Northern Illinois Huskies baseball

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Northern Illinois Huskies
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Founded1900 (1900)
University Northern Illinois University
Head coachRyan Copeland (2nd season)
Conference Mid–American
Location DeKalb, Illinois
Home stadium Ralph McKinzie Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname Huskies
ColorsCardinal and black [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1972
Conference tournament champions
1996 (MCC)
Regular season conference champions
1924, 1925, 1936, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1964 (IIAC)
1972 (Midwestern)

The Northern Illinois Huskies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb, Illinois, United States. [2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), which is part of the NCAA Division I. NIU's first baseball team was fielded in 1900. The team plays its home games at Ralph McKinzie Field in DeKalb, Illinois. The Huskies are currently led by head coach Ryan Copeland, who will begin his 1st season with the team in 2024.

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History

As of 2021, Northern Illinois and Akron are the only current or former MAC schools not to have a player named the MAC Baseball Player of the Year or MAC Baseball Pitcher of the Year since those awards were first given in 1986 and 1988 respectively.

NIU has currently not reached the NCAA tournament since joining the MAC nor have they won the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament, currently being one of only two MAC schools to not win one. They last had a chance in 1996 as MCC champion but lost a play-in series to Northeastern Illinois.

Conference membership

NCAA Tournament

Northern Illinois has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1972 Quarterfinals
Lower Round 1		Bowling Green
Iowa		L 0–2
L 1–8

Year-by-year results

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
1900Fred Charles 3–3
1901Fred Charles 3–5–1
1902Fred Charles 2–2
1903A.F. Johnson 4–0
1904Henry Stiness 7–4
1905A.C. Kinsbury 5–1
1907Nelson A. Kellogg 4–5
1908Nelson A. Kellogg 5–6
1909Nelson A. Kellogg 7–4
1910Nelson A. Kellogg 10–2
1912William Wirtz 5–3
1913William Wirtz 3–4–1
1914William Wirtz 5–4
1915William Wirtz 3–2
1916William Wirtz 8–1
1917William Wirtz 5–1
1920Robert G. Buzzard 10–3
1921Paul Harrison 3–3–1
1922Paul Harrison 4–7
1923Paul Harrison 4–3
1924William Muir 7–3N/A1st
1925William Muir 11–0N/A1st
1926William Muir 6–3
1927Roland Cowell 2–3
1928Roland Cowell 7–2
1929Roland Cowell 3–3
1930Chick Evans 5–7
1931Chick Evans 3–5
1932Chick Evans 3–4
1933Chick Evans 7–4–1
1934Chick Evans 6–4
1935C. Nordly 8–1
1936Chick Evans 5–6N/A1st
1937Chick Evans 17–8
1938Chick Evans 10–12
1939Chick Evans 10–14
1940Chick Evans 14–12
1941Chick Evans 4–14
1942Chick Evans 8–9
1943Chick Evans 5–9
1944Chick Evans 1–9
1945Ralph McKinzie 8–1N/A1st
1946Chick Evans 15–37–01st
1947Chick Evans 13–5–2N/A
1948John Pace 11–114–33rd
1949Ralph McKinzie 10–63–4
1950Ralph McKinzie 16–8N/A1st
1951Ralph McKinzie 11–6N/A1st
1952Ralph McKinzie 5–123–74th
1953Ralph McKinzie 6–122–65th
1954Ralph McKinzie 5–154–8
1955Ralph McKinzie 5–172–8
1956Ralph McKinzie 4–133–96th
1957Darrel Black 7–10–15–54th
1958Darrel Black 8–18–17–10
1959Darrel Black 13–149–8
1960Darrel Black 12–155–66th
1961Darrel Black 20–13–17–84th
1962Darrel Black 13–215–74th
1963Darrel Black 17–176–64th
1964Thomas L. Meyer 23–510–21st
1965Thomas L. Meyer 15–17–16–62nd
1966Thomas L. Meyer 13–6–16–22nd
1967Thomas L. Meyer 20–14–1
1968Thomas L. Meyer 13–14–1
1969Thomas L. Meyer 16–19
Dave Mason (1970–1971)
1970Dave Mason 18–15–1
1971Dave Mason 24–155–6
Wayne Franke (1972–1972)
1972Wayne Franke {{{overall}}}{{{conference}}}
2000Dave Schrage 24–3311–156th (West)
2001Dave Schrage 28–2710–175th (West)
2002Dave Schrage 23–3211–145th (West)
Ed Mathey (2003–2014)
2003Ed Mathey 34–2415–113rd (West)
2004Ed Mathey 31–2814–102nd (West)
2005Ed Mathey 16–368–166th (West)
2006Ed Mathey 24–318–186th (West)
2007Ed Mathey 34–2416–113rd (West)
2008Ed Mathey 28–2616–102nd (West)
2009Ed Mathey 19–3410–16
2010Ed Mathey 24–3112–155th (West)
2011Ed Mathey 30–2716–11
2012Ed Mathey 15–407–20
2013Ed Mathey 22–3416–111st (West)
2014Ed Mathey 17–36–111–165th (West)
Mike Kunigonis (2015–2023)
2015 Mike Kunigonis 22–3310–175th (West)
2016 Mike Kunigonis 24–3214–102nd (West)
2017 Mike Kunigonis 17–3811–135th (West)
2018 Mike Kunigonis 20–369–1810th
2019 Mike Kunigonis 20–3614–125th
2020 Mike Kunigonis 7–100–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Mike Kunigonis 16–3815–25T-9th
2022 Mike Kunigonis 14–4013–2510th
2023 Mike Kunigonis 10–435–2411th
Ryan Copeland (2024–present)
2024 Ryan Copeland 21-3314-167th
Total:1447-1718-26

      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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NIU Athletic Marks Standards Guide" (PDF). July 12, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Northern Illinois Huskies". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
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