Wright State Raiders baseball

The Wright State Raiders baseball team is the college baseball team of Wright State University. The program was founded in 1971 where it started off in Division II until 1988 when it moved to Division I. Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, OH has been the home field of the program since 1993. The team has won 10 conference regular season championships, 10 conference tournament championships, and has appeared in the NCAA tournament 8 times.

Wright State Raiders baseball team
2022 Wright State Raiders baseball team
Founded1971 (1971)
UniversityWright State University
Head coachAlex Sogard (4th season)
ConferenceHorizon League
LocationDayton, Ohio
Home stadiumNischwitz Stadium
(Capacity: 750)
NicknameRaiders
ColorsHunter green and Vegas gold[1]
   
College World Series appearances
1987 (Division II)
NCAA Tournament appearances
1994, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021
Conference tournament champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021
Regular season conference champions
1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021

Stadium

Wright State currently plays at Nischwitz Stadium. The 750 seat stadium was built in 1993 and was named after Ron and Gregg Nischwitz. Ron coached the program for 30 years.

Year-by-year results

WSU's records season by season since joining Division I in 1988.

SeasonHead CoachOverall RecordConf. RecordPostseason
Division I Independent
1988Ron Nischwitz32–280–0
1989Ron Nischwitz45–120–0
1990Ron Nischwitz35–200–0
1991Ron Nischwitz39–160–0
Mid-Continent Conference
1992Ron Nischwitz40–1617–3
1993Ron Nischwitz39–1517–3
1994Ron Nischwitz39–2116–8NCAA Tournament
Midwestern Collegiate Conference
1995Ron Nischwitz33–2810–6NCAA Play-In-Series
1996Ron Nischwitz20–2810–12
1997Ron Nischwitz31–2816–6
1998Ron Nischwitz20–349–13
1999Ron Nischwitz26–288–10
2000Ron Nischwitz19–398–12
2001Ron Nischwitz31–2712–8
Horizon League
2002Ron Nischwitz20–339–14
2003Ron Nischwitz21–3410–13
2004Ron Nischwitz22–3410–11
2005Rob Cooper26–3411–9
2006Rob Cooper32–2717–13NCAA Tournament
2007Rob Cooper36–2221–9
2008Rob Cooper30–2316–6
2009Rob Cooper33–3014–12NCAA Tournament
2010Rob Cooper31–2517–6
2011Rob Cooper36–1916–7NCAA Tournament
2012Rob Cooper37–2120–10
2013Rob Cooper25–309–12
2014Greg Lovelady33–2025–4
2015Greg Lovelady43–1621–8NCAA Tournament
2016Greg Lovelady46–1723–6NCAA Tournament
2017Jeff Mercer38–2121–9
2018Jeff Mercer39–1522–6NCAA Tournament
2019Alex Sogard41–1521–8
2020Alex Sogard6–9*0–0*Season Canceled
2021Alex Sogard35-1328-4NCAA Tournament

Wright State in the NCAA Tournament

Wright State has been in the NCAA tournament 8 times. The team last played in the NCAA tournament in 2021 after they defeated Milwaukee in the Horizon League tournament championship.

Year Record Pct Notes
1994 1–2 .333 Mideast Regional
2006 0–2 .000 Corvallis Regional
2009 0–2 .000 Fort Worth Regional
2011 0–2 .000 College Station Regional
2015 2–2 .500 Champaign Regional
2016 2–2 .500 Louisville Regional
2018 0–2 .000 Stanford Regional
2021 0–2 .000 Knoxville Regional
TOTALS 5–16 .238

Notable Former players

References
  1. "Wright State Athletics Logo". February 13, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.


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