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American college baseball team
UIC Flames Founded 1949 (1949 ) Conference history
University University of Illinois at Chicago Athletic director Ken Bothof Head coach Mike Dee (23rd season)Conference Horizon League Location Chicago, Illinois Home stadium Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium (Capacity: 1,000)Nickname Flames Colors Navy blue and fire engine red[ 1] 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019 1990, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017
The UIC Flames baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois , United States.[ 2] The team is a member of the Horizon League , which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . The team plays its home games at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago , Illinois . The Flames are coached by Mike Dee .
Conference membership history
Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium
Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium is a baseball stadium on the UIC campus in Chicago , Illinois that seats 1,000 spectators and is named for Les Miller , UIC head baseball coach from 1949–1979, and Curtis Granderson , an alumnus of the program. During Miller's tenure, the program won over 500 games. Granderson was named conference player of the year with the Flames in 2002 and later played in Major League Baseball .[ 3] [ 4]
Head coaches
Year(s)
Coach
Seasons
W–L–T
Pct
1949–1979
Les Miller
31
509–363–5
.583
1980–1982
Dick Ward
3
47–102
.315
1983–1998
Dean Refakes
16
376–467–3
.446
1999–present
Mike Dee
21
656–492–1
.571
Totals
4
71
1,588–1,424–8
.527
Awards and honors
Over their 15 seasons in the Horizon League, 61 different Flames have been named to the all-conference first-team.
Horizon League Player of the Year
Year
Position
Name
2002
OF
Curtis Granderson
2013
OF
Chuck Peters
2015
SS
Jeff Boehm
2017
C
Rob Calabrese
Horizon League Pitcher of the Year
Year
Name
1994
Jon Piazza
1997
Jason Henry
2007
Zach Peterson
2009
Adam Worthington
2015
Jake Dahlberg
2017
Jake Dahlberg
2018
Ryan Campbell
2019
Jacob Key
Horizon League Relief Pitcher of the Year
Year
Name
2007
David Cales
2008
Adam Worthington
2016
Trevor Lane
2017
Alex Padilla
2018
Charlie Cerny
2019
Alex Padilla
Horizon League Coach of the Year
Year
Name
1990
Dean Refakes
1993
Dean Refakes
1999
Mike Dee
2000
Mike Dee
2002
Mike Dee
2003
Mike Dee
2005
Mike Dee
2006
Mike Dee
2007
Mike Dee
2008
Mike Dee
2015
Mike Dee
2017
Mike Dee
[ 5]
See also
References
External links
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