Cleveland State Vikings baseball

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Cleveland State Vikings
Cleveland State Vikings wordmark.svg
Founded1932
University Cleveland State University
Conference Horizon League
Location Cleveland, Ohio
Nickname Vikings
ColorsForest green and white [1]
   
Regular season conference champions
1986, 1989

The Cleveland State Vikings baseball team represented Cleveland State University in the sport of baseball. The Cleveland State Vikings competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and in the Horizon League. Baseball at Cleveland State was played for a total of 69 seasons. On May 2, 2011 Clevleland State University announced that they would eliminate the baseball team. The reasons cited were budget concerns as well as the difficulty of having a baseball team in the northern United States with the season starting earlier and earlier and favoring teams in the warmer southern United States. [2]

Contents

Record by year

SchoolSeasonRecord(Conf. Record)Postseason
Fenn College 19322-1(N/A)--
Fenn College 19330–3(N/A)--
Fenn College 19341–3(N/A)--
Fenn College 19351–4(N/A)--
Fenn College 1936N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1937N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1938N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1939N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1940N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1941N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1942N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1943N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1944N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1945N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 1946N/A(N/A)--
Fenn College 19478-3(N/A)--
Fenn College 19485–6(N/A)--
Fenn College 19495-5-1(N/A)--
Fenn College 19507-7(N/A)--
Fenn College 19510–7(N/A)--
Fenn College 19522–5(N/A)--
Fenn College 19536-2(N/A)--
Fenn College 19543–7(N/A)--
Fenn College 19553–5(N/A)--
Fenn College 19565-5(N/A)--
Fenn College 19572–8(N/A)--
Fenn College 19583–11(N/A)--
Fenn College 19595–10(N/A)--
Fenn College 19604–6(N/A)--
Fenn College 19611–10(N/A)--
Fenn College 19628-4(N/A)--
Fenn College 19635–9(N/A)--
Fenn College 19643–9(N/A)--
Fenn College 19654-8-1(N/A)--
Cleveland State 19666–8(N/A)--
Cleveland State 19678-8(N/A)--
Cleveland State 19689-9(N/A)--
Cleveland State 19699-9(N/A)--
Cleveland State 197016-4(N/A)--
Cleveland State 197117-10(N/A)--
Cleveland State 197220-14(N/A)--
Cleveland State 197320-10(?-?)NCAA, Regionals
Cleveland State 197412–20(?-?)--
Cleveland State 197519-11(?-?)--
Cleveland State 197612–19(?-?)--
Cleveland State 197722-13(?-?)--
Cleveland State 197814-17-1(?-?)--
Cleveland State 197915–29(?-?)--
Cleveland State 198024-26-2(?-?)--
Cleveland State 198124-22-1(?-?)--
Cleveland State 198228–35(?-?)--
Cleveland State 198310–32(?-?)--
Cleveland State 198410-38-1(N/A)--
Cleveland State 198523-29-3(4–4)--
Cleveland State 198623–24(7–4)--
Cleveland State 198720-17-2(5–5)--
Cleveland State 198816–32(5–6)--
Cleveland State 198924-21(7–3)--
Cleveland State 199013–27(3–6)--
Cleveland State 199122–24(2–10)--
Cleveland State 199212–34(5–17)--
Cleveland State 199323–36(10–10)--
Cleveland State 199415–38(9–15)--
Cleveland State 199512-42-1(4–12)--
Cleveland State 199615–37(4–20)--
Cleveland State 199720–28(12–12)--
Cleveland State 199821–32(8–11)--
Cleveland State 199922–34(12–8)--
Cleveland State 200023–33(10–9)--
Cleveland State 200123–34(6–14)--
Cleveland State 200217–35(11–12)--
Cleveland State 200313–39(4–18)--
Cleveland State 200419–33(11–12)--
Cleveland State 200514–36(5–15)--
Cleveland State 200610–42(6–22)--
Cleveland State 200714–44(10–17)--
Cleveland State 200822–31(10–13)--
Cleveland State 200921–31(12–13)--
Cleveland State 201012–43(5–20)--
Cleveland State 2011 12–43(5–20)--
Total69 years859-1371-13(?-?)1 Postseason bid

NCAA Championship history

SeasonEliminated
Round
Teams DefeatedLost to
1973Mideast RegionalSIU EdwardsvilleEastern Illinois
Indiana Central

Head coaching history

#NameYearsRecord
1 Homer E. Woodling 1932—19332–4
2Ted Okonski1934—19341–3
3 Homer E. Woodling 1935—19351–4
4George McKinnon1947—194918-14-1
5 George Rung 1950—19517–14
6 Homer E. Woodling 1952—195929–53
7Jim Rodriguez1960—197190-94-1
8 Garry Roggenburk 1972—1978119-104-1
9Fernando Arango1979—1991252-356-9
10 Kevin Rhomberg 1992—199677-187-1
11Jay Murphy1997—2006182–346
12Kevin Kocks2007—201181–192

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References

  1. "Color Palette | Cleveland State University" . Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  2. "Cleveland State University Ends Baseball Program" . Retrieved May 7, 2011.