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The Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, United States. The team competes at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a member of the Mid-American Conference East division. The head coach is retired Major League Baseball player Jeff Duncan, who was hired in June 2013. Baseball was established at Kent State in 1914 and the team was known as the "Normal Nine". It is the second-oldest athletic team at Kent State University after the men's basketball team. Kent State began play in the Mid-American Conference in 1951, winning their first conference title in 1964 and making their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Through the 2014 season, the Flashes have won 12 Mid-American Conference regular-season titles, 11 MAC tournament titles, 10 MAC East division titles, and have made 13 NCAA tournament appearances. The 2012 season marked the team's first appearance in the College World Series. Home games are held at Schoonover Stadium, the team's home field since 1966. The stadium, previously known as Gene Michael Field, was renovated in 2005 and received additional upgrades in 2007, 2008, and 2013. Additionally, the Flashes have an indoor practice facility, the David and Peggy Edmonds Baseball and Softball Training Facility, which opened in 2014. Kent State has produced a number of players who have gone on to play professionally at the Major League level, including Thurman Munson, Andy Sonnanstine, Emmanuel Burriss, and Dustin Hermanson. ==History== The team was established in 1914 at the new Kent State Normal School, which was established in 1910 had its first classes in 1912 at temporary locations. The new campus opened in May 1913. The team is the second intercollegiate athletic team at Kent State, formed just after the men's basketball team, which was established in late 1913. H.E. Nickerson served as manager and William Brown was captain of that first team in 1914. No records of any games are available, though a photo of that team, labeled as the "Ex Temporé Base Ball Team", exists from that season. The following year, the "Normal Nine", coached by school custodian Alexander Whyte, played their first recorded intercollegiate games, opening the season with a 7–6 win over Baldwin Wallace College in Kent. The team finished 1–3 that season and games were held on an informal field in front of the campus, which is now largely occupied by Rockwell Hall. Alf Lovall coached the team to a 1-2 record in 1916 and Paul Chandler led the team to a 3-0 record in 1922. The records for the 1917-21 and 1923-25 seasons are incomplete, though it was during the 1923 season that the various Kent State Normal College teams began being referred to as the Silver Foxes. The team also began play at Rockwell Field around 1920, their home field through the 1941 season. In 1927, the current "Golden Flashes" name debuted and Merle Wagoner, who also coached the football team from 1925-32, became the Flashes' first long-term coach from 1926–33 leading Kent State to a record of 27-34 in his eight seasons. The Flashes were coached by Gus Peterka for the 1934 and 1935 seasons, Donald Starn for the 1936-1938 seasons, and John Starrett for the 1939-1942 seasons leading up to World War II. During the war years, 1943-1945, Kent State did not field any varsity athletic teams, but resumed in 1946.〔Gigenbach & Walton, p. 43〕 Wesley Stevens served as head coach for 1946 and 1947 before Matt Resnick took over in 1948. He served as Kent State's coach for the longest tenure to date, from 1948 through the 1961 season compiling an overall record of 132-100-1 and 50-50 in the Mid-American Conference.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kent State Golden Flashes baseball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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