UT Martin Skyhawks baseball

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UT Martin Skyhawks baseball
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Founded1957;68 years ago (1957)
University University of Tennessee at Martin
Head coach Ryan Jenkins (8th season)
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Location Martin, TN
Home stadium Skyhawk Baseball Field
(Capacity: 500)
Nickname Skyhawks
ColorsNavy blue, orange, and white [1]
     
NCAA tournament appearances
Division II: 1971, 1986

The UT Martin Skyhawks baseball team represents the University of Tennessee at Martin, which is located in Martin, Tennessee. The Skyhawks are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1993 and joined the Ohio Valley Conference the same season.

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The UT Martin Skyhawks play all home games on campus at Skyhawk Baseball Field. Over their 27 seasons in the Ohio Valley Conference, they have played in four OVC Tournaments. The Skyhawks have yet to play in the NCAA Division I Tournament.

Since the program's inception in 1957, one Skyhawk has gone on to play in Major League Baseball, pitcher Alec Mills. Three other Skyhawks have been drafted.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Skyhawk Park

Skyhawk Park is a baseball stadium on the UT Martin campus in Martin, Tennessee that seats 500 people. It opened in 1974. [2]

NCAA Tournament appearances

Division II

During their time in Division II, the Skyhawks reached the NCAA Division II baseball tournament twice. [3]

YearRecordPctNotes
1971 1–2.333Mideast Regional
1986 1-2.333South Atlantic Regional
TOTALS
2–4.333

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2020 UTM baseball media guide. [2]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
1993–1998Vernon Prather683–178–3.318
1999–2013Bubba Cates15224–560–1.286
2014 Brad Goss 19–42.184
2015–2017Rick Robinson361–100.379
2018–present Ryan Jenkins 7114–214.348
Totals5 coaches32 seasons491–1,094–4.310

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2020 UTM baseball media guide. [2]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Ohio Valley Conference (1993–present)
1993 Vernon Prather 13–28–17–137th
1994 Vernon Prather 13–258–137th
1995 Vernon Prather 13–342–187th
1996 Vernon Prather 14–30–26–15–18thOVC Tournament
1997 Vernon Prather 15–308–16T-8th
1998 Vernon Prather 15–316–189th
1999 Bubba Cates 15–394–209th
2000 Bubba Cates 10–412–219th
2001 Bubba Cates 8–463–188th
2002 Bubba Cates 8–334–158th
2003 Bubba Cates 17–30–16–13–17th
2004 Bubba Cates 16–387–20T-9th
2005 Bubba Cates 12–436–20T-9th
2006 Bubba Cates 20–359–188th
2007 Bubba Cates 19–367–1910th
2008 Bubba Cates 10–415–2010th
2009 Bubba Cates 21–3010–148th
2010 Bubba Cates 24–318–16T-8th
2011 Bubba Cates 20–3610–136thOVC Tournament
2012 Bubba Cates 13–417–2010th
2013 Bubba Cates 11–404–2611th
2014 Brad Goss 9–425–2511th
2015 Rick Robinson 17–359–2010th
2016 Rick Robinson 19–359–219th
2017 Rick Robinson 25–3012–18T-8th OVC Tournament
2018 Ryan Jenkins 11–407–2210th
2019 Ryan Jenkins 25–3112–188th OVC Tournament
Total:413–951–4

      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

Awards and honors (Division I only)

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
20081BWes Patterson CB
2011DHPhil SorensenCB
2014DHBen UptonCB
2017OFConnor AubeCB
20181BEthan WhitleyCB

Taken from the 2020 UTM baseball media guide. [2] Updated March 9, 2020.

Skyhawks in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Alec Mills 2016, 2018–presentKansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs

Taken from the 2020 UTM baseball media guide. [2] Updated March 9, 2020.

See also

References

  1. "UT Martin Artsheet" (PDF). UTMSports.com. March 10, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "UTM Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-05-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)