Utah Tech Trailblazers baseball

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Utah Tech Trailblazers
Baseball current event.svg 2025 Utah Tech Trailblazers baseball team
Utah Tech Trailblazers athletic wordmark 2022.svg
Founded2007
University Utah Tech University
Head coach Chris Pfatenhauer (13th season)
Conference Western Athletic Conference
West Division
Location St. George, Utah
Home stadium Bruce Hurst Field
(Capacity: 2,500)
Nickname Trailblazers
ColorsRed, navy blue, and white [1]
     
NCAA tournament appearances
Division II: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Conference tournament champions
PacWest: 2009
Conference regular season champions
PacWest: 2011, 2014, 2015

The Utah Tech Trailblazers baseball team represents Utah Tech University (Formerly known as Dixie State), which is located in St. George, Utah. The Trailblazers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Western Athletic Conference. They competed in Division II from 2007 to 2020, playing ten seasons with the Pacific West Conference, and two with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. [2] [3]

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The Utah Tech Trailblazers play all home games on campus at Bruce Hurst Field.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Bruce Hurst Field

Bruce Hurst Field is a baseball stadium on the Utah Tech campus in St. George, Utah that seats 2,500 people. It opened in 1994 and has been the home of various other baseball teams and tournaments.

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the Utah Tech Baseball Almanac . [4]

SeasonCoachYearsRecordPct.
2021–present Chris Pfatenhauer 473–146.333
Totals1 coach4 seasons73–146.333

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the DSU Baseball Almanac. [4]

Statistics overview
SeasonCoachOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Western Athletic Conference (2021–present)
2021 Chris Pfatenhauer 24–3221–154thineligible
2022 Chris Pfatenhauer 22-3314-164thineligible
2023 Chris Pfatenhauer 13-398-2213thineligible
Total:59–104Western Athletic Conference

      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 All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2021CKaden Hollow CB

Records taken from the DSU Baseball Almanac. [4]

Trailblazers in the Major Leagues

= All-Star= Baseball Hall of Famer
AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Brandon Kintzler 2010-2021Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies
Brandon Lyon 2001-2013Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets
Brad Thompson 2005-2010St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals

Taken from baseball-reference.com. [5]

See also

References

  1. "Utah Tech University Branding Guide" . Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "DSU Baseball Almanac (NCAA Era) - Utah Tech University Athletics". Archived from the original on 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2025-07-30.
  4. 1 2 3 "DSU Baseball Almanac" . Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  5. "Dixie State University (St. George, UT) Baseball Players" . Retrieved August 24, 2021.