Kennesaw State Owls baseball

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Kennesaw State Owls
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Founded1984
Overall record419–393
University Kennesaw State University
Head coachRyan Coe (3rd season)
Conference Conference USA
Location Kennesaw, Georgia
Home stadium Fred Stillwell Stadium
(Capacity: 900)
Nickname Owls
ColorsBlack and gold [1]
   
NCAA regional champions
2014
NCAA Tournament appearances
2014, 2022
Conference tournament champions
2014, 2022
Regular season conference champions
2016

The Kennesaw State Owls baseball team represents Kennesaw State University, which is located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Owls are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in Conference USA. They began competing in Division I in 2006, joining Conference USA in 2024.

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The Kennesaw State Owls play all home games on campus at Fred Stillwell Stadium. Under the direction of Head Coach Mike Sansing, the Owls have played in one NCAA tournament. Over their fifteen seasons in the ASUN Conference, they have won one ASUN regular season title and two ASUN tournaments.

Since the program's inception in 1984, eight Owls have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by 2005 World Series champion Willie Harris. Over the program's 37 seasons, 55 Owls have been drafted, including Max Pentecost and Chad Jenkins who were selected in the first round of the 2014 and 2009 drafts, respectively.

Before joining the NCAA in 1994, the Owls additionally won the NAIA World Series in 1994.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Fred Stillwell Stadium

Fred Stillwell Stadium is a baseball stadium on the Kennesaw State campus in Kennesaw, Georgia, that seats 900 people. It opened in 1984. A record attendance of 1,314 was set on April 3, 2012 in a game against Georgia Tech. [2]

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book. [3]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
2006–2021 Mike Sansing 15419–393.516
2022–presentRyan Coe136–28.562
Totals2 coaches16 seasons455–421.519

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book. [3]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Atlantic Sun Conference (2006–present)
2006 Mike Sansing 24–3212–18T-8th
2007 Mike Sansing 32–2313–14T-5th
2008 Mike Sansing 30–2621–122nd
2009 Mike Sansing 30–2220–92nd
2010 Mike Sansing 23–3212–158th
2011 Mike Sansing 32–2518–113rd ASUN tournament
2012 Mike Sansing 34–2515–113rd ASUN tournament
2013 Mike Sansing 30–3013–14T-6th ASUN tournament
2014 Mike Sansing 40–2417–93rd ASUN tournament
Louisville Super Regional
2015 Mike Sansing 28–2810–106th ASUN tournament
2016 Mike Sansing 29–2717–41st ASUN tournament
2017 Mike Sansing 25–3210–115th ASUN tournament
2018 Mike Sansing 25–3011–103rd ASUN tournament
2019 Mike Sansing 27–2911–137th
2020 Mike Sansing 10–80-0N/ASeason canceled on March 12
due to Coronavirus pandemic
[4]
2021 Mike Sansing 29-2213-82nd (East) ASUN tournament
2022 Ryan Coe 36-2819-111st (East) ASUN tournament
Hattiesburg Regional
Total:455–421

      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
2014 3–3.500Eliminated by Louisville in Louisville Super Regional
2022 1–2.333Eliminated by Southern Miss in Hattiesburg Regional
Totals4–5.444

Awards and honors (Division I only)

Johnny Bench/Buster Posey Award

YearName
2014 Max Pentecost

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
2009P Chad Jenkins 3rd CB
2014CMax Pentecost1st ABCA
BA
CB
NCBWA
2022OFJosh Hatcher3rd CB

Freshman All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2013SSKal SimmonsCB
2015DHTaylor AllumCB
2016SSDavid ChabutCB
20183BTyler SimonCB
20221BDonovan CashCB, NCBWA

ASUN Conference Player of the Year

YearPositionName
2014CMax Pentecost

ASUN Conference Defensive Player of the Year

YearPositionName
20172BGrant Williams

ASUN Conference Pitcher of the Year

YearHandednessName
2009RightChad Jenkins

ASUN Conference Coach of the Year

YearName
2016 Mike Sansing

ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year

YearPositionName
20221BDonovan Cash


Taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book. [3] Updated March 15, 2020.

Owls in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Willie Harris 2001–2012 Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds
Brian Mallette 2002 Milwaukee Brewers
Jason Jones 2003 Texas Rangers
Jason Childers 2006 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Brett Campbell 2006Washington Nationals
Chad Jenkins 2012–2015 Toronto Blue Jays
Justin Freeman 2013Cincinnati Reds
Alan Busenitz 2017–2018, 2023 Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds
Richard Lovelady 2019–2023 Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics
Travis Bergen 2019–2021 San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks

Taken from the KSU MLB draft history. [5] Updated November 22, 2023.

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  2. "Stillwell Stadium" . Retrieved March 15, 2020.
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