Austin Peay Governors baseball

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Austin Peay Governors
Baseball current event.svg 2024 Austin Peay Governors baseball team
Founded1931 (1931)
Overall record1,653–1,633–12
University Austin Peay State University
Head coach Roland Fanning (3rd season)
Conference Atlantic Sun Conference
Location Clarksville, Tennessee
Home stadium Raymond C. Hand Park
(Capacity: 777)
Nickname Governors
ColorsRed and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1996, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
Conference tournament champions
1996, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
Regular season conference champions
1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2024

The Austin Peay Governors baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference. [2] [3]

Austin Peay began play for baseball in 1931 as the fourth sport offered by the university. It stopped from 1940 to 1947 due to the outbreak of World War II. They played in the Volunteer State Athletic Conference until 1963, when they joined the NCAA and the Ohio Valley Conference. In 2023, they became a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. [4]

Austin Peay has made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament six times. They have gone 6-12 in NCAA tournament games, reaching the Regional Final twice.

Major League Baseball

Austin Peay has had nine players play in Major League Baseball. [5]

PlayerMLB Tenure
A.J. Ellis 2008–2018
Ryne Harper 2019–2021
Shawn Kelley 2009–2019
Matt Reynolds 2010–2016
George Sherrill 2004–2012
Jimmy Stewart 1963–1973
Greg Tubbs 1993
Jamie Walker 1997–2009

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The Austin Peay Governors basketball statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Austin Peay Governors basketball program in various categories, including points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocks. Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, single-season, and career leaders. The Governors represent Austin Peay State University in the NCAA Division I Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN).

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References

  1. "APSU Governors Brand Identity" (PDF). May 30, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. https://letsgopeay.com/sports/baseball
  3. https://letsgopeay.com/documents/2024/1/30/2024_BSB_Record_Book.pdf
  4. https://ovcsports.com/documents/2024/7/17//Baseball.pdf?id=19662
  5. https://letsgopeay.com/sports/2014/6/3/BB_0603142208.aspx