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The Kennesaw State Owls baseball team represents Kennesaw State University, which is located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Owls are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in Conference USA. They began competing in Division I in 2006, joining Conference USA in 2024.
Kennesaw State Owls | |
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2024 Kennesaw State Owls baseball team | |
Founded | 1984 |
Overall record | 419–393 |
University | Kennesaw State University |
Head coach | Ryan Coe (3rd season) |
Conference | Conference USA |
Location | Kennesaw, Georgia |
Home stadium | Fred Stillwell Stadium (Capacity: 900) |
Nickname | Owls |
Colors | Black and gold[1] |
NCAA regional champions | |
2014 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2014, 2022 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2014, 2022 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2016 |
The Kennesaw State Owls play all home games on campus at Fred Stillwell Stadium. Under the direction of Head Coach Mike Sansing, the Owls have played in one NCAA tournament. Over their fifteen seasons in the ASUN Conference, they have won one ASUN regular season title and two ASUN tournaments.
Since the program's inception in 1984, eight Owls have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by 2005 World Series champion Willie Harris. Over the program's 37 seasons, 55 Owls have been drafted, including Max Pentecost and Chad Jenkins who were selected in the first round of the 2014 and 2009 drafts, respectively.
Before joining the NCAA in 1994, the Owls additionally won the NAIA World Series in 1994.
Fred Stillwell Stadium is a baseball stadium on the Kennesaw State campus in Kennesaw, Georgia, that seats 900 people. It opened in 1984. A record attendance of 1,314 was set on April 3, 2012 in a game against Georgia Tech.[2]
Records taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book.[3]
Season | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
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2006–2021 | Mike Sansing | 15 | 419–393 | .516 |
2022–present | Ryan Coe | 1 | 36–28 | .562 |
Totals | 2 coaches | 16 seasons | 455–421 | .519 |
Records taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book.[3]
Season | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Atlantic Sun Conference (2006–present) | |||||||||
2006 | Mike Sansing | 24–32 | 12–18 | T-8th | |||||
2007 | Mike Sansing | 32–23 | 13–14 | T-5th | |||||
2008 | Mike Sansing | 30–26 | 21–12 | 2nd | |||||
2009 | Mike Sansing | 30–22 | 20–9 | 2nd | |||||
2010 | Mike Sansing | 23–32 | 12–15 | 8th | |||||
2011 | Mike Sansing | 32–25 | 18–11 | 3rd | ASUN tournament | ||||
2012 | Mike Sansing | 34–25 | 15–11 | 3rd | ASUN tournament | ||||
2013 | Mike Sansing | 30–30 | 13–14 | T-6th | ASUN tournament | ||||
2014 | Mike Sansing | 40–24 | 17–9 | 3rd | ASUN tournament Louisville Super Regional | ||||
2015 | Mike Sansing | 28–28 | 10–10 | 6th | ASUN tournament | ||||
2016 | Mike Sansing | 29–27 | 17–4 | 1st | ASUN tournament | ||||
2017 | Mike Sansing | 25–32 | 10–11 | 5th | ASUN tournament | ||||
2018 | Mike Sansing | 25–30 | 11–10 | 3rd | ASUN tournament | ||||
2019 | Mike Sansing | 27–29 | 11–13 | 7th | |||||
2020 | Mike Sansing | 10–8 | 0-0 | N/A | Season canceled on March 12 due to Coronavirus pandemic[4] | ||||
2021 | Mike Sansing | 29-22 | 13-8 | 2nd (East) | ASUN tournament | ||||
2022 | Ryan Coe | 36-28 | 19-11 | 1st (East) | ASUN tournament Hattiesburg Regional | ||||
Total: | 455–421 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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Year | Record | Pct | Notes |
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2014 | 3–3 | .500 | Eliminated by Louisville in Louisville Super Regional |
2022 | 1–2 | .333 | Eliminated by Southern Miss in Hattiesburg Regional |
Totals | 4–5 | .444 |
Year | Name |
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2014 | Max Pentecost |
Year | Position | Name | Selector |
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2013 | SS | Kal Simmons | CB |
2015 | DH | Taylor Allum | CB |
2016 | SS | David Chabut | CB |
2018 | 3B | Tyler Simon | CB |
2022 | 1B | Donovan Cash | CB, NCBWA |
Year | Position | Name |
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2014 | C | Max Pentecost |
Year | Position | Name |
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2017 | 2B | Grant Williams |
Year | Handedness | Name |
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2009 | Right | Chad Jenkins |
Year | Name |
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2016 | Mike Sansing |
Year | Position | Name |
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2022 | 1B | Donovan Cash |
Taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book.[3] Updated March 15, 2020.
= All-Star | = Baseball Hall of Famer |
Athlete | Years in MLB | MLB Teams |
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Willie Harris | 2001–2012 | Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds |
Brian Mallette | 2002 | Milwaukee Brewers |
Jason Jones | 2003 | Texas Rangers |
Jason Childers | 2006 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays |
Brett Campbell | 2006 | Washington Nationals |
Chad Jenkins | 2012–2015 | Toronto Blue Jays |
Justin Freeman | 2013 | Cincinnati Reds |
Alan Busenitz | 2017–2018, 2023 | Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds |
Richard Lovelady | 2019–2023 | Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics |
Travis Bergen | 2019–2021 | San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks |
Taken from the KSU MLB draft history.[5] Updated November 22, 2023.
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