Houston Baptist Huskies | |
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Founded | 1990 |
University | Houston Baptist University |
Conference | Southland |
Location | Houston, TX |
Head coach | Jared Moon (10th year) |
Home stadium |
Husky Field (Capacity: 500) |
Nickname | Huskies |
Colors | Royal 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 |
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Conference champions | |
NAIA: Big State: 1997 Red River: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 |
The Houston Baptist Huskies baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Houston Baptist University in Houston, Texas, United States. 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.
The Huskies baseball team's first season was in 1990. The team has competed in the sport in every season since.
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).
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.