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The Florida Atlantic Owls are the college baseball

College baseball

College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...

team of Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...

which plays its home games at FAU Baseball Stadium

FAU Baseball Stadium

FAU Baseball Stadium is a baseball venue located in Boca Raton, Florida, USA. It has been home to the Florida Atlantic Owls college baseball team of the Division I Sun Belt Conference since 1991...

.

Fielding its first team in 1981, the Florida Atlantic University baseball team has experienced frequent success, shared respect from other baseball teams nation-wide and the building of a mid-major

Mid-major

Mid-major is a term used in American Division I college sports, to refer to athletic conferences that are not among the major six conferences...

power in NCAA baseball

College baseball

.

As of the 2010 season, the Owls have had 12 consecutive winning seasons. Additionally, the Owls have had only four losing seasons in 30 years of competition.

Overview and history

Florida Atlantic University

's baseball program began in 1981 and has seen success, growth and change in its 26 seasons of competition. Among the changes, the most noticeable to fans would be the change of the team name in 2005. University President Frank T. Brogan

Frank Brogan

Frank T. Brogan is the current Chancellor of the State University System of Florida and the former President of Florida Atlantic University. He was also the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Florida...

led the charge for the university to create a unified, single mark for FAU's athletic programs. The student-body decided "Owls" should be the athletic logo and in 2005, the baseball team lost its previous identity of "Blue Wave." Over the 30 years of competition, FAU baseball has jumped from NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

, to NCAA Division II, to NCAA Division I competition, and has reached success on all levels.

Steve Traylor Era: The Beginning

Under its first coach and first year of competition, FAU won its inaugural game, 12-8, against St. Thomas University

St. Thomas University (Florida)

St. Thomas University is a private Roman Catholic university in the Miami, Florida, United States suburb of Miami Gardens.-History:The University traces its roots to the Universidad Católica de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, founded in 1946 in Havana, Cuba, named after Saint Thomas of Villanova, by...

on February 23, 1981. Steve Traylor coached FAU from 1981–1987 and oversaw the building of a program from scratch. After only three years of existence, FAU jumped from the NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

level to the NCAA Division II level. If there was any doubts about this young program belonging on that level, its very first season would prove any doubters wrong. The Blue Wave opened the 1984 season with a win against in-state super-power University of Florida Gators

University of Florida

The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

, 5-4. FAU continued to win its first five games of the season, including another major upset, this time on the road at another in-state super-power, defeating University of Miami Hurricanes

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

, 11-10. The Blue Wave finished the 1984 season with a record of 40-15, ranked 8th in the nation in the final NCAA Division II poll.

Kevin Cooney Era: Division I and National Success

During the offseason between 1987 and 1988, Steve Traylor left Florida Atlantic to become the head coach at Duke University

Duke University

Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

. FAU hired Kevin Cooney, head coach of Montclair State University

Montclair State University

Montclair State University is a public research university located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, the Great Notch area of Little Falls, and Clifton, New Jersey. As of October 2009, there were 18,171 total enrolled students: 14,139 undergraduate students and 4,032 graduate students...

in New Jersey

New Jersey

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. Since the hiring, FAU has won 61% of their games and transformed itself from a local power in South Florida to a national baseball program on the Division I level. Coach Cooney arrived at FAU in 1988 and began his 20th season as head coach of the Owls on opening night of the 2007 season. Given the success and unprecedented heights that Cooney has taken FAU baseball, "Florida Atlantic" and "Kevin Cooney" have become synoymous with one another. Entering the 2007 season, Cooney has won 680 games (at FAU) and 820 (all-time, between FAU and Montclair State University

Montclair State University

, his alma mater and where he coached from 1984–1987).

In his 19+ seasons in Boca Raton, Cooney has established a powerhouse program at a university that continues to grow. Cooney has led the charge for FAU baseball to enjoy such successes as, 67 athletes turning professional (with 4 reaching the majors

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

). For these accolades and so much more, Cooney was inducted into the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame

Hall of Fame

A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

in 2007.

On March 15, 2006, against Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

, Cooney reached a personal milestone, coaching a team to his 800th career victory.

On Thursday, April 24, 2008, Coach Kevin Cooney announced that the 2008 season would be his last season as head coach of the Owls. Subsequently, on May 24, exactly two months after this announcement, Coach Cooney coached his last game as FAU head coach when the Owls lost to Western Kentucky in the play-in championship game of the Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Conference

The Sun Belt Conference is a college athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of Division I football competition . The Sun Belt has member institutions...

Championship Tournament.

All-time consecutive wins record

During the improbable 1999 season, when FAU finished with a school-best record of 54-9, Coach Kevin Cooney led his team to an NCAA all-time record for consecutive wins. Starting February 19, in a 7-4 win over Bethune-Cookman College

Bethune-Cookman College

Bethune-Cookman University or B-CU is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida.- History :Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School in 1904...

, the Blue Wave continued on to 34 consecutive wins. The streak lasted all the way to March 17, when Jacksonville University

Jacksonville University

Jacksonville University is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida, on the banks of the St. Johns River. The school was founded in 1934 as a two year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College until 1958, when it shifted its focus to four-year university degrees and adopted its...

topped FAU, 2-1. The streak ended two days short of lasting two complete calendar months.

March to 800

Cooney's milestone wins:

1st: March 14, 1984 (Montclair State 5, Southern Illinois 0)
100th: May 6, 1986 (Montclair State 9, Glassboro State 1)
200th: April 28, 1989 (FAU 3, UCF 2)
300th: March 15, 1993 (FAU 4, Rowan 3)
400th: March 18, 1996 (FAU 6, Northeastern 2)
500th: March 13, 1999 (FAU 8, Troy 2)
600th: March 31, 2001 (FAU 4, Stanford 3)
700th: May 9, 2003 (FAU 12, Georgia Southern 2)
800th: March 15, 2006 (FAU 8, Columbia 7)

John McCormack Era: Sooner Than Five Years

On July 1, 2008, Florida Atlantic named 18-year Assistant Coach, John McCormack, as Cooney's successor. McCormack served as Cooney's top assistant, associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the 18 seasons before being elevated as head coach. With the foundation laid by Cooney, McCormack leads the Owls under intense pressure and high expectations. During his interview for the head coaching position, he detailed his so-called "Five Year Plan" for the Owls to reach the College World Series

College World Series

The College World Series or CWS is an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion. The eight teams are split into two, four-team, double-elimination brackets,...

. His plan was met with the following response from Athletic Director Craig Angelos: "It has to be sooner than that."

No Hitters

Tom Clark, 1982
Jim Hanrahan, 1984
Luis Merino, 1985
Jim Drancsak, 1986
John Sammon, 1994
Mickey Storey, 2006

FAU Baseball Hall of Fame

In 2006, Florida Atlantic University inducted the first class to its new FAU Baseball Hall of Fame.
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| Keith Foley || 2006
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| Scott Hay || 2006
|- align="center"
| Todd Moser || 2006
|- align="center"
| Jack Penrod || 2006
|- align="center"
| Nick Presto || 2006
|- align="center"
| Mike Ryan || 2006
|- align="center"
| Warren "Doc" Schneider || 2006
|- align="center"
| Steve Traylor || 2006
|- align="center"
| Kevin Connacher (1994-'97) || 2007
|- align="center"
| Doug Gonring (1984-'85) || 2007
|- align="center"
| Tommy Murphy (1998-'00) || 2007
|- align="center"
| Pat Murphy (1981-'82) || 2007
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| Jorge Vega (1981-'83) || 2007
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All-Americans

11 players from FAU baseball have won recognition as "All-American": Keith Foley (1983), Mike Ryan (1984), Scott Hay (1986), Jack Penrod (1988), Todd Moser (1999), Dan Jackson (1999), Dickie Hart (1999), Randy Beam (2003), Jeff Fiorentino

Jeff Fiorentino

Jeffrey Philip Fiorentino is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He attended Florida Atlantic University and Nova High School in Davie Florida...

(2004), Mickey Storey (2005), Robbie Widlansky (2007).

Freshmen All-Americans

7 players from FAU baseball have won recognition as "Freshmen All-American": Kevin Connacher (1994), Rusty Brown (2001), Chris Pillsbury (2001), Jeff Fiorentino

Jeff Fiorentino

(2002), Derek Hutton (2002), Tim Mascia (2003), Mickey Storey (2005).

2005 Mickey Storey

In 2005, as a freshman pitcher for FAU, Mickey Storey was named Collegiate Baseball's National Freshman Pitcher of the Year. Storey's stat line for his freshman season was one of the best posted by a pitcher in the nation.
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| 2005 || 23/9 || 10-1 || .901 || 1.70 || 95.1 || 78 || 25 || 18 || 23 || 82
|}
|}

Storey's 1.70 ERA

Earned run average

In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

is a school-record for a single-season, and ranked fifth in the nation for the 2005 season among pitchers on the Division I level. His performance during the 2005 season awarded him an invitation to try out for the USA Baseball National Team

USA Baseball

USA Baseball was founded in , and is the governing body for amateur baseball in the United States of America. It is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and organizes the United States national baseball team...

.

Storey also took home numerous other awards that season, including All-American honors, Freshman All-American honors, All-Conference honors, and All-Conference Freshman honors.

Head coaches

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|- align="center"
| 1981–1987 || Steve Traylor || 7 || 268-107-2 || .714
|- align="center"
| 1988–2008 || Kevin Cooney || 21 || 748-480-5 || .607
|- align="center"
| 2009-pres. || John McCormack || 2 || 62-44-0 || .585
|- align="center"
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| Totals
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| 3 coaches
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| 30 seasons
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| 1078-631-7
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| .628
|}

Year By Year Records

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!bgcolor="#003366"| Coach
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!bgcolor="#003366"| Conference
|- align="center"
| 1981 || 15-16-0 || .484 || Steve Traylor || None || NAIA
|- align="center"
| 1982 || 42-14-0 || .750 || Steve Traylor || None || NAIA
|- align="center"
| 1983 || 49-16-0 || .754 || Steve Traylor || NAIA District 25 Champions || NAIA
|- align="center"
| 1984 || 40-15-0 || .727 || Steve Traylor || None || NAIA
|- align="center"
| 1985 || 44-15-0 || .746 || Steve Traylor || NCAA South Regional || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1986 || 44-10-0 || .815 || Steve Traylor || None || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1987 || 34-21-2 || .614 || Steve Traylor || None || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1988 || 32-19-2 || .623 || Kevin Cooney || None || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1989 || 30-23-2 || .564 || Kevin Cooney || None || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1990 || 28-25-0 || .528 || Kevin Cooney || None || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1991 || 24-31-0 || .436 || Kevin Cooney || None || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1992 || 27-27-0 || .500 || Kevin Cooney || None || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1993 || 41-17-0 || .707 || Kevin Cooney || NCAA South Regional || D-II Independent
|- align="center"
| 1994 || 31-23-0 || .574 || Kevin Cooney || None || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 1995 || 27-31-0 || .466 || Kevin Cooney || None || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 1996 || 39-23-0 || .629 || Kevin Cooney || None || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 1997 || 32-24-0 || .571 || Kevin Cooney || None || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 1998 || 29-30-0 || .492 || Kevin Cooney || None || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 1999 || 54-9-0 || .857 || Kevin Cooney || Atlantic Sun Conference Champions
NCAA Regional || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2000 || 43-19-0 || .694 || Kevin Cooney || NCAA Regional || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2001 || 36-24-0 || .600 || Kevin Cooney || None || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2002 || 46-21-0 || .687 || Kevin Cooney || NCAA Super Regional || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2003 || 47-16-0 || .746 || Kevin Cooney || Atlantic Sun Conference Champions
NCAA Regional || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2004 || 47-17-0 || .734 || Kevin Cooney || Atlantic Sun Conference Champions
NCAA Regional || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2005 || 37-24-0 || .607 || Kevin Cooney || NCAA Regional || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2006 || 30-28-0 || .517 || Kevin Cooney || None || Atlantic Sun
|- align="center"
| 2007 || 36-22-0 || .621 || Kevin Cooney || None || Sun Belt
|- align="center"
| 2008 || 32-27-1 || .533 || Kevin Cooney || None || Sun Belt
|- align="center"
| 2009 || 29-24-0 || .547 || John McCormack || None || Sun Belt
|- align="center"
| 2010 || 33-20-0 || .623 || John McCormack || Sun Belt Conference Champions
NCAA Regional || Sun Belt
|- align="center"
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| Total
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| 1078-631-7
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| .628
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| 3 coaches
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| Total
!bgcolor="#CE2029"| Total
|}

Postseason Records

Florida Atlantic is 11-18 all-time in NCAA Division I postseason history (11-16 all-time in NCAA Regionals and 0-2 in NCAA Super Regionals).

1999

NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, FL)

Miami Hurricanes
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

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Florida Atlantic Blue Wave
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
FIU Golden Panthers
Florida International University
Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Bethune-Cookman College
Bethune-Cookman University or B-CU is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida.- History :Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School in 1904...

FAU goes 2-2 and is eliminated by Miami.

2000

NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, FL)

Miami Hurricanes
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

(host)
Florida Atlantic Blue Wave
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
FIU Golden Panthers
Florida International University
Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...
Wagner College Seahawks
Wagner College
Wagner College is a private, co-educational, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 total students located atop Grymes Hill in New York City's borough of Staten Island...

FAU goes 1-2 and is eliminated by FIU.

2002

NCAA Regional (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Alabama Crimson Tide
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....

(host)
Auburn Tigers
Auburn University
Auburn University is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama, United States. With more than 25,000 students and 1,200 faculty members, it is one of the largest universities in the state. Auburn was chartered on February 7, 1856, as the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts...
Florida Atlantic Blue Wave
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
Southeast Missouri State Indians
Southeast Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University, is a public, accredited university located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, near the banks of the Mississippi River. The institution, having started as a normal school, has a traditional strength in teacher education...

FAU goes 3-1 and clinches Regional Championship by defeating Alabama in the Championship Game, 6-5.

NCAA Super Regional (Atlanta, GA)

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...

(host)
Florida Atlantic Blue Wave
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...

FAU is eliminated by Georgia Tech, 2 games to 0.

2003

NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, FL)

Miami Hurricanes
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

(host)
Florida Gators
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
Florida Atlantic Blue Wave
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
Bethune-Cookman College
Bethune-Cookman University or B-CU is a private historically black university in Daytona Beach, Florida.- History :Mary McLeod Bethune founded the Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School in 1904...

FAU goes 1-2 and is eliminated by Florida.

2004

NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, FL)

Miami Hurricanes
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

(host)
Florida Atlantic Blue Wave
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
NC State Wolfpack
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Commonly known as NC State, the university is part of the University of North Carolina system and is a land, sea, and space grant institution...
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University is a private, Franciscan Catholic university, located in Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. It has roughly 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students....

FAU goes 2-2 and is eliminated by Miami.

2005

NCAA Regional (Coral Gables, FL)

Miami Hurricanes
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

(host)
Florida Atlantic Blue Wave
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
VCU Rams
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Mississippi State University
The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

FAU goes 1-2 and is eliminated by Mississippi State.

2010

NCAA Regional (Gainesville, FL)

Florida Gators
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...

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Florida Atlantic Owls
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort...
Oregon State Beavers
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats

FAU goes 2-2 and is eliminated by University of Florida

Owls in the majors

Florida Atlantic Owls to reach Major League Baseball:

Tim Harikkala
Tim Harikkala
Timothy Allan Harikkala is a Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University....

, pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

(1995–2005)
Carmen Cali
Carmen Cali
Carmen Salvatore Cali is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher, who is currently a free agent.Cali graduated in 1997 from Naples High School after lettering and starring four years in both football and baseball. He went on to graduate, and letter in baseball, at Florida Atlantic University.He...

, pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers are members of Major League Baseball's National League West Division. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, New York, where it was known by a number of nicknames before becoming...

(2005–present)
Jeff Fiorentino
Jeff Fiorentino
Jeffrey Philip Fiorentino is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He attended Florida Atlantic University and Nova High School in Davie Florida...

, outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...

for the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...

(2005 present)
Tommy Murphy, outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...

for the Kansas City Royals
Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...

(2006–present)
Mike Crotta, pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the Central Division of the National League, and are five-time World Series Champions...

(2011-present)

Owls in the minors

Florida Atlantic Owls currently playing in Minor League Baseball (as of the 2007 season) who have been selected in the First-Year Player Draft:

Tim McNab, pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

, Double A Binghamton Mets
Binghamton Mets
The Binghamton Mets are a U.S. minor league baseball team based in Binghamton, New York. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets major-league club...

(New York Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...

), 22nd round (2002)
Randy Beam, pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

, Double A Portland Sea Dogs
Portland Sea Dogs
The Portland Sea Dogs are the Double-A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. Established in 1994 and based in Portland, Maine, the Sea Dogs play in the Northern Division of the Eastern League....

(Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

), 18th round (2004)
Matt O'Brien, pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

, High Class A
Florida State League
The Florida State League is a Class A-Advanced minor league baseball league operating in the state of Florida. They are one of three leagues currently operating in Class A-Advanced, the third highest of six classifications of minor leagues...

Lakeland Flying Tigers (Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant...

), 15th round (2005)
Mike McBryde, outfielder
Outfielder
Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in baseball farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder...

, Class A
South Atlantic League
The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league based chiefly in the Southeastern United States, with the exception of three teams in the Mid-Atlantic States...

Augusta GreenJackets
Augusta GreenJackets
The Augusta GreenJackets are a minor league baseball team that plays in Augusta, Georgia, as a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Lake Olmstead Stadium has been the home of the GreenJackets since the 1995 season, although Augusta has fielded a team in the South Atlantic League since 1988...

(San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

), 5th round (2006)
Alex Fonseca, shortstop
Shortstop
Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

, Rooke A
Arizona League
The Arizona League is a minor league baseball league that operates in and around Phoenix, Arizona. It is a rookie-level professional baseball league run by Major League Baseball since 1989. Games are played at the spring training complexes of the team's parent organizations from mid-June until the...

Arizona League Angels (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...

), 36th round (2006)
Mickey Storey, pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

, Rookie A
Arizona League
The Arizona League is a minor league baseball league that operates in and around Phoenix, Arizona. It is a rookie-level professional baseball league run by Major League Baseball since 1989. Games are played at the spring training complexes of the team's parent organizations from mid-June until the...

Arizona League Athletics (Oakland Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

), 31st round (2008)

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