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Rowan Baseball history

  • First Game

    First Game
    Rowan plays its first ever documented game as New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro. They lost the game 6-14 to National Agricultural College
  • First Win

    Rowan gets its first recorded win ever against Philadelphia Pharmacy 5-4.
  • First Winning Season

    Rowan records its first winning season as a team with a record of 7-3.
  • School name change

    School name change
    In 1958, Rowan went from being called New Jersey State Teachers College at Glassboro to Glassboro State College.
  • First Conference Championship

    Rowan wins its first ever conference championship as Glassboro State College in the New Jersey State Athletic Conference against Newark State College by the final score of 2-0.
  • First NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearance

    Rowan University has its first NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearance as Glassboro State College.
  • First NCAA Division III Championship

    Rowan University wins its first ever Division III Championship as Glassboro State College. They finished the season with a final record of 29-11. They were also co-champions in the New Jersey State Atlantic Conference with Montclair State College. They beat Marietta (Ohio) 5-3 in the championship game.
  • Rowan's best season

    Rowan recorded its best season by finishing the year 29-5, while having its best winning percentage in a season (.852). They also won the New Jersey State Atlantic Conference champion and won its second straight NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. They defeated Cal. State Stanislaus in the championship game 3-0.
  • Conference name change

    Conference name change
    Glassboro State College's conference changes its name from the New Jersey State Atlantic Conference to the New Jersey Atlantic Conference.
  • Glassboro State becomes Rowan

    Glassboro State becomes Rowan
    Glassboro State College is renamed to Rowan University.
  • Shawn Kulik batting records

    Shawn Kulik batting records
    Shawn Kulik set two Rowan career records, which included best career batting average (.394), and the longest consecutive game hit streak (25), which spanned from March 21 to May 7.
  • First NJAC Conference championship

    Rowan wins its first Conference championship since the conference name change in 1985. They finished the season with a 36-8 record and defeated Montclair State College in the conference championship 10-9.
  • John Yurkow's batting records

    John Yurkow's batting records
    John Yurkow set Rowan's career records of runs (179) and walks (176).
  • Most Career Games

    Most Career Games
    Bryan Ciconte sets a Rowan baseball record with most career games played with 175.
  • Josh Schwartz Pitching Records

    Josh Schwartz Pitching Records
    Josh Schwartz sets three Rowan pitching career records including most career victories (38), most career complete games (17), and most career shutouts (8). He also set an NCAA all-divisions record with 37 consecutive victories in a row and was later signed by the St. Louis Cardinals
  • Michael Rucci batting records

    Michael Rucci batting records
    Michael Rucci set three battings records, including most career hits (228), most career home-runs (39), and most career runs-batted-in (200).
  • Most Wins in a Season

    Rowan records its most wins in a single season with 42 wins. They finished the season 42-10.
  • Ryan Kulik pitching records

    Ryan Kulik pitching records
    Ryan Kulik sets two Rowan pitching records with most career innings pitched (330.0) and most career strikeouts (337), and tied Tom McCullen's career record of most games started as a pitcher (49). He also went on to get drafted by the St. Louis Cardinal's.
  • Most career games pitched

    Ryan Peterson sets Rowans career record of most games pitched with 79.