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Missouri Valley NCAA Division I baseball team
Evansville Purple Aces Founded 1924 Conference history Indiana Collegiate Conference (1951–1976)
Midwestern Collegiate Conference (1981–1994)University University of Evansville Head coach Wes Carroll (16th season)Conference Missouri Valley Conference Location Evansville, Indiana Home stadium Charles H. Braun Stadium (Capacity: 1,200)Nickname Purple Aces Colors Purple, white, and orange[ 1] 2024 1975, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2006, 2024 1988, 1990, 2006, 2024 1951, 1975, 1976, 1991, 2006, 2014
The Evansville Purple Aces baseball team represents the University of Evansville , which is located in Evansville, Indiana . The Purple Aces are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Missouri Valley Conference . They began competing in Division I in 1978 and joined the Missouri Valley Conference in the 1995 season. The Evansville Purple Aces play all home games on campus at Charles H. Braun Stadium .
1924–1926: Early years[ edit ]
The first officially sanctioned Evansville College baseball team was formed in 1924. John Harmon was hired as the first head coach of the then-Evansville College Pioneers. Their first game was against Bethel College that led to a 5–4 Pioneers victory, marking their first in school history. The Pioneers would finish their inaugural season with a 3–6 record. Harmon would lead the Pioneers to a 5–2 record the following season, their first winning season in school history. In 1926, the "Pioneers" nickname was switched to the "Aces" with popular support. During the same year, the team regressed to 4–10. This was also the last season before the college discontinued the program.
Conference membership history [ edit ]
Charles H. Braun Stadium [ edit ]
Charles H. Braun Stadium is a baseball stadium on the Evansville campus in Evansville, Indiana that seats 1,200 people.[ 2]
Records taken from the 2018 Evansville Purple Aces baseball media guide.[ 2]
Season
Coach
Years
Record
Pct.
1924–1926
John Harmon
3
12–19
.387
1946
Emerson Henke
1
0–5
.000
1947–1966
Don Ping
20
93–119–5
.440
1967–1969
Dave Daviess
3
16–24–1
.402
1970–1974
Wayne Boultinghouse
5
80–66–2
.547
1975–1976
Bob Hodges
2
38–30
.559
1977–1978
Mike Platt
2
35–47
.427
1979
Gary Crum
1
4–27
.129
1980–2002
Jim Brownlee
23
680–565–4
.546
2003–2006
Dave Schrage
4
130–108
.546
2007–2008
David Seifert
2
49–65
.430
2009–present
Wes Carroll
14
352–384
.478
Totals
12 coaches
80 seasons
1,489–1–1,459–12
.505
Year
Position
Name
Team
Selector
1988
P
Andy Benes
1st
ABCA
BA
CB
1991
P
John MacCauley
3rd
ABCA
1993
OF
Marty Watson
2nd
ABCA
1996
SS
Jamey Carroll
3rd
ABCA
2000
P
Ryan Miller
3rd
CB
2002
P
Steve Obenchain
3rd
ABCA
2011
UTL
Cody Fick
1st
ABCA
2nd
CB
2012
SS
Eric Stamets
3rd
CB
2014
P
Kyle Freeland
2nd
ABCA
1st
BA
3rd
CB
2015
OF
Kevin Kaczmarski
2nd
ABCA
2nd
BA
1st
CB
Freshman First-Team All-Americans [ edit ]
Year
Position
Name
Selector
2003
DH
Erik Lis
CB
2004
DH
Pat Tumilty
CB
2008
OF
Greg Wallace
CB
2010
SS
Eric Stamets
CB
2012
OF
Kevin Kaczmarski
CB
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Player of the Year [ edit ]
Year
Position
Name
1985
UN
Pat Heck
1988
P
Andy Benes
1991
P
John MacCauley
1992
OF
Pat Schulz
Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year [ edit ]
Midwestern Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year [ edit ]
Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year [ edit ]
Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year [ edit ]
Taken from the 2018 Evansville Purple Aces baseball media guide.[ 2] Updated March 11, 2020.