Connecticut Huskies baseball

Connecticut Huskies
2016 Connecticut Huskies baseball team
Founded	1896
University	University of Connecticut
Conference	The American
Location	Storrs, CT
Head coach	Jim Penders (14th year)
Home stadium	J. O. Christian Field (Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname	Huskies
Colors	National Flag Blue and White[1]
College World Series appearances
1957, 1959, 1965, 1972, 1979
NCAA Tournament appearances
1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965 1968, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016
Conference tournament champions
1990, 1994, 2013, 2016
Conference champions
2011

The Connecticut Huskies baseball team represents the University of Connecticut, in Storrs, Connecticut in college baseball. The program is classified in the NCAA Division I, and the team competes in the American Athletic Conference. The team is coached by Jim Penders.

UConn has appeared in five College World Series and 18 NCAA Tournaments.

Facilities

The Huskies play at J. O. Christian Field, a 2,000 seat stadium located at the southwest edge the campus athletic complex. Some games are also played at minor league venues in Connecticut, most frequently Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, CT and New Britain Stadium in New Britain, CT, each of which seat over 6,000 spectators.

Coaches

The following is a list of all UConn coaches and their known records, through the 2013 season.^[2]

Coach	Tenure	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
No coach	1896–1898	6	9	0	.400
T. D. Knowles	1899–1901	11	9	1	.555
Edwin O. Smith	1902–1905	13	9	1	.591
George E. Lamson	1906–1908	12	13	1	.480
John Sullivan	1909–1910	9	7	0	.563
James Nicholas	1911	0	9	0	.000
No coach	1912	6	6	0	.500
Robert Edger	1913	4	6	0	.400
Charles A. Reed	1914	0	4	0	.000
J. J. Donovan	1915	1	7	0	.125
D. E. Chase	1916	1	8	0	.111
John J. Donahue	1917	1	1	0	.500
Roy J. Guyer	1919	6	6	0	.500
William Mellor	1920	3	8	0	.273
Ross Swartz	1921	2	11	1	.154
J. Wilder Tasker	1922–1923	12	18	0	.400
Sumner Dole	1924–1935	64	90	2	.416
J. Orlean Christian	1936–1961	254	170	7	.599
Larry Panciera	1962–1979	297	160	5	.650
Andy Baylock	1980–2003	556	492	8	.530
Jim Penders	2004–present	417	295	4	.585

Year by year results

The Huskies were a regional power under coaches J. Orlean Christian and Larry Panciera, making twelve appearances in the NCAA Tournament and five appearances in the College World Series from 1957 to 1979. The end of true regional play has hurt teams from the northeast, Connecticut included, as they have made just five NCAA Tournament appearances in 28 seasons since beginning play in the Big East in 1985. The Huskies made their first Super Regional appearance in 2011, defeating traditional power Clemson before falling to eventual national champion South Carolina. Connecticut has claimed three Big East Conference Baseball Tournament Championships in 1990, 1994, and 2013, one Big East Regular season championship in 2011, and one divisional championship in the first year of Big East competition in 1985.

Huskies in the pros

Connecticut has produced dozens of professional players, coaches, and umpires, most notably Jeff Fulchino (Florida Marlins, Kansas City Royals, Houston Astros, San Diego Padres), Jesse Carlson (Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox), Bob Schaefer (numerous coaching positions with 11 teams, currently Washington Nationals), Charles Nagy (Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres; coach Arizona Diamondbacks), Walt Dropo (1950 AL Rookie of the Year), Jim Reynolds (umpire), and Dan Iassogna (umpire). Ten players were selected in the 2011 MLB Draft, including first round picks Matt Barnes (Boston Red Sox) and George Springer (Houston Astros).^[3] Mike Olt is the most recent Husky to play in the major leagues, debuting with the Texas Rangers on August 2, 2012. Olt was the Rangers second round pick, 49th overall, in the 2010 MLB Draft.^[4]

Player awards

Retired numbers

The Huskies have retired three numbers in their more than 100-year history.^[5]

Uconn Huskies baseball retired numbers
No.	Name	Pos.	Career
17	J. O. Christian	Head Coach	1936-61
28	Andy Baylock	Head Coach	1980-2004
35	Larry Panciera	Head Coach	1962-79

All-Americans

The following All-Americans are recognized by the University of Connecticut. First team selections are noted with a check.^[6]

Season	Name	Position	ABCA	BA	CB	NCBWA
1958	Bob Wedin	Pitcher		N/A
1959	Moe Morhardt	Outfielder		N/A
	Bill Stevens	Outfielder		N/A
1961	Joe Clement	Pitcher		N/A
1963	Eddie Jones	Pitcher		N/A
1967	George Greer	Outfielder		N/A
1968				N/A
1972	John Ihlenburg	Third baseman		N/A
1976	Tom Germano	Pitcher		N/A
1979	Colin McLaughlin	Pitcher		N/A
	Randy LaVigne	Outfielder		N/A
1988	Charles Nagy	Pitcher			N/A
1993	Dennis Dwyer	Outfielder				N/A
1994	Brian Majeski	Outfielder				N/A
1996	Jason Grabowski	Designated Hitter				N/A
1997						N/A
1999	Mike Scott	Outfielder				N/A
2010	Mike Nemeth	First baseman
2011	Matt Barnes	Starting pitcher
	George Springer	Outfielder
	Kevin Vance	Pitcher

References

1. "Brand identity Standards" (PDF). University of Connecticut. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
2. 2012 Baseball Media Guide. UConnHuskies.com. p. 46. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
3. 2012 Baseball Media Guide. uconnhuskies.com. pp. 49–51. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
4. Dom Amore (August 2, 2012). "Former UConn Star Mike Olt Gets Call From Rangers". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
5. "Three Former UConn Baseball Greats Have Numbers Retired". UConn Huskies. June 1, 2004. Retrieved April 18, 2013.
6. 2012 Baseball Media Guide. uconnhuskies.com. p. 48. Retrieved 2012-06-25.