The Sacramento State Hornets baseball team represents

California State University, Sacramento California State University, Sacramento (CSUS, Sacramento State, or informally Sac State) is a public university in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1947 as Sacramento State College, it is the eleventh oldest school in the 23-campus California ...

, which is located in

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. The Hornets are an

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program that competes in the

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. They began competing in Division I in 1990 and re-joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2006. They were a part of the

Big West Conference The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...

from 1997 to 2002. The Sacramento State Hornets play all home games on campus at

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. The Hornets have played in three NCAA Division I Tournaments. Over their 19 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, they have won two WAC regular season titles and three WAC Tournaments. Since the program's inception in 1949, six Hornets has gone on to play in

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, including Philadelphia Phillies first baseman and outfielder

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. Under head coach

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, 22 Hornets have been drafted, including Rhys Hoskins who was selected in the fifth round of the

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Conference membership history

*1990–1992: Independent *1993–1996:

*1997–2002:

*2003–2005: Independent *2006–present: Western Athletic Conference

John Smith Field

John Smith Field is a baseball

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on the

campus in

that seats 1,200 people. It opened in 1953 and was known as Hornet Stadium. In 2010, it was named in honor of longtime coach John Smith.

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the Sac State coaching history.

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the Sac State year-by-year results.

NCAA Division I Tournament history

*The

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started in 1947. *The

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of the tournament has changed through the years. *Sacramento State began playing Division I baseball in 1990.

Awards and honors (Division I only)

* Over their 31 seasons in Division I, two Hornets have been named to an NCAA-recognized All-America team. * Over their 19 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, 8 different Hornets have been named to the all-conference first-team. * Over their 6 seasons in the Big West Conference, one Hornet was named to the all-conference first-team.

Conference membership history

John Smith Field

Head coaches (Division I only)

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

NCAA Division I Tournament history

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

Hornets in the Major Leagues

See also

References

External links