2022 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

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2022 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
West Virginia Mountaineers logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record33–22 (14–10 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Sabins (7th season)
  • Mark Ginther (4th season)
  • Jacob Garcia (3rd season)
Home stadium Monongalia County Ballpark
Seasons
← 2021
2023  →
2022 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 23 TCU  ‍†‍‍y16–8 .66738–22 .633
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍y15–9 .62542–22 .656
No. 2 Oklahoma  ‍‍‡‍y15–9 .62545–24 .652
No. 24 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍y15–9 .62539–22 .639
No. 8 Texas  ‍‍‍y14–10 .58347–22 .681
West Virginia  ‍‍‍14–10 .58333–22 .600
Kansas State  ‍‍‍8–16 .33329–29 .500
Baylor  ‍‍‍7–17 .29226–28 .481
Kansas  ‍‍‍4–20 .16720–35 .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 30, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2022 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represented the University of West Virginia during the 2022 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 10th season at West Virginia.

Contents

Previous season

The 2021 team finished the season with a 25–27 record and an 8–16 record in the Big 12. In the 2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the eighth-seeded Mountaineers upset top-seeded Texas in the first round 5–1, but fell 2–12 to fourth-seeded Oklahoma State and 2–3 to Texas to end their conference tournament in the Second Round. The Mountaineers did not earn an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Coaching staff

NamePositionSeasons at WVUAlma Mater
Randy Mazey Head Coach10 Clemson (1988)
Steve SabinsAssociate Head Coach7 Embry–Riddle (2011)
Mark GintherAssistant Coach4 Oklahoma State (2013)
Jacob GarciaAssistant Coach3 Northern Colorado (2018)

Roster

2022 West Virginia Mountaineers Roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 1 Kevin Dowdell – junior (6'1, 210)
  • 3 Josh Heath – freshman (6'1, 205)
  • 7 Trevor Sharp – sophomore (6'3, 190)
  • 8 Tim Wynia – junior (6'3, 210)
  • 11 Ben Hampton – sophomore (6'1, 205)
  • 12 Chase Smith – Fifth Year (6'2, 180)
  • 15 Trent Hodgdon – freshman (6'3, 205)
  • 17 Carlson Reed – sophomore (6'4, 200)
  • 23 Zach Bravo – Fifth Year (6'0, 170)
  • 24 Jacob Watters – junior (6'4, 230)
  • 30 Beau Lowery – senior (6'0, 210)
  • 31 Tyler Strechay – RS sophomore (6'3, 220)
  • 32 Chris Sleeper – freshman (6'3, 230)
  • 35 Deaton Oak – freshman (6'1, 165)
  • 36 Noah Short – RS junior (6'1, 190)
  • 37 Zach Ottinger – senior (6'1, 190)
  • 39 Trey Braithwaite – Fifth Year (6'3, 220)
  • 40 Aidan Major – freshman (5'11, 210)
  • 42 Tommy Beam – freshman (6'7, 200)
  • 43 Daniel Ouderkirk – RS junior (6'9, 255)
  • 45 Michael Kilker – freshman (6'2, 205)
  • 46 Will Watson – freshman (6'6, 235)
  • 48 David Hagaman – freshman (6'4, 185)
 

Catchers

  • 10 Joel Gardner – freshman (5'11, 210)
  • 25 McGwire Holbrook – sophomore (6'1, 215)
  • 26 Vince Ippoliti – RS senior (6'0, 200)
  • 33 Dane Leonard – RS junior (6'0, 190)

Infielders

  • 2 Tevin Tucker – RS junior (6'0, 190)
  • 9 Grant Hussey – freshman (6'3, 220)
  • 16 Nathan Blasick – sophomore (6'3, 205)
  • 19 Alex Khan – freshman (6'2, 185)
  • 20 Ben Abernathy – sophomore (5’10, 160)
  • 27 JJ Wetherholt – freshman (5'10, 190)
  • 29 Jimmy Sadler – freshman (6'0, 190)
  • 41 Evan Smith – freshman (6'2, 200)
  • 50 Mikey Kluska – sophomore (6'1, 185)

Outfielders

  • 5 Tyler Cox – freshman (5'10, 170)
  • 6 Victor Scott II – junior (5’11, 190)
  • 13 Braden Berry – sophomore (6'4, 190)
  • 21 Austin Davis – senior (5'11, 175)
 

Schedule and results

2022 West Virginia Baseball Game Log (33–22) [3]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled      Bold = West Virginia team member
Regular Season (33–22)
Postseason (0–2)
* 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] ——*RVRV—————RVRVRV———————
Baseball America [5] ———————————————————
Collegiate Baseball^ [6] —30——————2428—————————
NCBWA† [7] RVRVRV———RVRVRVRV—RV————
D1Baseball [8] ——————————————————

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

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References

  1. ↑ "2022 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Official Baseball Roster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved Mar 8, 2022.
  3. ↑ "2022 Baseball Schedule". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved Mar 8, 2022.
  4. ↑ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today . Archived from the original on 2023-07-03.
  5. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  6. ↑ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  7. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
  8. ↑ D1Baseball poll
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