The Knights are named after Penny Knight, their top sponsor. Penny is married to Nike co-founder Phil Knight.[5]
Arguably one of the most successful teams in summer collegiate wood bat baseball, the Knights have won 10 league titles and 14 division championships. The Knights best run came between the years of 2016 and 2023 where the team finished each year as both division and league champions. Since joining the WCL, the Knights have never finished with a losing season.
History
2014
The Corvallis Knights put up 35 wins and 19 losses in the 2014 WCL season. The Knights tried to retake their WCL Championship throne but fell short of the title by one game. Corvallis forced the third-ever Game 3 of the WCL Championship Series. The Knights put up Michael Lucarelli and Grant Melker for 54 games tying the WCL record for the most games with a batting appearance—tying Mitchell Gunsolus of the Wenatchee Applesox from 2012 and Cole Norton from the Kitsap Bluejackets in 2011. Also, Grant Melker set the WCL record for the most bases stolen by one player in one season with 29 steals. The Corvallis Knights hit 95 doubles in the 2014 season, setting the record for the most doubles by any one team in one year. They also set the record for the most sacrifice flies and stolen bases, hitting 39 flies and stealing 119 bases in one season, respectively. The Knights kept the records rolling with Jackson Lockwood winning eight games, tying the record of Eli Morgon of the Yakima Valley Pippins in the same year. Corvallis sold 43,938 tickets in the season and hosted 1,292 fans one night.
2015
On February 12, 2015, the Corvallis Knights held a re-branding party and unveiled the new logo for the club.[6] According to logo designer Jason Klein of the San Diego graphic design company Brandiose, the new team logo includes a head of grain as a tribute to the agricultural heritage of the Willamette Valley and the regional affinity for craft brewing.[6] Concurrent with the change, the team officially adopted two new team colors in addition to its traditional cardinal — gold and a pale maize tone described by team officials as "Corvallis cream."[6]
2022
The Knights finished the 2022 regular season first in the South Division with a 39-15 record, the best in the league.[7] The Knights defeated the Pippins 2-1 in the South Division Semifinals and will host the Raptors in the South Division Final.[8] Kiko Romero is sixth in the WCL in runs batted in (34) while Sean Wiese has five wins on the mound.[9] The Knights have seen 61,390 total fans go through the gate. [10][11][12]
2024
On June 10th, infielder Kevin Takeuchi was selected as the league's player of the week after batting in ten runs and reaching base seventeen times.[13]
On June 17th, Takeuchi once again won the award after batting in and scoring sixteen runs while making base seventeen times.[14]
On July 9th, Brandon Cabrera, James DeCremer, Tyler Horn, Kaden Segel, Kevin Takeuchi, Blake Wilson, and Ty Yukomoto were selected to represent the Knights in the 2024 all star game in Bellingham.[15]
The Knights made the playoffs for the seventeenth straight season after winning the first half. The Knights swept the Raptors 2-0 in the South Divisional Series but were upset in the South Division Championship Game 1-4 by the Pickles ending their bid at an eighth straight WCL Championship.[17]
2025
On July 8th, it was announced that Brock Ketelsen (Stanford) Xavier Rios (CSUN), Maddox Riske (USC) and J'Shawn Unger (Iowa Western Community College) were selected to represent the Knights at the All Star Game in Bellingham.[18]
The Knights failed to improve on their 41-13 record from the previous season. The team went 39-15 and finished second in the South Division.[20] Blake Wilson (Washington) finished third with a .348 batting average. Trey Newmann (Portland) finished third in the league with forty-two strikeouts while Zach Johnson (Cal State Northridge) finished with a 3.48 ERA.[21] 37,333 total fans attended the Knights' twenty-six home games for an average of 1,436 fans per game.[22]
The Knights clinched the South Division Second Half Title for their eighteenth straight playoff berth (not counting the 2020 season when the league was shut down due to the COVID lockdowns). The Knights hosted the Elks in the South Divisional Series winning the series two games to one. The Knights travelled to Portland to face the Pickles in the South Division Championship Game but fell 5-6.
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