UC Riverside Highlanders baseball

UC Riverside Highlanders
2024 UC Riverside Highlanders baseball team
Founded1958; 66 years ago (1958)
UniversityUniversity of California, Riverside
Head coachJustin Johnson (4th season)
ConferenceBig West
LocationRiverside, California
Home stadiumRiverside Sports Complex
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknameHighlanders
ColorsBlue and gold[1]
   
NCAA Tournament champions
Division II: 1977, 1982
College World Series appearances
Division II: 1977, 1981, 1982, 1991
NCAA Tournament appearances
Division II: 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999
Division I: 2003, 2007
Regular season conference champions
CCAA: 1977, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996
Big West: 2007

The UC Riverside baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of the University of California, Riverside, located in Riverside, California, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big West Conference since the start of the 2002 season. The program's home venue is the Riverside Sports Complex, located on the university's campus. Justin Johnson serves as the team's interim head coach starting with the 2021 season. The program has won two Division II national championships. It has appeared in four Division II College World Series and 12 NCAA tournaments (two in Division I). It has won eight California Collegiate Athletic Association championships and one Big West Conference championship. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, 16 former Highlanders have appeared in Major League Baseball.

  1. ^ "UCR Colors | Brand Identity". June 13, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.