Marshall Thundering Herd baseball

Marshall Thundering Herd
Founded: 1896


University Marshall University
Conference C-USA
Location Huntington, WV
Head coach Jeff Waggoner (8th year)
Home stadium Appalachian Power Park
(Capacity: 6,200)
Nickname Thundering Herd
Colors Green and White[1]
         
NCAA Tournament appearances
1973, 1978
Conference champions

WVAC
1928, 1929, 1930, 1931

Buckeye
1933, 1934, 1935

SoCon
1978, 1981

The Marshall Thundering Herd baseball team represents the Marshall University in NCAA Division I college baseball and competes in Conference USA. The current head coach of the Herd is Jeff Waggoner. Marshall currently plays their conference home games off-campus in Charleston, West Virginia at Appalachian Power Park.

Home venues

History

Marshall baseball, who won the Southern Conference in 1978 and 1981 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1973 and 1978, finished as runner-up in the 2008 C-USA Baseball Tournament, falling in the finals to Houston, 3–2, but winning a MU record 30 games without a home field to use in Huntington for the entire season (Marshall has played C-USA games at Charleston's Appalachian Power Park since joining the league in 2006). For the first time since 1994, MU had players drafted in the June 5–6 Major League Baseball Draft with a school-record three being selected, plus one recruit in 2008. Steve Blevins, who tied the single-season wins mark with a 9–3 mark, signed with the Minnesota Twins on June 11, while Nate Lape was drafted by the Colorado Rockies and Tommy Johnson by the Seattle Mariners. Lape and second baseman Adam Yeager are playing this summer in the Cape Cod League, the premier wooden bat summer college baseball league, for the Brewster Whitecaps.

Houston vs. Marshall in the 2010 Conference USA Baseball Tournament

Marshall has an all time record of 1,232–1,346–12 (prior to the 2011 season).[2]

Notable players

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Electronic Branding Standards Manual – Marshall University". Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  2. ↑ "2011 Marshall Baseball Media Guide ." 2011 Marshall University Baseball Media Guide Retrieved on March 16, 2011.
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