Vanguard University of Southern California

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MLB players who are alumni

Vanguard University of Southern California has gone to the NAIA World Series twice: 1985, 2015. Vanguard was known as Southern California College until attaining University status in 1999. Southern California College was the first NCAA or NAIA school to use a female pitcher in a college game when Ila Borders took the hill for VU in 1994. The team can be traced back to the 1950s when they began playing once they moved to their current campus.

Southern California College fired its coach near the end of the 1987 season. Rather than hiring an interim coach, the team chose redshirt pitcher Mark Deushane to coach the team the rest of the way. The team then won the District 3 tournament and finished 3rd in the Area tournament. Vanguard announced in July 2023 that they plan on joining the the NCAA DII in the Pacific West Conference starting in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Notable Alumni[edit]

Coaches[edit]


SCC fires coach by mail

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Year-by-Year Record[edit]

Year Overall Record Conference Record Playoffs
1985 45-20-2 NAIA District Tournament / NAIA Area Tournament / NAIA CWS
1986
1987 24-33 11-9 NAIA District Tournament
1988 23-27 14-10
1989 29-19 17-7 NAIA District Tournament
1990 27-22 11-9
1991 25-17 12-3 NAIA District Tournament
1992 25-23-1 11-9 NAIA District Tournament
1993 29-24 11-9 NAIA District Tournament
1994 18-28 8-12
1995 14-35 7-17
1996 12-34 7-17
1997 33-17 15-9
1998 24-23 12-12
1999 19-28 9-19
2000 9-38 4-26
2001 28-21 15-13 NAIA CWS Opening Round
2002 27-26-1 16-12 NAIA CWS Opening Round
2003 24-26 13-15
2004 13-35 6-22
2005 13-32 9-21
2006 22-22 9-21
2007 20-25 15-21
2008 17-31 8-28
2009 19-28 13-23
2010 34-20 22-14 NAIA CWS Opening Round
2011 22-26 16-20
2012 23-21 13-19
2013 23-26 15-21
2014 33-23 21-15 NAIA CWS Opening Round
2015 39-22 27-15 NAIA CWS Opening Round / NAIA CWS
2016 40-17-1 22-8 NAIA CWS Opening Round
2017 32-23 19-11
2018 28-25-1 22-14
2019 31-20 17-15
2020 21-6 9-3
2021 40-16 22-10 NAIA CWS Opening Round
2022 44-15 23-9 NAIA CWS Opening Round
2023 35-18 15-9 NAIA CWS Opening Round