MASON CITY – NIACC baseball coach Travis Hergert has been selected as the ABCA/Diamond NJCAA Division II North Plains district baseball coach of the year.
Hergert, who just completed his third season as NIACC’s head coach, guided the Trojans to the NJCAA Division II World Series for the second time in three seasons.
NIACC won a school record 49 games in the 2015 season. The Trojans (49-16) claimed the NJCAA Region XI title by winning five straight elimination games and qualified for the World Series with a pair of wins over Southeast CC (Neb.) in the North Plains district title series.
NIACC was 1-2 at the World Series in Enid, Okla., and placed eigth. The Trojans placed fifth at the 2013 World Series.
Hergert has a career record of 105-65.