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Named after legendary coach Ed Flaherty in 2017, Ed Flaherty Field hosts the University of Southern Maine Huskies’ baseball program.

Coach Ed Flaherty led the Huskies two NCAA Division III National Championships, eight NCAA Division III Regional Championships, 19 appearances in the NCAA Division III Regional Championship game, 26 NCAA tournament appearances, and six Little East Conference Championships from 1986-2024.

The USM Baseball program has consistently been one of the top in New England and has produced The team has also produced over 60 ABCA/Rawlings and D3baseball.com All-Americans plus two D3baseball.com National Players of the Year in Sam Dexter (USM ‘16) in 2015 and Tucker White (USM ‘13) in 2013.

The USM baseball program has earned over 100 All-Little East selections under Flaherty and has claimed over 30 major conference awards with Flaherty winning 11 LEC Coach of the Year awards.

Coach Flaherty won his 1,100th game on 3/19/2023 with a 8-3 victory over Johns Hopkins.

The most recent Huskies to earn All-American honors were Cam Seymour and Ben Lambert in 2021. Seymour was named a Second Team ABCA/Rawlings All-America while Lambert earned Third Team honors from D3baseball.com.

Cam Seymour '24 earned All-LEC honors in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and was the 2021 LEC Rookie of the Year.

Sophomore Kyle Douin was named the 2024 Little East Conference Player of the Year. His 2024 awards also included First Team All-Little East Conference, First Team Maine College Baseball & Softball Association All-State, First Team D3baseball.com All-Region, and First Team American Baseball Coaches' Association (ABCA) All-Region selections. He was also named a Third Team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators.

Kyle Douin became the third Husky baseball player to named to an Academic All-America team, joining Cam Seymour (Second Team, 2021) and Chris Bernard '14 (Second Team, 2014).

In 2023, the USM baseball team retired the number of Huskies' legend Vinnie Degifico, a 1996 Husky Hall of Fame inductee. In addition to an outstanding playing career Degifico had a storied career as an assistant baseball coach and ice arena manager at USM.

Vinnie Degifico's #23 was officially retired on April 22, 2023.