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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. MT athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I ( Bowl Subdivision in football) in Conference USA. MT co ...

'' The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of

Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a Public university, public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as ...

Murfreesboro, Tennessee Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 165,430 according to the 2023 census estimate, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010 United States census, 2010. Murfreesboro i ...

, United States. The team is a member of

Conference USA Conference USA (CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference of member institutions in the Southern and Western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. CUSA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas. Mem ...

, which is part of 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. Middle Tennessee's first baseball team was fielded in 1912. The team plays its home games at

Reese Smith Jr. Field Reese Smith Jr. Field is a baseball venue located on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States. It is home to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball team, a member of the Division I Conference ...

. The Blue Raiders are coached by

Jerry Meyers Jerry Meyers (born March 8, 1965) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher who is the current head baseball coach for the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders. Meyers attended the Iowa State University from 1984-1987 before starting hi ...

Middle Tennessee in the NCAA Tournament

NCAA Division I

Middle Tennessee has made the NCAA Division I baseball tournament thirteen times. They have a record of 8–26.

NCAA Division II

During their time 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 ...

, Middle Tennessee made it to the Division II tournament once. They went 3-2.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_champs_records/2022/D2.pdf

Blue Raiders in Major League Baseball

Since the

Major League Baseball Draft The Major League Baseball draft (officially the Rule 4 Draft; also known as the first-year player draft or amateur draft) is the primary mechanism by which Major League Baseball (MLB) assigns amateur baseball players from high schools, colleg ...

began in 1965, Middle Tennessee has had 75 players selected.

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