2020 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
Record	11–5 (0–0 SBC)
Head coach	Rodney Hennon (20th season)
Assistant coaches	B. J. Green Alan Beck
Home stadium	J. I. Clements Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021  →

2020 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Division
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	6		.647
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	7		.563
Troy  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	8		.529
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			8	–	10		.444
West Division
Texas State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			14	–	4		.778
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			12	–	4		.750
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			12	–	5		.706
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	8		.529
Louisiana  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			8	–	9		.471
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			7	–	9		.438
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of March 12, 2020 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2020 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball team represented Georgia Southern Eagles in the 2020 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Eagles played their home games at J. I. Clements Stadium and were led by twentieth year head coach Rodney Hennon.

On March 12, the Sun Belt Conference announced the indefinite suspension of all spring athletics, including baseball, due to the increasing risk of the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

Preseason

Signing Day Recruits

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Player	Hometown	Previous Team
Pitchers
Anthony DiMola	Cumming, Georgia	North Forsythe HS
Chase Dollander	Evans, Georgia	Greenbrier HS
Jackson Dyer	Gainesville, Georgia	North Hall HS
Jeremy Gay	Millen, Georgia	Edmund Burke Academy
Ben Johnson	Tucker, Georgia	Providence Christian Academy
Hitters
Corey Dowdell	Kingsland, Georgia	Camden County HS
Hayden Duffield	Woodstock, Georgia	River Ridge HS
Jarrett Jenkins	Auburn, Georgia	Dacula HS
Jordan McCladdie	Harlem, Georgia	Harlem HS
Jeffrey Preacher	Pace, Florida	Pace HS

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released sometime on January 30, 2020 and the Eagles were picked to finish third in the East Division and sixth overall in the conference. ^[4]

Coaches poll (East)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	South Alabama	62 (6)
2	Coastal Carolina	61 (4)
3	Georgia Southern	50 (2)
4	Troy	41
5	Appalachian State	23
6	Georgia State	15

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors

• Drake Nightengale (USA, Sr, Pitcher)
• Zach McCambley (CCU, Jr, Pitcher)
• Levi Thomas (TROY, Jr, Pitcher)
• Andrew Papp (APP, Sr, Pitcher)
• Jack Jumper (ARST, Sr, Pitcher)
• Kale Emshoff (LR, RS-Jr, Catcher)
• Kaleb DeLatorre (USA, Sr, First Base)
• Luke Drumheller (APP, So, Second Base)
• Hayden Cantrelle (LA, Jr, Shortstop)
• Garrett Scott (LR, RS-Sr, Third Base)
• Mason McWhorter (GASO, Sr, Outfielder)
• Ethan Wilson (USA, So, Outfielder)
• Rigsby Mosley (TROY, Jr, Outfielder)
• Will Hollis (TXST, Sr, Designated Hitter)
• Andrew Beesley (ULM, Sr, Utility)

Personnel

Roster

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2020 Georgia Southern Eagles roster
	Pitchers 8 Griffin Davis – Redshirt Sophomore 14 Jared Szabo – Freshman 16 Braden Hays – Sophomore 17 Tyler Owens – Senior 19 Sean Adams – Freshman 21 Jonathan Edwards – Sophomore 25 Nick Jones – Junior 27 Rhett Gay – Junior 26 Jay Thompson – Sophomore 29 Tyler Jones – Junior 33 Jordan Jackson – Junior 34 Austin Kleinlein – Redshirt Sophomore 35 Hayden Harris – Junior 37 David Johnson – Junior 39 Aaron Wainright – Freshman 40 Jacob Parker – Redshirt Junior 43 Connor Bruce – Freshman 47 Jake Martin – Freshman		Catchers 3 Chandler Davis – Sophomore 5 Matt Anderson – Redshirt Senior 9 JP Tighe – Sophomore Infielders 2 Jason Swan – Junior 22 Austin Thompson – Junior 23 Blake Evans – Sophomore 28 Noah Ledford – Sophomore 30 Steven Curry – Senior 31 Mitchell Golden – Redshirt Junior 38 Sam Blancato – Freshman 42 Jack Eichler – Freshman 44 Jarrett Brown – Freshman		Outfielders 4 Mason McWhorter – Senior 6 Noah Searcy – Junior 7 Nolan Tressler – Junior 11 Cody Shook – Redshirt Sophomore 12 Parker Biederer – Junior 41 Christian Avant – Junior

Coaching staff

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles coaching staff
Rodney Hennon – Head Coach – 20th year B. J. Green – Assistant Head Coach/Pitching Coach – 10th year Alan Beck – Assistant Head Coach/Hitting Coach – 5th year Cody Wofford – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 2nd year

Schedule and results

Legend
	Georgia Southern win
	Georgia Southern loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Georgia Southern team member

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles baseball game log
Regular season (11–5)
February (4–5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 14 Ball State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 6–0 Jackson (1–0) Baker (0–1) None 1,249 1–0 Feb. 15 Ball State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 7–4 Martin (1–0) Weatherly (0–1) Jones (1) 863 2–0 Feb. 15 Ball State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 16–0 Johnson (1–0) Pachmayer (0–1) None 772 3–0 Feb. 16 Ball State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Game canceled due to inclement weather Feb. 18 No. 19 Georgia Tech J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 3–4 Crawford (1–0) Harris (0–1) None 737 3–1 Feb. 22 at No. 21 East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 0–3 Burleson (1–0) Jackson (1–1) Bridges (1) 3,055 3–2 Feb. 23 at No. 21 East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 2–3 Mayhue (1–0) Hays (0–1) Giles (1) 3–3 Feb. 23 at No. 21 East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 2–10 Kuchmaner (2–0) Johnson (1–1) None 3,338 3–4 Feb. 28 Radford J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 8–0 Jackson (2–1) Williams (0–2) None 537 4–4 Feb. 29 Radford J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 2–4 Sande (1–1) Hays (0–2) Hudson (3) 891 4–5
March (7–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 1 Radford J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 19–2 Harris (1–1) Donovan (1–2) None 739 5–5 Mar. 3 at No. 4 Georgia Foley Field • Athens, GA W 6–3 Owens (1–0) Brown (1–1) None 2,195 6–5 Mar. 6 Valparaiso J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 8–1 Jackson (3–1) Mintz (0–2) None 637 7–5 Mar. 7 Valparaiso J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 1–0 Harris (2–1) Turzenski (0–2) None 1,097 8–5 Mar. 8 Valparaiso J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 12–0 Johnson (2–1) Fields (0–4) None 653 9–5 Mar. 10 vs. No. 3 Georgia SRP Park • North Augusta, GA W 1–0 Parker (1–0) Smith (0–1) Harris (1) 4,950 10–5 Mar. 11 No. 3 Georgia J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 6–4 Owens (2–0) Brown (1–2) None 3,286 11–5 Mar. 13 Troy J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 14 Troy J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 15 Troy J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 18 at Georgia Tech Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 20 at South Alabama Riddle–Pace Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 21 at South Alabama Riddle–Pace Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 22 at South Alabama Riddle–Pace Field • Mobile, AL Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 25 at College of Charleston CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriots Point • Charleston, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 27 Louisiana–Monroe J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 28 Louisiana–Monroe J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Mar. 29 Louisiana–Monroe J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
April (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 3 at Appalachian State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 4 at Appalachian State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 5 at Appalachian State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 7 at Mercer Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 9 Coastal Carolina J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 10 Coastal Carolina J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 11 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 13 Mercer J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 14 at Presbyterian Presbyterian Baseball Complex • Clinton, SC Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 17 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 18 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 19 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 21 College of Charleston J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 22 vs. Kennesaw State Grayson Stadium • Savannah, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 24 UT Arlington J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 25 UT Arlington J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic Apr. 26 UT Arlington J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
May (0–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 2 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 3 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 8 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 9 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 10 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 12 at Kennesaw State Fred Stillwell Stadium • Kennesaw, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 14 Georgia State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 15 Georgia State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic May 16 Georgia State J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA Season suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic
Post-season (0–0)
SBC Tournament (0–0) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 20 Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Schedule source: ^[6]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

References

1. "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
2. Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Statement on Spring Sports Competitions". sunbeltsports.org.
3. "Georgia Southern – Perfect Game Baseball Player College Commitments". Perfect Game. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
4. "Chants Picked to Finish Second in the East; McCambley Tabbed Preseason All-Conference". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
5. "2020 Baseball Roster". Georgia Southern University Athletics. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
6. "2020 Baseball Schedule". Georgia Southern University Athletics. Retrieved August 18, 2020.