Central Missouri Baseball
1994 NCAA National Champions
Head coach Dave Van Horn was hired just six weeks before the start of the season and would later be named the NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year after guiding the Mules to a 51-11 record on the season.
UCM beat South Dakota State by a combined score of 39-15 (20-8, 19-7) in two games to win the regional and advance to the World Series.
The Mules defeated California-Riverside and Armstrong State at the World Series before falling to Delta State 10-3. They came back to later beat Delta, 8-2, to advance to the title game.
In the championship game, Central Missouri twice faced four-run deficits against Florida Southern, 4-0 and 6-2. The Mules rallied, scoring 6 runs in the sixth and then 6 more in the top of the 9th to break an 8-8 tie, and went on to win 14-9 and claim the national title.
Rick Ladjevich was named the NCAA Division II Player of the Year after hitting .460 with 14 home runs and 97 runs batted in.