2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team

2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball
Conference	Conference USA
Record	34–25 (16–14 C-USA)
Head coach	John McCormack
Assistant coach	Jordan Tabakman Michael Cleary Ricky Santiago
Home stadium	FAU Baseball Stadium
Seasons ←  2022 2024  →

2023 Conference USA baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Dallas Baptist  ‍†‍‍y	25	–	5		.833			44	–	13		.772
UTSA  ‍‍‍	21	–	8		.724			38	–	19		.667
Charlotte  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	12		.586			30	–	26		.536
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			32	–	25		.561
Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			34	–	24		.586
Louisiana Tech  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			28	–	30		.483
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			27	–	27		.500
Rice  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			21	–	37		.362
FIU  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			21	–	34		.382
UAB  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			17	–	36		.321
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 21, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2023 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his fifteenth season at Florida Atlantic.

On October 21, 2021, Florida Atlantic accepted the invitation to join the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and will become a full member on July 1, 2023. ^[2] The 2023 season was the program's last as a member of C-USA. ^[3]

Previous season

The 2022 Owls finished 35-23 overall, and 19-11 in the conference. They lost to Southern Miss during the 2022 Conference USA baseball tournament.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 2, 2023, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place. ^[4]

Media poll
Rank	School (1st Place Votes)	Total
1	LA Tech (5)	91
2	DBU (4)	90
3	Florida Atlantic	74
4	Charlotte (1)	70
5	UTSA	66
T6	Middle Tennessee	39
T6	UAB	39
8	Rice	32
9	FIU	28
10	WKU	21

Preseason All-CUSA teams

• Nolan Schanuel - Outfielder
• Hunter Cooley – Starting Pitcher

Personnel

2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Armando Albert L/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Plantation, Florida 2 RHP Jacob Josey  R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Ellenton, Florida 4 INF Joey Slattery L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Charlotte, North Carolina 5 OF Jalen DeBose R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Sanford, Florida 6 INF Lucas Phelps R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Valrico, Florida 7 INF Dom Presto R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 8 OF Dylan Goldstein L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Southwest Ranches, Florida 9 OF Spencer Rich R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Longmont, Colorado 10 C John Schroeder R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Lakewood Ranch, Florida 11 INF Patrick Ward R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Lakewood Ranch, Florida 12 INF Nolan Schanuel L/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Boynton Beach, Florida 13 RHP C.J. Williams R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Deerfield Beach, Florida 14 RHP Tyler Murphy R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Palm City, Florida 15 INF Jackson Ross R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Lakeland, Florida 16 RHP Robert Wegielnik  R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Fort Myers, Florida 17 RHP Sammy Beir R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Coral Springs, Florida 18 LHP Hunter Cooley R/L 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Gr Vero Beach, Florida 19 INF Christian Adams L/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Royal Palm Beach, Florida 21 RHP Danny Trehey R/R 6 ft 4 in(1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Kansas City, Kansas 22 OF Jake Millan R/L 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Springbrook, Pennsylvania 23 RHP Dawson Ball L/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Wellington, Florida 24 OF Mitchell Hartigan L/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Jupiter, Florida 25 RHP Braden Ostrander R/R 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Melbourne, Florida 28 INF Daulton Frank  R/R 5 ft 11 in(1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Loxahatchee, Florida 29 LHP Evan Waterbor L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Trinity, Florida 30 C Andrew Hernandez R/R 5 ft 10 in(1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Gr Miami, Florida 31 RHP Tibur Rivero R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Stuart, Florida 32 LHP Tyler Monzon L/L 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Miami, Florida 33 RHP Dylan Oborne R/R 6 ft 3 in(1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada 34 C Caleb Pendleton R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Jensen Beach, Florida 35 RHP Bryan Boully R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Dover, Florida 37 RHP Brandon Smith  S/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Woodstock, Georgia 39 C Phoenix Medina R/R 6 ft 0 in(1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Lawton, Oklahoma 40 RHP Sean Goodwin  R/R 6 ft 6 in(1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Niceville, Florida 41 LHP Marc Degusipe  L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Tampa, Florida 42 LHP Sam Drumheller R/L 5 ft 9 in(1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Jr Tampa, Florida 43 LHP Max Martzolf L/L 6 ft 1 in(1.85 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Port St. Lucie, Florida 44 RHP Nicholas Del Prado R/R 6 ft 2 in(1.88 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Miami, Florida 55 RHP Hayden Compton R/R 6 ft 5 in(1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Centerburg, Ohio	Head coach John McCormack (Lynn) Assistant coach(es) Jordan Tabakman (UConn) Michael Cleary (Dayton) Ricky Santiago (Lander) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 5 February 2023

Schedule and results

Legend
	Florida Atlantic win
	Florida Atlantic loss
	Postponement
Bold	Florida Atlantic team member

2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log
Regular season
February (7–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Feb. 17 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL W 6–2 H. Cooley (1–0) A. Barker (0–1) None 611 1–0 Feb. 18 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–8 J. Josey (1–0) J. Ventresca (0–1) None 687 2–0 Feb. 19 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 17–2 N. Del Prado (1-0) J. Sisco (0–1) None 579 3–0 Feb. 21 UCF John Euliano Park Orlando, FL W 13–3 E. Waterbor (1–0) J. Marlowe (0–1) None 1,650 4–0 Feb. 24 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 H. Mink (2–0) H. Cooley (1–1) None 638 4–1 Feb. 25 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–711 M. DeGusipe (1-0) J. Cothren (0-1) None 646 5–1 Feb. 26 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–6 S. Drumheller (1-0) L. Gailey (0-1) C.J. Williams (1) 559 6–1 Feb. 28 No. 22 Miami FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–5 M. DeGusipe (2-0) R. Gallo (0-1) R. Wegielnik (1) 1,180 7–1
March (9–10) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Mar. 3 No. 16 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 4–6 I. Cooke (1-1) H. Cooley (1-2) J. Willis (1) 659 7–2 – Mar. 4 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 S. Quigley (1-0) J. Jacob (1-1) None 520 7–3 – Mar. 5 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–8 T. Ellisen (1-0) N. Del Prado (1-1) None 543 7–4 – Mar. 7 at No. 6 Florida Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL L 11–18 T. Nesbitt (1-0) M. Martzolf (0-1) None 4,737 7–5 – Mar. 8 at No. 6 Florida Condron Ballpark L 0–118 R. Slater (3-0) C.J. Williams (0-1) P. Abner (1) 4,760 7–6 – Mar. 10 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–3 H. Cooley (2-2) J. Driver (0-1) None 445 8–6 – Mar. 11 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 11–3 J. Josey (2-1) C. Clark (0-1) None 491 9–6 – Mar. 12 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 9–6 R. Wegielnik (1-0) C. Fang (0-1) None 449 10–6 – Mar. 13 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–1110 B. Smith (2-0) J. Smith (0-1) None 477 11–6 – Mar. 15 Bradley FAU Baseball Stadium W 15–27 M. Martzolf (1-1) E. Harris (0-1) None 351 12–6 – Mar. 17 at UTSA Roadrunner Field San Antonio, TX L 2–8 L. Malone (2-2) H. Cooley (2-3) None 362 12–7 0–1 Mar. 19 (1) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 2–77 U. Quiroga (4-0) J. Josey (2-2) None 412 12–8 0–2 Mar. 19 (2) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 3–57 S. Miller (5–0) E. Waterbor (1–1) D. Shafer (3) 412 12–9 0–3 Mar. 22 at No. 17 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL L 5–10 R. Schlesinger (1-0) M. Martzolf (1-2) None 2,801 12–10 0–3 Mar. 24 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 13–5 H. Cooley (3-3) P. Johnson (1-1) None 458 13–10 1–3 Mar. 25 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–2 J. Josey (3-2) J. Hamm (3-2) C.J. Williams (2) 435 14–10 2–3 Mar. 26 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–5 N. Del Prado (2-1) J. Lee (2-1) R. Wegielnik (2) 426 15–10 3–3 Mar. 28 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium W 4–2 B. Smith (3-0) D. Castellan (0-1) C.J. Williams (3) 515 16–10 3–3 Mar. 31 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium L 0–1 P. Smith (2-1) H. Cooley (3-4) M. Linskey (2) 547 16–11 3–4
April (10–8) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Apr. 1 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 10–7 E. Waterbor (2–1) J. Marlowe (0–1) None 410 17–11 4–4 Apr. 2 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–48 D. Oborne (1–0) B. Brogdon (1-3) None 390 18–11 5–4 Apr. 4 No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (2-0) N. Love (2-1) None 467 19–11 5–4 Apr. 6 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL W 8–4 N. Del Prado (3-1) R. Cabarcas (0-4) None 630 20–11 6–4 Apr. 7 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 7–3 J. Josey (4-2) O. Hernandez (1-3) E. Waterbor (1) 595 21–11 7–4 Apr. 8 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park L 2–167 A. Tiburcio (3-2) D. Oborne (1–1) None 671 21–12 7–5 Apr. 11 at No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL W 5–4 T. Murphy (1-0) W. Haberstock (4-1) R. Wegielnik (3) 362 22–12 7–5 Apr. 14 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–10 R. Johnson (4-2) H. Cooley (3-5) None 389 22–13 7–6 Apr. 15 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 3–11 B. Bragg (4-1) J. Josey (4-3) None 446 22–14 7–7 Apr. 16 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–3 Z. Russell (1-1) E. Waterbor (2–2) K. Amendt (8) 286 22–15 7–8 Apr. 19 No. 17 Miami FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–611 N. Del Prado (4-1) G. Braendel (0-1) None 779 23–15 7–8 Apr. 21 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY L 4–6 D. Mesaris (2-1) H. Cooley (3-6) CJ Weins (6) 267 23–16 7–9 Apr. 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 8–914 M. Burns (4-1) R. Wegielnik (2-1) None 327 23–17 7–10 Apr. 23 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 2–4 D. Hall (5-3) N. Del Prado (4-2) CJ Weins (7) 215 23–18 7–11 Apr. 25 at No. 16 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park L 9–12 R. Gallo (1-3) D. Oborne (1–2) A. Walters (6) 2,948 23–19 7–11 Apr. 28 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 13-3 C.J. Williams (1-1) A. Tiburcio (3-5) None 389 24–19 8–11 Apr. 29 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 8-4 H. Cooley (4-6) D. Eckaus (0-1) None 585 25–19 9–11 Apr. 30 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 10-1 N. Del Prado (5-2) R. Cabarcas (1-5) R. Wegielnik (4) 429 26–19 10–11
May (7-4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 5 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (3-1) E. Michelson (1-3) None 660 27–19 11–11 May 6 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium W 10–9 R. Wegielnik (4-1) M. Langhorne (1-2) None 718 28–19 12–11 May 7 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 4–12 C. Kramer (4-4) N. Del Prado (5-3) None 680 28–20 12–12 May 9 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium L 3–11 N. Love (4-2) J. Josey (4-4) LJ McDonough (6) 218 28–21 12–12 May 12 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-5 C.J. Williams (2-1) J. Fincher (8-4) R. Wegielnik (5) 428 29–21 13–12 May 13 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium L 12–616 R. Smith (3-3) J. Josey (4-5) None 646 29–22 13–13 May 14 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–1110 B. Ostrander (1-0) G. Martinez (0-5) None 324 30–22 14–13 May 16 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium W 15-58 H. Cooley (5-6) M. Rippl (2-2) None 267 31–22 14–13 May 18 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field Birmingham, AL W 16-5 H. Cooley (6-6) B. Walton (3-7) J. Josey (1) 137 32–22 15–13 May 19 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 8–6 S. Drumheller (2-0) L. Harris (1-1) R. Wegielnik (6) 142 33–22 16–13 May 20 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field L 5-10 J. Smith (1-1) B. Smith (1-1) None 153 33–23 16–14
Post-season
C-USA Tournament (1-2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Tournament record May 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling Park Houston, TX L 9–10 M. Burns (6-2) R. Wegielnik (4-2) None ESPN+ 927 0-1 May 25 vs. (8) Rice 5 Reckling Park W 6-1 H. Cooley (7-6) JD McCracken (1-5) None ESPN+ 1-1 May 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling Park L 7–9 CJ Weins (1-2) R. Wegielnik (4-3) None ESPN+ 589 1-2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Cancelled Bold = Florida Atlantic team member

Schedule source: ^[5]

Awards

End of Year awards Player Award Date awarded Ref. Nolan Schanuel Conference USA Player of the Year May 23, 2023 [6]

References

1. "2023 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
2. "FAU Accepts Invite to The American". FAUSports.com. October 21, 2021.
3. "FAU's American Move Officially Set for 2023". FAUSports.com. June 10, 2022.
4. "BSB: C-USA Announces 2023 Preseason Poll and Awards".
5. "FAU Baseball Announces 2023 Regular season Schedule" (Press release). Florida Atlantic University Athletics. December 1, 2022.
6. "Schanuel Named Conference USA Player of the Year". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 23, 2023.

External links

• FAU Baseball