Austin Peay State University

• Location: Clarksville, TN
• Nickname: Governors
• Conference: Atlantic Sun Conference 2023- ; Ohio Valley Conference 1963-2022
• Ballpark: Raymond C. Hand Park

MLB players who went here

Austin Peay State University competed as a two-year school in the Volunteer State Athletic Association from 1948 to 1962, before moving up to four-year competition in 1963. Overall the school has sponsored baseball in 1931-1939, 1948-1951, and 1953 to the present. It was previously known as the Southwestern Presbyterian College.

Alumni

• Chuck Abbott, minor league infielder
• Gene Baker, college coach
• Jared Carkuff, minor league pitcher
• A.J. Ellis, catcher
• George Fisher, minor league player and manager
• Cam Hamsley, college coach
• Rowdy Hardy, minor league pitcher
• Ryne Harper, pitcher
• Will Hawks, minor league coach
• Shawn Kelley, pitcher
• Kevin Kocks, college coach
• Tyler Marik, college coach
• Craig Massoni, minor league infielder
• Billy Merkel, scout
• George Ogilvie, college coach
• Pat O'Sullivan, minor league infielder
• Matt Reynolds, pitcher
• Tyler Rogers, pitcher
• George Sherrill, pitcher
• Aaron Sledd, minor league outfielder
• Jack Snodgrass, minor league pitcher
• Jimmy Stewart, outfielder
• Stuffy Stewart, outfielder
• Rick Strickland, minor league outfielder, coach
• Daniel Tenholder, minor league pitcher
• Greg Tubbs, outfielder
• Jamie Walker, pitcher
• Jack Zduriencik, General Manager
• Thomas Zmudosky, minor league pitcher

Coaches

• Scott Alden, 1931-1932
• Halbert Harvill, 1933-1936
• Fred T. Brown, 1937-1939
• Leon Sandifer, 1948-1950, 1955-1969
• Don Gray, 1951, 1953-54
• Tom Wonderling, 1970-1972
• Joe Ellenburg, 1973-1980
• Joe Baxter, 1981-1984
• Billy Merkel, 1985-1987
• Gary McClure, 1988-2015
• Travis Janssen, 2016-2022
• Roland Fanning, 2023-present

Assistant Coaches

• Grayson Crawford, 2019
• Larry Owens, 1998-1999

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1948
1949
1950
1951
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962	13-2	2-0
1963	7-6	4-4
1964	6-13	4-8
1965	5-12
1966	8-7	5-4
1967	5-12	3-9
1968	6-14	1-7
1969	7-12	1-9
1970	15-20	2-8
1971	38-12	3-1	OVC
1972	21-26
1973	22-24	5-6
1974	20-26	3-9
1975	22-14	5-7
1976	25-25-1	3-7
1977	27-17-1	7-5
1978	19-19-2	5-6-1
1979	23-24	11-6	OVC
1980	16-25	4-9
1981	4-44	7-5	OVC
1982	19-27	2-14
1983	11-29	1-11
1984	18-21-1	7-4	OVC
1985	18-30-1	7-5	OVC
1986	19-34-2	4-8
1987	15-32	6-12
1988	23-26	10-12
1989	32-25-1	10-7	OVC
1990	31-25	6-8	OVC
1991	15-37-1	6-11
1992	29-28-1	14-7	OVC
1993	30-22	13-8
1994	27-31	12-6	OVC
1995	24-32	9-12
1996	44-22	13-7	OVC / CWS Regionals
1997	28-31	14-10	OVC
1998	23-32	9-15
1999	29-27	13-10	OVC
2000	32-27	14-10	OVC
2001	32-30	9-12	OVC
2002	30-27	12-9	OVC
2003	27-27-1	14-5-1	OVC
2004	35-21	20-7	OVC
2005	38-24	16-11	OVC / CWS Regionals
2006	32-27	14-13	OVC
2007	40-22	19-8	OVC / CWS Regionals
2008	27-29	14-12	OVC
2009	22-30	7-12
2010	28-25	8-13
2011	34-24	17-6	OVC / CWS Regionals
2012	40-24	19-7	OVC / CWS Regionals
2013	47-15	22-7	OVC / CWS Regionals
2014	23-33	14-16
2015	25-26	15-15
2016	34-23	21-9	OVC
2017	28-30	13-16	OVC
2018	30-27	17-13	OVC
2019	32-25	19-11	OVC
2020	7-10	1-2
2021	23-33	16-14	OVC
2022	19-37	10-14	OVC
2023	26-32	15-15	A-Sun
2024	36-21	20-10	A-Sun