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CSU Pueblo Athletics Hall of Fame

2024 HOF - Sanchez

Stan Sanchez

  • Class
  • Induction
    2024
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Outstanding Coach
Years at CSU Pueblo: 1993-2020
Category: Coach
Sport: Baseball
Eras: University of Southern Colorado (1975-2003), Colorado State University Pueblo (2003-present)
 
Hired to relaunch the baseball program in 1993, Stan Sanchez coached 27 seasons at CSU Pueblo where he posted an 871-581-1 record … He amassed over 1,200 career coaching victories at all levels, including winning 60 percent of his games with the Pack … Sanchez's CSU Pueblo teams reached the postseason 21 times, including 11 consecutive RMAC Tournament appearances … He led CSU Pueblo to six regular season RMAC titles, five RMAC Plains Division titles and five RMAC Tournament titles … The Pack made nine NCAA Regional appearances during Sanchez's tenure, including an appearance in the 1996 NCAA Division II World Series … Coached nine student-athletes who were drafted in the MLB's June amateur draft and 30 of his former Pack players went on to play professional baseball … Sanchez coached 18 ABCA All-Americans … In 1994, the first season the program relaunched, Sanchez led the Pack to a Mile High Intercollegiate Baseball League title and the 1994 Colorado Athletic Conference Championship … The Pack qualified for and hosted the NCAA South Regional Tournament in 1994 … He partnered with Pueblo community leader, Art Gonzales, to create Pack the Park, a free youth clinic that has given thousands of local youth players a chance to learn the game and enhance their skills over the past 19 years … Additionally, the Pack created an annual Christmas Camp and ran its annual Baseball/Softball Academy, giving baseball and softball players around the area a facility to train in during the winter months … Sanchez was inducted into the Greater Pueblo Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
 
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