# Dakota State Trojans baseball

The Dakota State Trojans baseball team represents Dakota State University, competing as a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). During the 2025–26 academic year, the Trojans will be moving to the Frontier Conference. The Trojans play their home games at Flynn Field in Madison, South Dakota. Their current head coach is Derrion Hardie.

## History
### Conference affiliations

* South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1961–2000)
* Dakota Athletic Conference (2000–2011)
* NAIA independent (2011–2013)
* North Star Athletic Association (2013–2025)
* Frontier Conference (2025–)

## Coaches
### Current Coaching Staff

| Position | Name | Alma mater |
| Head Coach | Derrion Hardie | University of Sioux Falls |
| Assistant Coach | Dan Rutan | Oakland University |
| Assistant Coach | Quentin Evers | Briar Cliff University |
| Graduate Assistant | Zakk Evers | Briar Cliff University |
| Graduate Assistant | JD Kirchner | Dakota State University |

## Individual awards and honors
### All-Americans
#### NAIA

* Rick Alfson (1972)
* Bryan Day (2003)
* Ryan Holthaus (2003)
* Brandon Jiles (2005)
* Jason Ciz (2005)
* Terry McGowan (2005)
* Dustin Ottens (2006)
* Shea Tonkin (2006)
* Greg Biagi (2007)

### SDIC honors

All-Conference
* Dick Heiberger (1972)
* Rick Alfson (1972-73)
* Daryl Fletcher (1972-73)
* Jon Graves (1972-73)
* Ted Poncelet (1973)
* Keith Thomas (1973)
* Terry Kasperbauer (1976-77)
* Mike Miller (1977)
* Kim Nelson (1977)
* Brian Jacobsen (1980-81)
* Roger Mesteth (1982)
* Randy Schaefer (1982-83)
* Kirk Knight (1983-84)
* Scott Sanner (1983-84)
* Tim Asche (1983-85)
* Dennis Bierle (1984)
* Ken Karolevitz (1984-85)
* Mark Thomas (1984-85)
* Jim Fitzgerald (1985)
* Brian Relf (1985)
* Chad Hofer (1985)
* Scott Hortness (1985)
* John Francois (1985)
* Devin Alfson (1996-97)

### DAC honors

All-Conference
* Travis Phelps (2002)
* Dallas Schneiderman (2002)
* Ryan Holthaus (2003-04)
* Bryan Day (2003)
* Asa Patterson (2003)
* George Strable (2003)
* Josh Cuffe (2003)
* Aaron Vogt (2003)
* Ricky Brown (2004)
* Terry McGowan (2005-06)
* Brandon Jiles (2005)
* Jason Ciz (2005-08)
* Josh Wells (2005)
* Jon Lieser (2005)
* Shea Tonkin (2005-07)
* Adam Beyer (2005)
* Dustin Ottens (2006-07)
* T.J. Schmidtke (2006)
* B.J. Comfort (2006)
* Aaron Anderson (2006)
* Nate Remer (2006-07)
* Andre Trahan (2006)
* Matt Burpee (2007-08)
* Greg Biagi (2007-08)
* Jeff Savas (2007-08)
* Kyle Young (2007)
* Josh Guild (2007-08)
* Nick Hardy (2007)
* Josh Tomlin (2007)
* Ryan Breitling (2007)
* Dan Rhodes (2008-09)
* David Morgan (2008)
* Mike Young (2008)
* Zach Weber (2009)
* Zane Roduner (2009-10)
* Josh Tiede (2009-10)
* Jared Donahue (2009-10)
* Hibraim Cordova (2009)
* Lincoln Gassman (2010)
* Donald Strand (2010)
* Nick Mutz (2010)
* Chance Hargrove (2011)

### NSAA honors

All-Conference
* Zac Smith (2014)
* Jordan Hofer (2016)
* Ian Barker (2016)
* Jake Harris (2015-16)
* Samuel Drummond (2021)
* Chris Kropuenske (2021)
* Cole Westerlund (2022)
* Will Clair (2022)
* Chris Burke (2022)
* Kameron Bryant (2022)
* Grant Svikulis (2023)
* Mason Macaluso (2021-23)
* Luke Guest (2023)
* Sam Tyrpa (2023-24)
* Aidan Perry (2024)
* Ryan McDaniel (2021-24)
* JD Kirchner (2022-24)
* Walker Hultgren (2023-24)
* Jeremy Green (2023-24)
* Cory Brownson (2024)