2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

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2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
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SEC Eastern Division champion
Columbia Regional Champion
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
CB No. 12
Record46–18 (20–9 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Meyers (6th/14th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (9th season)
  • Brian Buscher (5th/6th season)
Home stadium Founders Park
Seasons
←  2015
2017  →
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y20–9–0 .69046–18–0 .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y19–10–0 .65552–16–0 .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍15–15–0 .50032–25–0 .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍11–19–0 .36727–30–0 .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍9–21–0 .30029–28–0 .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍9–21–0 .30026–30–0 .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State  x‍†‍‍y21–9–0 .70044–18–1 .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y20–10–0 .66749–16–0 .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y19–11–0 .63345–21–0 .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y18–12–0 .60043–19–0 .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍15–15–0 .50032–26–0 .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍8–22–0 .26723–33–0 .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍7–23–0 .23326–29–0 .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his fourth season as head coach at Carolina.

Contents

Personnel

Roster

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 – Clarke Schmidt – Sophomore
  • 9 – Brandon Murray – Sophomore
  • 13 – Colton Provey – Junior
  • 15 – Adam Hill – Freshman
  • 16 – Harrison Smith – Freshman
  • 17 – Taylor Widener – Junior
  • 18 – Tyler Haswell – Sophomore
  • 21 – Tyler Johnson – Sophomore
  • 23 – Vince Fiori – Senior
  • 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore
  • 26 – Matthew Vogel – Junior
  • 27 – Hayden Hefline – Junior
  • 28 – John Parke – Junior
  • 30 – Braden Webb – Freshman
  • 32 – Canaan Cropper – Sophomore
  • 35 – Kyle Anderson – Freshman
  • 37 – Wil Crowe – Junior
  • 39 – Reed Scott – Junior
  • 40 – Colie Bowers – Junior
  • 46 – Dillon Hodge – Junior
  • 47 – Josh Reagan – Junior
  • 49 – Hank Nichols – Freshman

Catchers

  • 22 – John Jones – Sophomore
  • 33 – Chris Cullen – Freshman
  • 38 – Hunter Taylor – Sophomore
 

Infielders

  • 7 – DC Arendas – Senior
  • 8 – Marcus Mooney – Senior
  • 11 – LT Tolbert – Freshman
  • 14 – Madison Stokes – Sophomore
  • 20 – Jonah Bride – Sophomore
  • 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore
  • 25 – Ross Grosvenor – Junior
  • 34 – Collin Steagall – Senior
  • 45 – Caleb Whitenton – Freshman
  • 48 – Matt Williams – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 – Jared Williams – Freshman
  • 4 – Danny Blair – Freshman
  • 5 – TJ Hopkins – Freshman
  • 10 – Clark Scolamiero – Sophomore
  • 19 – Gene Cone – Junior
  • 31 – Weber Pike – Junior
  • 42 – Dom Thompson-Williams – Junior
  • 44 – Brandon McIlwain – Freshman
 

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios

Coaching staff

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook – Head coach – 4 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers – Associate head coach – 6 years / 14 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito – Assistant coach – 9 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher – Volunteer assistant coach – 5 years / 6 years

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios

Schedule

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log [1]
Regular season
February
DateOpponentSite/stadiumRankScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordSEC Record
February 19Albany Founders Park • Columbia, SC W 10–1Schmidt (1–0)Woods (0–1)None7,4341–0
February 20AlbanyFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 6–2Webb (1–0)Failing (0–1)Reagan (1)7,8252–0
February 21AlbanyFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 8–1Bowers (1–0)Romero (0–1)None7,2213–0
February 23 Appalachian State Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 5–0Hill (1–0)Gorham (0–1)None6,4234–0
February 24 Winthrop Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 16–4Haswell (1–0)Sultan (0–1)None6,5235–0
February 26 Penn State Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 7–1Schmidt (2–0)Lehman (0–2)None7,0146–0
February 27Penn StateFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 16–5Webb (2–0)Biasi (1–1)None7,6687–0
February 28Penn StateFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 4–2Scott (1–0)Hagenman (1–1)Reagan (2)7,8048–0
March
DateOpponentSite/stadiumRankScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordSEC Record
March 1at The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, SC W 6–3Hill (2–0)Watcher (1–1)Reagan (3)6,2989–0
March 4 Clemson Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 8–1Schmidt (3–0)Barnes (1–1)None8,24210–0
March 5Clemson Fluor Field • Greenville, SC L 5–0Schmidt (3–0)Webb (2–1)Krall (1)7,21610–1
March 6at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 4–1Eubanks (2–1)Widener (0–1)Bostic (1)6,52410–2
March 8 Wofford Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 7–1Hill (3–0)Higginbotham (0–2)None6,43211–2
March 9 Furman Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 5–4Haswell (2–0)Dvorak (0–1)Reagan (4)6,32512–2
March 11 Charleston Southern Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 9–0Schmidt (4–0)Raynor (3–1)None6,67013–2
March 12Charleston SouthernFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 5–4Webb (3–1)Johnson (2–2)Reagan (5)7,41214–2
March 13Charleston SouthernFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 2–0Hill (4–0)Piriz (0–2)Reagan (6)6,64315–2
March 15 USC Upstate Fluor Field • Greenville, SCW 12–6Murray (1–0)Jackson (2–2)None2,00516–2
March 16DavidsonFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 15–2Vogel (1–0)Roberts (0–2)None6,52517–2
March 18 Arkansas Founders Park • Columbia, SCW 10–6Schmidt (5–0)Taccolini (3–1)None7,51118–21–0
March 19ArkansasFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 6–2Webb (4–1)Teague (2–2)Johnson (1)7,25819–22–0
March 20ArkansasFounders Park • Columbia, SCW 8–6Reagan (1–0)Jackson (1–2)None6,86720–23–0
March 24at Ole Miss Swayze Field • Oxford, Mississippi #18W 5–1Schmidt (6–0)Bramlett (4–1)Reagan (7)8,16721–24–0
March 25at Ole MissSwayze Field • Oxford, MS#18W 9–5Webb (5–1)Smith (2–2)None9,06422–25–0
March 26at Ole MissSwayze Field • Oxford, MS#18W 4–0Hill (5–0)Pagnozzi (4–1)Johnson (2)10,18423–26–0
March 26 College of Charleston Founders Park • Columbia, SC#18L 5–613Love (1–1)Scott (1–1)Hunt (1)8,24223–3
March 26at Vanderbilt Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN #18L 3–6Sheffield (4–1)Schmidt (6–1)Bowden (3)3,38423–46–1
April
DateOpponentSite/stadiumRankScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordSEC Record
April 1at VanderbiltHawkins Field • Nashville, TN#7
April 2#7
April 5#8
April 8#8
April 9#8
April 10#8
April 13#5
April 15#5
April 16#5
April 17#5
April 20#12
April 22#12
April 23#12
April 24#12
April 29#6
April 30#6
May
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordSEC Record
Post-season
DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordSECT Record

Record vs. conference opponents


Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2016 SEC baseball records

Source: 2016 SEC baseball game results

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 15–153–02–1.1–21–22–11–2.2–10–32–11–2.ALAW55–51–1
ARK 7–230–33–00–3.2–10–30–31–20–30–3.1–2.ARKW72–81–6
AUB 8–221–20–3..2–11–20–31–20–3.2–11–20–3AUBW62–80–4
FLA 19–10.3–0.2–11–21–21–23–0.1–12–13–02–1FLAE26–33–0
UGA 11–192–1..1–21–2.1–22–11–22–11–20–30–3UGAE53–70–2
KEN 15–152–11–21–22–12–1..2–10–32–12–1.1–2KENE46–40–1
LSU 19–111–23–02–12–1..1–23–01–2.3–01–22–1LSUW36–43–0
MSU 21–92–13–03–02–12–1.2–13–02–1..0–32–1MSUW19–13–1
MIZZ 9–21.2–12–10–31–21–20–30–3.0–33–0.0–3MIZZE72–81–4
MISS 18–121–23–03–0.2–13–02–11–2.0–32–11–2.MISSW46–43–1
SCAR 20–93–03–0.1–11–21–2..3–03–03–01–21–2SCARE15–45–0
TENN 9–211–2.1–21–22–11–20–3.0–31–20–3.2–1TENNE62–80–3
TAMU 20–102–12–12–10–33–0.2–13–0.2–12–1.2–1TAMUW29–12–1
VAN 18–12..3–01–23–02–11–21–23–0.2–11–21–2VANE35–53–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [2] 2323*1612106758578810913131314
Baseball America [3] —————187851266810914141414
Collegiate Baseball^——20212013262422364661212
NCBWA† [4] 2420151817126971188101081291414

^ 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.

Gamecocks in the 2016 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team

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