Northwestern State Demons baseball

{{Infobox College baseball team

|current = 2025 Northwestern State Demons baseball team

|name = Northwestern State Demons

|founded = 1912

|logo = Northwestern State Demons wordmark.svg

|logo_size = 250

|university = Northwestern State University

|conference = Southland

|division =

|location = Natchitoches, Louisiana

|coach = Chris Bertrand

|tenure = 2nd

|stadium = H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field

|capacity = 1,200

|nickname = Demons

|national_champion =

|cws =

|ncaa_tourneys = 1967*, 1991, 1994, 2005, 2018

|conference_tournament =

|conference_champion = 1957*, 1967*, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018
at Division I level

}}

The Northwestern State Demons baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States.{{cite web| title=Northwestern State Demons|publisher=d1baseball.com| url=http://www.d1baseball.com/schools/nwstate.htm|access-date=2012-11-02}} The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Demons are currently coached by Chris Bertrand

History

=Northwestern State in the NCAA Tournament=

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Northwestern State Demons|Year|Record|Pct|Notes}}

1991

| 0–2

| {{Winpct|0|2}}

| South Regional

1994

| 1–2

| {{Winpct|1|2}}

| Midwest I Regional

2005

| 1–2

| {{Winpct|1|2}}

| Baton Rouge Regional

2018

| 1–2

| {{Winpct|1|2}}

| Corvallis Regional

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| 3–8

| {{Winpct|3|8}}

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=Year-by-year results=

{{CBB yearly record start | type = team }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Southland Conference

| conference= no

| startyear = 1990

| endyear =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1990

| name = Jim Wells

| overall = 38–13

| conference = 9–9

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1991

| name = Jim Wells

| overall = 40–21

| conference = 13–5

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason = 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1992

| name = Jim Wells

| overall = 29–26

| conference = 8–13

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1993

| name = Jim Wells

| overall = 40–18

| conference = 18–6

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1994

| name = Jim Wells

| overall = 45–15

| conference = 16–5

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason = 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1995

| name = Dave Van Horn

| overall = 37–15

| conference = 19–5

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1996

| name = Dave Van Horn

| overall = 34–27

| conference = 14–16

| confstanding =

| postseason =

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{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1997

| name = Dave Van Horn

| overall = 35–23

| conference = 19–9

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1998

| name = John Cohen

| overall = 40–20

| conference = 15–8

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 1999

| name = John Cohen

| overall = 38–21

| conference = 18–9

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2000

| name = John Cohen

| overall = 30–26

| conference = 14–13

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2001

| name = John Cohen

| overall = 38–17

| conference = 19–8

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2002/teamcume.htm|title=Northwestern State|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = Mitch Gaspard

| overall = 43–17

| conference = 17–10

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2003{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2003/teamcume.htm|title=Northwestern State|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = Mitch Gaspard

| overall = 35–22

| conference = 16–11

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2004/TEAMCUME.HTM|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = Mitch Gaspard

| overall = 33–23

| conference = 16–9

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2005{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2005/teamstat.htm|title=Untitled Document|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = Mitch Gaspard

| overall = 41–20

| conference = 22–5

| confstanding = SLC Champions

| postseason = 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2006/teamcume.htm|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = Mitch Gaspard

| overall = 33–28

| conference = 15–15

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2007/TEAMCUME.HTM|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = Mitch Gaspard

| overall = 25–28

| conference = 15–14

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2008/TEAMCUME.HTM|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = J. P. Davis

| overall = 28–28

| conference = 17–12

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/softball/stats2009/teamcume.htm|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = J. P. Davis

| overall = 26–26

| conference = 18–13

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2010/teamcume.htm|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = J. P. Davis

| overall = 36–21

| conference = 22–10

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Stats/stats/baseball/stats2011/teamcume.htm|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = J. P. Davis

| overall = 22–32

| conference = 11–21

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.nsudemons.com/custompages/Baseball/2012%20Baseball/teamcume.htm|title=Northwestern State – Season Statistics|work=nsudemons.com}}

| name = J. P. Davis

| overall = 19–32

| conference = 14–19

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2013

| name = Lane Burroughs

| overall = 16–40

| conference = 5–22

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2014

| name = Lane Burroughs

| overall = 33–26

| conference = 19–11

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2015

| name = Lane Burroughs

| overall = 31–23

| conference = 20–8

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2016

| name = Lane Burroughs

| overall = 33–24

| conference = 20–10

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2017

| name = Bobby Barbier

| overall = 20–34

| conference = 10–20

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2018

| name = Bobby Barbier

| overall = 38–24

| conference = 18–12

| confstanding = SLC Tournament Champions

| postseason = 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2019

| name = Bobby Barbier

| overall = 30–25

| conference = 15–15

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2020

| name = Bobby Barbier

| overall = 12–4

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding =

| postseason = Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2021

| name = Bobby Barbier

| overall = 27–26

| conference = 20–16

| confstanding = 6th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2022

| name = Bobby Barbier

| overall = 25–29

| conference = 12–12

| confstanding = T-4th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB yearly record end

| overall =

}}

Major League Baseball

Northwestern State has had 54 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.{{cite web| title=Demon Baseball Draftees|publisher=nsudemons.com| url=http://nsudemons.com/roster.aspx?path=gen&roster=106&|access-date=2018-06-21}}

class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="text-align:center"

! colspan=4 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Northwestern State Demons|border=0|color=white}}" |Demons in the Major League Baseball Draft

Year

! Player

! Round

! Team

1969

|{{sort name|Donnie|Shields|nolink=1}}

| 15

| Senators

1974

|{{sort name|Robert|Hrapman|nolink=1}}

| 2

| Cardinals

1980

|{{sort name|Kenneth|Stelly|nolink=1}}

| 25

| Mets

1983

|{{sort name|Steve|Graf|nolink=1}}

| 26

| Expos

1985

|{{sort name|Clifton|Walker|nolink=1}}

| 14

| Phillies

1985

|{{sort name|Dave|Reynolds|nolink=1}}

| 22

| White Sox

1987

|{{sort name|Vaughn|Williams|nolink=1}}

| 18

| Cubs

1988

|{{sort name|Ken|Morris|nolink=1}}

| 18

| Cubs

1988

|{{sort name|Bob|Kairis|nolink=1}}

| 23

| Indians

1989

|{{sort name|Dickey|Marze|nolink=1}}

| 17

| Braves

1989

|{{sort name|Gil|Galloway|nolink=1}}

| 27

| Reds

1990

|{{sort name|Kevin|Berry|nolink=1}}

| 19

| Reds

1990

|{{sort name|Rolando|Fernandez|nolink=1}}

| 45

| Cubs

1991

|{{sort name|Brian|Carlin|nolink=1}}

| 30

| Reds

1991

|{{sort name|Robert|Conway|nolink=1}}

| 40

| Mets

1995

|{{sort name|Terry|Joseph|nolink=1}}

| 13

| Cubs

1996

|{{sort name|Kevin|Needham|nolink=1}}

| 19

| Reds

1998

|{{sort name|Brandon|Emanuel|nolink=1}}

| 2

| Angels

1998

|{{sort name|Brian|Lawrence}}

| 17

| Padres

1998

|{{sort name|Allen|Davis|nolink=1}}

| 24

| Dodgers

1998

|{{sort name|Chris|Brown|nolink=1}}

| 33

| Cubs

1999

|{{sort name|Tom|Batson|nolink=1}}

| 28

| Phillies

2000

|{{sort name|Clifton|Glidewell|nolink=1}}

| 30

| Dodgers

2001

|{{sort name|Jordan|Robison|nolink=1}}

| 14

| Cardinals

2001

|{{sort name|Gene|Desalme|nolink=1}}

| 16

| Brewers

2002

|{{sort name|O.J.|King|nolink=1}}

| 8

| Reds

2002

|{{sort name|Carl|Makowsky|nolink=1}}

| 18

| Orioles

2002

|{{sort name|Tyler|Durham|nolink=1}}

| 37

| Cardinals

2004

|{{sort name|Clayton|Turner|nolink=1}}

| 27

| Athletics

2005

|{{sort name|Blake|Jones|nolink=1}}

| 25

| Marlins

2005

|{{sort name|Daniel|Lonsberry|nolink=1}}

| 25

| Orioles

2006

|{{sort name|Miles|Durham|nolink=1}}

| 22

| Pirates

2007

|{{sort name|Brandon|Richey|nolink=1}}

| 10

| Mets

2010

|{{sort name|Chad|Sheppard|nolink=1}}

| 17

| Mets

2010

|{{sort name|Ryan|Zimmerman|nolink=1}}

| 30

| Diamondbacks

2010

|{{sort name|Oscar|Garcia|nolink=1}}

| 31

| Padres

2010

|{{sort name|Chase|Lyles|nolink=1}}

| 32

| Pirates

2010

|{{sort name|Lucas|Irvine|nolink=1}}

| 43

| White Sox

2011

|{{sort name|Lucas|Irvine|nolink=1}}

| 27

| Rays

2011

|{{sort name|Aaron|Munoz|nolink=1}}

| 34

| Blue Jays

2012

|{{sort name|Mason|Melotakis|nolink=1}}

| 2

| Twins

2012

|{{sort name|Joseph|Scanio|nolink=1}}

| 16

| Cardinals

2012

|{{sort name|Carson|Goldsmith|nolink=1}}

| 28

| Twins

2014

|{{sort name|Bret|Underwood|nolink=1}}

| 20

| Giants

2016

|{{sort name|Nick|Heath|dab=baseball}}

| 16

| Royals

2016

|{{sort name|Adam|Oller}}

| 20

| Pirates

2016

|{{sort name|Daniel|Garner|nolink=1}}

| 32

| Phillies

2018

|{{sort name|David|Fry}}

| 7

| Brewers

2018

|{{sort name|Kwan|Adkins|nolink=1}}

| 30

| Giants

2019

|{{sort name|Nate|Jones|nolink=1}}

| 5

| Mets

2019

|{{sort name|Caleb|Ricca|nolink=1}}

| 23

| Mariners

2020

|{{sort name|Logan|Hofmann|nolink=1}}

| 5

| Pirates

See also

References

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