San Marcos, Texas – Texas State baseball has been a staple atop the Southland Conference standings in recent history and a big reason why the SLC has become one of the top mid-major baseball conferences in the nation. In their final season in the Southland in 2012, the Bobcats finished third in the league with a 19-14 conference record. In 24 seasons in the Southland, Texas State compiled a 376-269 for a winning percentage of .582.
Read below for more noteworthy information about Texas State's time as a member of the Southland Conference. Texas State will join the WAC beginning July 1.
Notables
· Five Southland Conference regular season championships (1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2011)
· Four Southland Conference tournament championships (1997, 1999, 2000, 2011)
· 39 All-Southland Conference First Team selections
· 40 All-Southland Conference Second Team selections
· 18 All-Southland Conference Third Team selections
· Three Southland Conference Player of the Year selections
· Six Southland Conference Hitter of the Year selections
· Five Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year selections
· Three Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year selections
· Three Southland Conference Coach of the Year selections
· 32 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team selections
· Three Southland Conference Student-Athlete of the Year selections
· 23 Southland Conference All-Academic Team selections
· Texas State's first win in a Southland Conference game was on April 8, 1989 when head coach Steve Prentice's Bobcats defeated Northwestern State 6-1
· The Bobcats lost their first six Southland Conference games in their inaugural season in the conference in 1989 before rebounding to win 10 of their 12 for a 10-8 SLC record
· Texas State had a losing record in conference play just five times in 24 years in the Southland, none of which have come under current head coach Ty Harrington
· The Bobcats led the Southland Conference in team ERA three times in the past seven seasons
· Tyler Sibley holds the Southland record for runs scored in a season with 77 in 2009
· Spenser Dennis set a Southland record in 2009 when he had seven hits in a game
· Bret Atwood has Southland record for sacrifice bunts both in a season (17 in 2010) and in a career (51 from 2008-11)
· Corey Ehlers (1994-97) is tied for the Southland Conference record with nine career shutouts
· The Bobcats set a Southland record with 462 RBIs as a team in 2009
· Current head coach Ty Harrington has a .644 career winning percentage (239-135) in Southland Conference games
· Texas State had three different coaches during its days in the Southland – Steve Prentice (1989-93), Howard Bushong (1994-99) and Ty Harrington (2000-present)
· The Bobcats had 17 consecutive winning seasons in the Southland to close out its conference affiliation
