Terre Haute Rex

The Terre Haute Rex are a collegiate summer baseball team from Terre Haute, Indiana, competing in the Prospect League. Their home games are held at Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium, which also serves as the home field for Indiana State University’s baseball team. The team’s name honors Rex Coffee, a historic local brand produced by Clabber Girl. Patented in 1905, Rex Coffee was marketed as an “Imperial blend, fit for a Monarch” and was roasted and packaged in downtown Terre Haute, becoming a well-known name from Chicago to Louisville and Cincinnati to St. Louis.

The Rex name continues a local tradition of unusual baseball team names, which have included the Huts, Tots, Stags, Terre-iers, and Highlanders. The Rex are managed by Tony Rosselli and play in the Prospect League’s Eastern Conference – Central Division, alongside the Danville Dans, Decatur Commodores, Dubois County Bombers, and Springfield Lucky Horseshoes.

In 2011, the team debuted a new fight song called “Come On Rex!” at home games. The song was written by Alan Barcus, an Indiana State University alumnus. Before the 2012 season, the Indiana State University Athletics Department Facilities and Game Management crew was hired by the Rex and later named the 2012 Prospect League Rookie Grounds Crew of the Year. That same season, manager Brian Dorsett was named co-Manager of the Year (sharing the honor with Dubois County’s Ryan Anderson), and the Rex had three All-Stars: relief pitcher Nick Blount, shortstop Nick Johnson, and centerfielder Kyle Kempf.