Omaha Mavericks baseball

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Omaha Mavericks baseball
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Founded1947
University University of Nebraska Omaha
Head coach Evan Porter (9th season)
Conference Summit League
Location Omaha, Nebraska
Home stadium Tal Anderson Field
(Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname Mavericks
ColorsCrimson and black [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
Division II
1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Division I
2019
Conference tournament champions
2019
Regular season conference champions
2013, 2014, 2019

The Omaha Mavericks baseball team represents University of Nebraska Omaha, which is located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The Mavericks are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Summit League. They began competing in Division I in 2012 and joined the Summit League in 2013.

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The Omaha Mavericks play all home games on-campus at Tal Anderson Field. The Mavericks have played in one NCAA Division I Tournament. Over their 8 seasons in the Summit League, they have won three Summit League regular season titles and one Summit League Tournament.

Since the program's inception in 1947, two Mavericks have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, including two-time All-Star catcher Bruce Benedict.

Conference membership history

Tal Anderson Field

Tal Anderson Field is a baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, that seats 1,500 people. It broke ground in 2019 and was ready for the Spring of 2021 season. The field is named for former UNO baseball standout and long-time donor/supporter Tal Anderson who owned Baxter Auto Group. The field will be the first on-campus home for the Omaha baseball team in school history. Prior to its construction, the team played at numerous high school and municipal facilities around Omaha.

The field will provide fixed seating for 1,500 fans as well as berm seating on each baseline for additional fans. The field will be a state-of-the art artificial surface to extend the Mavericks' playing season. The facility also will include a 34 foot by 25 foot video board in the outfield. The raised concourse will serve both Anderson Field and Connie Claussen Field, the home of Omaha softball, with premium seating, a press box, concession areas and restrooms.

The Nebraska Philanthropic Trust led the fundraising for the Omaha Baseball/Softball Complex which was done entirely through private donations. Construction of the facility is being managed by the Tetrad Property Group with Kiewit serving as the lead contractor. [2]

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the Omaha baseball record book. [3]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
2012–2016Bob Herold5119–137.465
2017–present Evan Porter 7155–218–2.416
Totals2 coaches11 seasons274–355–2.436

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the Omaha baseball record book. [3]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (2012)
2012 Bob Herold 12–36
Summit League (2013–present)
2013 Bob Herold 27–2220–61st
2014 Bob Herold 31–2015–91st
2015 Bob Herold 21–3112–184th
2016 Bob Herold 28–2818–122nd Summit League tournament
2017 Evan Porter 12–409–195th
2018 Evan Porter 15–3510–175th
2019 Evan Porter 31–24–120–101st Summit League tournament
Los Angeles Regional
2020 Evan Porter 10–4Season cancelled on March 13
due to Coronavirus pandemic [4]
Total:187–240–1

      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

Omaha has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.

YearRegionRoundOpponentResult
2019 Los Angeles RegionalFirst Round
Lower Round 1		UCLA
Baylor		L 2–5
L 6–24

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
2019SPPayton Kinney3rd ABCA

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
20132BClayton Taylor CB

Summit League Coach of the Year

YearName
2013Bob Herold
2014Bob Herold
2019 Evan Porter

Summit League Player of the Year

YearPositionName
2013OFRyan Keely
20163BClayton Taylor

Summit League Pitcher of the Year

YearHandednessName
2014RightTyler Fox
2016RightTyler Fox
2019RightPayton Kinney

Summit League Newcomer of the Year

YearPositionName
2013OFRyan Keely

Taken from the Omaha baseball record book. [3] Updated March 21, 2020.

Mavericks in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Bruce Benedict 1978–1989Atlanta Braves
Tyler Cloyd 2012–2013, 2017–2018Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins

Taken from Baseball Reference. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Color Palette" . Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Facilities".
  3. 1 2 3 "Omaha Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Summit League Cancels All Spring Sports Competitions" . Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ "University of Nebraska Omaha (Omaha, NE) Baseball Players" . Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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