Santa Clara Broncos baseball

Santa Clara Broncos baseball
2024 Santa Clara Broncos baseball team
Founded1883
UniversitySanta Clara University
Head coachRusty Filter (7th season)
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
LocationSanta Clara, California
Home stadiumStephen Schott Stadium
(Capacity: 1,500)
NicknameBroncos
ColorsMaroon and white[1]
   
College World Series runner-up
1962
College World Series appearances
1962
NCAA Tournament appearances
1959, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2023
Conference tournament champions
2023
Regular season conference champions
1962, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1997

The Santa Clara Broncos baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team that represents Santa Clara University in NCAA Division I college baseball. Santa Clara Baseball competes in the West Coast Conference, of which the Santa Clara Broncos were a charter member. The Broncos play their home games on campus at Stephen Schott Stadium, which opened in 2005. The Broncos and are led by head coach Rusty Filter, currently in his fifth season.

Having begun play in 1883, Santa Clara is currently in its 129th season of varsity baseball, and has enjoyed a long history of baseball excellence. Santa Clara has won 11 Conference Pennants, and appeared in 12 NCAA Tournaments, including a runner-up finish in the 1962 College World Series. Individually, 34 Broncos have been named All-Americans, and 158 players have been drafted in the MLB Draft, with 48 players making it to the Major Leagues.

  1. ^ "SCU Color Palette - University Marketing and Communications - Santa Clara University". Retrieved February 11, 2018.