10/16/08

NORTHEAST BASEBALL’S THIRD FIRST PITCH BANQUET SET
Ole Miss Baseball Coach Mike Bianco headlines event

BOONEVILLE, Miss. --Plans have been set for the Northeast Mississippi Community College “Third Pitch Banquet” and it is scheduled to take place on Thursday, January 22, at 7 p.m. according to Tiger head coach Kent Farris.

Coach Farris and the Tiger baseball team would like to announce that the guest speaker for the event will be head baseball coach Mike Bianco of the University of Mississippi.

In the seven seasons since taking the reins of the program, Bianco has meet all his expectation’s as Ole Miss Baseball has become one of the nation’s benchmark programs. With six post-season appearances in seven years, including hosting four-straight Regional’s and playing in three-straight Super Regional’s in 2005, 2006 and 2007, Ole Miss has continued to rank among the nation’s elite each season under Bianco.

Under the leadership of Bianco, the Rebels have posted three-straight 40-win seasons from 2005-2007 for the first time in school history and have won at least 35 games each of the last seven seasons. In the Southeastern Conference, the nation’s toughest baseball league, Ole Miss leads all teams for conference wins over the past five seasons and is the only team to have posted a winning record in league play each year since 2003.

Bianco has also led the Rebels to championships as Ole Miss won the Western Division Title in 2005 and followed that up a year later with the 2006 SEC Tournament Championship.

Bianco was inducted into the Indian River Community College Hall of Fame in 2003.

“We would like to encourage everyone to attend the banquet and hear coach Bianco and enjoy the evening as we prepare for the upcoming season”, said Northeast head baseball coach Kent Farris.

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