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The Corvallis Knights, founded as the Aloha Knights, are a
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team located in Corvallis,
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. Founded in 1990 in Beaverton by Dan and his brother Joe Segel, the Knights moved to Corvallis from Gresham in 2007. They play in the
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, a college summer wood-bat league where college players and prospects prepare for the pros. The league comprises teams from
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, Oregon and
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. Corvallis plays its home games at Goss Stadium, also the home of the
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. The Knights are named after Penny Knight, their top sponsor. Penny is married to
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co-founder
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. Arguably one of the most successful teams in summer collegiate wood bat baseball, the Knights have won 10 league titles and 14 division championships. The Knights best run came between the years of 2016 and 2023 where the team finished each year as both division and league champions. Since joining the WCL, the Knights have never finished with a losing season.


History


2014

The Corvallis Knights put up 35 wins and 19 losses in the 2014 WCL season. The Knights tried to retake their WCL Championship throne but fell short of the title by one game. Corvallis forced the third-ever Game 3 of the WCL Championship Series. The Knights put up Michael Lucarelli and Grant Melker for 54 games tying the WCL record for the most games with a batting appearance—tying Mitchell Gunsolus of the Wenatchee Applesox from 2012 and Cole Norton from the Kitsap Bluejackets in 2011. Also, Grant Melker set the WCL record for the most bases stolen by one player in one season with 29 steals. The Corvallis Knights hit 95 doubles in the 2014 season, setting the record for the most doubles by any one team in one year. They also set the record for the most sacrifice flies and stolen bases, hitting 39 flies and stealing 119 bases in one season, respectively. The Knights kept the records rolling with Jackson Lockwood winning eight games, tying the record of Eli Morgon of the
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in the same year. Corvallis sold 43,938 tickets in the season and hosted 1,292 fans one night.


2015

On February 12, 2015, the Corvallis Knights held a re-branding party and unveiled the new logo for the club."Knights Enter Golden Era: Corvallis Unveils Refreshed Brand,"
corvallisknights.com, Feb. 12, 2015.
According to logo designer Jason Klein of the
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, the new team logo includes a head of grain as a tribute to the agricultural heritage of the
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and the regional affinity for craft brewing. Concurrent with the change, the team officially adopted two new team colors in addition to its traditional cardinal — gold and a pale maize tone described by team officials as "Corvallis cream."


2022

The Knights finished the 2022 regular season first in the South Division with a 39-15 record, the best in the league. The Knights defeated the Pippins 2-1 in the South Division Semifinals and will host the Raptors in the South Division Final. Kiko Romero is sixth in the WCL in runs batted in (34) while Sean Wiese has five wins on the mound. The Knights have seen 61,390 total fans go through the gate.


2024

On June 10th, infielder Kevin Takeuchi was selected as the league's player of the week after batting in ten runs and reaching base seventeen times. On June 17th, Takeuchi once again won the award after batting in and scoring sixteen runs while making base seventeen times. On July 9th, Brandon Cabrera, James DeCremer, Tyler Horn, Kaden Segel, Kevin Takeuchi, Blake Wilson, and Ty Yukomoto were selected to represent the Knights in the 2024 all star game in Bellingham. Former Knight Travis Bazzana was selected as the first overall pick in the
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by the
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on July 14th. The Knights made the playoffs for the seventeenth straight season after winning the first half. The Knights swept the Raptors 2-0 in the South Divisional Series but were upset in the South Division Championship Game 1-4 by the Pickles ending their bid at an eighth straight WCL Championship.


2025

The Knights are currently fifth in the South Division with a 5-7 record and are 7.5 games behind the division leading Pickles. 4,483 fans have attended Corvallis' five home games for an average of 897.


Season-by-Season Record


Alumni in Major League Baseball

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(2016) * Tyler Anderson – LHP,
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* Matt Andriese – RHP,
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* Matt Boyd – LHP,
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* Matthew Duffy – IF,
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* Mitch Haniger – OF,
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*
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– LHP,
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* Nick Madrigal – IF,
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Media

The Knights are broadcast live on Corvallis' KEJO 1240 AM.


Footnotes


External links

* * {{College Summer Baseball Amateur baseball teams in Oregon Sports in Corvallis, Oregon Baseball teams established in 1990 1990 establishments in Oregon