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A Message From Coach Eddie

Thank you for taking an interest in Buena Vista University and our baseball program. Buena Vista is proud of its 15 Iowa Conference Baseball Championships, but we are even more concerned with the success of our graduates. We understand that winning is important, but also realize that the athletic careers of most end upon graduation day.

It is my goal that when our student-athletes graduate, they leave the program with a recollection of positive memories, a great relationship with their coaches, lifelong friendships with their teammates, and respect of everyone that they played against and in front of.

As a program, we talk a lot about avoiding shortcuts. Championship programs do not take short-cuts, and people that are successful in life, do not take shortcuts. I would like to encourage those that are considering Buena Vista to have the same mentality. Do not look for shortcuts in something as valuable as your education.

Steve Eddie
Head Coach

About Coach Eddie

• Entering 13th season managing Buena Vista
• Guided teams back-to-back 30-win seasons in 2010 and 2011, setting a new school record both times
• Led Beavers to the conference tournament in eight of the past 12 seasons
• Named 2002 & 2010 Iowa Conference Coach of the Year
  Named Central Region Coach of the Year in 2011
• Named State of Iowa's Four-Year College Baseball Coach of the Year following 2010 and 2011 seasons.
• Played seven years of minor-league baseball and reached the AAA level with the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox organizations
• Drafted in the 33rd round by the Cincinnati Reds
• Earned four letters while at the University of Iowa

Baseball program highlights

• 14 Iowa Conference Championships, second-most in the conference
• 104 all-conference players, including 24 all-conference players in the last eight seasons alone
• Four academic All-America selections all-time and 24 academic all-conference players since 1998
• Qualifiers for the Iowa Conference tournament five out of the last eight seasons
• All-time record of .500 or better against six of the eight schools in the Iowa Conference
• 32 former players are members of the Buena Vista Athletics Hall of Fame
• Three All-Americans since 2001
• Three players signed to professional teams since 2000