Delta State University

• Location: Cleveland, MS
• Nickname: Statesmen
• Conference: Gulf South Conference 1972-present
• Division: II
• Ballpark:

Division-II College World Series title in 2004

Division-II College World Series runner-up in 1968, 1978

Players who went here

Delta State University was known as Delta State Teachers College until 1955 and Delta State College until 1974. Delta State has produced 11 major leaguers. through 2025. The one with the most major league at-bats is Barry Lyons.

People who went here

• Ryan Bukvich, pitcher
• Bubba Cates , college coach
• Stew Cliburn, pitcher
• Mark Conkin, scout
• Joe DiFabio, minor league pitcher
• Andy Dillard, minor league infielder
• Dylan Farley, Hoofdklasse pitcher
• Trent Giambrone, infielder
• Greg Goff, college coach
• John Grisham, author
• Joe Gunkel, NPB pitcher
• Dusty Hughes, pitcher
• Mike Kinnison, college coach
• Brent Leach, pitcher
• Barry Lyons, catcher
• Bill Marchant, college coach
• Edwin Maysonet, infielder
• Jim Miles, pitcher
• Matt Miller, pitcher
• Bart Osborne, college coach
• Christian Ostrander, college coach
• Jimbo Pinnix, minor league infielder
• Dan Purvis, college coach
• Rick Shackle, minor league pitcher
• Jud Thigpen, minor league outfielder
• Eddie Tucker, catcher
• Eli Whiteside, catcher

Coaches

• Henry Allen, 1933-1934
• Herman Zimoski, 1935-1936
• A.D. Dickson, 1937-1938
• Forest Wyatt, 1938, 1948
• Gene Chadwick, 1949-1959
• Boo Ferriss, 1960-1966, 1970-1988
• Don Ward, 1967-1969
• Bill Marchant, 1989-1996
• Mike Kinnison, 1997-2019
• Rodney Batts, 2020-present

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1933	4-7
1934	1-4
1935	1-5
1936	1-6
1937	3-7
1938	8-7-1
1948	9-7
1949	2-6
1950	11-7
1951	5-7
1952	2-3
1953	8-5
1954	8-7
1955	3-3
1956	4-12
1957	4-9
1958	9-4
1959	10-3
1960	12-4
1961	10-6
1962	11-9-2
1963	10-11
1964	8-10
1965	15-8
1966	14-13
1967	19-12
1968	20-22-1		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1969	23-8		Division II Regionals
1970	10-20-1
1971	16-16
1972	21-14
1973	19-10	3-5
1974	30-15	10-7
1975	25-16	8-6	Division II Regionals
1976	23-17-1	6-6
1977	41-17	12-5	Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1978	43-19	14-4	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1979	32-20	12-6	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
1980	26-12	7-5	Division II Regionals
1981	42-17-1	5-5	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
1982	41-19	7-1	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1983	17-19-1	3-6
1984	33-16-1	10-3	Gulf South
1985	38-20-1	8-3-1	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
1986	29-24	8-5	Gulf South
1987	29-22	11-5	Gulf South
1988	44-13	13-1	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
1989	28-17	14-2	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
1990	33-14	9-7
1991	33-12	11-2	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
1992	28-26	9-7	Gulf South
1993	23-22-1	6-11
1994	45-13	19-4	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
1995	40-15	19-5	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
1996	53-8	15-1	Gulf South / Division II Regionals Division II CWS
1997	36-20	12-4	Gulf South
1998	39-12	12-5	Gulf South
1999	41-12	11-3	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2000	48-12	13-3	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2001	50-11	19-2	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2002	50-8	20-2	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2003	52-10	28-4	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2004	54-11	19-3	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2005	52-10	19-4	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2006	37-17	20-4	Gulf South
2007	45-16	16-5	Gulf South Division II Regionals
2008	48-11	17-1	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2009	38-16	18-3	Gulf South
2010	34-16-1	13-7	Gulf South
2011	30-19	14-6	Gulf South
2012	49-15	17-6	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2013	44-11-1	19-4-1	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2014	38-13	24-5	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2015	25-18	15-10	Gulf South
2016	42-17	25-10	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2017	45-13	25-8	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2018	42-11	23-5	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2019	42-14	20-9	Gulf South / Division II Regionals / Division II Super Regionals
2020	13-10	6-6
2021	28-20	21-14	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2022	32-17	20-7	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2023	27-26	14-15	Gulf South
2024	33-23	20-12	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2025	33-20	23-10	Gulf South / Division II Regionals
2026	32-23	20-13	Gulf South / Division II Regionals