Location Houston, TX Nickname Huskies Founded 1990 League Division I (NCAA) | Head coach Jared Moon (10th year) Colors Royal Blue and Orange Conference Southland Conference | |
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University Houston Baptist University Home stadium Husky Field
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The Houston Baptist Huskies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, United States. The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Husky Field in Houston, Texas. The Huskies are coached by Jared Moon.
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History
The Huskies baseball team's first season was in 1990. The team has competed in the sport in every season since.
NAIA years
The Huskies competed at the NAIA level from 1990 to 2007. The team played as an NAIA independent eight of those seasons (1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98). They also competed in the Big State conference for one season (1997) winning the conference championship. The Huskies competed in the Red River Athletic Conference for the final nine seasons (1999–2007) as an NAIA member winning the RRAC conference championship eight of the nine seasons (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and the RRAC conference tournament championship seven times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006).
NCAA Division I years
In 2008, Houston Baptist transitioned to Division I (NCAA) competing as an independent for the first two seasons at the Division I level. From 2010 to 2013, the Huskies competed in the Great West Conference winning the conference tournament championship in 2013. The team was a finalist in the 2011 and 2012 conference tournaments. Houston Baptist University became a member of the Southland Conference before the start of the 2013–14 season. The Huskies won the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament in their second season as a SLC member. In winning the tournament, the Huskies won the SLC auto-bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament marked the Huskies' first appearance in the tournament.
Houston Baptist Career Coaching Records
(Records reflect game results through May 31, 2015.)
Year-by-year results
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(Records reflect game results through May 31, 2015.)
Conference Tournaments
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NCAA Division I Tournament results
The Huskies have competed in one NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament with a record of 0–2.
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NAIA World Series results
The Huskies participated in the 2007 NAIA World Series with a record of 3–2.
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Major League Baseball
Houston Baptist has had 8 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.