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Box Score 2 GOODWELL, Okla. — St. Mary's baseball coach
Charlie Migl has become just the 11th person in NCAA Division II baseball history with 1,000 career wins.
The milestone victory came in Game 1 of a doubleheader against Oklahoma Panhandle State on Friday, with the No. 13 Rattlers pulling away 9-1 for Migl's 1,000th career victory.
The St. Mary's community will celebrate the milestone prior to next Tuesday's 7 p.m. game against Incarnate Word at Wolff Stadium. A reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. inside the park, with free food and drinks available. Parking is free at the venue, and St. Mary's students, staff and faculty get free admission with their St. Mary's ID cards, while Rattler Nation members also receive free admission with their membership cards.
Migl, who led the Rattlers to the NCAA Division II national title in 2001, has a career record of 1,000-445 in 26-plus season since taking over the St. Mary's program in 1987. He is the fourth-winningest active coach in all of Division II baseball.
Migl has led the Rattlers to 13 conference championships, five NCAA Division II regional appearances, a pair of D-II regional championships and has coached 29 All-Americans. Last season, he was named the NCBWA National Coach of the Year after leading the Rattlers to the national tournament after winning the South Central Region.
Valdosta State's Tommy Thomas is the all-time career wins leader in D-II with 1,308 victories.
Hours after taking Game 1 by the score of 9-1, the Rattlers won the backend of the doubleheader, 13-0, in eight innings.
Carl O'Neal (Sr., San Antonio) picked up the historic Game 1 win on the mound, while
Matt McClain (So., San Antonio) earned the win in Game 2.
St. Mary's University, as a Catholic Marianist University, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community service, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The University has six athletic national titles: men's basketball (1989–NAIA), baseball (2001–NCAA Div. II), softball (1986–NAIA and 2002–NCAA Div. II) and an individual national champion in men's golf (2006–NCAA Div. II) and a national academic championship in men's golf (2009–NCAA Div. II). St. Mary's also had more than 40 percent of its athletes named to conference, regional and/or national honor rolls this past year. St. Mary's student–athletes graduation rate is 65 percent, higher than the NCAA Division II average of 55 percent. To learn more about St. Mary's, visit www.rattlerathletics.com.
