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Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
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University
Vanderbilt University
Nickname
Commodores
Founded
1886
Conference
Southeastern Conference
Location
Nashville, TN
Colors
Black and Old Gold
Head coach
Tim Corbin
Home ground
Hawkins Field
Home stadium
Hawkins Field
(Capacity: 3,700)
Mayor karl dean congratulates champion vanderbilt commodores baseball team
The Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team is an American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) college baseball team, and a former Division I national champion. From Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, the team participates in the Eastern division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and plays its home games on campus at Hawkins Field. The Commodores are coached by two-time SEC Coach of the Year, Tim Corbin.
Vanderbilt first fielded a baseball team in 1886, though it would be 1968 before it became a scholarship sport. The Commodores secured only three NCAA appearances in the 20th century—in 1973, 1974, and 1980. They would have only three other winning seasons in SEC play in the first 35 years of the scholarship era. However, they have been to every NCAA Tournament but one since 2004. The team qualified for the NCAA Super Regionals in 2004, had the nation's top recruiting class in 2005 according to Baseball America, made the NCAA field again in 2006, and won the 2007 SEC regular-season and SEC tournament crowns. The Commodores were ranked first in most polls for a majority of the 2007 season and earned the #1 national seed for the 2007 NCAA tournament. Vanderbilt's victory over the University of Virginia in the finals of the 2014 NCAA tournament marks the program's first national title and second appearance in the College World Series, having first appeared in 2011.
Stadium
The original venue for the Commodores ball club was Dudley Field. Currently, the Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field, which is an on-campus facility with a 3,700 seat capacity. Temporary outfield bleachers were installed for the 2007 Regionals and all of the 2008 season, bringing the capacity to 3,535. In May 2008, Vanderbilt announced extensive plans to upgrade its athletic facilities, including the addition of permanent seats down the first base line and outfield seats in both left-center and right field. These additions increased the size of Hawkins Field to its current capacity of 3,700 seats. It is adjacent to both Vanderbilt Stadium and Memorial Gymnasium and is across the street from the McGugin Center. Hawkins Field opened in 2002 and is named after a donor who gave $2 million to help finance construction. The stadium was also the site of the first NCAA Baseball Tournament Regional that Vanderbilt ever hosted when it was the site of the Nashville Regional in 2007. Vanderbilt and Hawkins Field again hosted Regionals in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015, and hosted Super Regionals in 2011, 2013, and 2014.
Head coaches
Records are through the end of the 2011 Season
Records taken from the 2011 Vanderbilt baseball media guide.
NCAA Tournaments
The NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament started in 1947.
The format of the tournament has changed through the years.
Vanderbilt's NCAA Tournament History
NCAA records
Most stolen bases in one inning (6) SEC Opponent Florida Gators May 26, 2012
Most stolen bases in one inning NCAA Opponent Florida Gators May 26, 2012
Most stolen bases in a game (7) Opponent Florida Gators May 26, 2012
Pedro Alvarez
2007 Golden Spikes Award Finalist
2007 Baseball America First Team All American
2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All American
2007 American Baseball Coaches Association Second Team All American
2006 Baseball America National Freshman of the Year
2006 Collegiate Baseball National Freshman of the Year
2006 Baseball America First Team All American
David Price
2007 Roger Clemens Award Winner
2007 Golden Spikes Award Winner
2007 Dick Howser Trophy Winner
2007 Baseball America College Player of the Year
2007 American Baseball Coaches Association National Player of the Year
2007 American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All American
2007 Brooks Wallace Award Winner
2007 Baseball America College All-America First Team
2007 Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year
2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association First Team All-American
2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association District Player of the Year
2007 SEC Male Athlete of the Year
2007 SEC Pitcher of the Year
2007 First Team All-SEC
2006 Golden Spikes Award Finalist
2006 Baseball America Summer Player of the Year
Casey Weathers
2007 Baseball America First Team All American
2007 Collegiate Baseball First Team All American
2007 American Baseball Coaches Association First Team All American
2007 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Third Team All American
2007 First Team All SEC
Dansby Swanson
2014 All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) First Team
2014 College World Series Most Outstanding Player
2015 All-SEC Second Team
2015 Baseball America First Team All-American
2015 Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American
2015 Coaches' Poll First Team All-American
First Overall Pick of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks
