The Lamar Cardinals baseball team represents
Lamar University
Lamar University (Lamar or LU) is a public university in Beaumont, Texas. Lamar has been a member of the Texas State University System since 1995. It was the flagship institution of the former Lamar University System. As of the fall of 2021, th ...
and competes in the
Southland Conference
The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it pa ...
of the
NCAA
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's
Division I after officially rejoining the conference on July 11, 2022. The team is coached by head coach,
Will Davis following
Jim Gilligan's retirement at the end of the 2016 season. Except for five seasons (1987–1991), the Cardinals baseball team had been coached by Jim Gilligan since 1973. With over 1000 career wins as a head coach, Gilligan was one of the most winning coaches in NCAA history.
The Cardinals baseball team leads the Southland Conference with 10 regular season titles. The Cardinals also won one
Sun Belt Conference
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regular season title in 1993. In addition, the Cardinals have won three Southland Conference tournament titles and two Sun Belt Conference tournament titles. In the 2010 season, the Lamar was seeded seventh in the
Southland Conference baseball tournament
The Southland Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southland Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Tou ...
, went undefeated through the tournament, and was crowned the conference champions. The team received a bid to the
2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and played
TCU and
Baylor. Over the years, the Cardinals have appeared in the
NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
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tournament thirteen (13) times.
Coaches
NCAA Division II
Lone Star Conference
*JB Higgins (1952–1954)
(Baseball was discontinued from 1955–1966.)
NCAA Division I
Southland Conference
*Bob Frederick (1967–1968)
*Bill Vincent (1969–1972)
*Jim Gilligan (1973–1986)
American South Conference
*David Perkins (1988–1991)
Sun Belt Conference
*Jim Gilligan (1992–1998)
Southland Conference
*Jim Gilligan (1999–2016)
*Will Davis (2017–present)
Lamar career coaching records
(Records reflect game results through May 27, 2022.)
Year-by-year results
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(Records reflect game results through May 27, 2022.)
Lamar Cardinals in the NCAA tournament
*The
NCAA Division I baseball tournament
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started in 1947.
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of the tournament has changed through the years.
Conference Tournaments
Major League Baseball
Players in the Majors
Many Lamar players have gone on to play in
Major League Baseball
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Clay Hensley
Clayton Allen Hensley (born August 31, 1979) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Hensley has played in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres, Florida Marlins, and San Francisco Giants.
Early life
Hensley attended Lamar U ...
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Kevin Millar
Kevin Charles Millar (; born September 24, 1971) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) and is a current analyst for MLB Network. He played in MLB for the Florida Marli ...
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Eric Cammack
Eric Wade Cammack (born August 14, 1975) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the New York Mets during the season. Listed at , 180 lb., Cammack batted and threw right-handed. A native of Nederland, Tex ...
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Brian Sanches
Brian Lee Sanches (born August 8, 1978) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
In 1996, Sanches graduated Nederland High School in Texas where he played baseball, basketball, football, and ran track. Sanches attended Lamar Universit ...
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Jerald Clark
Jerald Dwayne Clark (born August 10, 1963) is an American former professional outfielder. He is an alumnus of Lamar University and played for the Lamar Cardinals baseball team.
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1985 Major L ...
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Phil Brassington
Phillip Brassington (born 19 April 1970 in Canberra, Australia) is an Australian right-handed pitcher.
Career
After a year of college baseball with the Lamar University Cardinals, Brassington was drafted by Kansas City Royals in 5th Round (13 ...
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Micah Hoffpauir
James Micah Hoffpauir (born March 1, 1980) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He was drafted in 2000 by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 44th round (1,301st overall), but he did not sign and returned to coll ...
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Beau Allred
Beau Allred (born 4 June 1965) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played in parts of three seasons for the Cleveland Indians between 1989 and 1991. His number from 1989-1990 was #55
College and minor leagues
Allred played collegiat ...
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Dave Smith
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Tony Mack
Tony Lynn Mack (born April 30, 1961) is an American former professional baseball player.
Mack attended Tates Creek High School in Lexington, Kentucky. As a junior in 1978, then standing only , Mack won the semifinal and championship of the Ken ...
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Bruce Aven
David Bruce Aven (born March 4, 1972) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Aven attended and played baseball for the Lamar University Cardinals.
Aven played for four different ball clubs during his career: the Cleveland Indians (1997, 2 ...
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Randy Williams
Randy Lavelle Williams (born August 23, 1953) is an American athlete.
Education
In high school, Williams attended Edison High School in Fresno, California. He then attended the University of Southern California.
Players drafted by Major League teams
Lamar has had 88
Major League Baseball Draft
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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 Charle ...
References
External links
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{{Southland Conference baseball navbox
Baseball teams established in 1952
Baseball teams in Beaumont, Texas
1952 establishments in Texas