NCAA Division III Baseball Championship

The Division III Baseball Championships were held in Marietta, OH from 1976 to 1987, Bristol, CT in 1988-1989, Battle Creek, MI from 1990 to 1994, and Salem, VA from 1995 to 1999. From 2000 to 2018 they were held in Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, WI, then moved to Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, IA in 2019 and Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake, OH in 2024. The championship game record attendance of 3,000 was set in 1983 when the host Marietta College defeated Otterbein College.

The tournament was a four-team field from 1976 to 1981 and a six team field from 1982 to 1990. Since 1991 there have been eight teams in the tournament. The tournament has been double elimination since the start.

• See also College World Series, Division-II World Series, and NAIA College World Series

Division-III College World Series Champions

Year	Champion	Coach	Runner-up	Most Outstanding Player	Opening Rounds
1976	Stanislaus State College	Jim Bowen	Ithaca College	Dan Boer	Regionals
1977	Stanislaus State College	Jim Bowen	Brandeis University	Rusty Kuntz	Regionals
1978	Glassboro State College	Michael Briglia	Marietta College	Bob Pfeffer	Regionals
1979	Glassboro State College	Michael Briglia	Stanislaus State College	Tak Upshur	Regionals
1980	Ithaca College	George Valesente	Marietta College	John Nicholo	Regionals
1981	Marietta College	Don Schaly	Ithaca College	John Schaly	Regionals
1982	Eastern Connecticut State College	Bill Holowaty	Stanislaus State College	Jeff Blobaum	Regionals
1983	Marietta College	Don Schaly	Otterbein College	Jim Pancher	Regionals
1984	Ramapo College of New Jersey	Mickey Ennis	Marietta College	Derek Bastinck	Regionals
1985	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Russ Tiedemann	Marietta College	Terry Jorgensen	Regionals
1986	Marietta College	Don Schaly	Ithaca College	Mike Brandts	Regionals
1987	Montclair State University	Kevin Cooney	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	John Deutsch	Regionals
1988	Ithaca College	George Valesente	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Joe Sottolano	Regionals
1989	North Carolina Wesleyan College	Mike Fox	California State University, Stanislaus	James Anderson	Regionals
1990	Eastern Connecticut State University	Bill Holowaty	Aurora University	Brian Mercado	Regionals
1991	University of Southern Maine	Ed Flaherty	Trenton State College	Gary Williamson	Regionals
1992	William Paterson University	Jefrey Albies	California Lutheran University	Ralph Perdomo	Regionals
1993	Montclair State University	Norm Schoenig	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Drew Yocum	Regionals
1994	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Tom Lechnir	Wesleyan University	Tim Jorgensen	Regionals
1995	University of La Verne	Owen Wright	Methodist College	Jeff Polinsky	Regionals
1996	William Paterson University	Jefrey Albies	California Lutheran University	Mark DeMenna	Regionals
1997	University of Southern Maine	Ed Flaherty	College of Wooster	Jason Jensen	Regionals
1998	Eastern Connecticut State University	Bill Holowaty	Montclair State University	Chris D'Amato	Regionals
1999	North Carolina Wesleyan College	Charlie Long	University of St. Thomas (MN)	Barry Blake	Regionals
2000	Montclair State University	Norm Schoenig	University of St. Thomas (MN)	Corey Hamman	Regionals
2001	University of St. Thomas	Dennis Denning	Marietta College	Brad Bonine	Regionals
2002	Eastern Connecticut State University	Bill Holowaty	Marietta College	John Kubachka	Regionals
2003	Chapman University	Tom Tereschuk	Christopher Newport University	Alex Taylor	Regionals
2004	George Fox University	Pat Bailey	Eastern Connecticut State University	Scott Hyde	Regionals
2005	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	John Vodenlich	SUNY Cortland	Kevin Tomasiewicz	Regionals
2006	Marietta College	Don Schaly	Wheaton College (MA)	Justin Steranka / Mike Eisenberg	Regionals
2007	Kean University	Neil Ioviero	Emory University	Jordan Zimmermann	Regionals
2008	Trinity College	Bill Decker	Johns Hopkins University	Chez Angeloni	Regionals
2009	University of St. Thomas	Dennis Denning	College of Wooster	Matt Olson	Regionals
2010	Illinois Wesleyan University	Dennis Martel	SUNY Cortland	Jeff Grodecki	Regionals
2011	Marietta College	Brian Brewer	Chapman University	Austin Blaski	Regionals
2012	Marietta College	Brian Brewer	Wheaton College (MA)	Tim Saunders	Regionals
2013	Linfield College	Scott Brosius	University of Southern Maine	Chris Haddeland	Regionals
2014	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	John Vodenlich	Emory University	Scott Plaza	Regionals
2015	SUNY Cortland	Joe Brown	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	Conrad Ziemendorf	Regionals
2016	Trinity University	Tim Scannell	Keystone College	Drew Butler	Regionals
2017	California Lutheran University	Marty Slimak	Washington & Jefferson College	Miguel Salud	Regionals
2018	University of Texas at Tyler	Brent Porche	Texas Lutheran University	Alex Bishop	Regionals
2019	Chapman University	Scott Laverty	Birmingham-Southern College	Henry Zeisler	Super Regionals / Regionals
2020	Cancelled
2021	Salisbury University	Troy Brohawn	University of St. Thomas (MN)	Jackson Balzan	Regionals
2022	Eastern Connecticut State University	Brian Hamm	Salisbury University	Josh Tower	Super Regionals / Regionals
2023	University of Lynchburg	Lucas Jones	Johns Hopkins University	Zach Potts	Super Regionals / Regionals
2024	Misericordia University	Pete Egbert	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	Garrett McIlhenney	Super Regionals / Regionals
2025	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	John Vodenlich	Messiah University	Adam Cootway	Super Regionals / Regionals
2026	Denison University	Mike Deegan	Endicott College	Cade Nowik	Super Regionals / Regionals

Most Championships

Rank	School	Championships	Years
1	Marietta College	6	1981, 1983, 1986, 2006, 2011, 2012
2	Eastern Connecticut State University	5	1982, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2022
T3	Montclair State University	3	1987, 1993, 2000
T3	University of Wisconsin-Whitewater	3	2005, 2014, 2025
T5	California State University, Stanislaus	2	1976, 1977
T5	Rowan University	2	1978, 1979
T5	Ithaca College	2	1980, 1988
T5	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	2	1985, 1994
T5	William Paterson University	2	1992, 1996
T5	University of Southern Maine	2	1991, 1997
T5	North Carolina Wesleyan University	2	1989, 1999
T5	University of St. Thomas	2	2001, 2009
T5	Chapman University	2	2003, 2019
T14	Ramapo College of New Jersey	1	1984
T14	University of La Verne	1	1995
T14	George Fox University	1	2004
T14	Kean University	1	2007
T14	Trinity College	1	2008
T14	Illinois Wesleyan University	1	2010
T14	Linfield University	1	2013
T14	State University of New York at Cortland	1	2015
T14	Trinity University	1	2016
T14	California Lutheran University	1	2017
T14	University of Texas at Tyler	1	2018
T14	Salisbury University	1	2021
T14	University of Lynchburg	1	2023
T14	Misericordia University	1	2024