2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team

2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball
Conference Big Ten Conference
2018 record 19–8 (6–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Dan Hartleb (13th season)
Hitting coach Adam Christ (3rd season)
Pitching coach Drew Dickinson (7th season)
Home stadium Illinois Field
2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 15 Minnesota  ‍†‍‍ 18–4 .818  41–13 .759
No. 27 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17–6 .739  37–19 .661
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15–8 .652  33–21 .611
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .625  33–20 .623
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14–9 .609  38–17 .691
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13–9 .591  33–20 .623
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  36–22 .621
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .478  20–32 .385
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9–14 .391  24–30 .444
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8–14 .364  24–28 .462
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .304  25–25 .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  17–32 .347
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 3–21 .125  15–34 .306
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 27, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team represents the University of Illinois during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Illini play their home games at Illinois Field as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They are led by head coach Dan Hartleb, in his 13th season at Illinois.

Personnel

Roster

2018 Illinois Fighting Illini roster
 

Pitchers

  • 2 – Jimmy Burnette – Freshman
  • 7 – Ty Weber – Sophomore
  • 13 – Ryan Schmitt – Sophomore
  • 16 – Luke Shilling – Junior
  • 19 – Ryan Kutt – Freshman
  • 21 – Zak Devermann – Junior
  • 22 – Cyrillo Watson – Sophomore
  • 29 – Jackson Douglas – Senior
  • 33 – Quinn Snarskis – Junior
  • 34 – Zack Jones – Sophomore
  • 35 – Joey Gerber – Junior
  • 38 – Andy Fisher – RS-Junior
  • 43 – Sean Leland – RS-Junior
  • 44 – Quinten Sefcik – RS-Junior
  • 45 – Ryan Thompson – Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 15 – David Craan – Junior
  • 18 – Kellen Sarver – Freshman
  • 25 – Mark Skonieczny – Senior
  • 32 – Jeff Korte – Junior

Infielders

  • 4 – Ben Troike – Sophomore
  • 6 – Michael Massey – Sophomore
  • 8 – Ryan Haff – RS-Junior
  • 9 – Bren Spillane – Junior
  • 12 – Michael Michalak – Junior
  • 23 – Tyler Engel – Junior
  • 27 – Grant Van Scoy – Junior
  • 31 – Casey Dodge – RS-Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 3 – Jack Yalowitz – Junior
  • 17 – Jeremiah Lebron – Freshman
  • 20 – Doran Turchin – Junior
  • 28 – Andrew Dyke – RS-Freshman
  • 38 – Zac Taylor – RS-Junior
  

Reference:[2]

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Illinois		Alma Mater
Dan HartlebHead Coach13Southern Illinois University (1989)
Drew DickinsonPitching Coach7University of Illinois (2009)
Adam ChristHitting Coach3University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2003)
Casey FletcherVolunteer Assistant Coach2University of Illinois (2015)

Reference:[3]

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'[4] NR NR* NR NR NR NR NR  
Baseball America[5] NR NR NR NR 24 24 22  
Collegiate Baseball^[6] NR NR NR 25 25 22 12 15  
NCBWA†[7] NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 RV

^ 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. ↑ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Baseball Roster". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Baseball Coaching Staff". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ Baseball Coaches Poll
  5. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  6. ↑ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  7. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
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