Steve Anson

Steve Anson

• School Kansas State University

• Born January 30, 1954 in Princeton, IN USA
• Died June 22, 2014 in Grantville, KS USA

Biographical Information

Steve Anson has been a longtime college coach. Anson won the Big Eight Conference batting championship in 1974 with a .439 mark. He retired with the Kansas State University record with 19 triples. He was head coach at Wayne State College in 1979, going 23-22. He then became head coach at Washburn University of Topeka and went 714-639 in his first 29 seasons. In 2007, he became the 26th coach in NCAA Division II to top 700 wins.

Anson died at home in a tree-trimming accident on June 22, 2014.

Steve Anson obituary

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1979	Wayne State College	23-22		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1980	Washburn University	10-20
1981	Washburn University	13-15
1982	Washburn University	10-21-1
1983	Washburn University	26-14
1984	Washburn University	26-18		NAIA District Tournaments
1985	Washburn University	33-20		NAIA District Tournaments
1986	Washburn University	36-20		NAIA District Tournaments
1987	Washburn University	36-17		NAIA District Tournaments
1988	Washburn University	37-23		NAIA District Tournaments
1989	Washburn University	31-27-1		NAIA District Tournaments
1990	Washburn University	30-19-1	8-6	NAIA District Tournaments
1991	Washburn University	25-22	7-2
1992	Washburn University	16-27	2-7
1993	Washburn University	7-19	4-10
1994	Washburn University	37-13	13-6
1995	Washburn University	27-19	10-10
1996	Washburn University	29-24	8-10
1997	Washburn University	25-23	11-10
1998	Washburn University	22-20	12-12
1999	Washburn University	26-17	12-10
2000	Washburn University	37-21	21-9
2001	Washburn University	22-25	17-13	MIAA
2002	Washburn University	16-32	10-23
2003	Washburn University	21-27	13-17
2004	Washburn University	26-23	15-15
2005	Washburn University	23-31	10-21
2006	Washburn University	29-25	16-12	MIAA
2007	Washburn University	21-28	15-21
2008	Washburn University	17-29	12-24
2009	Washburn University	23-27	16-20
2010	Washburn University	21-23	18-20
2011	Washburn University	22-28	20-23	MIAA
2012	Washburn University	27-24	22-18	MIAA
2013	Washburn University	11-33	9-32
2014	Washburn University	26-24	22-18	MIAA