Toledo Rockets baseball

Toledo Rockets baseball
2024 Toledo Rockets baseball team
Founded1921; 104 years ago (1921)
UniversityUniversity of Toledo
Head coachRob Reinstetle (5th season)
ConferenceMid–American
LocationToledo, Ohio
Home stadiumScott Park Baseball Complex (1921–present)
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameRockets
ColorsMidnight blue and gold[1]
   

The Toledo Rockets baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.[2] The team is a member of the Mid-American Conference West division, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Toledo's first baseball team was fielded in 1921. The team plays its home games at Scott Park Baseball Complex in Toledo, Ohio.

Toledo, along with Northern Illinois, are the only MAC schools to never win the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament, but the Rockets are the only MAC school to never reach the NCAA tournament.

History

Ross Adolph is greeted at home plate by Toledo Rockets teammates as he scores a run during a 2018 game

In 1999, Joe Kruzel became the first Toledo manager to be named the MAC Coach of the Year. Jeremy Griffiths was named the conference's Pitcher of the Year in the same season.[3]

In 2012, the Rockets were the regular season champions of the MAC West division for the first time in their history.[4]

On May 20, 2019, Cory Mee stepped down as head coach after 16 seasons.[5] On July 8, 2019, Rob Reinstetle was hired as head coach.[6]

In 2021, Chris Meyers was named the Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year. He was the first player in program history to receive that honor.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Toledo Athletics Branding". March 30, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  2. ^ "Toledo Rockets". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  3. ^ "Rockets Close Out Successful 1999 Campaign". University of Toledo Athletics. May 26, 1999. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ DeBenedictis, Brian (May 18, 2012). "Toledo captures first MAC West Division baseball crown". UT Today. University of Toledo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "UT baseball coach Mee steps down after 16 seasons". www.toledoblade.com. Toledo Blade. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "Toledo Rockets hire Reinstetle as new baseball coach". www.toledoblade.com. The Toledo Blade. July 8, 2019. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Rowland, Kyle (June 2, 2021). "Toledo's Meyers named MAC baseball player of the year". The Blade. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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