The Washington State Cougars baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of Washington State University, located in Pullman, Washington, United States. The program has been a member of the NCAA Division I Pacific-12 Conference since the start of the 1960 season. Since the start of the 1980 season, the program's home venue has been Bailey–Brayton Field, located on the university's campus. Donnie Marbut has been the program's head coach since prior to the 2005 season. As of the end of the 2012 season, the team has appeared in four College World Series and 16 NCAA Tournaments. In conference postseason play, it has won one Northwest Conference Tournament, one Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division Tournament, one Pacific-8 Conference North Division Tournament, and four Pacific-10 Conference Northern Division Tournaments. In regular season play, it has won five Northwest Conference Championships, 12 Pacific Coast Conference Northern Division titles, four AAWU Championships, nine Pac-8 North Division titles, and 11 Pac-10 North Division titles. As of the start of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, 32 former Cougars have appeared in Major League Baseball.
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