Brown Bears baseball explained

Current:2024 Brown Bears baseball team
Brown Bears
University:Brown University
Coach:Grant Achilles
Tenure:11th
Conference:Ivy League
Location:Providence, Rhode Island
Stadium:Murray Stadium
Capacity:1,000
Nickname:Bears
Ncaa Tourneys:2007
Conference Tournament:2007
Conference Champion:1952

The Brown Bears baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and are members of the Ivy League. Previously, they had played in the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League, which consisted of schools in the Ivy League along with Army and Navy before the Ivy League began to sponsor baseball entirely in 1992.

The team was a part of history in 2023. In November 2022, freshman, Olivia Pichardo became the first woman named to an NCAA Division I baseball roster, making the team as a walk-on.[1] In March 2023, she had a plate appearance as a pinch-hitter.[2]

Brown in the NCAA Tournament

20070–2Round Rock Regional
0–2

Notes and References

  1. News: Williams . Madison . November 21, 2022 . Brown Walk-On Is First Woman Ever to Make D-I Baseball Roster . . March 19, 2023.
  2. News: Olivia Pichardo becomes first woman to play in an NCAA Division 1 baseball game . 2023-03-19 . . en-US.