Vanguard University of Southern California

• Location: Costa Mesa, CA
• Nickname: Lions
• Conference: Pacific West Conference 2025- ;Golden State Athletic Conference 1987-2024
• Division: NAIA transitioning to NCAA DII
• Ballpark: Dean Harvey Field

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

• Ila Borders, minor league pitcher
• Chad Chop, coach
• DeWayne Coleman, minor league pitcher
• Jim Dedrick, pitcher
• Tim Fortugno, pitcher
• Sammy Hackl, Austrian national team catcher
• Sean Isaac, minor league coach
• Erik Komatsu, outfielder
• Jordan Oseguera, minor league pitcher
• Rob Pegg, college coach
• José Rojas, infielder
• Alec Rosales, Philippines national team outfielder
• Nikko Tountas, Greek national team catcher-infielder

Coaches

• Fred Keener, 1975-1976
• Doug Adams, 1977-1981, 1988-1989
• Rocky Miniciello, 1982
• Rick Emard, 1983-1985
• Dennis Rogers, 1986
• John Hardin, 1987
• Charlie Phillips, 1990-1995
• Kevin Kasper, 1996-2004
• Scott Mallernee, 2005-2008
• Ralph Grajeda, 2009-2012
• Rob Pegg, 2013-present

SCC fires coach by mail

Assistant Coaches

• Jorge Araiza, 2010-2012
• Jordan Oseguera, 2013-?
• Rob Pegg, 1999-2005?

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Playoffs
1977			NAIA District Tournament
1978			NAIA District Tournament
1979			NAIA District Tournament / NAIA Area Tournament
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984			NAIA District Tournament
1985	45-20-2		NAIA District Tournament / NAIA Area Tournament / NAIA CWS
1986	24-13		NAIA District Tournament
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
2024	26-23	9-15