title: UAB Blazers baseball
text: # UAB Blazers baseball
  
      For information on all University of Alabama at Birmingham sports, see UAB Blazers
  
  The UAB Blazers baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The team is a member of American Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. UAB's first baseball team was fielded in 1979. The team plays its home games at Regions Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The Blazers are coached by Casey Dunn.
  
  ## Blazers in Major League Baseball
  
  Since the Major League Baseball Draft began in 1965, UAB has had 28 players selected.
  
  Notable players include:
  
  * Graham Ashcraft
  * Dan DeMent
  * Mike Goff
  * Chris Hammond
  * Brewer Hicklen
  * Héctor Villanueva
  * Mark Morrison
  * Garrett Whitlock
  