2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record39–18–1 (19–10–1 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Pat Bailey (8th season)
  • Andy Jenkins (3rd season)
Pitching coachNate Yeskie (7th season)
Home stadiumGoss Stadium at Coleman Field
2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 2 UCLA ‍†‍‍y 22 – 8 – 0   .733 42 – 14 – 0   .750
No. 12  ‍‍‍y 19 – 10 – 1   .650 38 – 16 – 1   .700
No. 16 California ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 34 – 19 – 0   .642
No. 17 USC ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 37 – 19 – 0   .661
No. 18 Arizona State ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600 34 – 21 – 0   .618
Oregon ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 37 – 23 – 0   .617
Washington  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 29 – 25 – 0   .537
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 31 – 24 – 0   .564
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 24 – 32 – 0   .429
Utah  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22 – 1   .250 16 – 36 – 1   .311
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by Pat Casey in his 21st season at Oregon State.

Awards and honors

2015 was another award-winning year for Oregon State. It was the fourth straight year a Beaver player garnered a major conference award and third year in a row that at least four players were named to the All-Conference First Team.[2]

2015 Pac-12 Conference Baseball Awards[3]
 

Major Award

First Team All-Conference

  • KJ Harrison 1B/C Fr.
  • Jeff Hendrix OF Jr. (2)
  • Andrew Moore P Jr. (2)
  • Drew Rasmussen P Fr.
  • Kyle Nobach OF So. Honorable Mention

All-Defensive Team

  • Jeff Hendrix OF Jr. (2)
  • Andrew Moore P Jr.

(#) - Denotes number of times player has been selected

 

Postseason

Although the Beavers finished second in the Pac-12 they were not selected as a Regional host site for the opening round of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[4] Oregon State was the #2 seed of the Dallas Regional with host and #1 seed Dallas Baptist, #3 Texas and #4 Virginia Commonwealth. After winning their first game against Texas the Beavers were eliminated after dropping two straight versus VCU and Dallas Baptist.

Roster

2015 Oregon State Beavers roster[5]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 Scotland Church - Sophomore
  • 6 Ryan Mets - Freshman
  • 12 Sam Tweedt - Freshman
  • 15 Luke Heimlich - Freshman
  • 17 Mak Fox - Sophomore
  • 20 Mitch Hickey - Freshman
  • 23 Andrew Moore - Junior
  • 25 Drew Rasmussen - Freshman
  • 26 Trent Shelton - Sophomore
  • 31 Kevin Flemer - Sophomore
  • 32 Travis Eckert - Junior
  • 34 Clay Bauer - Senior
  • 35 John Pomeroy - Sophomore
  • 36 Austin Woodward - Junior
  • 38 Zack Reser - Senior
  • 44 Jake Thompson - Sophomore
  

Catchers

Infielders

  • 1 Christian Donahue - Freshman
  • 2 Joe Gillette - Freshman
  • 4 Tyler Mildenberg - Sophomore
  • 7 Trever Morrison - Sophomore
  • 10 Michael Gretler - Freshman
  • 11 Jackson Soto - Freshman
  • 14 Caleb Hamilton - Sophomore
  • 16 Gabe Clark - Junior
  • 19 Billy King - Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 9 Cary, Elliott - Freshman
  • 28 Kyle Nobach - Sophomore
  • 29 Jack Anderson - Freshman
  • 30 Michael Howard - Senior
  • 37 Cooper Brunner - Freshman
  • 40 Jeff Hendrix - Junior
  • 45 Joey Jansen - Junior
  

Coaches

2014 Oregon State Beavers baseball coaching staff[5]
  • 5 Pat Casey - Head Coach - 21st year
  • 27 Pat Bailey - Assistant Coach - 8th year
  • 2 Andy Jenkins - Assistant Coach - 3rd year
  • 21 Nate Yeskie - Assistant Coach - 7th year

Schedule

2005 Oregon State Beavers baseball game log (52–13)[6]
Regular season (38–16–1)
February (8–3)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-12 record
1 Feb 13 vs. Northwestern Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 2–1 1–0 –
2 Feb 14 vs. Michigan State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 4–3 (10) 2–0 –
3 Feb 15 vs. New Mexico Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 4–7 2–1 –
4 Feb 16 vs. New Mexico Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 2–5 2–2 –
5 Feb 19 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 5–3 3–2 –
6 Feb 20 vs. Kansas State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 10–9 4–2 –
7 Feb 21 vs. Oklahoma Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 6–9 4–3 –
8 Feb 22 vs. Kansas Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 15–5 5–3 –
9 Feb 27 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 10–7 6–3 –
10 Feb 28 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 25–3 7–3 –
11 Feb 28 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–2 8–3 –
March (13–4)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-12 record
12 Mar 4 at Portland Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 14–2 9–3 –
13 Mar 6 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 10–3 –
14 Mar 7 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–2 11–3 –
15 Mar 7 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 12–2 12–3 –
16 Mar 8 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 13–3 –
17 Mar 10 Portland No. 24 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 12–3 14–3 –
18 Mar 13 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 1–0 15–3 1–0
19 Mar 14 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 3–4 15–4 1–1
20 Mar 15 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 4–7 15–5 1–2
21 Mar 20 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–2 16–5 2–2
22 Mar 21 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–0 17–5 3–2
23 Mar 22 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 (11) 18–5 4–2
24 Mar 24 San Jose State No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 6–1 19–5 –
25 Mar 25 San Jose State No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 8–2 20–5 –
26 Mar 27 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 1–8 20–6 –
27 Mar 28 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 2–7 20–7 –
28 Mar 29 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 4–2 21–7 –
April (7–6)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
29 Apr 2 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–2 22–7 5–2
30 Apr 3 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 1–4 22–8 5–3
31 Apr 4 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 5–10 22–9 5–4
32 Apr 10 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR L 2–3 22–10 5–5
33 Apr 11 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR W 4–2 23–10 6–5
34 Apr 12 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR L 9–10 23–11 6–6
Apr 14 vs. Portland No. 20 Volcanoes Stadium • Keizer, OR Postponed to May 13
35 Apr 17 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–1 24–11 7–6
36 Apr 18 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 1–3 24–12 7–7
37 Apr 19 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–3 25–12 8–7
38 Apr 24 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3–11 25–13 8–8
39 Apr 25 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–2 26–13 9–8
40 Apr 26 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–6 27–13 10–8
41 Apr 30 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 4–2 (10) 28–13 11–8
May (10–3–1)
# Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record
42 May 1 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 6–8 28–14 11–9
43 May 2 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 4–1 29–14 12–9
44 May 5 Oregon No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 10–2 30–14 –
45 May 8 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–0 31–14 13–9
46 May 9 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–0 32–14 14–9
47 May 10 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR T 2–2 (15) 32–14–1 14–9–1
48 May 13 vs. Portland No. 18 Volcanoes Stadium • Keizer, OR W 20–0 33–14–1 –
49 May 15 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–2 34–14–1 15–9–1
50 May 16 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–5 35–14–1 16–9–1
51 May 17 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 12–3 36–14–1 17–9–1
52 May 19 Oregon No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 2–3 (11) 36–15–1 –
53 May 22 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 4–0 37–15–1 18–9–1
54 May 23 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–0 38–15–1 19–9–1
55 May 24 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3–7 38–16–1 19–10–1
Postseason (1–2)
NCAA tournament: Corvallis Regional (1–2)
# Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record
56 May 29 vs. (3) No. 30 Texas (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX W 5–4 39–16–1 1–0
May 30 vs. (4) VCU (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX Postponed to May 31 (weather)
57 May 31 vs. (4) VCU (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 1–5 39–17–1 1–1
58 May 31 at (1) No. 24 Dallas Baptist (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 1–7 39–18–1 1–2

Ranking movements

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'*2425232018
Baseball America232317
Collegiate Baseball^242519182020201819181112
NCBWA†3030272924222018

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "KJ Harrison, Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, leads Oregon State postseason honors". Oregonian. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  3. ^ "2015 All-Conference Baseball Team named". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "NCAA baseball tournament: On Selection Monday, Oregon State Beavers receive added motivation". Oregonian. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "2015 Baseball Roster". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Oregon State Beavers baseball schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.