Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball

Sacred Heart Pioneers
2024 Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team
Founded1966
UniversitySacred Heart University
Head coachPat Egan (2nd season)
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference
LocationFairfield, Connecticut
Home stadiumVeterans Memorial Park
NicknamePioneers
ColorsRed and white[1]
   
College World Series appearances
Div. II: 1992
NCAA Tournament appearances
Div. I: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Div. II: 1992
Conference tournament champions
NEC: 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015
Regular season conference champions
2024

The Sacred Heart Pioneers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. The team is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Sacred Heart's first baseball team was fielded in 1966. The Pioneers are coached by Pat Egan, who lead his first season as head coach in 2023.

The program transitioned to NCAA Division I in 2000, and has appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship four times since the transition. While at the NCAA Division II level, the Pioneers reached the 1992 Division II College World Series.[2] The Pioneers have seen fifteen players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.[3] Former head coach Nick Giaquinto, was the schools all-time winnest coach, having won 631 games in 30 seasons.[4]

  1. ^ SHU Pioneers Official Logo Art. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  2. ^ Mike Anthony (May 27, 2015). "Sacred Heart Baseball: From 1–14 to NCAA Tournament". Hartford Courant. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  3. ^ Baseball Record Book (PDF). Sacred Heart Pioneers. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
  4. ^ Teddy Cahill (November 1, 2016). "Restaino To Succeed Giaquinto As Sacred Heart Coach Following 2017". Baseball America. Retrieved August 6, 2017.