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Founded | 1863 |
University | Brown University |
Head coach | Grant Achilles (11th season) |
Conference | Ivy League |
Location | Providence, Rhode Island |
Home stadium | Murray Stadium (Capacity: 1,000) |
Nickname | Bears |
Colors | Seal brown, cardinal red, and white[1] |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
2007 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
2007 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
1952 |
The Brown Bears baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Ivy League. Previously, they had played in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, which consisted of schools in the Ivy League along with Army and Navy before the Ivy League began to sponsor baseball entirely in 1992.
The team was a part of history in 2023. In November 2022, freshman, Olivia Pichardo became the first woman named to an NCAA Division I baseball roster, making the team as a walk-on.[2] In March 2023, she had a plate appearance as a pinch-hitter.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brown University Athletics & Recreation Brand Guidelines" (PDF). June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ Williams, Madison (November 21, 2022). "Brown Walk-On Is First Woman Ever to Make D-I Baseball Roster". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 baseball game". CBS News. Retrieved 2023-03-19.