University of Tennessee Athletics
Baseball History
2025Â Season
Record:Â 46-19
SEC Finish:Â 16-14Â (T-8th)
Postseason:Â NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional (0-2)
Highest Final Ranking:Â No. 10 (USA Today & NCBWA)
Coach: Tony Vitello (8th season)
Tennessee followed up its first National Championship in program history with another strong season in 2025, finishing with a 46-19 overall record, including a 16-14 mark in Southeastern Conference play, and a top-12 national ranking in all final polls.Â
The Volunteers advanced to their program-record fifth consecutive NCAA Super Regional after earning the No. 14 national seed and winning the NCAA Knoxville Regional over Wake Forest, Cincinnati and Miami (OH). UT is the only program in the nation that has appeared in the super regionals in each of the last five years. Tennessee also became the first defending national champion to advance to the super regional round since Florida did so in 2018.
With 46 victories in 2025, the Big Orange extended their streak of consecutive 40-win seasons, joining Arkansas and Southern Miss as the only Division I programs to win at least 40 games in each of the last six full seasons (2020 COVID-shortened season not included).
The Vols once again displayed impressive power, finishing as one of the nation’s leaders in home runs for the fifth straight year. UT hit 131 long balls, which ranked second in the country and marked the fourth consecutive season it has hit 100 or more homers. Tennessee had eight players hit double-digit dingers, led by Andrew Fischer’s 25, which led the SEC and is the second most in a single season in program history.
Tennessee was well-represented when it came to postseason honors, boasting five players that earned All-America recognition, including unanimous first-team selections in Fischer and starting pitcher Liam Doyle. Junior infielder Gavin Kilen was also tabbed as an All-American by multiple outlets while redshirt senior outfielder Hunter Ensley earned second-team honors from the ABCA and Levi Clark garnered Freshman All-America accolades from Perfect Game.
Doyle – who was named the Perfect Game National Pitcher of the Year, the NCBWA District 3 Pitcher of the Year and the SEC Pitcher of the Year – put together one of the most dominant seasons on the mound in program history. He was also just the third player in UT history to be named a finalist for both the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy in the same season, joining Tennessee legends Chris Burke (2001) and Todd Helton (1995).
The junior lefty was named the NCAA Knoxville Regional Most Outstanding Player and finished his junior campaign with a 10-4 record to go along with 3.20 ERA and 0.99 WHIP in 19 appearances (17 starts). Doyle led the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (15.43) and finishing second in the country with a program record 164 strikeouts.
2024Â Season
Record:Â 60-13
SEC Finish:Â 22-8Â (SEC Regular Season & Tournament Champions)
Postseason: NCAA Men's College World Series (National Champions)
Highest Final Ranking:Â No. 1Â (Unanimous)
Coach: Tony Vitello (7th season)
The Tennessee baseball program reached the mountain top in 2024, winning the first National Championship in program history by defeating Texas A&M in the Men’s College World Series Finals. Led by National Coach of the Year Tony Vitello, the Volunteers became the first SEC team to ever win 60 games in a season, finishing with an incredible 60-13 overall record. UT also became just the fourth program in history to win the SEC regular season crown, the SEC Tournament title and the National Championship in the same year, cementing itself as one of the greatest college baseball teams ever.
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Tennessee had seven players earn postseason All-America honors, led by consensus first-team selections Blake Burke (unanimous) and Christian Moore. Joining Burke and Moore as All-Americans were Drew Beam, AJ Causey, Dylan Dreiling, Dean Curley (Freshman Team) and Dylan Loy (Freshman Team). The trio of Moore, Burke and Dreiling had a heavy hand in UT’s record-setting power numbers as the Big Orange led the nation with a program-record 184 home runs, which ranks second in NCAA Division I history, just four shy of LSU’s NCAA record of 188 homers in 1997. The Vols became the first team in NCAA history to have five players hit 20 or more home runs in a single season, led by Moore’s program record 34 long balls. Dreiling (23), Billy Amick (23), Burke (20) and Kavares Tears (20) were the other players to reach to 20-homer mark in 2024.
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Tennessee’s pitching staff was once again one of the best in the nation, as well, finishing sixth in the country with a 3.89 ERA. The Vols also finished in the top five nationally in strikeout-to-walk ratio, walks allowed per nine innings and WHIP. Senior lefty Zander Sechrist put together one of the most dominant postseasons in program history, posting a 4-0 record with a 1.57 ERA over five starts which included victories in the SEC Tournament semifinal, NCAA Knoxville Regional final and game three of the NCAA Knoxville Super Regional to send UT to Omaha for the seventh time in program history. Sechrist led the Vols to two more wins during their MCWS championship run, tossing a career-high tying 6.1 innings in a win over Florida State to send Tennessee to the championship series before striking out seven batters over 5.1 innings of one-run ball in the winner-take-all game three of the finals against Texas A&M.
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Sechrist was one of four Vols named to the MCWS All-Tournament Team, along with Dean Curley, Moore and Dreiling, who was also named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player after batting .542 with three home runs and 11 RBIs in Omaha, including going 7-for-12 with seven RBIs in the finals. The Kansas native became the first player in MCWS history to homer in all three games of the finals and also had the walk-off hit in UT’s thrilling comeback victory over Florida State in its opening game of the tournament.
2023Â Season
Record:Â 44-22
SEC Finish:Â 16-14Â (T-4th SEC East)
Postseason: NCAA Men's College World Series (T-5th)
Highest Final Ranking:Â No. 4 (USA Today)
Coach: Tony Vitello (6th season)
A strong second-half surge propelled Tennessee to another successful season in 2023, as the Volunteers won 11 of their final 15 SEC games before embarking on an impressive postseason run to reach the Men’s College World Series for the second time in three years.
Following a disappointing first half of conference play, the Big Orange caught fire during their final five SEC series to secure a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Clemson Regional before knocking off Charlotte and No. 4 national seed Clemson to advance to the program’s third straight super regional. Once again, the Vols had to go on the road, but were able to dispose of Southern Miss in three games to book the program’s sixth trip to Omaha.
UT went on to win its first CWS game since 2001 with a 6-4 victory over Stanford, snapping a six-game losing streak in Omaha.
As has become the norm under pitching coach Frank Anderson, Tennessee boasted one of the country’s top pitching staffs and finished the year ranked among the top five nationally in ERA (2nd – 3.63), WHIP (2nd – 1.16), strikeout-to-walk ratio (2nd – 4.03), shutouts (3rd – 9), total strikeouts (3rd – 738), strikeouts per nine innings (3rd – 11.7), hits allowed per nine innings (4th – 7.51) and walks allowed per nine innings (4th – 2.90).
The Vols went on to have a program-record six pitchers selected in the 2023 MLB Draft, led by first rounder Chase Dollander, who became the highest drafted player in the Vitello era after going No. 9 overall to the Colorado Rockies. In total, Tennessee had eight players chosen in the 2023 draft, which was tied for the second most in program history, trailing only the 2022 draft when UT had 10 players selected.
UT had a pair of players earn All-America status in pitchers Andrew Lindsey and AJ Russell. Lindsey was tabbed a third-team selection by Baseball America and Russell garnered third-team honors from the NCBWA. Russell also picked up Freshman All-America honors from the NCBWA, D1Baseball.com and Baseball America to become the seventh player in program history to be named a Freshman All-American by three separate outlets.
2022Â Season
Record:Â 57-9
SEC Finish:Â 25-5 (SEC Regular Season & Tournament Champions)
Postseason:Â NCAA Knoxville Super Regional (1-2)
Highest Final Ranking:Â No. 8 (Baseball America)
Coach: Tony Vitello (5th season)
Tennessee baseball continued its reemergence as an SEC and national power in 2022, setting a new program record with 57 victories en route to winning SEC Regular Season and SEC Tournament titles. The Volunteers achieved the program’s first No. 1 national ranking in any poll in week six of the season before settling in as the unanimous top-ranked team in week seven. UT was ranked No. 1 in at least one poll during 12 weeks of the season and spent 10 weeks as the nation’s unanimous top-ranked team.
The Vols led the nation in numerous statistical categories while setting a handful of program records along the way, including new marks for home runs (158), runs scored (613), RBIs (574), slugging percentage (.604), ERA (2.51), WHIP (1.00), opponent batting average (.199), strikeouts (695), strikeouts/nine innings (10.5) and walks allowed/nine innings (2.48), among others.
UT was one win away from making its second consecutive College World Series appearance but fell to Notre Dame in the Knoxville Super Regional. However, the Big Orange won both the SEC Regular Season and SEC Tournament championships for the first time since 1995. The Vols won the SEC Regular Season title by six games, and the eastern division crown by 10 games, both of which are the largest margins in conference history.
Tennessee became the first NCAA Division I team since at least 1972 to lead the country in both home runs and ERA. The Vols’ 158 long balls shattered the previous program record of 107 while ranking fourth in NCAA Division I history, including the most by any team in the BBCOR bat era (since 2011). UT also led the country in runs scored (613), slugging percentage (.604), strikeout-to-walk ratio (4.24), WHIP (1.00), walks allowed/nine innings (2.48) and win/loss percentage (.864).
Head coach Tony Vitello was named the Perfect Game National Coach of the Year for the second season in a row and was also tabbed as the Southeast Region Coach of the Year by the ABCA. The Vols set a program record with nine players earning postseason All-America honors, including four first-team selections, which was also a school record. Tennessee had four players earn Freshmen All-America honors, as well.
Sophomore pitcher Chase Dollander racked up the postseason honors following a dominant year on the mound, becoming the first UT player to be named SEC Pitcher of the Year and earn consensus first-team All-America honors since Luke Hochevar in 2005.
Freshman right hander Chase Burns also brought home some national awards after being named the NCBWA Freshman National Pitcher of the Year and the Collegiate Baseball Co-Freshman National Player of the Year.
2021Â Season
Record:Â 50-18
SEC Finish:Â 20-10 (1st SEC East)
Postseason:Â NCAA Men's College World Series (T-7th)Â
Highest Final Ranking: No. 5Â (USA Today)
Coach: Tony Vitello (4th season)
Led by the 2021 NCBWA & Perfect Game National Coach of the Year Tony Vitello, Tennessee had one of its best seasons in program history in 2021, posting a 50-18 record and advancing to the College World Series for the first time since 2005. UT was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation -Â its highest ranking in program history - and finished the season ranked as high as No. 5 in the polls.Â
The Vols hosted a regional for the first time since 2005 and hosted a super regional for the first time ever, posting a perfect 5-0 record in the NCAA tournament’s first two rounds before making the program’s fifth trip to Omaha. UT reached the 50-win mark for just the third time in program history and finished the season tied for the most wins in Division college baseball.
The Big Orange also posted their best finish in conference play since 1995, going 20-10 in league games to win the SEC Eastern Division for the first time since 1997. Tennessee carried that success into the postseason, advancing to the SEC Tournament Championship game for the first time since 1995.
UT was one of the top offensive teams in the nation, ranking among the top 10 in the country in runs scored (7th – 425), hits (2nd – 657), doubles (3rd – 134), home runs (4th – 98) and walks (5th – 336). The Vols’ 98 homers were the second most in a single season in program history.
The Vols also had another strong pitching staff in 2021, ranking 10 nationally in ERA (3.51), second in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.63), fifth in WHIP (1.16) and third in walks allowed per innings (2.49).
Tennessee had a program record five players earn postseason All-America honors:
Chad Dallas – ABCA (2nd Team), NCBWA (3rd Team)
Sean Hunley – Baseball America (2nd Team)
Jake Rucker – Baseball America (3rd Team), Collegiate Baseball News (3rd Team)
Liam Spence – ABCA (3rd Team)
Blade Tidwell – Perfect Game (Freshman)
2020 Season
Record:Â 15-2*
SEC Finish:Â N/A*
Postseason: N/A*
Highest Final Ranking: No. 20 (USA Today)
Coach: Tony Vitello (3rd season)
*Season canceled after 17 games due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis
After ending a long NCAA Tournament drought in 2019, Tennessee was off to another great start in 2020 and looked like a team with all the tools to make a deep postseason run before the season was cut short due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis. The Vols were ranked as high as No. 11 in the nation after a 13-0 start to the year and were 15-2 heading into SEC play. UT's No. 11 national ranking was its highest since being ranked No. 11 in the 2007 preseason poll. Tennessee's 13-0 start was the second best in program history, behind last year's 15-0 start.Â
Prior to the season being canceled, Tennessee was putting up some historic numbers. The Vols led the country in total runs (180) and runs per game (10.6) while ranking second in home runs (31), slugging percentage (.556), walks (124), on-base percentage (.442) and WHIP (0.94). The Big Orange were also among the national leaders in a handful of other statistical categories, including: batting average: .320 (fifth), doubles: 43 (sixth), hits: 193 (third), ERA: 2.00 (fifth), fielding percentage: .981 (18th), hits allowed/nine innings: 6.41 (16th), shutouts: three (12th), strikeout-to-walk ratio: 4.89 (third) and walks allowed/nine innings: 2.06 (third).
Through 17 games, 14 different players on Tennessee's roster hit a home run, more than any other team in the nation. Nine players had multiple homers, led by the trio of Alerick Soularie (five), Zach Daniels (four) and Connor Pavolony (four).Â
The highlight of the shortened 2020 season was winning the inaugural Round Rock Classic in Round Rock, Texas. The Vols swept the field that included No. 1 Texas Tech, Houston and No. 25 Stanford, outscoring those three teams by a combined score of 21-8. UT's 6-2 win over No. 1 Texas Tech to open the tournament was the program's sixth victory over a top-10 team and second over a top-ranked team since Vitello took over prior to the 2018 season.
2019Â Season
Record:Â 40-21
SEC Finish: 14-16 (3rd SEC East)
Postseason: NCAA Chapel Hill Regional (Runner-Up)
Highest Final Ranking: No. 23 (NCBWA)
Coach: Tony Vitello (2nd season)
Tennessee baseball had one of the most successful and memorable seasons in recent memory in 2019 under second-year head coach Tony Vitello. The Volunteers finished the year with a 40-21 record, including a 14-16 mark in Southeastern Conference play to reach their first NCAA Regional since 2005, ending a 13-year drought. The 40 overall victories and 14 SEC wins were both the most for the program since 2005.
UT got off to the best start in program history by winning its first 15 games of the year. The Big Orange posted shutouts in each of their first four games while not allowing a run for 41.0 consecutive innings to begin the season, both program records. The Vols finished with 26 non-conference wins, the most since 2000, and posted their highest finish in the SEC Eastern Division since 2005, coming in third behind Vanderbilt and Georgia.
Tennessee was ranked among the Top 25 for 10 weeks, due in large part to one of the country’s top pitching staffs. The Orange & White tied a program record with 10 shutouts, including three in conference play, and racked up 551 strikeouts (second most in program history). UT had a 3.59 ERA and held opposing hitters to a .239 batting average (lowest since 1996). At season’s end, Tennessee’s pitching staff was ranked among the Top 25 nationally in shutouts (second), strikeout-to-walk ratio (ninth), WHIP (10th), walks allowed per nine innings (13th) and ERA (19th). The Big Orange also boasted one of the top fielding teams in the nation, finishing with a program-best .979 fielding percentage that ranked 14th in the country and third in the SEC.
The Vols had one of their most productive seasons in recent memory at the plate, finishing the year with 378 runs scored, 173 extra-base hits, 53 home runs and a .407 slugging percentage – all top marks since 2010. They also led all Power 5 programs with 108 stolen bases, the most in a single season since 2005. Junior speedster Jay Charleston finished the year with 41 steals, becoming the first SEC player to steal 40-plus bases in a season since VFLs Chris Burke (49) and Stevie Daniel (46) both accomplished the feat back in 2001.
The Big Orange had five players earn postseason honors. Sophomore designated hitter Evan Russell became just the seventh player in program history to earn Google Cloud Academic All-America honors, earning a spot on the third team. Sophomore newcomer Alerick Soularie garnered numerous accolades, earning All-America honors from D1Baseball.com (Third Team) and Rawlings/Perfect Game (Honorable Mention) while also being named first-team All-SEC after leading the team with a .357 batting average, .602 slugging percentage and .466 on-base percentage. Junior pitcher Garrett Stallings was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and also earned a spot on the SEC All-Defensive Team after leading UT with a career-best eight wins and 106 strikeouts. Andre Lipcius, Redmond Walsh and Soularie were all named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region second team as well.Â
Tennessee had six players selected in the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft, tying the most since 2015. Lipcius (third round), Stallings (fifth round), Andrew Schultz (sixth round), Zach Linginfelter (ninth round), Ricky Martinez (18th round) and Charleston (26th round) were all among those picked. With the 83rd overall pick by the Detroit Tigers, Lipcius became the highest-drafted UT player since current Cincinnati Reds’ outfielder Nick Senzel went No. 2 overall in 2016. The junior had a huge year at the plate, leading the team and setting career highs with 17 home runs and 58 RBI.
2018Â Season
Record: 29-27
SEC Finish:Â 12-18 (t-6th SEC East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Tony Vitello (1st season)
Tennessee baseball finished the 2018 season with a 29-27 overall record, including a 12-18 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The Volunteers finished the year in a tie for sixth place in the SEC Eastern Division with Missouri.
Despite narrowly missing the SEC Tournament, UT showed improvement in year one under head coach Tony Vitello. The Vols 12 conference wins were their most since 2014, while Tennessee’s SEC home record of 9-6 was its best since 2005. After winning just one conference series in 2017, the Big Orange won three in 2018, including a sweep over Alabama and series wins over No. 14 Texas A&M and No. 13 Kentucky. The Vols finished the year with seven wins over ranked opponents, including a victory over top-ranked Florida on April 8.
Sophomore shortstop Andre Lipcius was the offensive leader for one of the nation’s youngest teams, posting team highs in batting average (.315), home runs (seven), RBI (42) and total bases (96). Fellow sophomore Jay Charleston also had a breakout season, tying for the conference lead with 21 stolen bases during the regular season. The Longwood, Fla., native also led the team with 65 hits and 42 runs scored.
Freshman pitcher Sean Hunley had a stellar debut season on the mound, leading the Vols with seven victories and a 2.64 ERA. Hunley became the first true freshman in program history to start a season 6-0 and his seven total wins were tied for fourth all-time among UT freshmen. Junior starter Will Neely anchored the Vols’ weekend rotation, posting a 4-2 record in 14 starts. Neely went at least five innings in 12 of his 14 starts and finished the regular season tied for the SEC lead with three complete games. The Knoxville native earned SEC postseason honors for the first time in his career after being named to the league’s all-defensive team.
Redshirt sophomore Nico Mascia was named SEC Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year, joining Derek Lance (2016) as just the second Tennessee player to earn that honor. Mascia also had a breakout season, finishing third on the team in batting average while hitting nine doubles and tying for third on the team with five home runs. Mascia also led the team with a .487 slugging percentage and .439 on-base percentage after appearing in just one game during his first two years with the program.
2017 Season
Record: 27-25
SEC Finish: 7-21 (7th SEC East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Dave Serrano (6th season)
Tennessee Baseball completed the 2017 season with a 27-25 overall record, including a 7-21 mark in Southeastern Conference play.
Senior Jordan Rodgers was named a 2017 First Team All-Southeastern Conference third baseman while Andre Lipcius was also recognized as a Freshman All-SEC first baseman. With the nominations, Tennessee had two players recognized for postseason All-SEC honors for the first time since 2014, when VFLs Christin Stewart (First Team) and Nick Senzel (Freshman) were also named to the same respective All-SEC lists.
Righty Eric Freeman earned his fourth-consecutive SEC Community Service Team nomination in 2017, having also been recognized during the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons. The recognition came on the heels of Freeman's 2016-17 Brad Davis SEC Community Service Leader of the Year award as well as his College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-Distric Baseball Team selection.
2016 Season
Record: 29-28
SEC Finish: 9-21 (7th SEC East)
Postseason: SEC Tournament (No. 12 Seed)
Coach: Dave Serrano (5th season)
Tennessee Baseball completed its 2016 campaign with a 29-28 overall record, including a 9-21 mark in Southeastern Conference play and a 0-1 finish in the 2016 SEC Baseball Tournament. The tournament berth marked the first time for the Volunteers to appear in the league's postseason tournament in three straight seasons since 1995-97.
Junior Nick Senzel was named an All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Defensive third baseman, hitting .352 with 74 hits, an SEC-leading 25 doubles, eight homers and 59 RBI. He later became the first Volunteer to receive postseason All-America honors since Cody Hawn took Second Team and Third Team mentions in 2009. Following the season, Senzel went 2nd overall in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.
As one of eight graduating seniors, Knoxville native Derek Lance received SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors and was accepted into ETSU's Quillen College of Medicine.
2015 Season
Record: 24-26
SEC Finish: 11-18 (6th East)
Postseason: SEC Tournament (No. 12 Seed)
Coach: Dave Serrano (4th season)
Tennessee closed out its 2015 campaign with a 24-26 overall record, following a 2-1 loss to Arkansas in the single-elimination rounds of the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Ala. After clinching a postseason bid in the final game of regular season play, the Vols returned to the SEC Tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2004-05, after not appearing in the conference tournament from 2008-13.
Junior Christin Stewart led the team in multiple offensive categories and was named First Team All-SEC for the second consecutive year, becoming the first Volunteer to receive the honor in consecutive season since Chris Burke (2000-01). Right-handed pitcher/designated hitter Andrew Lee also had a breakthrough year and was tabbed a Top 10 finalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year by the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
2014 Season
Record: 31-23
SEC Finish: 12-18 (5th East)
Postseason: SEC Tournament
Coach: Dave Serrano (3rd season)
In Dave Serrano's third season at the helm, the Vols opened the season winning a school record 12 games in a row and were ranked in the Top 25 for several weeks. Tennessee returned to the SEC Tournament for the first time since 2007.
Outfielder Christin Stewart was named to the All-SEC First Team while freshman Nick Senzel was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.
2013 Season
Record: 22-30
SEC Finish: 8-20 (6th East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Dave Serrano (2nd season)
Head coach Dave Serrano's second season at Rocky Top featured one of the youngest teams in the nation with an NCAA-leading 18 true freshmen on the roster. The Vols were unable to make the postseason but gained valuable experience and showed significant improvement over the course of the year.
Zack Godley posted an impressive senior campaign for Tennessee with an SEC-leading six complete games in just 14 starts. Following the season, he would go on to be selected in the 10th round of the MLB Draft.
2012 Season
Record: 24-31
SEC Finish: 8-22 (6th East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Dave Serrano (1st season)
Tennessee's first season under head coach Dave Serrano started strong, but the Vols struggled down the stretch and missed the postseason.
Junior Drew Steckenrider became the Vols' first All-SEC selection since 2009, and Will Maddox was named to the SEC's All-Freshman team.
2011 Season
Record: 25-29
SEC Finish: 7-23 (6th East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Todd Raleigh (4th season)
The Vols entered SEC play on a nine-game winning streak, but that early success didn't last long especially in an SEC East that sent three teams to the College World Series.
Ultimately, five Vols were taken in the MLB Draft, and outfielder Andrew Toles earned freshman All-SEC honors.
2010 Season
Record: 30-26
SEC Finish: 12-18 (5th East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Todd Raleigh (3rd season)
The Vols got off to a slow start in SEC play and ended with five straight conference losses to miss the postseason for the third straight year.
In between, however, UT looked like an NCAA Tournament-caliber team, winning as many as six straight SEC games for just the third time in the last 40 years.
2009 Season
Record: 26-29
SEC Finish: 11-19 (6th East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Todd Raleigh (2nd season)
The 2009 season was an up and down one for the Vols, who struggled to find consistency on the mound and at the plate.
UT's RPI jumped from 89 to 58 in 2009, despite playing 36 games against teams ranked in the top 50 at the end of the regular season.
2008 Season
Record: 27-29
SEC Finish: 12-18 (6th East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Todd Raleigh (1st season)
The Vols learned to love the long-ball in 2008, Todd Raleigh's first season as head coach. The Vols hit 67 homers in 58 games in 2008, the fifth highest total in school history, all without three first-round picks from the 2007 team.
Pitcher Bryan Morgado earned Freshman All-America honors after striking out 104 batters.
2007 Season
Record: 34-25
SEC Finish: 13-15 (4th East)
Postseason: SEC Tournament (No NCAA bid)
Coach: Rod Delmonico (18th season)
The Vols missed out on an NCAA Tournament berth despite finishing nine games over .500 for the season and major contributions from future major-leaguers Julio Bourbon and J.P. Arencibia.
The 2007 season also marked the end of Rod Delmonico's 18-year run as the Vols' head coach.
2006 Season
Record: 31-24
SEC Finish: 11-18 (5th East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Rod Delmonico (17th season)
The Vols won four of their final six SEC series, but still missed out on the postseason after being swept at home in the final series of the season.
Three members of the 2006 team -- Sean Watson, Kelly Edmundson and Michael Rivera -- were selected in the first 17 rounds of the MLB draft.
2005 Season
Record: 46-21
SEC Finish: 18-11 (2nd SEC East)
Postseason: College World Series
Coach: Rod Delmonico (16th season)
Future first-round pick Luke Hochevar led one of the Vols' best teams all the way to Omaha.
Fellow pitcher James Adkins, as well as future big-leaguers Chase Headley, Julio Bourbon and J.P. Arencibia also played big roles in helping Tennessee reach the College World Series for the first time since 2001.
2004 Season
Record: 38-24
SEC Finish: 14-16 (5th SEC East)
Postseason: NCAA Kinston Regional
Coach: Rod Delmonico (15th season)
Tennessee opened the year 29-5 -- the best start in program history -- but cooled down the stretch before being eliminated by UNC-Wilmington in an NCAA regional.
The 2004 season snapped a two-year postseason absence.
2003 Season
Record: 31-24
SEC Finish: 13-17 (4th SEC East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Rod Delmonico (14th season)
A final weekend sweep at Vanderbilt kept the Vols out of the SEC Tournament for a second straight season, but 2003 marked the debut of future star Luke Hochevar.
The Vols also made a six-day trip to Cuba in 2003, where they played three exhibition games against members of the Cuban national team.
2002 Season
Record: 27-28
SEC Finish: 12-18 (4th SEC East)
Postseason: N/A
Coach: Rod Delmonico (13th season)
After ending the previous season at the College World Series in Omaha, the Vols suffered through an injury-plagued season in 2002.
UT opened against heavyweights Miami and Arizona State, while Jeffery Terrell pitched a no-hitter in the home-opener against Bowling Green.
