Sacramento State Hornets baseball


The Sacramento State Hornets baseball team represents California State University, Sacramento, which is located in Sacramento, California. The Hornets are a 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 has 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.

Conference membership history

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.

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the Sac State coaching history.
1990–2010John Smith21526–673–2.439
2011–presentReggie Christiansen10303–257.541
Totals2 coaches31 seasons829–930–2.471

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the Sac State year-by-year results.

NCAA Division I Tournament history

YearRecordPctNotes
20141–2.333Eliminated by Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo Regional
20170–2.000Eliminated by BYU in Stanford Regional
20191–2.333Eliminated by Stanford in Stanford Regional
Totals2–6.250

Awards and honors (Division I only)

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
2009OFTim Wheeler2ndBA
20141BRhys Hoskins3rdCB

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2009SPJesse DarrahCB
2012OFRhys HoskinsNCBWA
2013DHChris LewisCB
2013RPSutter McLoughlinBA
2013RPSutter McLoughlinCB
2013RPSutter McLoughlinNCBWA
2014SPSam LongCB
2017SPParker BrahmsCB
2018SPScott RandallCB

Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year

Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year

YearPositionName
1995PMike Eby
20122BAndrew Ayers
20141BRhys Hoskins

Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year

YearPositionName
2012OFRhys Hoskins
2013DHChris Lewis
2014PSam Long
2017PParker Brahms

Taken from the Sac State awards and honors page.. Updated March 21, 2020.

Hornets in the Major Leagues

AthleteYears in MLBMLB Teams
La Schelle Tarver1986Boston Red Sox
Keith Brown1988, 1990–1992Cincinnati Reds
Gary Wilson1995Pittsburgh Pirates
Erik Bennett1995–1996California Angels, Minnesota Twins
Roland de la Maza1997Kansas City Royals
Rhys Hoskins2017–presentPhiladelphia Phillies

Taken from the Sac State Hornets in the Pros page.