The North Dakota Fighting Hawks baseball team was a part of the athletic program at the

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History

The team was a member of the NCAA Division I

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. It played at

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. The last head coach was Jeff Dodson. The public address announcer for the baseball team was Kris Holm. Announced April 12, 2016, as a part of expense reductions because of institution and statewide budget cuts, the University of North Dakota announced the baseball program would be discontinued at the end of their 2015–16 season. On May 3, 2023,

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, who played for UND from 2014 to 2016, made his

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(MLB) debut against the

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, becoming the first player in UND history to play in the major leagues.

Head coaches

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