Stetson Hatters | |
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2024 Stetson Hatters baseball team | |
Founded | 1901 |
Overall record | 1,702–1,161–3 |
University | Stetson University |
Head coach | Steve Trimper (8th season) |
Conference | ASUN Conference |
Location | DeLand, Florida |
Home stadium | Melching Field at Conrad Park (Capacity: 2,500) |
Nickname | Hatters |
Colors | Hunter green and white[1] |
NCAA regional champions | |
2018 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1982, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2024 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
1988, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2016, 2018, 2024 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
1989, 1991, 1996, 2007, 2011, 2018, 2024 |
The Stetson Hatters baseball team represents Stetson University, which is located in DeLand, Florida. The Hatters are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the ASUN Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1972 and joined the ASUN Conference in 1986.
The Stetson Hatters play all home games off-campus at Melching Field at Conrad Park. Since their promotion to Division I in 1972, the Hatters have played in 18 NCAA tournaments and hosted and won their first regional in 2018. Over their 34 seasons in the ASUN Conference (formerly the Trans America Athletic Conference), they have won six conference regular season titles and eight conference tournaments.
Since the program's inception in 1901, 10 Hatters have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by recent Cy Young Award winners Jacob deGrom and Corey Kluber. Under current head coach Steve Trimper, nine Hatters have been drafted, including Logan Gilbert who was selected in the first round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.