Navy Midshipmen baseball

The Navy Midshipmen baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, United States.^[2] The team is a member of the Patriot League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Navy's first baseball team was fielded in 1893. The team plays its home games at Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. The Midshipmen are currently coached by Chuck Ristano. Navy has won the Patriot League baseball tournament six times (1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016) and have represented the League in NCAA tournament play seven times (1995 saw them selected with no prior tournament play) while winning the regular season championship twelve times.

Navy Midshipmen
2025 Navy Midshipmen baseball team
Founded	1893 (1893)
University	United States Naval Academy
Head coach	Chuck Ristano (2nd season)
Conference	Patriot League
Location	Annapolis, Maryland
Home stadium	Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Midshipmen
Colors	Navy blue and gold[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
1954, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016
Conference tournament champions
1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2011, 2016
Conference regular season champions
EIBL: 1954, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1979, 1982, 1986 Patriot League: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

US Naval Academy baseball player

Navy in the NCAA Tournament

The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947. The Midshipmen have played in the tournament nine times, most recently in 2016.

Season	Region	Opponent	Result
1954	District 2 Semifinals	St. John's	L 2–4
1979	Northeast Regional	Connecticut Nebraska	L 4–5 L 4–13
1982	Northeast Regional	Delaware Seton Hall Delaware Maine	L 3–4 W 15–5 W 3–1 L 3–4
1986	Atlantic Regional	Georgia Tech Alabama	L 8–9 (14) L 1–4
1995	Atlantic II Regional	Clemson Alabama	L 4–8 L 0–7
1999	Tuscaloosa Regional	Alabama South Alabama	L 3–16 L 0–10
2002	Winston-Salem Regional	Richmond George Washington Wake Forest	L 5–15 W 6–4 L 1–13
2011	Charlottesville Regional	Virginia East Carolina	L 0–6 L 1–6
2016	Raleigh Regional	NC State Saint Mary's (CA) NC State	L 8–13 W 8–5 (13) L 1–17
TOTALS	4–17	.190	9 Tournaments

Major League Baseball

Navy has had 10 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.^[3]

Midshipmen in the Major League Baseball Draft
Year	Player	Round	Team
2003	Matt Foster	13	Blue Jays
2007	Jonathan Johnston	42	Athletics
2007	Mitch Harris	24	Braves
2008	Oliver Drake	43	Orioles
2008	Mitch Harris	13	Cardinals
2012	Preston Gainey	11	Brewers
2012	Alex Azor	10	Blue Jays
2015	Stephen Moore	10	Braves
2016	Luke Gillingham	37	Blue Jays
2019	Noah Song	4	Red Sox

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs