Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball
| Cal State Fullerton Titans | |
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 2015 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team
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| Founded | 1965 |
| University | California State University, Fullerton |
| Conference | Big West |
| Location | Fullerton, CA |
| Head coach | Rick Vanderhook (5th year) |
| Home stadium |
Goodwin Field (Capacity: 3,500) |
| Nickname | Titans |
| Colors | Navy Blue, White, and Orange |
| National Championships | |
| 1979, 1984, 1995, 2004 | |
| College World Series Runner-up | |
| 1992 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 1975, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2015 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| Conference champions | |
| PCAA: 1975, 1976, 1985, 1987 SCBA: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 Big West: 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 |
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The Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team represents California State University, Fullerton in NCAA Division I college baseball. Since beginning Division I play in 1975, the Titans have never had a losing season. They are supplied by Easton.
Along with the other CSUF athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Big West Conference. Since its early days, Titan Baseball has been considered an elite program in college baseball, making 17 College World Series appearances and winning 4 national championships (1979, 1984, 1995, and 2004). The Titans have made an appearance in every NCAA Tournament since 1992.
The Titans play their home games on Fullerton's campus at Goodwin Field and are currently coached by Rick Vanderhook.
Horton played for Garrido in 1975 and 1976, before beginning his coaching career. Horton began his coaching career immediately after the 1976 season, but left Cerritos College after 1990 to return to Fullerton as an assistant under Garrido. He would remain in that position, until after the 1996 season. When Garrido left Fullerton for the second time, George Horton was named head coach of the baseball program.
The Titans finished 39–24–1 in Horton's first year, and 47–17 winning the Big West South title in his second year. Even though he had success in first two seasons, the Titans failed to make it to Omaha. In 1999, Horton led the Titans to their first 50 win season since 1995, and made his first appearance as head coach in the College World Series. The Titans lost their opening round game to Stanford, but bounced back to beat Texas A&M to give Horton his first career win at the CWS. That would be the end of the road though for the 1999 Titans, as they lost their next game to Florida St. and were eliminated from the CWS. Horton would go on to lead the Titans back to Omaha again in 2001 and 2003, but did not reach the championship round.
In 2004, Horton and Titans had an up and down regular season, but breezed through conference play. The Titans compiled an overall record of 36–20, including an impressive 19–2 record in conference play. The Titans were awarded a host regional site in the 2004 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and the No. 2 seed at their regional. In regional play, the Titans won their opening round game, but were forced into the loser's bracket after losing to the No. 4 seed, Pepperdine, 7–6. Facing elimination, the Titans beat No. 1 seed Arizona St. 5–0, who was all the No. 7 national seed that year. In the championship round, Fullerton left little doubt, defeating Pepperdine 15–1 and 16–3 to advance to the super regional round of play.
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