The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Southland Conference (SLC), which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Jaycees Field in Nacogdoches, Texas. The Lumberjacks are coached by Matt Vanderburg. On July 1, 2024, SFA returned to the SLC, which had been its conference home fromn 1987 to 2021, after three years in the Western Athletic Conference.
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| University | Stephen F. Austin State University |
| Head coach | Matt Vanderburg (1st season) |
| Conference | Southland |
| Location | Nacogdoches, Texas |
| Home stadium | Jaycees Field (Capacity: 1,000) |
| Nickname | Lumberjacks |
| Colors | Purple and white[1] |
History
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Hunter Dozier became the first Lumberjack selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, when the Royals selected him eighth overall in the 2013 MLB Draft.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ SFA Official University Identity Standards Manual (PDF). June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ "Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks". d1baseball.com. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
- ^ "Royals ink deal with No. 1 Draft pick Dozier". MLB.com.
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