2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

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2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball
Arizona Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CB No. 2
Record49–23 (17–15 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sergio Brown (1st season)
  • Dave Lawn (1st season)
  • Marc Wanaka (1st season)
Home stadium Hi Corbett Field
Seasons
  2015
2017  
2016 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Utah  y1911 .6332629 .473
No. 22 Washington  y1713 .5673323 .589
No. 29 Arizona State  y1614 .5333623 .610
No. 2 Arizona  y1715 .5314923 .681
Oregon State  1614 .5333519 .648
Southern California  1515 .5002828 .500
Stanford  1515 .5003123 .574
California  1416 .4673221 .604
Oregon  1416 .4672926 .527
UCLA  1218 .4002531 .446
Washington State  1119 .3671935 .352
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Hi Corbett Field, off campus in Tucson, Arizona. Jay Johnson was in his first season as Arizona Wildcats baseball head coach. Johnson was in his fourth year as a head coach.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

2016 Arizona Wildcats roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 15 – Cody Deason – Freshman
  • 17 – Randy Labaut – Freshman
  • 22 – Kevin GinkelJunior
  • 25 – Austin Rubick – Freshman
  • 26 – Michael Flynn – Freshman
  • 27 – JC Cloney – Junior
  • 29 – Rio GomezSophomore
  • 30 – Tyler Crawford – Senior
  • 33 – Austin Schnabel – Junior
  • 34 – Robby Medel – Sophomore
  • 35 – Nathan Bannister – Senior
  • 36 – Kaleb Roper – Freshman
  • 37 – Cody Moffett – Senior
  • 38 – Matt Hartman – Sophomore
  • 40 – Luke Soroko – Junior
  • 44 – Trent Johnson – Freshman
  • 47 – Cameron Ming – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 6 – Ryan Haug – Sophomore
  • 12 – Cesar Salazar – Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 – Sawyer Gieseke – Junior
  • 3 – Bobby DalbecJunior
  • 5 – Louis Boyd – Junior
  • 13 – Cody Ramer – Senior
  • 14 – Casey Bowman – Sophomore
  • 24 – J. J. MatijevicSophomore
  • 28 – Kyle Lewis – Junior
  • 31 – Michael Hoard – Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Justin Behnke – Senior
  • 20 – Alfonso Rivas III – Freshman
  • 21 – Ryan AguilarSenior
  • 23 – Zach Gibbons – Senior
  • 42 – Jared OlivaSophomore

Coaches

2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff [3]
  • Jay Johnson – Head Coach
  • Sergio Brown – Assistant Coach
  • Dave Lawn – Assistant Coach
  • Marc Wanaka – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Opening day

Opening Day Starters [4]
NamePosition
Cody Ramer Second baseman
Jared Oliva Center fielder
Ryan Aguilar First baseman
Bobby Dalbec Third baseman
Zach Gibbons Right fielder
J.J. Matijevic Designated hitter
Ryan Haug Catcher
Justin Behnke Left fielder
Louis Boyd Shortstop
J.C. Cloney Starting pitcher

Schedule and results

2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball game log [5]
Regular season
Post-season

Lafayette Regional

Lafayette Regional Teams
(1) Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns(4) Princeton Tigers(2) Arizona Wildcats(3) Sam Houston State Bearkats

Starkville Super Regional

Starkville Super Regional Teams
Arizona Wildcatsvs.(6) Mississippi State Bulldogs

College World Series

2016 College World Series Teams
(1) Florida GatorsCoastal Carolina ChanticleersTCU Horned Frogs(5) Texas Tech Red Raiders(3) Miami HurricanesArizona WildcatsUC Santa Barbara GauchosOklahoma State Cowboys
First round Second round Semifinals Championship series
               
1 Florida 1
Coastal Carolina 2
Coastal Carolina 1
TCU6
TCU 5
5 Texas Tech 3
TCU 1 5
Coastal Carolina47
1 Florida 2
5 Texas Tech3
5 Texas Tech 5
Coastal Carolina7
Coastal Carolina0 54
Arizona 34 3
3 Miami (FL) 1
Arizona 5
Arizona 0
Oklahoma State1
UC Santa Barbara 0
Oklahoma State 1
Oklahoma State 3 1
Arizona95
3 Miami (FL) 3
UC Santa Barbara5
UC Santa Barbara 0
Arizona3

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [6] —*—*20—*—*2
Baseball America [7] 21—*—*2
Collegiate Baseball^ [8] 23301719172124261372
NCBWA [9] 27292529291414*2

^ 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.

2016 MLB draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Bobby Dalbec 3B4118 Boston Red Sox
Zach GibbonsOF17516 Los Angeles Angels
Cody RamerSS19576 Los Angeles Angels
Kevin Ginkel RHP22659 Arizona Diamondbacks
Trey Griffey CF24717 Seattle Mariners
Nathan BannisterRHP28837 Seattle Mariners
Ryan Aguilar1B31921 Milwaukee Brewers

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