2011 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

2011 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
2011 College World Series, T-5th Place
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
2011 record 51-16 (20–10 ACC)
Head coach Mike Fox (13th year)
Assistant coach Scott Forbes
Assistant coach Scott Jackson
Home stadium Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium
2011 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Atlantic
#9 Florida State xy 19 11   .633     46 19   .708
#21 Clemson y 17 13   .567     43 20   .683
NC State y 15 15   .500     35 27   .565
Wake Forest 15 15   .500     25 31   .446
Boston College 7 22   .241     17 33   .340
Maryland 5 25   .167     31 25   .554
Coastal
#3 Virginia xy 22 8   .733     56 12   .824
#19 Georgia Tech xy 22 8   .733     42 21   .667
#5 North Carolina y 20 10   .667     51 16   .761
#22 Miami y 19 10   .655     38 23   .623
Virginia Tech 11 19   .367     30 25   .545
Duke 7 23   .233     26 30   .464
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 24, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2011 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. Head Coach Mike Fox was in his 13th year coaching the Tar Heels. They played their home games at Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference's Coastal Division.

The Tar Heels reached the 2011 College World Series as the number 3 national seed, where they were eliminated by Vanderbilt.

Personnel

Roster

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Bernard, Zach - Sophomore
  • 11 - Orlan, R. C. - Sophomore
  • 14 - Holt, Greg - Senior
  • 17 - Johnson, Patrick - Senior
  • 20 - Davis, Garrett - Junior
  • 25 - Cole, Jacob - Freshman
  • 26 - Taylor, Shane - Freshman
  • 27 - Parrish, Tate - Freshman
  • 28 - Morin, Michael - Sophomore
  • 29 - Johnson, Hobbs - Freshman
  • 31 - Messer, Jimmy - Junior
  • 32 - Gaines, Bryant - Senior
  • 33 - Stiles, Cody - Sophomore
  • 35 - Brechbuehler, Tim - Freshman
  • 36 - Smith, Andrew - Freshman
  • 37 - Munnelly, Chris - Sophomore
  • 38 - Penny, Cody - Sophomore
  • 39 - Tabakman, Jordan - Freshman
  • 41 - Emanuel, Kent - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 5 - Stallings, Jacob - Junior
  • 7 - Roberts, Matt - Freshman
  • 10 - Holberton, Brian - Freshman
  • 34 - Wierzbicki, Jesse - Senior

Infielders

  • 1 - Coyle, Tommy - Sophomore
  • 6 - Michael, Levi - Junior
  • 8 - Jordan, Parks - Freshman
  • 18 - Moran, Colin - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 2 - Frank, Chaz - Sophomore
  • 3 - Bunting, Ben - Senior
  • 12 - Bouton, Jeff - Freshman
  • 16 - Balwin, Seth - Senior
  • 19 - Zengel, Tom - Freshman
 

Schedule

2014 North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Post-Season

Ranking movements

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' NR NR* 18 16 15 12 6 7 5 10 14 12 9 13 6 7 5 
Baseball America NR 24 23 15 18 18 16 16 7 14 18 18 17 17 12 13 5 
Collegiate Baseball^ 27 18 17 16 19 19 11 9 6 14 17 17 17 16 9 10 7 7 5 
NCBWA19 21 18 14 17 13 10 10 6 13 15 13 11 14 8 10 6 5

^ 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.

References

  1. "2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. "2011 Baseball Roster". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  3. "2011 Baseball Schedule". North Carolina Tar Heels. Retrieved May 29, 2014.