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MVC Tournament champions NCAA Greenville Regional champions | |
Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
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Coaches | No. 23 |
Record | 39–26 (17–10 MVC) |
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Hitting coach | Matt Wollenzin (2nd season) |
Pitching coach | Tyler Shipley (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Charles H. Braun Stadium |
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Indiana State †y | 22 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .815 | 44 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .630 | 37 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Evansville ‡y | 17 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .630 | 39 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UIC | 16 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .593 | 35 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State | 16 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .593 | 30 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 12 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .444 | 33 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont | 12 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .444 | 26 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 11 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .407 | 23 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Valparaiso | 6 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .222 | 14 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bradley | 6 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .222 | 13 | – | 37 | – | 1 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 8, 2024 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2024 Evansville Purple Aces baseball team represented the University of Evansville as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Purple Aces played their home games at Charles H. Braun Stadium.
The Purple Aces finished the 2023 season with a trip to the MVC Championship Game against Indiana State, winning one out of two games before being eliminated. [2] For the season, Evansville compiled a record of 37–24 and finished fourth in the MVC with a 15–12 mark. [3]
The following coaches left the program:
The following coaches were hired:
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Team |
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Undrafted | Mark Shallenberger | OF | None [a] |
The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for Evansville in 2024. [4]
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Kenton Deverman | Dardenne Prairie, Missouri | Fort Zumwalt West (MO) |
Kevin Reed | Paragon, Indiana | Martinsville (IN) |
Kellen Roberts | Monroe, Michigan | Monroe (MI) |
Hitters | ||
Chance Bentley | Connersville, Indiana | Connersville (IN) |
Charlie Longmeier | Seymour, Indiana | Seymour (IN) |
Aaron Nehls | Newburgh, Indiana | Evansville North (IN) |
Brodie Peart | Markham, Ontario | Peoples Christian Academy (ON) |
First baseman Chase Hug was named to the Preseason All-MVC Team. [5]
Preseason All-MVC Team | |||
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Chase Hug | 11 | 1B | Graduate |
The MVC baseball coaches' poll was released on February 6, 2024. [5]
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1 | Indiana State | 95 (8) |
2 | Missouri State | 89 (1) |
3 | Evansville | 81 (1) |
4 | Murray State | 67 |
5 | Southern Illinois | 63 |
6 | Belmont | 40 |
7 | Illinois State | 39 |
8 | UIC | 34 |
9 | Valparaiso | 22 |
10 | Bradley | 20 |
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Note: While listed above as a graduate student for NCAA eligibility purposes, Meyer is a fifth-year senior.
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C | 0 | Brendan Hord | Graduate |
1B | 11 | Chase Hug | Graduate |
2B | 7 | Cal McGinnis | Junior |
3B | 3 | Brent Widder | Graduate |
SS | 9 | Simon Scherry | Senior |
LF | 32 | Mark Shallenberger | Graduate |
CF | 2 | Ty Rumsey | Junior |
RF | 21 | Harrison Taubert | Junior |
DH | 18 | Kip Fougerousse | Junior |
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Friday | 42 | Donovan Schultz | Senior |
Saturday | 16 | Kenton Deverman | Freshman |
Sunday | 24 | Kevin Reed | Freshman |
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Wes Carroll | Head coach | 16th | ||||||
Tyler Shipley | Pitching coach/recruiting coordinator | 2nd | ||||||
Matt Wollenzin | Hitting coach | 2nd | ||||||
Griffin McCormick | Volunteer assistant | 1st | ||||||
Jarrett Blunt | Graduate assistant | 1st | ||||||
Eric Harcourt | Athletic trainer | 4th |
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled/postponed Bold = Evansville team member * Non-conference game |
Last two do not qualify for the conference tournament. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.
2024 MVC baseball game results Source: 2024 MVC baseball game results | |||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W–L | BEL | BRA | UE | ILSU | INSU | MSU | MUR | SIU | UIC | VAL | Team | Conf | SR | SW | ||||
BEL | 12–15 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | BEL | 7th | 4–5 | 1–2 | |||||
BRA | 6–21 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | BRA | 10th | 1–8 | 0–4 | |||||
UE | 17–10 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | UE | 3rd | 7–2 | 2–1 | |||||
ILSU | 16–11 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | ILSU | 4th | 5–4 | 3–1 | |||||
INSU | 22–5 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | INSU | 1st | 9–0 | 4–0 | |||||
MSU | 11–16 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | MSU | 8th | 3–6 | 0–1 | |||||
MUR | 17–10 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | MUR | 2nd | 6–3 | 3–1 | |||||
SIU | 12–15 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | SIU | 6th | 3–6 | 2–2 | |||||
UIC | 16–11 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | UIC | 5th | 6–3 | 2–1 | |||||
VAL | 6–21 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | VAL | 9th | 1–8 | 0–4 | |||||
Team | W–L | BEL | BRA | UE | ILSU | INSU | MSU | MUR | SIU | UIC | VAL | Team | Conf | SR | SW |
Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: MUR>UE head to head. ILSU>UIC head to head. SIU>BEL head to head. VAL>BRA head to head.
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Kip Fougerousse | 65 | 270 | 71 | 94 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 75 | .348 | .428 | .678 | 1.106 |
Brendan Hord | 62 | 198 | 51 | 48 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 63 | .242 | .378 | .475 | .853 |
Drew Howard | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .286 | .000 | .286 |
Chase Hug | 39 | 126 | 30 | 35 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 34 | .278 | .446 | .508 | .954 |
Kevin McCormick | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .125 | .417 | .125 | .542 |
Cal McGinnis | 52 | 198 | 38 | 69 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .348 | .394 | .530 | .924 |
Brodie Peart | 40 | 122 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 28 | .270 | .328 | .361 | .689 |
Ty Rumsey | 61 | 195 | 45 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 61 | .282 | .391 | .441 | .832 |
Simon Scherry | 65 | 253 | 57 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 16 | 0 | 35 | 35 | .289 | .376 | .419 | .795 |
Mark Shallenberger | 65 | 243 | 72 | 91 | 21 | 2 | 17 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 28 | .374 | .514 | .687 | 1.201 |
Ben Stuart | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 |
Harrison Taubert | 64 | 240 | 54 | 70 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 71 | .292 | .400 | .500 | .900 |
Evan Waggoner | 32 | 70 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | .271 | .416 | .300 | .716 |
Brent Widder | 65 | 261 | 46 | 73 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 50 | .280 | .384 | .494 | .878 |
Kaleb Wilkey | 26 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .130 | .259 | .152 | .411 |
Team totals | 65 | 2,240 | 510 | 669 | 159 | 7 | 96 | 477 | 54 | 14 | 326 | 509 | .299 | .406 | .504 | .910 |
Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | ER | BB | HBP | SO |
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Ethan Bell | 8 | 0 | 14.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.68 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
Kenton Deverman | 18 | 16 | 111.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4.22 | 112 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 55 | 52 | 23 | 5 | 83 |
Drew Fieger | 27 | 0 | 37.2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.65 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 32 |
Elias Hachem | 4 | 2 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Max Hansmann | 26 | 0 | 38.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6.05 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 26 | 32 | 1 | 41 |
Shane Harris | 27 | 6 | 75.1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3.82 | 70 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 72 |
Jacob Jarvis | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Jace Kressin | 18 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.41 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
Parker MacCauley | 6 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
Jakob Meyer | 30 | 0 | 46.0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6.07 | 36 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 31 | 24 | 11 | 50 |
Kevin Reed | 17 | 15 | 58.2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 7.98 | 77 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 56 | 52 | 28 | 6 | 40 |
Kellen Roberts | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Donovan Schultz | 17 | 17 | 90.2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6.15 | 101 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 64 | 62 | 34 | 5 | 74 |
Nick Smith | 18 | 9 | 42.0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13.07 | 69 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 62 | 61 | 30 | 10 | 42 |
Team totals | 65 | 65 | 551.2 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 6.17 | 586 | 128 | 10 | 86 | 418 | 378 | 264 | 59 | 487 |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Final |
Coaches' [91] | — | —* | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —* | 23 |
Baseball America [92] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —* | 23 |
NCBWA† [93] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 15 |
D1Baseball [94] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —* | 16 |
Perfect Game [95] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —* | 16 | 11 |
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Team |
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Undrafted | Kip Fougerousse | 3B | None | |
Undrafted | Mark Shallenberger | OF | None | |
Undrafted | Simon Scherry | SS | None |
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The 2019 Indiana State Sycamores baseball team represented Indiana State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sycamores played their home games at Sycamore Stadium as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They were led by head coach Mitch Hannahs, in his 6th season at Indiana State.
The 2022 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his 6th season at Texas.
The 2021–22 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represented the University of Evansville in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces were led by head coach Todd Lickliter in his second full season at Evansville and played their home games at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). They finished the season 6–24, 2–16 in MVC play, to finish in last place. They lost to Valparaiso in the first round of the MVC tournament.
The 2023 Oral Roberts Golden Eagles baseball team represented Oral Roberts University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Eagles played their home games at J. L. Johnson Stadium as a member of the Summit League. They were led by head coach Ryan Folmar, in his eleventh season at Oral Roberts.
The 2023–24 Evansville Purple Aces women's basketball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by third-year head coach Robyn Scherr-Wells, played their home games at Meeks Family Fieldhouse in Evansville, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
The 2024–25 Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team represents the University of Evansville during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Purple Aces, led by third-year head coach David Ragland, play their home games at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, as members of the Missouri Valley Conference.