NAIA National Tournament Appearances

	The College of Idaho has a rich history of baseball, with conference titles dating back to 1926. In fact, the Coyotes took home the first two Northwest Conference baseball titles (1926 and 1927), won the NWC Eastern Division title in 1940, and took home league crowns in 1948 and 1949. The 1966 team also captured the NAIA District 5 championship, but did not move on to sectional play, due to money concerns.Since 1987, The C of I baseball program has been a major factor on the Pacific Northwest and national scene. Behind coaches Tim Mooney and Shawn Humberger, the Coyotes have advanced to the post-season in 30 of the past 32 seasons, including NAIA Baseball National Championship appearances in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2017 - including the 1998 NAIA World Series title and a runner-up finish in the 1999 season.  In all, C of I teams have won 25 or more games 30 times in the past 32 years.
	1998 - NAIA World Series Champions By virtue of winning four games in seven days, C of I team won the 1998 NAIA National Championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was the Coyotes first-ever appearance in the tournament, after stopping Lewis-Clark State, 15-1 in the sectional final. The Yotes opened the tournament with a 8-7 win over Culver-Stockton of Missouri, then stopped Bellevue of Nebraska by a score of 6-4. The Coyotes dominated play in the winners' bracket championship game, as every player contributed in a 19-5 victory over Indiana Tech. A 5-4 loss to Oklahoma City in bracket play snapped a 25-game winning streak dating back to an April 10 meeting with Eastern Oregon. With the loss, the Coyotes had a day of rest and were ready for a Sunday rematch with Indiana Tech., where a six-run fourth inning, capped by a Mike Diaz three-run homer, en route to a 6-3 victory and the first baseball national championship in school history. For his work, head coach Tim Mooney was named the Rawlings NAIA Coach-of-the-Year, leading C of I to a school-record 55-8 mark. Pitchers Levi Lacey and Aaron Smith both earned All-America status.
	1999 - NAIA World Series Runners-Up As defending National Champions, the Coyotes had a big bullseye on their back heading into the 1999 season. But once again, the C of I responded, winning the Cascade Conference crown. However, Lewis-Clark State took two games from the Coyotes in the regional tournament, and C of I headed into the College World Series as an at-large team The Yotes didn't play like an at-large team, dispatching Indiana Tech, 9-8, and Oklahoma City, 9-2, as Branden Florence went 7-for-10 with six RBI in the two games. C of I continued on, stopping Birmingham-Southern, 7-5, as Brannon Cedergreen and two relievers got the Yotes a key win. The streak ended at three, however, as L-C State stopped the Purple and Gold, 7-3, as former Atlanta Braves reliever John Foster stymied the Coyotes. But C of I was not done, as Tyrel Whitt pitched a complete game six hitter in the Coyotes 7-2 win over Culver-Stockton to get to the championship round. Aaron Smith then stopped L-C State on six hits and Brandon Mattingly delivered a two-run fourth inning single to force a second championship game after a 2-1 win. Unfortunately, the all-Idaho title game went the way of the Warriors, as a five-run sixth inning broke a 2-2 tie, as LCSC won 7-2.
	2000 - NAIA World Series Appearance The 2000 season saw the Coyotes dominate play in the Cascade Conference, sweeping the regular season awards (Michael Kraemer - Pitcher of the Year, Ross Mitchell - Player of the Year, Tim Mooney - Coach of the Year). Following a victory over Western Oregon in the regional championship, C of I took 2-of-3 games from The Masters College to advance to their third consecutive NAIA World Series. The Yotes opened up the World Series against Shawnee State and dropped a 6-4 decision. The team from Ohio scored two eighth inning runs to advance in the winners bracket. C of I responded two days later, upending Brewton Parker of Georgia in 10 innings, 3-2. Kraemer went nine strong innings, and Eric Jensen picked up the win with a scoreless tenth inning. Chad Hartley won it for the 'Yotes with an RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the tenth.  The season, however, would end prematurely the next night as Indiana Tech - the team C of I defeated twice for the 1998 crown, scored three in the bottom of the ninth to knock the Coyotes out of the Series, 4-3. C of I would end the 2000 season with a 49-14 record, with five players (Kraemer, Mitchell, Hartley, Gavin Gosz, Casey Macomb) earning NAIA All-America honors.
	2002 - NAIA World Series (3rd Place) The 2002 Yotes definitely had the flair for the dramatic throughout their postseason run - winnnig five elimination games just to advance to the NAIA World Series was just the start of the roller-coaster ride through the playoffs. After knocking out British Columbia with a doubleheader sweep in the regional, and slamming Vanguard, 9-1, in the super-regional final, the Coyotes were matched-up against No. 2 ranked Embry-Riddle in the Series opener at Harris Field in Lewiston, Idaho. The game saw both starters knocked out prior to the third inning. Trailing 10-7 through six innings, the Coyotes rallied for two runs in the seventh, and tied the game in the top of the eighth on a Scott Skeen RBI double. Tied 10-10 heading to extra innings, the 'Yotes erupted in the 11th inning. Nick Williams blasted a two-run homer, his second of the game, part of a seven-run inning to win 17-10. Taylor Blair stopped Mayville State in their tracks, 6-3, putting C of I in the winners bracket championship game against No. 1 ranked Oklahoma City. Williams pitched magnificent, but trailed 3-1 heading into the ninth inning. With two outs and two on, Darren Uranga laced a game-tying two run double off the centerfield wall to tie the score. In the tenth, Cory Acklus led the inning off with a solo home run, leading the Coyotes to another improbable 6-4 victory. Bracket play had the Yotes meeting host Lewis-Clark State, losing 5-0 to the eventual national champs.  C of I closed out play in a rematch with OCU - jumping out to a 7-0 lead, just to watch it evaporate before their eyes. Tied 8-8 in the sixth, Oklahoma City's Keith Bohanon crushed a two-run homer to left and the Stars pen held up the 10-8 victory - as the Coyotes finished the season 42-20-1 and claimed third-place in the Series.
	2010 - NAIA National Championship Opening Round After an eight-year hiatus from the national playoffs, the Coyotes rode the back of a trio of big bats and a pair of big arms to the NAIA National Championship Opening Round Bracket in Riverside, Calif.  Led by All-America third-baseman Diego Robles (.427 13 HR 67 RBI), right fielder Izaac Garsez (.389 10 HR 52 RBI), and left fielder Kyle Douglas (.367 7 HR 38 RBI); along with arms Ben Rosen (10-3 2.32 ERA) and Mitch Dame (6-2 2.38 ERA), the Yotes finished third in the NAIA West Tournament, but earned an at-large berth to the National Championships.  C of I fell behind in their opening game against Madonna (Mich.), 8-0, and a late rally fell short, as an 8-5 loss sent the team into the elimination bracket.  Bobby Wasmann gave the team hope with a complete game effort in a 4-2 win over Huntington (Ind.), but the Yotes saw their season end in a wild, 11 inning, 13-12 loss to Vanguard (Calif.).  The C of I finish the season with a 38-16 record.
	2012 - NAIA World Series Appearance It was a solid pitching staff, a outstanding defensive club, and a tough top-to-bottom line-up that propelled the Coyotes into the national forefront in 2012.  C of I used a 5-3 stretch against Top-20 foes British Columbia and Lewis-Clark State in March to jump into the Top-25 rankings - good enough to earn an at-large berth to the Azusa Bracket of the NAIA National Championships Opening Round.  C of I rode a stellar start by Taylor Nicholson to a Game 1, 6-4 victory over Shorter (Ga.), then avenged a loss to Menlo (Calif.) from the NAIA West title game with five-hit, 7-0 shutout from Todd Griffiths.  In the championship round, host Azusa Pacific forced a winner-take-all championship game, which the Yotes won 7-6 on a walk-off fielders choice.  At the NAIA World Series, C of I jumped out to a 3-0 lead against Point Park (Pa.), but could not hold off the Pioneers, 7-3, and were eliminated from the tournament in a 5-1 decision to rival L-C State.  Leading the Yotes were All-America outfielder Izaac Garsez (.389 8 HR 53 RBI, 12 3B), All-America catcher Jarel Lewis (.370 6 HR 57 RBI), shortstop Tanner Hodges (.363 1 HR 67 RBI), and Nicholson (9-3 3.00 ERA), as the Yotes finished 41-21.
	2016 - NAIA National Championship Opening Round The Coyotes returned to the big stage after earning an automatic berth to the NAIA Opening Round via a runner-up finish at the NAIA West Grouping Championships. Led by sluggers in third baseman Mitch Skaggs (.366 13 HR 60 RBI) and second baseman Hunter Hanson (.352 9 HR 48 RBI) and left-hander Zach Draper (10-4 2.30 ERA), the Yotes were seeded fifth in the five-team Santa Barbara Bracket.  C of I dropped a tough 7-6 game in their opener to William Carey (Miss.), as Jake Hennessey went 4-for-4, but the Yotes squandered a 6-3 lead after six and a half innings.  The squad rebounded in their first elimination game with an 11-8 win over Madonna (Mich.), pounding out 14 hits.  C of I used an eighth inning grand slam from Bobby Wright later in the day in a rematch with William Carey to tie the score at 6-6, but a late solo homer by WCU eliminated the Coyotes from the tournament, ending the season at 39-22.