2026 Washington State Cougars baseball team
2026 season of Washington State University baseball team
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The 2026 Washington State Cougars baseball team represented Washington State University during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cougars play their home games at Bailey-Brayton Field. Washington State entered this season seeking to improve upon their last place finish in the Mountain West conference in the prior season.
- Nathan Choate (3rd season)
- Tommy Richards
- Eric Hutting
- Dan Bower
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Mountain West Conference tournament champions | |
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| Conference | Mountain West Conference |
| Record | 31-28 (15-9 MW) |
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| Home stadium | Bailey-Brayton Field |
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| San Diego State † | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 36 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State ‡y | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 31 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Air Force | 15 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .625 | 27 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada | 13 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .542 | 24 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 12 | – | 11 | – | 1 | .521 | 29 | – | 24 | – | 1 | .546 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNLV | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 30 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 24 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Canyon | 11 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .458 | 21 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 3 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .146 | 14 | – | 38 | – | 1 | .274 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 16, 2026[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cougars found a more consistent identity, especially in conference play. They would earn a 2-seed in the Mountain West tournament, and would go on to win it by beating future Pac-12 rival San Diego State. By securing an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the team had broken a 16-year postseason drought. They were seeded third in the Eugene regional alongside former Pac-12 rival Oregon, current Pac-12 rival Oregon State, and Yale. The Cougars would go on to beat Oregon State in the first game, and lose to Oregon and Oregon State in their second and third games, respectively.[2]
This season marked the last of Washington State's two-year stint as an affiliate member in the Mountain West conference. They would depart the conference along with full members Fresno State and San Diego State to become charter members of the reformed Pac-12 Conference on July 1, 2026.[3]
Previous season
The Cougars finished 18–36, 11–19 in the Mountain West to finish in last place. The Cougars did not appear in any postseason tournament.[4]
Personnel
Roster
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