Valparaiso University

• Location: Valparaiso, IN
• Nickname: Beacons (Crusaders until 2021, Uhlans until 1941)
• Conference: Missouri Valley Conference 2018-present; Horizon League 2008-2017; Mid-Continent Conference 1991-2007; Association of Mid-Continent Universities 1984-1990; Heartland Collegiate Conference 1979-1983; Indiana Collegiate Conference 1951-1978; Indiana Intercollegiate Conference -1950
• Ballpark: Emory G. Bauer Field

Players who went here

Valparaiso University was established in 1859 and was known as Valparaiso College from 1900 until gaining university status in 1906.

Coaches

• George Keogan, 1920-1921
• Donald Warnke, 1946-1953
• Emory Bauer, 1954-1981
• Rick Ferchen, 1982-1987
• Paul Twenge, 1988-2006
• Tracy Woodson, 2007-2013
• Brian Schmack, 2014-present

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1916	4-0
1917	2-0
1918	2-1
1919	0-1
1920	7-4-1
1921	7-5
1922	7-4
1923	10-1
1924	4-4-1
1925	3-5
1926	3-4
1927	1-5
1928	0-4
1929
1930	6-3
1931	9-3
1942	7-6
1946	4-6
1947	9-8	1-3
1948	14-10	8-0
1949	7-8	3-2
1950	9-7
1951	10-5	4-2
1952	10-4	6-2
1953	8-6	7-1
1954	5-7	5-5
1955	8-2	7-1
1956	11-4	8-0
1957	3-6	3-5
1958	14-5	9-3	CWS District Tournaments
1959	12-7	10-2
1960	11-4	9-1
1961	10-7	6-3
1962	12-8	7-5
1963	14-8	10-2	CWS District Tournaments
1964	11-9-1	8-3-1
1965	11-11	6-4
1966	16-7	9-3	CWS District Tournaments
1967	15-8	9-2	CWS District Tournaments
1968	17-5	12-0	CWS District Tournaments
1969	18-4	7-1	Division II Regionals
1970	11-9	7-1
1971	15-7	9-3
1972	14-9	9-1	Division II Regionals
1973	6-15	3-7
1974	17-10	9-3	Division II Regionals
1975	12-9	5-5
1976	20-10	8-2	Division II Regionals
1977	21-14	6-4
1978	10-19	2-9
1979	16-16	3-2
1980	16-15	3-2
1981	13-10-1	2-2
1982	15-27-3	3-1
1983	18-21	1-2
1984	26-20-1		AMCU
1985	35-21-1	5-3	AMCU
1986	22-25-1	4-7
1987	31-23-2	8-4	AMCU
1988	14-40-1	6-5	AMCU
1989	14-32-1	3-8
1990	20-35	3-7
1991	20-39-2	7-8	Mid-Con
1992	19-30	11-11
1993	12-39-1	8-12	Mid-Con
1994	20-35	9-15
1995	23-29	10-14
1996	18-29	9-11
1997	20-31	6-14
1998	31-23-1	13-9	Mid-Con
1999	30-27	12-8	Mid-Con
2000	14-42-1	10-17	Mid-Con
2001	28-29	14-10	Mid-Con
2002	15-32-1	7-9	Mid-Con
2003	22-33-1	9-11	Mid-Con
2004	20-34	11-13
2005	21-31	10-12
2006	17-34	9-14
2007	22-34	10-10	Mid-Con
2008	21-35	8-13	Horizon
2009	28-24	12-11	Horizon
2010	24-32	9-10	Horizon
2011	25-32	14-10	Horizon
2012	35-25	22-8	Horizon / CWS Regionals
2013	32-28	13-11	Horizon / CWS Regionals
2014	25-28	12-12	Horizon
2015	22-31	15-14	Horizon
2016	30-28	17-12	Horizon
2017	24-29	13-15	Horizon
2018	19-34	6-15	MVC
2019	14-36	6-15	MVC
2020	2-14	0-0
2021	16-35	9-19	MVC
2022	16-32	5-15	MVC
2023	20-27	10-17	MVC
2024	14-38	6-21