Virginia Commonwealth University

• Location: Richmond, VA
• Nickname: Rams
• Conference: Atlantic-10 Conference 2013-present; Colonial Athletic Association 1996-2012; Metro Conference 1992-1995; Sun Belt Conference 1980-1991
• Ballpark: The Diamond

Virginia Commonwealth University was formerly known as the Richmond Professional Institute, or RPI.

People who went here

• Jim Austin, pitcher
• Tim Barker, minor league infielder
• Jamie Brewington, pitcher
• Matt Burch, minor league pitcher
• Jerry Dipoto, pitcher and executive
• Jason Dubois, outfielder
• Cody Eppley, pitcher
• Jared Gaynor, minor league pitcher and coach
• Connor Gillispie, pitcher
• Kyle Haynes, minor league pitcher
• John Howie, college coach
• Brandon Inge, infielder/catcher
• Roel Koolen, Hoofdklasse infielder
• John Leonard, minor league pitcher
• Jon Link, pitcher
• Tyler Locklear, infielder
• Danny Lopaze, minor league infielder
• Vimael Machín, infielder
• Brian Marshall, minor league pitcher
• Sean Marshall, pitcher
• Cla Meredith, pitcher
• Sergio Miranda, minor league infielder
• Merrill Morgan, college coach
• Justin Orenduff, minor league pitcher
• Chris Pinder, minor league pitcher
• Chris Rankin, college coach
• Matt Reid, college coach
• Scott Sizemore, infielder
• Joe Strauss, writer
• Mark Strittmatter, catcher
• Ian Thomas, pitcher
• Dave Van Horne, broadcaster
• Joe Van Meter, minor league pitcher
• Mike Wallace, pitcher
• Nick Ward, minor league infielder
• Matt Williams, pitcher
• Cody Yount, minor league infielder

Coaches

• Ed Allen, 1950-1975
• Bill Bailey, 1976-1978
• Lou Martin, 1979-1982
• Tony Guzzo, 1983-1994
• Paul Keyes, 1995-2012
• Shawn Stiffler, 2013-2022
• Bradley LeCroy, 2023-2024
• Sean Thompson, 2025-present

Assistant Coaches

• Sean Thompson, 2021, 2024

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1969	12-8-1
1970
1971
1972	6-17
1973
1974	12-9
1975	7-16
1976	3-24-1
1977	5-31
1978	4-27
1979	15-18-1
1980	23-28-1		Sun Belt
1981	13-24	1-11
1982	9-24	2-4
1983	13-32	0-16
1984	19-28	4-12
1985	20-32	4-14
1986	26-32	4-13	Sun Belt
1987	25-22	5-11
1988	45-16-1	11-5-1	Sun Belt / CWS Regionals
1989	30-15	8-7	Sun Belt
1990	18-29	2-14
1991	35-22	9-8	Sun Belt
1992	35-22	10-6	Metro / CWS Regionals
1993	30-27	4-10	Metro
1994	30-25-1	9-9	Metro
1995	23-35	7-11	Metro
1996	34-22	11-7	Colonial
1997	32-23	15-4	Colonial
1998	46-15	18-2	Colonial / CWS Regionals
1999	41-20	14-6	Colonial / CWS Regionals
2000	39-22	9-12	Colonial
2001	41-19	12-8	Colonial / CWS Regionals
2002	38-27	13-8	Colonial / CWS Regionals
2003	46-13	17-3	Colonial / CWS Regionals
2004	32-24	14-10	Colonial
2005	33-22	14-10	Colonial / CWS Regionals
2006	34-24	18-11	Colonial
2007	37-23	18-11	Colonial / CWS Regionals
2008	15-30	8-17
2009	20-26	8-16
2010	34-26-1	16-7-1	Colonial / CWS Regionals
2011	22-32	12-18
2012	34-25	15-15	Colonial
2013	28-26	12-12
2014	37-20	15-10	Atlantic-10
2015	40-25	14-10	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals / CWS Super Regionals
2016	38-19	17-9	Atlantic-10
2017	35-22	21-7	Atlantic-10
2018	34-23	14-10	Atlantic-10
2019	39-19	19-5	Atlantic-10
2020	9-8	0-0
2021	38-15	13-3	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
2022	45-25	19-5	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
2023	25-30	11-13
2024	38-22	15-8	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals
2025	17-38	10-21
2026		20-10	Atlantic-10 / CWS Regionals