page_title: Kent State Golden Flashes
section_title: Baseball
hierarchical_section_title: Kent State Golden Flashes / Sports sponsored / Baseball
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking down the right field line towards the scoreboard at Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium, the home field of the w:Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team in w:Kent, Ohio.
context_page_description: The Golden Flashes are the athletic teams that represent Kent State University. The university fields 19 varsity athletic teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I level with football competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Kent State is a full member of the Mid-American Conference and has been part of the MAC East division since it was created in 1998. Official school colors are Kent State Blue and Kent State Gold. Joel Nielsen is athletic director, a position he has held since May 1, 2010.
  Athletic events were held during the very first semester at Kent State in late 1913, with several intramural teams for female students and a limited number of opportunities for male students. Early men's athletic events, in basketball and baseball, were played against local high school, church, and company teams. The first intercollegiate athletic event, a men's basketball game, was held in January 1915 and the baseball team held their first intercollegiate game later that year. A dedicated athletic field was built around 1920 and the school's first gymnasium opened in 1925.
context_section_description: The baseball team is Kent State's second oldest sport, though it is the school's oldest intercollegiate team.  Formed in 1914, they were known originally as the "Normal Nine" as the school was originally known as Kent State Normal School.  The team has enjoyed significant success both in the Mid-American Conference and on the national level and has sent several players to the major leagues over the years.  The team's home field is Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium, opened in 2005 on the site of the team's previous home, Gene Michael Field.  The coach is Jeff Duncan, who was hired as coach after the 2013 season. Through the 2018 season, the team has 12 MAC East titles, 15 MAC regular-season titles, 11 MAC tournament titles, and 13 NCAA tournament appearances.  In 2012, the team made its first appearances in both the Super Regional round of the NCAA baseball tournament and the College World Series.  
  MAC East division titles: 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
  MAC overall titles: 1964, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018
  MAC tournament titles: 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
  NCAA Tournament appearances: 1964, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
  College World Series appearances: 2012
caption: Kent State baseball game at Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium in 2010
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