DAVE VAN HORN The Razorbacks Under Dave Van Horn That team was one of Van Horn’s best in terms of individual pitching W/L Home Away Neutral prospects. Two-time first-team All-American Nick Schmidt was taken by the San Alabama 18-17 12-3 4-11 2-3 Albany 1-0 1-0 - Diego Padres in the first round of the MLB draft (No. 23 overall). Right-handers Alcorn State 1-0 1-0 - Jess Todd and Duke Welker were each taken in the second round by St. Louis and Arizona 0-1 - - 0-1 Arizona State 2-5 2-0 0-5 - Auburn 17-13 8-7 9-6 - Pittsburgh, respectively. Todd also earned second-team All-America honors. Ball State 2-1 2-1 - - The excitement around Baum Stadium that season also brought the Razorback Baylor 2-1 - 2-1 0-0 nation out in record numbers. Arkansas fans set the school record for average Binghamton 3-0 3-0 - Bucknell 1-0 - - 1-0 attendance while also setting the then-NCAA mark for average attendance in a BYU 2-0 2-0 - season with 8,089 tickets sold per game. Cal State Fullerton 1-0 - - 1-0 Cal State Northridge 3-0 3-0 - Schmidt’s success on the mound was a continuation of his 2006 season California 4-2 2-1 2-1 Centenary 10-2 7-1 3-1 when the lefty was named the SEC Pitcher of the Year by the league coaches. The Charlotte 1-1 - - 1-1 Creighton 2-0 2-0 - - Razorbacks went 39-21 that season and hosted another NCAA Regional. Dallas Baptist 2-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 A hot start to the 2005 season had the Razorbacks ranked as high as No. 5 Delaware State 3-0 3-0 - nationally as they opened the year 20-2, but a rash of bad luck sidetracked what Eastern Illinois 5-0 5-0 - Florida 19-12 10-2 7-8 2-2 was shaping up to be a magical year. Despite the setbacks, the Razorbacks did Florida State 4-0 2-0 2-0 George Mason 1-0 - - 1-0 come just a breath away from pulling one of the nation’s biggest upsets as it won Georgia 13-12 9-6 4-5 0-1 its first two games at the NCAA Austin Regional. Arkansas would go all the way to Gonzaga 2-0 2-0 - Grambling State 1-0 1-0 - the final game of the regional before losing to eventual national champion, Texas. Hawai’i 1-0 0-0 1-0 Arkansas’ 2004 season was one for the history books as the Razorbacks Houston 0-1 - - 0-1 Illinois-Chicago 7-1 7-1 - won 45 games, shared the SEC regular-season title, hosted NCAA Regional and Illinois State 2-1 2-1 - Kansas 8-1 8-1 - - Super Regional games and made its fifth appearance at the College World Series. Kansas State 3-1 3-0 0-1 The following all came true despite the Razorbacks getting picked to finish last in Kent State 1-0 - - 1-0 the SEC’s Western Division by the league coaches. Along the way, Arkansas won Kentucky 13-8 8-4 5-4 Lamar 0-2 - - 0-2 19 SEC games, swept a weekend series in Baton Rouge, La., against No. 2 LSU Le Moyne 1-0 - - 1-0 Louisiana-Monroe 1-1 1-1 - and dispatched a tough Florida State team in the Super Regional in two games. The Louisiana State (LSU) 12-21 6-9 6-9 0-3 Louisiana Tech 14-2 6-0 5-2 3-0 Razorback sweep of LSU was the first time since 1988 that the Tigers had been McNeese State 5-1 3-1 2-0 swept at home by a conference opponent. The Razorback accomplishments led to Memphis 3-0 - 1-0 2-0 a top 10 finish in all four major collegiate baseball polls, including a No. 6 ranking Miami (Ohio) 1-0 - - 1-0 Minnesota 4-1 3-0 1-1 - by Baseball America. Mississippi State 16-16 6-9 9-6 1-1 Prior to taking the helm of the Arkansas program on June 21, 2002, Van Mississippi Valley St. 1-0 1-0 - Missouri 3-0 3-0 - 0-0 Horn enjoyed a very successful five-year run as the head coach at the University Missouri State 11-3 6-2 5-1 - Missouri Southern 1-0 1-0 - of Nebraska. In a short period of time, he built a once-fledgling program into a Navy 1-0 - - 1-0 national powerhouse. Prior to his arrival, the Cornhuskers had made just four Nebraska 2-2 1-1 1-1 Nevada 1-0 1-0 - postseason appearances in 108 years of baseball history. With their new skipper New Mexico 5-1 2-0 - 3-1 on the bench, Nebraska went to four NCAA Tournaments and two College World Northern Colorado 7-1 7-1 - Northwestern State 2-0 2-0 - - Series. Ohio State 1-0 - - 1-0 Oklahoma 3-2 1-0 2-2 During his stint with Nebraska, Van Horn amassed a 214-92 (.699) record, Oklahoma State 3-3 1-3 1-0 1-0 won three consecutive Big 12 Tournament titles and earned Nebraska’s first Ole Miss 13-22 5-10 7-8 1-4 Oral Roberts 11-6 6-3 5-3 regular-season conference title in 51 years. He was twice named the American Pepperdine 0-1 - - 0-1 Baseball Coaches Association’s Midwest Region Coach of the Year and posted Princeton 1-0 1-0 - Rice 1-0 - 1-0 back-to-back 50-win seasons in 2000 and 2001. In his second season with Saint Louis 1-0 1-0 - Nebraska, Van Horn guided his club to its first NCAA Tournament berth in 18 years Sam Houston State 2-0 - - 2-0 San Diego State 3-1 - 3-1 after it won the Big 12 Tournament, its first title of any kind in nearly 50 years. Siena 3-0 3-0 - - South Alabama 1-0 - 1-0 Southeast Missouri State 1-1 1-1 - South Dakota Stae 3-1 3-1 - - South Carolina 15-14 6-6 6-5 3-3 St. John’s 3-0 3-0 - Stanford 0-1 - 0-1 Stephen F. Austin 3-0 2-0 - 1-0 TCU 1-0 - - 1-0 Tennessee 16-10 6-3 9-6 1-1 Texas 2-3 - 1-2 1-1 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 Tech 1-0 - - 1-0 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 4-1 4-1 - Vanderbilt 14-15 8-6 6-5 0-4 Villanova 3-0 3-0 - 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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