2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
Conference Southeastern Conference
2016 record 34–9 (15–5 SEC)
Head coach Chad Holbrook (4th year)
Assistant coach Jerry Meyers (6th/14th year)
Assistant coach Sammy Esposito (9th year)
Assistant coach Brian Buscher (5th/6th year)
Home stadium Founders Park
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
#12 South Carolina xy 20 – 9 – 0   .690     46 – 18 – 0   .719
#7 Florida y 19 – 10 – 0   .655     52 – 16 – 0   .765
#23 Vanderbilt y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     43 – 19 – 0   .694
Kentucky 15 – 15 – 0   .500     32 – 25 – 0   .561
Georgia 11 – 19 – 0   .367     27 – 30 – 0   .474
Tennessee 9 – 21 – 0   .300     29 – 28 – 0   .509
Missouri 9 – 21 – 0   .300     26 – 30 – 0   .464
Western
#10 Mississippi State x†y 21 – 9 – 0   .700     44 – 18 – 1   .706
#9 Texas A&M ‡y 20 – 10 – 0   .667     49 – 16 – 0   .754
#13 LSU y 19 – 11 – 0   .633     45 – 21 – 0   .682
Ole Miss y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     43 – 19 – 0   .694
Alabama 15 – 15 – 0   .500     32 – 26 – 0   .552
Auburn 8 – 22 – 0   .267     23 – 33 – 0   .411
Arkansas 7 – 23 – 0   .233     26 – 29 – 0   .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks play their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team is coached by Chad Holbrook, who is in his fourth season as head coach at Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 - Clarke Schmidt - Sophomore
  • 9 - Brandon Murray - Sophomore
  • 13 - Colton Provey - Junior
  • 15 - Adam Hill - Freshman
  • 16 - Harrison Smith - Freshman
  • 17 - Taylor Widener - Junior
  • 18 - Tyler Haswell - Sophomore
  • 21 - Tyler Johnson - Sophomore
  • 23 - Vince Fiori - Senior
  • 24 - Alex Destino - Sophomore
  • 26 - Matthew Vogel - Junior
  • 27 - Hayden Hefline - Junior
  • 28 - John Parke - Junior
  • 30 - Braden Webb - Freshman
  • 32 - Canaan Cropper - Sophomore
  • 35 - Kyle Anderson - Freshman
  • 37 - Wil Crowe - Junior
  • 39 - Reed Scott - Junior
  • 40 - Colie Bowers - Junior
  • 46 - Dillon Hodge - Junior"
  • 47 - Josh Reagan - Junior
  • 49 - Hank Nichols - Freshman

Catchers

  • 22 - John Jones - Sophomore
  • 33 - Chris Cullen - Freshman
  • 38 - Hunter Taylor - Sophomore
  

Infielders

  • 7 - DC Arendas - Senior
  • 8 - Marcus Mooney - Senior
  • 11 - LT Tolbert - Freshman
  • 14 - Madison Stokes - Sophomore
  • 20 - Jonah Bride - Sophomore
  • 24 - Alex Destino - Sophomore
  • 25 - Ross Grosvenor - Junior
  • 34 - Collin Steagall - Senior
  • 45 - Caleb Whitenton - Freshman
  • 48 - Matt Williams - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 - Jared Williams - Freshman
  • 4 - Danny Blair - Freshman
  • 5 - TJ Hopkins - Freshman
  • 10 - Clark Scolamiero - Sophomore
  • 19 - Gene Cone - Junior
  • 31 - Weber Pike - Junior
  • 42 - Dom Thompson-Williams - Junior
  • 44 - Brandon McIlwain - Freshman
  

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching Staff

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Head Coach - 4 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate Head Coach - 6 years / 14 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 9 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 5 years / 6 years

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log[1]
Regular Season
April
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Rank Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
April 1 at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN #7
April 2 #7
Aprfil 5 #8
April 8 #8
April 9 #8
April 10 #8
April 13 #5
April 15 #5
April 16 #5
April 17 #5
April 20 #12
April 22 #12
April 23 #12
April 24 #12
April 29 #6
April 30 #6
Post-Season

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches'[2] 23 23* 16 12 10 6 7 5 8 5 7 8  
Baseball America[3] NR NR NR NR NR 18 7 8 5 12 6 6 8  
Collegiate Baseball^ NR NR 20 21 20 13 2 6 2 4 2 2 3  
NCBWA†[4] 24 20 15 18 17 12 6 9 7 11 8 8

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Gamecocks in the 2016 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Baseball Schedule".
  2. ↑ "Rankings - USA Today's Coaches Poll". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Baseball America Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rankings - NCBWA". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

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