2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Vanderbilt Commodores logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record54–12 (22–8 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hawkins Field
Seasons
 2010
2012 
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  xy228 .7335514 .797
No. 2 Florida  xy228 .7335319 .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt  xy228 .7335412 .818
Georgia  y1614 .5333332 .508
Kentucky  822 .2672530 .455
Tennessee  723 .2332529 .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas  xy1515 .5004022 .645
No. 17 Mississippi State  y1416 .4673825 .603
Alabama  y1416 .4673528 .556
Auburn  1416 .4672929 .500
LSU  1317 .4333620 .643
Ole Miss  1317 .4333025 .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 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played its home games at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his ninth season at Vanderbilt.

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The Commodores reached the 2011 College World Series, falling in the semifinals to runner-up Florida.

Regionals

The Commodores were announced as a host for the Nashville regional, which featured #6 national seed Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Troy, and fellow Nashville university Belmont. Vanderbilt marched through the regional, defeating 4 seed Belmont 10–0, 3 seed Troy 10–2, and Belmont again in the final by the score of 6–1. A year later, Vanderbilt coach Josh Holliday would become the head coach of his alma mater and 2011 regional participant, Oklahoma State University.

In the SuperRegional, Vanderbilt drew the winner of the Corvallis regional, Oregon State. With first-round draft pick Sonny Gray on the mound, the Commodores jumped out to a quick 4–0 lead in the first before coasting to an 11–1 win. Mike Yastrzemski hit a three-run home run in the 4th inning.

The second game of the series also went the way of the Commodores, led by first baseman Aaron Westlake's three home runs. Vanderbilt defeated the Beavers 9–3 to punch their first to the College World Series, the first in the history of the school.

Vanderbilt celebrates the Super Regional win Vanderbilt - Oregon State.jpg
Vanderbilt celebrates the Super Regional win

Personnel

Roster

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores roster [1]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Sonny Gray - Junior
  • 10 - Navery Moore - Junior
  • 12 - Ryan O’Connor - Freshman
  • 19 - Steven Rice - Freshman
  • 21 - Jack Armstrong - Junior
  • 24 - Corey Williams - Sophomore
  • 27 - Keenan Kolinsky - Freshman
  • 28 - Grayson Garvin - Junior
  • 31 - Robert Hansen - Freshman
  • 33 - Jake Harper - Freshman
  • 34 - Taylor Hill - Senior
  • 35 - Kevin Ziomek - Freshman
  • 39 - Sam Selman - Sophomore
  • 40 - T.J. Pecoraro - Freshman
  • 44 - Mark Lamm - Senior
  • 46 - Will Clinard - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 5 - Spencer Navin - Freshman
  • 9 - Curt Casali - Senior
  • 45 - Drew Fann - Junior

Infielders

  • 1 - Bryan Johns - Senior
  • 3 - Sam Lind - Sophomore
  • 8 - Riley Reynolds - Junior
  • 11 - Josh Lee - Freshman
  • 13 - Anthony Gomez - Sophomore
  • 15 - Will Johnson - Freshman
  • 17 - Andrew Harris - Sophomore
  • 22 - Jason Esposito - Junior
  • 25 - D.J. Luna - Sophomore
  • 42 - Joel McKeithan - Freshman
  • 55 - Conrad Gregor - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 6 - Tony Kemp - Freshman
  • 7 - Joe Loftus - Junior
  • 18 - Mike Yastrzemski - Sophomore
  • 20 - Connor Harrell - Sophomore
  • 51 - Jack Lupo - Sophomore

Utility

  • 36 - Aaron Westlake - Junior
 

Coaches

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaching staff [1]

Schedule

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log [2]
Regular season
Postseason

Ranking Movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' 44*232221132223224
Baseball America 43222211144437434
Collegiate Baseball^5433322223332533335
NCBWA432212111321132224

^ 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. 1 2 "2011 Baseball Roster". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  2. "2013–2014 Schedule". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 27, 2014.