Valparaiso Beacons baseball
2023 Valparaiso Beacons baseball team
Founded1916
UniversityValparaiso University
Head coachBrian Schmack (10th season)
ConferenceMissouri Valley
LocationValparaiso, Indiana
Home stadiumEmory G. Bauer Field
(Capacity: 500)
NicknameBeacons
ColorsBrown and gold[1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
1958, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2012, 2013
Conference tournament champions
2012, 2013
Regular season conference champions
2012

The Valparaiso Beacons baseball team is a baseball team that represents Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana. The Beacons competed in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship five times before 1970. After returning in 2012 for the first time in 44 years, the Beacons' first round game was almost delayed an additional day, because the preceding game was the second-longest in NCAA tournament history.[2] The Beacons game against the Purdue Boilermakers began at approximately 10:40 pm only 20 minutes before a curfew.[3] In their second game of the NCAA tournament, the Crusaders played the Kentucky Wildcats, who lost the marathon game to the Kent State Golden Flashes. The games were played at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Indiana.

The 2012 Beacons team tied a school record with 35 wins.[4]

The Beacons are coached by Brian Schmack and play their home games at Emory G. Bauer Field.

Musketeers in the Major Leagues

= All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer
Athlete Years in MLB MLB Teams
Hank Olmsted 1905 Boston Americans
Grover Baichley 1914 St. Louis Browns
Freddy Spurgeon 1924-1927 Cleveland Indians
Wally Gilbert 1932 Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds
Al Pilarcik 1956-1961 Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox
Dick Phillips 1962-1964, 1966 San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators
Lloyd McClendon 1987-1994 Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates

Taken from Baseball Reference.[5] Updated June 28, 2021.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Color Palette and Typography". August 10, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ↑ Delayed fans rewarded with second-longest NCAA tourney baseball game
  3. ↑ The game that would never end
  4. ↑ Valpo's Season Ends with NCAA tournament Loss to #11 Kentucky
  5. ↑ "Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN) Baseball Players". Retrieved June 28, 2021.
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