< PreviousT he Louisville baseball program has been well represented on the inter- national diamond in recent years with 15 players competing in events for their home countries since head coach Dan McDonnell was hired. Most recently, McDonnell served as manager for the Collegiate National Team in 2019. On the field, 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 Col- legiate National team leading the club in strikeouts. In 2010, Ryan Wright was second on the USA Collegiate National Team in hit- ting and was tied for the team lead in runs. A year before Wright’s success, Louis- ville was well-represented on the interna- tional 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 fin- ished with a 19-5 record overall and a win at the World Baseball Challenge in Canada. 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 Car- dinals were impressive on the international diamond as pitcher B.J. Rosenberg com- peted for Team USA at the Baseball World Cup, while righty Trystan Magnuson rep- resented Team Canada at the same event. Rosenberg was a key contributor as the US squad won the World Cup title, while Mag- nuson 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 20 players with international baseball experi- ence with Team USA and Team Canada as either a team member or a tryout partici- pant. Here is the list of players... While at Ole Miss, McDonnell recruited and coached several players who competed for Team USA, including Zack Cozart (left), Cody Satterwhite (right). 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 Nick Burdi Zack Burdi Reid Detmers Lucas Dunn Kyle Funkhouser Devin Hairston Justin Marks Trystan Magnuson Brendan McKay Corey Ray BJ Rosenberg Phil Wunderlich Tony Zych Ryan Wright Ole Miss Players Zack Cozart Stephen Head Jordan Henry Lance Lynn Cody Satterwhite Seth Smith McDonnell International LouisvilleLouisville 18 University of Louisville | gocards.comBaseball on the International Diamond 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. Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell with former Florida Marlins’ manager and World Series champion Jack McKeon on June 27, 2009 in Durham, N.C. 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. McDonnell and former Cards’ pitcher Tony Zych mug for the camera in Team USA’s special camouflage uniforms. 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 | University of Louisville 19Visit T he Louisville baseball program has taken a pair of international trips, visit- ing the Dominican Republic in 2015 and most recently in the fall of 2019. 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 3-4-1 mark in eight games against international competi- tion. Louisville became the first American college program to play against Domini- can Republic 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 five games against Dominican Winter League (LIDOM) franchises, including a 4-4 tie with 16-time league champions Leones del Escogido Oct. 6, 2019 at the Kansas City Royals Academy in Guerra. 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 pair of baseball clinics, teaching the fundamentals of baseball to groups of more than 70 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. Dominican Republic CardinalsCardinals 20 University of Louisville | gocards.comgocards.com | University of Louisville 21Conference Atlantic CoastAtlantic Coast 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 Confer- ence has defied the odds. Established in 1953, the ACC has long enjoyed the reputation as one of the strongest and most competitive intercollegiate confer- ences in the nation. And that is not mere conjecture, the numbers support it. Through 67 years of competition, ACC schools have captured 161 NCAA team cham- pionships, including 80 in women’s competi- tion, 79 in men’s sports and two in fencing. In addition, NCAA individual titles have gone to ACC student-athletes 186 times in men’s competition and 141 times in women’s action. If success is best measured in terms of wins and losses, then the ACC is unrivaled in NCAA basketball annals. Eight of the last 20 NCAA Basketball Championships 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 Tournament-best mark of 454-240 for a sterling .654 winning percent- age on college basketball’s biggest stage. The 15 teams currently in the ACC have combined for 643 NCAA Tournament victories – 179 more than the next conference. Since 1985, the ACC has produced 29 Final Four teams, four more than any other conference. The ACC has had at least one Final Four team in 23 of the last 32 years. Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, ACC teams have compiled a 349-183 (.656) record, including 97 Sweet 16 appearances and 51 Regional Final berths – all NCAA Tournament bests. Since 1985, nearly half of the league teams (98-of-198) receiving NCAA berths have won at least two NCAA Tournament games. Teams currently in the ACC have com- bined to win 17 NCAA Championships. North Carolina leads the way with six national titles, followed by Duke with five, Louisville two, NC State two, Syracuse one and Virginia one. In the five NCAA Tournaments from 2015- 19, ACC teams combined to win an NCAA- record 74 Tournament games, bettering 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, 23 ACC teams have reached the Sweet 16, most of any other conference. Since 1981, the ACC has produced 51 consensus All-Americans – more than any other conference – and has accounted for 22 percent of the nation’s consensus All-Ameri- cans (51-of-230). During the 2020-21 season, 91 players from the current 15 ACC schools earned spots on NBA rosters, more than any other confer- ence. In the 2019 NBA Draft, the ACC led all conferences with 10 first-round picks and with 13 selections overall. The ACC matched the all-time conference record for first-round selections that it originally set in 2017, eclips- ing the previous record of eight. The ACC has led all conferences in first-round selections in four of the past five drafts and has led or tied for the lead in overall selections in each of the past seven drafts. The ACC is the only conference to have had at least three first-round picks in each of the past 10 NBA Drafts. Since 2009 the ACC leads all conferences in both first-round selections (76) and overall selections (123). The ACC’s current membership further enhances the league’s reputation in college basketball. The 15 schools that comprise the ACC in 2020-21 have made 64 trips to the Final Four and have won 17 NCAA Champi- onships, including three of the last six. Cur- rent league members have won nearly 25,000 games and have had 814 NBA Draft picks, including 277 first-round selections. Five National Titles in 2020-21 The ACC conducts championship com- petition in all 27 sports – 13 for men and 14 for women. 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, golf and lacrosse. Women’s sports were initiated in 1977 with the first championship meet held in tennis October 6-8 at Wake Forest Univer- sity. Championships for women are currently conducted in cross country, field hockey, soc- cer, basketball, fencing, swimming & diving, indoor and outdoor track & field, tennis, golf, lacrosse, softball and rowing, with volleyball deciding its champion by regular-season play. The 2020-21 academic year saw athletic competition return after many sport seasons were canceled in 2019-20 due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. The conference completed championship competition in all 27 sports with 10 different schools claiming at least one conference crown. ACC teams claimed five NCAA titles and 20 individuals won national championships. The ACC has averaged four national team titles per year over the past two-plus decades (97 in 24 years) and has claimed multiple NCAA titles in 37 of the past 40 years. Academically, the member institutions of the ACC again led the way among Power 5 conferences in the “Best Colleges” rankings released by US News & World Report. ACC member institutions combined for an average rank of 54, marking the 14th straight year that the ACC led all Power 5 conferences Brendan McKay was named 2017 ACC Player of the Year and 2015 ACC Freshman of the Year. 22 University of Louisville | gocards.comACC History The Atlantic Coast Conference was found- ed on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven charter members - Clemson, Duke, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Caro- lina and Wake Forest - drawing up the confer- ence by-laws. The withdrawal of seven schools from the Southern Conference came early on the morning of May 8, 1953, during the Southern 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 intention 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. 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. gocards.com | University of Louisville 23 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....Priceless Cardinal Athletic 3 National Championships 22 Individual National Championships 287 All-Americans 223 NCAA Appearances 13 Final Four Appearances 5 College World Series Appearances 1 College Cup Appearance 11 Bowl Wins 163 Conference Team Championships 17 Conference Athletes of the Year 4 No. 1 Draft Picks 28 Olympians 4 World Championships 3 National Players of the Year 61 First Round Draft Picks 1 Dick Howser Award Winner 1 Heisman Trophy Winner 1 Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Winner 2 Golden Goggle Award Winners 20 First Team Academic All-Americans Success 24 University of Louisville | gocards.comgocards.com | University of Louisville 2526 University of Louisville | gocards.com BASEBALL UofL Athletics Facilities Bass-Rudd Tennis Center Jim Patterson Stadium Cardinal Stadium Thorntons Academic Center of Excellence Trager Stadium Cardinal Park Ulmer Stadium Swain Student Activities Center G. Garvin Brown III Rowing Center Marshall Center KFC Yum! Centergocards.com | University of Louisville 27 BASEBALL UofL Athletics Facilities 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 22 years. The state-of-the-art, 22,000-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 Cardinal Stadium, a 60,000-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 ath- letic offices are housed in the Swain Student Activities Center on the northeast corner of campus. Built in 1994, the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center was honored 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’ base- ball team, opened in 2005, as did the Ralph Wright Natatorium 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 basketball and women’s lacrosse. UofL opened in 2008 the Marshall Center, a multi- sport weight training facility, and the Field Hockey Complex, 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 Thorn- tons Academic Center of Excellence opened in 2016 at the south end of the football stadium structure. Ralph Wright Natatorium Dr. Mark & Cindy Lynn Stadium University of Louisville Golf Club Lacrosse Stadium Trager Center Fieldhouse L&N Federal Credit Union Arena UofL Athletics Broadcast CenterNext >