2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
NCAA Winston-Salem Regional, 2-2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	36-26 (12–12 Big 12)
Head coach	Randy Mazey (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Derek Matlock (5th season) Steve Sabins (2nd season)
Home stadium	Monongalia County Ballpark
Seasons ←  2016 2018 →

2017 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍y	16	–	8		.667			45	–	17		.726
No. 4 TCU  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8		.667			50	–	18		.735
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	12	–	11		.522			35	–	24		.593
Baylor  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12		.500			34	–	23		.596
West Virginia  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12		.500			36	–	26		.581
No. 28 Texas  ‍‍‍y	11	–	12		.478			39	–	24		.619
Kansas  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			30	–	28		.517
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍y	8	–	14		.364			30	–	27		.526
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			29	–	26		.527
† – Conference champion ‡ – Conference Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represented West Virginia University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 5th season at West Virginia. They reached the Winston-Salem Regional final in the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Wake Forest. ^[1]

Previous season

West Virginia finished the 2016 season with an overall record of 36–22 and a 12–11 record in Big 12 play, placing fifth in the conference standings. ^[2] The team surged late in the year and made a deep run in the Big 12 Baseball Championship, defeating Oklahoma twice and Texas Tech to reach the tournament final, where they fell to TCU. ^[3]

Personnel

Coaching staff

2017 West Virginia Mountaineers coaching staff

Randy Mazey - Head coach - 5th year Derek Matlock - Assistant Coach - 5th year Steve Sabins - Assistant Coach - 2nd year

Roster

2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 2 RHP Michael Grove R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Wheeling, West Virginia 3 INF Jimmy Galusky R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Arthurdale, West Virginia 4 RHP Cody Wood R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Denver, Colorado 5 OF Kyle Davis R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Cincinnati, Ohio 6 RHP Riley Troutt R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Bartow, Florida 7 RHP Frank Vesuvio R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Armonk, New York 8 RHP Shane Ennis R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Romney, West Virginia 9 INF Kyle Gray L/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Blanco, Texas 10 RHP Conner Dotson R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Flower Mound, Texas 12 OF TJ Lake R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Toledo, Ohio 13 INF Jackson Cramer L/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Coppell, Texas 15 RHP Endy Morales R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 218 lb (99 kg) So Holyoke, Massachusetts 16 RHP Ryan McDonald R/R 6 ft 7 in(2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Las Vegas, Nevada 22 RHP Tanner Campbell R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So DeLeon Springs, Florida 23 INF Kevin Brophy L/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Randolph, New Jersey 24 C Chase Illig S/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Bluefield, West Virginia 25 INF Marques Inman R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Elyria, Ohio 26 INF Braden Zarbnisky L/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Marietta, Georgia 27 OF Gibson Krzeminski R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Tecumseh, Ontario 28 INF Cole Austin R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Kennesaw, Georgia 29 LHP Phillip Ahern L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Austin, Texas 30 OF Zach Miller R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Lawrenceville, Georgia 31 OF Darius Hill L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Dallas, Texas 32 C Ivan Gonzalez R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Round Rock, Texas 33 RHP BJ Myers R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Flower Mound, Texas 34 RHP Jackson Sigman R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Austin, Texas 37 C Nick Denicola R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr East Hanover, New Jersey 40 RHP Jacob Potock R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Glenshaw, Pennsylvania 41 INF Isaiah Kearns R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Lewistown, Pennsylvania 42 RHP Sam Kessler R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Mount Sinai, New York 43 RHP Kade Strowd R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Fort Worth, Texas 44 RHP Carter Camp R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr McKinney, Texas 45 INF Andrew Zitel R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 207 lb (94 kg) So Hillsborough, New Jersey 46 OF Brandon White R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Winter Springs, Florida 47 RHP Alek Manoah R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Miami, Florida	Head coach {{{head_coach}}} Assistant coach(es) {{{asst_coach}}} Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

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Rankings

See also: 2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

References

1. Lananna, Michael (June 5, 2017). "2017 NCAA Regional: Super Deacs Wake The Community". Baseball America . Retrieved February 22, 2024.
2. 2016 Baseball Schedule – West Virginia University Athletics
3. Big 12 Baseball Championship Bracket – 2016
4. https://wvusports.com/sports/baseball/roster/2017?view=2&sort=jersey