the Garrett College Lakers, 16-9, in a back-and-forth NJCAA Region 20 DII West semifinal elimination game Saturday at home. With the win, the top-seeded Cougars avoid elimination and will face the Allegany College of Maryland Trojans in another must-win matchup on Sunday morning.
The Frederick Community College Cougars baseball team opened the NJCAA Region 20 DII West Tournament on Friday with a tough 4-2 loss to the #4 seed Allegany College of Maryland Trojans in a tightly contested semifinal matchup at home. Despite a standout effort on the mound from Adam Horst, who fanned 11 batters over seven innings and allowed just two runs, the Cougars couldn’t generate enough offense to overcome a late push by the Trojans.
Frederick Community College Cougars softball postseason momentum stalled on Friday afternoon as the Cougars fell 6-0 to top-seeded WVU Potomac State in the Region 20 Division II Championship Tournament semifinal. Despite a strong effort, the Cougars were unable to generate offense against the Catamounts' pitching, who allowed just five hits over seven innings.
