Norfolk State Spartans baseball explained

Norfolk State Spartans
Current:2024 Norfolk State Spartans baseball team
University:Norfolk State University
Coach:Keith Shumate
Tenure:7th
Conference:NEC
Location:Norfolk, Virginia
Stadium:Marty L. Miller Field
Capacity:1,500
Nickname:Spartans
Ncaa Tourneys:2021
Conference Tournament:2021

The Norfolk State Spartans baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. The team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I and is a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Through the 2022 season, the Spartans had competed in the school's full-time home of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), but after that season, the MEAC merged its baseball league into that of the NEC. Norfolk State and the three other MEAC members that sponsored baseball became NEC associate members in that sport.[1]

Norfolk State in the NCAA Tournament

The Spartans have been to one NCAA tournament in 2021. In 2021, the Spartans won their first MEAC Baseball tournament championship, earning the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament[2]

20210–2Greenville Regional
0–2

Stadiums

Marty L. Miller Field

See main article: Marty L. Miller Field.

Marty L. Miller Field is a baseball stadium in Norfolk, Virginia.[3] The venue is named for former Norfolk State baseball coach Marty Miller.[4] Built in 1997, it has a capacity of 1,500 spectators.

Head coaches

1973–2004Marty Miller32718–543–3
2005–2017Claudell Clark13287–332–1
2018–presentKeith Shumate586–129
[5]

Notes and References

  1. NEC & MEAC Announce Three-Sport Associate Member Partnership . Northeast Conference . July 12, 2022 . July 12, 2022.
  2. Web site: Norfolk State Wins 2021 MEAC Baseball Championship.
  3. Web site: Marty L. Miller Field. NSUSpartans.com. 28 May 2012.
  4. Web site: Marty L. Miller. NSUSpartans.com. 28 May 2012.
  5. Web site: NSU Baseball Records . Norfolk State University . www.nsuspartans.com . April 15, 2022.