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The Grambling State Tigers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of
Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African American Heritage ...
in
Grambling, Louisiana Grambling is a city in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,949 at the 2010 census. The city is home to Grambling State University and is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Grambling was designated a " ...
, U.S. The team is a member of the
Southwestern Athletic Conference The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is a collegiate athletic conference headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, which is made up of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southern United States. It participates in t ...
, which is part of the
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's Division I. The team plays its home games at Wilbert Ellis Field at Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Park in
Grambling, Louisiana Grambling is a city in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,949 at the 2010 census. The city is home to Grambling State University and is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area. Grambling was designated a " ...
. The Tigers are coached by
Davin Pierre Davin Pierre is a baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Grambling State Tigers. He played college baseball at Grambling State from 2002 to 2005 for head coach James Randall. Playing career Pierre attend ...
. The program was founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, who served as the team's first head coach.


Major League Baseball

Grambling State has had 50
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selections since the draft began in 1965.


See also

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List of NCAA Division I baseball programs The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division I baseball. In the 2022 season, 301 Division I schools competed. These teams compete to go to the 64-team Division I baseball tournament and then to Omaha, Nebraska, and Charles ...


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* Baseball teams established in 1936 1936 establishments in Louisiana {{Louisiana-baseball-team-stub