The shining diamond in North Carolina Wesleyan College’s sports crown is Bauer Field, home of the 1989 and 1999 Division III National Champion Battling Bishop baseball team. The field measures 402 feet to deep center field, 329 feet down the left field line, and 334 feet down the right field line. The carefully groomed Bermuda tifton grass gives the field a "major league" feel. The field is fully enclosed with a seven-foot windscreen fence and 50 stately pines around the outfield. The facility has three astroturf batting cages, 50-foot dugouts with flooring, padded seats and lockers, and surrounding stadium seating can hold 1,500 Battling Bishop fans. A full service press box tops off the field. Bauer Field is considered one of the best small college baseball facilities in the nation.
Bauer Field is a fitting home for one of the best college baseball programs in the country. NCWC’s baseball team has been to the NCAA Tournament 17 of the last 18 years and has been ranked in the Division III top ten every one of those years. Twelve College World Series appearances have produced two national championships (1989 and 1999). Additionally, 32 All-Americans have played baseball for NCWC and 19 Battling Bishops have signed professional contracts.