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Athletics Department. Men's Baseball Records

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The Athletics Department's Men's Baseball Records documents the historical and current activities of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons intercollegiate baseball team. The team was established in 1891 during its first season of intercollegiate play. Wake Forest has played under the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since 1953. This collection contains media guides, posters, schedules, and materials related to coaching staff and team alumni. Common abbreviations found in this collection are the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), and the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

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Collection Overview

The Wake Forest University Men's Baseball Team played it's first intercollegiate game in Raleigh, North Carolina against UNC Chapel Hill in 1891. Since then the team has grown into a successful intercollegiate athletics program. This collection documents the historical and current activities of the Demon Deacons Men's Baseball team. Materials in this collection include game programs and posters, as well as athlete certificates, newspaper articles, schedules, and promotional materials.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged is arranged into two series: Series 1. Administrative and operational files, and Series 2. Publications.

Series 1. Administrative files include materials and records that document season-to-season operational activities of the Demon Deacons Men's Baseball team.

Series 2. Publications, include published materials such as media guides and game day programs.

Collection Inventory

  • Publications
    • Season media guide  (1999) box 3 folder 1
    • Season media guide  (2001) box 3 folder 2
    • Season media guide  (2003) box 3 folder 3
    • Season media guides  (2005-2008) box 3 folder 4-7
  • Season materials
    • ACC Baseball Championship promotional brochure  (2003) box 1 folder 16
    • Accounts, schedules, and notes  (1896) box 1 folder 1
    • "Charmed Season: Deacons of 1955 remember sweetness of march to NCAA title," Omaha World-Hearld article by John Dell, photocopy  (2000) box 1 folder 13
    • "NC State, Wake Forest have baseball tradition on Easter weekend," Winston-Salem Journal online article by Tom Foreman, Jr. (2023 April) box 1 folder 18
    • Newspaper clippings of ACC Championship  (1999) box 2 folder 2
    • Newspaper clipping photocopies of 1955 season  (1955) box 1 folder 4
    • Schedule, scores, and season notes  (1897) box 1 folder 2
    • Scorebooks  (1974-1977) box 1 folder 5
    • Season statistics and newspaper clipping photocopies of 1949 season  (1949) box 1 folder 3
    • Wake Forest College Baseball Pan-American Games representative, commemorative book  (2001) box 1 folder 14-15
  • Coach and student-athlete materials
    • American Baseball Coaches All-Region Baseball Team certificates  (1998) box 1 folder 10
    • Holt, Linwood: All-American Baseball Team certificate  (1955) box 2 folder 3
    • Kowilcik, Christopher (Chris): All-America Baseball Team certificate  (1992) box 2 folder 3
    • Martin, Wayne: All-American Baseball Team certificate  (1963) box 2 folder 3
    • NCAA Baseball Writers Association All-America Team certificates  (1998) box 1 folder 11-12
    • Scripture, Bill: All-America Baseball Team certificate  (1963) box 2 folder 3
    • Walter Rabb Player of the Year Awards  (1981) box 1 folder 6
  • Marketing and promotional materials
    • Dugout Cookout announcement mailer (2003 April) box 1 folder 17
    • NCAA tournament ticket sales poster  (1999) box 2 folder 1
    • Pocket schedules  (1987-2009) box 1 folder 7-9
    • Season schedule, poster  (2024) Oversize 1 Item 2
    • Team poster with season schedule and player autographs  (2023) Oversize 1 Item 1

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Athletics Department. Men's Baseball Records
ID
RG21.2
ID
/repositories/2/resources/2223
Date
1896-2023
Quantity
1 document box, 1 half-document box, 1 oversize box
Extent
1.5  Linear Feet

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2025 July
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to researchers. 
Copyright notice
The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. 
Preferred Citation
Athletics Department. Men's Baseball Records (RG 21.2), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

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