Catcher John Hicks earned All-America honors while Hicks and three other Cavaliers notched all-conference laurels. / Sophomore, R/R The APR provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. @juanxdelacruzz, R/R The official Baseball Coach List for the University of Richmond Spiders Skip To Main . In McMullans three years, the Pirates finished in the Top 25 each season. / OConnor was inducted into the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Associations Hall of Fame in 2017. As a team, the Cavaliers hit .292 as a team, the second highest in the league while committing just 47 errors, the second lowest amongst ACC Cohorts. 434 Edgemont Circle Vinton, VA 24179. 7 seed in the ACC tournament, the Cavaliers went to the championship by knocking off three ranked opponents, including two wins over Clemson and a triumph over NC State. In 2008, Virginia reached the ACC Championship game and earned a fifth straight NCAA Regional bid. A program-record 14 former Cavaliers played in Major League Baseball in 2020 and four Cavaliers made their MLB debuts in 2020, tied for the most of any college baseball program. Benedictine Baseball; Randy Mazey: Head Coach (304) 293-2300 (304) 293-2300: CoachMazey: Steve Sabins . Hatboro, Pa. Connect with Coach Szefc Email: vtbaseball@vt.edu . Five Cavalier position players were drafted following the season, including first rounders Derek Fisher and Papi. UVa had a school-record five players earn first-team All-ACC honors, while utility Danny Hultzen and outfielder Jarrett Parker each gleaned All-America laurels. Virginia swept five three-game series over conference foes, including a three-game sweep over Georgia Tech in Atlanta for the first time in school history. / 180 Sophomore, R/R / / The success at home also featured a program-record 19-game home win streak that dated back to the 2021 season and a new single-game attendance mark with 5,919 fans against Virginia Tech on Ryan Zimmerman Day (April 30, 2022). / 195 OConnor was named the head baseball coach at Virginia on July 8, 2003, and he and his staff wasted no time in propelling the program to new heights. Freshman, R/R / East Carolina won three conference championships and an NCAA Regional Championship while earning two No. Virginia has ranked among the top 20 nationally in attendance in 11 of the last 13 seasons, including a program-best 142,496 fans in 2014 as UVA finished 11th in attendance. @JakeGelof / Eight Cavalier starters batted at least .300. Washington College / Assistant Baseball Coach 804-524-5816 804-524-5816: Basketball (Men) Lonnie Blow, Jr. Head Men's Basketball Coach . / / Since 2009, over one million fans have come out to Disharoon Park, including more than 100,000 in ten of the last 13 years. Coach Bobby Prince : 17U (540) 797-0692 bobby.prince@aecom.com. Midlothian, Va. VBCA fulfills a fundamental need in the state of Virginia to provide a collaborative network of experienced coaches at the high school, college and youth level to share their knowledge and passion for coaching the sport of baseball. @WoolfolkJay Virginia Beach, Va. / Ernie Clement led UVA with 92 hits (third most in program history) as UVA finished third in the ACC with a .304 team batting average. Miclat also broke the single-season stolen base record (32) as the Cavaliers finished 11th nationally in steals. 185 While at Notre Dame, OConnor worked with the Fighting Irish pitchers and served as the programs recruiting coordinator. Mark Reynolds (Arizona), Joe Koshansky (Colorado), Brandon Guyer (Tampa Bay), Michael Schwimer (Toronto), Mike Ballard (Baltimore), Sean Doolittle (Oakland), David Adams (New York Yankees), Phil Gosselin (Atlanta), Kyle Crockett (Cleveland), Chris Taylor (Seattle), Jarrett Parker (San Francisco), Tyler Wilson (Baltimore), John Hicks (Seattle), Derek Fisher (Houston), Danny Hultzen (Chicago Cubs), Branden Kline (Baltimore), Josh Sborz (Los Angeles Dodgers), Matt Thaiss (Los Angeles Angels), Adam Haseley (Philadelphia), Joe McCarthy (San Francisco) Brandon Waddell (Pirates), Pavin Smith (Diamondbacks), Tommy Doyle (Rockies), Alec Bettinger (Brewers), Daniel Lynch (Royals), Ernie Clement (Indians), Jake McCarthy (Diamondbacks) and Bennett Sousa (Chicago White Sox) also have made it to baseballs highest level after playing under OConnor while at UVA. Playing for the Atlanta Braves on June 25, 2010, Billy earned his 400 th career . @brianedge3, 6-1 In OConnors first season as head coach, the Cavaliers recorded a 44-15 overall record, 18-6 mark in the ACC and second-place ACC finish. / / West Virginia went 36-26 and earned an NCAA at-large bid for the first time in program history. Four Cavalier freshmen were named Freshman All-Americans, tied for the most in the nation. / / / 200 The Cavaliers once again dropped the opening game but rallied for back-to-back victories to clinch the programs fifth berth into the College World Series. UVA owns the best fielding percentage in the ACC since his arrival in 2004 (.973). Hultzen was a Capital One First-Team Academic All-American in 2011, while Tyler Wilson was the winner of the esteemed Lowes Senior CLASS Award for Baseball in 2011. The Virginia pitching staff ranked 14th in the country in ERA and fourth in strikeouts with a school-record, 687. / A Cavalier has played in the Fall Classic in five-straight seasons from 2016-2020, something no other college baseball program in the country accomplished in that span. A three-time National Coach of the Year, OConnor is the second-fastest ACC coach to reach 500 career wins. Senior Devin Ortiz sent the Cavaliers to the Super Regionals with a walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th of the Columbia Regional title game. Ridgewood 1 seeds and a No. 1 recruiting class in the country in 2001, as well as the sixth-ranked recruiting class in 2003 according to Baseball America. @_ethan.anderson_, 6-0 / Hillsborough, Calif. The 2008 team advanced to the ACC Championship game and broke the school record for stolen bases (134), which was set the previous season. / / / / Richlands head coach Tom Rife was captured on video jumping over the team's bench and confronting a male spectator during the final seconds of his team's 54-51 loss to Wise Central. Virginia played host to a regional in 2012 while going 39-19-1 and earning a second-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division. OConnor, who pitched on Creightons 1991 College World Series team, tutored 17 eventual professional baseball pitchers, including 13 Major League Draft selections, at Notre Dame. Virginia was ranked No. Kyle Crockett was tabbed a Third-Team All-American and finished his career with the second-lowest ERA in UVA history (1.98). As Notre Dames recruiting coordinator, he led the effort that landed a nine-member group ranked as the No. For five consecutive seasons (2014-18), Virginia had at least one player chosen in the first round of the MLB Draft, including Pavin Smith and Adam Haseley, who were chosen back-to-back in the top 10 in 2017, marking the first position players from the same college to go in the top 10 since 1988. Sophomore, R/R Rehoboth Beach, Del. UVa finished in the Top 25 of several national polls and won 15 more games than the 2003 squad. Sophomore, S/R @Luke.schauer, Director of Player Development & Scouting, Associate Athletics Director for Strength and Conditioning/Head Strength & Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports, Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site, Academics and Student-Athlete Development, Virginia Sports Radio Network - Listen Live. 210 Seven Cavaliers were named All-ACC, with four claiming All-America honors Hultzen, Kline, John Hicks and Will Roberts. / James River McMullan also was vital in development of the Washington Nationals Chad Tracy (1B-3B) while coaching him at East Carolina. / / / Graduate Student, L/R Contact VBCA - Virginia Baseball Coaches Association Contact Tim Merry | Executive Director Phone: 804-370-3557 Address: P.O. A total of 10 players from the 2015 National Championship team have appeared in a Major League Baseball game. As the No. Nathan Kirby earned First-Team All-America honors and was tabbed the Co-ACC Pitcher of the Year; he also was one of a record eight Cavaliers named to the All-ACC Team. Senior. OConnor was named the National Coach of the Year in 2015 by the ABCA, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball and Perfect Game, marking the third year he has earned such an honor. With their backs against the wall after dropping the Columbia Regional opener to host South Carolina, Virginia rallied with four-straight elimination game victories, capped by a Devin Ortiz walk-off home run in the 10th inning against Old Dominion in the Regional Final. 15 North Carolina. Baseball Baseball: Facebook Baseball: . / Ortiz was the Most Outstanding Player of the Columbia Regional and Zack Gelof was named to the All-College World Series team after going 7-for-12 in three games. Virginia reached its 13th straight NCAA tournament in 2016 while hosting its ninth regional in the last 13 seasons. Five Cavalier position players and utility player Nick Howard were named to the All-ACC Team. / / Since 2009, UVA owns 50 NCAA tournament wins tied for the fifth most in the nation. UVA posted a 53-16 record its fourth 50-win season in the last five years and won the Charlottesville Regional and Super Regional en route to its third trip to Omaha in the last six seasons. / Forty-nine of his Virginia position players have been selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, including 16 who have reached the big leagues: Ryan Zimmerman (Washington), Mark Reynolds (Milwaukee), Joe Koshansky (Colorado), Brandon Guyer (Tampa Bay), Sean Doolittle (Oakland), David Adams (New York Yankees), Chris Taylor (Seattle), Phil Gosselin (Atlanta), Jarrett Parker (San Francisco), John Hicks (Seattle), Derek Fisher (Houston), Adam Haseley (Philadelphia), Matt Thaiss (Los Angeles Angels), Joe McCarthy (San Francisco), Pavin Smith (Arizona), Ernie Clement (Cleveland) and Jake McCarthy (Arizona). / / / VBCA's mission is to unite, educate, develop and support baseball coaches in Virginia. Head Baseball Coach cfrancis@vwu.edu: 757.455.3348 757.455.3348: Jeff Butler: Assistant Baseball Coach / Recruiting Coordinator jmbutler@vwu.edu: 757.455.3379 757.455.3379: Freddie Torres: Assistant Baseball Coach ftorres@vwu.edu: Peter Slechta: Assistant Baseball Coach pslechta@vwu.edu: Damien Kelly / 4 Georgia Tech, which was UVAs second straight regular-season sweep of the Yellow Jackets. / In addition, 23 Cavaliers have claimed Freshman All-America distinctions. Outfielder Joe McCarthy posted the highest batting average for a UVA freshman in 29 years and was tabbed the ACC Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American; he also was one of a league-high six Cavaliers on the All-ACC Team. Outfielder Jake McCarthy was selected in the 39th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks, one of six Cavaliers selected in the 2018 MLB Draft. O'Connor has taken the Virginia baseball team to fourteen NCAA baseball . Email Address; Leadership; Brian Mann: Director of Athletics (757 . / UVa led the ACC in batting (.314) and ranked second nationally in runs (489) and third in scoring (7.9). Before joining the Braves organization, McMullan served as acting head coach at East Carolina in 2001-02 for Keith LeClair, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrigs Disease. / OConnor brought a wealth of baseball experience to Charlottesville when he arrived. Prior to the 2020 season being shutdown by the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginias offense was flourishing, ranking in the top-10 in scoring (9.0 rpg), runs (162), hits (187), triples (10) and home runs (22). Sophomore, L/R The Cavaliers ranked 13th in the country in scoring (8.6 runs/game) and 15th in batting average (.309). @matthewabuchanan, 6-4 In his first season with the Cavaliers, McMullan helped UVa to major increases in runs scored (101) and bases on balls (87) from the previous year. He was hired by Virginia Tech Director of Athletics Whit Babcock on June 9, 2017 . / / / 175 His UVA teams have racked up 11 40-win seasons and played host to nine NCAA regionals and five NCAA super regionals. Brooklyn, N.Y. / The Cavaliers also have become a fixture in the national polls, highlighted by UVAs first-ever No. Virginia reached the NCAA Tournament in each of McMullans first 14 seasons, one of 15 programs ever to qualify for the NCAA tournament 14-straight seasons. Junior, L/L Virginia set a program record with 56 victories in 2011, earning the No. @DidawickMark Graduate Student, L/R / Scott Township, Pa. In 2005, Virginia went 41-20 and played in the ACC Championship game, then earned a bid to the NCAA Corvallis Regional. Three Cavaliers went on to earn All-America honors including Jake Gelof who set the single-season record for RBI in a season with 81. In 2007, Virginia boasted a 45-16 record and 19-9 mark in the ACC en route to a second-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division. In 2009 Hultzen was tabbed ACC Freshman of the Year, and Joe McCarthy earned the award in 2013. / A vision of OConnor, his staff and Virginia administrators took shape at the beginning of the 2018 season with the completion of an $18.76 million expansion of Disharoon Park at Davenport Field. The Cavaliers led the ACC and ranked 22nd in the NCAA in hits with 570. 215 Thaiss competed on the 2015 team, while McCarthy was on the 2017 squad. Tony Bennett. @_alexgreene, 6-3 @connelly_early, 6-2 McMullan is a 1990 graduate of IUP. In the midst of that run, OConnor etched his name in ACC lure, tallying his 700th career win with a 5-3 victory over Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. The 2019 season was highlighted by a vintage Cavalier late-season surge. The official Baseball Coach List for the . / @aidan_teel / / IMG Academy . The Cavaliers also swept Clemson in three games for the first time since 1972. / / Help us improve CareerBuilder by providing feedback about this job: Report this job Job ID: g36ak5b. Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site, Academics and Student-Athlete Development, Virginia Sports Radio Network - Listen Live. Doolittle and Zimmerman teamed up on the Washington Nationals in 2019 to bring home the franchises first World Series title. In 2010 the Cavaliers won a school-record 51 games, was ranked No. In 2016 catcher Matt Thaiss was an All-American for the second straight year and led the team with a .375 batting average, while two-way standout Adam Haseley also earned All-America honors. Chesapeake, Va. / UVa ranked third nationally in doubles (148), fourth in hits (709) and fifth in runs (471). Freshman, R/R / 215 Fleming Island, Fla. The official Baseball Coach List for the Longwood University Lancers Skip To Main . / / / Search. OConnor guided Virginia to 14-consecutive NCAA tournament appearances from 2004-2017. McMullan guided Joe Koshansky to the 2004 ACC Player of the Year award, a program first. 180 Moorestown, N.J. / / Virginia Wells, MD: Chief Medical Officer/Director of Medical Services/Team Physician . After sustaining success throughout the OConnor tenure, Virginia reached college baseballs summit in 2015 with the programs first national championship. Virginia enjoyed the best start in program history through its first 23 games, racing out to a 22-1 mark in 2022. He is one of nine coaches ever to collect 700 wins while coaching an ACC program. James Madison / McMullan also served as an assistant coach at St. Johns (1996-99) and coached at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1994-96). @bradhodgess, 6-1 OConnor was named the 2001 National Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Baseball America and was AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003. 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