Omaha Mavericks baseball

The Omaha Mavericks baseball team represents University of Nebraska Omaha, which is located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The Mavericks are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Summit League. They began competing in Division I in 2012 and joined the Summit League in 2013.

Omaha Mavericks baseball
2025 Omaha Mavericks baseball team
Founded	1947
University	University of Nebraska Omaha
Head coach	Evan Porter (9th season)
Conference	Summit League
Location	Omaha, Nebraska
Home stadium	Tal Anderson Field (Capacity: 1,500)
Nickname	Mavericks
Colors	Crimson and black[1]
NCAA tournament appearances
Division II 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Division I 2019
Conference tournament champions
2019
Conference regular season champions
2013, 2014, 2019

The Omaha Mavericks play all home games on-campus at Tal Anderson Field. The Mavericks have played in one NCAA Division I Tournament. Over their 8 seasons in the Summit League, they have won three Summit League regular season titles and one Summit League Tournament.

Since the program's inception in 1947, two Mavericks have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, including two-time All-Star catcher Bruce Benedict.

Conference membership history

• 2012: Independent
• 2013–present: Summit League

Tal Anderson Field

Main article: Tal Anderson Field

Tal Anderson Field is a baseball stadium in Omaha, Nebraska, that seats 1,500 people. It broke ground in 2019 and was ready for the Spring of 2021 season. The field is named for former UNO baseball standout and long-time donor/supporter Tal Anderson who owned Baxter Auto Group. The field will be the first on-campus home for the Omaha baseball team in school history. Prior to its construction, the team played at numerous high school and municipal facilities around Omaha.

The field will provide fixed seating for 1,500 fans as well as berm seating on each baseline for additional fans. The field will be a state-of-the art artificial surface to extend the Mavericks' playing season. The facility also will include a 34 foot by 25 foot video board in the outfield. The raised concourse will serve both Anderson Field and Connie Claussen Field, the home of Omaha softball, with premium seating, a press box, concession areas and restrooms.

The Nebraska Philanthropic Trust led the fundraising for the Omaha Baseball/Softball Complex which was done entirely through private donations. Construction of the facility is being managed by the Tetrad Property Group with Kiewit serving as the lead contractor.^[2]

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the Omaha baseball record book.^[3]

Season	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
2012–2016	Bob Herold	5	119–137	.465
2017–present	Evan Porter	7	155–218–2	.416
Totals	2 coaches	11 seasons	274–355–2	.436

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the Omaha baseball record book.^[3]

Statistics overview

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Independent (2012)
2012	Bob Herold	12–36
Summit League (2013–present)
2013	Bob Herold	27–22	20–6	1st
2014	Bob Herold	31–20	15–9	1st
2015	Bob Herold	21–31	12–18	4th
2016	Bob Herold	28–28	18–12	2nd	Summit League tournament
2017	Evan Porter	12–40	9–19	5th
2018	Evan Porter	15–35	10–17	5th
2019	Evan Porter	31–24–1	20–10	1st	Summit League tournament Los Angeles Regional
2020	Evan Porter	10–4			Season cancelled on March 13 due to Coronavirus pandemic[4]
Total:		187–240–1
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

NCAA Division I tournament history

Omaha has participated in the NCAA Division I baseball tournament once.

Year	Region	Round	Opponent	Result
2019	Los Angeles Regional	First Round Lower Round 1	UCLA Baylor	L 2–5 L 6–24

Awards and honors (Division I only)

• Over their 13 seasons in Division I, one Maverick has been named to an NCAA-recognized All-America team.
• Over their 12 seasons in the Summit League, 13 different Mavericks have been named to the all-conference first-team.

All-Americans

Year	Position	Name	Team	Selector
2019	SP	Payton Kinney	3rd	ABCA

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

Year	Position	Name	Selector
2013	2B	Clayton Taylor	CB

Summit League Coach of the Year

Year	Name
2013	Bob Herold
2014	Bob Herold
2019	Evan Porter

Summit League Player of the Year

Year	Position	Name
2013	OF	Ryan Keely
2016	3B	Clayton Taylor

Summit League Pitcher of the Year

Year	Handedness	Name
2014	Right	Tyler Fox
2016	Right	Tyler Fox
2019	Right	Payton Kinney

Summit League Newcomer of the Year

Year	Position	Name
2013	OF	Ryan Keely

Taken from the Omaha baseball record book.^[3] Updated March 21, 2020.

Mavericks in the Major Leagues

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

Athlete	Years in MLB	MLB Teams
Bruce Benedict	1978–1989	Atlanta Braves
Tyler Cloyd	2012–2013, 2017–2018	Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins

Taken from Baseball Reference.^[5]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I baseball programs