Southern Arkansas Muleriders baseball

[2] Prior to joining the GAC, SAU competed in the NAIA's Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference from 1950 until moving to the NCAA in 1996.

The Muleriders play their home games on campus at Walker Stadium at Goodheart Field.

Southern Arkansas was founded in 1909 as the Third District Agricultural School and fielded its first baseball team as early as 1911.

SAU has won 23 conference regular seasons championships (17 – AIC, 2 – GSC, 4 – GAC), seven conference tournament championships (3 – GSC, 4 – GAC), made three NAIA world series appearances including a third-place finish in 1987, and 11 NCAA Division II Regional appearances.

For many years SAU fielded a two-year baseball program before joining the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference.

At least three Southern Arkansas University Sports Hall of Fame members served as coach of the Mulerider baseball team in this era.

Gum left SAU to become the Head Coach at the University of Central Arkansas following the 2010 season.

[11] Despite consistently finishing near the top of the Western Division, 2006 was a banner year for the SAU baseball program.

In 2008, the Muleriders reached the number 1 ranking for the first time in school history and made it to the semi-finals of the South Central regional.

The only team to break the 50 win plateau, SAU finished the season 52–11, won their first GSC Western Division Title, won the Gulf South Conference Tournament for a second time, and hosted the NCAA South Regional for the first time in school history.

The Muleriders proceeded to repeat as GSC Western Division winners before losing in the Gulf Southern Conference Tournament title game to Valdosta State.

In their first year competing in the newly-formed Great American Conference, SAU continued their championship tradition.

[13] Due to the success of his baseball program, as well as his relationship with the university, Dr. David Rankin named Coach Browning as Athletic Director on July 1, 2012.

[14] Browning won his 100th game as the Mulerider's Head Coach with a 12–3 victory over East Central University on April 6, 2013.

[15] The Muleriders won their third consecutive (2nd in the GAC) conference tournament title and their fourth in five years with an 11–2 victory over UAM on May 7, 2013.