Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball
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University | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley |
Conference | WAC |
Location | Edinburg, TX |
Head coach | Manny Mantrana (8th year) |
Home stadium | UTRGV Baseball Stadium (Capacity: 4,000) |
Nickname | Vaqueros |
Colors | Kelly Green, Navy Blue, and Orange[1] <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css"></templatestyles> |
College World Series appearances | |
1971 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1971 |
The Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team, or the UTRGV Vaqueros, is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, an NCAA Division I institution with several campuses in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. UTRGV was formally founded in 2013 with the announced merger of the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA), with its main campus in Edinburg, and the University of Texas at Brownsville (UTB) in Brownsville, with the merged university beginning operation in the 2015–16 school year. The Vaqueros compete in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), play home games at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in Edinburg, and are coached by Manny Mantrana.
Prior to the merger, UTPA competed in Division I as the Texas–Pan American Broncs,[2] while UTB, a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, had no baseball program. In 2014, the University of Texas System announced that UTRGV would directly inherit the UTPA athletic program, including UTPA's WAC membership.[3]
Major League Baseball
UTPA had 35 Major League Baseball Draft selections from the start of the draft in 1965 until the 2015 merger that created UTRGV.[4]
Broncs in the Major League Baseball Draft | |||
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Year | Player | Round | Team |
1970 | Tony Barbosa | 16 | Angels |
1971 | Jim Tyrone | 7 | Cubs |
1972 | Andre Rabouin | 26 | Reds |
1972 | Wayne Tyrone | 20 | Cubs |
1975 | Joe Hernandez | 26 | Cubs |
1975 | Rick Brockaway | 21 | Cubs |
1979 | Dan Firova | 29 | Brewers |
1980 | Alan Maria | 18 | Mets |
1981 | Carlos Hidalgo | 27 | Expos |
1981 | Lonnie Garza | 7 | Angels |
1983 | Scott Cannon | 13 | Angels |
1983 | Jim Hickey | 13 | White Sox |
1983 | Mitchell Moran | 3 | Dodgers |
1984 | William Wilson | 25 | Cardinals |
1988 | Mike Eckert | 57 | Yankees |
1988 | Albert Molina | 36 | Pirates |
1988 | Herb Erhardt | 16 | Yankees |
1990 | Sid Holland | 45 | Rangers |
1991 | George Williams | 24 | Athletics |
1992 | Tim Jones | 18 | Tigers |
1992 | Michael Eiffert | 9 | Rockies |
1993 | Rodd Kurtz | 53 | Cubs |
1993 | Marc Ottmers | 5 | Cardinals |
1995 | Chuck Cox | 35 | Phillies |
1999 | Jason Bottenfield | 19 | Red Sox |
1999 | Joey Cole | 11 | Mets |
1999 | Omar Ortiz | 1 | Padres |
2000 | Mike Cox | 18 | Mets |
2001 | Levi Frary | 14 | Rockies |
2005 | Mark Rodriguez | 30 | Reds |
2006 | Tim Haines | 27 | Mets |
2006 | Roberto Gomez | 24 | Cardinals |
2012 | Angel Ibanez | 28 | Astros |
2013 | Dusten Knight | 28 | Giants |
2014 | Sam Street | 16 | Pirates |
2015 | Logan Landon | 10 | Dodgers |