Jump to content

Evansville Purple Aces baseball

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by DMC511 (talk | contribs) at 00:55, 23 January 2023 (updating year). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.


Evansville Purple Aces
2023 Evansville Purple Aces baseball team
Founded1924
Conference historyIndiana Collegiate Conference (1951–1976)
Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1981–1994)
UniversityUniversity of Evansville
Head coachWes Carroll (15th season)
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
LocationEvansville, Indiana
Home stadiumCharles H. Braun Stadium
(Capacity: 1,200)
NicknamePurple Aces
ColorsPurple, white, and orange[1]
     
NCAA Tournament appearances
1975, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2006
Conference tournament champions
1988, 1990, 2006
Regular season conference champions
1951, 1975, 1976, 1991, 2006, 2014

The Evansville Purple Aces baseball team represents the University of Evansville, which is located in Evansville, Indiana. The Purple Aces are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Missouri Valley Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1978 and joined the Missouri Valley Conference in the 1995 season. The Evansville Purple Aces play all home games on campus at Charles H. Braun Stadium.

Conference membership history

Charles H. Braun Stadium

Charles H. Braun Stadium is a baseball stadium on the Evansville campus in Evansville, Indiana that seats 1,200 people.[2]

Head coaches

Records taken from the 2018 Evansville Purple Aces baseball media guide.[2]

Season Coach Years Record Pct.
1924–1926 John Harmon 3 12–19 .387
1946 Emerson Henke 1 0–5 .000
1947–1966 Don Ping 20 93–119–5 .440
1967–1969 Dave Daviess 3 16–24–1 .402
1970–1974 Wayne Boultinghouse 5 80–66–2 .547
1975–1976 Bob Hodges 2 38–30 .559
1977–1978 Mike Platt 2 35–47 .427
1979 Gary Crum 1 4–27 .129
1980–2002 Jim Brownlee 23 680–565–4 .546
2003–2006 Dave Schrage 4 130–108 .546
2007–2008 David Seifert 2 49–65 .430
2009–present Wes Carroll 14 352–384 .478
Totals 12 coaches 80 seasons 1,489–1–1,459–12 .505

Awards and honors

All-Americans

Year Position Name Team Selector
1988 P Andy Benes 1st ABCA
BA
CB
1991 P John MacCauley 3rd ABCA
1993 OF Marty Watson 2nd ABCA
1996 SS Jamey Carroll 3rd ABCA
2000 P Ryan Miller 3rd CB
2002 P Steve Obenchain 3rd ABCA
2011 UTL Cody Fick 1st ABCA
2nd CB
2012 SS Eric Stamets 3rd CB
2014 P Kyle Freeland 2nd ABCA
1st BA
3rd CB
2015 OF Kevin Kaczmarski 2nd ABCA
2nd BA
1st CB

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

Year Position Name Selector
2003 DH Erik Lis CB
2004 DH Pat Tumilty CB
2008 OF Greg Wallace CB
2010 SS Eric Stamets CB
2012 OF Kevin Kaczmarski CB

Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year

Year Position Name
1985 UN Pat Heck
1988 P Andy Benes
1991 P John MacCauley
1992 OF Pat Schulz

Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year

Year Position Name
2015 OF Kevin Kaczmarski

Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year

Year Name
1985 Jim Brownlee
1988 Jim Brownlee
1991 Jim Brownlee

Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year

Year Name
2000 Jim Brownlee
2006 Dave Schrage
2014 Wes Carroll

Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year

Year Position Name
2010 SS Eric Stamets

Taken from the 2018 Evansville Purple Aces baseball media guide.[2] Updated March 11, 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ Missouri Valley Conference Style Guide (PDF). August 29, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "2018 Evansville Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.gopurpleaces.com. University of Evansville. Retrieved July 27, 2020.