Southern Illinois Salukis baseball

Southern Illinois Salukis
2024 Southern Illinois Salukis baseball team
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
UniversitySouthern Illinois University
Head coachLance Rhodes (5th season)
ConferenceMVC
LocationCarbondale, IL
Home stadiumItchy Jones Stadium
(Capacity: 2,000)
NicknameSalukis
ColorsMaroon and white[1]
   
College World Series runner-up
1968, 1971
College World Series appearances
1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1977
NCAA regional champions
1977
NCAA Tournament appearances
1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1990
Conference tournament champions
1977, 1978, 1981, 1990
Regular season conference champions
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2022

The Southern Illinois Salukis baseball team represents Southern Illinois University in NCAA Division I college baseball. They are part of the Missouri Valley Conference. Twenty-four Saluki Baseball alumni have gone on to the Major Leagues.

  1. ^ Missouri Valley Conference Style Guide (PDF). August 29, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.