UC Davis Aggies | |
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2024 UC Davis Aggies baseball team | |
Founded | 1938 |
University | University of California, Davis |
Head coach | Tommy Nicholson (3rd season) |
Conference | Big West |
Location | Davis, California |
Home stadium | Dobbins Stadium (Capacity: 3,500) |
Nickname | Aggies |
Colors | Yale blue and gold[1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2008 |
The UC Davis Aggies baseball team represents the University of California, Davis in the sport of baseball. The team competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and in the Big West Conference. They are currently led by head coach Tommy Nicholson, who has held the position since 2022.
The Aggies competed at the NCAA Division II level through 2005. At that level, they appeared in the NCAA Division II Baseball Championship 7 times, including two appearances in the College World Series, where they earned fifth-place finishes each time. At the Division I level, the Aggies have made one appearance in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, in 2008, where they finished 1–2 in regional competition.[2]
In 2008, future major leaguer Ty Kelly led the Big West Conference with a .397 batting average as a sophomore, and was #2 in the Big West Conference in hits with 94; his career batting average and hits total rank second and third, respectively, in Aggies history.[3]