Western Carolina University

• Location: Cullowhee, NC
• Nickname: Catamounts
• Conference: Southern Conference 1977-present; Division-I Independent 1975-1976; Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 1962-1968?; North State Conference 1933-1961
• Ballpark: Childress Field at Hennon Stadium

Stats of MLB players who are school alumni

Western Carolina University was known as Western Carolina Teachers College until 1953 and Western Carolina College until 1967.

Notable Alumni

• Rick Adair, coach
• Ryan Basner, minor league pitcher
• Alan Beck, college coach
• Michael Bender, college coach
• Jason Beverlin, pitcher
• Ron Blackburn, pitcher
• Dave Bristol, manager
• Grant Brittain, scout
• Jared Burton, pitcher
• Mark DiFelice, pitcher
• Al Donovan, college coach
• Radley Haddad, coach
• Rodney Hennon, college coach
• Greg Holland, pitcher
• Eric Johnson, minor league outfielder
• Lon Joyce, scout
• Van Kelly, infielder
• Keith LeClair, minor league outfielder
• Zebby Matthews, pitcher
• Jeff McAvoy, minor league pitcher
• Paul Menhart, pitcher
• Paul O'Neil, college coach
• Dave Pember, pitcher
• Matt Raleigh, minor league player and manager
• Todd Raleigh, college coach
• Jerry Reed, pitcher
• Bryan Sammons, pitcher
• Keith Shumate, college coach
• Tim Sinicki, college coach
• Tom Smith, college coach
• Jeff Sziksai, college coach
• Charles Thomas, outfielder
• Wayne Tolleson, infielder
• Brad Tweedlie, minor league pitcher
• Tyler White, infielder
• Curtis Whitley, minor league pitcher

Coaches

• Jim Gudger, 1951-1960, 1963
• Charles Seeger, 1961-1962
• Ron Blackburn, 1964-1968
• Bill Haywood, 1969-1981
• David Wright (college), 1982
• Jack Leggett, 1983-1991
• Keith LeClair, 1992-1997
• Rodney Hennon, 1998-1999
• Todd Raleigh, 2000-2007
• Bobby Moranda, 2008-2022
• Alan Beck, 2023-present

Assistant Coaches

• Alan Beck, 2005-2006; 2009-2015
• Nate Cocolin, 2016-?
• Bill Currier, 1985-1986
• Bradley LeCroy, 2006-2007
• Todd Raleigh, 1993-1994
• Jeff Sziksai, 2001-2002
• Chris Roberts, 2002-2003
• Paul Menhart, 2003-2005

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965	19-9
1966
1967
1968
1969	11-15
1970	9-12
1971	20-11		NAIA District Tournaments
1972	15-15		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1973	11-9
1974	11-14
1975	15-8-1
1976	16-15
1977	27-5	14-2
1978	20-13-1	8-5
1979	13-15	6-7
1980	22-15	8-5
1981	25-14	12-4
1982	28-12	12-4
1983	25-20	9-5
1984	37-20	13-3	SoCon
1985	37-35	11-6	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1986	33-28	12-5	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1987	36-20	13-3	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1988	38-24	14-3	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1989	23-31	10-5	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1990	37-25	10-7	SoCon
1991	36-26	11-3	SoCon
1992	44-21-1	17-4	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1993	34-28	15-6	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1994	45-18	19-4	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1995	32-24	13-11	SoCon
1996	32-24-1	17-7	SoCon
1997	41-20	18-6	SoCon / CWS Regionals
1998	45-15	20-6	SoCon
1999	36-23	18-10	SoCon
2000	15-38	8-22
2001	30-26	18-11	SoCon
2002	33-23	20-10	SoCon
2003	43-21	22-8	SoCon / CWS Regionals
2004	28-31	12-18	SoCon
2005	33-23	18-12	SoCon
2006	33-27	14-13	SoCon
2007	42-20	20-7	SoCon / CWS Regionals
2008	29-28	14-13	SoCon
2009	35-22	19-10	SoCon
2010	37-21-1	16-13-1	SoCon
2011	23-31-1	12-18	SoCon
2012	32-24	16-14	SoCon
2013	39-20	23-7	SoCon
2014	37-18	20-6	SoCon
2015	21-30	11-13	SoCon
2016	31-31	15-9	SoCon / CWS Regionals
2017	28-28	15-8	SoCon
2018	11-47	5-19	SoCon
2019	21-32	8-16	SoCon
2020	8-8	0-0
2021	28-21	14-11	SoCon
2022	26-31-1	9-11-1	SoCon
2023	21-33	8-12	SoCon
2024	28-26	13-8	SoCon