2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

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2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
Wake Forest University Athletic logo.svg
ACC Atlantic Division champions
ACC regular season champions
Winston-Salem Regional champions
Winston-Salem Super Regional champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
CB No. 3
Record54–12 (22–7 ACC)
Head coach
Home stadium David F. Couch Ballpark
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest  x‍‍‍y22–7 .75954–12 .818
No. 18 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍y20–10 .66744–19 .698
Boston College  ‍‍‍y16–14 .53337–20 .649
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍15–15 .50030–24 .556
NC State  ‍‍‍y13–16 .44836–21 .632
Louisville  ‍‍‍10–20 .33331–24 .564
Florida State  ‍‍‍9–21 .30023–31 .426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia  x‍‍‍y19–11 .63350–13 .794
No. 20 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y18–12 .60042–21 .667
No. 15 Duke  ‍‍‍y16–13 .55239–23 .629
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y14–14 .50036–24 .600
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍12–17 .41430–23 .566
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍12–18 .40030–27 .526
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍10–18 .35724–31 .436
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team represented the Wake Forest University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demon Deacons played their home games at David F. Couch Ballpark as a members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Tom Walter, in his 13th season at Wake.

Contents

Previous season

The 2022 team finished the season with a 41–19–1 record and a 15–14–1 record in ACC play. They went 1–1 in the ACC tournament and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 2017. The Demon Deacons were seeded second in the College Park Regional, where they went 1–2, beating LIU, but losing to Maryland and UConn.

Personnel

2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 – William Ray – Sophomore
  • 4 – Rhett Lowder – Junior
  • 10 – Ben Shenosky – Freshman
  • 11 – Chase Walter – Graduate
  • 13 – Carson Cotugno – Sophomore
  • 14 – Camden Minacci – Junior
  • 15 – Hudson Lee – Freshman
  • 17 – Zach Johnston – Freshman
  • 19 – Crawford Wade – Junior
  • 20 – Derek Crum – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 22 – Teddy McGraw – Junior
  • 23 – Josh Hartle – Sophomore
  • 26 – Seth Keener – Junior
  • 28 – Cole Roland – Graduate
  • 30 – Michael Massey - Sophomore
  • 35 – Will Andrews – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 36 – Evan Maloney – Freshman
  • 40 – Reed Mascolo – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 42 – Joe Ariola – Freshman
  • 51 – Sean Sullivan – Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 16 – Gio Cueto – Sophomore
  • 27 – Bennett Lee – Junior
  • 33 – Chris Katz – Sophomore

Infielders

  • 3 – Danny Corona – Sophomore
  • 5 – Pierce Bennett – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 6 – Justin Johnson – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 7 – Marek Houston – Freshman
  • 9 – Andrew Noland – Freshman
  • 21 – Jack Winnay – Freshman
  • 25 – Brock Wilken – Junior
  • 28 – James Broderick – Freshman
  • 29 – Kyle Joye – Graduate
  • 31 – Parker Pilat – Sophomore
  • 41 – Jake Reinisch – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 0 – Lucas Costello – Junior
  • 1 – Jackson Kraemer – Freshman
  • 8 – Nick Kurtz – Sophomore
  • 12 – Adam Cecere – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 24 – Tommy Hawke – Sophomore
  • 31 – Jake Reinisch – Junior
 

Coaching Staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Wake Forest		Alma Mater
Tom Walter Head Coach14 Georgetown University (1991)
Bill CilentoAssociate Head Coach14 Siena College (2003)
Corey MuscaraAssistant Coach2 Franklin Pierce University (2009)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [3] 1010*3 (2)4 (3)52 (1)2 (2)2 (1)2 (1)2 (2)2 (1)2 (3)1 (27)1 (30)1 (29)1 (31)1 (31)*1 (31)*3
Baseball America [4] 98765433333211111*1*3
Collegiate Baseball^ [5] 10622564443221111113
NCBWA† [6] 863254322222111111*3
D1Baseball [7] 6655 (2)4222222211111*1*3

^ 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.

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References

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