UIC Flames baseball


The UIC Flames baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Illinois at Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The team is a member of the Horizon League, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. The Flames are coached by Mike Dee.

Conference membership history

Les Miller Field at Curtis Granderson Stadium is a baseball stadium on the UIC campus in Chicago, Illinois that seats 1,000 spectators and is named for Les Miller, UIC head baseball coach from 1949–1979, and Curtis Granderson, an alumnus of the program. During Miller's tenure, the program won over 500 games. Granderson was named conference player of the year with the Flames in 2002 and later played in Major League Baseball.

Head coaches

Awards and honors

YearPositionName
2002OFCurtis Granderson
2013OFChuck Peters
2015SSJeff Boehm
2017CRob Calabrese

Horizon League Pitcher of the Year

YearName
1994Jon Piazza
1997Jason Henry
2007Zach Peterson
2009Adam Worthington
2015Jake Dahlberg
2017Jake Dahlberg
2018Ryan Campbell
2019Jacob Key

Horizon League Relief Pitcher of the Year

YearName
2007David Cales
2008Adam Worthington
2016Trevor Lane
2017Alex Padilla
2018Charlie Cerny
2019Alex Padilla

Horizon League Coach of the Year

YearName
1990Dean Refakes
1993Dean Refakes
1999Mike Dee
2000Mike Dee
2002Mike Dee
2003Mike Dee
2005Mike Dee
2006Mike Dee
2007Mike Dee
2008Mike Dee
2015Mike Dee
2017Mike Dee