The Bellarmine Knights baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the

Bellarmine University Bellarmine University ( ; BU) is a private university, private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky, UNited States. It opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louis ...

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

, United States. The team competes in the

National Collegiate Athletic Association The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

's Division I and are members of the

ASUN Conference The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Division I FCS level in 2022. ...

. The Knights began their transition to Division I status after many years in

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...

, announcing a deal to join Division I in 2019.

Stadiums

Knights Field

Knights Field is a

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

stadium A stadium (: stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely or partially surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit ...

. It is the home stadium of the Bellarmine University Knights college baseball team since 1954.

Head coaches

Player awards

Great Lakes Valley Conference award winners

*Player of the Year Award :Zac Wiley (2019) :Austin Crutcher (2015) :Patrick Brady (2008) :Scott Wiegandt (1989) *Pitcher of the Year :Eddie Mathis (2018) :Hunter Spencer (2016) :Michael Thompson (2009) *Freshman of the Year Award :Steve Polio (2002)

ASUN Conference award winners

*Player of the Year Award :Matt Higgins (2022)

References

External links

* 1952 establishments in Kentucky Baseball teams established in 1952 {{Kentucky-baseball-team-stub