Pepperdine University

• Location: Malibu, CA
• Nickname: Waves
• Conference: West Coast Conference 1985-present; Southern California Baseball Association 1977-1984; West Coast Athletic Conference 1968-1976; California Collegiate Athletic Association ?-1954; California Intercollegiate Baseball Association 1943
• Ballpark: Eddy D. Field Stadium

College World Series Appearances: 2 1979 & 1992

College World Series title in 1992

Opened in 1937, Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College until 1971. The school has sponsored baseball since 1939, except in 1943.

Notable Alumni

• Pat Ahearne, pitcher
• Scott Alexander, pitcher
• Bill Bathe, catcher
• Brad Bierley, minor league outfielder
• Bill Blanchette, minor league pitcher
• Don Carlsen, pitcher
• Perry Castellano, strength and conditioning coach
• Ryan Christenson, outfielder
• Billy Cook, outfielder
• Frank Cruz, college coach
• Chase d'Arnaud, infielder
• Shan Deniston, minor league catcher; umpire
• Jason Dietrich, minor league pitcher
• Jason Dominguez, minor league pitcher
• Barry Enright, pitcher
• Kevin Estrada, minor league infielder
• Paul Faries, infielder
• Mike Fetters, pitcher
• Orv Franchuk, minor league manager
• Danny Garcia, infielder
• Cade Gaspar, minor league pitcher
• Mike Gates, infielder
• Nick Gaudi, minor league pitcher
• Jay Gehrke, minor league pitcher
• Gunnar Groen, minor league pitcher
• Danny Haren, pitcher
• Bob Helsom, minor league outfielder
• Rick Hirtensteiner, minor league outfielder
• Gail Hopkins, infielder
• Matt Howard, infielder
• Brian Humphries, minor league outfielder
• Brett Hunter, minor league pitcher
• Torrey Jacoby, drafted player
• Damon Katz, minor league infielder
• Dennis Konrady, minor league catcher
• Chad Kreuter, catcher
• Pete Kuld, minor league catcher
• Jalal Leach, outfielder
• Mark Lee, pitcher
• Chet Lemon, outfielder
• Noah Lowry, pitcher
• Easton Lucas, pitcher
• Scott Marrett, minor league pitcher
• Dave Matranga, infielder
• Keith McDonald, catcher
• Alex Mejía, infielder
• Steve Montgomery, pitcher
• Jon Moscot, pitcher
• Hutton Moyer, minor league infielder
• Jeff Nelson, umpire
• David Newhan, outfielder
• Will Ohman, pitcher
• Adrian Ortiz, minor league outfielder
• Jeff Pearce, minor league outfielder/pitcher
• Rob Picciolo, infielder
• Ryan Radmanovich, outfielder
• Wally Ritchie, pitcher
• Steve Rodriguez, infielder
• Dane Sardinha, catcher
• Duke Sardinha, minor league infielder
• John Scolinos, minor league infielder and college coach
• Mike Scott, pitcher
• Chris Sheff, minor league outfielder
• Doug Simons, pitcher
• Steve Smith, minor league infielder
• Andy Stankiewicz, infielder
• Bryce Stowell, minor league pitcher
• Travis Tartamella, catcher
• Eric Thames, infielder
• Billy Thomas, Philippines national team coach
• Jason Thompson, infielder
• Chad Tracy, minor league catcher/infielder
• Mark Tracy, minor league infielder
• Dennis Twombley, minor league catcher
• Eric Valenzuela, college coach
• Zach Vincej, infielder
• Derek Wallace, pitcher
• Mark Wasikowski, college coach
• Charlie Welch, minor league catcher
• Matt Wise, pitcher
• Randy Wolf, pitcher
• Danny Worth, infielder
• Selwyn Young, minor league infielder
• Cody Yount, minor league infielder

Coaches

• Wade Ruby, 1939
• Benny Lefebvre, 1940-1941
• Maurice Ruby, 1942
• Shan Deniston, 1944
• Clarence Shaffer, 1945
• John Scolinos 1946-1960
• Gary Marks 1963-1967
• Gail Hopkins 1968
• Wayne Wright 1969-1976
• Bob Zuber 1977-1978
• Dave Gorrie 1979-1988
• Andy Lopez 1989-1994
• Pat Harrison 1995-1996
• Frank Sanchez 1997-2003
• Steve Rodriguez 2004-2015
• Rick Hirtensteiner, 2016-2024
• Tyler LaTorre, 2025-present

Assistant Coaches

• Rolando Garza, 2016-2019
• Dan Hubbs, 1999
• Cole Mahoney-Bruer, 2023-
• Bill Springman, 1989-1993
• Danny Worth, 2019-

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1939	8-10
1940	5-9
1941	5-9
1942	4-8
1944	2-10
1945	9-4
1946	17-8
1947	18-16
1948	17-14
1949	12-9
1950	22-18
1951	23-15
1952	11-15
1953	15-16
1954	17-10
1955	19-12		CWS District Tournaments
1956	15-13-1
1957	19-14-1		CWS District Tournaments
1958	16-17
1959	13-20
1960	26-12		CWS District Tournaments
1961	12-19
1962	17-15
1963	26-8
1964	11-25
1965	17-17
1966	12-25-1
1967	9-21
1968	8-29	6-14
1969	9-31-1	3-17
1970	20-22	9-12
1971	20-24	8-13
1972	24-17	11-7
1973	17-28	7-11
1974	38-12	15-3	CWS District Tournaments
1975	37-13	14-2	CWS Regionals
1976	29-19-1	16-2	CWS Regionals
1977	23-27-2	12-11-1
1978	36-18-2	20-8
1979	53-18	19-9	CWS Regionals / CWS
1980	30-25-2	17-11
1981	31-25	14-14
1982	46-21-1	21-7	CWS Regionals
1983	33-20-1	15-13
1984	41-21	16-12
1985	52-15-1	20-4	CWS Regionals
1986	38-21-2	19-5	CWS Regionals
1987	48-12-3	22-2	CWS Regionals
1988	37-24-1	19-4-1	CWS Regionals
1989	41-19-1	20-4	CWS Regionals
1990	37-23	24-12
1991	41-17-1	25-10	CWS Regionals
1992	48-11-1	23-4	CWS Regionals / CWS
1993	41-17	24-6	CWS Regionals
1994	33-20	20-10
1995	36-19-1	23-3-1	CWS Regionals
1996	33-19	19-6
1997	34-25	20-8
1998	32-22	21-9
1999	46-16	21-9	WCC / CWS Regionals
2000	36-23	22-8	WCC
2001	42-18	25-5	WCC / CWS Regionals
2002	31-32	18-12	WCC
2003	36-25	23-7	WCC / CWS Regionals
2004	30-32	19-11	WCC / CWS Regionals
2005	41-23	21-9	WCC / CWS Regionals
2006	42-21	15-6	WCC / CWS Regionals
2007	35-22	14-7	CWS Regionals
2008	38-21	14-6	WCC / CWS Regionals
2009	31-23	12-9
2010	24-30	12-9
2011	22-34	7-14
2012	36-23	16-8	CWS Regionals
2013	27-24	13-11
2014	43-18	18-9	WCC / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2015	32-29	17-10	WCC / CWS Regionals
2016	29-24	16-11	WCC
2017	20-32	8-19
2018	31-24	17-10	WCC
2019	24-24	14-13
2020	12-3	0-0
2021	20-25	12-15
2022	24-26	12-15
2023	19-30	8-19
2024	15-38	9-15	WCC