2022 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team

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2022 Oklahoma Sooners baseball
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
Big 12 Tournament champion
NCAA Gainesville Regional Champion
Blacksburg Super Regional Champion
College World Series, Finals, 0–2
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record45–24 (15–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Clay Overcash (5th season)
  • Clay Van Hook (5th season)
  • Reggie Willits (1st season)
Home stadium L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park
Seasons
 2021
2023  
2022 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 23 TCU  y168 .6673822 .633
Oklahoma State  y159 .6254222 .656
No. 2 Oklahoma  y159 .6254524 .652
No. 24 Texas Tech  y159 .6253922 .639
No. 8 Texas  y1410 .5834722 .681
West Virginia  1410 .5833322 .600
Kansas State  816 .3332929 .500
Baylor  717 .2922628 .481
Kansas  420 .1672035 .364
Conference champion
Tournament [1] champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2022 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sooners played their home games at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Skip Johnson, in his 5th season at Oklahoma.

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Previous season

The 2021 team finished the season with a 27–28 record and an 11–13 record in the Big 12. In the 2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the fifth-seeded Sooners fell to fourth-seeded Oklahoma State 5–9 and top-seeded Texas 1–4 to end their conference tournament in the First Round. The Sooners did not earn an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at OUAlma Mater
Skip Johnson Head Coach5 University of Texas–Pan American (1990)
Clay OvercashAssistant Coach5 USC Upstate (1990)
Clay Van HookAssistant Coach5 Texas (2008)
Reggie Willits Volunteer Assistant1 Oklahoma (2014)

Roster

2022 Oklahoma Sooners Roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 14 Carter Campbell – sophomore (6'2", 180)
  • 17 Aaron Calhoun – freshman (5'10", 165)
  • 18 Creed Watkins – RS sophomore (6'5", 220)
  • 23 Jaret Godman – RS junior (6'1", 190)
  • 25 Keegan Allen – freshman (6'0", 185)
  • 27 Braden Carmichael – RS junior (5'10", 178)
  • 28 David Sandlin – RS sophomore (6'4", 215)
  • 29 Jett Lodes – sophomore (5'10", 161)
  • 30 Nicholas Andrews – RS freshman (6'2", 220)
  • 32 Colton Sundloff – freshman (6'5", 200)
  • 34 Carson Atwood – sophomore (6'0", 206)
  • 35 Javier Ramos – RS sophomore (6'6", 206)
  • 36 Luke Carrell – freshman (6'2", 190)
  • 40 Brayden Luikart – freshman (6'0", 185)
  • 42 Luc Fladda – freshman (6'1", 180)
  • 45 Ben Abram – RS junior (6'7", 243)
  • 48 Chazz Martinez – RS sophomore (6'3", 210)
  • 50 Cade Brown – RS junior (6'4", 233)
  • 52 Griffin Miller – RS junior (6'4", 210)
  • 54 Jake BennettRS sophomore (6'6", 234)
  • 58 Zachery Carrell – RS sophomore (6'1", 192)
  • 99 Trevin Michael – graduate student (6'2", 200)
 

Catchers

  • 3 Jimmy Crooks – RS sophomore (6'0", 218)
  • 16 Hudson Polk – sophomore (6'1", 201)
  • 31 Kade Fletcher – RS sophomore (6'2", 215)

Infielders

  • 2 Trent Brown – RS sophomore (5'11", 183)
  • 5 Mason Lowe – RS junior (5'11", 180)
  • 6 Wallace Clark – freshman (6'0", 180)
  • 9 Cade HortonRS freshman (6'1", 211)
  • 12 Brett Squires – RS junior (6'3", 205)
  • 15 Jackson Nicklaus – freshman (6'0", 190)
  • 20 Peyton GrahamRS sophomore (6'4", 171)
  • 21 Max McGwire – freshman (6'2", 185)
  • 22 Brock Daniels – freshman (6'1", 185)
  • 26 Blake Robertson – RS sophomore (6'5", 200)

Outfielders

  • 1 Diego Muniz – RS junior (5'8", 190)
  • 7 Kendall Pettis – RS sophomore (5'11", 187)
  • 8 John Spikerman – freshman (6'0", 180)
  • 10 Tanner Tredaway – RS senior (6'0", 188)
  • 11 Sebastian Orduno – RS sophomore (5'10", 190)
  • 46 Jack Connelly – Junior (6'0", 195)
 

Schedule and results

2022 Oklahoma baseball game log (45–24) [3]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled      Bold = Oklahoma team member
Regular season (33–20)
Postseason (12–3)
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [4] —*RVRVRVRV24
Baseball America [5] 24
Collegiate Baseball^ [6] 45
NCBWA [7] RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
D1Baseball [8]

^ 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.

References

  1. "2022 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference.
  2. "2022 Baseball Roster". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved April 22, 2022.
  3. "2022 Baseball Schedule". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  4. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today . Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
  5. Baseball America College: Top 25
  6. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  7. NCBWA Division I poll
  8. D1Baseball poll