Utah State University Baseball Club
The Utah State University (USU) Baseball Club is a member of the Campus Recreation Department at Utah State University. The mission of the team is to provide opportunities for students interested in baseball to improve their skills and participate in a highly competitive league.
The Baseball Club is not an intramural team, it is a highly competitive team that competes with some of the top baseball programs in the region (e.g. Salt Lake Community College, College of Southern Idaho, USU Eastern).
Utah State is a member of the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) which consists of 306 teams from around the United States.
National Championships
2012 | 2014
Region Championships
2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2022 | 2023
Conference Championships
2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
Eligibility Requirements
Please use the following links to view the latest eligibility requirements for both the National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) and Utah State University (USU) Club Sports:
USU Club Sports Eligibility Requirements
Open Tryouts
The team is chosen based on the skill that players demonstrate during tryouts. All baseball players are welcome to attend the tryout given they meet the eligibility requirements.
When / Where / Cost
| When | |
| Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Wednesday, September 6th, 2023 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Thursday, September 7th, 2023 | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Friday, September 8th, 2023 | 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
| Where | |
| Blue Sox Field | 500 W 100 N, Smithfield, UT 84335 |
| Cost | |
| $25 | Venmo or Cash |
***Please check the website (usubaseball.com) for the most up-to-date details.
Tryout Format
Each day will consist of pitching to ensure that position players have the opportunity to showcase their pitching skills. Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Fielding Hitting / Running BP Scrimmage* *We’ve found that one of the key ways to evaluate players is by watching how they react to game situations. One way that we have found to get the most out of our limited time is to have players taking BP and having them take their last rep live with fielders reacting at game speed. This gives us the opportunity to simultaneously evaluate hitting and fielding.
Tryout Evaluations
Evaluations for players will be done by coaches, and team leadership. It is the hope of the coaching staff that each player trying out will receive an equal amount of reps, and an equal amount of opportunities to showcase their skills. We strive to create a fair atmosphere where new and returning players are given the same chance of making the team.
Because of the success of the program, we strive to be one of the top teams in the country year in, and year out. For this reason, we choose players that we feel can make either an immediate impact or ones that we feel will be vital to the success of the team in years to come.
Team Selection
After the three days of tryouts the coaching staff, and team leadership, will meet to discuss which players will be taken for the Fall team. The Fall team will consist of the best 25-30 players. The final roster will be posted on our usubaseball.com home page by 10 pm, Friday, September 8th, 2023 following.
Fall Season
Date Range: September 10th – October 31st
Team Dues (Cost): $400 (subject to change)
Practices
Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Times: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The fall season is treated as an extended tryout period. We will have between 8-10 games scheduled vs other opponents. We will be scrimmaging during scheduled practice time and arranging for scrimmages on the weekends when we don’t have other opponents scheduled. Because of the limited amount of funding that we have, we try to keep costs low during the fall season to save for the traveling and other expenses that we incur during the spring season.
Game Schedule
TBD
Off Season (Winter)
Date Range: November 1 st – January 10th
The offseason is used as a time to prepare for the spring season. Although we are giving this time to help players focus on schoolwork, we expect each of them to be improving their skills on their own time. We will be having several team meetings throughout this period to get the necessary paperwork, forms, and letters filled out. These necessary things are for helping the Club function smoothly, as well as for the purpose of the University, and the NCBA to ensure that all players are academically eligible.
The offseason will also include required team events that will help the team raise funding for the spring season. Some examples of these opportunities include cleaning the Spectrum after Basketball Games, providing security for the Hockey Club, cleaning the side of the highway, etc. Players are responsible for the funding of the team, and as such, it is expected that players will help out with team sponsored fundraising events. When winter break starts there will be no team events scheduled.
Spring Season
Date Range: January 10th – May 31st
Team Dues (Cost): $600 (subject to change)
For the Spring season the team dues are more expensive because of Spring Break, the amount of travel, hotel stays, officiating, equipment, and apparel. We want each player to have an incredible experience, and unfortunately being a self-funded team means that we must charge each player fees in order for the program to function. Players are required to purchase their own baseball pants.
Overview
The spring season is the main season. We have around 30 games scheduled for the spring season, which is similar to the length of the high school baseball season. Here are some of the places that we have traveled to in the past: Nevada, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. We play other club teams, as well as some Community College teams which have included: USU Eastern, College of Southern Idaho, Salt Lake CC, Mesa CC, Glendale CC, and Paradise Valley CC to name a few from the past couple of years.
Practices (Bad Weather)
Days: TBD
Times: TBD
Whichever time slot the university assigns us to. We should know by November which time slot that will be.
Practices (Good Weather)
Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Times: 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm.
These practices typically begin right after Spring break. However, there have been times when we were able to have a couple of practices outside during mid-February, but that isn’t common.
Spring Break
We try to have a full spring break with up to 8 games being played. This is a great opportunity for us to get out of the winter weather and travel to Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Southern Utah, etc. Spring Break is typically the beginning of our season, we will then play games every weekend after that until the beginning of May where, if we qualify, we will have the opportunity for the post-season.
Typical Week
A typical week will be practicing on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then games on either Friday-Saturday or Saturday-Sunday. For the conference series we play a doubleheader with two 7-inning games one day, and a single 9-inning game the other day. For series against Community Colleges, we typically play two days of double-headers, one 7 innings, and one 9 inning game each day.
Sunday Games
Although we try to avoid playing on Sundays it is inevitable that we will have to play a couple of games on Sundays. Being a school in Utah, we understand that some players decide to not play on Sundays. If you are one of these players, please don’t worry, we will make accommodations, and understand the decision. There will be no repercussions to missing a Sunday game, except for the fact that you won’t be getting the reps and allowing somebody else the opportunity to possibly get ahead of you on the depth chart because of the skills that they displayed while you weren’t playing.
Post-Season
Below are the tentative dates and locations for the Northern Pacific Regional Tournament and the NCBA World Series. These dates are provided so that you can plan items for the summer accordingly in the event that we qualify for the post-season. More information on the post-season can be found on the NCBA website here.
Regional Tournament
Dates: TBD
Location: TBD
NCBA World Series
Dates: TBD
Location: TBD
Game Schedule
To view the schedule for the upcoming season please use the link below.
Additional Questions?
If you have any additional questions that weren’t covered, please don’t hesitate to reach out to one of the members of the coaching staff, or team leadership. You can contact us by sending an email to usubaseball@gmail.com and one of us will reply.
We look forward to seeing you at tryouts this season and seeing if you have what it takes to be a part of the USU Aggies Baseball Club.
