The Dakota State Trojans baseball team represents Dakota State University, competing as a member of the North Star Athletic Association (NSAA) in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). During the 2025–26 academic year, the Trojans will be moving to the Frontier Conference. The Trojans play their home games at Flynn Field in Madison, South Dakota. Their current head coach is Derrion Hardie.
History
Conference affiliations South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (1961–1985*, 1989–2000) Dakota Athletic Conference (2000–2011) NAIA independent (2011–2013) North Star Athletic Association (2013–2025) Frontier Conference (2025–present)
* – Dakota State dropped their baseball program in 1985, but in 1989 it was reinstated.
Conference championships The Trojans have won 2 regular season championships.
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Regular season champion (2 times): 1984, 1985
Coaches Current Coaching Staff Head Coach Derrion Hardie University of Sioux FallsAssistant Coach Dan Rutan Oakland UniversityAssistant Coach Quentin Evers Briar Cliff UniversityGraduate Assistant Zakk Evers Briar Cliff UniversityGraduate Assistant JD Kirchner Dakota State University
Venues Flynn Field (1961–present)
Individual awards and honors All-Americans NAIA Rick Alfson (1972) Bryan Day (2003) Ryan Holthaus (2003) Brandon Jiles (2005) Jason Ciz (2005) Terry McGowan (2005) Dustin Ottens (2006) Shea Tonkin (2006) Greg Biagi (2007)
SDIC honors All-Conference
Dick Heiberger (1972) Rick Alfson (1972–73) Daryl Fletcher (1972–73) Jon Graves (1972–73) Ted Poncelet (1973) Keith Thomas (1973) Terry Kasperbauer (1976–77) Mike Miller (1977) Kim Nelson (1977) Brian Jacobsen (1980–81) Roger Mesteth (1982) Randy Schaefer (1982–83) Kirk Knight (1983–84) Scott Sanner (1983–84) Tim Asche (1983–85) Dennis Bierle (1984) Ken Karolevitz (1984–85) Mark Thomas (1984–85) Jim Fitzgerald (1985) Brian Relf (1985) Chad Hofer (1985) Scott Hortness (1985) John Francois (1985) Devin Alfson (1996–97)
DAC honors All-Conference
Travis Phelps (2002) Dallas Schneiderman (2002) Ryan Holthaus (2003–04) Bryan Day (2003) Asa Patterson (2003) George Strable (2003) Josh Cuffe (2003) Aaron Vogt (2003) Ricky Brown (2004) Terry McGowan (2005–06) Brandon Jiles (2005) Jason Ciz (2005–08) Josh Wells (2005) Jon Lieser (2005) Shea Tonkin (2005–07) Adam Beyer (2005) Dustin Ottens (2006–07) T.J. Schmidtke (2006) B.J. Comfort (2006) Aaron Anderson (2006) Nate Remer (2006–07) Andre Trahan (2006) Matt Burpee (2007–08) Greg Biagi (2007–08) Jeff Savas (2007–08) Kyle Young (2007) Josh Guild (2007–08) Nick Hardy (2007) Josh Tomlin (2007) Ryan Breitling (2007) Dan Rhodes (2008–09) David Morgan (2008) Mike Young (2008) Zach Weber (2009) Zane Roduner (2009–10) Josh Tiede (2009–10) Jared Donahue (2009–10) Hibraim Cordova (2009) Lincoln Gassman (2010) Donald Strand (2010) Nick Mutz (2010) Chance Hargrove (2011)
NSAA honors All-Conference
Zac Smith (2014) Jordan Hofer (2016) Ian Barker (2016) Jake Harris (2015–16) Samuel Drummond (2021) Chris Kropuenske (2021) Cole Westerlund (2022) Will Clair (2022) Chris Burke (2022) Kameron Bryant (2022) Grant Svikulis (2023) Mason Macaluso (2021–23) Luke Guest (2023) Sam Tyrpa (2023–24) Aidan Perry (2024) Ryan McDaniel (2021–24) JD Kirchner (2022–24) Walker Hultgren (2023–24) Jeremy Green (2023–24) Cory Brownson (2024) Cassidy Watt (2025) Nicholai Arbach (2025)
Frontier honors
First Team All–Frontier Cameron DeMaria (2026) Connor Raney (2026)
Second Team All–Frontier Cameron Kittridge (2026)
Freshman of the Year Ryland Carroll (2026)
Honorable Mention All–Frontier Camaron Haller (2026)
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