Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball

Dallas Baptist Patriots
2025 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team
Founded	1970
Overall record	624–341
University	Dallas Baptist University
Head coach	Dan Heefner (18th season)
Conference	Conference USA (Pac-12 in 2027)
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, 2025
Conference tournament champions
2014, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2024
Conference regular season champions
2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025

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.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

• 2004–2012: Independent
• 2013: Western Athletic Conference
• 2014–2022: Missouri Valley Conference
• 2023–2026: Conference USA
• 2026–future: Pac-12 Conference

Joan and Andy Horner Ballpark

Main article: Horner Ballpark

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]

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. ^[3]

Season	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
2004	Mike Bard	1	44–16	.733
2005–2007	Eric Newman	3	95–72	.569
2008–present	Dan Heefner	17	652–326–1	.666
Totals	3 coaches	21 seasons	791–414–1	.656

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. ^[3]

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
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 Tucson Regional
Total:		791–414–1
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

NCAA Division I Tournament history

• The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947.
• The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
• Dallas Baptist began playing Division I baseball in 2004.

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
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 Tucson Regional
2025	1–2	.333	Eliminated by Little Rock in Baton Rouge Regional
Totals	25–30	.454

Awards and honors (Division I only)

• Over their 20 seasons in Division I, 20 Patriots have been named to an NCAA-recognized All-America team.
• Over their 6 seasons in the Missouri Valley Conference, 24 different Patriots have been named to the all-conference first-team.

All-Americans

Year	Position	Name	Team	Selector
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

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

Year	Position	Name	Selector
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

Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year

Year	Position	Name
2016	UT	Darick Hall
2018	OF	Devlin Granberg

Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year

Year	Position	Name
2017	IF	Camden Duzenack
2018	SS	Jimmy Glowenke

Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year

Year	Handedness	Name
2016	Left	Colin Poche
2018	Right	Trevor Conn

Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year

Year	Name
2016	Dan Heefner

Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year

Year	Position	Name
2016	UT	Darick Hall
2018	RP	Kody Funderburk

Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year

Year	Position	Name
2016	OF	Jameson Hannah
2018	SS	Jimmy Glowenke

Taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. ^[3] Updated February 25, 2020.

Patriots in the Major Leagues

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

Athlete	Years in MLB	MLB Teams
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	2006–2019	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
Ryan Johnson	2025–present	Los Angeles Angels

Taken from the 2020 DBU baseball media guide. ^[3] and the 2021 DBU baseball media guide ^[5] Updated June 9, 2021.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

References

1. "DBU vs. Louisiana–Monroe Baseball Game Notes" (PDF). February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
2. "Dallas Baptist University Added as Affiliate Member for Baseball" (Press release). Conference USA. April 22, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
3. "DBU Baseball Media Guide". Archived from the original on February 18, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
4. "NCAA & DBU COVID-19 Updates" . Retrieved March 15, 2020.
5. "2021 DBU Baseball Media Guide" (PDF).