2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Conference Pac-12 Conference
2015 record 39-18-1 (19-10-1 Pac-12)
Head coach Pat Casey (21st season)
Assistant coach Pat Bailey (8th season)
Assistant coach Andy Jenkins (3rd season)
Pitching coach Nate Yeskie (7th season)
Home stadium Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
#2 UCLA ‍†‍‍y 22–8–0 .733  42–14–0 .750
#12 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 19–10–1 .650  38–16–1 .700
#16 California ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  34–19–0 .642
#17 USC ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  37–19–0 .661
#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 play their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team is 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 Church, Scotland - Sophomore
  • 6 Mets, Ryan - Freshman
  • 12 Tweedt, Sam - Freshman
  • 15 Heimlich, Luke - Freshman
  • 17 Fox, Mak - Sophomore
  • 20 Hickey, Mitch - Freshman
  • 23 Moore, Andrew - Junior
  • 25 Rasmussen, Drew - Freshman
  • 26 Shelton, Trent - Sophomore
  • 31 Flemer, Kevin - Sophomore
  • 32 Eckert, Travis - Junior
  • 34 Bauer, Clay - Senior
  • 35 Pomeroy, John - Sophomore
  • 36 Woodward, Austin - Junior
  • 38 Reser, Zack - Senior
  • 44 Thompson, Jake - Sophomore
  

Catchers

Infielders

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

Outfielders

  • 2 Gillette, Joe - Freshman
  • 3 Church, Scotland - Sophomore
  • 9 Cary, Elliott - Freshman
  • 19 King, Billy - Sophomore
  • 28 Nobach, Kyle - Sophomore
  • 29 Anderson, Jack - Freshman
  • 30 Howard, Michael - Senior
  • 37 Brunner, Cooper - Freshman
  • 40 Hendrix, Jeff - Junior
  • 45 Jansen, Joey - 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

2015 Oregon State Beavers Baseball Game Log[6]
Regular Season
May
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Pac-12 Record
May 1at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WA6–828–1411–9
May 2at WashingtonHusky Ballpark • Seattle, WA4–129–1412–9
May 5vs OregonGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR10–230–14–
May 8vs UtahGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR3–031–1413–9
May 9vs UtahGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR2–032–1414–9
May 10vs UtahGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR2–2 (15)32–14–114–9–1
May 13vs PortlandVolcanoes Stadium • Keizer, OR20–033–14–1–
May 15at StanfordSunken Diamond • Stanford, CA5–234–14–115–9–1
May 16at StanfordSunken Diamond • Stanford, CA7–535–14–116–9–1
May 17at StanfordSunken Diamond • Stanford, CA12–336–14–117–9–1
May 19vs OregonGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR2–3 (11)36–15–1–
May 22vs CaliforniaGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR4–037–15–118–9–1
May 23vs CaliforniaGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR9–038–15–119–9–1
May 24vs CaliforniaGoss Stadium • Corvallis, OR3–738–16–119–10–1
Postseason
NCAA Dallas Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Overall Record Regional Record
May 29vs (3) TexasHorner Ballpark • Dallas, TX5–439–16–11–0
May 30vs (4) VCUHorner Ballpark • Dallas, TXPostponed (weather)
May 31vs (4) VCUHorner Ballpark • Dallas, TX1–539–17–11–1
May 31vs (1) Dallas BaptistHorner Ballpark • Dallas, TX1–739–18–11–2 (OSU eliminated)

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 18 Final 
Coaches' * 24 25 23 20 18  
Baseball America 23 23 17  
Collegiate Baseball^ 24 25 19 18 20 20 20 18 19 18 11 12  
NCBWA† 30 30 27 29 24 22 20 18

^ 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.
 * 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. 1 2 "2015 Baseball Roster". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Oregon State Beavers baseball schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
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