The Tennessee Volunteers baseball team represents the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, ...

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. Along with most other Tennessee athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Eastern division of the

Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...

. The Volunteers play all on-campus home games at

Lindsey Nelson Stadium Lindsey Nelson Stadium is a baseball stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is the home field of the University of Tennessee Volunteers college baseball team. The stadium opened on February 23, 1993 and holds 4,387 people. The facility is named a ...

Stadium

was constructed between 1992 and 1993 seasons at the site of the old facility called Lower Hudson Field. The program had played in past in various locations including Lower Hudson Field and

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was a Hall of Fame Broadcaster, Tennessee native and university alumnus best known for his work with the University of Tennessee,

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and the annual

Cotton Bowl Classic The Cotton Bowl Classic (also known as the Cotton Bowl) is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex since January 1, 1937. The game was originally played at its namesake stadium i ...

. The playing field was named for

Maryville, Tennessee Maryville is a city in and the county seat of Blount County, Tennessee, and is a suburb of Knoxville. Its population was 31,907 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area and a short distance from popular tourist desti ...

native Robert M. Lindsay in 2007 after a $2 million athletic department contribution by Mr. Lindsay. Mr. Lindsay's father

Rus Lindsay Robert Medaris "Russ" Lindsay (February 17, 1891 – March 2, 1977) was a college football and baseball player for the Tennessee Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. University of Tennessee He is the namesake of Robert M. Lindsay Field at ...

played baseball at the University of Tennessee from 1913 to 1916. The record attendance at Lindsey Nelson stadium is 5,086 for an NCAA Regional championship game against

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on May 28, 1995.

Head coaches

In 2017

Dave Serrano David Scott Serrano is a former American baseball coach and pitcher. Serrano formerly served as head coach at Cerritos College from 1984 to 1985 and at California State University, Fullerton from 1986 to 1987 for coach Augie Garrido. He served as ...

resigned following a 101-110 overall record and no post-season trips. On June 7, 2017

Tony Vitello Tony Vitello (born October 9, 1978) is an American college baseball coach and former infielder. Vitello played college baseball at the University of Missouri from 2001 to 2002 under head coach Tim Jamieson and was the former lead RISP strategist f ...

accepted the position as head coach for Tennessee Baseball and in his first year compiled a 29-27 record, the most wins by a first-year head coach in program history. In just Vitello's second season at Tennessee he led the Vols to 40 wins and their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2005.

All-time season results

:''*Through May 21, 2016'' :''*Note: there was no team in 1901; from 1932–1938 and from 1943–1946'' :Information Source
2010 Tennessee Volunteers Baseball Media Guide - History section

NCAA Tournament record

Player awards

National awards

College World Series Most Outstanding Player The College World Series Most Outstanding Player is an award for the best individual performance during the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The recipient of the award is announced at the completion of the College World Series Championship ...

: Sidney Hatfield (1951) * Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Freshman of the Year Award :

R. A. Dickey Robert Allen Dickey (born October 29, 1974) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners, Minnesota Twins, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays and Atlanta Bra ...

(1994) : Chase Burns (2022) *

Baseball America Freshman of the Year Award 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 ...

(1994) *

Dick Howser Trophy The Dick Howser Trophy is bestowed annually to the national college baseball player of the year. The award is named after former collegiate and Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager Dick Howser, who died of brain cancer in 1987 at the age ...

Todd Helton Todd Lynn Helton (born August 20, 1973) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played his entire 17-year career for the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball (MLB). A five-time All-Star, four-time Silver Slugger, and ...

(1995) *

Baseball America College Player of the Year Award The ''Baseball America'' College Player of the Year Award is an award given by '' Baseball America'' to the best college baseball player of the year. The award has been given annually since 1981. Winners See also *List of college baseball a ...

(1995) * Collegiate Baseball Newspaper College Player of the Year Award :

(1995) *

Roger Clemens Award The Roger Clemens Award was an award that honored the top NCAA Division I college baseball pitcher of the year. The award was created prior to the 2004 season and succeeded the Rotary Smith Award. :''"Roger Clemens has become synonymous with exce ...

Luke Hochevar Luke Anthony Hochevar (; born September 15, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played college baseball at the University of Tennessee, and played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Kansas City Royals from 2007 throu ...

(2005)

SEC Awards

* Pitcher of the Year :

(2005) :

Chase Dollander Tyler Chase Dollander (born October 26, 2001) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Colorado Rockies organization. He previously played college baseball for the Tennessee Volunteers and Georgia Southern Eagles. Early life Tyler Cha ...

(2022) *

Player of the Year Award Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. Association football In association football, this award is he ...

(1995) :

Jeff Pickler Jeff Blaine Pickler (born January 6, 1976) is an American professional baseball coach. He is the game planning and outfield coach for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also coached for the Minnesota Twins. Biography ...

(1998) : Chris Burke (2001) * Freshman of the Year :

J. P. Arencibia Jonathan Paul Arencibia (born January 5, 1986) is a Cuban-American former professional baseball catcher. He is currently serving as the bench coach for the Syracuse Mets. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Texas ...

(2005) :Drew Beam (2022)

1st Team All-Americans

Notable former players

Active Major League Players *

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* Kentrail Davis *

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* Matt Ramsey *

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References

External links

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