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West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia Mountaineers
Founded	1892
University	West Virginia University
Head coach	Randy Mazey (1st season)
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Home stadium	TBD
Nickname	Mountaineers
Colors	Blue and Gold;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1955, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1996
Conference tournament champions
	A-10: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994; Big East: 1996
Regular season conference champions
	Southern: 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967; A-10 West Division: 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988; Big East American Division: 1996, 1997

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The West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. The program will begin competing in the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference in the 2013 season. The program currently lacks a permanent home venue, as its previous venue, Hawley Field, does not meet Big 12 standards. For the 2013 season, the program plans to use nearby minor league venues, such as Appalachian Power Park. Randy Mazey has been the team's head coach since prior to the 2013 season. As of the end of the 2012 season, the program has appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments. It has won five conference tournament championships and 15 regular season conference and division titles. As of the start of the 2012 Major League Baseball season, 25 former Mountaineers have appeared in Major League Baseball.

History

The program began varsity play in 1892 and had an above-.500 winning percentage in each season until 1920, when the team had a 10–11 record.^[1] It adopted the nickname "Mountaineers" in 1905, when West Virginia instituted the state motto "Mountaineers are always free."^[2]

After discontinuing the program for three seasons (1943–1945) because of World War II, the program began again prior to the 1946 season and qualified for its first NCAA Tournament in 1955 under head coach Steve Harrick.^[1]

On-campus venue Hawley Field opened in 1971 and was used until after the 2012 season, as the field did not meet the standards of the Big 12 Conference, to which West Virginia moved in summer 2012.^[3]^[4]

As a member of the Southern Conference from 1951–1968, the team appeared in six NCAA Tournaments. As a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference from 1978–1995, the team appeared in four NCAA Tournaments. However, as a member of the Big East Conference from 1995–2012, the team appeared in only one NCAA Tournament.^[1]

Conference affiliations

Independent – 1892–1942, 1946–1950
Southern – 1951–1968
Independent – 1969–1977
Atlantic 10 – 1978–1995

Known as the Eastern Athletic Conference from 1978–1982

Big East – 1996–2012
Big 12 – 2013–present

Venues

Hawley Field

Hawley Field, which opened in 1971 and has a capacity of 1,500 spectators, was the program's home venue through the end of the 2012 season.^[3] However, the field does not meet the standards of the Big 12 Conference, to which West Virginia moved following the 2012 season. Several alternatives were proposed, including renovations of the current facility, the construction of a new facility, and the usage of an off-campus minor league baseball venue, such as Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, West Virginia.^[4]

Head coaches

The program's most successful coach is former head coach Dale Ramsburg, who had 540 career victories from 1968–1994. Ramsburg is also the program's longest tenured head coach, having led the program for 27 seasons.^[1]

Year(s)	Coach	Seasons	W-L-T	Pct
1892–1983	None	2	4–3	.571
1894–1896	A. R. Stahlings	3	14–4	.778
1897–1898	J. E. B. Sweeney	2	8–7	.533
1899–1900	Owen Altman	2	28–9	.757
1901	H. Brown	1	11–7	.611
1902–1905	Lee Hutchinson	4	70–31–2	.693
1906–1908	Carl Forkum	3	61–26	.701
1909	Dick Nebinger	1	17–8	.680
1910	J. L. Core	1	14–11	.560
1911	L. L. McClure	1	17–5	.773
1912	John Gronninger	1	13–12	.520
1913, 1915–1917	Charlie Hickman	4	58–23–1	.716
1914	B. P. Pattison	1	12–8	.600
1918–1920	Skeeter Shelton	3	37–17–1	.685
1921–1942, 1946	Ira Rodgers	22	204–211–3	.489
1947	Charles Hockenberry	1	9–7	.563
1948–1967	Steve Harrick	20	333–161–1	.674
1968–1994	Dale Ramsburg	27	540–389–9	.581
1995–2012	Greg Van Zant	18	528–451–1	.539
2013–Present	Randy Mazey	0	0–0	.000
TOTALS	19	117	1978–1390–18	.587

Current coaching staff

Head coach – Randy Mazey
Assistant coach – Derek Matlock
Assistant coach – Steven Trout^[5]

Yearly record

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Independent (1892–1942)
1892	None	3–3
1893	None	1–0
1894	A. R. Stahlings	5–0
1895	A. R. Stahlings	4–1
1896	A. R. Stahlings	5–3
1897	J. E. B. Sweeney	3–2
1898	J. E. B. Sweeney	5–5
1899	Owen Altman	16–6
1900	Owen Altman	12–3
1901	H. Brown	11–7
1902	Lee Hutchinson	22–7
1903	Lee Hutchinson	14–9
1904	Lee Hutchinson	16–6–1
1905	Lee Hutchinson	19–9–1
1906	Carl Forkum	20–10
1907	Carl Forkum	17–11
1908	Carl Forkum	24–5
1909	Dick Nebinger	17–8
1910	J. L. Core	14–11
1911	L. L. McClure	17–5
1912	John Gronninger	13–12
1913	Charlie Hickman	12–4
1914	B. P. Pattison	12–8
1915	Charlie Hickman	19–7–1
1916	Charlie Hickman	17–6
1917	Charlie Hickman	10–6
1918	Skeeter Shelton	13–3
1919	Skeeter Shelton	14–3–1
1920	Skeeter Shelton	10–11
1921	Ira Rodgers	20–7
1922	Ira Rodgers	16–11
1923	Ira Rodgers	13–11
1924	Ira Rodgers	8–13
1925	Ira Rodgers	13–11
1926	Ira Rodgers	10–10
1927	Ira Rodgers	6–12–1
1928	Ira Rodgers	13–4
1929	Ira Rodgers	8–9
1930	Ira Rodgers	6–13–1
1931	Ira Rodgers	6–9–1
1932	Ira Rodgers	8–8
1933	Ira Rodgers	7–9
1934	Ira Rodgers	4–13
1935	Ira Rodgers	9–9
1936	Ira Rodgers	10–9
1937	Ira Rodgers	12–10
1938	Ira Rodgers	5–10
1939	Ira Rodgers	8–7
1940	Ira Rodgers	9–5
1941	Ira Rodgers	5–10
1942	Ira Rodgers	2–9
No program (1943–1945)
Independent (1946–1950)
1946	Ira Rodgers	6–2
1947	Charles Hockenberry	9–7
1948	Steve Harrick	16–6
1949	Steve Harrick	13–8
1950	Steve Harrick	8–14
Independent:		612–417–7
Southern Conference (1951–1968)
1951	Steve Harrick	17–6
1952	Steve Harrick	12–9	7–3	t–2nd (Northern)
1953	Steve Harrick	6–7	2–5	7th (Northern)
1954	Steve Harrick	13–7	5–4	6th
1955	Steve Harrick	20–6	7–2	1st	District 3 Regionals
1956	Steve Harrick	16–9	6–3	2nd
1957	Steve Harrick	12–8	4–5	5th
1958	Steve Harrick	12–11	5–3	5th
1959	Steve Harrick	16–9	8–5	5th
1960	Steve Harrick	17–9	6–4	t–3rd
1961	Steve Harrick	17–10	8–2	1st	District 3 Regionals
1962	Steve Harrick	17–9	9–2	1st	District 3 Regionals
1963	Steve Harrick	30–3	13–1	1st	District 3 Regionals
1964	Steve Harrick	24–5	14–2	1st	District 3 Regionals
1965	Steve Harrick	19–9	10–4	2nd
1966	Steve Harrick	26–7–1	12–4	2nd
1967	Steve Harrick	22–9	13–3	1st	District 3 Regionals
1968	Dale Ramsburg	9–8	4–4	5th
Southern Conference:		305–141–1	133–56
Independent (1969–1976)
1969	Dale Ramsburg	12–6–1
1970	Dale Ramsburg	12–5
1971	Dale Ramsburg	21–6
1972	Dale Ramsburg	10–10
1973	Dale Ramsburg	8–12–1
1974	Dale Ramsburg	12–13
1975	Dale Ramsburg	10–18
1976	Dale Ramsburg	21–12			ECAC Tournament
1977	Dale Ramsburg	10–18
Independent:		116–100–2
Eastern Athletic Association/Atlantic 10 Conference (1978–1995)
1978	Dale Ramsburg	16–9
1979	Dale Ramsburg	9–13			EAC Tournament
1980	Dale Ramsburg	12–14–2			EAC Tournament
1981	Dale Ramsburg	17–18	6–2	t–1st (West)	EAC Tournament
1982	Dale Ramsburg	24–23	7–2	1st (West)	East Regional
1983	Dale Ramsburg	22–10	6–4	2nd (West)
1984	Dale Ramsburg	22–11–1	9–3	t–1st (West)	A-10 Tournament
1985	Dale Ramsburg	27–16	9–3	t-1st (West)	South I Regional
1986	Dale Ramsburg	24–14–1	9–2	1st (West)	A-10 Tournament
1987	Dale Ramsburg	32–15	13–3	1st (West)	South I Regional
1988	Dale Ramsburg	33–19–1	12–4	1st (West)	A-10 Tournament
1989	Dale Ramsburg	28–13–1	9–5	3rd (West)
1990	Dale Ramsburg	33–20	12–4	2nd (West)	A-10 Tournament
1991	Dale Ramsburg	20–20–1	9–7	3rd (West)
1992	Dale Ramsburg	27–20	12–4	2nd (West)	A-10 Tournament
1993	Dale Ramsburg	29–25	13–8	2nd	A-10 Tournament
1994	Dale Ramsburg	40–21	17–4	2nd	Atlantic I Regional
1995	Greg Van Zant	18–32	11–13	6th
Atlantic 10 Conference:		433–313–5	154–68
Big East Conference (1996–2012)
1996	Greg Van Zant	33–25	15–10	1st (American)	Atlantic Regional
1997	Greg Van Zant	36–19	17–7	1st (American)	Big East Tournament
1998	Greg Van Zant	37–17–1	13–9	5th (American)	Big East Tournament
1999	Greg Van Zant	29–28	12–13	6th	Big East Tournament
2000	Greg Van Zant	25–28	10–12	7th
2001	Greg Van Zant	27–26	12–14	7th
2002	Greg Van Zant	24–26	9–16	10th
2003	Greg Van Zant	36–19	18–6	2nd	Big East Tournament
2004	Greg Van Zant	23–29	10–16	8th
2005	Greg Van Zant	25–30	10–15	7th
2006	Greg Van Zant	36–22	14–13	5th	Big East Tournament
2007	Greg Van Zant	29–22	10–16	t-9th
2008	Greg Van Zant	35–21	13–14	7th	Big East Tournament
2009	Greg Van Zant	37–18	17–10	3rd	Big East Tournament
2010	Greg Van Zant	27–30	10–17	t–8th	Big East Tournament
2011	Greg Van Zant	28–27	14–13	t–4th	Big East Tournament
2012	Greg Van Zant	23–32	9–18	11th
Big East Conference:		510–419–1	213–219
Total:		1978–1390–18
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

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Notable former players

Below is a list of notable former players of the program and the seasons in which they played for the Mountaineers.^[9]

Babe Barna (1935–1937)
Frank Barron (1913–1914)
David Carpenter (2004–2006)
Gene Curtis (1902)
George Freese (1947)
Bucky Guth (1967–1969)
Jim Heise (1953–1956)
Jake Hewitt (1894–1895)
Charlie Hickman (1897)
Joe Hudson (1990–1992)
Ed Kenna (1901)
Steve Kline (1993)
Larry McClure (1910)
Dustin Nippert (2003)
Paul Popovich (1960)
Scott Seabol (1996)
Skeeter Shelton (1907–1909)
Bull Smith (1900–1903)
Buck Washer (1902)
Darrell Whitmore (1988–1990)
John Woods (1920–1923)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "2012 West Virginia Baseball Media Guide". West Virginia Sports Information. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ MacCambridge, Michael (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game. ESPN. ISBN 1401337031. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Hawley Field". WVUSports.com. West Virginia Sports Information. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ ^a ^b Toquinto, Jeff (20 May 2012). "Bridgeport Still Option for WVU Baseball, but Charleston, Others to See Team in 2013". Connect-Bridgeport.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^ "Baseball Coaching Staff". WVUSports.com. West Virginia Sports Information. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ "2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide". pp. 45–46. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ "2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book". pp. 15–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ "2012 Big East Conference Baseball Media Guide". pp. 60–66. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ "West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[wvurecord-1] "2012 West Virginia Baseball Media Guide". West Virginia Sports Information. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[nickname-2] MacCambridge, Michael (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Game. ESPN. ISBN 1401337031. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[hawley-3] "Hawley Field". WVUSports.com. West Virginia Sports Information. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[2013venueplans-4] Toquinto, Jeff (20 May 2012). "Bridgeport Still Option for WVU Baseball, but Charleston, Others to See Team in 2013". Connect-Bridgeport.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 5 July 2012.

[currentcoaches-5] "Baseball Coaching Staff". WVUSports.com. West Virginia Sports Information. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[socon-6] "2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide". pp. 45–46. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[a10-7] "2012 Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Record Book". pp. 15–18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[bigeast-8] "2012 Big East Conference Baseball Media Guide". pp. 60–66. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[wvu-9] "West Virginia University Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues". Baseball-Almanac.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

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