Eastern Kentucky University

• Location: Richmond, KY
• Nickname: Colonels
• Conference: Atlantic Sun Conference 2022- ; Ohio Valley Conference 1949-2021
• Ballpark: Turkey Hughes Field

Stats of MLB players who are school alumni

Eastern Kentucky University was known as Eastern Kentucky State College until 1966.

Notable Alumni

• Win Ballou, pitcher
• Richard Bancells, trainer
• Tyler Barnett, minor league infielder
• Blake Barthol, minor league catcher
• Brandon Berger, outfielder
• Michael Brewer, minor league pitcher
• Al Clark, umpire
• Earle Combs, outfielder; Hall of Fame
• Christian Correa, minor league catcher
• Mike Croley, college coach
• Buddy Custer, college coach
• Scott Earl, infielder
• Steve Engel, pitcher
• Luis Escobar, Colombian national team outfielder
• Christian Friedrich, pitcher
• Erik Hagen, college coach
• Clyde Hatter, pitcher
• Sam Holbrook, umpire
• Jon Hooker, minor league pitcher
• Kevin Kocks, college coach
• Frank Kremblas, minor league infielder and manager
• AJ Lewis, minor league utility player
• Pat Lightle, college coach
• John Lorms, minor league catcher
• Bobby Moore, outfielder
• Demetrius Moorer, minor league outfielder
• Bobby Moranda, college coach
• Ron Pezzoni, minor league outfielder
• Tom Riginos, college coach
• Michael Schneider, minor league catcher
• Jason Stein, college coach
• Charley Taylor, minor league pitcher and coach
• Gene Walter, pitcher
• Jim Ward, college coach

Coaches

• George Hembree, 1925-1927, 1930, 1936
• George "Turkey" Hughes, 1949?-1970
• Jack Hissom, 1971-1979
• Jim Ward, 1980-2001
• Elvis Dominguez, 2002-2008
• Jason Stein, 2009-2015
• Edwin Thompson, 2016-2020
• Chris Prothro, 2021-present

Assistant Coaches

• Tyler Anderson, 2022-
• Shaun Cole, 2019-2020
• Christian Correa, 2021-2022
• Greg Guilliams
• Pat Lightle, 1985
• Bobby Moranda, 1987-1989
• Tom Riginos, 1992-1993
• Nic Wilson, 2019

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1925	6-4
1926	4-8
1927	8-6
1928
1929
1930	6-5
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936	6-2-2
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949	13-5
1950
1951	10-10
1952
1953	9-8
1954
1955	6-6
1956
1957
1958	12-7
1959
1960	11-6-2
1961
1962	12-9	5-4	OVC
1963	12-12	6-6
1964	6-14	4-7
1965	15-15	8-4	OVC
1966	17-10	9-3	OVC
1967	19-10	7-4	OVC
1968	12-8	5-3
1969	13-9	5-7
1970	17-11	7-5
1971	12-12	6-11	OVC
1972	20-12
1973	25-25	3-8
1974	24-24-2	6-6
1975	24-22-1	6-5-1	OVC
1976	14-12-1	3-8-1
1977	10-19	3-9
1978	11-15-1	2-8
1979	11-19	6-11
1980	11-20	5-10
1981	37-21-1	5-6-1	OVC
1982	30-12	7-1	OVC
1983	23-16-1	7-5	OVC
1984	30-19	13-4	OVC / CWS Regionals
1985	42-29	13-5	OVC / CWS Regionals
1986	33-23	10-7	OVC / CWS Regionals
1987	29-17	11-2	OVC
1988	34-22	9-1	OVC
1989	39-19-1	14-2	OVC / CWS Regionals
1990	42-15	15-3	OVC
1991	26-28	10-8	OVC
1992	22-30	11-10	OVC
1993	22-26	13-7	OVC
1994	25-26	10-10
1995	28-25	12-8	OVC
1996	21-32	10-11	OVC
1997	20-36	10-14	OVC
1998	24-29-1	12-12	OVC
1999	35-25	14-10	OVC
2000	30-27	18-6	OVC
2001	25-31	8-12	OVC
2002	15-40	9-11
2003	24-29	8-11	OVC
2004	34-17	15-11	OVC
2005	26-31	14-12	OVC
2006	29-26	16-10	OVC
2007	24-29-1	12-12	OVC
2008	26-27-1	12-15
2009	27-24	10-13
2010	28-27	9-12	OVC
2011	21-36	11-13	OVC
2012	31-23	19-7	OVC
2013	23-34	16-13	OVC
2014	24-31	12-18
2015	21-29	12-17
2016	24-31	13-17
2017	24-32	10-20
2018	30-31	15-15	OVC
2019	32-27	16-14	OVC
2020	12-2	0-0
2021	21-32	13-17
2022	38-20	20-10	A-Sun
2023	29-30	15-15	A-Sun