WILDER PARK
HOME OF BUFFALO BASEBALL
West Texas A&M University is home to one of the finest Division II baseball complexes in the nation. Wilder Park is a state-of-the-art in every way and provides West Texas A&M baseball players and coaches with an all-inclusive complex that includes locker rooms, meeting rooms, batting cages and one of the best playing surfaces anywhere in the country.
WT’s dream of a new, state-of-the-art baseball complex became a reality when ground was broken in a ceremony in the winter of 2009. Construction workers worked continuously to complete the facility, which includes competition fields for soccer, track and field and softball along with tennis courts, outdoor basketball courts, three intramural fields for flag football and slow-pitch softball and practice facilities for football, soccer and the WTAMU Marching Band. The result was the creation of one of the nation’s premier collegiate sports complexes. Wilder Park which was completed in December of 2010, includes ticket and concession buildings and a spacious pressbox with radio/television booths. The home dugout is connected to the team’s clubhouse which consists of coaches’ offices, a laundry facility, a team meeting room and locker room. The park was named after David and the late Myrt Wilder of Plainview. David Wilder, WTAMU Class of 1965, spent most of his professional career managing financial records and investments as an executive for First National Bank in Plainview. He retired in 1996. He has served as a member of the board for the WTAMU Foundation. The Wilders previously have made contributions in excess of $100,000 to the WTAMU College of Business to endow the David and Myrt Wilder Scholarship fund. The lighted facility is made completely of AstroTurf GameDay 3D synthetic turf with the combination of green and chocolate brown for a perfect looking playing surface year-round. The stands feature 150 chair back seats for members of the Buffalo Club and season ticket holder and another 340 general admission seats for a total capacity of 490.
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Wins at Wilder Park since the Buffalo Sports Park opened prior to the 2011 season.
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WIlder Park Attendance mark set on February 28, 2014 in a 11-1 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville.
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At West Texas A&M, high-level championship baseball isn’t something that happens every now and then, it’s expected. The combination of great coaching, outstanding student-athletes, top-notch facilities and a high level of support have made Buffalo Baseball one of the premiere programs in the South Central Region over the last eight seasons under the guidance of Matt Vanderburg. It all adds up to Four Straight 30-Win Seasons, Three Straight NCAA Postseason Appearances and Two Lone Star Conference Championships.
Vanderburg has built the Buffs into a regional and national power in his eight years in Canyon after being hired as the program’s fourth head coach on May 9, 2008. The 2015 Buffs made program history as they claimed the Lone Star Conference Co-Regular Season title as Vanderburg earned LSC Coach of the Year honors for his efforts. The 2016 Buffs followed that up with the program’s first ever Lone Star Conference Tournament Championship and their third straight appearance in the NCAA Division II South Central Regional Tournament. The Buffs are the only current Lone Star Conference team to make three consecutive NCAA South Central Regionals and the first since former LSC member Abilene Christian from 2008-2010. Under Vanderburg, the Buffs have a 241-173 record. WT has won 30 or more games each of the past four seasons and in five of Vanderburg’s eight seasons at the helm. The Norman, Oklahoma native holds a career record of 340-240 in his 11 years as a head coach, serving as the skipper at nearby Clarendon College from 2006-2008 with a pair of appearances in the NJCAA Postseason.
ALL-AMERICANS
#9 Tim Dubrule 1997
#7 Adam DeLaGarza 2010
#9 Dylan James 2013, 2014
#22 Kendall Boone 2011
#19 Tyler McKnight 2014
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#32 Jess Cooper 2011
#4 Paul Lujan 2015
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Bartsch
DeLaGarza
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Miller
James
Lujan
Moore
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New construction, renovations and campus beautification projects over the past 10-15 years have transformed the West Texas A&M University landscape. Add in the beauty of carefully manicured lawns, colorful flowers and stately trees, and it explains why Newsweek and The Daily Beast rank WTAMU as one of the most beautiful colleges in the United States. The campus landscape isn’t the only thing to get noticed at WTAMU. The University is ranked one of the Best Colleges in the West by The Princeton Review and in the first tier of U.S. News and World Report Master Level Universities and Colleges in the West. U.S. News and World Report also has recognized the University’s online programs in business, nursing and education. The University’s primary responsibility is to provide a student-centered, learning community dedicated to educating tomorrow’s leaders through innovative academic and co-curricular undergraduate and graduate programs, with primary emphasis placed on undergraduate education. West Texas A&M University offers 58 undergraduate programs, 39 master’s programs and 1 doctoral program through its 5 colleges and graduate school. WTAMU has awarded more than 71,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees since 1910. The Buffalo Sports Park is home to the largest grouping of synthetic athletic fields in the United States.
THE LSC (Baseball) Angelo State San Angelo, Texas
Cameron Lawton, Oklahoma
Eastern New Mexico Portales, New Mexico
Tarleton State Stephenville, Texas
Texas A&M-Kingsville Kingsville, Texas
UT Permian Basin Odessa, Texas
West Texas A&M Canyon, Texas
LSC Offices Richardson, Texas
WT recently completed its third straight season of a top 15 finish in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup finishing 11th this season with 549.75 points as the highest ranking team in the Lone Star Conference and the highest in Texas among NCAA Division II schools both since 2011-12. Over the last three years, WT is one of seven schools to rank in the top-15 each of the past three seasons in all of NCAA Division II. Grand Valley State, Ashland (Ohio), Central Missouri, Indianapolis, Minnesota State and Augustana (S.D.) are the other six schools. WT also is the highest ranked team in the South Central Region for the third-straight year. For schools with football, WT ranked fifth in the standings in 2015-16, behind overall winner Grand Valley State, Minnesota State (5th), Indianapolis (7th) and Central Missouri (10th). WWW.GOBUFFSGO.COM
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The campus of West Texas A&M University lies in the northeast corner of the town of Canyon, Texas, approximately fifteen miles south of Amarillo. Here, you’ll discover smalltown America complete with hospitable people, historic homes and a shop-lined town square. Despite the vast, open plains that cover the region, trees and foliage are in abundance here at West Texas A&M. Many students and community members find the 176acre campus the perfect place to take a stroll, have a leisurely picnic or walk the family dog. Our newly completed pedestrian mall with marble sculpture and fountain makes the view even more scenic. The WTAMU campus offers a variety of activities for students and visitors amid a warm and welcoming atmosphere. New construction, renovation and beautification projects not only enhance the campus landscape, but the new and improved facilities also strengthen the University’s efforts in providing the best in educational opportunities for WTAMU students. State-of-the-art facilities, enhanced technology, student-centered learning environments and community-friendly outdoor spaces set the stage for a growing student population for years to come.
Many men and women have come before you, each leaving their lasting legacy within the walls of this grand institution. Passed down, from generation to generation, are the values and beliefs the founders of West Texas A&M University established. Buffs are people of diversity, yet through our diversity is a unifying sense of great pride and admiration for West Texas A&M. We show this pride through our actions and our words; a lasting reminder of those who came before.
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