DAVE VAN HORN The Razorbacks Under Dave Van Horn fourth NCAA Regional and finished the season No. 18 in the final Collegiate Base W/L Home Away Neutral ball rankings. Alabama 15-17 9-3 4-11 2-3 Albany 1-0 1-0 - That team was one of Van Horn’s best in terms of individual pitching prosAlcorn State 1-0 1-0 - pects. Two-time first-team All-American Nick Schmidt was taken by the San Diego Arizona 0-1 - - 0-1 Arizona State 2-5 2-0 0-5 - Padres in the first round of the MLB draft (No. 23 overall). Right-handers Jess Auburn 16-11 7-5 9-6 - Todd and Duke Welker were each taken in the second round by St. Louis and PittsBall State 2-1 2-1 - - Bucknell 1-0 - - 1-0 burgh, respectively. Todd also earned second-team All-America honors. Cal State Fullerton 1-0 - - 1-0 The excitement around Baum Stadium that season also brought the RazorCal State Northridge 3-0 3-0 - back nation out in record numbers. Arkansas fans set the school record for average California 4-2 2-1 2-1 Centenary 10-2 7-1 3-1 attendance while also setting the then-NCAA mark for average attendance in a Charlotte 1-1 - - 1-1 Creighton 2-0 2-0 - - season with 8,089 tickets sold per game. Dallas Baptist 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 Schmidt’s success on the mound was a continuation of his 2006 season Delaware State 3-0 3-0 - when the lefty was named the SEC Pitcher of the Year by the league coaches. The Eastern Illinois 5-0 5-0 - Florida 17-11 10-2 5-7 2-2 Razorbacks went 39-21 that season and hosted another NCAA Regional. Florida State 4-0 2-0 2-0 A hot start to the 2005 season had the Razorbacks ranked as high as No. 5 George Mason 1-0 - - 1-0 Georgia 11-11 7-5 4-5 0-1 nationally as they opened the year 20-2, but a rash of bad luck sidetracked what Grambling State 1-0 1-0 - was shaping up to be a magical year. Despite the setbacks, the Razorbacks did Hawai’i 1-0 0-0 1-0 Illinois-Chicago 7-1 7-1 - come just a breath away from pulling one of the nation’s biggest upsets as it won Illinois State 2-1 2-1 - Kansas 8-1 8-1 - - its first two games at the NCAA Austin Regional. Arkansas would go all the way to Kansas State 3-1 3-0 0-1 the final game of the regional before losing to eventual national champion, Texas. Kentucky 12-6 7-2 5-4 Arkansas’ 2004 season was one for the history books as the Hogs won 45 Lamar 0-2 - - 0-2 Le Moyne 1-0 - - 1-0 games, shared the SEC regular-season title, hosted NCAA Regional and Super Louisiana-Monroe 1-1 1-1 - Regional games and made its fifth appearance at the College World Series. The Louisiana State (LSU) 12-18 6-9 6-6 0-3 Louisiana Tech 13-2 6-0 5-2 2-0 following all came true despite the Razorbacks getting picked to finish last in the McNeese State 5-1 3-1 2-0 SEC’s Western Division by the league coaches. Along the way, Arkansas won 19 Memphis 3-0 - 1-0 2-0 Miami (Ohio) 1-0 - - 1-0 SEC games, swept a weekend series in Baton Rouge, La., against No. 2 LSU and Minnesota 4-1 3-0 1-1 - Mississippi 12-19 5-10 6-6 1-3 dispatched a tough Florida State team in the Super Regional in two games. The Mississippi State 14-14 6-9 7-5 1-0 Razorback sweep of LSU was the first time since 1988 that the Tigers had been Mississippi Valley St. 1-0 1-0 - swept at home by a conference opponent. The Razorback accomplishments led to Missouri 1-0 1-0 - 0-0 Missouri State 11-3 6-2 5-1 - a top 10 finish in all four major collegiate baseball polls, including a program high Missouri Southern 1-0 1-0 - Navy 1-0 - - 1-0 No. 6 ranking by Baseball America. Nebraska 2-2 1-1 1-1 Prior to taking the helm of the Arkansas program on June 21, 2002, Van Horn New Mexico 5-1 2-0 - 3-1 enjoyed a very successful five-year run as the head coach at the University of NeNorthern Colorado 7-1 7-1 - - Ohio State 1-0 - - 1-0 braska. In a short period of time, he built a once-fledgling program into a national Oklahoma 3-1 1-0 2-1 Oklahoma State 3-3 1-3 1-0 1-0 powerhouse. Prior to his arrival, the Cornhuskers had made just four postseason appearances in 108 years of baseball history. With their new skipper on the bench, Oral Roberts 10-6 5-3 5-3 Pepperdine 0-1 - - 0-1 Nebraska went to four NCAA Tournaments and two College World Series. Princeton 1-0 1-0 - During his stint with Nebraska, Van Horn amassed a 214-92 (.699) record, Saint Louis 1-0 1-0 - San Diego State 3-1 - 3-1 won three consecutive Big 12 Tournament titles and earned Nebraska’s first reguSiena 3-0 3-0 - - lar-season conference title in 51 years. He was twice named the American Baseball South Alabama 1-0 - 1-0 Southeast Missouri State 1-1 1-1 - South Dakota Stae 3-1 3-1 - - South Carolina 13-10 5-4 6-5 2-1 St. John’s 3-0 3-0 - Stanford 0-1 - 0-1 Stephen F. Austin 1-0 - - 1-0 TCU 1-0 - - 1-0 Tennessee 13-10 6-3 6-6 1-1 Texas 1-3 - 1-2 0-1 Texas A&M 1-3 - 1-3 Texas-Arlington 5-0 - 2-0 3-0 Texas-Pan American 2-2 1-0 1-2 Texas State 1-0 1-0 - Troy 5-1 3-0 2-1 - Utah 3-0 3-0 - UT Martin 1-0 1-0 - Valparaiso 2-0 2-0 - Vanderbilt 14-15 8-6 6-5 0-4 Virginia 1-0 - - 1-0 Washington 0-1 - - 0-1 Washington State 6-1 5-1 - 1-0 Western Illinois 2-0 2-0 - - Western Michigan 2-0 2-0 - - Wichita State 5-2 4-1 1-1 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 9-0 9-0 - - Wright State 3-0 3-0 - -
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