The Grambling State Tigers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of

Grambling State University Grambling State University (GSU, Grambling, or Grambling State) is a public historically black university in Grambling, Louisiana, United States. Grambling State is home of the Eddie G. Robinson Museum and is listed on the Louisiana African ...

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, U.S. The team is a member of the

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, which is part of the

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's Division I. The team plays its home games at

Wilbert Ellis Field at Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Park Wilbert Ellis Field at Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Park is a baseball venue in Grambling, Louisiana, United States. It is home to the Grambling State Tigers baseball team of the NCAA Division I Southwestern Athletic Conference. The field is name ...

. The Tigers are coached by

Davin Pierre Davin Pierre is a baseball coach and former player, who is the current head baseball coach of the Grambling State Tigers. He played college baseball at Grambling State from 2002 to 2005 for head coach James Randall. Playing career Pierre attend ...

. The program was founded by

Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Sr. (August 6, 1905 – April 9, 1982), known as Prez Jones, was an American educator and administrator. He served as the second president of Grambling State University, a historically black university in Grambling, Lo ...

, who served as the team's first head coach.

Grambling State in the NCAA Tournament

Major League Baseball

Grambling State has had 50

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selections since the draft began in 1965.

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Grambling State in the NCAA Tournament

Major League Baseball

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