Baseball is stronger than ever in Kansas and the summer finale ended Saturday, August 11 at Lawrence Dumont Stadium in Wichita.

NBC Awards were presented prior to the Championship game at the 2018 National Baseball Congress World Series between Santa Barbra Forresters and The National Junior College Team. Chris Umphres, GBRC Assistant
Director/Sports Director was presented the Raymond “Hap” Dumont Award.

The recipient of the “Volunteer of the Year Award” was selected from NBC volunteers across the state of Kansas.

Chris Umphres has been a member of the Board of Directors for Kansas NBC “HAP” Dumont Baseball since 2010. This is a volunteer board that oversees the youth division of the National Baseball Congress (NBC) across the state of Kansas. The mission of this board focuses on all youth baseball players and teams that chose to participate in Kansas NBC leagues and tournaments around the state have an opportunity to learn and grow.

The Great Bend Recreation Commission hosts many NBC “HAP” Dumont Baseball Tournaments throughout the year and offers the Sunflower Baseball League under that affiliation.