Wilmington University

• Location: New Castle, DE
• Nickname: Wildcats
• Conference: Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference 2000-present; Northeast Atlantic Conference -1999; Potomac Intercollegiate Conference 1976
• Division: II
• Ballpark: Wilson Field

Wilmington University was founded in 1968 as Wilmington College. The school was granted university status on September 10, 2007. Wilmington has sponsored baseball since 1972, except for 1977.

Notable Alumni

• J.P. Blandin, college coach
• Tom Eller, college coach
• David May, scout
• Kedeem Octave, minor league outfielder

Coaches

• John Bednash, 1972-1976, 1978-1985
• Jeff Taylor, 1986
• Curt Hinson, 1988-Mar 1989
• Jim Sherman, 1987, Mar 1989-1994
• Matt Brainard, 1995-2004
• Brian August, 2005-present

Assistant Coaches

• Tom Eller, 2006
• Brian Pugh, 2005

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1972
1973
1974	12-9
1975	16-7
1976	17-10		NAIA District
1978
1979	11-8		NAIA District
1980	22-11		NAIA District
1981			NAIA District
1982			NAIA District / NAIA Area
1983			NAIA District / NAIA Area
1984			NAIA District / NAIA Area / NAIA CWS
1985			NAIA District / NAIA Area
1986			NAIA District / NAIA Area
1987	29-13		NAIA District / NAIA Area
1988			NAIA District
1989	29-17		NAIA District / NAIA Area
1990	26-18		NAIA District / NAIA Area
1991	23-24-1		NAIA District
1992	42-19		NAIA District / NAIA Area / NAIA CWS
1993	35-13		NAIA District / NAIA Regional
1994	33-24	28-23	NAIA District / NAIA Regional / NAIA CWS
1995	37-14		NAIA Regional / NAIA CWS
1996	13-26
1997	17-23-1		NAIA Regional
1998	25-15-1		NAIA Regional
1999	28-10
2000	39-8		CACC / NAIA Opening Round
2001	29-7-1
2002	18-32
2003	32-24-1
2004	22-26
2005	21-25-1	15-9	CACC
2006	30-21	21-6	CACC
2007	29-19	10-6	CACC / Division II Regionals
2008	26-26	17-10
2009	29-29	15-12	CACC / Division II Regionals
2010	29-18	16-4	CACC
2011	37-12	15-5	CACC / Division II Regionals
2012	33-18	14-6	CACC / Division II Regionals
2013	43-14	17-3	CACC / Division II Regionals
2014	35-11-1	17-3	CACC / Division II Regionals
2015	37-15	18-2	CACC / Division II Regionals / Division II CWS
2016	17-29	14-6	CACC
2017	30-21	17-5	CACC
2018	35-21	23-9	CACC / Division II Regionals
2019	40-18	21-11	CACC / Division II Regionals
2020	4-9
2021	16-10	16-9	CACC
2022	31-13	19-5	CACC / Division II Regionals
2023	27-21	18-6	CACC
2024	24-21	18-9	CACC
2025	37-22	23-11	CACC / Division II Regionals
2026	41-17	25-8	CACC / Division II Regionals

Related Sites

• Wilmington College Baseball Home Website