2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	West
Record	35–28 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach	Mitch Gaspard (2nd season)
Hitting coach	Andy Phillips
Pitching coach	Dax Norris
Home stadium	Sewell-Thomas Stadium
Seasons ←  2010 2012  →

2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  x‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			55	–	14		.797
No. 2 Florida  x‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	8		.733			53	–	19		.736
No. 4 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			54	–	12		.818
Georgia  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			33	–	32		.508
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			25	–	30		.455
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			25	–	29		.463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			40	–	22		.645
No. 17 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			38	–	25		.603
Alabama  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			35	–	28		.556
Auburn  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			29	–	29		.500
LSU  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			36	–	20		.643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			30	–	25		.545
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 28, 2011 Rankings from Baseball America

The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represented the University of Alabama in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games in Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

Personnel

2011 roster

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
	Pitchers 7 Brett Whitaker - Senior 11 Trey Pilkington - Sophomore 14 Christian Talley - Freshman 16 Cary Baxter - Freshman 17 Jay Shaw - Freshman 21 Adam Windsor - Sophomore 22 Nathan Kennedy - Junior 24 Case Nixon - Freshman 26 Jonathan Smart - Senior 27 Taylor Wolfe - Sophomore 28 Nathan Killcrease - Senior 29 Charley Sullivan - Sophomore 32 Adam Morgan - Junior 33 Jason Zylstra - Junior 36 Troy Sutherland - Sophomore 38 Judson Luther - Freshman 44 Tucker Hawley - Sophomore 89 Devin Windham - Freshman		Catchers 6 Josh Rosecrans - Junior 23 Ladson Montgomery - Freshman 37 Charley Waldrep - Freshman 41 Brock Bennett - Senior Infielders 5 Brett Booth - Sophomore 9 Jared Reaves - Junior 18 Austen Smith - Freshman 35 Josh Sanders - Senior 39 James Tullidge - Junior 42 Allen Dye - Freshman		Outfielders 1 Taylor Dugas - Junior 2 Andrew Miller - Sophomore 12 Brandt Hendricks - Sophomore 13 David Kindred - Senior 40 Jeremiah Tullidge - Freshman 46 Hunter Gregory - Junior Utility 10 Jon Kelton - Junior 20 Patrick McGavin - Freshman

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Roster

Coaching staff

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff

8 Mitch Gaspard – Head Coach - 11 years at Alabama (2nd as Head Coach) 3 Andy Phillips – Assistant Coach, Hitting Coach - 1st year 4 Dax Norris – Assistant Coach, Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator - 5 years 43 Bobby Barbier – Volunteer Coach - 2 years 19 Adam Pavkovich – Fifth-year student assistant coach 25 Adam Scott – Fifth-year student assistant coach 30 Drew French – Director of Operations - 4 years

Schedule/Results

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball game log
Regular season
February (4–3) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 1 February 18 Alcorn State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 11–0 A. Morgan (1–0) S. Easter (0–1) None 4,505 1–0 – 2 February 19 Alcorn State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 5–1 N. Kilcrease (1–0) T. Williams (0–1) B. Whitaker (1) 4,793 2–0 – 3 February 20 Alcorn State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 8–1 T. Hawley (1–0) M. Sanchez (0–1) None 4,270 3–0 – 4 February 22 Alabama State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 11–7 T. Wolfe (1–0) D. Quinney (0–1) None 3,888 4–0 – 5 February 25 SE Louisiana Stanky Field 2–6 B. Efferson (2–0) A. Morgan (1–1) None – 4–1 – 6 February 26 South Alabama Stanky Field 9–10 W. Dees (3–0) J. Zylstra (0–1) None – 4–2 – 7 February 27 UCF Stanky Field 4–12 B. Lively (1–0) T. Hawley (1–1) None – 4–3 –
March (15–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 8 March 2 Southern Miss Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–10 J. Rogers (1–0) C. Sullivan (0–1) C. Cargill (3) 3,795 4–4 – 9 March 4 Northwestern State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 7–5 B. Whitaker (1–0) L. Irvine (2–1) N. Kennedy (1) 3,368 5–4 – 10 March 5 Northwestern State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–2 N. Kilcrease (2–0) C. Bear (2–1) J. Smart (1) 3,204 6–4 – 11 March 6 Northwestern State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 9–0 T. Hawley (2–1) M. Lackie (0–1) None 3,492 7–4 – 12 March 8 Troy Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–511 N. Kennedy (1–0) T. Workman (2–1) None 3,336 8–4 – 13 March 9† Georgia Coolray Field 3–6 E. Swegman (1–0) T. Wolfe (1–1) B. Dieterich (1) 2,200 8–5 – 14 March 11 Eastern Illinois Sewell-Thomas Stadium 3–2 J. Shaw (1–0) M. Miller (0–1) None 3,423 9–5 – 15 March 12 Eastern Illinois Sewell-Thomas Stadium 12–1 A. Morgan (2–1) L. Bushur (0–2) None 3,523 10–5 – 16 March 13 Eastern Illinois Sewell-Thomas Stadium 5–0 T. Hawley (3–1) C. Slazinik (0–3) None 3,534 11–5 – 17 March 15† Auburn Riverwalk Stadium 1–2 B. Hendrix (1–0) T. Wolfe (1–2) Z. Blatt (1) 7,492 11–6 – 18 March 18 Ole Miss Swayze Field 0–4 M. Crouse (5–0) N. Kilcrease (2–1) J. Morgan (5) 8,665 11–7 0–1 19 March 19 Ole Miss Swayze Field 7–5 A. Morgan (3–1) D. Goforth (0–3) J. Smart (2) 9,405 12–7 1–1 20 March 20 Ole Miss Swayze Field 6–4 T. Hawley (4–1) A. Wright (2–2) J. Smart (3) 8,544 13–7 2–1 21 March 22 UAB Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–3 C. Sullivan (1–1) B. Huddleston (1–2) J. Smart (4) 4,335 14–7 – 22 March 23 Jacksonville State Sewell-Thomas Stadium 9–5 T. Pilkington (1–0) T. Sparks (0–1) B. Whitaker (2) 3,431 15–7 – 23 March 25 Kentucky Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–0 N. Kilcrease (3–1) A. Meyer (3–3) None 4,102 16–7 3–1 24 March 26 Kentucky Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–5 J. Smart (1–0) T. Gott (1–2) None 3,575 17–7 4–1 25 March 27 Kentucky Sewell-Thomas Stadium 8–3 T. Hawley (5–1) T. Rogers (2–2) J. Smart (5) 3,526 18–7 5–1 26 March 29 UAB Regions Park 1–5 M. McKinley (2–0) T. Pilkington (1–1) None 903 18–8 – 27 March 30 South Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–3 A. Windsor (1–0) J. Miller (0–3) None 2,962 19–8 –
April (9–10) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 28 April 1 Arkansas Sewell-Thomas Stadium 5–3 N. Kilcrease (4–1) C. Lynch (2–1) J. Smart (6) 3,977 20–8 6–1 29 April 2 Arkansas Sewell-Thomas Stadium 5–3 A. Morgan (4–1) D. Baxendale (5–1) J. Smart (7) 4,877 21–8 7–1 30 April 3 Arkansas Sewell-Thomas Stadium 3–4 T. Daniel (1–0) T. Hawley (5–2) N. Sanburn (3) 4,051 21–9 7–2 31 April 5 Samford Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2–4 C. Irby (3–1) C. Nixon (0–1) A. Jones (8) 3,780 21–10 – 32 April 8 #1 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 3–11 S. Gray (7–1) N. Kilcrease (4–2) None 3,118 21–11 7–3 33 April 9 #1 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 0–7 G. Garvin (6–1) A. Morgan (4–2) None 3,141 21–12 7–4 34 April 10 #1 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 6–11 C. Williams (1–0) T. Pilkington (1–2) None 3,357 21–13 7–5 35 April 12 MS Valley St Sewell-Thomas Stadium 10–1 C. Sullivan (2–1) M. Kaplan (0–1) None 3,347 22–13 – 36 April 13 MS Valley St Sewell-Thomas Stadium 10–0 A. Windsor (2–0) S. Barnes (4–4) None 3,261 23–13 – 37 April 14 Tennessee Sewell-Thomas Stadium 8–2 N. Kilcrease (5–2) R. Catapano (2–3) None 4,012 24–13 8–5 38 April 16 Tennessee Sewell-Thomas Stadium 1–27 S. Gruver (4–4) A. Morgan (4–3) None – 24–14 8–6 39 April 16 Tennessee Sewell-Thomas Stadium 0–17 N. Blount (1–0) T. Pilkington (1–3) N. Williams (2) 5,483 24–15 8–7 40 April 19 Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium 7–5 J. Smart (2–0) A. Jones (0–3) None 1,847 25–15 – 41 April 22 #5 Florida McKethan Stadium 0–7 H. Randall (7–1) N. Kilcrease (5–3) None 4,206 25–16 8–8 42 April 23 #5 Florida McKethan Stadium 2–9 B. Johnson (6–1) A. Morgan (4–4) None 4,917 25–17 8–9 43 April 24 #5 Florida McKethan Stadium 1–2 K. Whitson (5–0) J. Smart (2–1) N. Maronde (2) 2,759 25–18 8–10 44 April 26 Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park 7–3 A. Windsor (3–0) D. Day (1–1) T. Wolfe (1) 4,374 26–18 – 45 April 30 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 5–410 J. Smart (3–1) C. Reed (0–1) None – 27–18 9–10 46 April 30 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 5–4 T. Pilkington (2–3) L. Pollorena (5–3) J. Smart (8) 6,500 28–18 10–10
May (4–6) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 47 May 1 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 5–8 E. Mitchell (4–1) A. Windsor (3–1) C. Reed (8) 5,877 28–19 10–11 48 May 6 LSU Sewell-Thomas Stadium 6–10 K. McCune (6–3) N. Kilcrease (5–4) None 4,175 28–20 10–12 49 May 7 LSU Sewell-Thomas Stadium 4–0 A. Morgan (5–4) K. Gausman (3–6) J. Smart (9) 4,185 29–20 11–12 50 May 8 LSU Sewell-Thomas Stadium 9–0 J. Smart (4–1) B. Alsup (6–5) None 4,019 30–20 12–12 51 May 14 Auburn Plainsman Park 5–7 D. Ortman (2–1) A. Windsor (3–2) None 3,316 30–21 12–13 52 May 14 Auburn Plainsman Park 7–8 E. Wallen (5–5) C. Sullivan (2–2) D. Ortman (4) 3,316 30–22 12–14 53 May 15 Auburn Plainsman Park 7–6 T. Hawley (6–2) S. Smith (2–1) None 3,422 31–22 13–14 54 May 19 South Carolina Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2–1 N. Kilcrease (6–4) M. Roth (10–3) None 3,523 32–22 14–14 55 May 20 South Carolina Sewell-Thomas Stadium 3–6 F. Koumas (6–0) A. Morgan (5–5) M. Price (14) 3,945 32–23 14–15 56 May 21 South Carolina Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2–3 C. Holmes (6–2) J. Smart (4–2) M. Price (14) 3,764 32–24 14–16
Post-season
SEC Tournament # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record 57 May 25 #20 Arkansas Regions Park 7–4 N. Kilcrease (7–4) R. Fant (3–4) J. Smart (10) 8,392 33–24 1–0 58 May 26 #3 Florida Regions Park 0–6 H. Randall (9–3) A. Morgan (5–6) None 7,123 33–25 1–1 59 May 27 #20 Arkansas Regions Park 1–4 R. Stanek (3–2) J. Smart (4–3) T. Daniel (3) 8,068 33–26 1–2
NCAA Tournament: Regional # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record 60 June 3 UCF Dick Howser Stadium 5–3 N. Kilcrease (8–4) B. Adkins (6–5) J. Smart (11) 2,832 34–26 1–0 61 June 4 #6 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 5–9 S. Gilmartin (12–1) A. Morgan (5–7) None 4,008 34–27 1–1 60 June 3 UCF Dick Howser Stadium 12–5 J. Smart (5–3) N. Cicio (4–3) None 2,631 35–27 2–1 61 June 4 #6 Florida State Dick Howser Stadium 1–11 M. McGee (4–3) A. Windsor (3–3) None 3,521 35–28 2–2
† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2011 Southeastern Conference standings. *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week Alabama faced each opponent.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Final
Coaches' [1]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	25	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America [2]	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	21	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [3]	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA† [4]	28	29	—	—	—	—	24	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ 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.

Awards and honors

• Taylor Dugas

2011 NCBWA Preseason All-American, Third Team

• Josh Rosecrans

SEC Player of the Week, March 28, 2011

• Nathan Kilcrease

SEC Pitcher of the Week, May 23, 2011

See also

• Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
• 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season
• 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide softball season

Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2011 MLB draft

The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 2011 MLB draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB team
Adam Morgan	LHP	3rd	120th	Philadelphia Phillies
Taylor Dugas	OF	8th	249th	Chicago Cubs
Nathan Kilcrease	RHP	30th	916th	Oakland Athletics
Brock Bennett	C	33rd	1017th	San Francisco Giants

References

1. USA Today Coaches' Poll
2. Baseball America Poll
3. Collegiate Baseball Poll
4. NCBWA Poll