2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

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2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Conference Pac-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 stadium Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons
←  2014
2016  →
2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 2 UCLA  ‍†‍‍y22–8–0 .73342–14–0 .750
No. 12 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y19–10–1 .65038–16–1 .700
No. 16 California  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60034–19–0 .642
No. 17 USC  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60037–19–0 .661
No. 18 Arizona State  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60034–21–0 .618
Oregon  ‍‍‍y16–14–0 .53337–23–0 .617
Washington  ‍‍‍14–16–0 .46729–25–0 .537
Arizona  ‍‍‍12–18–0 .40031–24–0 .564
Washington State  ‍‍‍11–19–0 .36729–27–0 .518
Stanford  ‍‍‍9–21–0 .30024–32–0 .429
Utah  ‍‍‍7–22–1 .25016–36–1 .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.

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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

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 - Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 35 John Pomeroy - Sophomore
  • 36 Austin Woodward - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 38 Zack Reser - Redshirt.svg 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 - Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 30 Michael Howard - Senior
  • 37 Cooper Brunner - Freshman
  • 40 Jeff Hendrix - Junior
  • 45 Joey Jansen - Redshirt.svg 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)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-12 record
1Feb 13vs. Northwestern Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 2–11–0–
2Feb 14vs. Michigan State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZW 4–3 (10)2–0–
3Feb 15vs. New Mexico Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZL 4–72–1–
4Feb 16vs. New MexicoSurprise Stadium • Surprise, AZL 2–52–2–
5Feb 19vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZW 5–33–2–
6Feb 20vs. Kansas State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZW 10–94–2–
7Feb 21vs. Oklahoma Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZL 6–94–3–
8Feb 22vs. Kansas Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZW 15–55–3–
9Feb 27 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 10–76–3–
10Feb 28Grambling StateGoss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 25–37–3–
11Feb 28Grambling StateGoss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 9–28–3–
March (13–4)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-12 record
12Mar 4at Portland Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 14–29–3–
13Mar 6 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 2–110–3–
14Mar 7Fresno StateGoss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 5–211–3–
15Mar 7Fresno StateGoss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 12–212–3–
16Mar 8Fresno StateGoss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 2–113–3–
17Mar 10PortlandNo. 24Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 12–314–3–
18Mar 13at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 1–015–31–0
19Mar 14at No. 14 Arizona StateNo. 24Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZL 3–415–41–1
20Mar 15at No. 14 Arizona StateNo. 24Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZL 4–715–51–2
21Mar 20 Washington State No. 25Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 5–216–52–2
22Mar 21Washington StateNo. 25Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 3–017–53–2
23Mar 22Washington StateNo. 25Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 2–1 (11)18–54–2
24Mar 24 San Jose State No. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 6–119–5–
25Mar 25San Jose StateNo. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 8–220–5–
26Mar 27 Cal Poly No. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 1–820–6–
27Mar 28Cal PolyNo. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 2–720–7–
28Mar 29Cal PolyNo. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 4–221–7–
April (7–6)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
29Apr 2at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–222–75–2
30Apr 3at No. 4 UCLANo. 18Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 1–422–85–3
31Apr 4at No. 4 UCLANo. 18Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CAL 5–1022–95–4
32Apr 10at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR L 2–322–105–5
33Apr 11at OregonNo. 20PK Park • Eugene, ORW 4–223–106–5
34Apr 12at OregonNo. 20PK Park • Eugene, ORL 9–1023–116–6
Apr 14vs. PortlandNo. 20 Volcanoes Stadium • Keizer, OR Postponed to May 13
35Apr 17 Arizona No. 20Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 3–124–117–6
36Apr 18ArizonaNo. 20Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 1–324–127–7
37Apr 19ArizonaNo. 20Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 5–325–128–7
38Apr 24No. 11 USC No. 20Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 3–1125–138–8
39Apr 25No. 11 USCNo. 20Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 3–226–139–8
40Apr 26No. 11 USCNo. 20Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 9–627–1310–8
41Apr 30at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 4–2 (10)28–1311–8
May (10–3–1)
#DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordPac-10 record
42May 1at WashingtonNo. 18Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WAL 6–828–1411–9
43May 2at WashingtonNo. 18Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WAW 4–129–1412–9
44May 5OregonNo. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 10–230–14–
45May 8 Utah No. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 3–031–1413–9
46May 9UtahNo. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 2–032–1414–9
47May 10UtahNo. 19Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORT 2–2 (15)32–14–114–9–1
48May 13vs. PortlandNo. 18Volcanoes Stadium • Keizer, ORW 20–033–14–1–
49May 15at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–234–14–115–9–1
50May 16at StanfordNo. 18Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAW 7–535–14–116–9–1
51May 17at StanfordNo. 18Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CAW 12–336–14–117–9–1
52May 19OregonNo. 11Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 2–3 (11)36–15–1–
53May 22No. 16 California No. 11Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 4–037–15–118–9–1
54May 23No. 16 CaliforniaNo. 11Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORW 9–038–15–119–9–1
55May 24No. 16 CaliforniaNo. 11Goss Stadium • Corvallis, ORL 3–738–16–119–10–1
Postseason (1–2)
NCAA tournament: Corvallis Regional (1–2)
#DateOpponentSeed/RankSite/stadiumScoreOverall recordNCAAT record
56May 29vs. (3) No. 30 Texas (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX W 5–439–16–11–0
May 30vs. (4) VCU (2) No. 12Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TXPostponed to May 31 (weather)
57May 31vs. (4) VCU(2) No. 12Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TXL 1–539–17–11–1
58May 31at (1) No. 24 Dallas Baptist (2) No. 12Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TXL 1–739–18–11–2

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' *2425232018
Baseball America 232317
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.

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