Mount Vernon Nazarene University

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Mount Vernon Nazarene
Cougars Mount Vernon, OH

Name History:


Mount Vernon Nazarene University 1968-date

Baseball Team History:


Year Record Coach
1969 1-8 Chet Foraker
1970 4-9 Chet Foraker
1971 14-7 Chet Foraker
1972 4-14 Carroll Bradley
1973 6-12 Carroll Bradley
1974 9-7 Carroll Bradley
1975 13-12 Carroll Bradley
1976 14-5 Carroll Bradley
1977 11-5 Bobby Martin
1978 11-11 Bobby Martin
1979 16-14 Steve Michael
1980 21-15 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1981 17-18 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1982 28-15 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1983 14-14 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1984 24-16 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1985 36-10 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1986 32-19 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1987 24-21 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1988 30-16 John S. (Sam) Riggleman
1989 35-12 Mel Severns
1990 24-22 Keith D. Veale
1991 32-18 Keith D. Veale
1992 18-22 Keith D. Veale
1993 18-22 Keith D. Veale
1994 36-17 Keith D. Veale
1995 41-10 Keith D. Veale
1996 43-3 Keith D. Veale
1997 47-8 Keith D. Veale
1998 37-12 Keith D. Veale
1999 40-15 Keith D. Veale
2000 29-20 Keith D. Veale
2001 35-16 Keith D. Veale
2002 38-11 Keith D. Veale
2003 27-19 Keith D. Veale
2004 41-19 Keith D. Veale
2005 31-17 Keith D. Veale
2006 27-22 Keith D. Veale
2007 38-16 Keith D. Veale
2008 39-21 Keith D. Veale

Major League Players


Name Birthplace Dates Played at College Major League Debut
Timothy W. Belcher Mount Gilead, OH 1981-83 9/6/1987
Marty L. McLeary Kettering, OH 1995-97 8/22/2004
bold member of Mount Vernon Nazarene Hall of Fame

Conference Affiliations:


Mid-Ohio Conference 1976-98
American Mideast Conference 1999-date

Highlights:


Mid-Ohio Conference champion 1977, 1980, 1986, 1988-89, 1995-98...American Mideast Conference North Division champion 2003…American Mideast Conference South Division champion 2004


National Christian College Athletic Association (Division I) National Champion 1989, 1995-97, 1999


NAIA National Championship participant 1997, 2004

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