The Official Athletics Site of the Greensboro College Pride. / Arlington, Va. Thompson notched a silver medal with Team USA at the 2007 Pan American Games. 195 @WoolfolkJay / Team USA went 12-3 on a three-week international tour that included games against Cuba, Chinese Taipei and Japan. / The 2001 Irish team was 49-13-1, ranked No. The couple has three children, Maggie, Emma and Jack. Seven Cavaliers were named All-ACC, with four claiming All-America honors Hultzen, Kline, John Hicks and Will Roberts. / 3 regional seed, UVA made a dramatic run to Omaha, capped by winning two of three games against Florida before ousting Vanderbilt in three games in the CWS Finals, UVAs second straight trip to the finals. @kevin_jaxel In 2011 the UVA baseball program earned a public recognition award from the NCAA for its multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores. / / The Cavaliers were once against successful in the MLB Draft with six selections and an ACC-high, five in the first 10 rounds. He also earned a Gold Glove Award in 2009 and was a Silver Slugger Award winner in 2009 and 2010. The Cavaliers won 13 of their 15 games at Disharoon Park. / @kyle_teel, 6-0 OConnor, who pitched on Creightons 1991 College World Series team, tutored 17 eventual professional baseball pitchers, including 13 Major League Draft selections, at Notre Dame. Sophomore, S/R CareerBuilder TIP. Moorestown, N.J. Baseball; Mike McRae: Head Baseball Coach (757) 221-3492 (757) 221-3492: Daniel Sweeney: Pitching Coach . A native of Council Bluffs, Iowa, OConnor is a 1993 graduate of Creighton University. Message Board Go to the message board and lets start talking baseball. In 2008, Virginia reached the ACC Championship game and earned a fifth straight NCAA Regional bid. Freshman, L/L Minimum of 1 year of coaching experience as an Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach, or a Head Baseball Coach. 5 national ranking. Bishop O'Connell During that season, McMullan coached ECU to a 43-20 record, Conference USA Championship and NCAA Regional Final. Eighty-three Virginia players have nabbed All-ACC honors under OConnor, the second most of any ACC school since 2004. West Virginia went 36-26 and earned an NCAA at-large bid for the first time in program history. Under OConnors direction, Virginia qualified for its 14th consecutive NCAA Tournament and finished with 43 wins, the 11th time his club reached the 40-win mark. Falls Church, Va. The Cavaliers battled through a tumultuous, injury-riddled regular season, but caught fire in the postseason, winning the Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Regional before coming home to defeat Maryland twice to win the Charlottesville Super Regional. @_ethan.anderson_, 6-0 / Contact VBCA - Virginia Baseball Coaches Association Contact Tim Merry | Executive Director Phone: 804-370-3557 Address: P.O. Second baseman Keith Werman was named to the All-ACC team, while Derek Fisher was a unanimous selection as a Freshman All-American. / @harrisondidawick, 6-1 OConnor brought a wealth of baseball experience to Charlottesville when he arrived. / Kline was a member of the 2011 Collegiate National Team. / @KyleTeel9 195 The Cavaliers turned their season around in dramatic fashion, closing out the regular season by winning 10 of the last 14 games and finished .500 in the ACC at 18-18. / OConnor guided Virginia to 14-consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 2004-2017. / / Men's and Women's Track and Field Women's Volleyball Recreation and Club Sports Mail and Shipping Address 1 Drexel Drive Campus Box 92 New Orleans, LA 70125 Phone 504-520-7329 Fax 504-520-7934 Ticket info: tickets@xula.edu Staff Directory Members By Category/Department 2023 Xavier University of Louisiana. UVA led the league and was third in the nation in ERA (2.81), led by Thompson with a league-best 1.50 mark. / St. Johns College Along with Gelof, two-way player Devin Ortiz earned All-America honors from three different publications. / Junior, R/R / @chrisbaker_37, 6-5 5 seed. 15 North Carolina. For five consecutive seasons (2014-18), Virginia had at least one player chosen in the first round of the MLB Draft, including Pavin Smith and Adam Haseley, who were chosen back-to-back in the top 10 in 2017, marking the first position players from the same college to go in the top 10 since 1988. Randolph-Macon Athletics 103 E. Patrick St., Ashland, VA. 23005-5505 Main: 804-752-7200 Admissions: 800-888-1762 Athletics: 804-752-7223 / OConnor was named the National Coach of the Year in 2015 by the ABCA, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball and Perfect Game, marking the third year he has earned such an honor. 1, and in 2015. In 2002, he recruited and coached NCBWA National Freshman Player of the Year Darryl Lawhorn. The 2011 team led the nation with a 2.24 ERA, while the 2014 squad was second nationally at 2.23. / / Coaches, please email us wvbaseballcoachesassociation@gmail.com with your team's website address so we can post it under our team pages link NEW! / He was hired by Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Whit Babcock on June 9, 2017 . / / / / / 1 ranked Miami. @JustinRubin12 Virginia Tech 17, Radford 2: Carson Jones hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run fourth . After leading the ACC in three offensive categories total bases, slugging percentage and runs, Zack Gelof was a second team All-America choice byCollegiate Baseball Newspaper. / Among the 310 colleges with a Division I baseball program, Virginia is one of only 32 to have had the same head coach since 2004. The VBCA believes that better coaches create better players and more importantly, better people. Chesterfield, Va. During OConnors tenure, Virginia players have garnered 34 All-America honors, including Hultzen, who was a three-time First-Team All-American, and Doolittle, Papi, Matt Thaiss and Haseley, each of whom was a two-time All-American. 7 seed in the ACC tournament, the Cavaliers went to the championship by knocking off three ranked opponents, including two wins over Clemson and a triumph over NC State. 1 national seed in the NCAA Tournament and advancing to its second College World Series while winning ACC Tournament and Coastal Division championships. / Army Basketball - Men's - John Paul Jones Arena - PO Box 400823 - Charlottesville VA, 22904-4823 - Phone: 434-982-5400 - Fax: 434-982-5425. Richlands head coach Tom Rife was captured on video jumping over the team's bench and confronting a male spectator during the final seconds of his team's 54-51 loss to Wise Central. He ranks eighth in ACC history in career wins, eighth in career ACC victories, fifth with 56 career NCAA tournament wins and tenth with 29 ACC tournament wins. 215 The Cavaliers also have become a fixture in the national polls, highlighted by UVAs first-ever No. 1-North Carolina and Clemson UVAs first series win ever at Clemson. Hatboro, Pa. / / / 1 ranking in 2010. @treif8 In 2009 Virginia won 49 games and earned the ACC Championship as well as NCAA Irvine Regional and Oxford Super Regional titles en route to the schools first College World Series appearance. UVA ranked second nationally in ERA and fourth in fielding. Mahwah Sophomore, R/R / McMullan also was a two-sport NCAA All-American as a catcher in baseball and a linebacker in football at IUP. @_nickjparker_, 6-0 Nathan Kirby earned First-Team All-America honors and was tabbed the Co-ACC Pitcher of the Year; he also was one of a record eight Cavaliers named to the All-ACC Team. @Avemabe10 He is one of nine coaches ever to collect 700 wins while coaching an ACC program. Paul VI @Matt2021lefty In his first season with the Cavaliers, McMullan helped UVa to major increases in runs scored (101) and bases on balls (87) from the previous year. First year Chris Newell was named the co-National Freshman of the Year by Collegiate Baseball Newspaperwhile he and classmate Max Cotier claimed freshman All-America honors. @evandob21 The success at home also featured a program-record 19-game home win streak that dated back to the 2021 season and a new single-game attendance mark with 5,919 fans against Virginia Tech on Ryan Zimmerman Day (April 30, 2022). / Graduate Student, R/R / 198 Freshman, R/R In 25 years as a college coach, McMullan has had over 100 players signed by professional organizations. / / 175 A graduate of William and Mary, Kirby came to Virginia in 2011 after spending the previous two seasons as a coach at Georgetown. St. Christopher's Four Cavalier freshmen were named Freshman All-Americans, tied for the most in the nation. @lukehan88 The Cavaliers were a national seed in the NCAA tournament for the first time, with a No. / Upon retiring from the insurance industry in 2016, Merry began pursuing his dream of full time baseball. Coach Chuck Spraker : 15U (757) 773-8858 @justin.rubin, 5-10 The start saw the Cavaliers go unbeaten in its first 14 games for the second time in OConnors tenure. Pitching and defense propelled the Cavaliers, as UVA recorded the second-lowest ERA in program history (2.23) and the best fielding percentage in the school annals (.981). Virginia also earned its first-ever No. The official staff directory for the Virginia Tech Hokies . / Virginias offense was flourishing ranking in the top-10 in scoring (9.0 rpg), runs (162), hits (187), triples (10) and home runs (22). Graduate Student, L/L 230 His UVA teams have racked up 11 40-win seasons and played host to nine NCAA regionals and five NCAA super regionals. While at IUP, McMullan was the head baseball coach as well as the strength and conditioning coordinator. Freshman, R/R Chesapeake, Va. Freshman, L/L In 2005 Zimmerman went on to make one of the quickest jumps ever to the major leagues two months and in 2009 became the first former Cavalier to play in the MLB All-Star Game. / Coach Bobby Prince : 17U (540) 797-0692 bobby.prince@aecom.com. As a pitcher on the Creighton baseball team under then-CU head coach and former Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, OConnor posted a career record of 20-13 with seven saves and a 3.78 ERA. The official Baseball Coach List for the . Sophomore, L/L The Irish compiled an overall record of 45-18 in 2003, won the Big East Conference Championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament. He enjoyed a pro baseball career as a member of the New York Yankees organization (1990-92) and the Salt Lake City Trappers (1990 and 1992). Wytheville, Va. Virginia has succeeded in the classroom as well. / 1 nationally for much of the season, Virginia earned the No. After the season Thaiss was a first-round MLB Draft selection, while Daniel Pinero was picked in the ninth round. George Wythe The Cavaliers also swept Clemson in three games for the first time since 1972. The Cavaliers also posted a.975 fielding percentage, which ranked seventh nationally. Coaches Schedule Stats Facilities Recruits Kevin McMullan Associate Head Coach Position (434) 982-5129 Phone uvabaseball@virginia.edu E-Mail Bio The 2023 season will be Kevin McMullan's 19th season at Virginia and 15th as associate head coach. Email Address Phone; Head Coach Tracy Woodson: twoodson@richmond.edu: 289-8391 289-8391: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Nate Mulberg: nmulberg@richmond.edu: (757) 648-5350. Virginia enjoyed the best start in program history through its first 23 games, racing out to a 22-1 mark in 2022. @ChaseHungate / 200 Thaiss competed on the 2015 team, while McCarthy was on the 2017 squad. At the end of the year, Virginia was ranked in the top-10 in every major top-25 poll and was as high as No. / / / / OConnor moved into eighth place all-time on the ACCs overall wins list after UVA completed a three-game sweep of North Carolina on April 24, 2022. 3 midway through the year. / Outfielder Joe McCarthy posted the highest batting average for a UVA freshman in 29 years and was tabbed the ACC Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American; he also was one of a league-high six Cavaliers on the All-ACC Team. @evan.dobias, 6-2 / / 3 national seed, UVA won four games at the CWS in reaching the CWS championship game. He has been recognized in a poll of 70 Division I head coaches by Baseball America as the top assistant coach in college baseball three times (2012, 2017, 2020). Despite featuring a team with 23 underclassmen, the Cavaliers set 11 team records, including hits (767), runs (507) and strikeouts (593), while posting a 49-15-1 mark. He is known as one of the top recruiters and developers of players in the country. Sophomore, R/R Freshman, R/R Virginia led the conference in batting (.331) for the second straight year and set school records in runs (525), doubles (160), triples (32) and total bases (1166). 185 Despite numerous setbacks throughout the season, Virginia kept battling, and that never-say-die attitude was never more evident than in the postseason: UVA scored the go-ahead run in the fifth inning or later in each of their 10 postseason wins. / Email Address Phone; Rachel Stapleford: Assistant Athletic Trainer (BASE, MSOC) staplefordrm@longwood.edu: 434-395-2965 434-395-2965: / (AP) - Terry Holland, who elevated Virginia basketball to national prominence during 16 seasons as coach and later . / / 4 Florida State in successive games. That kind of stability is rarer at the Power Five conference level, where O'Connor is one of just seven coaches to lead an Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Southeastern Conference or Pacific 12 team for that long. Four position players earned All-ACC accolades including the top RBI duo in program history in Gelof and Alex Tappen who each earned first team nods. 3 regional seed, UVA made a dramatic run to Omaha, capped by winning two of three games against Florida before ousting Vanderbilt in three games in the CWS Finals. Both went on to garner All-ACC honors with Kent becoming the first UVA freshman since 2009 to garner First Team All-ACC honors to go along with freshman All-America accolades from two different publications. Georgetown 1 national ranking in 2010 and held that distinction for 12 weeks during the season. UVA posted a 53-16 record its fourth 50-win season in a five-year span and won the Charlottesville Regional and Super Regional en route to its third trip to Omaha in the last six seasons. / Five Cavalier position players and utility player Nick Howard were named to the All-ACC Team. Hillsborough, Calif. James Madison Four players were named All-ACC, led by Sean Doolittle, who was the ACC Player of the Year. @angelotonas / Baylor School (TN) / / @JohnOrmsby04 Graduate Student, R/R @johnwormsby, 6-4 The official Baseball Coach List for the Greensboro College Pride Skip To Main . While with the Braves, he also coordinated the catchers in spring training and was the coordinator of extended spring training. UVA teams have thrived on the mound, with the Cavaliers posting the third lowest ERA in the country since 2005 (3.46). The Cavaliers went 39-23 overall and 15-15 in the ACC, and steadily improved throughout the season, catching fire in the ACC Baseball Championship, where they defeated No. Senior. VBCA fulfills a fundamental need in the state of Virginia to provide a collaborative network of experienced coaches at the high school, college and youth level to share their knowledge and passion for coaching the sport of baseball. / 1 by Baseball America for 12 weeks during the 2010 season and for a dozen more weeks in 2011. Tony Bennett. @aidan_teel He is a five-time recipient of ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year laurels (2004, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015) and five-time ACC Coach of the Year honoree (2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014). / Richmond, Va. 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