Main Navigation Menu. 200 A total of 10 players from the 2015 National Championship team have appeared in a Major League Baseball game. Virginia sported one of the top offenses in the country in 2022 and broke Disharoon Parks single-season home record with 57 home runs in 34 home games. At ECU, he served as the recruiting coordinator, hitting coach and catching instructor. Taylor won his first World Series with the Dodgers in 2020. UVA played host to a regional in in 2012, going 39-19-1 and earning a second-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division. Outfielder Jake McCarthy was selected in the 39th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks, one of six Cavaliers selected in the 2018 MLB Draft. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: . 17 in Baseball Americas top-25 poll. Virginias offense was flourishing ranking in the top-10 in scoring (9.0 rpg), runs (162), hits (187), triples (10) and home runs (22). Minimum of 1 year of coaching experience as an Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach, or a Head Baseball Coach. The official Baseball Coach List for the Christopher Newport University Captains Skip To Main . Midlothian, Va. / Howard and first baseman Mike Papi also were named 2014 All-Americans. George Wythe / Coach Chuck Spraker : 15U (757) 773-8858 / / / The Cavaliers also finished seventh nationally in fielding percentage with a then-school record mark of .977. Email Address Phone; Rachel Stapleford: Assistant Athletic Trainer (BASE, MSOC) staplefordrm@longwood.edu: 434-395-2965 434-395-2965: The VBCA mission it to unite, educate and support baseball coaches in Virginia. / Maury / / / 185 1 North Carolina and No. Brooklyn, N.Y. Miclat also broke the single-season stolen base record (32) as the Cavaliers finished 11th nationally in steals. VBCA Events - Virginia Baseball Coaches Association - a charitable association fulfilling a fundamental need in Virginia to provide a collaborative network of experienced coaches at the high school, college, and youth level to unite, educate and support baseball coaches in Virginia. @kevinjaxeljr, 5-11 @chrisbaker_33 / Joe Koshansky (2004) and Sean Doolittle (2006) each were named ACC Player of the Year. / Virginia has succeeded in the classroom as well. 2022 ACC Coach of the Year and ABCA/ATEC Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year - enters his sixth season as the head baseball coach at Virginia Tech and his 18th season as an NCAA Division I baseball head coach. A tribute to the hitting philosophy instilled by McMullan and the Virginia baseball coaching staff, the Cavaliers were among the toughest in the country to strikeout in 2018. Following the record-breaking season, Mazey was named the East Regional Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and the Chuck Tanner College Coach of the Year by the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh. / Junior, L/L The Cavaliers also finished seventh nationally in fielding (.977). / In McMullans three years at ECU, the Pirates posted a record of 138-46, which placed ECU among the top five programs in the country in wins, averaging 46 victories a season. Bobby Prince - Head Coach; Mark Andrews - Assistant Coach; Jay McLain - Assistant Coach; Karen Prince - Assistant Coach; Virginia Tech 17, Radford 2: Carson Jones hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run fourth . / / / Virginia Wells, MD: Chief Medical Officer/Director of Medical Services/Team Physician . The Cavaliers also have become a fixture in the national polls, highlighted by UVAs first-ever No. 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. St. Johns Country Day / The 2014 team set a program record with a .981 fielding percentage, while the Cavaliers have eclipsed the .970 mark in fielding 14 times in his 19 years. @ethanodonnell, L/R @kevin_jaxel 1 national ranking in 2010 and held that distinction for 12 weeks during the season. / Doolittle earned an American League All-Star nod in 2014 and 2018. / Freshman, L/L @lukehan8, 6-1 Email Address Phone; Chris Fenisey: Head Baseball Coach chris.fenisey@greensboro.edu (336) 272-7102, ext.5213 (336) 272-7102, ext.5213: Footer. Message Board Go to the message board and lets start talking baseball. 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). 175 Virginia has led the ACC in batting over the last 14 years combined. Coastal Carolina Hatboro, Pa. 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. / / Collegiate Email Address Phone Image; Administration; Peggy Davis: . Freshman, R/R Branden Kline, Justin Thompson and Keith Werman each were named to the All-ACC team, while Derek Fisher was a unanimous selection as a freshman All-American. / Forty-nine of his Virginia position players have been selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, including 16 who have reached the big leagues: Ryan Zimmerman (Washington), Mark Reynolds (Milwaukee), Joe Koshansky (Colorado), Brandon Guyer (Tampa Bay), Sean Doolittle (Oakland), David Adams (New York Yankees), Chris Taylor (Seattle), Phil Gosselin (Atlanta), Jarrett Parker (San Francisco), John Hicks (Seattle), Derek Fisher (Houston), Adam Haseley (Philadelphia), Matt Thaiss (Los Angeles Angels), Joe McCarthy (San Francisco), Pavin Smith (Arizona), Ernie Clement (Cleveland) and Jake McCarthy (Arizona). / . Upon retiring from the insurance industry in 2016, Merry began pursuing his dream of full time baseball. After sustaining success throughout the McMullan tenure, Virginia reached college baseballs summit in 2015 with the programs first national championship. / Hillsborough, Calif. / Virginia ranked in the top-15 in the country in batting average (15th .309), ERA (14th 3.99), runs per game (13th 8.6) and strikeouts per nine innings (13th 10.5). Ninety-four of OConnors Virginia players have been selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft including 14 in the first round. The remarkable stretch was highlighted by back-to-back- CWS Finals appearances beginning in 2014 and the programs first national championship in 2015. Record crowds packed Disharoon Park, leading to seating expansions on three separate occasions. 5 national ranking. In 2014 Crockett became the first player from the 2013 MLB Draft to reach the big leagues. James Madison / OConnor guided Virginia to 14-consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 2004-2017. 208 / @tcourt24, 6-5 / UVA led the league and was third in the nation in ERA (2.81), led by Thompson with a league-best 1.50 mark. To keep the facility among the elite in college baseball, Disharoon Park completed its $18.76 million expansion that included a foul pole to foul pole concourse, a field level club, a new hitting facility, a pitching lab, updated video breakdown facilities and baseball headquarters with coaches offices and meeting rooms. / The VBCA provides a collaborative network of experienced coaches at . / Virginia is one of 16 programs ever to advance to an NCAA Regional 14-straight years. Richmond, Va. Lafayette / / (434) 982-5129 Phone uvabaseball@virginia.edu E-Mail Bio Matt Kirby is in his 12th season as the volunteer assistant coach on the Virginia baseball coaching staff. Clutch hitting, a staple of the UVA program, was never more present than the 2021 postseason. 4 Georgia Tech, which was UVAs second straight regular-season sweep of the Yellow Jackets. Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site, Academics and Student-Athlete Development, Virginia Sports Radio Network - Listen Live. / Four Cavalier freshmen were named Freshman All-Americans, tied for the most in the nation. At St. Johns, McMullan was the recruiting coordinator and hitting coach and also coached the catchers. A three-time National Coach of the Year, OConnor is the second-fastest ACC coach to reach 500 career wins. @chasehungate4, 6-1 The Cavaliers own a .299 team batting average during that span and led the conference in batting in 2009, 2010 and 2013. 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. Rochester, N.Y.