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David F. Couch Ballpark is a collegiate and former minor-league baseball park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.The full-time home of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team, starting in 2009, it was also previously home of the Winston-Salem entry in the Carolina League (currently the Winston-Salem Dash), a role it played since the park opened in 1956.
The former stadium name of Groves Field goes back to the original stadium at the original location of Wake Forest (Wake Forest, North Carolina).The old stadium was financed by Henry Groves, and when the school announced the move to Winston-Salem, he and his brother, Earl, decided to make a further contribution to the school to keep their name on any new stadium.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (1981–2008) Gene Hooks Stadium was a baseball stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina . It was the primary home field of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball program from 1981 through 2008.
Wake Forest plays Stanford in first College World Series appearance since 1955. The Demon Deacons have a plus-59 run differential in the NCAA Tournament, the highest ever for a team entering the CWC.
The ACC regular season champions and top-seed will play the No. 8 seed Demon Deacons on Friday night for a spot in semifinals. Duke and Miami are already in semis.
The Demon Deacons' former home, Gene Hooks Stadium, was demolished following the university's purchase of Ernie Shore Field, which has since been renamed Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park. [7] In February 2016, the Wake Forest ballpark was renamed David F. Couch Ballpark in honoring former Demon Deacon baseball player David Couch. [8]
Wake Forest, which leads the nation in wins and has not lost consecutive games, was named the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Tournament on Monday, and the Southeastern Conference had a record ...
Wake Forest University played home games in the stadium from its move to Winston-Salem in 1956, until the 1968 season when Groves Stadium (now Truist Field at Wake Forest) opened. Players such as Brian Piccolo , the 1964 ACC Player of the Year who led the nation in rushing and scoring, played their home games in Bowman Gray.