2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

Columbia Regional Champions Columbia Super Regional Champions
College World Series Runner-up vs. Arizona, L 0-2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
2012 record	49–20 (18–11 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Tanner (16th year)
Assistant coach	Chad Holbrook (4th year)
Assistant coach	Jerry Meyers (2nd/10th year)
Assistant coach	Sammy Esposito (5th year)
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium

	Conf				Overall
2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#2 South Carolina ^x^y	18	–	11	.621	49	–	20	.710
#6 Florida ^y	18	–	12	.600	47	–	20	.701
#19 Kentucky ^y	18	–	12	.600	45	–	18	.714
#25 Vanderbilt ^y	16	–	14	.533	35	–	28	.556
Georgia	14	–	15	.483	31	–	26	.544
Tennessee	8	–	22	.267	24	–	31	.436
Western
#11 LSU ^x†^y	19	–	11	.633	47	–	18	.723
#3 Arkansas ^y	16	–	14	.533	46	–	22	.676
Mississippi State ‡^y	16	–	14	.533	40	–	24	.625
Ole Miss ^y	14	–	16	.467	37	–	26	.587
Auburn	13	–	17	.433	31	–	28	.525
Alabama	9	–	21	.300	21	–	34	.382

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of June 26, 2012^[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Ray Tanner, who was in his sixteenth season at Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks roster

Pitchers

6 Joel Seddon - Freshman
10 Drake Thomason - Freshman
14 Evan Beal - Freshman
15 Nolan Belcher - Junior
22 Matt Price - Junior
23 Vince Fiori - Freshman
25 Adam Westmoreland - Junior
27 Forrest Koumas - Sophomore
29 Michael Roth - Senior
32 Ethan Carter - Junior
34 Jordan Montgomery - Freshman
35 Logan Munson - Senior
36 Hunter Privette - Junior
38 Tyler Webb - Junior
39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior
44 Colby Holmes - Junior

Infielders

4 Connor Bright - Freshman
8 TJ Costen - Freshman
9 Joey Pankake - Freshman
13 Christian Walker - Junior
16 Chase Vergason - Junior
19 Tanner Lovick - Junior
20 LB Dantzler - Junior
24 Brison Celek - Sophomore
30 Erik Payne - Sophomore
33 Kyle Martin - Freshman

Catchers

5 Patrick Harrington - Freshman
18 Dante Rosenberg - Junior
21 Grayson Greiner - Freshman

Outfielders

3 Tanner English - Freshman
11 Sean Sullivan - Junior
17 Seth Constable - Freshman
26 Adam Matthews - Senior
31 Evan Marzilli - Junior

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching Staff

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
1 Ray Tanner - Head Coach - 16 years 2 Chad Holbrook - Assistant Coach - 4 years 12 Jerry Meyers - Assistant Coach - 2 years / 10 years 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 5 years 55 Drew Meyer - Assistant Coach - Undergraduate

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
1	February 17	VMI	Carolina Stadium	2–1	Webb (1–0)	Watts (0–1)	Koumas (1)	8,242	1–0	–
2	February 18	VMI	Carolina Stadium	3–2	Carter (1–0)	Garrett (0–1)	None	7,675	2–0	–
3	February 18	VMI	Carolina Stadium	13–1	Holmes (1–0)	Brown (0–1)	None	7,336	3–0	–
4	February 24	Elon	Carolina Stadium	8–1	Roth (1–0)	Webb (1–1)	None	6,618	4–0	–
5	February 25	Elon	Carolina Stadium	3-2	Price (1-0)	Clark (1-1)	Koumas (2)	7,606	5–0	–
6	February 26	Elon	Carolina Stadium	6-0	Holmes (2-0)	Whitehead (0-1)	None	7,304	6–0	–
7	February 28	Presbyterian	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Belcher (1-0)	Dees (0-1)	Webb (1)	6,521	7–0	–

March

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
8	March 2	vs. Clemson	Joe Riley Park	3-2¹¹	Koumas (1-0)	Gossett (0-1)	Belcher (1)	5,851	8–0	–
9	March 3	Clemson	Carolina Stadium	9-6	Beal (1-0)	Leone (2-1)	Belcher (2)	8,242	9–0	–
10	March 4	@Clemson	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	5-6	Firth (1-0)	Koumas (1-1)	None	6,039	9–1	–
11	March 7	UNC Asheville	Carolina Stadium	8-1	Seddon (1-0)	Roland (2-2)	None	6,403	10–1	–
12	March 9	Princeton	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Roth (2-0)	Hermans (1-1)	Beal (1)	6,813	11–1	–
13	March 10	Princeton	Carolina Stadium	6-1	Price (2-0)	Ford (0-2)	Koumas (3)	7,426	12–1	–
14	March 11	Princeton	Carolina Stadium	3-1	Holmes (3-0)	Bowman (1-1)	Beal (2)	7,122	13–1	–
15	March 13	Charleston Southern	Carolina Stadium	5-2	Westmoreland (1-0)	Buran (0-2)	Seddon (1)	6,836	14–1	–
16	March 14	Appalachian State	Carolina Stadium	6-4	Webb (2-0)	Farmer (1-1)	Beal (3)	7,278	15–1	–
17	March 16	@Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium	3-4	Peterson (2-0)	Beal (1-1)	None	2,032	15–2	0–1
18	March 17	@Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium	3-4	Reed (4-0)	Price (2-1)	Gott (4)	1,950	15–3	0–2
19	March 18	@Kentucky	Cliff Hagan Stadium	3-6	Wijas (2-0)	Belcher (1-1)	Gott (5)	2,571	15–4	0–3
20	March 20	@Furman	Fluor Field	8-5	Privette (1-0)	Wood (3-2)	Beal (4)	5,965	16–4	–
21	March 21	Wofford	Carolina Stadium	4-5¹¹	Eck (3-1)	Beal (1-2)	None	6,923	16–5	–
22	March 22	Florida	Carolina Stadium	9-3	Price (3-1)	Rodriguez (3-1)	None	8,242	17–5	1–3
23	March 23	Florida	Carolina Stadium	2-8	Johnson (4-0)	Koumas (1-2)	None	8,242	17–6	1–4
24	March 24	Florida	Carolina Stadium	4-5	Maddox (2-0)	Price (3-2)	None	8,242	17–7	1–5
25	March 27	@The Citadel	Joe Riley Park	7-3	Montgomery (1-0)	Tompkins (0-1)	None	4,417	18–7	–
26	March 30	@Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field	8-3	Roth (3-0)	Ziomek (2-4)	Price (1)	2,525	19–7	2–5
27	March 31	@Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field	4-12	Beede (1-3)	Beal (1-3)	Miller (2)	3,113	19–8	2–6

April

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
28	April 1	@Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field	6-4¹³	Montgomery (2-0)	Pfeifer (0-1)	None	2,851	20–8	3–6
29	April 4	@College of Charleston	Patriot's Point	7-0	Westmoreland (2-0)	West (2-3)	None	1,767	21–8	–
30	April 6	Tennessee	Carolina Stadium	4-5	Steckenrider (3-2)	Price (3-3)	Blount (8)	8,242	21–9	3–7
31	April 7	Tennessee	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Webb (3-0)	Watson (3-1)	None	7,448	22–9	4–7
32	April 8	Tennessee	Carolina Stadium	6-1	Holmes (4-0)	Williams (2-3)	Beal (5)	6,981	23–9	5–7
33	April 10	The Citadel	Carolina Stadium	8-0	Belcher (2-1)	Clarkson (1-3)	None	7,129	24–9	–
34	April 11	@Francis Marion	Clifford Cormell Field	4-5	Broderick (6-1)	Westmoreland (2-1)	Stoner (2)	1,755	24–10	–
35	April 13	Mississippi State	Carolina Stadium	7-6	Beal (2-3)	Reed (0-5)	Price (2)	8,105	25–10	6–7
36	April 14	Mississippi State	Carolina Stadium	5-3	Montgomery (3-0)	Graveman (2-2)	Price (3)	8,242	26–10	7–7
37	April 15	Mississippi State	Carolina Stadium	6-4	Holmes (5-0)	Mitchell (1-1)	Webb (2)	7,011	27–10	8–7
38	April 17	College of Charleston	Carolina Stadium	3-4	West (4-3)	Belcher (2-2)	Peterson (9)	6,913	27–11	–
39	April 20	@Auburn	Plainsman Park	12-5	Roth (4-0)	Varnadore (1-6)	None	2,949	28–11	9–7
40	April 21	@Auburn	Plainsman Park	5-3	Montgomery (4-0)	Jacobs (5-1)	Price (4)	3,701	29–11	10–7
41	April 22	@Auburn	Plainsman Park	11-7	Holmes (6-0)	Koger (2-4)	None	2,747	30–11	11–7
-	April 26	Alabama	Carolina Stadium	Suspended
42	April 27	Alabama	Carolina Stadium	1-0	Webb (4-0)	Keller (1-3)	Price (5)	7,403	31–11	12–7
43	April 27	Alabama	Carolina Stadium	12-11	Belcher (3-2)	Keller (1-4)	None	8,242	32–11	13–7
44	April 28	Alabama	Carolina Stadium	9-1	Belcher (4-2)	Kamplain (1-4)	None	8,242	33–11	14–7

May

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
45	May 2	Davidson	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Koumas (2-2)	Russell (4-5)	Price (6)	7,177	34–11	–
46	May 4	@Arkansas	Baum Stadium	8-6¹⁰	Beal (3-3)	Astin (2-4)	Price (7)	8,982	35–11	15–7
47	May 5	@Arkansas	Baum Stadium	6-7	Wright (1-0)	Montgomery (4-1)	Astin (9)	8,774	35–12	15–8
48	May 6	@Arkansas	Baum Stadium	10-7	Price (4-3)	Baxendale (6-3)	None	8,461	36–12	16–8
49	May 9	Furman	Carolina Stadium	7-0	Seddon (2-0)	Carlson (1-5)	None	6,774	37–12	–
50	May 11	@Georgia	Foley Field	3-0	Roth (5-0)	Wood (6-2)	Price (8)	2,744	38–12	17–8
51	May 12	@Georgia	Foley Field	5-6	Nagel (1-1)	Price (4-4)	None	2,686	38–13	17–9
–	May 13	@Georgia	Foley Field	Cancelled
–	May 15	USC Upstate	Carolina Stadium	Cancelled
–	May 17	LSU	Carolina Stadium	Postponed
52	May 18	LSU	Carolina Stadium	2-5	Gausman (9-1)	Roth (5-1)	None	7,914	38–14	17–10
53	May 18	LSU	Carolina Stadium	5-4	Webb (5-0)	Nola (6-4)	Price (9)	8,242	39–14	18–10
54	May 19	LSU	Carolina Stadium	2-3¹⁰	Cotton (6-0)	Beal (3-4)	Goody (10)	8,242	39–15	18–11

Post-Season

SEC Tournament

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SECT Record
55	May 23	Vanderbilt	Regions Park	2-3	Ziomek (5-6)	Webb (5-1)	Clinard (5)	6,860	39–16	0–1
56	May 24	Auburn	Regions Park	5-3	Roth (6-1)	Luckie (2-2)	Price (10)		40–16	1–1
57	May 25	Florida	Regions Park	2-7	Johnson (7-4)	Holmes (6-1)	None	9,067	40–17	1–2

NCAA Regionals

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
58	June 1	Manhattan	Carolina Stadium	7-0	Holmes (7-1)	Sewitt (11-2)	None	7,043	41–17	1–0
59	June 2	Clemson	Carolina Stadium	5-4¹²	Beal (4-4)	Brady (1-3)	None	8,242	42–17	2–0
60	June 3	Clemson	Carolina Stadium	4-3	Montgomery (5-1)	Haselden (4-2)	Webb (3)	8,242	43–17	3–0

NCAA Super Regionals

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
61	June 9	Oklahoma	Carolina Stadium	5-0	Roth (7-1)	John (8-8)	None	8,242	44–17	4–0
-	June 10	Oklahoma	Carolina Stadium	Suspended
62	June 11	Oklahoma	Carolina Stadium	5-1	Webb (6-1)	Okert (9-8)	Price (11)	8,242	45–17	5–0

College World Series

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
63	June 16	Florida	TD Ameritrade Park	7-3	Roth (8-1)	Johnson (8-5)	Price (12)	25,291	46–17	6–0
64	June 18	Arkansas	TD Ameritrade Park	1-2	Stanek (8-4)	Holmes (7-2)	Astin (11)	23,537	46–18	6–1
-	June 20	Kent State	TD Ameritrade Park	Postponed
65	June 21	Kent State	TD Ameritrade Park	4-1	Roth (9-1)	Skulina (11-3)	None		47–18	7–1
66	June 21	Arkansas	TD Ameritrade Park	2-0	Montgomery (6-1)	Fant (2-3)	Price (13)	23,593	48–18	8–1
67	June 22	Arkansas	TD Ameritrade Park	3-2	Price (5-4)	Suggs (7-1)	None	22,184	49–18	9–1
68	June 24	Arizona	TD Ameritrade Park	1-5	Wade (11-3)	Koumas (2-3)	None	24,748	49–19	9–2
69	June 25	Arizona	TD Ameritrade Park	1-4	Troupe (6-1)	Price (5-5)	None	23,872	49–20	9–3

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html

Honors and Awards

Michael Roth was named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year.^[2]
Jordan Montgomery was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 9.^[3]
Grayson Greiner was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 16.^[4]
Michael Roth was named First-Team Capital One Academic All-American.^[5]
Michael Roth was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.^[6]
Christian Walker was named First Team All-SEC, Matt Price was named Second Team All-SEC, Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake were named Freshman All-SEC, and Michael Roth and Evan Marzilli were named Defensive All-SEC.^[7]
Adam Matthews was named MVP of the NCAA Columbia Regional. LB Dantzler, Colby Holmes, Jordan Montgomery, Joey Pankake and Chase Vergason were also named to the All-Tournament team.^[8]

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'^[9]	2	2*	3	3	3	8	10	10	9	8	5	3	3	2	4	6	-	-	2
Baseball America^[10]	3	3	3	3	3	8	11	11	10	9	7	5	4	2	7	7	-	-	2
Collegiate Baseball^^[11]	2	2	2	2	2	6	14	18	18	13	7	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
NCBWA†^[12]	2	2	3	3	3	6	9	8	7	6	4	3	3	1	5	6	5	4	2

^ 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.

Gamecocks in the 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Christian Walker	1B	4th	132nd	Baltimore Orioles
Matt Price	RHP	7th	222nd	Baltimore Orioles
Evan Marzilli	OF	8th	273rd	Arizona Diamondbacks
Michael Roth	LHP	9th	297th	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Adam Matthews	OF	29th	892nd	Cincinnati Reds

References

External links

Gamecock Baseball official website

South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

Stadium	Sarge Frye Field (1980–2008) Carolina Stadium (2009–present)

People	Head coaches Award winners Notable players

College World Series	1975 1981 1985 2002 2003 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other seasons	2013 2014 2015

National Championships in bold