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Founded: 1954 Enrollment: 26,800 (2022) Played baseball since: 1958 Team name: Highlanders Team colors: Blue and gold Home ballpark: Riverside Sports Complex Conference: Big West (NCAA Div. I)

The University of California, Riverside, held its first classes in the fall of 1954. The first intercollegiate baseball team was fielded in 1958. In 1969, the school gave up its independent status and joined the Southern California Athletic Conference, but switched the next year to the California Collegiate Athletic Association.

It was while in the CCAA that UCR won Div. II World Series titles in 1977 and 1982, and appeared in two other championship rounds. The school moved up to Division I in 2000, competed as an independent in 2001, then joined the Big West the following year.

Among the 19 Highlanders to play in the Major Leagues (as listed by Baseball Almanac) are longtime Angels pitcher Troy Percival, utilityman John Lowenstein, and the late Eric Show – pitcher for the Padres.

UC Riverside’s home field is the Riverside Sports Complex. The ballpark seats 2,500, and was last renovated in 2007.