2022 Little Rock Trojans baseball team

2022 Little Rock Trojans baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	24–27 (11–18 SBC)
Head coach	Chris Curry (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Noah Sanders James Leverton
Home stadium	Gary Hogan Field
Seasons ←  2021 2023 →

2022 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 13 Texas State  ‍†‍‍y	26	–	4	–	0		.867			47	–	14	–	0		.770
No. 21 Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			41	–	20	–	0		.672
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍y	21	–	8	–	1		.717			39	–	20	–	1		.658
Louisiana  ‍‍‡‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			37	–	23	–	0		.617
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Troy  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			24	–	27	–	0		.471
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			20	–	33	–	0		.377
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	9	–	20	–	1		.317			20	–	35	–	1		.366
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			15	–	39	–	0		.278
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	0		.172			11	–	38	–	0		.224
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament [1] champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Little Rock Trojans baseball team represented the University of Arkansas at Little Rock during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Trojans played their home games at Gary Hogan Field and were led by eighth-year head coach Chris Curry. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Preseason

Signing Day Recruits

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Player	Hometown	Previous Team
Pitchers
Ashton Branson	Mabelvale, Arkansas	Sheridan HS
Hitters
Malcolm Brown	Texarkana, Texas	Redwater HS
Luke Dickerson	Windermere, Florida	Windermere HS
Trey Hill	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Farmington HS
Jordan Kelly	North Little Rock, Arkansas	North Little Rock HS
Ty Rhoades	Jonesboro, Arkansas	Jonesboro HS

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 9, 2022. Little Rock was picked to finish eighth with 63 votes. ^[3]

Coaches poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	South Alabama	139 (7)
2	Georgia Southern	118
T3	Coastal Carolina	117 (3)
T3	Louisiana	117 (2)
5	UT Arlington	78
6	Troy	74
7	Texas State	71
8	Little Rock	63
9	Louisiana–Monroe	59
10	Appalachian State	38
11	Georgia State	34
12	Arkansas State	28

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors

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• Miles Smith (USA, Sr, Pitcher)
• Hayden Arnold (LR, Sr, Pitcher)
• Tyler Tuthill (APP, Jr, Pitcher)
• Brandon Talley (LA, Sr, Pitcher)
• Caleb Bartolero (TROY, Jr, Catcher)
• Jason Swan (GASO, Sr, 1st Base)
• Luke Drumheller (APP, Jr, 2nd Base)
• Eric Brown (CCU, Jr, Shortstop)
• Ben Klutts (ARST, Sr, 3rd Base)
• Christian Avant (GASO, Sr, Outfielder)
• Josh Smith (GSU, Jr, Outfielder)
• Rigsby Mosley (TROY, Sr, Outfielder)
• Cameron Jones (GSU, So, Utility)
• Noah Ledford (GASO, Jr, Designated Hitter)

Personnel

2022 Little Rock Trojans baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Christian Bernabe R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Deltona, Florida 2 INF Eldrige Figueroa R/R 5 ft 8 in(1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Carolina, Puerto Rico 4 INF Noah Burgarello L/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Glendale, Arizona 5 OF Miguel Soto R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Kissimmee, Florida 6 INF Nathan Lyons R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Bentonville, Arkansas 7 INF Jorden Hussein R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Houston, Texas 8 OF Noah Dickerson  L/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Windermere, Florida 9 C Jack Stroth R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Conway, Arkansas 10 RHP Evan Vanek R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So McKinney, Texas 12 RHP Reese Lansville R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Centennial, Colorado 13 OF Tyler Williams R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Lilburn, Georgia 14 INF Aidan Garrett L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Benton, Arkansas 16 RHP Jacob Weatherley R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Jonesboro, Arkansas 17 RHP Tristan Hawkins R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Benton, Arkansas 18 RHP Preston Davis L/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Texarkana, Texas 19 RHP Calvin Hunt R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Arvada, Colorado 20 INF Traejon Blake R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr England, Arkansas 21 OF Andrew Pickering L/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Little Rock, Arkansas 22 LHP Joey Martin R/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Comfort, Texas 23 C Jaxson Anderson L/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Greenbrier, Arkansas 24 INF Canyon McWilliams L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Gr Shaker Heights, Ohio 25 LHP Michael Quevedo L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Deltona, Florida 26 RHP Ezra Gustafson R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Midwest City, Oklahoma 28 RHP Hoss Brewer R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Canton, Ohio 29 RHP Matthew Davis R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Selma, Alabama 30 RHP Hayden Arnold L/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Rison, Arkansas 31 LHP Chance Vaught L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Mobile, Alabama 32 C Jake Wright R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Bryant, Arkansas 33 RHP Austin Stubber R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Hope, Arkansas 34 LHP Asher Hastings L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Fr Little Rock, Arkansas 35 RHP Zane Neves L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Jonesboro, Arkansas 36 LHP Austin Smith L/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Fort Worth, Texas 37 RHP Erik McKnight R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Littleton, Colorado 39 LHP Sawyer Smallwood L/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Texarkana, Texas 40 RHP Garrett DeHaas R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Meno, Oklahoma 41 Cole Somers R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Little Rock, Arkansas 42 Graydon Martin R/R 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Texarkana, Arkansas 44 RHP Cole Evans R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Liberal, Kansas	Head coach Chris Curry (Mississippi State) Assistant coach(es) Noah Sanders (Arkansas–Monticello) James Leverton (Texas Tech) Christian Reyes (Arkansas–Little Rock) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 7 June 2022

Schedule and results

Legend
	Little Rock win
	Little Rock loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	Little Rock team member

2022 Little Rock Trojans baseball game log
Regular season (24–26)
February (5–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 18 Eastern Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 0–11 Malatestinic (1-0) Arnold (0-1) Nicholson (1) 328 0–1 Feb. 19 Eastern Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 10–6 Gustafson (1-0) Doherty (0-1) Martin (1) 468 1–1 Feb. 20 Eastern Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 11–4 Smallwood (1-0) Birdsong (0-1) None 358 2–1 Feb. 25 Western Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 6–2 Arnold (1-1) Carberry (0-2) Davis (1) 3–1 Feb. 26 Western Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 8–3 Smallwood (1-0) Greenan (0-1) Brewer (1) 179 4–1 Feb. 27 Western Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 16–1 McKnight (1-0) Fochs (0-1) None 209 5–1
March (6–10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 4 Southern Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 10–0 Arnold (2-1) Chapman (0-1) None 337 6–1 Mar. 5 Southern Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 6–9 Lewis (2-0) Davis (0-1) McDaniel (2) 337 6–2 Mar. 6 Southern Illinois Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 2–5 Hansell (2-0) McKnight (1-1) Steidl (1) 337 6–3 Mar. 8 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR L 1–3 Barker (1-2) Davis (0-2) Shoultz (2) ESPN+ 295 6–4 Mar. 11 North Alabama Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 5–1 Arnold (3-1) Bradshaw (1-3) None 121 7–4 Mar. 12 North Alabama Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 5–4 Weatherley (1-0) Haberstock (1-2) Smallwood (1) 277 8–4 Mar. 13 North Alabama Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 16–47 McKnight (2-1) Parish (1-1) None 153 9–4 Mar. 13 North Alabama Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 3–27 Brewer (1-0) Nichols (0-3) None 157 10–4 Mar. 16 Oral Roberts Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 3–187 Ronan (1-0) Vaught (0-1) None ESPN+ 237 10–5 Mar. 18 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA L 3–9 Dow (1-0) Arnold (3-2) Watson (2) 305 10–6 0–1 Mar. 19 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA L 4–7 Lutz (1-0) Smallwood (2-1) Treadway (1) ESPN+ 395 10–7 0–2 Mar. 20 at Georgia State Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA L 8–12 Landry (2-2) Vaught (0-2) Watson (3) ESPN+ 391 10–8 0–3 Mar. 25 Appalachian State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 2–514 LaSpaluto (1-1) Smallwood (2-2) None ESPN+ 169 10–9 0–4 Mar. 26 Appalachian State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 7–4 Vaught (1-2) Hamilton (1-3) Martin (2) 136 11–9 1–4 Mar. 27 Appalachian State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 5–10 Tujetsch (2-0) Vaught (1-3) None ESPN+ 127 11–10 1–5 Mar. 29 at No. 2 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR L 8–16 Taylor (2-0) Davis (0-3) None SECN+ 9,502 11–11 Mar. 30 at No. 2 Arkansas Baum–Walker Stadium • Fayetteville, AR Game cancelled
April (8–8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 4–5 Stewart (4-1) Smallwood (2-3) None ESPN+ 1,976 11–12 1–6 Apr. 2 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 4–3 Vaught (2-3) Gamble (0-2) Smallwood (2) ESPN+ 2,153 12–12 2–6 Apr. 3 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL W 10–6 Brewer (2-0) Witcher (3-2) Weatherley (1) ESPN+ 1,632 13–12 3–6 Apr. 5 at Arkansas–Pine Bluff Torii Hunter Baseball Complex • Pine Bluff, AR Game postponed Apr. 8 UT Arlington Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 5–1 Arnold (4-2) King (2-3) Smallwood (3) ESPN+ 132 14–12 4–6 Apr. 9 UT Arlington Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 4–3 Smallwood (3-3) Novis (0-2) None 292 15–12 5–6 Apr. 10 UT Arlington Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 6–510 Davis (1-0) Bailey (3-3) None ESPN+ 353 16–12 6–6 Apr. 12 Central Arkansas Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 5–11 Haley (1-1) Davis (0-4) None ESPN+ 186 16–13 Apr. 14 Arkansas State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 5–6 Anderson (1-3) Arnold (4-3) Jeans (1) ESPN+ 358 16–14 6–7 Apr. 15 Arkansas State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 6–7 Jeans (1-4) Vaught (2-4) None 387 16–15 6–8 Apr. 16 Arkansas State Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR Game cancelled Apr. 19 at Louisiana Tech J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA L 0–10 Martinez (3-1) Brewer (2-1) None CUSA.TV 2,186 16–16 Apr. 22 at No. 17 Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 2–3 Wood (4-1) Arnold (4-4) Stivors (9) ESPN+ 1,236 16–17 6–9 Apr. 23 at No. 17 Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 4–30 Wells (5-1) Weatherley (1-1) None ESPN+ 1,307 16–18 6–10 Apr. 24 at No. 17 Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX L 2–9 Dixon (7-0) Brewer (2-2) None ESPN+ 1,176 16–19 6–11 Apr. 27 Louisiana Tech Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 8–7 Smallwood (4-3) Whorff (4-6) None ESPN+ 115 17–19 Apr. 29 Louisiana–Monroe Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 4–3 Smallwood (5-3) Wepf (1-4) Weatherley (2) ESPN+ 179 18–19 7–11 Apr. 30 Louisiana–Monroe Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 12–9 Vaught (3-4) Howell (0-2) Weatherley (3) ESPN+ 194 19–19 8–11
May (5–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 Louisiana–Monroe Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 7–6 Brewer (3-2) Wepf (1-5) None ESPN+ 297 20–19 9–11 May 3 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 11–4 Quevedo (1-0) Niemann (0-1) None ESPN+ 194 21–19 May 6 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 4–15 VanScoter (8-2) Arnold (4-5) None ESPN+ 1,164 21–20 9–12 May 7 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 6–910 Potok (3-0) Weatherley (1-2) None ESPN+ 1,337 21–21 9–13 May 8 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 9–197 Eikhoff (4-0) Smallwood (5-4) Carney (3) ESPN+ 1,243 21–22 9–14 May 13 Georgia Southern Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 2–13 Fisher (4-2) Arnold (4-6) None ESPN+ 231 21–23 9–15 May 14 Georgia Southern Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 7–6 Quevedo (2-0) Paden (5-2) Smallwood (4) 281 22–23 10–15 May 15 Georgia Southern Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 6–147 Thompson (6-3) Weatherley (1-3) None ESPN+ 176 22–24 10–16 May 17 at Central Arkansas Bear Stadium • Conway, AR W 9–6 Smith (1-0) Haley (1-3) Smallwood (5) ESPN+ 346 23–24 May 19 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA W 2–0 Arnold (5-6) Bonds (3-3) None ESPN+ 3,891 24–24 11–16 May 20 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 4–10 Ray (3-2) Smallwood (5-5) None ESPN+ 4,215 24–25 11–17 May 21 at Louisiana M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park • Lafayette, LA L 3–9 Perrin (3-0) Quevedo (2-1) None ESPN+ 4,080 24–26 11–18
Post-season (0–1)
SBC Tournament (0–1) Date Opponent (Seed)/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 24 vs. (9) Appalachian State (8) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL L 3–10 Cross (3-1) Smallwood (5-6) None ESPN+ 24–27 0–1

Schedule source: ^[5]

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

Postseason

Conference Awards

• Player of the Year: Dalton Shuffield – TXST
• Ron Maestri Coach of the Year: Steven Trout – TXST

All Conference First Team Reid VanScoter (CCU, RS-Sr, P) Levi Wells (TXST, So, P) Zeke Woods (TXST, Jr, P) Tristan Stivors (TXST, Sr, RP) Julian Brock (LA, So, C) Carson Roccaforte (LA, So, 1B) Jesse Sherrill (GASO, Jr, 2B) Dalton Shuffield (TXST, Sr, SS) Justin Thompson (TXST, Sr, 3B) Max Ryerson (GSU, Jr, OF) Mason Holt (ULM, Sr, OF) Miles Simington (USA, Sr, OF) Cameron Jones (GSU, So, UT) Noah Ledford (GASO, RS-Jr, DH)

All Conference Second Team Hayden Arnold (LR, Sr, P) Michael Knorr (CCU, Sr, P) Matt Boswell (USA, Sr, P) Jay Thomspon (GASO, Jr, RP) Hayden Cross (APP, Jr, C) Jason Swan (GASO, Sr, 1B) Erick Orbeta (USA, RS-So, 2B) Griffin Cheney (GSU, Gr, SS) Dale Thomas (CCU, Jr, 3B) Noah Dickerson (LR, RS-Jr, OF) Jose Gonzalez (TXST, Jr, OF) John Wuthrich (TXST, Sr, OF) Rigsby Mosley (TROY, Sr, UT) Tyler Johnson (CCU, Sr, DH)

References: ^[6]

References

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4. "Sun Belt Announces 2022 Baseball Preseason Honors". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
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6. "Sun Belt Announces 2022 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved December 28, 2023.