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Founded | 1970 |
Overall record | 624–341 |
University | Dallas Baptist University |
Head coach | Dan Heefner (17th season) |
Conference | Conference USA |
Location | Dallas, Texas |
Home stadium | Horner Ballpark (Capacity: 3,492) |
Nickname | Patriots |
Colors | Red, white, and blue [1] |
NCAA regional champions | |
2011, 2021 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2014, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2024 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2016, 2019, 2021, 2023 |
The Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team represents Dallas Baptist University, which is located in Dallas, Texas. The Patriots are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in Conference USA. [2] They began competing in Division I in 2004 and joined the Missouri Valley Conference in 2014 after only one season with the Western Athletic Conference. They are the only Dallas Baptist program in Division I and Conference USA. All other Dallas Baptist programs compete in Division II's Lone Star Conference. DBU is also the only D-II member that competes in D-I baseball.
The Dallas Baptist Patriots play all home games on campus at Joan and Andy Horner Ballpark. Under the direction of Head Coach Dan Heefner, the Patriots have played in nine NCAA tournaments and hosted their first regional in 2015. Over their six seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference, they have won three MVC regular season titles and four MVC tournaments.
Since the program's inception in 1970, 18 Patriots have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by 3-time All-Stars Freddy Sanchez and Ben Zobrist. Under current head coach Dan Heefner, 52 Patriots have been drafted, including Vic Black who was selected in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.
Joan and Andy Horner Ballpark is a baseball stadium on the Dallas Baptist campus in Dallas that seats 3,492 people. It was opened on February 15, 2013 with a 9–11 loss to Creighton. A record attendance of 3,242 was set on May 31, 2015 during an NCAA tournament game against Texas. [3]
Records taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. [3]
Season | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
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2004 | Mike Bard | 1 | 44–16 | .733 |
2005–2007 | Eric Newman | 3 | 95–72 | .569 |
2008–present | Dan Heefner | 15 | 550–295–1 | .651 |
Totals | 3 coaches | 19 seasons | 699–383–1 | .646 |
Records taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. [3]
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Independent (2004–2012) | |||||||||
2004 | Mike Bard | 44–16 | |||||||
2005 | Eric Newman | 32–23 | |||||||
2006 | Eric Newman | 33–23 | |||||||
2007 | Eric Newman | 30–26 | |||||||
2008 | Dan Heefner | 37–19 | College Station Regional | ||||||
2009 | Dan Heefner | 38–17 | |||||||
2010 | Dan Heefner | 28–27 | |||||||
2011 | Dan Heefner | 42–20 | Santa Clara Super Regional | ||||||
2012 | Dan Heefner | 41–19 | Waco Regional | ||||||
Western Athletic Conference (2013) | |||||||||
2013 | Dan Heefner | 30–30 | 13–14 | T-7th | WAC Tournament | ||||
Missouri Valley Conference (2014–2022) | |||||||||
2014 | Dan Heefner | 40–21 | 14–7 | T-2nd | MVC Tournament Fort Worth Regional | ||||
2015 | Dan Heefner | 46–15 | 15–6 | 2nd | MVC Tournament Dallas Regional | ||||
2016 | Dan Heefner | 44–19 | 15–5 | 1st | MVC Tournament Lubbock Regional | ||||
2017 | Dan Heefner | 42–21 | 15–6 | 2nd | MVC Tournament Fort Worth Regional | ||||
2018 | Dan Heefner | 42–21 | 16–5 | 2nd | MVC Tournament Fayetteville Regional | ||||
2019 | Dan Heefner | 43–20 | 14–7 | T-1st | MVC Tournament Lubbock Regional | ||||
2020 | Dan Heefner | 12–4 | Season cancelled on March 12 due to Coronavirus pandemic [4] | ||||||
2021 | Dan Heefner | 41-18 | 18-6 | 1st | MVC Tournament Columbia Super Regional | ||||
2022 | Dan Heefner | 34-24-1 | 11-9-1 | 3rd | MVC Tournament Austin Regional | ||||
Conference USA (2023–present) | |||||||||
2023 | Dan Heefner | 47-16 | 25-5 | 1st | C-USA Tournament Stillwater Regional | ||||
2024 | Dan Heefner | 45-15 | 17-7 | 2nd | C-USA Tournament Tuscon Regional | ||||
Total: | 791–414-1 | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
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2008 | 0–2 | .000 | Eliminated by UIC in College Station Regional |
2011 | 3–3 | .500 | Eliminated by California in Santa Clara Super Regional |
2012 | 2–2 | .500 | Eliminated by Baylor in Waco Regional |
2014 | 0–2 | .000 | Eliminated by Siena in Fort Worth Regional |
2015 | 3–2 | .600 | Eliminated by VCU in Dallas Regional |
2016 | 3–2 | .600 | Eliminated by Texas Tech in Lubbock Regional |
2017 | 2–2 | .500 | Eliminated by TCU in Fort Worth Regional |
2018 | 2–2 | .500 | Eliminated by Arkansas in Fayetteville Regional |
2019 | 2–2 | .500 | Eliminated by Texas Tech in Lubbock Regional |
2021 | 4–3 | .571 | Eliminated by Virginia in Columbia Super Regional |
2022 | 0–2 | .000 | Eliminated by Air Force in Austin Regional |
2023 | 2–2 | .500 | Eliminated by Oral Roberts in Stillwater Regional |
2024 | 1–2 | .333 | Eliminated by Grand Canyon in Tuscon Regional |
Totals | 24–28 | .462 |
Year | Position | Name | Team | Selector |
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2006 | OF | Drew Holder | 1st | ABCA |
2nd | CB | |||
3rd | NCBWA | |||
2009 | SS | Ryan Goins | 3rd | BA |
CB | ||||
NCBWA | ||||
DH | Jason Krizan | 3rd | ABCA | |
2010 | OF | Ryan Enos | 3rd | ABCA |
2011 | OF | Jason Krizan | 1st | ABCA |
BA | ||||
CB | ||||
NCBWA | ||||
2B | Tyler Robbins | 2nd | ABCA | |
2012 | OF | Boomer Collins | 3rd | ABCA |
NCBWA | ||||
SS | Joel Hutter | 2nd | NCBWA | |
2013 | 3B | Duncan McAlpine | 3rd | ABCA |
2015 | RP | Chance Adams | 2nd | NCBWA |
RP | Brandon Koch | 2nd | CB | |
NCBWA | ||||
2016 | UT | Darick Hall | 1st | CB |
2nd | ABCA | |||
3rd | NCBWA | |||
SP | Colin Poche | 2nd | CB | |
2017 | 1B | Austin Listi | 2nd | CB |
3rd | ABCA | |||
2018 | RP | Trevor Conn | 3rd | CB |
OF | Devlin Granberg | 1st | ABCA | |
CB | ||||
NCBWA | ||||
2nd | BA | |||
2019 | DH | Bryce Ball | 1st | NCBWA |
2nd | ABCA | |||
2023 | RP | Kyle Amendt | 1st | NCBWA |
DH | Ethan Mann | 2nd | CB | |
3rd | NCBWA | |||
C | Grant Jay | 3rd | NCBWA | |
SP | Ryan Johnson | 3rd | NCBWA |
Year | Position | Name | Selector |
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2007 | SS | Austin Knight | CB |
2008 | RP | Chris Haney | CB |
2010 | SS | Austin Elkins | CB |
DH | Duncan McAlpine | CB | |
2013 | OF | Austin Listi | CB |
2014 | 2B | Camden Duzenack | CB |
OF | David Martinelli | CB | |
2015 | RP | Dalton Higgins | CB |
2016 | OF | Jameson Hannah | CB |
2018 | SP | Luke Eldred | CB |
SS | Jimmy Glowenke | BA | |
CB | |||
NCBWA |
Year | Position | Name |
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2016 | UT | Darick Hall |
2018 | OF | Devlin Granberg |
Year | Position | Name |
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2017 | IF | Camden Duzenack |
2018 | SS | Jimmy Glowenke |
Year | Handedness | Name |
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2016 | Left | Colin Poche |
2018 | Right | Trevor Conn |
Year | Name |
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2016 | Dan Heefner |
Year | Position | Name |
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2016 | UT | Darick Hall |
2018 | RP | Kody Funderburk |
Year | Position | Name |
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2016 | OF | Jameson Hannah |
2018 | SS | Jimmy Glowenke |
Taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. [3] Updated February 25, 2020.
= All-Star | = Baseball Hall of Famer |
Athlete | Years in MLB | MLB Teams |
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Les Lancaster | 1987–1993 | Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals |
Billy Brewer | 1993–1999 | Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies |
Darren Hall | 1994–1998 | Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers |
Jason LaRue | 1999–2010 | Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals |
Scott Mullen | 2000–2003 | Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers |
J. J. Trujillo | 2002 | San Diego Padres |
Freddy Sanchez | 2002–2011 | Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants |
Lew Ford | 2003–2007, 2012 | Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles |
Ben Zobrist | 2006–present | Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs |
Brandon Harper | 2006 | Washington Nationals |
Lance Broadway | 2007–2009 | Chicago White Sox, New York Mets |
Brandon Bantz | 2013 | Seattle Mariners |
Vic Black | 2013–2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets |
Ryan Goins | 2013–present | Toronto Blue Jays, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox |
Drew Smith | 2018–present | New York Mets |
Chance Adams | 2018–present | New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals |
Colin Poche | 2019–present | Tampa Bay Rays |
Cy Sneed | 2019–2020 | Houston Astros |
Seth Elledge | 2020-Present | St. Louis Cardinals |
Taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. [3] and the 2021 DBU baseball media guide [5] Updated June 9, 2021.
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