"I want to thank all our fans who have helped build the baseball tradition to where it is today," Southern Miss Head Coach Corky Palmer said. "With our attendance finishing in the top 25 for the 11th-straight year, it is indicative of the level of baseball our program plays at and the level of committement our fans have toward our program. We just want to continue that tradition and keep buidling on it each year."

A total of 68,398 people (2,137 average) came to Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field to watch the Golden Eagles 32 times in 2003 as Southern Miss posted a 25-7 record in home games. The average attendance was the second highest in the history of the facility. The only year that the average attendance was better was 1997, when 67,999 fans attended 31 for an an average of 2,194. The total amount of fans in 2003 was the fourth highest in the school's history.

Southern Miss hosted the 2003 NCAA Hattiesburg Regional Tournament and set the Nos. 1, 2 and 5 single-game attendance marks. Against Baylor in the championship round of the regional, a record crowd of 4,601 fans attended the game, while 4,553 attended the semifinal matchup against Southern University the day before and a crowd of 4,236 watched the first-round matchup against Southern.

Southern Miss returns 17 letterwinners and two redshirts, including six starting position players, two starting pitchers, and five bullpen pitchers from last year’s squad that finished 47-16 overall and won the Conference USA regular season and tournament championships. Southern Miss hosted the Hattiesburg Regional, finishing as the runner-up. The Golden Eagles set a record for the most wins in a season and the most wins in conference action as well.

2003      68,398      24      2,137      24      25-7

2002      68,642      23      2,080      23      24-9

2001      60,339      21      2,081      21      16-13

2000      63,846      19      1,935      19      23-11

1999      51,572      22      1,719      22      27-3

1998      63,784      15      2,058      15      20-13

1997      67,999      11      2,194      14      23-8

1996      74,738      13      1,967      10      26-12

1995      71,342      11      2,098      12      27-7

1994      62,542      10      1,895      12      21-12