Nicholls Colonels baseball

Nicholls Colonels baseball
Nicholls Colonels baseball
2024 Nicholls Colonels baseball team
Founded	1960
University	Nicholls State University
Head coach	Mike Silva (2nd season)
Conference	Southland
Location	Thibodaux, Louisiana
Home stadium	Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field ; (Capacity: 2,100)
Nickname	Colonels
Colors	Red and gray;
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977*, 1989, 1992, 1998, 2023
Conference tournament champions
	1984, 1998, 2023
Regular season conference champions
	1974, 1976, 1985, 2023; *at Division II level

The Nicholls Colonels baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Nicholls State's first baseball team was fielded in 1960. The team plays its home games at 2,100-seat Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field and is coached by Mike Silva.

Championships

Conference championships

Regular season

Gulf South: 1974, 1976
Gulf Star: 1985

Tournament

Trans America Athletic: 1984
Southland: 1998

History

NCAA tournament appearances

NCAA Division I baseball tournament: 1989, 1992, 1998
NCAA Division II baseball tournament: 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977

Conference affiliations

Years	Conference	Classification
1960–1965	Independent	NCAA College Division
1966–1971	Gulf States Conference	NCAA College Division
1972	Gulf South Conference	NCAA College Division
1973–1979	Gulf South Conference	NCAA Division II
1980–1982	Independent	NCAA Division I
1983–1984	Trans America Athletic Conference	NCAA Division I
1985–1987	Gulf Star Conference	NCAA Division I
1988–1991	Independent	NCAA Division I
1992–present	Southland Conference	NCAA Division I

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Stadiums

Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field

Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field is a baseball stadium in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It is the 2,100-seat home stadium of the Nicholls Colonels college baseball team. The stadium which opened in 1960 is named for Raymond "Ray" Didier, a former Nicholls head baseball coach and athletic director. The diamond is named for Ben Meyer.

Head coaches

Name	Years
Jim Hall	1960–1963
Raymond "Ray" Didier	1964–1973
T.C. Calmes	1974–1979
Mike Knight	1980–1996
Jim Pizzolatto	1997–1999
B.D. Parker	2000–2005
Chip Durham	2006–2010
Seth Thibodeaux	2011–2021
Mike Silva	2022–present