UIC Flames baseball

The UIC Flames baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. The Flames are coached by Sean McDermott.

UIC Flames
2023 UIC Flames baseball team
Founded1949 (1949)
Conference history
UniversityUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
Athletic directorMichael Lipitz
Head coachSean McDermott (2nd season)
ConferenceMVC
LocationChicago, Illinois
Home stadiumLes Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium
(Capacity: 1,000)
NicknameFlames
ColorsNavy blue and fire engine red[1]
   
NCAA Tournament appearances
2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
Conference tournament champions
1990, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008
Regular season conference champions
2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017

Conference membership history

Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium
Main article: Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium

Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium is a baseball stadium on the UIC campus in Chicago, Illinois that seats 1,000 spectators and is named for Les Miller, UIC head baseball coach from 1949 to 1979, and Curtis Granderson, an alumnus of the program. During Miller's tenure, the program won over 500 games. Granderson was named conference player of the year with the Flames in 2002 and later played in Major League Baseball.[3][4]

Head coaches
Year(s) Coach Seasons W–L–T Pct
1949–1979 Les Miller 31 509–363–5 .583
1980–1982 Dick Ward 3 47–102 .315
1983–1998 Dean Refakes 16 376–467–3 .446
1999–2021 Mike Dee 23 690–522–1 .569
2022–present Sean McDermott 1 22–25 .468
Totals 5 74 1,644–1,479–8 .526

Awards and honors
  • Over their 15 seasons in the Horizon League, 61 different Flames have been named to the all-conference first-team.

Horizon League Player of the Year
YearPositionName
2002OFCurtis Granderson
2013OFChuck Peters
2015SSJeff Boehm
2017CRob Calabrese

Horizon League Pitcher of the Year
YearName
1994Jon Piazza
1997Jason Henry
2007Zach Peterson
2009Adam Worthington
2015Jake Dahlberg
2017Jake Dahlberg
2018Ryan Campbell
2019Jacob Key

Horizon League Relief Pitcher of the Year
YearName
2007David Cales
2008Adam Worthington
2016Trevor Lane
2017Alex Padilla
2018Charlie Cerny
2019Alex Padilla

Horizon League Coach of the Year
YearName
1990Dean Refakes
1993Dean Refakes
1999Mike Dee
2000Mike Dee
2002Mike Dee
2003Mike Dee
2005Mike Dee
2006Mike Dee
2007Mike Dee
2008Mike Dee
2015Mike Dee
2017Mike Dee

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See also

References
  1. UIC Brand Guide (PDF). November 10, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  2. "Illinois-Chicago". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  3. "Curtis Granderson Stadium". www.uicflames.com. University of Illinois at Chicago. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. "Former UIC Baseball Coach Les Miller Passes Away". www.uicflames.com. University of Illinois at Chicago. February 21, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. "2020 Horizon League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). www.horizonleague.org. Horizon League. Retrieved March 14, 2020.


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