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Grambling State Tigers baseball

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Grambling State Tigers
2024 Grambling State Tigers baseball team
Founded1936 (1936)
UniversityGrambling State University
Head coachDavin Pierre (3rd season)
ConferenceSWAC
West Division
LocationGrambling, Louisiana
Home stadiumWilbert Ellis Field at Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Park
(Capacity: 1,100)
NicknameTigers
ColorsBlack, gold, and red[1]
     
NCAA Tournament appearances
1983, 1984, 1985, 2010, 2024
Conference tournament champions
2010, 2024
Regular season conference champions
1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2010

The Grambling State Tigers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana, U.S.[2] The team is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Wilbert Ellis Field at Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones Park in Grambling, Louisiana. The Tigers are coached by Davin Pierre.

The program was founded by Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, who served as the team's first head coach.[3]

A Tigers baseball player during a game in 2009

Grambling State in the NCAA Tournament

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Year Record Pct Notes
1983 0–2 .000 Central Regional
1984 0–2 .000 Midwest Regional
1985 0–2 .000 Central Regional
2010 0–2 .000 Fayetteville Regional
2024 0–2 .000 Bryan-College Station Regional
TOTALS
0–10 .000

Major League Baseball

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Grambling State has had 50 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Grambling State University Logos and Marks (PDF). July 14, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  2. ^ "Grambling State Tigers". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
  3. ^ "Double Time". The News-Star. 18 August 2005. p. 15.
  4. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Grambling State University (Grambling, LA)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
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