The Stetson Hatters baseball team represents

Stetson University Stetson University is a private university with four colleges and schools located across the I–4 corridor in Central Florida with the primary undergraduate campus in DeLand. The university was founded in 1883 and was later established in 1887 ...

, which is located in

DeLand, Florida DeLand is a city in central Florida. It is the county seat of Volusia County. The city sits approximately north of the central business district of Orlando, and approximately west of the central business district of Daytona Beach. As of the 20 ...

. The Hatters are an

NCAA Division I NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athleti ...

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program that competes in the

ASUN Conference The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, 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 Divisi ...

. They began competing in Division I in 1972 and joined the ASUN Conference in 1986. The Stetson Hatters play all home games off-campus at

Melching Field at Conrad Park Melching Field at Conrad Park is a baseball stadium located in DeLand, Florida. The primary tenant of Melching Field is the Stetson University Hatters college baseball team, a Division I program playing in the ASUN Conference. Features Melching ...

. Since their promotion to Division I in 1972, the Hatters have played in 18 NCAA Tournaments and hosted and won their first regional in 2018. Over their 34 seasons in the ASUN Conference (formerly the Trans America Athletic Conference), they have won six conference regular season titles and eight conference tournaments. Since the program's inception in 1901, 10 Hatters have gone on to play in

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, highlighted by recent

Cy Young Award The Cy Young Award is given annually to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball (MLB), one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL). The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Ha ...

winners

Jacob deGrom Jacob Anthony deGrom (born June 19, 1988), is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the New York Mets. Prior to playing professionally, deGrom attend ...

and

Corey Kluber Corey Scott Kluber (born April 10, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays. He made his M ...

. Under current head coach

Steve Trimper Steve Trimper is an American college baseball coach who is currently the head coach for the Stetson Hatters baseball team out of the ASUN Conference. Previously, he served as the head coach at Maine from 2006 to 2016 and Manhattan from 1999 to 20 ...

, nine Hatters have been drafted, including

Logan Gilbert Logan Keith Gilbert (born May 5, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Gilbert attended Wekiva High School in Apopka, Florida. He was not drafted out of high sch ...

who was selected in the first round of the

2018 Major League Baseball draft The 2018 Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft began on June 4, 2018. The draft assigned amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order was determined based on the reverse order of the 2017 MLB season final standings. In ad ...

Conference membership history (Division I only)

*1972–1985: Independent *1986–present: Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference

Melching Field at Conrad Park

Melching Field at Conrad Park is a baseball

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, that seats 2,500 people. It was opened on February 12, 1999, with a 4–3 win over

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. A record attendance of 2,975 was set on March 20, 2007, during a non-conference game against

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Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2019 Stetson Baseball Guide

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2019 Stetson Baseball Guide

NCAA Division I Tournament history

*The

NCAA Division I baseball tournament The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Neb ...

started in 1947. *The

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of the tournament has changed through the years. *Stetson began playing Division I baseball in 1972.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Melching Field at Conrad Park

Head coaches (Division I only)

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

NCAA Division I Tournament history

Awards and honors (Division I only)

All-Americans

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference Player of the Year

Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference Pitcher of the Year

Trans America Athletic Conference / ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year

Hatters in the Major Leagues

References