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Texas State Bobcats baseball

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Texas State Bobcats
2023 Texas State Bobcats baseball team
Texas State Bobcats baseball logo.svg
Founded1985
UniversityTexas State University
Head coachSteven Trout (4th season)
ConferenceSun Belt
West Division
LocationSan Marcos, Texas
Home stadiumBobcat Ballpark
(Capacity: 2,400)
NicknameBobcats
ColorsMaroon and gold[1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1997, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2022
Conference tournament champions
Southland Conference: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2011
Regular season conference champions
Southland: 2009, 2010, 2011
Sun Belt: 2019, 2022

The Texas State Bobcats baseball program is the intercollegiate baseball team representing Texas State University. The Bobcats' first season was in 1985, and have played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark on the university's campus in San Marcos, Texas since 2009.

Since the 2014 season, the Bobcats have competed as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. Previously, the Bobcats were a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Southland Conference, and Gulf Star Conference.

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College baseball

College baseball

College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. In comparison to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a smaller role in developing professional players, as baseball's professional minor leagues are more extensive, with a greater history of supplying players to MLB. Moving directly from high school to the professional level is more common in baseball than in football or basketball. However, if players do opt to enroll at a four-year college to play baseball, they must complete three years to regain professional eligibility, unless they reach age 21 before starting their third year of college. Players who enroll at junior colleges regain eligibility after one year at that level. In the 2020 season, which was abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there were 300 NCAA Division I teams in the United States.

Texas State University

Texas State University

Texas State University is a public research university with its main campus located in the southern portion of the Austin metropolitan area, and its Round Rock campus in the northern portion. Since its establishment in 1899, the university has grown to the fifth largest university in the state of Texas and the 28th largest university in the United States. Texas State University reached a record enrollment of 38,808 students in the 2016 fall semester, continuing a trend of enrollment growth over several years. The university offers more than 200 degree options from its ten colleges.

Bobcat Ballpark

Bobcat Ballpark

Bobcat Ballpark is a baseball venue in San Marcos, Texas, on the campus of Texas State University. It is home of the Texas State Bobcats baseball team of the NCAA Division I Sun Belt Conference. It currently holds 2,400 spectators. In 2008, the baseball and softball stadiums were renovated and expanded to its current design. In addition, four luxury suites for up to 12 people were added. The renovations made their debut on March 5, 2009 against the Texas Longhorns with a record setting 2,593 people.

San Marcos, Texas

San Marcos, Texas

San Marcos is a city and the county seat of Hays County, Texas, United States. The city's limits extend into Caldwell and Guadalupe Counties, as well. San Marcos is on the Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. Its population was 44,894 at the 2010 census and 67,553 at the 2020 census. Founded on the banks of the San Marcos River, the area is thought to be among the oldest continuously inhabited sites in the Americas. San Marcos is home to Texas State University and the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment.

Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed across the Southern United States.

Western Athletic Conference

Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas.

Southland Conference

Southland Conference

The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Southland sponsors 18 sports, 10 for women and eight for men, and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators. Chris Grant became the Southland's seventh commissioner on April 5, 2022. From 1996 to 2002, for football only, the Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League.

Gulf Star Conference

Gulf Star Conference

The Gulf Star Conference was an NCAA Division II conference that existed from 1984–85 to 1986–87, three academic years. All of the schools subsequently joined the Southland Conference. Dave Waples was the only Commissioner, with the Conference office located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

History

Ty Harrington (University of Texas at Austin '89) began his tenure as Texas State baseball's fourth head coach in the 2000 season and compiled an overall record of 657-516-2 over 20 seasons. His overall record includes a 265-146 record in the Southland Conference and a 95-85 record in the Sun Belt Conference.[2] Harrington was honored as the Southland Conference Coach of the Year in 2009 and 2011. Texas State won three consecutive regular season SLC championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011 under Harrington. His teams also won the SLC tournament championship in 2000 and 2011 and made three NCAA Championship Regional appearances in 2000, 2009 and 2011. Harrington guided Texas State to its first Sun Belt Conference regular season championship in 2019.[3] He has helped produce 88 all-conference selections,[4] 10 All-Americans, seven conference players of the year and 53 Major League Baseball Draftees.[5][6] On June 20, 2019, Harrington retired after 20 seasons at Texas State.[7]

On July 1, 2019, Steven Trout was named Texas State baseball's fifth head coach.[8] Trout previously served as Texas State's associate head coach for the 2018 and 2019 seasons and as an assistant coach in 2016 and 2017. Prior to his current stint with the Bobcats, Trout was an assistant coach on the West Virginia Mountaineers staff from 2013 to 2015.[9]

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Ty Harrington

Ty Harrington

Ty Lee Harrington is a former American baseball player and coach. He served as the head baseball coach at Texas State University from 2000 through the 2019 season. Under Harrington, the Texas State Bobcats to three NCAA Tournament appearances, two Southland Conference baseball tournament championships, and three Southland Conference baseball regular season championships. Harrington is the most victorious coach in program history.

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin is a public research university in Austin, Texas, and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 graduate students and 3,133 teaching faculty as of Fall 2021, it is also the largest institution in the system.

Southland Conference

Southland Conference

The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Southland sponsors 18 sports, 10 for women and eight for men, and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators. Chris Grant became the Southland's seventh commissioner on April 5, 2022. From 1996 to 2002, for football only, the Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League.

Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). The 14 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed across the Southern United States.

Steven Trout

Steven Trout

Steven L. Trout is an American college baseball coach and former infielder. He is the head baseball coach of Texas State University. Trout played college baseball at Texarkana College from 2004 to 2005 before transferring to Texas Christian University where he played for coach Jim Schlossnagle in 2006 and 2007.

West Virginia Mountaineers baseball

West Virginia Mountaineers baseball

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 has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference since the start of the 2013 season. The program currently plays at Monongalia County Ballpark in the adjacent city of Granville. Randy Mazey has been the team's head coach since prior to the 2013 season. As of the end of the 2019 season, the program has appeared in 13 NCAA Tournaments. It has won five conference tournament championships and 15 regular season conference and division titles.

Bobcat Ballpark

Main article: Bobcat Ballpark

Texas State hosted the Texas Longhorns in Bobcat Ballpark's first game on March 3, 2009 in front of a then-record 2,593 spectators. As of the end of the 2019 season, the Bobcats have a 225-116-1 record at the facility.[10]

Bobcat Ballpark Attendance Records[11]
Date Opponent Result Attendance
1. March 21, 2017 Texas W, 11-10 (10) 3,017
2. March 28, 2017 Texas A&M L, 9-3 2,952
3. March 1, 2016 Texas L, 10-4 (11) 2,776
4. March 24, 2015 Texas L, 6-4 2,653
T-5. March 30, 2010 Texas A&M W, 6-5 (11) 2,603
T-5. March 11, 2014 Texas L, 6-3 2,603
7. March 3, 2009 Texas L, 6-5 2,593
8. March 27, 2018 Texas L, 6-1 2,547
9. April 23, 2013 Texas A&M W, 4-1 2,512
10. February 14, 2014 Michigan W, 8-7 (10) 2,439

Year-by-year results

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Independent (1984)
1984 Dr. William Pool 18–31
Independent: 18–31
Gulf Star Conference (1985–1987)
1985 Jay Jeffrey 29–27
1986 Jay Jeffrey 31–25
1987 Steve Prentice 39–21–2
Gulf Star: 99–73–2
Southland Conference (1988–2012)
1988 Steve Prentice 31–27 7–11 7th
1989 Steve Prentice 31–24 10–8 4th
1990 Steve Prentice 31–22–1 7–11 6th
1991 Steve Prentice 33–15 4–7 7th
1992 Steve Prentice 31–19 11–10 3rd
1993 Steve Prentice 26–29 8–15 8th
1994 Howard Bushong 28–23 10–13 7th
1995 Howard Bushong 23–31 10–14 6th
1996 Howard Bushong 29–22 10–15 8th
1997 Howard Bushong 38–26 8–11 1st (TX Division) NCAA Regionals
1998 Howard Bushong 28–28 13–11 5th
1999 Howard Bushong 27–32 15–12 3rd NCAA Regionals
2000 Ty Harrington 34–29 16–11 3rd NCAA Regionals
2001 Ty Harrington 36–22 15–11 4th
2002 Ty Harrington 36–24 14–13 6th
2003 Ty Harrington 30–28 19–7 2nd
2004 Ty Harrington 32–26 16–10 3rd
2005 Ty Harrington 32–26 15–12 3rd
2006 Ty Harrington 29–30 20–10 3rd
2007 Ty Harrington 37–23 20–10 2nd (West)
2008 Ty Harrington 30–27 19–11 2nd (West)
2009 Ty Harrington 41–17 24–7 1st NCAA Regionals
2010 Ty Harrington 38–22 23–10 1st
2011 Ty Harrington 41–23 24–9 1st NCAA Regional
2012 Ty Harrington 32–24 19–14 4th
Southland: 812–629–1 357–273
Western Athletic Conference (2013)
2013 Ty Harrington 29–29 16–11 3rd
WAC: 29–29 16–11
Sun Belt Conference (2014–present)
2014 Ty Harrington 30–28 16–14 4th
2015 Ty Harrington 24–32–1 14–16 6th
2016 Ty Harrington 31–28 16–14 5th
2017 Ty Harrington 29–30 13–17 4th (West)
2018 Ty Harrington 30–28–1 16–14 2nd (West)
2019 Ty Harrington 36–20 20–10 1st (West)
2020 Steven Trout 14–4 0–0 No conference season Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Steven Trout 21–36 9–15 6th (West)
2022 Steven Trout 47-14 26-4 1st NCAA Regional
Sun Belt: 262–220–2 130–104
Total: 1,220–982–5

      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

References:[12][13][14][15]

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1988 NCAA Division I baseball season

1988 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1988 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1988. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1988 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty second time in 1988, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Stanford claimed the championship for the second time.

1989 NCAA Division I baseball season

1989 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1989. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1989 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty third time in 1989, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Wichita State claimed the championship for the first time.

1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

1990 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1990 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1990. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1990 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fourth time in 1990, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Georgia claimed the championship for the first time.

1991 NCAA Division I baseball season

1991 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1991 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1991. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1991 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty fifth time in 1991, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the first time.

1992 NCAA Division I baseball season

1992 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1992 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty sixth time in 1992, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Pepperdine claimed the championship for the first time.

1993 NCAA Division I baseball season

1993 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1993. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1993 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty seventh time in 1993, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the second time.

1994 NCAA Division I baseball season

1994 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1994 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1994. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1994 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty eighth time in 1994, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Oklahoma claimed the championship for the second time.

1995 NCAA Division I baseball season

1995 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1995. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1995 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty ninth time in 1995, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Cal State Fullerton claimed the championship for the second time.

1996 NCAA Division I baseball season

1996 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1996 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1996. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1996 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fiftieth time in 1996, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the third time.

1997 NCAA Division I baseball season

1997 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1997. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1997 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty first time in 1997, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the fourth time.

1998 NCAA Division I baseball season

1998 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1998. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1998 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty second time in 1998, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Southern California claimed the championship for the twelfth time, and first since 1978.

1999 NCAA Division I baseball season

1999 NCAA Division I baseball season

The 1999 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1999. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1999 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the fifty third time in 1999, consisted of one team from each of eight super regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska, at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Miami (FL) claimed the championship for the third time.

Notable players

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Scott Linebrink

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Carson Smith (baseball)

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Source: "Texas State Bobcats baseball", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, January 26th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Bobcats_baseball.

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References
  1. ^ Texas State University Brand Guide. January 14, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "2019 Baseball Schedule - Texas State Athletics". January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Regular Season Champions!". May 18, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "Reich and Harrington Earn Specialty Awards; Four Named to All-Conference Teams". May 20, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Three Bobcats Selected on Final Day of MLB Draft". June 5, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  6. ^ "2019 Texas State Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  7. ^ Alex Miller (June 20, 2019). "Texas State baseball coach Ty Harrington retires after 20 seasons". www.expressnews.com. Hearst. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  8. ^ Drew King (July 1, 2019). "Steven Trout Introduced As New Texas State Head Coach". www.sanmarcosrecord.com. San Marcos Daily Record. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  9. ^ "Steven Trout - Baseball Coach - Texas State Athletics". January 18, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
  10. ^ "2018 Baseball Schedule". Texas State Athletics. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  11. ^ "2019 Texas State Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Texas State Athletics. January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  12. ^ "2021 TXST Baseball Media Guide (PDF)" (PDF). Texas State Athletics. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 Southland Baseball Record Book (PDF) - Southland Conference" (PDF). www.southland.org. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Sun Belt Conference All Sports Record Book" (PDF). Sun Belt Sports. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  15. ^ "Western Athletic Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Texas State Baseball Coaching Staff".
  17. ^ "4 Bobcats Selected on Final Day of 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft".
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