Liberty Flames baseball

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Liberty Flames baseball
Liberty Flames wordmark.svg
Founded1974 (1974)
UniversityLiberty University
Head coachScott Jackson (6th season)
ConferenceASUN
LocationLynchburg, Virginia
Home stadiumLiberty Baseball Stadium
(Capacity: 2,500)
NicknameFlames
ColorsBlue, white, and red[1]
     
NCAA Tournament appearances
1993, 1998, 2000, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021
Conference tournament champions
Big South: 2013
Atlantic Sun: 2019
Conference champions
Atlantic Sun: 2021

The Liberty Flames baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.[2] The team is a member of the ASUN Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Liberty's first baseball team was fielded in 1974. The team plays its home games at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Flames are coached by Scott Jackson.[3] The team colors are red, white and blue.[4]

Year-by-year results[]

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Records unavailable (1974–2005)
Big South Conference (2006–2018)
2006[5] Matt Royer 39–21 13–11
2007[6] Matt Royer 36–25 14–7
2008[7] Jim Toman 35–26–1 14–7
2009[8] Jim Toman 33–21 17–9
2010[9] Jim Toman 42–19 19–8
2011[10] Jim Toman 35–24 18–9
2012[11] Jim Toman 41–19 14–10
2013[12] Jim Toman 36–29 13–10
2014[13] Jim Toman 41–18 23–3
2015[14] Jim Toman 33–23 16–8
2016[15] Jim Toman 31–28 12–12
2017 Scott Jackson 32–23 16–8 2nd
2018 Scott Jackson 32–26 17–10 3rd
Big South:
ASUN Conference (2019–present)
2019 Scott Jackson 40–19 15–9
2020 Scott Jackson 10–7 Season canceled on March 12 due to Coronavirus pandemic[16]
2021 Scott Jackson 41–16 19–2 1st (North) NCAA Regional
Total:

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Major League Baseball[]

As of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, Liberty has seven[17] former players make it to the majors: Sid Bream, Randy Tomlin, Doug Brady, Lee Guetterman, Josh Rupe, Ian Parmley, and most recently, Ryan Cordell.

Additionally, Liberty has had 64 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[18]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Web Content Team | Web Policy | Liberty University". Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  2. ^ "Liberty Flames". D1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
  3. ^ Robertson, Mark D. (July 18, 2016). "Flames introduce Jackson as head baseball coach". The News & Advance. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "Web Content Team | Web Policy | Liberty University". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  5. ^ "Liberty – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  6. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  7. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  8. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  9. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  10. ^ "Liberty – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  11. ^ "Liberty – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  12. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Statistics". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  13. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  14. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  15. ^ "LIBERTY – Season Schedule". Liberty.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  16. ^ "ASUN Conference Cancels Intercollegiate Competitions for Remainder of Academic Year". Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  17. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/college/schools/profile.asp?T=20403&View=MLB
  18. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Liberty University (Lynchburg, VA)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-06-13.

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