Northern Essex Community College baseball team, with coach Jeff Mejia in the middle holding the championship trophy, celebrates its Northeast District title and berth to the NJC World Series in 2023.
Merrimack College’s nationwide search for its next baseball coach didn’t need to go far after all. As in five miles.
The school has hired Jeff Mejia, who basically turned Northern Essex Community College baseball into a dynasty in the northeast out of Haverhill.
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Now former Northern Essex coach Jeff Mejia, left, coached his son Jeff Mejia Jr., for one year.
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