2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball

Conference	Southeastern Conference West
2011 record	35–28 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach	Mitch Gaspard (2nd year)
Hitting coach	Andy Phillips
Pitching coach	Dax Norris
Home stadium	Sewell-Thomas Stadium

	Conf				Overall
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#1 South Carolina ^x	22	–	8	.733	55	–	14	.797
#2 Florida ^x‡	22	–	8	.733	53	–	19	.736
#4 Vanderbilt ^x	22	–	8	.733	54	–	12	.818
Georgia	16	–	14	.533	33	–	32	.508
Kentucky	8	–	22	.267	25	–	30	.455
Tennessee	7	–	23	.233	25	–	29	.463
Western
#24 Arkansas ^x	15	–	15	.500	40	–	22	.645
Mississippi State	14	–	16	.467	38	–	25	.603
Alabama	14	–	16	.467	35	–	28	.556
Auburn	14	–	16	.467	29	–	29	.500
LSU	13	–	17	.433	36	–	20	.643
Ole Miss	13	–	17	.433	30	–	25	.545

x – Division champion ‡ – SEC Tournament champion As of June 28, 2011; Rankings from Baseball America

The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team will represent the University of Alabama in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide play their home games in Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

Personnel

2011 Roster

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide roster

Pitchers

7 Brett Whitaker - Senior
11 Trey Pilkington - Sophomore
14 Christian Talley - Freshman
16 Cary Baxter - Freshman
17 Jay Shaw - Freshman
21 Adam Windsor - Sophomore
22 Nathan Kennedy - Junior
24 Case Nixon - Freshman
26 Jonathan Smart - Senior
27 Taylor Wolfe - Sophomore
28 Nathan Killcrease - Senior
29 Charley Sullivan - Sophomore
32 Adam Morgan - Junior
33 Jason Zylstra - Junior
36 Troy Sutherland - Sophomore
38 Judson Luther - Freshman
44 Tucker Hawley - Sophomore

Catchers

6 Josh Rosecarns - Junior
23 Ladson Montgomery - Freshman
37 Charley Waldrep - Freshman
41 Brock Bennett - Senior

Infielders

5 Brett Booth - Sophomore
9 Jared Reaves - Junior
18 Austen Smith - Freshman
35 Josh Sanders - Senior
39 James Tullidge - Junior
42 Allen Dye - Freshman

Outfielders

1 Taylor Dugas - Junior
2 Andrew Miller - Sophomore
12 Brandt Hendricks - Sophomore
13 David Kindred - Senior
40 Jeremiah Tullidge - Freshman
46 Hunter Gregory - Junior

Utility

10 Jon Kelton - Junior
20 Patrick McGavin - Freshman

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Roster

Coaching Staff

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff
8 Mitch Gaspard – Head Coach - 11 years at Alabama (2nd as Head Coach) 3 Andy Phillips – Assistant Coach, Hitting Coach - 1st year 4 Dax Norris – Assistant Coach, Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator - 5 years 43 Bobby Barbier – Volunteer Coach - 2 years 19 Adam Pavkovich – Fifth-year student assistant coach 25 Adam Scott – Fifth-year student assistant coach 30 Drew French – Director of Operations - 4 years

Schedule/Results

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log

colspan=2 style="background:#FFF | Regular Season

February (4–3)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
1	February 18	Alcorn State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	11–0	A. Morgan (1–0)	S. Easter (0–1)	None	4,505	1–0	–
2	February 19	Alcorn State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	5–1	N. Kilcrease (1–0)	T. Williams (0–1)	B. Whitaker (1)	4,793	2–0	–
3	February 20	Alcorn State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	8–1	T. Hawley (1–0)	M. Sanchez (0–1)	None	4,270	3–0	–
4	February 22	Alabama State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	11–7	T. Wolfe (1–0)	D. Quinney (0–1)	None	3,888	4–0	–
5	February 25	SE Louisiana	Stanky Field	2–6	B. Efferson (2–0)	A. Morgan (1–1)	None	–	4–1	–
6	February 26	South Alabama	Stanky Field	9–10	W. Dees (3–0)	J. Zylstra (0–1)	None	–	4–2	–
7	February 27	UCF	Stanky Field	4–12	B. Lively (1–0)	T. Hawley (1–1)	None	–	4–3	–

March (15–5)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
8	March 2	Southern Miss	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	6–10	J. Rogers (1–0)	C. Sullivan (0–1)	C. Cargill (3)	3,795	4–4	–
9	March 4	Northwestern State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	7–5	B. Whitaker (1–0)	L. Irvine (2–1)	N. Kennedy (1)	3,368	5–4	–
10	March 5	Northwestern State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	4–2	N. Kilcrease (2–0)	C. Bear (2–1)	J. Smart (1)	3,204	6–4	–
11	March 6	Northwestern State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	9–0	T. Hawley (2–1)	M. Lackie (0–1)	None	3,492	7–4	–
12	March 8	Troy	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	6–5¹¹	N. Kennedy (1–0)	T. Workman (2–1)	None	3,336	8–4	–
13	March 9†	Georgia	Coolray Field	3–6	E. Swegman (1–0)	T. Wolfe (1–1)	B. Dieterich (1)	2,200	8–5	–
14	March 11	Eastern Illinois	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	3–2	J. Shaw (1–0)	M. Miller (0–1)	None	3,423	9–5	–
15	March 12	Eastern Illinois	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	12–1	A. Morgan (2–1)	L. Bushur (0–2)	None	3,523	10–5	–
16	March 13	Eastern Illinois	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	5–0	T. Hawley (3–1)	C. Slazinik (0–3)	None	3,534	11–5	–
17	March 15†	Auburn	Riverwalk Stadium	1–2	B. Hendrix (1–0)	T. Wolfe (1–2)	Z. Blatt (1)	7,492	11–6	–
18	March 18	Ole Miss	Swayze Field	0–4	M. Crouse (5–0)	N. Kilcrease (2–1)	J. Morgan (5)	8,665	11–7	0–1
19	March 19	Ole Miss	Swayze Field	7–5	A. Morgan (3–1)	D. Goforth (0–3)	J. Smart (2)	9,405	12–7	1–1
20	March 20	Ole Miss	Swayze Field	6–4	T. Hawley (4–1)	A. Wright (2–2)	J. Smart (3)	8,544	13–7	2–1
21	March 22	UAB	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	6–3	C. Sullivan (1–1)	B. Huddleston (1–2)	J. Smart (4)	4,335	14–7	–
22	March 23	Jacksonville State	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	9–5	T. Pilkington (1–0)	T. Sparks (0–1)	B. Whitaker (2)	3,431	15–7	–
23	March 25	Kentucky	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	4–0	N. Kilcrease (3–1)	A. Meyer (3–3)	None	4,102	16–7	3–1
24	March 26	Kentucky	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	6–5	J. Smart (1–0)	T. Gott (1–2)	None	3,575	17–7	4–1
25	March 27	Kentucky	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	8–3	T. Hawley (5–1)	T. Rogers (2–2)	J. Smart (5)	3,526	18–7	5–1
26	March 29	UAB	Regions Park	1–5	M. McKinley (2–0)	T. Pilkington (1–1)	None	903	18–8	–
27	March 30	South Alabama	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	4–3	A. Windsor (1–0)	J. Miller (0–3)	None	2,962	19–8	–

April (9–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
28	April 1	Arkansas	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	5–3	N. Kilcrease (4–1)	C. Lynch (2–1)	J. Smart (6)	3,977	20–8	6–1
29	April 2	Arkansas	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	5–3	A. Morgan (4–1)	D. Baxendale (5–1)	J. Smart (7)	4,877	21–8	7–1
30	April 3	Arkansas	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	3–4	T. Daniel (1–0)	T. Hawley (5–2)	N. Sanburn (3)	4,051	21–9	7–2
31	April 5	Samford	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	2–4	C. Irby (3–1)	C. Nixon (0–1)	A. Jones (8)	3,780	21–10	–
32	April 8	#1 Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field	3–11	S. Gray (7–1)	N. Kilcrease (4–2)	None	3,118	21–11	7–3
33	April 9	#1 Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field	0–7	G. Garvin (6–1)	A. Morgan (4–2)	None	3,141	21–12	7–4
34	April 10	#1 Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field	6–11	C. Williams (1–0)	T. Pilkington (1–2)	None	3,357	21–13	7–5
35	April 12	MS Valley St	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	10–1	C. Sullivan (2–1)	M. Kaplan (0–1)	None	3,347	22–13	–
36	April 13	MS Valley St	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	10–0	A. Windsor (2–0)	S. Barnes (4–4)	None	3,261	23–13	–
37	April 14	Tennessee	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	8–2	N. Kilcrease (5–2)	R. Catapano (2–3)	None	4,012	24–13	8–5
38	April 16	Tennessee	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	1–2⁷	S. Gruver (4–4)	A. Morgan (4–3)	None	–	24–14	8–6
39	April 16	Tennessee	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	0–1⁷	N. Blount (1–0)	T. Pilkington (1–3)	N. Williams (2)	5,483	24–15	8–7
40	April 19	Samford	Joe Lee Griffin Stadium	7–5	J. Smart (2–0)	A. Jones (0–3)	None	1,847	25–15	–
41	April 22	#5 Florida	McKethan Stadium	0–7	H. Randall (7–1)	N. Kilcrease (5–3)	None	4,206	25–16	8–8
42	April 23	#5 Florida	McKethan Stadium	2–9	B. Johnson (6–1)	A. Morgan (4–4)	None	4,917	25–17	8–9
43	April 24	#5 Florida	McKethan Stadium	1–2	K. Whitson (5–0)	J. Smart (2–1)	N. Maronde (2)	2,759	25–18	8–10
44	April 26	Southern Miss	Pete Taylor Park	7–3	A. Windsor (3–0)	D. Day (1–1)	T. Wolfe (1)	4,374	26–18	–
45	April 30	Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field	5–4¹⁰	J. Smart (3–1)	C. Reed (0–1)	None	–	27–18	9–10
46	April 30	Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field	5–4	T. Pilkington (2–3)	L. Pollorena (5–3)	J. Smart (8)	6,500	28–18	10–10

May (4–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
47	May 1	Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field	5–8	E. Mitchell (4–1)	A. Windsor (3–1)	C. Reed (8)	5,877	28–19	10–11
48	May 6	LSU	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	6–10	K. McCune (6–3)	N. Kilcrease (5–4)	None	4,175	28–20	10–12
49	May 7	LSU	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	4–0	A. Morgan (5–4)	K. Gausman (3–6)	J. Smart (9)	4,185	29–20	11–12
50	May 8	LSU	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	9–0	J. Smart (4–1)	B. Alsup (6–5)	None	4,019	30–20	12–12
51	May 14	Auburn	Plainsman Park	5–7	D. Ortman (2–1)	A. Windsor (3–2)	None	3,316	30–21	12–13
52	May 14	Auburn	Plainsman Park	7–8	E. Wallen (5–5)	C. Sullivan (2–2)	D. Ortman (4)	3,316	30–22	12–14
53	May 15	Auburn	Plainsman Park	7–6	T. Hawley (6–2)	S. Smith (2–1)	None	3,422	31–22	13–14
54	May 19	South Carolina	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	2–1	N. Kilcrease (6–4)	M. Roth (10–3)	None	3,523	32–22	14–14
55	May 20	South Carolina	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	3–6	F. Koumas (6–0)	A. Morgan (5–5)	M. Price (14)	3,945	32–23	14–15
56	May 21	South Carolina	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	2–3	C. Holmes (6–2)	J. Smart (4–2)	M. Price (14)	3,764	32–24	14–16

Post-Season

SEC Tournament

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SECT Record
57	May 25	#20 Arkansas	Regions Park	7–4	N. Kilcrease (7–4)	R. Fant (3–4)	J. Smart (10)	8,392	33–24	1–0
58	May 26	#3 Florida	Regions Park	0–6	H. Randall (9–3)	A. Morgan (5–6)	None	7,123	33–25	1–1
59	May 27	#20 Arkansas	Regions Park	1–4	R. Stanek (3–2)	J. Smart (4–3)	T. Daniel (3)	8,068	33–26	1–2

NCAA Tournament: Regional

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
60	June 3	UCF	Dick Howser Stadium	5–3	N. Kilcrease (8–4)	B. Adkins (6–5)	J. Smart (11)	2,832	34–26	1–0
61	June 4	#6 Florida State	Dick Howser Stadium	5–9	S. Gilmartin (12–1)	A. Morgan (5–7)	None	4,008	34–27	1–1
60	June 3	UCF	Dick Howser Stadium	12–5	J. Smart (5–3)	N. Cicio (4–3)	None	2,631	35–27	2–1
61	June 4	#6 Florida State	Dick Howser Stadium	1–11	M. McGee (4–3)	A. Windsor (3–3)	None	3,521	35–28	2–2

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2011 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week Alabama faced each opponent.

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	Final
Coaches'^[1]	NR	NR*	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Baseball America^[2]	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	25	21	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Collegiate Baseball^^[3]	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	21	19	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
NCBWA†^[4]	28	29	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	24	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

^ 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.
* Coaches' does not release a week 1 poll so for comparison purposes the pre-season poll ranking is inserted in the week 1 slot.

Awards and honors

Taylor Dugas

2011 NCBWA Preseason All-American, Third Team

Josh Rosecrans

SEC Player of the Week, March 28, 2011

Nathan Kilcrease

SEC Pitcher of the Week, May 23, 2011

Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2011 MLB Draft

The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 2011 MLB Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Adam Morgan	LHP	3rd	120th	Philadelphia Phillies
Taylor Dugas	OF	8th	249th	Chicago Cubs
Nathan Kilcrease	RHP	30th	916th	Oakland Athletics
Brock Bennett	C	33rd	1017th	San Francisco Giants

References

Alabama Crimson Tide baseball

Playing field	Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Current coaches	Mitch Gaspard HC Andy Phillips (AC) Dax Norris (AC)

Seasons	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Conference affiliations	Southeastern Conference (SEC)

The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama