2024 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team
The 2024 Incarnate Word Cardinals baseball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Sullivan Field and were led by fifth–year head coach Ryan Shotzberger. They are members of the Southland Conference. They compiled a 26–31 overall record and finished with a 10–14 record in conference play in a three–way tie for 6th place. The Cardinals qualified for the SLC tournament as the 8th seeded team. The team had a 1–2 record in tournament play defeating 1st seeded [2024 2024 Lamar Cardinals baseball team|Lamar Cardinals baseball team|Lamar] 6–3 and falling to 5th seeded McNeese 2–6 and Lamar 6–18.
Previous season
The Cardinals had a regular season record of 28–26 and a conference record of 14–10 finishing in second place in SLC play. They participated in the 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the second seeded team. The Cardinals were 0–2 in the conference tournament losing to fifth seeded Northwestern State 1–2 and sixth seeded McNeese 0–3.Preseason
Southland Conference Coaches Poll
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 8, 2024. Incarnate Word was picked to finish fourth in the Southland Conference with 81 votes.| Coaches poll | - | - |
| 1 | Nicholls | 126 |
| 2 | Lamar | 106 |
| 3 | New Orleans | 92 |
| 4 | Incarnate Word | 81 |
| 5 | McNeese | 67 |
| 6 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 55 |
| 7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 53 |
| 8 | Northwestern State | 42 |
| 9 | Houston Christian | 26 |
Preseason All-Southland team
Ray Mendoza was named to the conference preseason first team. Cameron Crotte, Isaiah Zavala, and Grant Randall were named to the conference preseason second team.First Team
- Edgar Alvarez*
- MaCrae Kendrick
- Ethan Ruiz
- Parker Coddou*
- Miguel Useche
- Rey Mendoza*
- Mitchell Sanford*
- Samuel Benjamin*
- Issac Williams
- Jacob Mayers*
- Brooks Caple*
- Hunter Hesseltine*
- Gavin Galy*
- Kanin Dodge
Second Team
- Cameron Crotte
- Austin Roccaforte
- Dylan Mach
- Jake Haze*
- Bo Willis
- River Orsak
- Garrett Felix
- Cooper Hext
- Christian Smith-Johnson
- Chase Prestwich
- Isaiah Zavala
- Jacob Ellis
- Jackson Cleveland
- Isaiah Zavala