The Grand Canyon Antelopes baseball team represents

Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon University (GCU) is a private for-profit Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona. Based on student enrollment, Grand Canyon University was the largest Christian university in the world in 2018, with 20,000 attending students on ...

, which is located in

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. The Antelopes, also known as the Lopes, are an

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program competing in the

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. They were in Division I from 1991 to 1998, the final four seasons with the

, and returned in 2014 with the WAC. The Grand Canyon Antelopes play all home games on campus at

Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark is a college baseball stadium on the campus of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. It hosts the Grand Canyon Antelopes of the Western Athletic Conference. The field is named for Dr. Dave Brazell, consider ...

. Over their 16 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, GCU has won six regular-season titles including five of the last six completed seasons. Since the program's inception in 1953, 10 Lopes have gone on to play in

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, highlighted by 1993 AL Rookie of the Year and 2002 World Series champion

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Conference membership history (Division I only)

*1991–1994: Independent *1995–1998:

*2014–present: Western Athletic Conference

Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark

Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark is a baseball

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on the Grand Canyon campus in

that seats 4,000 people. It was opened on February 16, 2018 with a 2–1 loss to TCU. A record attendance of 5,261 was set on February 18, 2022, an opening day loss to

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Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide.

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide.

Awards and honors (Division I only)

* Over their 11 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, 18 different Lopes have been named to the all-conference first-team.

All-Americans

Freshman All-Americans

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark

Head coaches (Division I only)

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

Freshman All-Americans

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

Lopes in the Major Leagues

See also

References