Grand Canyon Antelopes baseball


The Grand Canyon Antelopes baseball team represents Grand Canyon University, which is located in Phoenix, Arizona. The Antelopes, also known as the Lopes, are a NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Western Athletic Conference. They competed in Division I from 1991 to 1998, the final four seasons with the Western Athletic Conference, and returned in 2014 with the WAC.
The Grand Canyon Antelopes play all home games on campus at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark. Over their 11 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, they have won three WAC regular season titles.
Since the program's inception in 1953, 10 Lopes have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by 1993 AL Rookie of the Year and 2002 World Series champion Tim Salmon. Under current head coach Andy Stankiewicz, 17 Lopes have been drafted, including Jake Wong who was selected in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark is a baseball stadium on the Grand Canyon campus in Phoenix, Arizona that seats 4,000 people. It was opened on February 16, 2018 with a 1–2 loss to TCU. A record attendance of 4,562 was set on February 15, 2019 during a 9–1 win over Wichita State.

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide.
1991–1998Gil Stafford8188–284–1.398
2014–presentAndy Stankiewicz7194–155–1.556
Totals2 coaches15 seasons382–439–2.465

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide.

Awards and honors (Division I only)

YearPositionNameSelector
2019SPPierson OhlCB

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

YearPositionName
2017OFGarrison Schwartz
2018OFQuin Cotton

Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

YearPositionName
2015OFGarrison Schwartz
2019SPPierson Ohl

Taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide. Updated March 2, 2020.

Lopes in the Major Leagues

AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
Frank Snook1973San Diego Padres
Tom Tellmann1979–1980, 1983–1985San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland Athletics
Randy McCament1989–1990San Francisco Giants
Kevin Wickander1989–1990, 1992–1993, 1995–1996Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Milwaukee Brewers
John Patterson1992–1995San Francisco Giants
Chad Curtis1992–2001California Angels, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers
Tim Salmon1992–2004, 2006California/Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels
Brett Merriman1993–1994Minnesota Twins
Paul Swingle1993California Angels
Cody Ransom2001–2004, 2007–2013San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Arizona Diamondbacks,
Milwaukee Brewers, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs

Taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide. Updated March 2, 2020.