West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
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 2016 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team
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| Founded | 1892 |
| University | West Virginia University |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Location | Morgantown, WV |
| Head coach | Randy Mazey (4th year) |
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Monongalia County Ballpark (Capacity: 3,500) |
| Nickname | Mountaineers |
| Colors | Blue and Old gold |
| Overall record | 2,093–1,483–18 |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1996 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| A-10: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994 Big East: 1996 |
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| Conference champions | |
| Southern: 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967 A-10 West Division: 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Big East American Division: 1996, 1997 |
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The West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference since the start of the 2013 season. The program currently plays at Monongalia County Ballpark in the adjacent city of Granville. Randy Mazey has been the team's head coach since prior to the 2013 season. As of the end of the 2015 season, the program has appeared in 11 NCAA Tournaments. It has won five conference tournament championships and 15 regular season conference and division titles.
The program began varsity play in 1892 and had an above-.500 winning percentage in each season until 1920, when the team had a 10–11 record. It adopted the nickname "Mountaineers" in 1905, when West Virginia instituted the state motto "Mountaineers are always free."
After discontinuing the program for three seasons (1943–1945) because of World War II, the program began again prior to the 1946 season and qualified for its first NCAA Tournament in 1955 under head coach Steve Harrick.
On-campus venue Hawley Field opened in 1971 and was used for all home games until after the 2012 season, as the field did not meet the standards of the Big 12 Conference, to which West Virginia moved in summer 2012. It remained in use for non-conference home games through the 2014 season, after which the team's current venue, Monongalia County Ballpark, opened.
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