2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Conference Southeastern Conference East
2009 record 28–26 (12–18 SEC)
Head coach Gary Henderson
Home stadium Cliff Hagan Stadium
2009 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Eastern
#12 Florida x 19 11   .633     42 22   .656
#25 South Carolina 17 13   .567     40 23   .635
Georgia 15 13   .536     38 24   .613
Vanderbilt 12 17   .414     37 27   .578
Kentucky 12 18   .400     28 26   .519
Tennessee 11 19   .367     26 29   .473
Western
#1 LSU x 20 10   .667     56 17   .767
#13 Ole Miss x 20 10   .667     44 20   .688
Alabama 18 11   .621     37 21   .638
#7 Arkansas 14 15   .483     34 22   .607
Auburn 11 19   .367     31 25   .554
Mississippi State 9 20   .310     25 29   .463
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
Rankings from Baseball America

The 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the sport of baseball during the 2009 college baseball season. The Wildcats competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium, on the university's Lexington, Kentucky campus. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his first season at Kentucky.

Roster

Coaches

Name Title First Season at UK Alma Mater
Gary Henderson[1] Head Coach 2003 San Diego State University (1980)
Brad Bohannon[2] Assistant Head Coach 2005 Berry College (1998)
Brian Green[3] Assistant Coach 2009 New Mexico State University (1997)
Keith Vorhoff[4] Volunteer Assistant Coach 2008 Missouri Valley College (2004)

Players

Number Players Position Year Hometown (High School)
2 Brian Suedrick C Sophomore Dayton, OH (Wayne)
3 Neiko Johnson INF Sophomore Stone Mountain, GA (Redan)
4 Michael Williams C Freshman Knoxville, TN (Farragut)
5 Chris McClendon INF Senior Lufkin, TX (Lufkin)
6 Spencer Korus INF/OF Senior Olympia, WA (Olympia)
7 Kristi Jim INF Sophomore Lexington, KY (Lexington Christian)
8 Andy Stevens INF Freshman Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain)
9 Tyler Henry RHP Junior Chattanooga, TN (Red Bank)
10 Chris Rusin LHP Senior Canton, MI (Divine Child)
11 Gunner Glad INF/OF/RHP Junior Tahlequah, OK (Tulsa Union)
12 Marcus Nidiffer C Junior Bristol, TN (Tennessee)
13 Bryan Rose OF Sophomore Renssalaer, NY (Columbia)
14 Nick Kennedy RHP Junior Los Angeles, CA (Arcadia)
15 Logan Darnell LHP Sophomore Joelton, TN (Goodpasture)
16 Duran Ferguson RHP Sophomore Kingsport, TN (Dobyns-Bennett)
17 Alex Meyer RHP Freshman Greensburg, IN (Greensburg)
18 Troy Frazier OF Junior Louisville, KY (Pleasure Ridge Park)
19 Sean Bouthilette RHP Freshman Elizabethtown, KY (Elizabethtown)
21 Will Campbell INF/OF Junior Bellevue, WA (Bishop Blanchet)
22 James Paxton LHP Junior Ladner, British Columbia (Delta Secondary School)
23 Mike Kaczmarek LHP Sophomore Tinley Park, IL (Victor J. Andrew)
24 Chad Wright OF Freshman Paducah, KY (Heath)
25 Brock Wright OF Junior Paducah, KY (Heath)
28 Chase Greene RHP Freshman Nicholasville, KY (West Jessamine)
29 Chris Bisson INF Sophomore Ottawa, Ontario (Beatrice-Desloges)
30 Braden Kapteyn QB/WR Freshman Lansing, IL (Illiana Christian)
31 Navarro Hall OF Freshman Kennesaw, GA (Kennesaw Mountain)
34 Clint Tilford RHP Junior Paducah, KY (Heath)
40 Jonathan Huff RHP Senior Amarillo, TX (Canyon Randall)
44 Cory Farris C/OF Freshman Florence, KY (Boone County)
46 Keenan Wiley OF Junior Richmond, KY (Madison Central)
47 TJ Daugherty C Freshman Owensboro, KY (Apollo)

Schedule/Results

2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball Game Log

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll Pre-
season
Feb.
25
Mar.
3
Mar.
10
Mar.
17
Mar.
24
Mar.
31
Apr.
7
Apr.
14
Apr.
21
Apr.
28
May
5
May
12
May
19
May
26
June
3
June
10
Final
Poll
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25) 26[5]
Baseball America (Top 25) NR
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30) 19[6]
NCBWA (Top 30)^ 23[7]
Rivals.com (Top 25)[8] NR
NR = Not Ranked

References