Baseball
Cougar Baseball is about consistencies:
- Academic success: Our players do well in the classrooms, and many of our players receive their transfer degrees.
- Grooming athletes: Most of our players achieve their educational pursuits while attending Clackamas and move on to four-year schools. We're proud of how many will continue to play baseball and some will do it on scholarship. We consider CCC as a great stepping stone to opportunities at the next level.
- Catchers in our program have had great success: Clackamas is well known for the all-league/all-NWAACC catchers it has produced. Catchers that have moved on and up in recent years include: J. Hubbard (AAA pros); A. Ortmayer (AA pros); Steve Geisler (Western Oregon University); and most recently, Mike McNally, who achieved all-region honors in 2005, Ben Janal in 2006 and 2007 and Brenden Landwehr in 2009.
If you are interested in playing baseball, contact Coach Jim Hoppel at 503-594-3704.
Baseball Coaching Staff
Jim Hoppel
503-594-3704 | jhoppel@clackamas.edu
Coach Hoppel enters his third year as the head baseball coach for the Cougars. He coached for 10 years at the high school level and coached OBA teams for six years winning a pair of World Series titles. He also was the associate head coach of the Portland Kings collegiate team for two years.
Hoppel has previously been on the Cougar baseball staff for 14 years as an assistant coach, associate head coach and co-head coach. He played and later coached at Milwaukie High school and played at Clackamas Community College in 1982 before joining the U.S. Army and attending Texas A&M from 1983 to 1986, getting his degree in criminal justice.
He is looking forward to taking over the program and moving it to the next level, "We will do everything that we can to make this team a top NWAC program. It all starts with getting the right players here who fit into what we are trying to accomplish. We want our guys to play with high energy, intensity and confidence that make them winners."
He is excited about the coaching staff he has put together and the players CCC has brought in this fall.
Hoppel is married to Sharon and has three daughters, Chelsea, Kala and Jill, and two grandkids, Ryder and Kyla. He has owned a security business for 25 years.
Mike Christman
Coach Christman is entering his fourth year with the Cougar baseball program. He played at Clackamas Community College from 1991 to 1992, earning NWAACC League honors. His responsibilities will include assisting with the outfielders, first baseman, hitters and with strength training and conditioning.
Education:
- Crook County High School 1988
- Clackamas Community College - AGS/AAOT
- Portland State University - Bachelor of Science in biology