• First Year of Competition: 1984
  • Head Coach: Mike Sansing (Two-Time National Coach of the Year)
  • Assistant Coaches: Derrick Tucker, Kevin Erminio, D.J. King
  • National Championships: 2 (1996 NCAA Division II, 1994 NAIA)
  • All-Americans: 20
  • MLB Players: 5 (Willie Harris, Jason Jones, Jason Childers, Brett Campbell, Brian Mallette)
  • MLB Draft Picks: 35
  • A-Sun All-Conference Honorees: 18
  • A-Sun Pitcher of the Year Awards: 1
  • A-Sun Player of the Week Awards: 9
  • A-Sun Pitcher of the Week Awards: 10
  • A-Sun All-Academic Honors: 89
  • All A-Sun: 11
  • A-Sun All-Freshman: 7

Led by head coach Mike Sansing, the Owls are one of two programs at KSU to have won multiple national championships. A two-time national coach of the year (in both NAIA and NCAA Division II), Sansing and his coaching staff have gained a reputation for cultivating talent on the diamond.

Five Major League Baseball players have roots at Kennesaw State, headlined by 2005 World Series champion Willie Harris. Chad Jenkins, a 2009 First Round draft pick by the Toronto Blue Jays, was named A-Sun Pitcher of the Year in 2009 and earned All-American status.

The talent pool continues to deepen at KSU, with no better example than Ronnie Freeman. As a freshman, Freeman earned Freshman All-American honors. In his sophomore season, Freeman had the nation’s longest hitting streak for a time at 42 games.

The Owls also continually play against regional rivals as KSU boasts one of the strongest non-conference schedules in the nation. The Owls have beaten the likes of Georgia Tech, Georgia, Tennessee, and Georgia Southern on a yearly basis.

The Owls also excel in the classroom as well. Baseball student-athletes have been honored by the A-Sun 89 times with All-Academic honors. In the same year he earned All-American status, Jenkins was also named as a College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District honoree. Freeman also balanced his hitting streak with his textbooks, earning CoSIDA Academic All-District honors after his sophomore season.

With a reverent eye in the past, KSU’s baseball program continues to make strides towards greater success in the future.