Navy Midshipmen baseball

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Navy Midshipmen
Baseball current event.svg 2026 Navy Midshipmen baseball team
Navy Athletics logo.svg
Founded1893 (1893)
University United States Naval Academy
Head coach Chuck Ristano (3rd season)
Conference Patriot League
Location Annapolis, Maryland
Home stadium Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium
(Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname Midshipmen
ColorsNavy blue and gold [1]
   
NCAA tournament appearances
1954, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016
Conference tournament champions
1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016
Conference regular season champions
EIBL: 1954, 1959, 1961, 1962,
1963, 1979, 1982, 1986
Patriot League: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
US Naval Academy baseball player Baseball pitch release.jpg
US Naval Academy baseball player

The Navy Midshipmen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Patriot League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Navy's first baseball team was fielded in 1893. The team plays its home games at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The Midshipmen are currently coached by Chuck Ristano. Navy has won the Patriot League baseball tournament six times (1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016) and have represented the League in NCAA tournament play seven times (1995 saw them selected with no prior tournament play) while winning the regular season championship twelve times.

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The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947. The Midshipmen have played in the tournament nine times, most recently in 2016.

SeasonRegionOpponentResult
1954 District 2 Semifinals St. John'sL 2–4
1979 Northeast Regional Connecticut
Nebraska		L 4–5
L 4–13
1982 Northeast Regional Delaware
Seton Hall
Delaware
Maine		L 3–4
W 15–5
W 3–1
L 3–4
1986 Atlantic Regional Georgia Tech
Alabama		L 8–9 (14)
L 1–4
1995 Atlantic II Regional Clemson
Alabama		L 4–8
L 0–7
1999 Tuscaloosa Regional Alabama
South Alabama		L 3–16
L 0–10
2002 Winston-Salem Regional Richmond
George Washington
Wake Forest		L 5–15
W 6–4
L 1–13
2011 Charlottesville Regional Virginia
East Carolina		L 0–6
L 1–6
2016 Raleigh Regional NC State
Saint Mary's (CA)
NC State		L 8–13
W 8–5 (13)
L 1–17
TOTALS
4–17.1909 Tournaments

Major League Baseball

Navy has had 10 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. [3]

Midshipmen in the Major League Baseball Draft
YearPlayerRoundTeam
2003 Matt Foster13 Blue Jays
2007 Jonathan Johnston42 Athletics
2007 Mitch Harris 24 Braves
2008 Oliver Drake 43 Orioles
2008 Mitch Harris 13 Cardinals
2012 Preston Gainey11 Brewers
2012 Alex Azor10 Blue Jays
2015 Stephen Moore10 Braves
2016 Luke Gillingham37 Blue Jays
2019 Noah Song 4 Red Sox

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Navy Academy Athletics Logos / Style Sheet". December 21, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Navy Midshipmen". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-21. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
  3. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, MD)"". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved 2015-06-13.


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