David F. Couch Ballpark, home to the nationally ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team, has fast become one of college baseball's best environments in the country, hosting capacity crowds for ACC and NCAA postseason competition. The Deacs moved into the facility before the start of the 2009 season after playing the previous 28 seasons on campus at historic Gene Hooks Stadium.


Formerly known as Ernie Shore Field, the park was home to Winston-Salem's Carolina League minor league team for more than 40 years. Wake Forest took control of the facility after the team, now known as the Winston-Salem Dash, moved in to a new downtown ballpark.