UT Martin Skyhawks baseball

UT Martin Skyhawks baseball
UT Martin Skyhawks baseball
2025 UT Martin Skyhawks baseball team
Founded	1957; 68 years ago
University	University of Tennessee at Martin
Head coach	Ryan Jenkins (8th season)
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference; West Division
Location	Martin, TN
Home stadium	Skyhawk Baseball Field ; (Capacity: 500)
Nickname	Skyhawks
Colors	Navy blue, orange, and white;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	Division II: 1971, 1986

The UT Martin Skyhawks baseball team represents the University of Tennessee at Martin, which is located in Martin, Tennessee. The Skyhawks are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. They began competing in Division I in 1993 and joined the Ohio Valley Conference the same season.

The UT Martin Skyhawks play all home games on campus at Skyhawk Baseball Field. Over their 27 seasons in the Ohio Valley Conference, they have played in four OVC Tournaments. The Skyhawks have yet to play in the NCAA Division I Tournament.

Since the program's inception in 1957, one Skyhawk has gone on to play in Major League Baseball, pitcher Alec Mills. Three other Skyhawks have been drafted.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

1993–present: Ohio Valley Conference

Skyhawk Park

Skyhawk Park is a baseball stadium on the UT Martin campus in Martin, Tennessee that seats 500 people. It opened in 1974.^[2]

NCAA Tournament appearances

Division II

During their time in Division II, the Skyhawks reached the NCAA Division II baseball tournament twice.^[3]

Year	Record	Pct	Notes
1971	1–2	.333	Mideast Regional
1986	1-2	.333	South Atlantic Regional
TOTALS	2–4	.333

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the 2020 UTM baseball media guide.^[2]

Season	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1993–1998	Vernon Prather	6	83–178–3	.318
1999–2013	Bubba Cates	15	224–560–1	.286
2014	Brad Goss	1	9–42	.184
2015–2017	Rick Robinson	3	61–100	.379
2018–present	Ryan Jenkins	6	71–145	.329
Totals	5 coaches	31 seasons	448–1,035–4	.303

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the 2020 UTM baseball media guide.^[2]

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Ohio Valley Conference (1993–present)
1993	Vernon Prather	13–28–1	7–13	7th
1994	Vernon Prather	13–25	8–13	7th
1995	Vernon Prather	13–34	2–18	7th
1996	Vernon Prather	14–30–2	6–15–1	8th	OVC Tournament
1997	Vernon Prather	15–30	8–16	T-8th
1998	Vernon Prather	15–31	6–18	9th
1999	Bubba Cates	15–39	4–20	9th
2000	Bubba Cates	10–41	2–21	9th
2001	Bubba Cates	8–46	3–18	8th
2002	Bubba Cates	8–33	4–15	8th
2003	Bubba Cates	17–30–1	6–13–1	7th
2004	Bubba Cates	16–38	7–20	T-9th
2005	Bubba Cates	12–43	6–20	T-9th
2006	Bubba Cates	20–35	9–18	8th
2007	Bubba Cates	19–36	7–19	10th
2008	Bubba Cates	10–41	5–20	10th
2009	Bubba Cates	21–30	10–14	8th
2010	Bubba Cates	24–31	8–16	T-8th
2011	Bubba Cates	20–36	10–13	6th	OVC Tournament
2012	Bubba Cates	13–41	7–20	10th
2013	Bubba Cates	11–40	4–26	11th
2014	Brad Goss	9–42	5–25	11th
2015	Rick Robinson	17–35	9–20	10th
2016	Rick Robinson	19–35	9–21	9th
2017	Rick Robinson	25–30	12–18	T-8th	OVC Tournament
2018	Ryan Jenkins	11–40	7–22	10th
2019	Ryan Jenkins	25–31	12–18	8th	OVC Tournament
Total:		413–951–4
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors (Division I only)

Over their 27 seasons in the Ohio Valley Conference, 5 different Skyhawks have been named to the all-conference first-team.

Freshman First-Team All-Americans

Year	Position	Name	Selector
2008	1B	Wes Patterson	CB
2011	DH	Phil Sorensen	CB
2014	DH	Ben Upton	CB
2017	OF	Connor Aube	CB
2018	1B	Ethan Whitley	CB

Taken from the 2020 UTM baseball media guide.^[2] Updated March 9, 2020.

Skyhawks in the Major Leagues

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

Athlete	Years in MLB	MLB Teams
Alec Mills	2016, 2018–present	Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs