Kennesaw State Owls baseball


The Kennesaw State Owls baseball team represents Kennesaw State University, which is located in Kennesaw, Georgia. The Owls are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in Conference USA. They began competing in Division I in 2006, joining Conference USA in 2024.
The Kennesaw State Owls play all home games on campus at Fred Stillwell Stadium. Under the direction of Head Coach Mike Sansing, the Owls have played in one NCAA tournament. Over their fifteen seasons in the Atlantic Sun Conference, they won one conference regular season title and two ASUN tournaments.
Since the program's inception in 1984, eight Owls have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by 2005 World Series champion Willie Harris. Over the program's 37 seasons, 55 Owls have been drafted, including Max Pentecost and Chad Jenkins who were selected in the first round of the 2014 and 2009 drafts, respectively. The Owls won the NAIA World Series in 1994. They joined NCAA Division II in 1995 and won the 1996 NCAA Division II baseball tournament.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

Fred Stillwell Stadium

Fred Stillwell Stadium is a baseball stadium on the Kennesaw State campus in Kennesaw, Georgia, that seats 900 people. It opened in 1984. A record attendance of 1,314 was set on April 3, 2012 in a game against Georgia Tech.

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book.
2006–2021Mike Sansing15419–393
2022–presentRyan Coe393–81
Totals2 coaches18 seasons512–474

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book.

NCAA Division I Tournament history

YearRecordPctNotes
20143–3.500Eliminated by [2014 2014 Louisville Cardinals baseball team|Louisville Cardinals baseball team|Louisville] in Louisville Super Regional
20221–2.333Eliminated by Southern Miss in Hattiesburg Regional
Totals4–5.444

Awards and honors (Division I only)

  • Over their 15 seasons in Division I, two Owls have been named to an NCAA-recognized All-America team.
  • Over their 15 seasons in the ASUN Conference, 18 different Owls have been named to the all-conference first-team.

All-Americans

YearPositionNameTeamSelector
2009PChad Jenkins3rdCB
2014CMax Pentecost1stABCA
2014CMax Pentecost1stBA
2014CMax Pentecost1stCB
2014CMax Pentecost1stNCBWA
2022OFJosh Hatcher3rdCB
2022OFJosh Hatcher3rd-
2022OFJosh Hatcher3rd-
2022OFJosh Hatcher3rd-

Freshman All-Americans

YearPositionNameSelector
2013SSKal SimmonsCB
2015DHTaylor AllumCB
2016SSDavid ChabutCB
20183BTyler SimonCB
20221BDonovan CashCB, NCBWA

ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year

Taken from the 2020 KSU baseball record book. Updated March 15, 2020.

Owls in the Major Leagues

AthleteYears in MLBMLB teams
Willie Harris2001–2012Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds
Brian Mallette2002Milwaukee Brewers
Jason Jones2003Texas Rangers
Jason Childers2006Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Brett Campbell2006Washington Nationals
Chad Jenkins2012–2015Toronto Blue Jays
Justin Freeman2013Cincinnati Reds
Alan Busenitz2017–2018, 2023–2024Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds
Richard Lovelady2019–2025Kansas City Royals, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets
Travis Bergen2019–2021San Francisco Giants, Toronto Blue Jays, Arizona Diamondbacks

Sources Updated.