2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#6
2015 record	17-3 (3-0 SEC)
Head coach	Chad Holbrook (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Jerry Meyers (5th/13th year)
Assistant coach	Sammy Esposito (8th year)
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium

	Conf				Overall
2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#9 Vanderbilt	15	–	6	.714	33	–	12	.733
#12 Florida	13	–	8	.619	33	–	12	.733
Missouri	12	–	9	.571	26	–	18	.591
Kentucky	10	–	10	.500	25	–	17	.595
South Carolina	9	–	12	.429	26	–	19	.578
Tennessee	7	–	14	.333	18	–	21	.462
Georgia	6	–	14	.300	21	–	23	.477
Western
#1 LSU	14	–	6	.700	37	–	7	.841
#5 Texas A&M	13	–	7	.650	37	–	7	.841
Arkansas	11	–	10	.524	26	–	18	.591
Auburn	10	–	11	.476	29	–	16	.644
Ole Miss	10	–	11	.476	23	–	22	.511
Alabama	8	–	13	.381	23	–	20	.535
Mississippi State	7	–	14	.333	23	–	21	.523

‡ – Tournament champion As of 10:42, 27 April 2015 (UTC)^[1]^[2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2015 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 third season as head coach at Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks roster

Pitchers

Infielders

Catchers

Outfielders

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching Staff

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
2 Chad Holbrook - Head Coach - 3 years 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate Head Coach - 5 years / 13 years 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 8 years 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 3 years

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log^[3]

Regular Season

February
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
February 13	College of Charleston	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 3–6	Clarke (1–0)	Wynkoop (0–1)	None	8,013	0–1	–
February 14	College of Charleston	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 7–1	Crowe (1–0)	Helvey (0–1)	None	8,032	1–1	–
February 14	College of Charleston	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 8–3	Murray (1–0)	Bauer (0–1)	Widener (1)	8,032	2–1	–
February 17	Furman	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 5–2	Schmidt (1–0)	Greenfield (0–2)	Murray (1)	6,652	3–1	–
February 21	Northeastern	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 10–1	Wynkoop (1–1)	Berger (1–1)	None	7,220	4–1	–
February 21	Northeastern	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 6–0	Fiori (1–0)	Hunt (1–1)	None	7,220	5–1	–
February 22	Northeastern	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 6–4	Schmidt (2–0)	Mulry (0–2)	Widener (2)	7,024	6–1	–
February 27	at Clemson	Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC	L 4–11	Crownover (2–0)	Crowe (1–1)	Schnell (1)	6,272	6–2	–
February 28	vs. Clemson	Fluor Field • Greenville, SC	W 4–1	Wynkoop (2–1)	Erwin (1–1)	Widener (3)	7,175	7–2	–

March
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
March 2	Clemson	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 0–7	Koerner (2–1)	Reagan (0–1)	None	8,242	7–3	–
March 3	Charleston Southern	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 10–4	Parke (1–0)	Ministeri (0–1)	Fiori (1)	6,753	8–3	–
March 4	High Point	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 11–3	P. Johnson (1–0)	Ripke (0–1)	None	7,013	9–3	–
March 6	Miami (OH)	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 2–0	Crowe (2–1)	Powers (1–3)	Widener (4)	6,595	10–3	–
March 7	Miami (OH)	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 7–0	Wynkoop (3–1)	Banks (1–3)	None	7,321	11–3	–
March 8	Miami (OH)	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 5–3	Fiori (2–0)	Williams (0–1)	Widener (5)	6,992	12–3	–
March 10	Penn State	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 3–0	Reagan (1–1)	Boylston (0–1)	Mincey (1)	6,947	13–3	–
March 11	Penn State	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 13–3	P. Johnson (2–0)	Donmoyer (0–1)	None	6,566	14–3	–
March 13	Kentucky	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 0–1	Crowe (3–1)	Brown (1–2)	None	6,604	15–3	1–0
March 14	Kentucky	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 4–3	Wynkoop (4–1)	Beggs (2–2)	Widener (6)	7,025	16–3	2–0
March 15	Kentucky	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 6–4¹⁰	Widener (1–0)	Salow (1–1)	None	7,499	17–3	3–0
March 17	Winthrop	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 5–7¹¹	Strain (2–0)	Mincey (0–1)	None	7,205	17–4	–
March 20	at Missouri	Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 2–3	McClain (4–1)	Crowe (3–2)	Williams (6)	786	17–5	3–1
March 21	at Missouri	Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO	L 3–4¹⁰	Williams (4–0)	Widener (1–1)	None	2,032	17–6	3–2
March 22	at Missouri	Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO	W 7–5	Murray (2–0)	Tribby (0–1)	Fiori (2)	1,243	18–6	4–2
March 24	at Coastal Carolina	Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	L 8–9¹¹	Beckwith (2–0)	Widener (1–2)	None	3,086	18–7	–
March 28	Georgia	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 5–6¹¹	Cheek (2–1)	Wynkoop (4–2)	None	7,491	18–8	4–3
March 28	Georgia	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	L 3–4	McLaughlin (3–1)	Scott (0–1)	None	8,242	18–9	4–4
March 29	Georgia	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 8–5	Murray (3–0)	Jones (0–2)	Wynkoop (1)	7,815	19–9	5–4
March 31	at The Citadel	Riley Park • Charleston, SC	W 2–0	Mincey (1–1)	Byelick (1–1)	Widener (7)	5,972	20–9	–

April
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
April 2	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	L 2–13	Laster (4–1)	Crowe (3–3)	None	7,014	20–10	5–5
April 3	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	L 5–7	Brown (5–1)	Wynkoop (4–3)	Fitts (5)	6,682	20–11	5–6
April 4	at Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS	W 13–7	Murray (4–0)	Tatum	None	7,527	21–11	6–6
April 7	Appalachian State	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 11–1	Scott (1–1)	Mason (0–2)	None	7,216	22–11	–
April 8	The Citadel	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC	W 4–2	Fiori (3–0)	Watcher (0–1)	Widener (8)	8,075	23-11	–
April 10	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL	L 3–14	Poyner (2-1)	Crowe (3-4)	None	5,060	23-12	6-7
April 11	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL	L 12–5	Puk (6–3)	Wynkoop (4-4)	None	5,076	23-13	6–8
April 12	at Florida	Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL
April 14	Presbyterian	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC
April 16	Vanderbilt	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC
April 17	Vanderbilt	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC
April 18	Vanderbilt	Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC
April 21	vs Furman	Fluor Field • Greenville, SC
April 24	at Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN
April 25	at Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN
April 26	at Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN

May
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record

Post-Season

SEC Tournament
Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SECT Record

Honors and Awards

Wil Crowe was named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 16,^[4]

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'^[5]	10	10*	10*	8	8	6
Baseball America^[6]	13	13	12	12	7	6
Collegiate Baseball^^[7]	21	20	15	17	10	6
NCBWA†^[8]	11	12	10	10	7	6

^ 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 2015 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team

References

↑ "SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
↑ "2015 SEC Baseball" (PDF). secsports.com. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
↑ "2015 Baseball Schedule". South Carolina Gamecocks. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
↑ Crowe Named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week
↑ USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
↑ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
↑ NCBWA Division I poll

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