Utah Utes baseball

Utah Utes
2013 Utah Utes baseball team
University	University of Utah
Location	Salt Lake City, UT
Head coach	Bill Kinneberg (10th year)
Home stadium	Smith's Ballpark (Capacity: 15,500)
Nickname	Utes
Colors	Red and White
College World Series appearances
1951
NCAA Tournament appearances
1951, 1959, 1960, 2009, 2016
Conference champions
1964, 1965, 1997, 2016

The Utah Utes baseball team represents the University of Utah in NCAA Division I college baseball.

Year by year record

Season	Coach	Record		Notes
		Overall	Conference
Western Athletic Conference
1963	Pres Summerhayes	15–14	4-4
1964		14-16	6-4	WAC Northern Division Champions
1965		21-16	7-5	WAC Northern Division Champions
1966		19–20	5-7
1967		19–14	3-7
1968		19–13	4-5
1969		20–22	7-11
1970		20–18	3-10
1971		17–24	7-11
1972		21–28	4-14
1973		11–20	7-11
1974	Tom Kilgore	18–25	11-7
1975		17–28	6-12
1976		15–26	8-9
1977		17–28	6-12
1978		8–27	6-12
1979		7–36	2-15
1980	Mike Weathers	17–19	5-12
1981		23–20	15-9
1982	Lonnie Keeter	17–31	12-12
1983		15–18	7-15
1984		23–25	13-11
1985		29–21	12-11
1986		9–32	3-21
1987		16–34	8-16
1988	Rick Sofield	10–32	8-17
1989		17–32	10-18
1990		19–33	10-16
1991		23–30	11-12
1992		20–34	11-15
1993		31–19	14-9
1994		22–32	9-15
1995	Steve Gillespie	15–39	7-21
1996	Bill Kinneberg	30–22	15-15
1997	Tim Esmay	36–21-1	22-8	WAC Northern Division Champions
1998		23–31	12-18
Mountain West Conference
1999	Tim Esmay	22–30	8-20
2000		26–30	15-15
2001		27–29	14-16
2002		33–26	16-14
2003		24–32	10-20
2004		22–36	11-19
2005	Bill Kinneberg	19–36	10-20
2006		28–28	9-13
2007		24–31	12-12
2008		26–31	10-14
2009		28–31	8-16	NCAA Regional
2010		23-28	10-13
2011		29-21	16-7
Pac-12 Conference
2012	Bill Kinneberg	14-42	7-23
2013		Bill Kinneberg	21-31	7-23
2014		Bill Kinneberg	16-36	4-26
2015		Bill Kinneberg	16-36-1	7-22-1
2016		Bill Kinneberg	25-27	18-11

 

Conference membership

• 1939–1962: Mountain States Conference
• 1963–1999: Western Athletic Conference
• 2000–2011: Mountain West Conference
• 2012–Present: Pac-12 Conference

Utah in the NCAA Tournament

1951 College World Series

Defeated Tennessee, 7–1
Lost to Southern California 2-8
Defeated Texas A&M15-8
Lost to Tennessee 4-5
Third Place

1959
District 7 Playoffs Lost to Colorado State College 8-17 Defeated Colorado State College 13-8 Lost to Colorado State College 8-12

1960
District 7 Playoffs Defeated Colorado State College 24-3 Lost to Colorado State College 2-3 Lost to Colorado State College 2-6

2009
Fullerton, CA Regional Lost to Cal State Fullerton 2-18 Defeated Georgia Southern 11-10 Defeated Gonzaga 9-7 Lost to Cal State Fullerton 3-16

Individual awards

All Americans

• 1951

James Cleverly, 2B

• 1959

Archie Skeen, C

• 1981

Phil Strom, DH

• 1997

Casey Child, OF

• 2001

Chris Shelton, SS

• 2006

Ryan Khoury, SS

• 2010

C.J. Cron, DH

• 2011

C.J. Cron, 1B

Conference awards

• Mountain West Player of the Year

Chris Shelton - 2001

Mitch Maio - 2002

Ryan Khoury - 2006

C.J. Cron - 2010, 2011

• Mountain West Freshman of the Year

Mike Westfall, 2001

C.J. Cron, 2009

Current and former major league players

• Billy Cowan
• Stephen Fife
• Randy Gomez
• John Noriega
• Bill Parsons
• Chris Shelton
• Steve Springer
• George Theodore
• C.J. Cron

Source: Baseball Reference

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

References

External links

• Official website