Kennesaw State Owls | |
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2024 Kennesaw State Owls baseball team | |
Founded | 1984 |
Overall record | 419–393 |
University | Kennesaw State University |
Head coach | Ryan Coe (3rd season) |
Conference | Conference USA |
Location | Kennesaw, Georgia |
Home stadium | Fred Stillwell Stadium (Capacity: 900) |
Nickname | Owls |
Colors | Black and gold[1] |
NCAA regional champions | |
2014 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2014, 2022 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2014, 2022 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2016 |
The Kennesaw State Owls baseball team represents Kennesaw State University, which is located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Owls are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in Conference USA. They began competing in Division I in 2006, joining Conference USA in 2024.
The Kennesaw State Owls play all home games on campus at Fred Stillwell Stadium. Under the direction of Head Coach Mike Sansing, the Owls have played in one NCAA tournament. Over their fifteen seasons in the ASUN Conference, they have won one ASUN regular season title and two ASUN tournaments.
Since the program's inception in 1984, eight Owls have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by 2005 World Series champion Willie Harris. Over the program's 37 seasons, 55 Owls have been drafted, including Max Pentecost and Chad Jenkins who were selected in the first round of the 2014 and 2009 drafts, respectively.
Before joining the NCAA in 1994, the Owls additionally won the NAIA World Series in 1994.