Virginia played host to a regional in 2012 while going 39-19-1 and earning a second-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division. Bergen Catholic Three Cavaliers were selected in the first round in 2014, the most of any program in the country. Freshman, R/R In 2007, Virginia finished in the top three in the ACC in team batting (.314) with three individuals Miclat (.376, fifth), David Adams (.372, seventh) and Brandon Guyer (.370, ninth) among the ACCs top 10. OConnor guided Virginia to 14-consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 2004-2017. Sophomore, R/R / / Despite featuring a team with 23 underclassmen, the Cavaliers set 11 team records, including hits (767), runs (507) and strikeouts (593), while posting a 49-15-1 mark. Four qualified hitters sported .300 batting averages including Tanner Morris (.345) and Nic Kent (.337) who ranked 7th and 11th in the ACC, respectively. Mahwah, N.J. The Cavaliers also posted a.975 fielding percentage, which ranked seventh nationally. contact for all media inquiries) 231-9965 231-9965: Carter W. Brown: Director, Creative Communications (Football credentials . / Hatboro, Pa. UVa led the ACC in batting (.314) and ranked second nationally in runs (489) and third in scoring (7.9). / Virginia reached its 13th straight NCAA tournament in 2016 while hosting its ninth regional in the last 13 seasons. A Cavalier has played in the Fall Classic in five-straight seasons from 2016-2020, something no other college baseball program in the country accomplished in that span. OConnor enters the 2023 season with a career record of 789-338-2 and a 325-211-1 record in ACC play. Three Cavaliers earned All-America honors: RHP Connor Jones, catcher Matt Thaiss and two-way standout Adam Haseley. CareerBuilder TIP. / Defensively, the Cavaliers also have shined under OConnor. As the tournaments No. He is one of nine coaches ever to collect 700 wins while coaching an ACC program. McMullan also serves as Virginias recruiting coordinator and hitting coach and works defensively with the Cavaliers infielders and catchers. In 1990, he was a Pioneer League All-Star. / Five Cavalier position players were drafted following the season, including first rounders Derek Fisher and Papi. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg before shutting down top-ranked UC Irvine twice on its home field to win the regional crown. / The Cavaliers were once against successful in the MLB Draft with six selections and an ACC-high, five in the first 10 rounds. @chrisbaker_33 @angelotonas Left-handed pitcher Danny Hultzen was taken second overall in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, marking UVAs highest draft pick ever. Virginia also earned its first-ever No. @lukehan88 175 Moorestown, N.J. Wytheville, Va. UVa finished in the Top 25 of several national polls and won 15 more games than the 2003 squad. Graduate Student, R/R Team VA 17U Roster; Team VA 15U Roster; Team VA 14U Roster; Team VA 13U Roster; Team VA 12U Roster; . The Cavaliers ranked 13th in the country in scoring (8.6 runs/game) and 15th in batting average (.309). The Cavaliers were a national seed in the NCAA tournament for the first time, with a No. The official Baseball Coach List for the University of Washington Huskies. Only four other programs nationally have matched that feat. He was tabbed the 2009 NCBWA and CollegeBaseballInsider.com National Coach of the Year and also was named the 2006 College Baseball Foundation Coach of the Year. / Defensively, the Cavaliers also have shined under McMullan, and UVA owns the highest fielding percentage in the ACC since his arrival in 2004 (.973). / / / Penn Under OConnors direction, Virginia qualified for its 14th consecutive NCAA Tournament and finished with 43 wins, the 11th time his club reached the 40-win mark. / @evandob21 / Junior, L/R / 1 ranked Miami. The 75 total long balls on the year established a new program record. / / / 190 Virginia won 10 of its last 14 regular-season games that included a pair of one-run road losses against then-No. Coaches. Sophomore, L/R Ernie Clement led UVA with 92 hits (third most in program history) as UVA finished third in the ACC with a .304 team batting average. / It was an historic year in moving players to the next level as Pavin Smith and Adam Haseley were drafted back-to-back in the top-10 of the first round of the MLB Draft. Associate Athletics Director for Strength and Conditioning/Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports. Before joining the Braves organization, McMullan served as acting head coach at East Carolina in 2001-02 for Keith LeClair, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrigs Disease. / Prior to his time at Virginia, McMullan served as a manager in the Atlanta Braves organization. 434 Edgemont Circle Vinton, VA 24179. 185 @KyleTeel9 / / / The 2019 season was highlighted by a vintage Cavalier late-season surge. Virginia earned its 16th NCAA Tournament bid in McMullans tenure. The official staff directory for the Virginia State University Trojans Skip To Main . / Friends' Central 789 wins, including 573 wins since 2009 (fifth most in the nation). The 2008 team advanced to the ACC Championship game and broke the school record for stolen bases (134), which was set the previous season. Search. Dallastown Area Stephen Bruno had a huge year, batting .370 while tying a school record with 23 doubles. @JustinRubin12 The offense propelled UVA to a 22-1 record in the first 23 games, the best start in program history. Richmond, Va. Four position players earned All-ACC accolades including the top RBI duo in program history in Gelof and Alex Tappen who each earned first team nods. UVA has ranked among the top 40 in the nation in total home attendance and average home attendance in all 19 years of OConnors tenure. The official Baseball Coach List for the Greensboro College Pride Skip To Main . @evan.dobias, 6-2 A season of promise was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic that shutdown all of college baseball. Senior Devin Ortiz sent the Cavaliers to the Super Regionals with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th of the Columbia Regional title game. At ECU, he served as the recruiting coordinator, hitting coach and catching instructor. Freshman, R/R Coach Chuck Spraker : 15U (757) 773-8858 UVa ranked third nationally in doubles (148), fourth in hits (709) and fifth in runs (471). 190 St. Christopher's Mike Papi was named a First-Team All-American while becoming UVas first ACC batting champion since 1981. Email Address Phone; John Harvell: Head Coach jharvell@cnu.edu: 757-594-7054 757-594-7054: Andy Wissinger: Assistant Coach wissinger@cnu.edu: 757-594-8251 757-594-8251: / Men's and Women's Track and Field Women's Volleyball Recreation and Club Sports Mail and Shipping Address 1 Drexel Drive Campus Box 92 New Orleans, LA 70125 Phone 504-520-7329 Fax 504-520-7934 Ticket info: tickets@xula.edu Staff Directory Members By Category/Department 2023 Xavier University of Louisiana. Junior, R/L @ChaseHungate / The APR provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. / / The official staff directory for the Virginia Tech Hokies . Virginia has ranked among the top 20 nationally in attendance in 11 of the last 13 seasons, including a program-best 142,496 fans in 2014 as UVA finished 11th in attendance. A graduate of William and Mary, Kirby came to Virginia in 2011 after spending the previous two seasons as a coach at Georgetown. / Contact; Sponsors; REGISTER; PROFILE; Search; Team Virginia Baseball. @_mabe_10, 6-1 198 He was a member of six championship teams at IUP. / / Baseball; Mike McRae: Head Baseball Coach (757) 221-3492 (757) 221-3492: Daniel Sweeney: Pitching Coach . Baseball Coaches - Virginia Military Institute Baseball at Mercer May 14, 2022 2 p.m. Boxscore Baseball at Mercer May 14, 2022 2 p.m. BB Final Sun May 15 VMI 7 Mercer 8 Recap Baseball at Mercer May 15, 2022 1 p.m. Boxscore Baseball at Mercer May 15, 2022 1 p.m. BB Final Tue May 17 Old Dominion 8 VMI 6 Falls Church, Va. 5 seed. / UVa also was the No. Graduate Student, R/R 235 While UVAs pitching staff ranked first nationally in ERA, the Cavaliers recorded a .978 fielding percentage at the time, a school record and ranked among the top 20 nationally in batting. After graduating with a bachelors degree in marketing, OConnor was selected in the 29th round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. Thaiss was UVAs fifth first-round MLB Draft pick in the last three seasons, while Jones (second round) and shortstop Daniel Pinero (ninth) also were chosen in the draft. Three Cavaliers were selected in the first round in 2014, the most of any program in the country. Maury OConnor was named the National Coach of the Year in 2015 by the ABCA, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball and Perfect Game, marking the third year he has earned such an honor. 1 seeds and a No. American Heritage / / Chesapeake, Va. @tcourt24, 6-5 Billy is a former Major League Baseball pitcher and one of the greatest closers of all time. 185 @Colin_tuft At the end of the year, Virginia was ranked in the top-10 in every major top-25 poll and was as high as No. As a No. The Cavaliers landed in the upper echelon of the ACC in both hitting and fielding under McMullans direction. / Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site, Academics and Student-Athlete Development, Virginia Sports Radio Network - Listen Live. After a slow start to the season, UVA caught fire in the back half of the ACC schedule, including a series win at then-No. In 2005, Virginia went 41-20 and played in the ACC Championship game, then earned a bid to the NCAA Corvallis Regional. #LetsGoVCU. Virginia reached the NCAA Tournament in each of McMullans first 14 seasons, one of 15 programs ever to qualify for the NCAA tournament 14-straight seasons. Tony Bennett. In 2007, Virginia boasted a 45-16 record and 19-9 mark in the ACC en route to a second-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: . @johnwormsby, 6-4 Doolittle and Zimmerman teamed up on the Washington Nationals in 2019 to bring home the franchises first World Series title. UVA teams have thrived on the mound, with the Cavaliers posting the third lowest ERA in the country since 2005 (3.46). Freshman, R/R 180 On the way to All-America honors, infielder Jake Gelof broke the school record for RBI in a season with 81 and was a home run shy of matching the program mark. 200 UVA then traveled to the NCAA Irvine Regional and impressively topped San Diego State and soon-to-be MLB No. 195 George Wythe 195 / UVa had a school-record five players earn first-team All-ACC honors, while utility Danny Hultzen and outfielder Jarrett Parker each gleaned All-America laurels. He also earned a Gold Glove Award in 2009 and was a Silver Slugger Award winner in 2009 and 2010. Gelof went on to be selected in the second round (60th overall) by the Oakland Athletics and shortstop Nic Kent was taken in the 11th round by the Colorado Rockies. / Benedictine Contact VBCA - Virginia Baseball Coaches Association Contact Tim Merry | Executive Director Phone: 804-370-3557 Address: P.O. In 2014 Crockett became the first player from the 2013 MLB Draft to reach the big leagues. Richlands head coach Tom Rife was captured on video jumping over the team's bench and confronting a male spectator during the final seconds of his team's 54-51 loss to Wise Central. The fan base continued to rally around the team as UVA averaged a program-best 3,298 fans per game (125,355 total). @matthewabuchanan, 6-4 230 Vienna, Va. / Both went on to garner All-ACC honors with Kent becoming the first UVA freshman since 2009 to garner First Team All-ACC honors to go along with freshman All-America accolades from two different publications. Eighty-three Virginia players have nabbed All-ACC honors under OConnor, the second most of any ACC school since 2004. / Zimmerman, Doolittle, Thompson, Branden Kline, Thaiss, Jake McCarthy, Andrew Abbott, Kyle Teel, Nate Savino and Matt Wyatt each played on USA Baseball collegiate national teams. Graduate Student, L/R Since 2009, UVA owns 50 NCAA tournament wins tied for the fifth most in the nation. / Published: Feb. 27, 2023 at 9:01 AM PST | Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 12:11 PM PST. Nick Howard set an ACC record with 20 saves and then was selected in the first round of the MLB Draft, one of eight Cavaliers to be drafted in 2014. UVA posted a 53-16 record its fourth 50-win season in a five-year span and won the Charlottesville Regional and Super Regional en route to its third trip to Omaha in the last six seasons. / Austin Preparatory School First year Chris Newell was named the co-National Freshman of the Year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaperwhile he and classmate Max Cotier claimed freshman All-America honors. In addition, 23 Cavaliers have claimed Freshman All-America distinctions. In 25 years as a college coach, McMullan has had over 100 players signed by professional organizations. Northwestern @justin.rubin, 5-10 Virginia is one of 16 programs ever to advance to an NCAA Regional 14-straight years. Virginia led the conference in batting (.331) for the second straight year and set school records in runs (525), doubles (160), triples (32) and total bases (1166). . The 2014 Cavaliers set the program record for fielding percentage with a .981 mark, which ranked fourth nationally. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Shawn Stiffler - Head Coach - Baseball Coaches - Virginia Commonwealth University Choose a Staff Member: Shawn Stiffler Title Head Coach Email smstiffler@vcu.edu Phone 804-828-4822 Head Coach Shawn Stiffler enters his 11th season at the helm of VCU baseball for the 2022-2023 season. Rochester, N.Y. He enjoyed a pro baseball career as a member of the New York Yankees organization (1990-92) and the Salt Lake City Trappers (1990 and 1992). With their backs against the wall after dropping the Columbia Regional opener to host South Carolina, Virginia rallied with four-straight elimination game victories, capped by a Devin Ortiz walk-off home run in the 10th inning against Old Dominion in the Regional Final. / The Cavaliers own a .299 team batting average during that span and led the conference in batting in 2009, 2010 and 2013. @treif8, 6-1 Chesterfield, Va. / Kline was a member of the 2011 Collegiate National Team. / 434-982-5194. en4c@virginia.edu. Norfolk, Va. / Looking for a coach who competed in baseball at the college level, club team level, or professional level. uvabaseball@virginia.edu E-Mail Bio After leading the Virginia baseball program to its first NCAA National Championship in 2015, five-time ACC Coach of the Year and three-time national coach of the year Brian O'Connor has built his program into a college baseball powerhouse and turned Virginia Baseball into a national brand. Abingdon, Va. @kevin_jaxel In the sixth home game of the year, six pitchers combined for an 11-inning no-hitter against William & Mary, the fourth in the OConnor era. / Junior, L/L The Cavaliers played host to an NCAA Regional and bowed out in the championship to eventual national champion Oregon State. Ridgewood 1 North Carolina and No. @aidan_teel, 6-4 / / / 195 Prior to the shutdown the Cavaliers had been ranked as high as No. UVA went 56-12 and won its third straight NCAA regional title before taking the super regional against UC Irvine after a dramatic ninth-inning rally in Game 3. Graduate Student, L/R / He pitched for the Houston Astros (1995-2003), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004-05), the New York Mets (2006-09), the Boston Red Sox (2009) and the Atlanta Braves (2010). Virginia ranked in the top-15 in the country in batting average (15th .309), ERA (14th 3.99), runs per game (13th 8.6) and strikeouts per nine innings (13th 10.5). @jay.woolfolk, 6-2 Thaiss competed on the 2015 team, while McCarthy was on the 2017 squad. Email Address Phone Image; Administration; Peggy Davis: . Junior, R/R The Cavaliers won 13 of their 15 games at Disharoon Park. / @CaseySaucke The Cavaliers also swept Clemson in three games for the first time since 1972. / Bobby Prince - Head Coach; Mark Andrews - Assistant Coach; Jay McLain - Assistant Coach; Karen Prince - Assistant Coach; 3 midway through the year. Williamsburg, Va. Welcome to Virginia Baseball Coaches Association, founded to "unite, educate, develop and support" baseball coaches and promote amateur baseball in the state of Virginia. The Cavaliers had two of the top four players to strikeout in the ACC in Brendan Rivoli and Logan Michaels. Graduate Student, L/L Prior to the 2020 season being shutdown by the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginias offense was flourishing, ranking in the top-10 in scoring (9.0 rpg), runs (162), hits (187), triples (10) and home runs (22). / @Griff_OFerrall In McMullans three years at ECU, the Pirates posted a record of 138-46, which placed ECU among the top five programs in the country in wins, averaging 46 victories a season. / For your privacy and protection, when applying to a job online, never give your social security number to a prospective employer, provide credit card or bank account information, or perform any sort of monetary transaction. / / Six Cavaliers were selected in the top 15 rounds for the fifth time in program history, led by second rounders, Andrew Abbott (53rd overall) and Zack Gelof (60th overall). / In 2009 Virginia won 49 games and earned the ACC Championship as well as NCAA Irvine Regional and Oxford Super Regional titles en route to the schools first College World Series appearance. Virginia has led the ACC in batting over the last 14 years combined. / The Cavaliers were off to a 14-4 start and were 2-1 in the ACC after a weekend series win over previously unbeaten and No. / / Ninety-four of OConnors Virginia players have been selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft including 14 in the first round. Haseley, a Golden Spikes award finalist, was the ACC batting champion and was taken eighth overall by the Philadelphia Phillies. @dean.kampschror, L/R / 3 regional seed, UVA made a dramatic run to Omaha, capped by winning two of three games against Florida before ousting Vanderbilt in three games in the CWS Finals. / McMullan also was vital in development of the Washington Nationals Chad Tracy (1B-3B) while coaching him at East Carolina. / Randolph-Macon Athletics 103 E. Patrick St., Ashland, VA. 23005-5505 Main: 804-752-7200 Admissions: 800-888-1762 Athletics: 804-752-7223 Freshman, L/L / / / Four Cavalier freshmen were named Freshman All-Americans, tied for the most in the nation. After a strong regular season, Virginia caught fire in the postseason, winning the ACC Baseball Championship with four wins in as many days. His last three Notre Dame teams were among the most successful in the schools history. / / Following the record-breaking season, Mazey was named the East Regional Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the Chuck Tanner College Coach of the Year by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh. As a pitcher on the Creighton baseball team under then-CU head coach and former Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, OConnor posted a career record of 20-13 with seven saves and a 3.78 ERA. Cavalier fans have flocked to UVAs Disharoon Park in increasing, record numbers during the OConnor tenure, prompting several stadium expansions to push the stadium seating capacity to nearly 6,000 in order to meet the rapidly intensifying demand. UVA finished third overall in the ACC and just one game behind division champion North Carolina while playing host to an NCAA Regional.