Washington State Cougars baseball

Washington State Cougars
2024 Washington State Cougars baseball team
Founded1892
UniversityWashington State University
Head coachNathan Choate (1st season)
ConferenceMountain West
LocationPullman, Washington
Home stadiumBailey–Brayton Field
(Capacity: 3,500)
NicknameCougars
ColorsCrimson and gray[1]
   
College World Series runner-up
1950
College World Series appearances
1950, 1956, 1965, 1976
NCAA regional champions
1976
NCAA Tournament appearances
1950, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2009, 2010
Conference tournament champions
Northwest Conference: 1915
PCC Northern Division: 1927
Pac-8 North: 1972
Pac-10 North: 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990
Regular season conference champions
Northwest Conference: 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918
PCC Northern Division: 1927, 1928, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1956
AAWU: 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966
Pac-8 North: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Pac-10 North: 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1995

The Washington State Cougars baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington. The Cougars' home venue is Bailey–Brayton Field, first opened 44 years ago for the 1980 season and located on the university's campus.

The program has been a baseball member of the Pac-12 Conference in NCAA Division I since the start of the 1960 season, following the dissolution of the Pacific Coast Conference. Through 2014, the Cougars have appeared in four College World Series and 16 NCAA tournaments. In conference postseason play, WSU has won one Northwest Conference Tournament, one Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division Tournament, one Pacific-8 Conference North Division Tournament, and four Pacific-10 Conference Northern Division Tournaments. In regular season play, the program has won five Northwest Conference Championships, 12 Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division titles, four AAWU Championships, nine Pac-8 North Division titles, and 11 Pac-10 North Division titles. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, 32 former Cougars have appeared in Major League Baseball.

In 2024, Washington State baseball will become an associate member of the Mountain West Conference, following the dissolution of the Pac-12.[2]

  1. ^ Washington State University Athletics Department Brand Identity Guidelines (PDF). April 18, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Mountain West Adds Washington State in Baseball and Women's Swimming" (Press release). Mountain West Conference. April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.