UIC Flames baseball
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Founded | 1949 (1949) |
Conference history |
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University | University of Illinois at Chicago |
Athletic director | Michael Lipitz |
Head coach | Sean McDermott (3rd season) |
Conference | MVC |
Location | Chicago, Illinois |
Home stadium | Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium (Capacity: 1,000) |
Nickname | Flames |
Colors | Navy blue and fire engine red[1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
1990, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017 |
The UIC Flames baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. The Flames are coached by Sean McDermott and assisted by hitting coach Jimmy “no hips” Frankos.
Conference membership history
- 1949–1980: Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
- 1981–1983: Independent
- 1984–1994: Mid Continent Conference
- 1995–2022: Horizon League
- 2023–present: Missouri Valley Conference
Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium
Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium is a baseball stadium on the UIC campus in Chicago, Illinois that seats 1,000 spectators and is named for Les Miller, UIC head baseball coach from 1949 to 1979, and Curtis Granderson, an alumnus of the program. During Miller's tenure, the program won over 500 games. Granderson was named conference player of the year with the Flames in 2002 and later played in Major League Baseball.[3][4]
Head coaches
Year(s) | Coach | Seasons | W–L–T | Pct |
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1949–1979 | Les Miller | 31 | 509–363–5 | .583 |
1980–1982 | Dick Ward | 3 | 47–102 | .315 |
1983–1998 | Dean Refakes | 16 | 376–467–3 | .446 |
1999–2021 | Mike Dee | 23 | 690–522–1 | .569 |
2022–present | Sean McDermott | 1 | 22–25 | .468 |
Totals | 5 | 74 | 1,644–1,479–8 | .526 |
Awards and honors
- Over their 15 seasons in the Horizon League, 61 different Flames have been named to the all-conference first-team.
Horizon League Player of the Year
Year | Position | Name |
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2002 | OF | Curtis Granderson |
2013 | OF | Chuck Peters |
2015 | SS | Jeff Boehm |
2017 | C | Rob Calabrese |
Horizon League Pitcher of the Year
Year | Name |
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1994 | Jon Piazza |
1997 | Jason Henry |
2007 | Zach Peterson |
2009 | Adam Worthington |
2015 | Jake Dahlberg |
2017 | Jake Dahlberg |
2018 | Ryan Campbell |
2019 | Jacob Key |
Horizon League Relief Pitcher of the Year
Year | Name |
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2007 | David Cales |
2008 | Adam Worthington |
2016 | Trevor Lane |
2017 | Alex Padilla |
2018 | Charlie Cerny |
2019 | Alex Padilla |
Horizon League Coach of the Year
Year | Name |
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1990 | Dean Refakes |
1993 | Dean Refakes |
1999 | Mike Dee |
2000 | Mike Dee |
2002 | Mike Dee |
2003 | Mike Dee |
2005 | Mike Dee |
2006 | Mike Dee |
2007 | Mike Dee |
2008 | Mike Dee |
2015 | Mike Dee |
2017 | Mike Dee |
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See also
References
- ^ UIC Brand Guide (PDF). November 10, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
- ^ "Illinois-Chicago". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
- ^ "Curtis Granderson Stadium". www.uicflames.com. University of Illinois at Chicago. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "Former UIC Baseball Coach Les Miller Passes Away". www.uicflames.com. University of Illinois at Chicago. February 21, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
- ^ "2020 Horizon League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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