Utah Tech Trailblazers baseball

Utah Tech Trailblazers
Utah Tech Trailblazers
2025 Utah Tech Trailblazers baseball team
Founded	2007
University	Utah Tech University
Head coach	Chris Pfatenhauer (13th season)
Conference	Western Athletic Conference; West Division
Location	St. George, Utah
Home stadium	Bruce Hurst Field ; (Capacity: 2,500)
Nickname	Trailblazers
Colors	Red, navy blue, and white;
NCAA tournament appearances
	Division II: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Conference tournament champions
	PacWest: 2009
Conference regular season champions
	PacWest: 2011, 2014, 2015

The Utah Tech Trailblazers baseball team represents Utah Tech University (Formerly known as Dixie State), which is located in St. George, Utah. The Trailblazers are an NCAA Division I college baseball program that competes in the Western Athletic Conference. They competed in Division II from 2007 to 2020, playing ten seasons with the Pacific West Conference, and two with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.^[2]^[3]

The Utah Tech Trailblazers play all home games on campus at Bruce Hurst Field.

Conference membership history (Division I only)

2021–present: Western Athletic Conference (played 2021-22 as Dixie State)

Bruce Hurst Field

Bruce Hurst Field is a baseball stadium on the Utah Tech campus in St. George, Utah that seats 2,500 people. It opened in 1994 and has been the home of various other baseball teams and tournaments.

Head coaches (Division I only)

Records taken from the Utah Tech Baseball Almanac .^[4]

Season	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
2021–present	Chris Pfatenhauer	4	73–146	.333
Totals	1 coach	4 seasons	73–146	.333

Year-by-year NCAA Division I results

Records taken from the DSU Baseball Almanac.^[4]

Statistics overview
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Western Athletic Conference (2021–present)
2021	Chris Pfatenhauer	24–32	21–15	4th	ineligible
2022	Chris Pfatenhauer	22-33	14-16	4th	ineligible
2023	Chris Pfatenhauer	13-39	8-22	13th	ineligible
Total:		59–104	Western Athletic Conference
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors (Division I only)

Freshman All-Americans

Year	Position	Name	Selector
2021	C	Kaden Hollow	CB

Records taken from the DSU Baseball Almanac.^[4]

Trailblazers in the Major Leagues

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

Athlete	Years in MLB	MLB Teams
Brandon Kintzler	2010-2021	Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies
Brandon Lyon	2001-2013	Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets
Brad Thompson	2005-2010	St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals