2024 North Alabama Lions baseball team

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2024 North Alabama Lions baseball
North Alabama Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic Sun Conference
Record3–8 (0–0 ASUN)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Blakey (3rd season)
  • Nick Patton (2nd season)
  • David Mervis (2nd season)
Home stadium Mike D. Lane Field
Seasons
 2023
2025 

The 2024 North Alabama Lions baseball team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Lions played their home games at Mike D. Lane Field as a members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. They are led by head coach Jad Prachniak, in his 2nd season at UNA.

Contents

Previous season

The 2023 team finished the season with a 14–37 record and a 8–22 record in ASUN play. They finished 13th in conference standings after a tiebreaker put UNA ahead of Bellarmine. [1] [2]

Personnel

2024 North Alabama Lions roster
 

Pitchers

  • 7 – Carson Howard – Junior
  • 10 – Jacob James – Senior
  • 11 – Quinn Petty – Junior
  • 15 – Jacob Bradshaw – Senior
  • 18 – Avery Brown – Sophomore
  • 19 – Dane Sykes – Senior
  • 21 – Justus Agosto – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 22 – Brycen Parrish – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 23 – Evan Kingma – Senior
  • 24 – Kevin Henrich – Sophomore
  • 25 – Bryce Richter – Graduate
  • 27 – Anthony Pingeton – Junior
  • 29 – Justin Battle – Sophomore
  • 31 – Raleigh Claunch – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 33 – Josh Bowerman - Sophomore
  • 45 – Josh Allen Stogner – Junior
  • 48 – David Burton – Junior
  • 51 – Caleb Menina – Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 12 – Levi Jensen – Senior
  • 14 – Andrew Knight – Graduate
  • 28 – Andin Johnson – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 40 – Charlie Cochran – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 2 – Leighton Jenkins – Junior
  • 4 – Gehrig Frei – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 5 – Kyle Machado – Graduate
  • 9 – Jackson Ferrigno – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 17 – Cal Cook – Senior
  • 30 – Zak Majer – Senior
  • 34 – Bryant Loving – Freshman
  • 36 – Braden Ebeling – Freshman
  • 37 – Ryan West – Junior
  • 44 – Brady Moore – Redshirt.svg Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 3 – Brant Brown – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 8 – Jonathan Lane – Junior
  • 13 – Dominick McIntyre – Senior
  • 16 – Ethan Walker – Sophomore
  • 20 – Jackson Cheek – Sophomore
  • 35 – Alex Wilson – Junior
 

Coaching Staff

NamePositionSeasons at
North Alabama
Alma Mater
Jad Prachniak Head Coach2 University of Rhode Island (2005)
Chris BlakeyAssociate Head Coach3 University of North Alabama (2018)
Nick PattenAssistant Baseball Coach / Hitting Coach2 University of Delaware (2021)
David MervisAssistant Baseball Coach / Pitching Coach2 University of Delaware (2021)

Source: [3]

Schedule and results

2024 North Alabama Lions baseball game log
Regular season
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordASUN record
March 2 UAB Mike D. Lane FieldW 9-8Anthony PingetonBraxton BrooksN/AESPN+2723-60-0
March 2UABMike D. Lane FieldL 8-10Brooks HouseJustin BattleChristian ClackESPN+3173-70-0
March 3UABMike D. Lane FieldL 3-8Colin DanielsKevin HenrichN/AESPN+2523-80-0
March 5 Samford Mike D. Lane Field
March 6Murray StateMike D. Lane Field
March 8 UT Martin Mike D. Lane Field
March 9UT MartinMike D. Lane Field
March 10UT MartinMike D. Lane Field
March 12at Memphis FedExPark
March 15 Kennesaw State Mike D. Lane Field
March 16Kennesaw StateMike D. Lane Field
March 17Kennesaw StateMike D. Lane Field
March 19at Tennessee Tech Howell Bush Stadium
March 22at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field
March 23at Eastern KentuckyTurkey Hughes Field
March 24at Eastern KentuckyTurkey Hughes Field
March 28 Lipscomb Mike D. Lane Field
March 29LipscombMike D. Lane Field
March 30LipscombMike D. Lane Field

Source: [4]

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References

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  2. "2023 Baseball Standings". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  3. "2024 Baseball Roster". UNA Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. "2024 Baseball Schedule". UNA Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2024.