Koch Diamond is a baseball venue in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States It is home to the St. Thomas Tommies baseball team of the NCAA Division I Summit League. The field opened in 2006 and is named for the former St. Thomas pitcher David Koch.[1]

Features

The park is located along Cretin Avenue in the Union Park neighborhood of St. Paul. The field is used as both a football and soccer practice facility along the outfield, which causes the centerfield fence to be the deepest in all of college baseball, at 465 feet.[2]

Naming

David Koch, for whom the venue is named, pitched for the St. Thomas baseball program in 1952.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "North Field and Koch Diamond". University of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Joe Healy (July 30, 2020). "St. Thomas Prepares for Momentous Jump to Division I". Baseball America Enterprises. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Please Remember David Koch in Your Prayers". University of St. Thomas. January 5, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2021.