Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball
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East Division
| Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils | |
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| University | Mississippi Valley State University |
| Head coach | C. J. Bilbrey (3rd season) |
| Conference | SWAC East Division |
| Location | Itta Bena, Mississippi |
| Home stadium | Magnolia Field (Capacity: 200) |
| Nickname | Delta Devils |
| Colors | Forest green and white[1] |
| Conference regular season champions | |
| 2005, 2006 | |
The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Magnolia Field in Itta Bena, Mississippi. C. J. Bilbrey is the team's head coach starting in the 2024 season.
Fourteen-year head coach Doug Shanks retired on November 12, 2014.[3] After serving as an assistant to Shanks for all 14 seasons, Aaron Stevens was promoted to head coach on December 2, 2014.[4] On the heels of back-to-back win-less seasons in 2020 and 2021, Stevens was not retained for the 2022 season.[5] On July 27, 2021, Stanley Stubbs was named the head coach of the Delta Devils.[6] With the Delta Devils improving by 10 wins over the previous season, Stubbs had done a good job helping turn around the Delta Devils fortunes, but he resigned due to health concerns on June 15, 2022.[7] On August 11, 2022, Milton Barney Jr. was named the head coach of the Delta Devils.[8] The school hired C. J. Brilbrey on July 21, 2023.[9]
Head coaches
| Season | Coach | Years | Record | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–1960 | Jay Hawkins | 4 | 9–9 | .500 |
| 1975–1977 | Clinton Vasser | 3 | 33–34–1 | .493 |
| 1978–2000 | Cleotha Wilson | 23 | 276–575–5 | .325 |
| 2001–2014 | Doug Shanks | 14 | 253–471 | .349 |
| 2015–2021 | Aaron Stevens | 7 | 39–183–1 | .177 |
| 2022 | Stanley Stubbs | 1 | 10–31–1 | .250 |
| 2023 | Milton Barney Jr. | 1 | 15–37 | .288 |
| 2024–present | C. J. Bilbrey | 1 | 12–34 | .261 |
| Totals | 8 coaches | 54 seasons | 647–1,374–8 | .321 |
Major League Baseball
Mississippi Valley State has had 15 Major League Baseball draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[10]
| Delta Devils in the Major League Baseball Draft | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Round | Team |
| 1966 | Louis Inman | 28 | Red Sox |
| 1981 | Bo Jordan | 18 | Athletics |
| 1981 | Willie Weston | 14 | Red Sox |
| 1983 | Tyrone Barnes | 31 | Tigers |
| 1984 | Herman Boddy | 28 | Expos |
| 1985 | Tim Watkins | 8 | Reds |
| 1986 | Robbie Gilbert | 12 | Athletics |
| 1988 | Steven James | 52 | White Sox |
| 1988 | Wayne Busby | 19 | White Sox |
| 1998 | Fontella Jones | 24 | Brewers |
| 1998 | Rickey Lewis | 18 | Brewers |
| 2003 | Tee Thomas | 24 | Cardinals |
| 2006 | Zach Penprase | 13 | Phillies |
| 2009 | Jeff Squier | 14 | Rockies |
| 2015 | Kalik May | 33 | Blue Jays |
Notable players
- Zach Penprase, Israeli-American baseball player for the Israel national team
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