Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball

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Dallas Baptist Patriots
Baseball current event.svg 2024 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team
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Founded1970
Overall record624–341
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
ColorsRed, 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.

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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)

Joan and Andy 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]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
2004Mike Bard144–16.733
2005–2007 Eric Newman 395–72.569
2008–present Dan Heefner 15550–295–1.651
Totals3 coaches19 seasons699–383–1.646

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

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

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
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 30–3013–14T-7th WAC Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference (2014–2022)
2014 Dan Heefner 40–2114–7T-2nd MVC Tournament
Fort Worth Regional
2015 Dan Heefner 46–1515–62nd MVC Tournament
Dallas Regional
2016 Dan Heefner 44–1915–51st MVC Tournament
Lubbock Regional
2017 Dan Heefner 42–2115–62nd MVC Tournament
Fort Worth Regional
2018 Dan Heefner 42–2116–52nd MVC Tournament
Fayetteville Regional
2019 Dan Heefner 43–2014–7T-1st MVC Tournament
Lubbock Regional
2020 Dan Heefner 12–4Season cancelled on March 12
due to Coronavirus pandemic
[4]
2021 Dan Heefner 41-1818-61st MVC Tournament
Columbia Super Regional
2022 Dan Heefner 34-24-111-9-13rd MVC Tournament
Austin Regional
Conference USA (2023–present)
2023 Dan Heefner 47-1625-51st C-USA Tournament
Stillwater Regional
2024 Dan Heefner 45-1517-72nd C-USA Tournament
Tuscon 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

YearRecordPctNotes
2008 0–2.000Eliminated by UIC in College Station Regional
2011 3–3.500Eliminated by California in Santa Clara Super Regional
2012 2–2.500Eliminated by Baylor in Waco Regional
2014 0–2.000Eliminated by Siena in Fort Worth Regional
2015 3–2.600Eliminated by VCU in Dallas Regional
2016 3–2.600Eliminated by Texas Tech in Lubbock Regional
2017 2–2.500Eliminated by TCU in Fort Worth Regional
2018 2–2.500Eliminated by Arkansas in Fayetteville Regional
2019 2–2.500Eliminated by Texas Tech in Lubbock Regional
2021 4–3.571Eliminated by Virginia in Columbia Super Regional
2022 0–2.000Eliminated by Air Force in Austin Regional
2023 2–2.500Eliminated by Oral Roberts in Stillwater Regional
2024 1–2.333Eliminated by Grand Canyon in Tuscon Regional
Totals24–28.462

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
2006OFDrew Holder1st ABCA
2nd CB
3rd NCBWA
2009SS Ryan Goins 3rd BA
CB
NCBWA
DH Jason Krizan 3rdABCA
2010OFRyan Enos3rdABCA
2011OF Jason Krizan 1stABCA
BA
CB
NCBWA
2BTyler Robbins2ndABCA
2012OFBoomer Collins3rdABCA
NCBWA
SSJoel Hutter2ndNCBWA
20133BDuncan McAlpine3rdABCA
2015RP Chance Adams 2ndNCBWA
RPBrandon Koch2ndCB
NCBWA
2016UTDarick Hall1stCB
2ndABCA
3rdNCBWA
SP Colin Poche 2ndCB
20171BAustin Listi2ndCB
3rdABCA
2018RPTrevor Conn3rdCB
OFDevlin Granberg1stABCA
CB
NCBWA
2ndBA
2019DHBryce Ball1stNCBWA
2ndABCA
2023RPKyle Amendt1stNCBWA
DHEthan Mann2ndCB
3rdNCBWA
CGrant Jay3rdNCBWA
SPRyan Johnson3rdNCBWA

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2007SSAustin KnightCB
2008RPChris HaneyCB
2010SSAustin ElkinsCB
DHDuncan McAlpineCB
2013OFAustin ListiCB
20142BCamden DuzenackCB
OFDavid MartinelliCB
2015RPDalton HigginsCB
2016OFJameson HannahCB
2018SPLuke EldredCB
SSJimmy GlowenkeBA
CB
NCBWA

Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year

YearPositionName
2016UTDarick Hall
2018OFDevlin Granberg

Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year

YearPositionName
2017IFCamden Duzenack
2018SSJimmy Glowenke

Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year

YearHandednessName
2016Left Colin Poche
2018RightTrevor Conn

Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year

YearName
2016 Dan Heefner

Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year

YearPositionName
2016UTDarick Hall
2018RPKody Funderburk

Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year

YearPositionName
2016OFJameson Hannah
2018SSJimmy 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
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Les Lancaster 1987–1993Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals
Billy Brewer 1993–1999Kansas City Royals, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies
Darren Hall 1994–1998Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers
Jason LaRue 1999–2010Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals
Scott Mullen 2000–2003Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers
J. J. Trujillo 2002San Diego Padres
Freddy Sanchez 2002–2011Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants
Lew Ford 2003–2007, 2012Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles
Ben Zobrist 2006–presentTampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs
Brandon Harper 2006Washington Nationals
Lance Broadway 2007–2009Chicago White Sox, New York Mets
Brandon Bantz 2013Seattle Mariners
Vic Black 2013–2014Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets
Ryan Goins 2013–presentToronto Blue Jays, Kansas City Royals, Chicago White Sox
Drew Smith 2018–presentNew York Mets
Chance Adams 2018–presentNew York Yankees, Kansas City Royals
Colin Poche 2019–presentTampa Bay Rays
Cy Sneed 2019–2020Houston Astros
Seth Elledge 2020-PresentSt. 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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