The Wright State Raiders baseball team is the college baseball team of Wright State University. The program was founded in 1971 where it started off in Division II until 1988 when it moved to Division I. Nischwitz Stadium in Dayton, Ohio, has been the home field of the program since 1993. The team has won 12 conference regular season championships, 12 conference tournament championships, and has appeared in the NCAA tournament 10 times.

Stadium Wright State currently plays at Nischwitz Stadium. The 750 seat stadium was built in 1993 and was named after Ron and Gregg Nischwitz. Ron coached the program for 30 years.

Year-by-year results WSU's records season by season since joining Division I in 1988.

Season Head coach Overall record Conf. record Postseason Division I Independent 1988Ron Nischwitz32–280–0 1989Ron Nischwitz45–120–0 1990Ron Nischwitz35–200–0 1991Ron Nischwitz39–160–0 Mid-Continent Conference 1992Ron Nischwitz40–1617–3 1993Ron Nischwitz39–1517–3 1994Ron Nischwitz39–2116–8 NCAA tournament Midwestern Collegiate Conference 1995Ron Nischwitz33–2810–6 NCAA Play-In-Series 1996Ron Nischwitz20–2810–12 1997Ron Nischwitz31–2816–6 1998Ron Nischwitz20–349–13 1999Ron Nischwitz26–288–10 2000Ron Nischwitz19–398–12 2001Ron Nischwitz31–2712–8 Horizon League2002Ron Nischwitz20–339–14 2003Ron Nischwitz21–3410–13 2004Ron Nischwitz22–3410–11 2005Rob Cooper26–3411–9 2006Rob Cooper32–2717–13 NCAA tournament2007 Rob Cooper 36–22 21–9 2008Rob Cooper30–2316–6 2009Rob Cooper33–3014–12 NCAA tournament2010Rob Cooper31–2517–6 2011Rob Cooper36–1916–7 NCAA tournament2012Rob Cooper 37–21 20–10 2013Rob Cooper 25–30 9–12 2014Greg Lovelady 33–20 25–4 2015Greg Lovelady 43–16 21–8 NCAA tournament2016Greg Lovelady 46–17 23–6 NCAA tournament2017Jeff Mercer 38–21 21–9 2018Jeff Mercer 39–15 22–6 NCAA tournament2019Alex Sogard 41–15 21–8 2020Alex Sogard 6–9* 0–0 *Season Canceled2021Alex Sogard 35–13 28–4 NCAA tournament2022Alex Sogard 30–27 20–9 NCAA tournament2023Alex Sogard 39–21 22–8 NCAA tournament2024Alex Sogard 32-24 20-10 2025Alex Sogard 40-21 25-5 NCAA tournament |publisher=Wright State Athletic Department |publisher=Horizon League

Wright State in the NCAA tournament

Wright State has been in the NCAA tournament 11 times. The team last played in the NCAA tournament in 2025 after they won the Horizon League tournament championship. They were sent to the Nashville Regional where they finished 2-2 and eliminated #1 overall seed Vanderbilt.

The NCAA Division I baseball tournament started in 1947. The format of the tournament has changed through the years.

Year Record Pct Notes 1987 2–2 .500 Division II College World Series 1994 1–2 .333 Mideast Regional 2006 0–2 .000 Corvallis Regional 2009 0–2 .000 Fort Worth Regional 2011 0–2 .000 College Station Regional 2015 2–2 .500 Champaign Regional 2016 2–2.500 Louisville Regional 2018 0–2.000 Stanford Regional 2021 0–2.000 Knoxville Regional 2022 0–2.000 Blacksburg Regional 2023 0–2.000 Terre Haute Regional 2025 2–2.500 Nashville Regional TOTALS 9–24 ( D-I )

Notable former players

Brian Anderson Keith Gordon Carlos Peña Joe Smith Robert Pollard Sean Murphy Jesse Scholtens Peyton Burdick Tyler Black (baseball)

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