Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles baseball

American college baseball team

NCAA Tournament champions2010, 2014College World Series appearances2007, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018NCAA Tournament appearances1979, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018Conference tournament champions1983, 1985, 1993, 2010Regular season conference champions1992, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016^[2]

The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles baseball program represents the University of Southern Indiana in the NCAA's Division I level. They have won the Division II Tournament national championship twice. The Screaming Eagles play their home games at USI Baseball Field and are coached by Tracy Archuleta.^[3]

History

Southern Indiana won NCAA Division II baseball championships in both 2010 and 2014. It also reached the Division II College World Series in 2007, 2016, and 2018. The program won four Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) tournament championships, in 1983, 1985, 1993, and 2010, along with eight GLVC regular-season championships.

The program transitioned to NCAA Division I beginning with the 2023 season. In their first DI season, the Eagles went 17-38 and finished 8th in the Ohio Valley Conference, qualifying for the conference tournament by a half game over Lindenwood. The Eagles were eliminated in the OVC play-in round by a 5-4 loss to Eastern Illinois, who went on to win the OVC championship.

Facility

The Screaming Eagles play at the 500-seat USI Baseball Field on the south side of the university's campus.

USI hosted the 2012, 2013, and 2014 GLVC baseball tournaments, with games played at both USI Baseball Field and Evansville's larger Bosse Field.

Major League Baseball

Southern Indiana has had 7 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.^[4]

Screaming Eagles in the Major League Baseball Draft

Year	Player	Round	Team
1994	Kevin Brown	2	Rangers
1995	Todd Niemeier	36	Mariners
2007	Darin Mastroianni	16	Blue Jays
2008	Jeremy Kehrt	47	Red Sox
2011	Taylor Dennis	34	Rangers
2017	Justin Watts	37	Blue Jays
2018	Logan Brown	35	Braves

References

^ University of Southern Indiana Athletic Brand Standards Guide (PDF). Retrieved December 30, 2022.
^ "University of Southern Indiana Athletics – Baseball Record Book". Gousieagles.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
^ "University Of Southern Indiana Athletics – Baseball Statistics". Gousieagles.com. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Southern Indiana (Evansville, IN)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.