UC Riverside Highlanders | |
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2024 UC Riverside Highlanders baseball team | |
Founded | 1958 |
University | University of California, Riverside |
Head coach | Justin Johnson (4th season) |
Conference | Big West |
Location | Riverside, California |
Home stadium | Riverside Sports Complex (Capacity: 2,500) |
Nickname | Highlanders |
Colors | Blue 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.