Previously, the baseball program competed as an NCAA independent, even during the school's Big East Conference affiliation in other sports.

[5] The Hurricanes play their home games at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field on the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables.

Baseball took a six-year hiatus on the Coral Gables campus until former football standout Eddie Dunn revived the program in 1946.

After leaving Miami, Moss would gain notoriety as a football coach in the NFL, CFL, AFL and the now defunct WFL and USFL.

Foxx was inducted into the Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951 after a stellar career that included stops with the Athletics, Red Sox, Cubs and Phillies.

With the exception of the 1959 season, in which former coach and athletic director Jack Harding led the team, Campbell was the skipper of the Hurricanes through the spring of 1962.

Ron Fraser arrived at the University of Miami in the fall of 1962 after spending three years as head coach of the Dutch National team.

What was supposed to be a short three-month stint with the team turned into a successful run that included three European Championships.

[citation needed] He also had to work days at the Coral Gables youth center to supplement his meager pay check from the university.

[citation needed] Ron Fraser's first game as skipper was a 4–3, extra inning loss to Ohio State on March 16, 1963.

[citation needed] The next season Fraser was awarded six more scholarships which propelled his team to the championship game of the 1974 College World Series where they lost to USC, 7–3.

George and Ethel Light came forward to support the project by making the initial donation to the stadium fund.

George and Ethel Light made a second donation in 1974, which was matched by other donors, in an effort to build permanent concrete seating at the new facility.

In what would come to be called the Grand Illusion, the Hurricanes used a hidden ball trick to pick off NCAA stolen base leader Phil Stephenson.

First baseman Steve Lusby dove to the ground then raced down towards the Hurricane bullpen where pitchers Dan Smith and Bob Walker leaped to avoid the ball.

[9][10] In the semifinal two days later against Maine, Miami pitcher Rob Souza threw a pickoff attempt over the head of Bill Wrona into center field.

The Hurricanes reached the 1985 College World Series by beating Florida, 12–9 in the final game of the Atlantic Regional.

In a game delayed a full day by inclement weather, the Hurricanes jumped out to an early 2–0 lead and never trailed the rest of the way.

Miami closer Rick Raether pitched the final 2.1 innings to finish off the Longhorns, 10–6, and give the Hurricanes their second national championship.

Major League Baseball stars such as Stan Musial and Ted Williams headlined several events to help raise money for Fraser's program.

In 2006, Ron Fraser was inducted into the inaugural class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas.

University of Miami athletic director Dave Maggard hired longtime assistant Brad Kelley to replace Ron Fraser.

But after a subpar season and allegations that Kelley allowed under age drinking among his players on a road trip, he resigned.

On two separate occasions prior to 2019 (1997 until 2008) and (2012 until 2018), DiMare served as an assistant head coach for the University of Miami baseball team.

The award is administered by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission and is named after former Major League Baseball player Johnny Bench.

The museum is located in Lubbock, Texas, and serves as the central point for the study of the history of college baseball in the United States.