Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball

College baseball team

Southern Miss Golden Eagles
2024 Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team

Founded	1913
University	University of Southern Mississippi
Athletic director	Jeremy McClain
Head coach	Christian Ostrander (1st season)
Conference	Sun Belt
Location	Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Home stadium	Pete Taylor Park (Capacity: 4,300)
Nickname	Golden Eagles
Colors	Black and gold
College World Series appearances
2009
NCAA regional champions
2009, 2022, 2023
NCAA Tournament appearances
1990, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
Conference USA: 2003, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019 Sun Belt: 2023, 2024
Regular season conference champions
Conference USA: 2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball team represents the University of Southern Mississippi in NCAA Division I college baseball. They participate as a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The team has been to 20 NCAA Tournaments and served as an NCAA Regional host in 2003, 2017, 2022 and NCAA Super Regional host in 2022,2023. The Southern Miss baseball team has produced 19 All-Americans. and currently has 4 players on Major League rosters. Southern Miss has won six Conference USA Regular Season Championships (2003, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2022) and seven Tournament Championships (2003, 2010, 2016, 2018,2019, 2023,2024) and was the only team in CUSA to participate in every conference baseball tournament from the conference's inception until their departure following the 2022 season. During their inaugural season in The Sun Belt Conference, the Golden Eagles captured the SBC Tournament Championship. The Golden Eagles' rich history began in 1912 with a game against the Detroit Tigers, a contest which Southern Miss lost by a score of 24–2. The Golden Eagles play at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi and consistently rank in the top 10 nationally in NCAA attendance figures. During the 2023 season, Southern Miss "sold out" every seat for Pete Taylor Park including several hundred "standing room only" seats.

Southern Miss qualified for its first College World Series in 2009 after winning the Atlanta Regional and the Gainesville Super Regional. They would post an 0–2 record in Omaha, losing 7–6 against top-seeded Texas and 11–4 versus fourth-seeded North Carolina.

Head coaches

Coach	Year(s)	Record	Pct
Herring	1913	1–3	.250
Ronald J. Slay	1914–16, 1919	4–5	.444
O.V. Austin	1920–24	33–15–3	.687
William Herschel Bobo	1925–28	19–10–1	.655
William B. Saunders	1929–30	3–20	.130
Allison "Pooley" Hubert	1934–35	3–12	.200
Reed Green	1947	9–4	.692
Thad "Pie" Vann	1948–49	21–21	.500
Clyde "Heifer" Stuart	1950–58	62–47–2	.567
C.J. "Pete" Taylor	1959–83	320–349–2	.478
Hill Denson	1984–97	468–386–2	.548
Corky Palmer	1998–2009	458–281	.619
Scott Berry	2010–23	528–276–1	.656
Christian Ostrander	2024–Present	43–20	.683

Notable alumni

John Bale – MLB Pitcher, Kansas City Royals
Chad Bradford – MLB Pitcher, Baltimore Orioles
Jim Davenport – MLB Pitcher, San Francisco Giants
Brian Dozier – MLB Infielder – Washington Nationals
Jarrett Hoffpauir – MLB Infielder, San Diego Padres
Pat Rapp – MLB Pitcher, Florida Marlins
Kevin Young – MLB Infielder, Pittsburgh Pirates
Nick Sandlin – MLB Pitcher, Cleveland Guardians

Year-by-year results

Main article: Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball seasons

References

"University Colors". The University of Southern Mississippi Graphic Standards (PDF). July 15, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
^ Southern Miss media guide, 2010
Eagles Sweep Gators; Omaha Bound
Magical Season Ends With Loss to North Carolina in the College World Series

External links

Official website

v t e Sun Belt Conference baseball
East Division	Appalachian State Mountaineers Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia State Panthers James Madison Dukes Marshall Thundering Herd Old Dominion Monarchs
West Division	Arkansas State Red Wolves Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks South Alabama Jaguars Southern Miss Golden Eagles Texas State Bobcats Troy Trojans
Championship	Tournament

v t e Southern Miss Golden Eagles baseball
Venues	Pete Taylor Park (1984–present)
People	Head coaches Players
Seasons	1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
College World Series appearances in italics

v t e University of Southern Mississippi
Located in: Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Campus	Aubrey K. Lucas Administration Building DuBard School for Language Disorders Trent Lott Center for Economic Development McCain Library and Archives Arthell Kelly Hall Bennett Auditorium All-American Rose Garden Payne Center Thad Cochran Center "The District" at Southern Miss
Athletics	Golden Eagles Basketball Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Baseball Softball M.M. Roberts Stadium Pete Taylor Park Reed Green Coliseum Seymour d'Campus
Student life	WUSM-FM Southern Miss Symphony Orchestra Pride of Mississippi Marching Band Fraternities and sororities
Traditions and alumni	Southern Miss To The Top People Brett Favre Evelyn Gandy Courtney Blades Clarence Weatherspoon Robert Hyatt Trishelle Cannatella Martha Dunagin Saunders Jimmy Buffett Tom Malone

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