1985 Miami Hurricanes baseball team

The 1985 Miami Hurricanes baseball team represented the University of Miami in the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached by Ron Fraser in his 23rd season.

1985 Miami Hurricanes baseball
National champions
Conference	Independent
CB	No. 1
Record	64–16
Head coach	Ron Fraser (23rd year)
Home stadium	Mark Light Field
Seasons ← 1984 1986 →

1985 NCAA Division I baseball independents standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y		–			–			64	–	16		.800
Campbell  ‍‍‍		–			–			32	–	17		.653
Stetson  ‍‍‍		–			–			38	–	23		.623
No. 21 New Orleans  ‍‍‍y		–			–			43	–	28		.606
UCF  ‍‍‍		–			–			52	–	34		.605
Hofstra  ‍‍‍		–			–			13	–	16		.448
Lafayette  ‍‍‍		–			–			17	–	23		.425
Richmond  ‍‍‍		–			–			20	–	29		.408
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1985[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Hurricanes won the College World Series, defeating the Texas Longhorns in the championship game.

Roster

1985 Miami Hurricanes roster
	Pitchers Lozaro Collazo Dan Davies Rick Kosek Steffen Majer Gus Meizoso Bob O'Brien Alain Patenaude Bill Phillips Rick Raether Kevin Ryan Chris Sarmiento 22 Kevin Sheary		Infielders Rusty DeBold Steve Fauci Chris Hart Bruce Roberts Jon Leake Joe Nelson John Noce Donald Rowland		Outfielders Frank Dominguez 12 Mike Fiore Calvin James Mark Malizia Willie Martinez Rick Richardi 24 Greg Vaughn Catchers 39 Greg Ellena 10 Chris Magno Joe Raedle Julio Solis

Schedule

1985 Miami Hurricanes baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record February 1 South Alabama Mark Light Field 14–5 1–0 February 2 South Alabama Mark Light Field 12–9 2–0 February 3 South Alabama Mark Light Field 5–7 2–1 February 5 at South Florida Red McEwen Field 3–4 2–2 February 9 Arkansas Mark Light Field 5–2 3–2 February 9 Arkansas Mark Light Field 2–1 4–2 February 10 Arkansas Mark Light Field 4–0 5–2 February 12 Armstrong State Mark Light Field 14–7 6–2 February 13 Armstrong State Mark Light Field 15–3 7–2 February 15 Florida Mark Light Field 5–2 8–2 February 16 Florida Mark Light Field 2–4 8–3 February 17 Florida Mark Light Field 5–2 9–3 February 18 Seton Hall Mark Light Field 9–4 10–3 February 20 St. Thomas Mark Light Field 1–4 10–4 February 22 Florida State Mark Light Field 2–5 10–5 February 23 Florida State Mark Light Field 15–4 11–5 February 24 Florida State Mark Light Field 6–5 12–5 February 27 Tampa Mark Light Field 17–4 13–5 February 28 New Orleans Mark Light Field 8–6 14–5
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record March 1 New Orleans Mark Light Field 10–0 15–5 March 2 New Orleans Mark Light Field 8–3 16–5 March 3 New Orleans Mark Light Field 5–3 17–5 March 5 Rice Mark Light Field 7–3 18–5 March 5 Rice Mark Light Field 11–3 19–5 March 8 Maine Mark Light Field 10–1 20–5 March 9 Maine Mark Light Field 9–3 21–5 March 10 James Madison Mark Light Field 3–2 22–5 March 12 Creighton Mark Light Field 6–5 23–5 March 13 Creighton Mark Light Field 14–7 24–5 March 14 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field 12–4 25–5 March 15 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field 2–0 26–5 March 16 Southern Illinois Mark Light Field 7–6 27–5 March 17 Rutgers Mark Light Field 9–3 28–5 March 18 Mercer Mark Light Field 14–2 29–5 March 19 Michigan State Mark Light Field 11–3 30–5 March 20 Maine Mark Light Field 5–3 31–5 March 22 Michigan State Mark Light Field 18–5 32–5 March 23 Mercer Mark Light Field 5–1 33–5 March 23 Maine Mark Light Field 9–4 34–5 March 24 Maine Mark Light Field 2–3 34–6 March 27 Michigan State Mark Light Field 6–3 35–6 March 29 Michigan State Mark Light Field 5–1 36–6 March 30 Michigan State Mark Light Field 6–7 36–7
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record April 3 Florida Atlantic Mark Light Field 6–2 37–7 April 5 vs. Southern California All Sports Stadium 11–1 38–7 April 6 vs. Oklahoma All Sports Stadium 1–7 38–8 April 6 vs. Cal State Fullerton All Sports Stadium 6–3 39–8 April 7 vs. Southern California All Sports Stadium 8–6 40–8 April 9 Barry Mark Light Field 12–1 41–8 April 10 Florida International Mark Light Field 6–3 42–8 April 12 at Florida State Seminole Stadium 3–2 43–8 April 13 at Florida State Seminole Stadium 5–13 43–9 April 14 at Florida State Seminole Stadium 8–5 44–9 April 16 Barry Mark Light Field 5–0 45–9 April 17 at Florida International 4–3 46–9 April 19 at Florida Perry Field 11–0 47–9 April 20 at Florida Perry Field 6–4 48–9 April 24 Florida Atlantic Mark Light Stadium 11–3 49–9 April 29 at Stetson Conrad Park 12–10 50–9 April 30 at Stetson Conrad Park 2–13 50–10 April 30 at Stetson Conrad Park 4–3 51–10
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 3 at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 14–10 52–10 May 4 at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 6–12 52–11 May 5 at Alabama Sewell–Thomas Stadium 7–11 52–12 May 11 Central Florida Mark Light Field 6–7 52–13 May 12 Central Florida Mark Light Field 18–5 53–13 May 12 Central Florida Mark Light Field 28–5 54–13 May 17 South Florida Mark Light Field 9–0 55–13 May 18 South Florida Mark Light Field 1–2 55–14 May 19 South Florida Mark Light Field 8–3 56–14
Post-season
NCAA tournament: Atlantic Regional Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 24 vs. Princeton Mark Light Field 22–6 57–14 May 26 vs. Virginia Mark Light Field 11–6 58–14 May 27 vs. Florida Mark Light Field 1–8 58–15 May 28 vs. Florida Mark Light Field 12–9 59–15
NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 1 vs. Stanford Rosenblatt Stadium 17–3 60–15 June 5 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 4–8 61–16 June 6 vs. Oklahoma State Rosenblatt Stadium 2–1 61–16 June 8 vs. Mississippi State Rosenblatt Stadium 6–5 62–16 June 9 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 2–1 63–16 June 11 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 10–6 64–16

Awards and honors

Greg Ellena

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[2]

Mike Fiore

• Freshman All-America^[3]

Chris Magno

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]

Rick Raether

• All-America First Team^[3]

Kevin Sheary

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[2]

Hurricanes in the 1985 MLB Draft

The following members of the Miami baseball program were drafted in the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Donald Rowland	2B	8th	210th	Detroit Tigers
Calvin James	OF	13th	326th	Houston Astros
Alan Patenaude	RHP	13th	340th	Detroit Tigers
Rick Raether	RHP	18th	459th	California Angels
Kevin Sheary	RHP	30th	760th	St. Louis Cardinals