NCAA Division II Baseball Championship

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The NCAA Division II Baseball Championship has taken place every year since 1968. Six cities have hosted the tournament in that time. Springfield, MO was host from 1968-1971, Springfield, IL then took over from 1972 until 1979, Riverside, CA hosted from 1980-1984. Montgomery, AL hosted the series from 1985-2007. The 2008 series moved to Sauget, IL for one year before moving to the Team USA training center in Cary, NC for the 2009 series.

Division-II College World Series Champions[edit]

Year Champion Coach Runner-up Most Outstanding Player Opening Rounds
1968 Chapman College Paul Deese Delta State University Tony Spono Regionals
1969 Illinois State University Duffy Bass Southwest Missouri State College Tom Klein Regionals
1970 San Fernando Valley State College Bob Hiegert Nicholls State University Chuck Stone Regionals
1971 Florida Southern College Hal Smeltzly Central Michigan University Greg Pryor / Kevin Bryant Regionals
1972 Florida Southern College Hal Smeltzly San Fernando Valley State College Jay Smith Regionals
1973 University of California, Irvine Gary Adams Ithaca College Terry Stupy Regionals
1974 University of California, Irvine Gary Adams University of New Orleans Jeff Malinoff Regionals
1975 Florida Southern College Hal Smeltzly Marietta College Joe Yazombek Regionals
1976 Cal Poly-Pomona John Scolinos Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ken Hellyer Regionals
1977 University of California, Riverside Jack Smitheran Eckerd College Joe Lefebvre / Steve Glaum Regionals
1978 Florida Southern College Joe Arnold Delta State University Ricky Perkins Regionals
1979 Valdosta State College Tommy Thomas Florida Southern College Frank DeGennaro Regionals
1980 Cal Poly-Pomona John Scolinos University of New Haven Brian Zell Regionals
1981 Florida Southern College Joe Arnold Eastern Illinois University Joe Sickles Regionals
1982 University of California, Riverside Jack Smitheran Florida Southern College Joe Sickles Regionals
1983 Cal Poly-Pomona John Scolinos Jacksonville State University Larry Beardman Regionals
1984 California State University, Northridge Bob Hiegert Florida Southern College Perry Husband Regionals
1985 Florida Southern College Chuck Anderson Cal Poly-Pomona Tom Temrowski Regionals
1986 Troy State University Chase Riddle Columbus College Wendell Stephens Regionals
1987 Troy State University Chase Riddle University of Tampa Jude Rinaldi Regionals
1988 Florida Southern College Chuck Anderson California State University, Sacramento Chris Leach Regionals
1989 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo * Steve McFarland University of New Haven Steve DiBartolomeo Regionals
1990 Jacksonville State University Rudy Abbott California State University, Northridge Tim VanEgmond Regionals
1991 Jacksonville State University Rudy Abbott Missouri Southern State College Tim VanEgmond Regionals
1992 University of Tampa Lelo Prado Mansfield University Joe Urso Regionals
1993 University of Tampa Lelo Prado Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo David Dion Regionals
1994 Central Missouri State University Dave Van Horn Florida Southern College James Vida Regionals
1995 Florida Southern College Chuck Anderson Georgia College Brett Tomko Regionals
1996 Kennesaw State College Mike Sansing Saint Joseph's College Chris Halliday Regionals
1997 California State University, Chico Lindsay Meggs University of Central Oklahoma Angel Diaz Regionals
1998 University of Tampa Terry Rupp Kennesaw State University Ronnie Merrill Regionals
1999 California State University, Chico Lindsay Meggs Kennesaw State University John-Eric Hernandez Regionals
2000 Southeastern Oklahoma State University Mike Metheny Fort Hays State University Aaron Thompson Regionals
2001 St. Mary's University Charlie Migl Central Missouri State University Jesse Gutierrez Regionals
2002 Columbus State University Greg Appleton California State University, Chico Brian Baker Regionals
2003 Central Missouri State University Brad Hill University of Tampa Jay Hyland Regionals
2004 Delta State University Mike Kinnison Grand Valley State University Bert Pickard Regionals
2005 Florida Southern College Pete Meyer University of North Florida Kyle DeYoung Regionals
2006 University of Tampa Joe Urso California State University, Chico Lee Cruz Regionals
2007 University of Tampa Joe Urso Columbus State University Jonathon Holt Regionals
2008 Mount Olive College Carl Lancaster Ouachita Baptist University Steve Smith Regionals
2009 Lynn University Rudy Garbalosa Emporia State University Tommy Kahnle Regionals
2010 University of Southern Indiana Tracy Archuleta University of California, San Diego Taylor Dennis Regionals
2011 University of West Florida Mike Jeffcoat Winona State University Daniel Vargas-Vila / Tony Mueller Regionals
2012 West Chester University Jad Prachniak Delta State University Joe Gunkel Regionals
2013 University of Tampa Joe Urso Minnesota State University, Mankato Jake Schrader Regionals
2014 University of Southern Indiana Tracy Archuleta Colorado Mesa University Matt Chavarria Regionals
2015 University of Tampa Joe Urso Catawba College Michael Calkins Regionals
2016 Nova Southeastern University Greg Brown Millersville University of Pennsylvania Devin Rafferty Regionals
2017 West Chester University Jad Prachniak University of California, San Diego Josh McClain Regionals
2018 Augustana College Tim Huber Columbus State University Tyler Mitzel Regionals
2019 University of Tampa Joe Urso Colorado Mesa University Jacinto Arredondo Regionals / Super Regionals
2020 Cancelled
2021 Wingate University Jeff Gregory University of Central Missouri Logan McNeely Regionals
2022 North Greenville University Landon Powell Point Loma Nazarene University Reece Fields Regionals / Super Regionals
2023 Angelo State University Kevin Brooks Rollins College Aaron Munson Regionals / Super Regionals
2024 University of Tampa Joe Urso Angelo State University J.P. Gates Regionals / Super Regionals
2025 University of Tampa Joe Urso University of Central Missouri Edgardo Villegas Regionals / Super Regionals
2026 University of Tampa Joe Urso West Chester University Luke Fikar Regionals / Super Regionals

Most Championships[edit]

Rank School Championships Years
1 University of Tampa 11 1992, 1993, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2024, 2025, 2026
2 Florida Southern College 9 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1995, 2005
3 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 3 1976, 1980, 1983
T4 California State University, Chico 2 1997, 1999
T4 University of California, Irvine 2 1973, 1974
T4 University of California, Riverside 2 1977, 1982
T4 Jacksonville State University 2 1990, 1991
T4 Troy State University 2 1986, 1987
T4 California State University, Northridge 2 1970, 1984
T4 Central Missouri State University 2 1994, 2003
T4 University of Southern Indiana 2 2010, 2014
T4 West Chester University 2 2012, 2017
T13 Chapman University 1 1968
T13 Illinois State University 1 1969
T13 Valdosta State University 1 1979
T13 California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo 1 1989*
T13 Kennesaw State University 1 1996
T13 Southeastern Oklahoma State University 1 2000
T13 St. Mary's University 1 2001
T13 Columbus State University 1 2002
T13 Delta State University 1 2004
T13 Mount Olive College 1 2008
T13 Lynn University 1 2009
T13 University of West Florida 1 2011
T13 Nova Southeastern University 1 2016
T13 Augustana College 1 2018
T13 Wingate University 1 2021
T13 North Greenville University 1 2022
T13 Angelo State University 1 2023

*Cal Poly San Luis Obispo later forfeited all postseason wins between 1989 and 1993. including the 1989 Championship.

Division II College World Series

1968 | 1969
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026

Division II College World Series Super Regionals

2019
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026

Division II College World Series Regionals

1968 | 1969
1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979
1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989
1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026