Westmont College

• Location: Santa Barbara, CA
• Nickname: Warriors
• Conference: Pacific West Conference 2024- ; Golden State Athletic Conference 1987-2023; Southern California Athletic Conference
• Division: II
• Ballpark: Russell Carr Field
• Westmont won the 2023 NAIA College World Series in their last year competing in the NAIA.

Stats of MLB players who are school alumni

Notable Alumni

• Gino Caruso, minor league pitcher
• Sean Coyne, minor league coach
• Tim Crabbe, minor league pitcher
• Jerry Davanon, infielder
• Mark Magdaleno, college coach
• Rocke Musgraves, college coach
• Joe Orlando, minor league catcher
• Eric Pilkington, minor league pitcher
• Ron Shelton, minor league infielder
• Michael Stefanic, infielder
• Andrew Vasquez, pitcher
• John Verhoeven, pitcher
• Sam Wiley, Great Britain national team catcher

Coaches

• Jack Siemens, 1958-1959, 1961
• Dan Arens, 1960, 1964-1965
• Jake Schmandt, 1962-1963, 1966, 1969-1972
• Russ Carr, 1967-1968
• Ron Rostomily, 1973
• Mike Simpson, 1974-1977
• Ron Smith, 1978-1981
• Mike Lord, 1982-1983
• John Kirkgard, 1984-1996
• Bret Biegert, 1997-2000
• Warren Dickey, 2001-2003
• Rob Crawford, 2004-2006
• Scott Deck, 2007-2009
• Robert Ruiz, 2010-2022
• Tyler LaTorre, 2023-2024
• Paul Svagdis, 2025-present

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Assistant Coaches

• Jeff Calhoon, 2014-2015
• Tony Cougoule, 2010-2019

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record	Playoffs
1958	Jack Siemens	17-11
1959	Jack Siemens	15-14
1960	Dan Arens
1961	Jack Siemens
1962	Jake Schmandt
1963	Jake Schmandt
1964	Dan Arens	16-21
1965	Dan Arens
1966	Jake Schmandt
1967	Russ Carr
1968	Russ Carr
1969	Jake Schmandt
1970	Jake Schmandt
1971	Jake Schmandt
1972	Jake Schmandt
1973	Ron Rostomily
1974	Mike Simpson	15-18
1975	Mike Simpson	16-23
1976	Mike Simpson	27-21
1977	Mike Simpson	31-18
1978	Ron Smith
1979	Ron Smith	7-31-1
1980	Ron Smith
1981	Ron Smith	14-24
1982	Mike Lord	20-22
1983	Mike Lord	19-18
1984	John Kirkgard	18-24
1985	John Kirkgard	18-30
1986	John Kirkgard	22-23
1987	John Kirkgard	26-23	13-7	NAIA District Tournament
1988	John Kirkgard	30-17	18-6	NAIA District Tournament
1989	John Kirkgard	34-16	18-6	NAIA Area Tournament
1990	John Kirkgard	19-24	9-11
1991	John Kirkgard	15-26	6-14
1992	John Kirkgard	11-25	6-12
1993	John Kirkgard	17-27	8-12
1994	John Kirkgard	28-20	12-8	NAIA District Tournament
1995	John Kirkgard	22-21	11-13
1996	John Kirkgard	20-22	11-13
1997	Bret Biegert	20-28	9-15
1998	Bret Biegert	20-18	10-14
1999	Bret Biegert	21-25	10-20
2000	Bret Biegert	26-20	15-15
2001	Warren Dickey	16-28	10-18
2002	Warren Dickey	7-34-1	5-23
2003	Warren Dickey	6-36	1-26
2004	Rob Crawford	8-37	3-25
2005	Rob Crawford	5-39	2-28
2006	Rob Crawford	8-38	4-27
2007	Scott Deck	7-38	5-31
2008	Scott Deck	9-35	5-32
2009	Scott Deck	16-31	12-24
2010	Robert Ruiz	13-34	9-27
2011	Robert Ruiz	19-30	11-25
2012	Robert Ruiz	24-27-1	13-19
2013	Robert Ruiz	26-24	14-22
2014	Robert Ruiz	39-19	21-15	NAIA Opening Round
2015	Robert Ruiz	41-17	31-11	NAIA Opening Round
2016	Robert Ruiz	42-13	25-5	NAIA Opening Round
2017	Robert Ruiz	29-21	14-16
2018	Robert Ruiz	34-18	25-11	NAIA Opening Round
2019	Robert Ruiz	37-16	20-12	NAIA Opening Round
2020	Robert Ruiz	18-9	13-3
2021	Robert Ruiz	30-22	20-12	NAIA Opening Round
2022	Robert Ruiz	45-17	24-8	NAIA Opening Round / NAIA World Series
2023	Tyler LaTorre	48-9	20-4	NAIA Opening Round / NAIA World Series
2024	Tyler LaTorre	33-15-3	23-8-1
2025	Paul Svagdis	43-14	33-10	PacWest / Division II Regionals
2026	Paul Svagdis	29-21	25-17	PacWest