< PreviousT he Louisville baseball program has been well represented on the international diamond in recent years with 18 players competing in events for their home coun- tries since head coach Dan McDonnell was hired. Most recently, McDonnell served as manager for the Collegiate National Team in 2019. On the field, Tucker Biven, Patrick Forbes and Zion Rose all donned the Stars and Stripes in 2024. Jack Payton represented the United States in 2022. Reid Detmers and Lucas Dunn played for Team USA in 2019, while Brendan McKay and Devin Hairston competed for Team USA in 2016, with Zack Burdi, Corey Ray and McKay playing for the Collegiate National Team in 2015 During the summer of 2014, Kyle Funk- houser competed for the USA Baseball Colle- giate National team leading the club in strike- outs. In 2010, Ryan Wright was second on the USA Collegiate National Team in hitting and was tied for the team lead in runs. A year before Wright’s success, Louisville was well-represented on the international baseball scene in 2009 with three players earning invitations to represent USA Baseball and one player representing Team Canada. McDonnell led the way serving as an assistant coach for Team USA, which finished with a 19-5 record overall. Joining McDonnell with Team USA in 2009 was pitcher Tony Zych, while infielder Phil Wunderlich was also invited to tryout. During the fall of 2009, two former Cardinals were impressive on the international diamond as pitcher B.J. Rosenberg competed for Team USA at the Baseball World Cup, while righty Trystan Magnuson represented Team Canada at the same event. Rosenberg was a key contribu- tor as the US squad won the World Cup title, while Magnuson did not allow a run to score in his 7.2 innings of relief and four appearances to earn Top Relief Pitcher honors and lead Canada to third-place. McDonnell has coached and signed 29 players with international baseball experi- ence with Team USA and Team Canada as either a team member or a tryout participant. Tucker Biven (first), Zion Rose (second), head coach Dan McDonnell (third) and Patrick Forbes (fourth) at 2024 USA Collegiate National Team Training Camp in Cary, N.C. Lucas Dunn (first) and Reid Detmers (second) along with head coach Dan McDonnell (third) and Associate Director of Sports Medicine Pat Hassell (fourth) with the USA Collegiate National Team in Japan during the summer of 2019. Zack Burdi, Corey Ray and Brendan McKay competed for the USA Collegiate National Team during the summer of 2015. Devin Hairston and Brendan McKay represented Team USA during the summer of 2016. It marked the second straight year McKay competed for the USA Collegiate National Team. Louisville Players Alex Binelas Tucker Biven Nick Burdi Zack Burdi Kayden Campbell Reid Detmers Lucas Dunn Patrick Forbes Kyle Funkhouser Devin Hairston Michael Kirian Christian Knapczyk Justin Marks Trystan Magnuson Brendan McKay Bobby Miller Jack Payton Corey Ray Zion Rose BJ Rosenberg Ryan Wright Phil Wunderlich Tony Zych Ole Miss Players Zack Cozart Stephen Head Jordan Henry Lance Lynn Cody Satterwhite Seth Smith McDonnell International University of Louisville n gocards.com 18 Former Louisville sports performance coach Eric Hammer (left), former Cards’ RHP Tony Zych (second), former catcher Justin Haywood (third) and Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell (fourth) with USA Baseball in Cary, N.C. While at Ole Miss, McDonnell recruited and coached several players who competed for Team USA, including Zack Cozart (left), Cody Satterwhite (right). Former Cardinals B.J. Rosenberg (left) and Trystan Magnuson competed at the 2009 Baseball World Cup. Rosenberg won a gold medal, while Magnuson was named the Top Relief Pitcher of the tournament. Competing for the 2014 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, Louisville junior righthander Kyle Funkhouser finished with 1-2 record to go along with a 1.27 ERA (four earned runs in 28.1 innings) and a team-high 36 strikeouts while allowing just eight walks and 15 hits in five starts and six appearances on the mound. Jack Payton (left), head coach Dan McDonnell, and Christian Knapczyk (right) at training camp for the 2022 USA Collegiate National Team in Cary, N.C. McDonnell with sons Jake (left) and Justin (right) at the Tokyo Dome prior to Team USA’s game against Japan. Former Louisville standout Mark Jurich played for Team USA at the 2002 World University Baseball Championships. Playing for the 2010 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, former Cardinal Ryan Wright was second on the team in hitting at .361, tied for the team lead with 18 runs, second in home runs with two and third in RBI with 12 while making 17 starts in 19 games. gocards.com n University of Louisville 19 T he Louisville baseball program has taken three international trips, visiting the Dominican Republic in 2015, 2019 and most recently in the fall of 2023. The trips, which have coincided with the university’s mid-term break, provided the Cardinals with the opportunity to gain valuable time on the field against talented Dominican teams while also assisting with multiple commu- nity service projects. Louisville has racked up a 4-6-2 mark in 12 games against international competition. Louisville became the first American college program to play against Dominican Repub- lic Professional Baseball League franchise Estrellas Orientales in its home ballpark dropping a 5-3 decision on Oct. 4, 2015 at Estadio Tetelo Vargas in San Pedro de Macorís. The Cardinals have played seven games against Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) franchises, including a 9-2 win over 16-time league champions Leones del Escogido Oct. 8, 2023 at the New York Yan- kees Academy in Boca Chica. Away from the field, the Cardinals have participated in many community service opportunities. Upon arrival in the capital city of Santo Domingo, the Cardinals have hosted a trio of baseball clinics, teaching the fundamentals of baseball to groups of more than 100 kids ranging from ages 8 to 18 years old. Louisville has also visited Pasitos de Jésus, a facility founded to help care for a young girl with Down Syndrome which also provides assistance to abused and aban- doned youth girls in the Dominican Republic. The visits have included a tour of the facility, time spent interacting and play- ing games with the children, and singing by many of the 50 girls at the home before the Cardinals served everyone a meal. The Cardinals have also spent time visit- ing rural villages in the Dominican Republic. While at the villages, the players and coaches interacted with numerous local families while sharing food purchased through donations to SCORE International. Louisville has partnered with SCORE International for their hous- ing, transportation and community service work while on the ground in the Dominican Republic. SCORE International is a short term mission organiza- tion with extensive experience providing all-inclusive trips. University of Louisville n gocards.com 20 gocards.com n University of Louisville 21 Tradition of Excellence Consistency. It is the mark of true excel- lence in any endeavor. In today’s intercollegiate athletics, compe- tition is so balanced and so competitive that it is virtually impossible to maintain a high level of consistency. Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference has defied the odds. Established in 1953, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the stron- gest and most com-petitive intercollegiate conferences in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture, the numbers support it. Through 71 years of competition, ACC schools have captured 189 NCAA team championships, including 97 in women’s competition, 87 in men’s sports, and five in fencing. In addition, NCAA individual titles have been won by ACC student-athletes 210 times in men’s competition and 218 times in women’s action. Over the last three years (2021-22, 2022- 23, 2023-24), the ACC has achieved unpar- alleled na-tional success as the league has won seven or more national titles in the last three years, marking the best run in ACC history. ACC teams finished 2022-23 with a league-record nine NCAA titles. Combined with the seven national team titles won in 2021-22 and seven more in 2023-24, the league has won 23 national champion- ships over the last three years, the most by any conference in their respective league- sponsored sports. Since 2015, the ACC has won a com- bined seven national championships in foot- ball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and baseball. The ACC is the only confer- ence to win each of those four titles over that stretch. If success is best measured in terms of wins and losses, then the ACC is unrivaled in NCAA men’s basketball annals. Eight of the last 22 NCAA Men’s Basketball Champi- onships have been won by teams currently competing in the ACC. No conference has compiled a better NCAA Tournament record than the ACC. Since the inaugural tournament in 1939, league teams have posted an NCAA Tour- nament-best mark of 487-250 for a sterling .661 winning percentage on college basket- ball’s biggest stage. The 18 teams currently in the ACC have combined for 729 NCAA Tournament victories – more than any other conference. Since 1985, the ACC has produced 33 Final Four teams, seven more than any other conference. The ACC has had at least one Final Four team in 26 of the last 35 years. Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, ACC teams have com- piled a 382-198 (.659) record, including 105 Sweet 16 appearances and 58 Regional Final berths – all NCAA Tournament bests. Since 1985, over half of the league teams (108- of-213) receiving NCAA berths have won at least two NCAA Tournament games. Teams currently in the ACC have com- bined to win 19 NCAA Championships, including three of the last nine. North Caro- lina leads the way with six national titles, followed by Duke with five, Louisville two, NC State two and Cal, Stanford, Syracuse and Virginia with one apiece. The Tar Heels claimed their sixth title in 2017, following championships in 1957, 1982, 1993, 2005 and 2009. Duke won NCAA titles in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 and 2015, while the Cardinals captured the crown in 1980 and 1986. NC State earned national titles in 1974 and 1983, while Syracuse claimed its nation- al championship in 2003 and Virginia cap- tured its first crown in 2019. Stanford won the 1942 championship, and Cal earned the 1959 crown. The ACC has posted 10 or more NCAA Tournament wins 20 times and has finished .500 or better in 35 of the last 36 tourna- ments. In 2016, ACC teams combined to win an NCAA-record 19 NCAA Tournament games, eclipsing the previous mark of 18 (Big East, 1985). In the five NCAA Tournaments from 2015-19, ACC teams combined to win an NCAA-record 74 Tournament games, better- ing the previous mark of 65 set by the ACC between 2014-18. The ACC’s 74 wins were 24 more than any other conference. The ACC set an NCAA Tournament record in 2016 by having six teams reach the Sweet 16, breaking the previous record of five, set by the ACC in 2015 and the Big East in 2009. Since 2016, 27 ACC teams have reached the Sweet 16, most of any other conference. Since 1981, the ACC has produced 53 consensus All-Americans – more than any other conference – and more than 20% of the nation’s consensus All-Americans. The Championships The ACC conducts championship com- petitions in all 28 sports – 13 for men and 15 for women. No Autonomy Five confer- ence sponsors more than 28 sports. The 15 women’s sports are the most of any peer conference. The first ACC championship was held in swimming at North Carolina State University on February 25, 1954. The 13 sports for men include football, cross country, soccer, basketball, fencing, swimming & diving, indoor and outdoor track & field, wrestling, baseball, tennis, and golf and lacrosse. Women’s sports were initiated in 1977 with the first champion- ship meet held in tennis October 6-8 at Wake Forest University. Championships for women are currently conducted in cross country, field hockey, soccer, basketball, fencing, swimming & diving, indoor and outdoor track & field, gymnastics, tennis, golf, lacrosse, softball and rowing, with volleyball deciding its champion by regular- season play. Brendan McKay was named 2017 ACC Player of the Year and 2015 ACC Freshman of the Year. University of Louisville n gocards.com 22 ACC History The Atlantic Coast Conference was founded on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven char- ter members - Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Wake Forest - drawing up the conference by-laws. The withdrawal of seven schools from the Southern Conference came early on the morning of May 8, 1953, during the South- ern Conference’s annual spring meeting. On June 14, 1953, the seven members met in Raleigh, N.C., where a set of bylaws was adopted and the name became officially the Atlantic Coast Conference. On December 4, 1953, conference offi- cials met again at Sedgefield and officially admitted Virginia as the league’s eighth mem- ber. The first withdrawal of a school from the ACC came on June 30, 1971, when South Carolina tendered its resignation. The ACC operated with seven members until April 3, 1978, when Georgia Tech was admitted. The Atlanta school had withdrawn from the Southeastern Conference in January of 1964. The ACC expanded to nine members on July 1, 1991, with the addition of Florida State. The conference expanded to 11 members on July 1, 2004, with the addition of Miami and Virginia Tech. On October 17, 2003, Boston College accepted an invitation to become the league’s 12th member starting July 1, 2005. The ACC added its 13th and 14th mem- bers on Sept. 18, 2011, when Pittsburgh and Syracuse accepted invitations to join the conference. The two schools officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013. Notre Dame also officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013, after announcing on Sept. 12, 2012 its inten- tion to enter the league for competition in all sports but football, bringing the membership of the conference to 15. On July 1, 2014, Louisville entered the ACC on the same day Maryland withdrew, keeping the conference’s membership at 15 institutions. The ACC expanded its footprint on July 1, 2024, officially adding Cal, SMU and Stanford to take the conference’s membership up to 18. Dan McDonnell was named ACC Coach of the Year in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Louisville celebrated its fourth ACC Atlantic Division title in five years in 2019. Drew Harrington was tabbed ACC Pitcher of the Year in 2016. Devin Hairston was named 2017 ACC Defensive Player of the Year Reid Detmers was named the 2019 ACC Pitcher of the Year. gocards.com n University of Louisville 23 Cardinal Athletic Success 3 National Championships 23 Individual National Championships 369 All-Americans 248 NCAA Appearances 16 Final Four Appearances 5 College World Series Appearances 1 College Cup Appearance 12 Bowl Wins 165 Conference Team Championships 21 Conference Athletes of the Year 4 No. 1 Draft Picks 28 Olympians 4 World Championships 3 National Players of the Year 63 First Round Draft Picks 1 Dick Howser Award Winner 1 Heisman Trophy Winner 1 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Winner 2 Golden Goggle Award Winners 23 First Team Academic All-Americans University of Louisville n gocards.com 24 gocards.com n University of Louisville 25 Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Jim Patterson Stadium L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium KFC Yum! Center Thorntons Academic Center of Excellence Trager Stadium Cardinal Park Ulmer Stadium Swain Student Activities Center G. Garvin Brown III Rowing Center Marshall Center University of Louisville n gocards.com 26 University of Louisville n gocards.com BASEBALLUniversity of Louisville Golf Club T he University of Louisville features impressive facilities that have enriched the campus and entire Louisville community. Every Cardinal sports team has a new facility since 1994, with most being built within the last 25 years. The state-of-the-art, 22,090-seat KFC Yum! Center has been the home of Cardinal Basketball since open- ing in 2010. The Cardinals kicked off their 1998 football season in L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium, a 60,800-seat on-campus facility that was expanded in 2010. Another expansion that enclosed the end zone was completed in 2018. L&N Federal Credit Union Arena, expanded in 2017 as the home for UofL volleyball, and many athletic offices are housed in the Swain Student Activities Center on the northeast corner of campus. Built in 1994, the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center was hon- ored as the 1995 USTA College Facility of the Year. It was the first component of Cardinal Park, an area which features multiple playing facilities for the Cardinals: Ulmer Stadium (softball), Cardinal Track Stadium and Trager Stadium (field hockey). The University of Louisville Golf Club, located just east of Louisville in Simpsonville, Ky., is the home to the UofL men’s and women’s golf teams. Patterson Stadium, the home to the Cards’ baseball team, opened in 2005, as did the Ralph Wright Natato- rium and Trager Center fieldhouse. Planet Fitness Kueber Center provides a stellar basketball practice facility and offices as well as a practice home for women’s basket- ball and women’s lacrosse. UofL opened in 2008 the Marshall Center, a multi- sport weight training facility, and the Field Hockey Com- plex, to house offices and locker rooms for field hockey. The G. Garvin Brown II Rowing Center riverside boat house for the Cardinals’ rowing team opened in 2011. A state-of-the-art soccer stadium, Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium, opened in 2014. The sparkling Thorntons Academic Center of Excellence opened in 2016 at the south end of the football stadium structure. Lacrosse Stadium Trager Center Fieldhouse L&N Federal Credit Union Arena UofL Athletics Broadcast Center Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium gocards.com n University of Louisville 27 BASEBALL Ralph Wright NatatoriumNext >