Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball

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Central Connecticut Blue Devils
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Founded1935
University Central Connecticut State University
Head coach Charlie Hickey (26th season)
Conference Northeast
Location New Britain, Connecticut
Home stadium CCSU Baseball Field
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameDevils
ColorsBlue and white [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
Division II
1973, 1975
Division I
2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Conference tournament champions
2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023
Regular season conference champions
2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2023

The Central Connecticut Blue Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Northeast Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Central Connecticut State's first baseball team was fielded in 1935. During their time in NCAA Division II, they went to the national baseball tournament twice. The team plays its home games at CCSU Baseball Field in New Britain, which opened in 2010 and seats 1,000. The Blue Devils are coached by Charlie Hickey.

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The Blue Devils have claimed eight Northeast Conference baseball tournament championships and appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship eight times. The 2010 team set several offensive school records en route to a recent Regional appearance in the Norwich Regional. The 2023 team was the most recent to reach the NCAA tournament. [2] [3] [4]

Central Connecticut in the NCAA tournament

YearRecordPctNotes
2002 0–2.000 Austin Regional
2003 0–2.000 Tempe Regional
2004 0–2.000 Oklahoma City Regional
2010 0–2.000 Norwich Regional
2017 0–2.000 Fort Worth Regional
2019 1–2.333 Fayetteville Regional
2021 0–2.000 Eugene Regional
2023 0–2.000 Columbia Regional
TOTALS
1-16.059

Coaching history

This table reflects the documented coaching history through the 2024 season. [2]

NameSeasonsWLTPct
Jim Kaiser736110.766
Ed Creed32460.800
Hank Majlinger303531680.678
Julian Wojtusik7631051.376
George Redman142582744.485
Charlie Hickey 256645645.541

Retired numbers

Central Connecticut has one retired number.

No.MemberPositionCareerYear No. Retired
27
 Ricky Bottalico P19912000

Season-by-season record

SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Charlie Hickey (Northeast Conference)(2000–present)
2000Charlie Hickey 17–31–19–113rd (North)
2001Charlie Hickey 30–2214–8T-1st (North)NEC Tournament
2002 Charlie Hickey 34–2318–93rd NCAA Regional
2003 Charlie Hickey 31–17–219–61st NCAA Regional
2004 Charlie Hickey 41–17–120–41st NCAA Regional
2005 Charlie Hickey 19–2810–147th
2006 Charlie Hickey 33–1816–71stNEC Tournament
2007 Charlie Hickey 26–2614–144thNEC Tournament
2008 Charlie Hickey 25–2418–92ndNEC Tournament
2009 Charlie Hickey 26–2216–113rdNEC Tournament
2010 Charlie Hickey 33–2318–143rd NCAA Regional
2011 Charlie Hickey 26–25–117–145thNEC Tournament
2012 Charlie Hickey 28–2419–13T-3rdNEC Tournament
2013 Charlie Hickey 28–2516–16T-5th
2014 Charlie Hickey 27–2214–102nd NEC tournament
2015 Charlie Hickey 17–319–156th
2016 Charlie Hickey 23–3415–174th NEC tournament
2017 Charlie Hickey 36–2221–72nd NCAA Regional
2018 Charlie Hickey 18–2812–166th
2019 Charlie Hickey 31-2316-82nd NCAA Regional
2020 Charlie Hickey 4-80-0T-1stCancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Charlie Hickey 28-1521-92nd NCAA Regional
2022 Charlie Hickey 29-1817-103rd NEC tournament
2023 Charlie Hickey 36-1425-51st NCAA Regional
Charlie Hickey:646-540-5374-247
Total:

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. ↑ CCSU Identity Manual (PDF). May 1, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "2017 Record Book" (PDF). Central Connecticut Blue Devils. Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Mike Anthony (May 21, 2014). "Central Starts in NEC Baseball Tournament Thursday". Hartford Courant . Retrieved February 12, 2017.
  4. ↑ Jim Fuller (June 2, 2010). "Area players key to Central Connecticut baseball success". New Haven Register . Retrieved February 12, 2017.
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