| Current: | 2024 Sacramento State Hornets baseball team |
| Sacramento State Hornets baseball | |
| Founded: | 1949 |
| University: | California State University, Sacramento |
| Coach: | Reggie Christiansen |
| Tenure: | 14th |
| Conference: | Western Athletic Conference |
| Location: | Sacramento, California |
| Stadium: | John Smith Field |
| Capacity: | 1,200 |
| Nickname: | Hornets |
| Record: | 829–930–2 |
| Ncaa Tourneys: | 2014, 2017, 2019 |
| Conference Tournament: | 2014, 2017, 2019 |
| Conference Champion: | 2012, 2014 |
The Sacramento State Hornets baseball team represents California State University, Sacramento, which is located in Sacramento, California. The Hornets are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Western Athletic Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1990 and re-joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2006. They were a part of the Big West Conference from 1997 to 2002.
The Sacramento State Hornets play all home games on campus at John Smith Field. The Hornets have played in three NCAA Division I Tournaments. Over their 19 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, they have won two WAC regular season titles and three WAC Tournaments.
Since the program's inception in 1949, six Hornets have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, including Philadelphia Phillies first baseman and outfielder Rhys Hoskins. Under head coach Reggie Christiansen, 22 Hornets have been drafted, including Rhys Hoskins who was selected in the fifth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
See main article: John Smith Field. John Smith Field is a baseball stadium on the California State University, Sacramento campus in Sacramento, California that seats 1,200 people. It opened in 1953 and was known as Hornet Stadium. In 2010, it was named in honor of longtime coach John Smith.[1]
Records taken from the Sac State coaching history.[2]
| 1990–2010 | John Smith | 21 | 526–673–2 | .439 | |
| 2011–present | 11 | 338–277 | |||
| Totals | 2 coaches | 32 seasons | 864–950–2 |
Records taken from the Sac State year-by-year results.[3]
| Year | Record | Pct | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1–2 | .333 | Eliminated by Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo Regional | |
| 2017 | 0–2 | .000 | Eliminated by BYU in Stanford Regional | |
| 2019 | 1–2 | .333 | Eliminated by Stanford in Stanford Regional | |
| Totals | 2–6 | .250 |
| Year | Position | Name | Team | Selector | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | OF | Tim Wheeler | 2nd | BA | |
| 2014 | 1B | Rhys Hoskins | 3rd | CB |
| Year | Position | Name | Selector | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | SP | Jesse Darrah | CB | |
| 2012 | OF | Rhys Hoskins | NCBWA | |
| 2013 | DH | Chris Lewis | CB | |
| RP | Sutter McLoughlin | BA | ||
| CB | ||||
| NCBWA | ||||
| 2014 | SP | Sam Long | CB | |
| 2017 | SP | Parker Brahms | CB | |
| 2018 | SP | Scott Randall | CB |
| Year | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Reggie Christiansen | |
| 2014 | Reggie Christiansen |
| Year | Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | P | Mike Eby | |
| 2012 | 2B | Andrew Ayers | |
| 2014 | 1B | Rhys Hoskins |
| Year | Position | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | OF | Rhys Hoskins | |
| 2013 | DH | Chris Lewis | |
| 2014 | P | ||
| 2017 | P | Parker Brahms |
Taken from the Sac State awards and honors page.[4] Updated March 21, 2020.
| = All-Star | = Baseball Hall of Famer |
| Athlete | Years in MLB | MLB Teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Schelle Tarver | 1986 | Boston Red Sox | |
| Keith Brown | 1988, 1990–1992 | Cincinnati Reds | |
| Gary Wilson | 1995 | Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Erik Bennett | 1995–1996 | California Angels, Minnesota Twins | |
| Roland de la Maza | 1997 | Kansas City Royals | |
| Rhys Hoskins | 2017–present | Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers | |
| Sam Long | 2021-present | San Francisco Giants,[5] Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals | |
| James Outman | 2022–present | Los Angeles Dodgers[6] | |
| Nathan Lukes | 2023–present | Toronto Blue Jays[7] |