Eastern Kentucky University

• Location: Richmond, KY
• Nickname: Colonels
• Conference: Atlantic Sun Conference 2022- ; Ohio Valley Conference 1949-2021
• Ballpark: Turkey Hughes Field

Stats of MLB players who are school alumni

Eastern Kentucky University was known as Eastern Kentucky State College until 1966. Perhaps the most notable alumnus is Hall of Famer Earle Combs.

Notable Alumni

• Armando Alvarez, infielder
• Win Ballou, pitcher
• Richard Bancells, trainer
• Tyler Barnett, minor league infielder
• Blake Barthol, minor league catcher
• Brandon Berger, outfielder
• Michael Brewer, minor league pitcher
• Al Clark, umpire
• Earle Combs, outfielder; Hall of Fame
• Christian Correa, minor league catcher, coach
• Mike Croley, college coach
• Buddy Custer, college coach
• Scott Earl, infielder
• Steve Engel, pitcher
• Luis Escobar, Colombian national team outfielder
• Christian Friedrich, pitcher
• Erik Hagen, college coach
• Clyde Hatter, pitcher
• Sam Holbrook, umpire
• Jon Hooker, minor league pitcher
• Kevin Kocks, college coach
• Frank Kremblas, minor league infielder and manager
• AJ Lewis, minor league utility player
• Pat Lightle, college coach
• John Lorms, minor league catcher
• Bobby Moore, outfielder
• Demetrius Moorer, minor league outfielder
• Bobby Moranda, college coach
• Steve Olsen, minor league pitcher
• Ron Pezzoni, minor league outfielder
• Tom Riginos, college coach
• Michael Schneider, minor league catcher
• Jason Stein, college coach
• Charley Taylor, minor league pitcher and coach
• Gene Walter, pitcher
• Jim Ward, college coach

Coaches

• George Hembree, 1925-1927, 1930, 1936
• George "Turkey" Hughes, 1949?-1970
• Jack Hissom, 1971-1979
• Jim Ward, 1980-2001
• Elvis Dominguez, 2002-2008
• Jason Stein, 2009-2015
• Edwin Thompson, 2016-2020
• Chris Prothro, 2021-2024
• Walt Jones, 2024*-2025
• Jan Weisberg, 2026-present

*Jones was acting head coach from March 25 until the end of 2024.

Assistant Coaches

• Tyler Anderson, 2023
• Shaun Cole, 2019-2020
• Christian Correa, 2021-2022
• Greg Guilliams
• Pat Lightle, 1985
• Bobby Moranda, 1987-1989
• Tom Riginos, 1992-1993
• Nic Wilson, 2019

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1925	6-4
1926	4-8
1927	8-6
1928
1929
1930	6-5
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936	6-2-2
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949	13-5
1950
1951	10-10
1952
1953	9-8
1954
1955	6-6
1956
1957
1958	12-7
1959
1960	11-6-2
1961
1962	12-9	5-4	OVC
1963	12-12	6-6
1964	6-14	4-7
1965	15-15	8-4	OVC
1966	17-10	9-3	OVC
1967	19-10	7-4	OVC
1968	12-8	5-3
1969	13-9	5-7
1970	17-11	7-5
1971	12-12	6-11	OVC
1972	20-12
1973	25-25	3-8
1974	24-24-2	6-6
1975	24-22-1	6-5-1	OVC
1976	14-12-1	3-8-1
1977	10-19	3-9
1978	11-15-1	2-8
1979	11-19	6-11
1980	11-20	5-10
1981	37-21-1	5-6-1	OVC
1982	30-12	7-1	OVC
1983	23-16-1	7-5	OVC
1984	30-19	13-4	OVC / CWS Regionals
1985	42-29	13-5	OVC / CWS Regionals
1986	33-23	10-7	OVC / CWS Regionals
1987	29-17	11-2	OVC
1988	34-22	9-1	OVC
1989	39-19-1	14-2	OVC / CWS Regionals
1990	42-15	15-3	OVC
1991	26-28	10-8	OVC
1992	22-30	11-10	OVC
1993	22-26	13-7	OVC
1994	25-26	10-10
1995	28-25	12-8	OVC
1996	21-32	10-11	OVC
1997	20-36	10-14	OVC
1998	24-29-1	12-12	OVC
1999	35-25	14-10	OVC
2000	30-27	18-6	OVC
2001	25-31	8-12	OVC
2002	15-40	9-11
2003	24-29	8-11	OVC
2004	34-17	15-11	OVC
2005	26-31	14-12	OVC
2006	29-26	16-10	OVC
2007	24-29-1	12-12	OVC
2008	26-27-1	12-15
2009	27-24	10-13
2010	28-27	9-12	OVC
2011	21-36	11-13	OVC
2012	31-23	19-7	OVC
2013	23-34	16-13	OVC
2014	24-31	12-18
2015	21-29	12-17
2016	24-31	13-17
2017	24-32	10-20
2018	30-31	15-15	OVC
2019	32-27	16-14	OVC
2020	12-2	0-0
2021	21-32	13-17
2022	38-20	20-10	A-Sun
2023	29-30	15-15	A-Sun
2024	20-37	14-16	A-Sun
2025	11-44	8-22