BY STEVE KRAH
Evansville beat the top seed and host East Carolina 6-5 in the championship game of the Greenville Regional June 3.
Kip Fougerousse was honored as the regional’s Most Outstanding Player.
The Wes Carroll-coached Purple Aces then went 1-2 against No. 1 national seed at the best-of-three Knoxville Super Regional June 7-9 and closed out the 2024 baseball season.
Indianapolis went 0-2 at the NCAA Division II World Series in Cary, N.C., closing out a memorable campaign for the Al Ready-coached Greyhounds.
Tampa won its ninth national title.
Of the state’s 38 college baseball programs, 15 won 30 or more games — NCAA D-I’s Indiana State (44-15), Evansville (39-26), Ball State (35-23-1), Purdue (33-24) and Indiana (33-26-1), NCAA D-II’s Indianapolis (41-21), NCAA D-III’s Hanover (31-17) and NAIA’s Oakland City (45-18), Taylor (42-16), Saint Francis (40-19), Indiana University Southeast (37-20), Indiana Wesleyan (34-15), Indiana University-Kokomo (32-21), Indiana Tech (32-24) and Huntington (30-21).
It was announced Saturday that Mitch Hannahs has stepped down as head coach at Indiana State. He has landed at the University of South Florida.
INDIANA COLLEGE BASEBALL
Records Through 2024
NCAA D-I
Indiana State 44-15 (22-5 MVC)
Evansville 39-26 (17-10 MVC)
Ball State 35-23-1 (18-12 MAC)
Purdue 33-24 (13-11 Big Ten)
Indiana 33-26-1 (15-9 Big Ten)
Notre Dame 27-25 (9-21 ACC)
Southern Indiana 27-32 (14-13 OVC)
Butler 20-35 (5-16 Big East)
Purdue Fort Wayne 19-37 (11-19 Horizon)
Valparaiso 14-38 (6-21 MVC)
NCAA D-II
Indianapolis 41-21 (29-7 GLVC)
Purdue Northwest 19-30 (8-22 GLIAC)
NCAA D-III
Hanover 31-17 (17-5 HCAC)
Anderson 25-19 (13-9 HCAC)
Rose-Hulman 25-19 (14-8 HCAC)
DePauw 23-17 (12-4 NCAC)
Wabash 22-18 (8-8 NCAC)
Franklin 20-22 (9-13 HCAC)
Earlham 15-22 (7-15 HCAC)
Manchester 14-21 (7-11 HCAC)
Trine 11-27 (3-18 MIAA)
NAIA
Oakland City 45-18 (17-7 RSC)
Taylor 42-16 (30-6 CL)
Saint Francis 40-19 (24-12 CL)
IU Southeast 37-20 (20-4 RSC)
Indiana Wesleyan 34-15 (27-9 CL)
IU-Kokomo 32-21 (18-6 RSC)
Indiana Tech 32-24 (24-8 WHAC)
Huntington 30-21 (23-13 CL)
Marian 25-27 (17-19 CL)
Calumet of St. Joseph 21-29 (14-18 CCAC)
Grace 18-31 (12-24 CL)
IU South Bend 18-32 (10-22 CCAC)
Goshen 12-36 (7-29 CL)
Bethel 11-35 (6-30 CL)
IUPU-Columbus 10-42 (2-22 RSC)
Junior College
Marian’s Ancilla 16-29 (3-22 MCCAA)
Vincennes 13-44 (5-29 MWAC)
Results Through June 9
NCAA D-I
Monday, June 3
Greenville Regional
Championship
Evansville 6, East Carolina
Friday, June 7
Knoxville Super Regional
Tennessee 11, Evansville 5
Saturday, June 8
Knoxville Super Regional
Evansville 10, Tennessee 8
Sunday, June 9
Knoxville Super Regional
Championship
Tennessee 12, Evansville 1
NCAA D-II
Monday, June 3
NCAA D-II World Series
Indiana (Pa.) 4, Central Missouri 3
Angelo State (Texas) 13, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 6
Tuesday, June 4
NCAA D-II World Series
Catawba (N.C.) 15, Indianapolis 9
Tampa 7, Southern New Hampshire 4
Wednesday, June 5
NCAA D-II World Series
Indiana (Pa.) 1, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) 0
Catawba (N.C.) 18, Southern New Hampshire 1
Thursday, June 6
NCAA D-II World Series
Indiana (Pa.) 10, Angelo State (Texas) 8
Tampa 7, Catawba (N.C.) 2
Friday, June 7
NCAA D-II World Series
Angelo State (Texas) 7, Indiana (Pa.) 3
Saturday, June 8
NCAA D-II World Series
Championship
Tampa 8, Angelo State (Texas) 3
NAIA
Monday, May 27
NAIA World Series
Southeastern (Fla.) 12, Cumberlands (Ky.) 5
Hope International (Calif.) 12, IU Southeast 1
Rheinhardt (Ga.) 30, Arizona Christian 13
Georgia Gwinnett 12, Tennessee Wesleyan 6
Tuesday, May 28
NAIA World Series
Hope International (Calif.) 8, Arizona Christian 1
Tennessee Wesleyan 8, Southeastern (Fla.) 6
Rheinhardt (Ga.) 6, Georgia Gwinnett 4
Wednesday, May 29
NAIA World Series
Hope International (Calif.) 15, Georgia Gwinnett 11
Tennessee Wesleyan 6, Reinhardt (Ga.) 2
Thursday, May 30
NAIA World Series
Tennessee Wesleyan 3, Reinhardt (Ga.) 2
Friday, May 31
NAIA World Series
Championship
Hope International (Calif.) 14, Tennessee Wesleyan 6
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