{"id":17593,"date":"2025-07-03T15:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/?p=17593"},"modified":"2025-07-03T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T22:20:21","slug":"cunningham-mowry-join-rivets-fresh-off-dream-runs-to-omaha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/rockford-rivets\/2025\/07\/03\/cunningham-mowry-join-rivets-fresh-off-dream-runs-to-omaha\/","title":{"rendered":"Cunningham, Mowry Join Rivets Fresh Off Dream Runs to Omaha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By: Kyle Tausk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ROCKFORD, Ill. \u2014 Ask most young baseball players, and they\u2019ll likely tell you they have two dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One, of course, is to one day get that life-changing call up to The Show and become a major league baseball player. The other? Omaha. The College World Series. A chance to compete against the best of the best in the college game on a stage and at a venue that\u2019s become second to none in the baseball world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Walking onto Charles Schwab Field \u2014 the mecca of college baseball \u2014 with 24,000 seats and 75 years of history surrounding the diamond that hosts the biggest games in all of college baseball is a moment very few players ever get the chance to experience. But two current Rockford Rivets \u2014 as freshmen, no less \u2014 just did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conner Cunningham and Collin Mowry achieved one of the loftiest dreams of their entire baseball careers when their respective teams, Cinderella story Murray State and traditional powerhouse Louisville, got all the way to the sport\u2019s grandest stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the action even began, each team got a chance to step foot on the famous grass and soak it all in. Very few ever get the opportunity to take those steps out of the dugout and etch their name in the decades of college baseball lore it comes with. Just a year removed from finishing up their final high school seasons, both were now standing on one of the sport\u2019s most iconic stages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt didn\u2019t feel real,\u201d said Cunningham, whose Murray State team took the college baseball world by storm with their magical run to the College World Series. \u201cIt was surreal. I watched it all the time as a kid on TV and now, walking into the stadium the day before for the first time, it didn\u2019t feel real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cunningham\u2019s path to Omaha was one he couldn\u2019t have possibly imagined, even in his wildest ambitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The summer before his senior year of high school, Cunningham was playing in a travel tournament in Atlanta. Murray State head coach Dan Skirka looked on as Cunningham had what he called one of the worst nights he had that entire summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">0-for-3. Three groundouts. Two errors at shortstop for the otherwise surehanded fielder. Despite it all, Skirka came up to him after the game and offered him a chance to play for the Racers. One visit and Cunningham was sold. He showed up the next fall ready to compete for a spot on the infield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At no point during the process did a chance to play in Omaha even cross his mind. That\u2019s not something a place like Murray State \u2014 who plays in a worn-down, 800-seat ballpark and had only even\u00a0<em>made<\/em> the NCAA Tournament three times before 2025 \u2014 uses in its recruiting pitch. All he wanted was a place where he felt he could develop and have the chance to play immediately \u2014 which he did at shortstop, ultimately <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">winning Co-Freshman of the Year in the Missouri Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-full wp-image-17595\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27932%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20932%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27932%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-177x142.jpeg 177w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-200x159.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-300x239.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-400x319.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-600x478.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-768x612.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-800x637.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham-1024x816.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Cunningham.jpeg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou commit to a place like Murray State and you don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to go to Omaha,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cTo be there is an experience I\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For a while, making it all the way to the College World Series wasn\u2019t even on Cunningham\u2019s radar \u2014 nor anybody else\u2019s. The Racers had a good regular season, finishing in a tie for first in the Missouri Valley and earning the number one seed in the conference\u2019s tournament, which they went on to win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it wasn\u2019t until the team saw its regional draw \u2014 a showdown with top 15 Ole Miss in Oxford \u2014 that the reality began to set in for him and his Murray State teammates. They had faced the Rebels earlier in the season and fell in heartbreaking fashion, 8-7 in 10 innings despite holding a ninth inning lead. But that early season midweek memory reminded them that even as the lowest-ranked team in their region, they belonged on the field with the best of them all. They ended up proving it by beating both Ole Miss and Georgia Tech to reach the doorstep of their dreams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe knew we could compete with those guys,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cOnce we went into their place and beat them the first time, then beat Georgia Tech, we were like \u2018Oh wow, we have a chance to make it all the way to Omaha right now.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that they did, taking down the Rebels two out of three times in total \u2014 including a 12-11 elimination game thriller that nearly saw their 12-3 lead evaporate \u2014 before staving off elimination twice more against Duke to complete one of the most improbable runs to the College World Series in recent college baseball history. Murray State became just the fourth No. 4 seed ever to make it all the way to Omaha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Racers\u2019 storybook season ended abruptly after just two games at the Big Dance, thanks in large part to one of the greatest College World Series pitching performances of all time by Arkansas phenom Gage Wood. Cunningham is actually close with Wood \u2014 having played at the same high school and trained with him in the offseason \u2014 and could only throw his hands up when describing the no-hit, 19-strikeout performance that ended his team\u2019s run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAll I can say is his fastball is electric,\u201d Cunningham said with a smile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mowry\u2019s path was quite a bit different. Ranked as a top 10 catcher nationally in his class, he had no shortage of options when it came time to choose his college destination. Ultimately, he settled on Louisville, a program that has made the College World Series now five times since 2013, in large part because of the chance to do that very thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLouisville goes to Omaha,\u201d Mowry said. \u201cThat was definitely a big part of why I went there. I wanted to be a part of that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That doesn\u2019t mean it was easy for Mowry and his team, though. Far from it, actually. The Cardinals lost five of their final six games to close the regular season and finished conference play just 15-15, earning them the 10 seed in the ACC Tournament. They were eliminated by 15-seeded Pitt in the first round.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That didn\u2019t leave a whole lot of external hope entering the Nashville Regional of the NCAA Tournament, staring down number one overall seeded Vanderbilt in their home ballpark. Inside the dugout, however, the belief never wavered from all the way back on Opening Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFrom the beginning, I knew that team was special,\u201d Mowry said. \u201cJust the love that all of us had together, the camaraderie in that locker room was unreal. I knew we could do it and just turn the season around.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s exactly what Louisville did, knocking off the Commodores and advancing to Super Regionals where they took down Miami in a best-of-three series to punch their ticket to Omaha.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mowry\u2019s individual season took a few different turns. He began the season planning to redshirt and preserve an extra year of eligibility but ended up having a chance to play when Louisville\u2019s primary catcher suffered an injury early in conference play. He made a handful of starts, including a few on the weekends, and got his feet wet catching against some of the top teams in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-full wp-image-17596\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1170\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27776%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201170%20776%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271170%27%20height%3D%27776%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry-400x265.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry-600x398.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry-800x531.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry-1024x679.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/07\/Mowry.jpeg 1170w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By the postseason, Mowry had returned to his role as a reserve in which he sat back and learned from the Cardinals\u2019 pair of older catchers in front of him. In the ninth inning of Louisville\u2019s elimination game in Omaha against Coastal Carolina, though, Mowry got the call to pinch hit and step into the famed batter\u2019s box on Charles Schwab Field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve never played in front of that many people,\u201d Mowry said. \u201cTo turn around and see all of our parents and fans so happy and being able to sign kids\u2019 autographs and things like that made the trip worthwhile. It was a super special experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even though his team\u2019s season ended just a few hitters thereafter, Mowry echoed the sentiment that Cunningham and nearly every player who\u2019s made that once-in-a-lifetime trip shares. Being able to soak in and ultimately compete on the storied stage that most spend their childhood fantasizing about is an experience like no other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe whole thing felt like a dream come true,\u201d Mowry said. &#8220;It was a surreal, surreal feeling.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, with the adrenaline of Omaha behind them, both Cunningham and Mowry are settling into the Rivets for the second half of the summer. It\u2019s a much different grind than the one that just led them to college baseball\u2019s mountain top, but it\u2019s the latest step in the process for both players as they hope to one day make it back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The two join a Rivets squad that despite some first half struggles, are equipped with a trove of new faces that has them well-equipped to make a run at the second half crown and a second playoff berth in as many years. Both will be key pieces in that endeavor, with their winning pedigree an extremely valuable benefit to a group of players from all over the college world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Both also are reunited with their former travel coach, Rivets manager Chase Brewster, who has seen each grow from when they began high school all the way to the national spotlight they just reached.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThose are two kids that are so easy to root for,\u201d Brewster said. \u201cYou want to see them do great things. You want to see them have success. It\u2019s just so awesome that they both got to go to Omaha as freshmen and knowing them, hopefully that won\u2019t be their last time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cunningham has taken over as the Rivets\u2019 primary shortstop, while Mowry has joined Rockford\u2019s rotation of catchers, mixing in a little bit across the diamond as well. For them, the summer is about staying sharp, growing their confidence and getting every last rep they can to continue developing to hopefully experience that Omaha journey again. And perhaps one day, achieve that other baseball dream. The major league one.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And of course, the chance to take a step back and simply enjoy themselves is ultimately what the summer with the Rivets is all about. One thing\u2019s for certain \u2014 they have the stories every teammate wants to hear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEverybody\u2019s welcomed me into the team pretty easily,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a great experience so far and even in losses, it\u2019s still really fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great group,\u201d Mowry added. \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of talented guys and it\u2019ll be fun to turn this thing around and get on the right track.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p><i>The Rockford Rivets are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its\u2019 31st season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, 360 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at watch.northwoodsleague.com), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.\u00a0 Learn more and find complete streaming schedules at watchnwl.com. For more information, visit\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockfordrivets.com\/\"><i>www.rockfordrivets.com<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rivets as your favorite team.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Kyle Tausk ROCKFORD, Ill. \u2014 Ask most young baseball players, and they\u2019ll likely tell you they have two dreams.  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