Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks baseball

Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks baseball
2025 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks baseball team
UniversityStephen F. Austin State University
Head coachMatt Vanderburg (1st season)
ConferenceSouthland
LocationNacogdoches, Texas
Home stadiumJaycees Field
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameLumberjacks
ColorsPurple and white[1]
   

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Southland Conference (SLC), which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Jaycees Field in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Lumberjacks are coached by Matt Vanderburg. The team played in the SLC from 1988 to 1995 before discontinuing baseball until its return in 2006.[3] They left the SLC in 2021 for the Western Athletic Conference. On July 1, 2024, SFA returned to the SLC.

History

Hunter Dozier became the first Lumberjack selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, when the Royals selected him eighth overall in the 2013 MLB Draft.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ SFA Official University Identity Standards Manual (PDF). June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
  3. ^ https://www.southland.org/documents/2022/8/10/Baseball_2023.pdf
  4. ^ "Royals ink deal with No. 1 Draft pick Dozier". MLB.com.


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