Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball

American college baseball team

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils

2024 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball team
University| Mississippi Valley State University
Head coach| CJ Bilbrey (1st season)
Conference| SWAC
East Division
Location| Itta Bena, Mississippi
Home stadium| Magnolia Field
(Capacity: 200)
Nickname| Delta Devils
Colors| Forest green and white[1]

Regular season conference champions
2005, 2006

The Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Magnolia Field in Itta Bena, Mississippi. CJ Bilbrey is the team's head coach starting in the 2024 season.

## History

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Fourteen-year head coach Doug Shanks retired on November 12, 2014.[3] After serving as an assistant to Shanks for all 14 seasons, Aaron Stevens was promoted to head coach on December 2, 2014.[4] On the heels of back-to-back win-less seasons in 2020 and 2021, Stevens was not retained for the 2022 season.[5] On July 27, 2021, Stanley Stubbs was named the head coach of the Delta Devils.[6] With the Delta Devils improving by 10 wins over the previous season, Stubbs had done a good job helping turn around the Delta Devils fortunes, but on June 15, 2022, head coach he resigned due to health concerns.[7] On August 11, 2022, Milton Barney Jr. was named the head coach of the Delta Devils.[8]

## Head coaches

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Season  | Coach  | Years  | Record  | Pct.

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1975–1977 | Clinton Vasser | 3 | 33–34–1 | .493
1978–2000 | Cleotha Wilson | 23 | 276–575–5 | .325
2001–2014 | Doug Shanks | 14 | 253–471 | .349
2015–2021 | Aaron Stevens | 7 | 39–183–1 | .177
2022 | Stanley Stubbs | 1 | 10–31–1 | .250
Totals  | 5 coaches  | 48 seasons  | 611–1,294–8  | .321

## Major League Baseball

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Mississippi Valley State has had 15 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[9]

Delta Devils in the Major League Baseball Draft

Year  | Name  | Round  | Team
1966 | Louis Inman | 28  | Red Sox
1981 | Bo Jordan | 18  | Athletics
1981 | Willie Weston | 14  | Red Sox
1983 | Tyrone Barnes | 31  | Tigers
1984 | Herman Boddy | 28  | Expos
1985 | Tim Watkins | 8  | Reds
1986 | Robbie Gilbert | 12  | Athletics
1988 | Steven James | 52  | White Sox
1988 | Wayne Busby | 19  | White Sox
1998 | Fontella Jones | 24  | Brewers
1998 | Rickey Lewis | 18  | Brewers
2003 | Tee Thomas | 24  | Cardinals
2006 | Zach Penprase | 13  | Phillies
2009 | Jeff Squier | 14  | Rockies
2015 | Kalik May | 33  | Blue Jays

## Notable players

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* Zach Penprase (born 1985), Israeli-American baseball player for the Israel National Baseball Team

* Dion Williams Born 1964 Greenville, Mississippi

Signed free agent contract with Boston Red Sox 1987. Son of Former MLB All-Star George “Boomer” Scott. MVP Empire State League 1987

## See also

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* List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

## References

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1. ^ MVSU Style Guide (PDF). July 1, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
2. ^ "Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
3. ^ "Mississippi Valley State's Doug Shanks Retires". College Baseball Daily. November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
4. ^ "Stevens named MVSU head baseball coach". www.mvsusports.com. Mississippi Valley State University. December 2, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
5. ^ Michael Coker (May 23, 2021). "Mississippi Valley State Head Baseball Coach Relieved of Duties". www.blackcollegenines.com. Black College Nines. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
6. ^ Michael Coker (July 27, 2021). "Stanley Stubbs Becomes New Mississippi Valley State University Baseball Head Coach". www.blackcollegenines.com. Black College Nines. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
7. ^ Michael Coker (June 15, 2022). "Mississippi Valley State Head Baseball Coach Stanley Stubbs Steps Down". www.blackcollegenines.com. Black College Nines. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
8. ^ "Milton Barney Tabbed To Lead MVSU Baseball Program". www.mvsusports.com. Mississippi Valley State University. August 11, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
9. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Mississippi Valley State University (Itta Bena, MS)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-06-14.

## External links

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* Official website

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Facilities|

* Harrison HPER Complex
* Rice–Totten Stadium

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* Magnolia Field (1950–present)

People|

* Head coaches

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East Division|

* Alabama A&M Bulldogs
* Alabama State Hornets
* Bethune–Cookman Wildcats
* Florida A&M Rattlers
* Jackson State Tigers
* Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils

West Division|

* Alcorn State Braves
* Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions
* Grambling State Tigers
* Prairie View A&M Panthers
* Southern Jaguars
* Texas Southern Tigers

Championship|

* Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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