Stetson Hatters baseball

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Stetson Hatters
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Founded1901
Overall record1,702–1,161–3
University Stetson University
Head coach Steve Trimper (8th season)
Conference ASUN Conference
Location DeLand, Florida
Home stadium Melching Field at Conrad Park
(Capacity: 2,500)
Nickname Hatters
ColorsHunter green and white [1]
   
NCAA regional champions
2018
NCAA Tournament appearances
1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2024
Conference tournament champions
1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2024
Regular season conference champions
1989, 1991, 1996, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2024

The Stetson Hatters baseball team represents Stetson University, which is located in DeLand, Florida. The Hatters are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the ASUN Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1972 and joined the ASUN Conference in 1986.

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The Stetson Hatters play all home games off-campus at Melching Field at Conrad Park. Since their promotion to Division I in 1972, the Hatters have played in 18 NCAA tournaments and hosted and won their first regional in 2018. Over their 34 seasons in the ASUN Conference (formerly the Trans America Athletic Conference), they have won six conference regular season titles and eight conference tournaments.

Since the program's inception in 1901, 10 Hatters have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by recent Cy Young Award winners Jacob deGrom and Corey Kluber. Under current head coach Steve Trimper, nine Hatters have been drafted, including Logan Gilbert who was selected in the first round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Melching Field at Conrad Park

Melching Field at Conrad Park is a baseball stadium in DeLand, Florida, that seats 2,500 people. It was opened on February 12, 1999, with a 4–3 win over Louisville. A record attendance of 2,975 was set on March 20, 2007, during a non-conference game against Florida. [2]

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2019 Stetson Baseball Guide [2]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
1972–1979Jim Ward8225–143.611
1980–2016 Pete Dunn 371312–888–3.596
2017–present Steve Trimper 6165–128.563
Totals3 coaches51 seasons1,702–1,161–3.594

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2019 Stetson Baseball Guide [2]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Independent (1972–1985)
1972 Jim Ward 27–17
1973 Jim Ward 24–23
1974 Jim Ward 30–13
1975 Jim Ward 28–19
1976 Jim Ward 23–15
1977 Jim Ward 34–15
1978 Jim Ward 33–17
1979 Jim Ward 26–24
1980 Pete Dunn 34–18
1981 Pete Dunn 36–20
1982 Pete Dunn 40–18 NCAA Regional
1983 Pete Dunn 31–20
1984 Pete Dunn 46–13 NCAA Regional
1985 Pete Dunn 36–22
Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference (1986–present)
1986Pete Dunn 36–22N/AN/A
1987Pete Dunn 37–2212–62nd (East)
1988Pete Dunn 35–269–82nd (East) NCAA Regional
1989Pete Dunn 38–2313–51st (East) NCAA Regional
1990Pete Dunn 33–3110–82nd (East) NCAA Regional
1991Pete Dunn 36–22–113–51st (East)
1992Pete Dunn 38–2113–5T-1st (East) NCAA Regional
1993Pete Dunn 38–1711–71st (East)
1994Pete Dunn 37–219–92nd (East)
1995Pete Dunn 34–2519–113rd
1996Pete Dunn 42–2312–61st (South) NCAA Regional
1997Pete Dunn 37–26–110–8T-1st (South) NCAA Regional [ broken anchor ]
1998Pete Dunn 30–31–19–123rd (South)
1999Pete Dunn 23–3111–199th
2000Pete Dunn 48–1620–7T-2nd NCAA Regional
2001Pete Dunn 43–1719–82nd NCAA Regional
2002 Pete Dunn 42–1919–93rd NCAA Regional
2003 Pete Dunn 41–2421–122nd NCAA Regional
2004 Pete Dunn 36–2320–10T-2nd
2005 Pete Dunn 35–2816–144th NCAA Regional
2006 Pete Dunn 38–2416–144th NCAA Regional
2007 Pete Dunn 42–2121–61st NCAA Regional
2008 Pete Dunn 26–3315–18T-8th
2009 Pete Dunn 27–3016–145th
2010 Pete Dunn 27–3114–136th
2011 Pete Dunn 43–2023–71st NCAA Regional
2012 Pete Dunn 35–2315–12T-4th
2013 Pete Dunn 26–3115–125th
2014 Pete Dunn 26–3413–147th
2015 Pete Dunn 29–3012–9T-3rd
2016 Pete Dunn 29–319–12T-5th NCAA Regional
2017 Steve Trimper 27–2915–62nd
2018 Steve Trimper 48–1115–31st NCAA Super Regional
2019 Steve Trimper 27–3211–126th
2020 Steve Trimper 11–4Season canceled on March 12
due to Coronavirus pandemic
[3]
Total:1,650–1,109–3

      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
1982 2–2.500Eliminated by Miami (FL) in Atlantic Regional
1984 1–2.333Eliminated by South Alabama in South I Regional
1988 3–2.600Eliminated by Florida in East Regional
1989 1–2.333Eliminated by Clemson in Atlantic Regional
1990 0–2.000Eliminated by NC State in Atlantic Regional
1992 0–2.000Eliminated by Florida State in South II Regional
1996 2–2.500Eliminated by Virginia in South I Regional
1997 0–2.000Eliminated by Harvard in Midwest Regional
2000 2–2.500Eliminated by Georgia Tech in Atlanta Regional
2001 2–2.500Eliminated by Miami (FL) in Coral Gables Regional
2002 0–2.000Eliminated by South Florida in Tallahassee Regional
2003 2–2.500Eliminated by South Carolina in Columbia Regional
2005 0–2.000Eliminated by Notre Dame in Gainesville Regional
2006 0–2.000Eliminated by Michigan in Atlanta Regional
2007 1–2.333Eliminated by Florida State in Tallahassee Regional
2011 2–2.500Eliminated by South Carolina in Columbia Regional
2016 0–2.000Eliminated by Florida Atlantic in Coral Gables Regional
2018 3–2.600Eliminated by North Carolina in Chapel Hill Super Regional
2024 1–2.333Eliminated by UCF in Tallahassee Regional
Totals22–38.367

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
1989PTom Hickox3rd BA
1997SS Kevin Nicholson 2ndBA
3rd ABCA
1998CSammy Serrano1stBA
CB
2ndABCA
2000OFFrank Corr1stABCA
2ndBA
CB
P Lenny DiNardo 1stABCA
BA
CB
2001OFFrank Corr2nd NCBWA
PLenny DiNardo3rdCB
2002CChris Westervelt2ndCB
3rdBA
20033BBrian Snyder1stBA
3rdCB
2004CChris Westervelt3rdCB
20061B Chris Johnson 3rdCB
2007P Corey Kluber 2ndCB
2009OFJeremy Cruz2ndABCA
CB
2011C Nick Rickles 2ndBA
3rdCB
PKurt Schluter3rdCB
2012PRobbie Powell3rdCB
2017P Logan Gilbert 2ndCB
NCBWA
20181stBA
CB
NCBWA
PJoey Gonzalez3rdNCBWA
P/UT/DH Brooks Wilson 1stABCA
BA
CB
NCBWA
2019PMitchell Senger2ndCB

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
1996CSammy SerranoCB
1998UTFrank CorrCB
1999P Lenny DiNardo BA
2001PJack CollinsCB
3BBrian SnyderCB
1BBryan ZenchykCB
2004PChris IngogliaCB
OFShane JordanCB
2005CDavid GollinerCB
1B Chris Johnson CB
2007SSCasey FrawleyCB
20083BRobert CrewsCB
20092BMark JonesCB
C Nick Rickles CB
2010SSRyan LashleyCB
2013INF/PKevin FaganCB
1BPatrick MazeikaBA
CB
NCBWA
2015P Brooks Wilson CB
2019PDanny GarciaCB
PDaniel ParetCB

Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference Player of the Year

YearPositionName
1989P George Tsamis
1991SSWes Weger
1992
1993OFAaron Iatarola
1994PChuck Beale
1997SS Kevin Nicholson
1998CSammy Serrano
2000OFFrank Corr
2002CChris Westervelt
2004
2009OFJeremy Cruz
2018P/DH Brooks Wilson

Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference Pitcher of the Year

YearHandednessName
2007Right Corey Kluber
2011RightKurt Schluter
2017Right Logan Gilbert
2018

Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year

YearPositionName
20011BBryan Zenchyk
20043BBraedyn Pruitt
20051B Chris Johnson
20083BRobert Crews
20131BPatrick Mazeika
2019PDaniel Paret

Taken from the 2019 Stetson baseball guide. [2] Updated September 7, 2019.

Hatters in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Brian Bocock 2008, 2010San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies
Jacob deGrom 2014–presentNew York Mets, Texas Rangers
Lenny DiNardo 2004–2009Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals
Logan Gilbert 2021–presentSeattle Mariners
Chris Johnson 2009–2016Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Miami Marlins
Corey Kluber 2011–2023Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Boston Red Sox
Eric Knott 2001, 2003Arizona Diamondbacks, Montreal Expos
Patrick Mazeika 2021–2022New York Mets
Kevin Nicholson 2000San Diego Padres
Wade Rowdon 1984–1988Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles
Bill Swaggerty 1983–1986Baltimore Orioles
George Tsamis 1993Minnesota Twins

Taken from the 2019 Stetson baseball guide. [2] Updated September 6, 2019.

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References

  1. Stetson University Hatters Athletics Brand Management Style Guide Manual (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "19 Baseball Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  3. "ASUN Conference Cancels Intercollegiate Competitions for Remainder of Academic Year". 12 March 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.