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NCAA Division I baseball · Santa Barbara, California

University of California-Santa Barbara

Gauchos · Big West
D1
Level
Big West
Conf.
1
Near campus

The program

University of California-Santa Barbara (the Gauchos) fields an NCAA Division I baseball team in Santa Barbara, California. The program competes in the Big West.

NCAA Division I is the highest level of NCAA competition, with the largest budgets and the longest schedules.

Level
NCAA Division I
Conference
Big West
Nickname
Gauchos
Sport
Baseball (men's)
Location
Santa Barbara, California

On the map

Places to train near University of California-Santa Barbara

CageList lists 1 place to train within 40 miles of the University of California-Santa Barbara campus: 1 bookable backyard cage and 0 baseball and softball academies. The closest is Tortuga cages in Oxnard, about 39 miles away.

The Big West

Big West has 11 other programs in this directory at the same level, including California Baptist University, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, California State University-Bakersfield, and California State University-Fullerton. Recruits usually compare the schools in one conference side by side, because they share a schedule and a travel footprint.

Thinking about playing here?

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School, level and location facts come from the U.S. Department of Education (the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act 2024-25 filings and the IPEDS institution directory). Nicknames and conferences are compiled from public lists and left blank when we could not match them with confidence. Sources: EADA athletics data, IPEDS institution directory. Spot a mistake? Tell us and we will fix it.