Oakland Golden Grizzlies baseball
| Oakland Golden Grizzlies | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Oakland University |
| Head coach | Jacke Healey & Colin Kaline (1st season) |
| Conference | Horizon League |
| Location | Rochester, Michigan |
| Home stadium | Oakland University Baseball Field (Capacity: 500) |
| Nickname | Golden Grizzlies |
| Colors | Black and gold[1] |
| Regular season conference champions | |
| GLIAC: 1978 | |
The Oakland Golden Grizzlies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, 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 Oakland University Baseball Field in Rochester, Michigan. The Golden Grizzlies are coached by co-head coaches Jacke Healey and Colin Kaline. They were named as co-head coaches in July 2016.
Oakland won the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) league championship in 1978.[3]
Major League Baseball
Oakland has had 18 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[4] Don Kirkwood is the only OU player to have played in Major League Baseball. He played for the California Angels, Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays from 1974 to 1978.
| Golden Grizzlies in the Major League Baseball Draft | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Player | Round | Team |
| 1977 | Thomas McWilliams | 7 | Baltimore Orioles |
| 1978 | James Dieters | 32 | St. Louis Cardinals |
| 1987 | Jim Kosnik | 31 | Kansas City Royals |
| 1997 | Matt McClellan | 7 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 2000 | Erick Swanson | 12 | Seattle Mariners |
| 2001 | Adam Sokoll | 21 | Atlanta Braves |
| 2002 | David Viane | 20 | Seattle Mariners |
| 2002 | Jared Thomas | 11 | Seattle Mariners |
| 2003 | B. J. Brown | 22 | Anaheim Angels |
| 2004 | Brad Morenko | 40 | Cincinnati Reds |
| 2004 | Dominic Carmosino | 27 | Detroit Tigers |
| 2004 | Kyle Boehm | 17 | Baltimore Orioles |
| 2005 | Paul Phillips | 9 | Toronto Blue Jays |
| 2007 | Kevin Carkeek | 25 | Houston Astros |
| 2009 | Shane McCatty | 34 | Washington Nationals |
| 2012 | Hayden Fox | 21 | Miami Marlins |
| 2014 | Jacob Morton | 39 | Cleveland Indians |
| 2014 | Jake Paulson | 27 | Cincinnati Reds |
See also
References
- ^ "Oakland University Athletics Branding Guidelines". March 14, 2019. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Oakland Grizzlies". d1baseball.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Oakland Baseball" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Oakland University (Rochester, MI)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
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