Florida Atlantic Owls baseball
| Florida Atlantic Owls | |
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| Founded | 1981 |
| University | Florida Atlantic University |
| Conference | C-USA |
| Location | Boca Raton, FL |
| Head coach | John McCormack (8th year) |
| Home stadium |
FAU Baseball Stadium (Capacity: 2,000) |
| Nickname | Owls |
| Colors | Blue and Red |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1985, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| Atlantic Sun: 2004 Sun Belt: 2013 |
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| Conference champions | |
| NAIA: 1983 Atlantic Sun: 1999, 2003 Sun Belt: 2010, 2012 Conference USA: 2016 |
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The Florida Atlantic Owls are the college baseball team of Florida Atlantic University which plays its home games at FAU Baseball Stadium. The Owls' head coach is John McCormack.
Fielding its first team in 1981, the Florida Atlantic University baseball team has experienced frequent success, shared respect from other baseball teams nationwide and the building of a power in NCAA baseball.
As of the 2014 season, the Owls have had 16 consecutive winning seasons. Additionally, the Owls have had only four losing seasons in 30 years of competition.
Florida Atlantic University's baseball program began in 1981 and has seen success, growth and change in its 26 seasons of competition. Among the changes, the most noticeable to fans would be the change of the team name in 2005. University President Frank T. Brogan led the charge for the university to create a unified, single mark for FAU's athletic programs. The student-body decided "Owls" should be the athletic logo and in 2005, the baseball team lost its previous identity of "Blue Wave." Over the 30 years of competition, FAU baseball has jumped from NAIA, to NCAA Division II, to NCAA Division I competition, and has reached success on all levels.
Under its first coach and first year of competition, FAU won its inaugural game, 12–8, against St. Thomas University on February 23, 1981. Steve Traylor coached FAU from 1981–1987 and oversaw the building of a program from scratch. After only three years of existence, FAU jumped from the NAIA level to the NCAA Division II level. If there was any doubts about this young program belonging on that level, its very first season would prove any doubters wrong. The Blue Wave opened the 1984 season with a win against in-state super-power University of Florida Gators, 5–4. FAU continued to win its first five games of the season, including another major upset, this time on the road at another in-state super-power, defeating University of Miami Hurricanes, 11–10. The Blue Wave finished the 1984 season with a record of 40–15, ranked 8th in the nation in the final NCAA Division II poll.
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