Table of Contents - Central Michigan University Athletics

Tradition
Midwest Baseball (Since 1970)
School Record Pct
1. Central Michigan ........................ 1305-701 ........... .650
2. Notre Dame ................................ 1263-713 ........... .639
3. Minnesota .................................. 1282-726 ........... .638
4. Michigan .................................... 1233-775 ........... .614
5. Ohio State .................................. 1219-781 ........... .610
6. Miami ........................................ 1153-870 ........... .570
7. Kent State .................................. 1021-796 ........... .562
8. Illinois ........................................ 1113-881 ........... .558
9. Indiana ....................................... 1092-891 ........... .551
10. Iowa .......................................... 1027-884 ........... .537
11. Ohio ............................................. 995-866 ........... .535
12. Wright State ................................. 998-894 ........... .527
13. Western Michigan ......................... 965-886 ........... .521
14. Ball State ..................................... 965-889 ........... .520
15. Eastern Michigan ...................... 1078-1001 ........... .519
16. Michigan State ........................... 1017-953 ........... .516
17. Akron ........................................... 938-904 ........... .510
18. Bowling Green .............................. 897-873 ........... .507
19. Northwestern ................................ 943-925 ........... .505
20. Toledo .......................................... 900-942 ........... .489
21. Youngstown State ......................... 796-834 ........... .488
22. Purdue ......................................... 948-999 ........... .487
23. Wisconsin-Milwaukee ................... 624-680 ........... .479
24. Oakland ....................................... 643-762 ........... .458
25. Cincinnati ................................... 837-1015 ........... .452
26. Northern Illinois ............................ 612-744 ........... .451
27. Butler ........................................... 748-921 ........... .448
28. Xavier .......................................... 789-984 ........... .445
29. Valparaiso .................................... 706-940 ........... .429
30. Cleveland State .......................... 660-1018 ........... .394
II national champion football
team has placed higher
in a national tournament.
The Chippewas won seven
MAC titles in the 1980s
and qualifi ed for the NCAA
Regionals twice in the 1990s.
Five Chippewas have been
named MAC Player of the
Year, two pitchers have been
named MAC Pitcher of the
Year and three CMU mentors
have collected MAC Coach of
the Year honors a total of 11
times. Current head coach
Steve Jaksa was tabbed MAC
Coach of the Year after leading
the Chippewas to the 2004
conference championship.
CMU boasts 21 All-Americans, three Freshman All-Americans, 42
all-region honorees, and 76 fi rst team All-MAC selections. At least one
Chippewa has been named to the All-MAC fi rst team in nine of the past 10
years, including outfi elder Tyler Stovall, pitcher Josh Collmenter and fi rst
baseman Ben Humphrey in 2007.
Winning is the expectation at CMU. Since 1970, 29 teams have won at
least 30 games in a season, including nine clubs that posted 40 wins in a
single campaign. In 100 seasons of baseball, CMU has fi nished below .500
only 22 times. Since Bill Theunissen took over as head coach in 1952,
all but four Chippewa teams have fi nished above .500. CMU posted 34
straight winning records from 1965-1998.
MAC Coach of the Year
Dave Keilitz
Dean Kreiner
1977, ’80, ’81, ’84
1985, ’86, ’87, ’88, ’90, ’93
Steve Jaksa
2004
MAC Player of the Year
Clark Huntey
Denny McNamara
Kevin Young
1989
1990
1994
Toby Kominek
1995
Tyler Stovall
2007
MAC Pitcher of the Year
The 1971 Central Michigan University baseball squad, pictured above, posted a phenomenal record of
35-7-1 in Dave Keilitz’s fi rst year as head coach. The Chippewas lost in the NCAA College Division World
Series to Florida Southern, 4-0. That team’s accomplishment was the highest fi nish for a CMU team at the
time and still ranks second best behind the Chippewas’ 1974 NCAA Division II football championship.
Tim McDonald
1988
Josh Collmenter
2007
Central Michigan University Baseball
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11-time Mid-American Conference Champions