The Colorado Mesa Mavericks baseball program represents

Colorado Mesa University Colorado Mesa University is a public university in Grand Junction, Colorado. The university's other locations include Bishop Campus, which houses Western Colorado Community College in northwestern Grand Junction, and a regional campus in Mont ...

in the

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, in the

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. The Mavericks play their home games at

Suplizio Field Sam Suplizio Field is a stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States.Facilities ...

. The Mavericks made it to the Division II College World Series for the first time in program history in 2009. In 2014, the Mavericks enjoyed their most successful postseason result to date, making it all the way to the Division II national championship, where they were eventually beaten by

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. The Mavericks are coached by seasoned veteran Chris Hanks.

Notable players

Darrel Akerfelds Darrel Wayne Akerfelds (June 12, 1962 – June 24, 2012) was a professional baseball pitcher. He also served as the bullpen coach of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres, from until his death. He also pitched in the major leagues in par ...

Duane Banks Donald Duane Banks (born 1941) is a former American college baseball coach and catcher. He played professional baseball in 1964, before returning to college. He was the head baseball coach at the University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, ...

Jim Brenneman James Leroy Brenneman (February 13, 1941 – March 10, 1994) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Brenneman played for the New York Yankees in the baseball season. In three career games, he had a 0–0 record, with an 18.00 ERA. He batted and thr ...

Brendan Donnelly Brendan Kevin Donnelly (born July 4, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. A right-hander, Donnelly pitched for twenty-one teams (two of them independents), twelve organizations, two independent leagues, eleven organized minor ...

Kyle Leahy Kyle Yandow Leahy (; born June 4, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023. Career Amateur career Leahy graduated from Erie High School in Erie, ...

Barry Lersch Barry Lee Lersch (September 7, 1944 – October 4, 2009) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (–) and St. Louis Cardinals in (). A right-hander, he was born in Denver ...

Bligh Madris Bligh John Madris (born February 29, 1996) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Amateur career Madris attended Foothill H ...

Mark Martinez Mark Eastman Martinez (born December 18, 1961) is an American college baseball coach and former shortstop. He is the head baseball coach at San Diego State University. Martinez played college baseball at Mesa State College from 1982 to 1984. Mart ...

Dan Osborn Danny Leon "Ozzie" Osborn (born June 19, 1946) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Chicago White Sox in . After his lone season in the majors, he was traded al ...

Cody Ransom Bryan Cody Ransom (born February 17, 1976) is an American former professional baseball utility infielder. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers, ...

Randy Ready Randall Max Ready (born January 8, 1960) is a former professional baseball player and former manager for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. Ready played in the major Leagues primarily as a utility player from to . He also played one season in Japan ...

Sergio Romo Sergio Francisco Romo (born March 4, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League. He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami ...

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