Sacramento State Hornets baseball

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Sacramento State Hornets baseball
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Founded1949
Overall record829–930–2
University California State University, Sacramento
Head coach Reggie Christiansen (14th season)
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Location Sacramento, California
Home stadium John Smith Field
(Capacity: 1,200)
Nickname Hornets
ColorsGreen and gold [1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2014, 2017, 2019
Conference tournament champions
2014, 2017, 2019
Regular season conference champions
2012, 2014

The Sacramento State Hornets baseball team represents California State University, Sacramento, which is located in Sacramento, California. The Hornets are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Western Athletic Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1990 and re-joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2006. They were a part of the Big West Conference from 1997 to 2002.

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The Sacramento State Hornets play all home games on campus at John Smith Field. The Hornets have played in three NCAA Division I Tournaments. Over their 19 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, they have won two WAC regular season titles and three WAC Tournaments.

Since the program's inception in 1949, six Hornets have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, including Philadelphia Phillies first baseman and outfielder Rhys Hoskins. Under head coach Reggie Christiansen, 22 Hornets have been drafted, including Rhys Hoskins who was selected in the fifth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.

Conference membership history

John Smith Field

John Smith Field is a baseball stadium on the California State University, Sacramento campus in Sacramento, California that seats 1,200 people. It opened in 1953 and was known as Hornet Stadium. In 2010, it was named in honor of longtime coach John Smith. [2]

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the Sac State coaching history. [3]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
1990–2010John Smith21526–673–2.439
2011–present Reggie Christiansen 11338–277.550
Totals2 coaches32 seasons864–950–2.476

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the Sac State year-by-year results. [4]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1990–1992)
1990 John Smith 34–25
1991 John Smith 41–23
1992 John Smith 32–25
Western Athletic Conference (1993–1996)
1993 John Smith 36–2213–11T-5th
1994 John Smith 27–2910–147th
1995 John Smith 28–2616–134th
1996 John Smith 12–433–2712th
Big West Conference (1997–2002)
1997 John Smith 16–398–22T-7th
1998 John Smith 25–3513–174th Big West tournament
1999 John Smith 18–398–227th
2000 John Smith 23–3315–156th
2001 John Smith 24–354–147th
2002 John Smith 22–344–209th
Independent (2003–2005)
2003 John Smith 33–24
2004 John Smith 29–32
2005 John Smith 20–36–1
Western Athletic Conference (2006–present)
2006 John Smith 20–378–166thWAC Tournament
2007 John Smith 17–4010–146thWAC Tournament
2008 John Smith 24–3414–176thWAC Tournament
2009 John Smith 27–278–147th
2010 John Smith 18–35–17–177th
2011 Reggie Christiansen 19–396–187th
2012 Reggie Christiansen 31–2811–7T-1st WAC tournament
2013 Reggie Christiansen 34–2514–135th WAC tournament
2014 Reggie Christiansen 40–2421–61st San Luis Obispo Regional
2015 Reggie Christiansen 33–2716–11T-4th WAC tournament
2016 Reggie Christiansen 30–2816–114th WAC tournament
2017 Reggie Christiansen 32–2912–124th Stanford Regional
2018 Reggie Christiansen 35–2517–7T-2nd WAC tournament
2019 Reggie Christiansen 40–2518–9T-4th Stanford Regional
2020 Reggie Christiansen 9–7Season cancelled on March 18 due to Coronavirus pandemic [5]
Total:829–930–2

      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 1–2.333Eliminated by Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo Regional
2017 0–2.000Eliminated by BYU in Stanford Regional
2019 1–2.333Eliminated by Stanford in Stanford Regional
Totals2–6.250

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
2009OF Tim Wheeler 2nd BA
20141B Rhys Hoskins 3rd CB

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2009SPJesse DarrahCB
2012OF Rhys Hoskins NCBWA
2013DHChris LewisCB
RPSutter McLoughlinBA
CB
NCBWA
2014SP Sam Long CB
2017SPParker BrahmsCB
2018SPScott RandallCB

Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year

YearName
2012 Reggie Christiansen
2014Reggie Christiansen

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

YearPositionName
1995PMike Eby
20122BAndrew Ayers
20141B Rhys Hoskins

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

YearPositionName
2012OF Rhys Hoskins
2013DHChris Lewis
2014P Sam Long
2017PParker Brahms

Taken from the Sac State awards and honors page. [6] Updated March 21, 2020.

Hornets in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
La Schelle Tarver 1986 Boston Red Sox
Keith Brown 1988, 1990–1992 Cincinnati Reds
Gary Wilson 1995 Pittsburgh Pirates
Erik Bennett 1995–1996 California Angels, Minnesota Twins
Roland de la Maza 1997 Kansas City Royals
Rhys Hoskins 2017–present Philadelphia Phillies
Sam Long 2021-present San Francisco Giants, [7] Oakland Athletics
James Outman 2022–present Los Angeles Dodgers [8]
Nathan Lukes 2023–present Toronto Blue Jays [9]

Taken from the Sac State Hornets in the Pros page. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sacramento State Colors" . Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "John Smith Field" . Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sac State Baseball Coaching History" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sac State Baseball Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  5. ↑ "WAC Announces Cancellation of All Sports for Remainder of Academic Year". 18 March 2020. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Sac State Baseball Awards and Honors" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Giants' Sammy Long: Working behind opener again".
  8. ↑ "From 'caveman' swing to historic debut for Outman". MLB.com .
  9. ↑ "Blue Jays' Nathan Lukes: Makes Opening Day roster". cbssports.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  10. ↑ "Sac State Baseball Hornets in the Pros" (PDF). Retrieved March 21, 2020.
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