<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=26xBVu_1Gzv1H0l00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=26xBVu_1Gzv1H0l00" width="1763" height="1175" ><figcaption>Le Mars Community’s Brett McInnis (center) signed his letter of intent to play baseball at Southeastern Community College in a ceremony on Wednesday. He is pictured with his parents Christy and Greg (left) and Le Mars head coach Kendall Candor (right). Photo by Allen Hamil Allen Hamil</figcaption></figure>LE MARS — Le Mars Community pitcher Brett McInnis signed his letter of intent to play baseball for Southeastern Community College at a ceremony on Wednesday.“After this last summer season, I went to a lot of camps and I decided I was talking to quite a few coaches. Southeastern called me one day and they were straightforward with me. They gave me really some inspiration to come there. Ben (Beznoska), the pitching coach there, is a really cool dude and he’s talked to me, he’s worked with professional guys and he said that I have the potential to make it anywhere I want to. So, he really inspired me to go there,” McInnis said. “I didn’t think I was going to go the JUCO route at all, but then Southeastern stuck out to me a lot and talking to guys, I thought it was the best way for me to play professional baseball one day.”The school, based in West Burlington, has had 33 former players either selected in the MLB draft of sign professional contracts dating back to 2005. Dozens of others have continued their baseball careers at larger universities following their time with the Blackhawks.Le Mars head coach Kendall Candor said McInnis has a work ethic which will help him out as he moves forward.“He’s a guy who is always looking for a chance to get better. He’s always working in the offseason. He’s always taking extra reps. He’s exactly what you’d want out of a kid,” Candor said. “It’s kind of a shining example of what it takes to go play college ball. He does everything the right way. He’s a good teammate, a good leader, works hard in the classroom. He really checks a lot of boxes for you.”Southeastern went 45-15 during the 2026 season this spring. Meeting some of those players helped sway McInnis towards joining the program.“The guys there are really cool. They have this apartment complex that all the baseball players live in. They were so open when I walked in there. They all shook my hand. They all said, ‘What’s up’ to me and I thought it was really cool,” McInnis said.One of the highlights for McInnis this past summer was throwing a no-hitter with 16 strikeouts in a game against Sioux City West. He ended the season with 96 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings of work.“I think he got better as the season went on,” Candor said. “He never really had any sort of dip where he felt like he got tired or needed a break from the season. And constantly, he was going between pitching to catching. We’d ask him, ‘Hey, do you need a break?’ and he would always be the first one to say, ‘No, I want to play, I want to compete, I want to give my team the best chance to win.’ That’s what a lot of coaches are looking for.”Along with his time on the mound, McInnis caught games, throwing out six runners on the season from behind the plate. He also led the team with a .386 batting average, 20 RBI, two home runs and three triples.McInnis said his primary position will be pitcher, but will also hit and play some other positions in the field for the Blackhawks.“I got my scholarship to pitch, but they said that they’d also like me to two-way there, so I’m going to try hitting. Don’t know where I’ll play the field yet, but I’m definitely going to pitch and hit a little bit, too,” McInnis said.McInnis is gearing up for one more season with the Bulldogs and hopes to have a good senior campaign.“I’m going to hopefully get as strong as I can and then just keep on starting my throwing program in December and just keep going on from there,” McInnis said.</div></body>

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LE MARS — Le Mars Community pitcher Brett McInnis signed his letter of intent to play baseball for Southeastern Community College at a ceremony on Wednesday. “After this last summer season, I went to a lot of camps and I decided I was talking to quite a few coaches. Southeastern called me one day and they were straightforward with me. They gave me really some inspiration to come there. Ben (Beznoska), the pitching coach there, is a really cool dude and he’s talked to me, he’s worked with professional guys and he said that I have the potential to make it anywhere I want to. So, he really inspired me to go there,” McInnis said. “I didn’t think I was going to go the JUCO route at all, but then Southeastern stuck out to me a lot and talking to guys, I thought it was the best way for me to play professional baseball one day.”

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LE MARS — Le Mars Community pitcher Brett McInnis signed his letter of intent to play baseball for Southeastern Community College at a ceremony on Wednesda

McInnis selects Southeastern Community College for baseball

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