The Pepperdine Waves baseball team represents

Pepperdine University Pepperdine University () is a private research university affiliated with the Churches of Christ with its main campus in Los Angeles County, California. Pepperdine's main campus consists of 830 acres (340 ha) overlooking the Pacific Ocean and t ...

in the sport of

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

. The Pepperdine Waves compete in Division I of the

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(NCAA) and in the

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. They are currently led by head coach Rick Hirtensteiner. The Waves have been to the

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twice, winning the national championship in 1992 under head coach

Andy Lopez Andrew Lopez (born November 30, 1953) is a retired American college baseball coach. He was most recently the head baseball coach at University of Arizona, and has served as the head baseball coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills, Pepperdine, and ...

with a win over

Cal State Fullerton California State University, Fullerton (CSUF or Cal State Fullerton) is a public university in Fullerton, California. With a total enrollment of more than 41,000, it has the largest student body of the 23-campus California State University (CSU) ...

Head coaches

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Year-by-year results

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Pepperdine in the NCAA tournament

*The

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started in 1947. *The

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of the tournament has changed through the years. ''Source''

Individual awards

A number of Pepperdine players have earned individual honors, including All-American honors, All-

honors, and

honors.

All-Americans

*1979 :

Mike Gates Michael Grant Gates (born September 20, 1956) is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based ...

, 2B *1982 :Jon Furman, P *1985 :Brad Bierley, OF :Scott Marrett, P *1987 :

Paul Faries Paul Tyrrell Faries (born February 20, 1965) is an American former professional baseball second baseman, who played during four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Padr ...

, SS *1989 :Rick Hirtensteiner, OF *1990 :Steve Duda, P (Freshman) : Steve Rodriguez, 2B (Freshman) *1991 :

Pat Ahearne Patrick Howard Ahearne (born December 10, 1969) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Career Amateur career Ahearne grew up in Albuquerque but later moved to Playa del Rey, Los Angeles where he attended St. Bernard High School. ...

, P : Steve Montgomery, P : Steve Rodriguez, 2B *1992 :

, P :Dan Melendez, 1B : Steve Montgomery, P : Steve Rodriguez, 2B *1993 :Steve Duda, P *1995 : Ryan Christenson, OF *1997 :

Randy Wolf Randall Christopher Wolf (born August 22, 1976) nicknamed "Wolfie", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, ...

, P :Steve Schenewerk, P (Freshman) *1999 :Jay Adams, P :Jay Gehrke, P :

Dane Sardinha Dane Kealoha A. A. Sardinha (born April 8, 1979) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies between 2003 and 2011. Amateur career A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, ...

, C :

Dan Haren Daniel John Haren (born September 17, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Haren played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Wa ...

, P (Freshman) *2000 :

, C *2001 :

, P :

Noah Lowry Noah Ryan Lowry (born October 10, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants from 2003 to 2007. College and the MLB Draft Lowry was first drafted out of Nordhof ...

, P :Jared Pitney, 1B *2003 :David Uribes, SS (Freshman) *2004 :

Chad Tracy Chad Austin Tracy (born May 22, 1980) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2004 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2013 for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, ...

, C (Freshman) *2005 :Steve Kleen, P :

, C : Barry Enright, P (Freshman) *2006 :

Chase d'Arnaud Chase Jonathan d'Arnaud (born January 21, 1987), is an American former professional baseball utility player. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Sa ...

, P (Freshman) :Brett Hunter, P (Freshman) *2007 : Barry Enright, P *2008 :

Eric Thames Eric Allyn Thames ( ; born November 10, 1986) is an American professional baseball first baseman and outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee B ...

, OF *2009 :Cole Cook, P (Freshman) *2016 :

A. J. Puckett Austin Joseph Puckett (born May 27, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Seattle Mariners organization. Prior to pitching professionally, Puckett played college baseball for the Pepperdine Waves of Pepperdine University. Ca ...

, P

All College World Series

*1979 :

, 2B *1992 :

, P :Dan Melendez, 1B : Steve Rodriguez, 2B :Scott Vollmer, C

Brooks Wallace Award

*2012 : Zach Vincej, SS

Conference awards

;West Coast Conference Player of the Year : Mark Lee - 1976 :Brad Bierley - 1985 :Steve Erickson &

- 1987 :Rick Hirtensteiner - 1989 : Steve Rodriguez - 1992 : Ryan Christenson - 1995 :

- 2000 :

- 2001 :Kevin Estrada - 2003 :

- 2005 :

- 2008 :Joe Sever - 2012 ;West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year :Scott Marrett - 1985 :

Mike Fetters Michael Lee Fetters (born December 19, 1964) is an American professional baseball coach. He is currently the bullpen coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for eight teams during his 16-year career as ...

- 1986 : Doug Simons - 1988 :Britt Craven - 1989 & 1990 :

- 1992 :Steve Duda - 1993 :

- 1997 :Jay Adams - 1999 :

- 2001 :Greg Ramirez - 2003 :Paul Coleman - 2005 : Barry Enright - 2006 :

- 2016

Waves in Major League Baseball

34 former Pepperdine players have played

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

. :

: Bill Bathe : Ryan Christenson :

: Barry Enright :

: Danny Garcia :

Gail Hopkins Gail Eason Hopkins (born February 19, 1943) is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. Before reaching the majors, he attended David Starr Jordan High School and then a catcher at Pepperdine University, where he was named an All-Amer ...

Matt Howard Matt Howard (born January 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. Previously, he played college basketball with the Butler Bulldogs. He helped lead the ...

Chad Kreuter Chadden Michael Kreuter (; born August 26, 1964) is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager, and former college baseball head coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1988 to 2003 for seven different franchis ...

: Jalal Leach : Mark Lee :

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: Steve Montgomery :

Jon Moscot Jonathan Solomon Moscot (ג'ון מוסקוט; born August 15, 1991) is an American-Israeli former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 2015 and 2016, and who played internationally for Team Israel. Moscot ...

David Newhan David Matthew Newhan (born September 7, 1973) is an American former professional baseball utility player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams during eight seasons. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. After serving ...

Will Ohman William McDaniel Ohman (born August 13, 1977) is a German–born American former professional baseball pitcher. He attended Ponderosa High school in Parker, Colorado. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, L ...

Rob Picciolo Robert Michael Picciolo (February 4, 1953 – January 3, 2018) was a Major League Baseball player and coach. Playing career Picciolo played nine seasons in the major leagues, from 1977–85, for the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and C ...

: Ryan Radmanovich : Steve Rodriguez :

: Mike Scott : Doug Simons :

Andy Stankiewicz Andrew Neal Stankiewicz (born August 10, 1964), is the head coach of the USC Trojans baseball team in Los Angeles and is a retired Major League Baseball middle-infielder. Stankiewicz had a seven-year MLB playing career spanning four clubs and 429 ...

: Jason Thompson :

: Derek Wallace :

Matt Wise Matthew John Wise (born November 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 2000 and 2008. He became the bullpen coach for th ...

Danny Worth Daniel Weston Worth (born September 30, 1985) is an American baseball coach and former professional baseball infielder. He is an assistant baseball coach at Pepperdine University. He previously played for the SK Wyverns of the KBO League and f ...

References

External links

* {{West Coast Conference baseball navbox