The Grand Canyon Antelopes baseball team represents Grand Canyon University, which is located in Phoenix, Arizona. The Antelopes, also known as the Lopes, are an NCAA Division I college baseball program competing in the Western Athletic Conference. They were in Division I from 1991 to 1998, the final four seasons with the Western Athletic Conference, and returned in 2014 with the WAC.
The Grand Canyon Antelopes play all home games on campus at Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark. Over their 16 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, GCU has won six regular-season titles including five of the last six completed seasons.
Since the program's inception in 1953, 10 Lopes have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, highlighted by 1993 AL Rookie of the Year and 2002 World Series champion Tim Salmon.
Conference membership history (Division I only) 1991–1994: Independent 1995–1998: Western Athletic Conference 2014–present: Western Athletic Conference
Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark
Brazell Field at GCU Ballpark is a baseball stadium on the Grand Canyon campus in Phoenix, Arizona that seats 4,000 people. It was opened on February 16, 2018 with a 2–1 loss to TCU. A record attendance of 5,261 was set on February 18, 2022, an opening day loss to Nevada.
Head coaches (Division I only) Records taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide.
Year-by-year NCAA Division I results
Records taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide.
Awards and honors (Division I only)
Over their 11 discontinuous seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, 18 different Lopes have been named to the all-conference first-team.
All-Americans
Freshman All-Americans
Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year
Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year
Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year
Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year
Taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide. Updated March 2, 2020.
Lopes in the Major Leagues
Taken from the 2020 GCU baseball media guide. Updated March 2, 2020.