The Pepperdine Waves baseball team represents

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in the sport of

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. The Pepperdine Waves compete in Division I of the

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(NCAA) and in the

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. They are currently led by head coach Tyler LaTorre. The Waves have been to the

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twice, winning the national championship in 1992 under head coach

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with a win over

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Head coaches

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Year-by-year results

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Pepperdine in the NCAA tournament

*The

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started in 1947. *The

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of the tournament has changed through the years. ''Source''

Individual awards

A number of Pepperdine players have earned individual honors, including

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honors, All-

honors, and

honors.

All-Americans

*1979 :

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, 2B *1982 :Jon Furman, P *1985 :Brad Bierley, OF :Scott Marrett, P *1987 :

Paul Faries Paul Tyrrell Faries (born February 20, 1965) is an American former professional baseball second baseman, who played during four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Padre ...

, SS *1989 :Rick Hirtensteiner, OF *1990 :Steve Duda, P (Freshman) :

Steve Rodriguez Steven James Rodríguez (born November 29, 1970) is an American baseball coach and former second baseman/shortstop. He played college baseball for the Pepperdine Waves from 1991 to 1992. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1995 ...

, 2B (Freshman) *1991 :

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, P : Steve Montgomery, P :

, 2B *1992 :

, P :Dan Melendez, 1B : Steve Montgomery, P :

, 2B *1993 :Steve Duda, P *1995 :

Ryan Christenson Ryan Alan Christenson (born March 28, 1974) is an American professional baseball former outfielder, minor league manager, and current bench coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played six seasons in MLB with the ...

, OF *1997 :

Randy Wolf Randall Christopher Wolf (born August 22, 1976), nicknamed "Wolfie", is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, Houston Astro ...

, P :Steve Schenewerk, P (Freshman) *1999 :Jay Adams, P :Jay Gehrke, P :

Dane Sardinha Dane Kealoha A. A. Sardinha (born April 8, 1979) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, and Philadelphia Phillies between 2003 and 2011. Amateur care ...

, C :

Dan Haren Daniel John Haren (born September 17, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Haren played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Wa ...

, P (Freshman) *2000 :

, C *2001 :

, P :

Noah Lowry Noah Ryan Lowry (born October 10, 1980) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants from 2003 to 2007. College and the MLB Draft Lowry was first drafted out of Nordho ...

, P :Jared Pitney, 1B *2003 :David Uribes, SS (Freshman) *2004 : Chad Tracy, C (Freshman) *2005 :Steve Kleen, P : Chad Tracy, C :

Barry Enright Barry Ryan Enright (born March 30, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Angel ...

, P (Freshman) *2006 : Chase d'Arnaud, P (Freshman) :Brett Hunter, P (Freshman) *2007 :

, P *2008 :

Eric Thames Eric Allyn Thames ( ; born November 10, 1986) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, and Washington Nati ...

, OF *2009 :Cole Cook, P (Freshman) *2016 : A. J. Puckett, P

All College World Series

*1979 :

, 2B *1992 :

, P :Dan Melendez, 1B :

, 2B :Scott Vollmer, C

Brooks Wallace Award

*2012 : Zach Vincej, SS

Conference awards

;West Coast Conference Player of the Year : Mark Lee - 1976 :Brad Bierley - 1985 :Steve Erickson &

- 1987 :Rick Hirtensteiner - 1989 :

- 1992 :

- 1995 :

- 2000 :

- 2001 :Kevin Estrada - 2003 : Chad Tracy - 2005 :

- 2008 :Joe Sever - 2012 ;West Coast Conference Pitcher of the Year :Scott Marrett - 1985 : Mike Fetters - 1986 :

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- 1988 :Britt Craven - 1989 & 1990 :

- 1992 :Steve Duda - 1993 :

- 1997 :Jay Adams - 1999 :

- 2001 :Greg Ramirez - 2003 :Paul Coleman - 2005 :

- 2006 : A. J. Puckett - 2016

Waves in Major League Baseball

34 former Pepperdine players have played

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. :

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: Chase d'Arnaud :

: Mike Fetters : Danny Garcia :

Gail Hopkins Gail Eason Hopkins (born February 19, 1943) is a former Major League Baseball player and coach. Before reaching the majors, he attended David Starr Jordan High School and then a catcher at Pepperdine University, where he was named an All-Ame ...

Matt Howard Matt Howard (born January 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. Previously, he played college basketball with the Butler Bulldogs. He helped lead the ...

Chad Kreuter Chadden Michael Kreuter (; born August 26, 1964) is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager, and former college baseball head coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1988 to 2003 for seven different franchises. H ...

Jalal Leach Jalal Donnell Leach (born March 14, 1969), is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball in . He was primarily used as a pinch hitter by the Giants. He threw and batted le ...

: Mark Lee :

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: Steve Montgomery :

Jon Moscot Jonathan Solomon Moscot (; born August 15, 1991) is an American-Israeli former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 2015 and 2016, and who played internationally for Team Israel. Moscot was drafted by the R ...

David Newhan David Matthew Newhan (born September 7, 1973) is an American former professional baseball utility player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams during eight seasons. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. After serving ...

Will Ohman William McDaniel Ohman (born August 13, 1977) is a German–born American former professional baseball pitcher. He attended Ponderosa High school in Parker, Colorado. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, ...

Rob Picciolo Robert Michael Picciolo (February 4, 1953 – January 3, 2018) was an American Major League Baseball player and coach. Playing career Picciolo played nine seasons in the major leagues, from 1977–85, for the Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewer ...

Ryan Radmanovich Ryan Ashley Radmanovich (born August 9, 1971) is a Canadian former baseball outfielder. He played part of one season in Major League Baseball (MLB), appearing in 25 games for the Seattle Mariners in 1998, primarily as a right fielder. Career Ra ...

: Mike Scott :

Andy Stankiewicz Andrew Neal Stankiewicz (born August 10, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player who currently serves as the head coach of the USC Trojans baseball team in Los Angeles. He also played in Major League Baseball as a middle-infielde ...

: Jason Thompson : Chad Tracy : Derek Wallace :

Matt Wise Matthew John Wise (born November 18, 1975) is an American former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played all or parts of eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 2000 and 2008. He became the bullpen coach for t ...

Danny Worth Daniel Weston Worth (born September 30, 1985) is an American baseball coach and former professional baseball infielder. He is an assistant baseball coach at Pepperdine University. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for fhe Detroit Tigers a ...

References

External links

* {{West Coast Conference baseball navbox