Houston Baptist Huskies baseball

The Houston Baptist Huskies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Husky Field in Houston, Texas. The Huskies are coached by Jared Moon.

Houston Baptist Huskies
Founded1990
UniversityHouston Baptist University
Head coachJared Moon (15th season)
ConferenceSouthland
LocationHouston, Texas
Home stadiumHusky Field
(Capacity: 500[1])
NicknameHuskies
ColorsRoyal Blue and Orange
         
College World Series appearances
NAIA: 2007
NCAA Tournament appearances
2015
Conference tournament champions
NAIA:
Red River 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006
NCAA DI:
Great West: 2013
Southland: 2015
Conference champions
NAIA:
Big State: 1997
Red River: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

History

The Huskies baseball team's first season was in 1990. The team has competed in the sport in every season since.

NAIA years

The Huskies competed at the NAIA level from 1990 to 2007. The team played as an NAIA independent eight of those seasons (1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 98). They also competed in the Big State conference for one season (1997) winning the conference championship. The Huskies competed in the Red River Athletic Conference for the final nine seasons (1999–2007) as an NAIA member winning the RRAC conference championship eight of the nine seasons (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) and the RRAC conference tournament championship seven times (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006).

NCAA Division I years

In 2008, Houston Baptist transitioned to Division I (NCAA) competing as an independent for the first two seasons at the Division I level. From 2010 to 2013, the Huskies competed in the Great West Conference winning the conference tournament championship in 2013. The team was a finalist in the 2011 and 2012 conference tournaments. Houston Baptist University became a member of the Southland Conference before the start of the 2013–14 season. The Huskies won the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament in their second season as a SLC member. In winning the tournament, the Huskies won the SLC auto-bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament marked the Huskies' first appearance in the tournament.[3][4]

Houston Baptist Career Coaching Records
CoachNumber
of
Seasons		Overall RecordWinning
Percentage
Coaching Records
Rickey Witt
3
29–119
.196
Rusty Pendergrass
5
177–92
.658
Brian Huddleston
8
305–143–1
.680
Jared Moon
10
282–289–1
.494
Overall
26
883–643–2
.579

(Records reflect game results through May 31, 2015.)

Year-by-year results

Information Source:[5]

Year-by-Year Results
Year Coach Record Conference Record Conference Notes
NAIA
Independent
1990Rickey Witt4–40–Independent
1991Rickey Witt11–40–Independent
1992Rickey Witt14–39–Independent
1993Rusty Pendergrass23–23–Independent
1994Rusty Pendergrass39–16–Independent
1995Rusty Pendergrass48–9–Independent
Big State Conference
1996Rusty Pendergrass37–1815–0Big StateChampions
Independent
1997Rusty Pendergrass30–26–Independent
1998Brian Huddleston26–26–Independent
Red River Athletic Conference
1999Brian Huddleston40–1915–0RRACRegular season champions
Tournament champions
2000Brian Huddleston43–1612–3RRACRegular season champions
Tournament champions
2001Brian Huddleston34–239–0RRACRegular season champions
Tournament champions
2002Brian Huddleston40–1712–0RRACRegular season champions
Tournament champions
2003Brian Huddleston33–20–116–10–1RRAC2nd
2004Brian Huddleston41–1513–1RRACRegular season champions
Tournament champions
2005Brian Huddleston48–714–0RRACRegular season champions
Tournament champions
2006Jared Moon40–16–114–1RRACRegular season champions
Tournament champions
2007Jared Moon44–2012–3RRACRegular season champions
NAIA World Series
NCAA Division I
Independent
2008Jared Moon23–24–Independent
2009Jared Moon11–40–Independent
Great West Conference
2010Jared Moon29–3115–13Great West3rd place regular season
2nd in Great West Tournament Pool 1
2011Jared Moon22–4016–12Great West3rd place regular season (T)
Great West Tournament finalist
2012Jared Moon28–3315–13Great West4th place regular season (T)
Great West Tournament finalist
2013Jared Moon34–20–117–10Great West2nd place Great West regular season (T)
Great West Tournament Champion
Southland Conference
2014Jared Moon23–3812–18Southland10th place SLC regular season
2015Jared Moon28–2714–13Southland7th place SLC regular season, SLC Tournament Champion
2016Jared Moon24-2912-18Southland10th place SLC regular season

(Records reflect game results through May 31, 2015.)

Postseason

Conference Tournaments

Sources:[6]

Year
Head Coach
Record
%
Notes
Conference Tournament Results
Red River Athletics Conference
1999 Brian Huddleston 4–0 1.000 Tournament Champion
2000 Brian Huddleston 4–1 .800 Tournament Champion
2001 Brian Huddleston 4–0 1.000 Tournament Champion
2002 Brian Huddleston 4–0 1.000 Tournament Champion
2003 Brian Huddleston 2–2 .500 3rd Round
2004 Brian Huddleston 4–0 1.000 Tournament Champion
2005 Brian Huddleston 4–0 1.000 Tournament Champion
2006 Brian Huddleston 4–0 1.000 Tournament Champion
2007 Brian Huddleston 2–1 .667 3rd Round
Southland Conference
2014 Jared Moon 4–0 1.000 Tournament Champion
Total 36–4 .900 10 Appearances

NCAA Division I Tournament results

The Huskies have competed in one NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament with a record of 0–2.

YearRoundOpponentResult/Score
NCAA Division I Tournament Results
2015First Round
Second Round		Houston
Rice		4–6
1–3

Source:[4]

NAIA World Series results

The Huskies participated in the 2007 NAIA World Series with a record of 3–2.

YearRoundOpponentResult/Score
NAIA World Series
2007First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Fourth Round
Fifth Round		Linderwood (Mo)
Cumberland (Tenn)
Walsh
Azusa Pacific
Lewis-Clark State		L 4–18
W 5–2
W 10–5
W 5–1
L 7–8

Source:[7]

Major League Baseball

Houston Baptist has had 8 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[8]

See also

References
  1. "2014 HBU Baseball Media Guide". Houston Baptist University Athletics. pp. 1, 68. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
  2. "Houston Baptist Huskies". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  3. "2015 HBU Huskies Baseball". HBU Athletic Department. pp. 49–74. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  4. Melissa Cebold (May 23, 2015). "Houston Baptist wins first Southland Baseball Championship". SportsNOLA.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  5. "HBU Baseball". Houston Baptist University Athletics. pp. 57–65. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  6. "RRAC Baseball Tournament Results". Red River Athletics Conference. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  7. "59th Annual Avista-NAIA Baseball World Series – May 22–29" (PDF). p. 47. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  8. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Houston Baptist University (Houston, TX)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-06-13.


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