The Miami RedHawks baseball team (formerly the Miami Redskins) is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of
Miami University
Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 10 ...
in
Oxford, Ohio
Oxford is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 23,035 at the 2020 census. A college town, Oxford was founded as a home for Miami University and lies in the southwestern portion of the state approximately northwest ...
, United States.
The team is a member of the
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twel ...
East division, which is part of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
's
Division I. Miami's first baseball team was fielded in 1915. The team plays its home games at
McKie Field at Hayden Park in
Oxford, Ohio
Oxford is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 23,035 at the 2020 census. A college town, Oxford was founded as a home for Miami University and lies in the southwestern portion of the state approximately northwest ...
. The RedHawks are coached by
Dan Hayden
Dan Hayden (born 1965 in Buffalo, New York) is a retired American gymnast. Hayden was a member of the 1985 and 1987 World Championships teams. He was a US national champion. Hayden competed for Arizona State University and was a collegiate nati ...
, who was hired prior to the 2014 season.
RedHawks in Major League Baseball
Since the
Major League Baseball Draft
The first-year player draft is the primary mechanism of Major League Baseball (MLB) for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on a lo ...
began in 1965, Miami has had 74 players selected.
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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Baseball teams established in 1915
1915 establishments in Ohio
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