2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
Bryan-College Station Regional champions Bryan-College Station Super Regional champions
College World Series runners-up, 1–2 in CWS Finals
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Record	53–15 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach	Jim Schlossnagle (3rd season)
Associate head coach	Nolan Cain (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Michael Earley (3rd season) Max Weiner (1st season)
Home stadium	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
Seasons ← 2023 2025  →

2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee  x‍†‍‡‍y	22	–	8		.733			60	–	13		.822
No. 3 Kentucky  x‍†‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			46	–	16		.742
No. 11 Georgia  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			43	–	17		.717
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			38	–	23		.623
No. 8 Florida  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			36	–	30		.545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			37	–	25		.597
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	32		.418
Western
No. 17 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	16		.733
No. 2 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			53	–	15		.779
No. 22 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	23		.635
Alabama  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			33	–	24		.579
LSU  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			43	–	23		.652
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			27	–	29		.482
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			27	–	26		.509
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 24, 2024 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Blue Bell Park.

Previous season

Further information: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season

The Aggies finished 38–27, 14–16 in the SEC to finish in 5th place in the West.

Stadium upgrades and renovations

Demand for Aggie baseball season tickets has greatly outweighed availability. ^[2] Texas A&M set a new post-2012 renovation attendance record of 8,075 ^[3] on April 13, 2024, against the Vanderbilt Commodores and the combined attendance of 22,809 ^[4] during the series against the Georgia Bulldogs was the second-largest crowd since the stadium opened in 1978. To address the high demand and record crowds, Texas A&M expanded the outfield seating known as "Section 12" by adding an additional 250 seats to left-center field. ^[5] The Aggies concluded the 2024 regular season with an average home game attendance of 6,271, which ranked 7th nationally and exceeds the stated Blue Bell Park capacity.

In May 2024, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved a proposal to spend $80 million to renovate Blue Bell Park and expand seating. ^[6] The proposed renovation would begin between September 2025 and August 2026. Discussions from November 2022 about a proposed renovation indicated the project would include new reserved seating plus renovations to concourses, restrooms, food service areas, and current premium club areas, as well as spaces used by the team such as the locker room, hitting and pitching facilities, weight room, meeting rooms, bullpens, and coaches’ offices. ^[7]

Personnel

Roster

2024 Texas A&M Aggies Roster
	Pitchers 10 – Chris Cortez – Junior 14 – Isaac Morton – Freshman 15 – Eldridge Armstrong III – Junior 18 – Ryan Prager – Sophomore 19 – Troy Wansing – Junior 21 – Weston Moss – Freshman 23 – Tanner Jones – Junior 28 – Brett Antolick – Freshman 30 – Kaiden Wilson – Freshman 32 – Brad Rudis – Junior 33 – Justin Lamkin – Sophomore 34 – Josh Stewart – Junior 35 – Jason Bodin – Freshman 37 – Ty Baker – Freshman 38 – Shane Sdao – Sophomore 41 – Jackson Brasseux – Freshman 44 – Luke Jackson – Freshman 49 – Austin Vargas – Freshman 53 – Evan Aschenbeck – Senior 55 – Zane Badmaev – Senior 59 – Zach Frye – Freshman 62 – Peyton Smith – Sophomore 88 – Brock Peery – Senior		Catchers 11 – Max Kaufer – Sophomore 20 – Jackson Appel – Senior 48 – Hank Bard – Senior Infielders 0 – Justin Vossos – Freshman 1 – Jack Bell – Freshman 2 – Ali Camarillo – Junior 3 – Kaeden Kent – Sophomore 27 – Ted Burton – Senior 31 – Carl Schmidt – Freshman 50 – Boots Landry – Freshman 46 – Blake Binderup (P) – Freshman		Outfielders 5 – Hayden Schott – Graduate 13 – Caden Sorrell – Freshman 17 – Jace LaViolette – Sophomore 47 – Tab Tracy – Junior' 52 – Brady Sullivan – Freshman 6 – Braden Montgomery (P) – Junior Utility Players 4 – Travis Chestnut – Senior 9 – Gavin Grahovac – Freshman 12 – Ryan Targac – Senior 36 – Jett Johnston (P) – Freshman Legend (P) Player is also a pitcher Redshirt

Coaches

2024 Texas A&M Aggies Coaching Staff

Jim Schlossnagle – Head Coach – 3rd Season Nolan Cain – Associate Head Coach – 3rd Season Michael Earley – Assistant Coach – 3rd Season Max Weiner – Assistant Coach – 1st Season

Support Staff

2024 Texas A&M Aggies Support Staff

Jason Hutchins – Director of Baseball Operations – 26th Season Chuck Box – Director of Player and Program Development – 3rd Season Will Fox – Director of Video and Analytics – 5th Season Josh Kesel – Head Strength & Conditioning Coach – 1st Season Kalie Swain – Senior Associate Athletic Trainer – 1st Season Jack Mahala – Director of Research & Development Mindy Phillips – Associate Director, Academic Services Roman Gomez – Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach Jace Hutchins – Student Assistant

Schedule and results

2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log
Regular season
February (8–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record February 16 McNeese State No. 8 Blue Bell Park College Station, TX W 15-0 Prager (1–0) Voss (0–1) SECN+ 7078 1-0 February 17 McNeese State No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 6-1 Peery (1–0) Abraham (0–1) Badmaev (1) SECN+ 5818 2-0 February 18 McNeese State No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 10-0 Sdao (1–0) Gravel (0–1) SECN+ 5500 3-0 February 20 Incarnate Word No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 9-3 Cortez (1–0) Johnson (0–1) SECN+ 4870 4-0 February 23 Wagner No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 17-2 Prager (2–0) Wright (0–2) SECN+ 5944 5-0 February 24 Wagner No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 2-0 Lamkin (1–0) Hayden (0–1) Aschenbeck (1) SECN+ 6187 6-0 February 25 Wagner No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 21-2 Jones (1–0) Taudin-Chabot (0–2) SECN+ 5201 7-0 February 27 Lamar No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 13-2 Moss (1–0) Havard (1–2) SECN+ 5161 8-0 March (17–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record March 1 vs Arizona State No. 7 Globe Life Field Arlington, TX W 4-0 Prager (3–0) Burns (1-1) Aschenbeck (2) FloBaseball.TV 7273 9-0 March 2 vs USC No. 7 Globe Life Field W 9-3 Moss (2–0) Stromsborg (0–2) FloBaseball.TV 10547 10-0 March 3 vs Arizona State No. 7 Globe Life Field W 10-5 Badmaev (1–0) Meyer (0–1) FloBaseball.TV 6516 11-0 March 5 at Texas No. 7 UFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX W 9-2 Aschenbeck (1–0) Witt (0–1) LHN 8060 12-0 March 6 Texas Southern No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 7-4 Stewart (1–0) Castillo (0–1) 4720 13-0 March 8 Rhode Island No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 11-0 Prager (4–0) Grotyohann (0–3) SECN+ 5480 14-0 March 9 Rhode Island No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 6-0 Rudis (1–0) Maloney (0–1) SECN+ 5964 15-0 March 10 Rhode Island No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 12-11 Aschenbeck (2–0) Heon (0–1) SECN+ 5857 16-0 March 12 Sam Houston State No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 9-8 Cortez (2–0) David (1–2) SECN+ 7342 17-0 March 15 at No. 8 Florida No. 4 Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL L 6-8 Fisher (2–1) Cortez (2–1) Neely (1) SECN+ 5863 17-1 March 16 at No. 8 Florida No. 4 Condron Ballpark W 10-6 Aschenbeck (3–0) Peterson (1–2) Sdao (1) SECN+ 6541 18-1 March 17 at No. 8 Florida No. 4 Condron Ballpark L 2-4 Neely (1–0) Stewart (1-1) McNeillie (1) SECN+ 6110 18-2 March 20 Prairie View A&M No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 11-9 Morton (1–0) Bravo (3–1) SECN+ 4547 19-2 March 21 No. 21 Mississippi State No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 6-3 Prager (5–0) Stevens (2–1) Aschenbeck (3) ESPNU 4776 20-2 March 22 No. 21 Mississippi State No. 7 Blue Bell Park L 1-5 Stephen (3–2) Jones (1-1) SECN+ 6443 20-3 March 23 No. 21 Mississippi State No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 6-1 Lamkin (2–0) Cijntje (4–1) SECN+ 7159 21-3 March 26 Houston Christian No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 6-3 Cortez (3–1) Coronel (0–2) SECN+ 4784 22-3 March 28 Auburn No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 9-7 Aschenbeck (4–0) Carlson (2–1) SECN+ 6466 23-3 March 29 Auburn No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 12-8 Jones (2–1) Allsup (1–2) SECN+ 6664 24-3 March 30 Auburn No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 10-9 Moss (3–0) Schorr (0–1) SECN 6484 25-3 April (14–3) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 2 at Texas State No. 3 Bobcat Ballpark San Marcos, TX W 12-2 Badmaev (2–0) Robie (2-2) ESPN+ 2917 26-3 April 5 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 3 Founders Park Columbia, SC W 9-2 Prager (6–0) Jones (2–1) SECN+ 7159 27-3 April 6 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 3 Founders Park W 6-3 Sdao (2–0) Pitzer (4–1) Aschenbeck (4) SECN+ 8242 28-3 April 7 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 3 Founders Park L 5-6 Veach (2–1) Lamkin (2–1) Gainey (5) SECN+ 6720 28-4 April 9 UTSA No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 6-5 Cortez (4–1) Orloski (3–4) SECN+ 4826 29-4 April 12 No. 6 Vanderbilt No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 15-0 Prager (7–0) Cunningham (4–2) SECN+ 7351 30-4 April 13 No. 6 Vanderbilt No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 9-0 Jones (3–1) Holton (5–1) SECN 8075 31-4 April 14 No. 6 Vanderbilt No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 12-6 Cortez (5–1) McElvain (1–2) Aschenbeck (5) SECN+ 7063 32-4 April 16 Air Force No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 15-5 Rudis (2–0) Brantingham (1–2) SECN+ 5407 33-4 April 19 at No. 18 Alabama No. 1 Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL W 18-9 Cortez (6–1) Fay (1–2) Sdao (2) SECN+ 3691 a 34-4 April 19 at No. 18 Alabama No. 1 Sewell–Thomas Stadium W 10-5 Peery (2–0) Hess (3–4) SECN+ — a 35-4 April 20 at No. 18 Alabama No. 1 Sewell–Thomas Stadium L 9-10 Davis II (4–1) Wilson (0–1) SECN+ 3995 35-5 April 23 Houston No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 13-11 Rudis (3–0) Solis (0–2) Aschenbeck (6) SECN 6248 36-5 April 26 No. 20 Georgia No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 5-2 Prager (8–0) Goldstein (4–1) Aschenbeck (7) SECN+ 7968 37-5 April 27 No. 20 Georgia No. 1 Blue Bell Park L 4-5 Sdao (3–0) Zeldin (3–2) SECN+ 7770 37-6 April 27 No. 20 Georgia No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 19-9 Smith (6–2) Cortez (6–2) Mracna (1) SECN+ 7021 38-6 April 30 Tarleton No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 10-6 Rudis (4–0) Risley (2–5) SECN+ 5919 39-6 May (5-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 3 at LSU No. 1 Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, LA L 4-6 Ulloa (1-1) Prager (8–1) Herring (4) ESPN2 11007 39-7 May 4 at LSU No. 1 Alex Box Stadium L 4-6 Little (2–0) Sdao (3–1) Guidry (2) ESPN2 11751 39-8 May 5 at LSU No. 1 Alex Box Stadium W 14-4 Cortez (7–2) Dutton (0–1) SECN+ 10747 40-8 May 7 Rice No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 16-3 Rudis (5–0) Rodriguez (1-1) SECN+ 7111 41-8 May 10 at Mississippi No. 3 Swayze Field Oxford, MS L 3-4 Mendes (2–1) Aschenbeck (4–1) Spencer (7) SECN 9155 41-9 May 11 at Mississippi No. 3 Swayze Field L 2-10 Doyle (3–2) Lamkin (2-2) SECN+ 9310 41-10 May 12 at Mississippi No. 3 Swayze Field W 6-0 Sdao (4–1) Nichols (4–1) SECN+ 9013 42-10 May 16 No. 3 Arkansas No. 5 Blue Bell Park W 1-0 Aschenbeck (5–1) Faherty (0–1) ESPN2 6976 43-10 May 17 No. 3 Arkansas No. 5 Blue Bell Park L 3-6 Molina (4–2) Stewart (1–2) SECN 7980 43-11 May 18 No. 3 Arkansas No. 5 Blue Bell Park W 14-4 Cortez (8–2) Dossett (3–1) SECN 7337 44-11
Postseason
SEC Tournament (0-2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 22 vs (5) Mississippi State (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL L 3-5 Dohm (4–0) Cortez (8–3) Davis (5) SECN 11840 44-12 May 23 vs (1) Tennessee (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 4-7 Causey (11–3) Peery (2–1) SECN 6825 44-13
College World Series (3-0) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record June 15 vs Florida (3) Charles Schwab Field Omaha, NE W 3-2 C. Cortez (10–3) L. Peterson (3–5) E. Aschenbeck (10) 25,774 50-13 1-0 June 17 vs (2) Kentucky (3) Charles Schwab Field W 5-1 [8] Prager (9–1) Moore (9–4) None 25,327 51-13 2-0 June 19 (2) vs Florida (3) Charles Schwab Field W 6-0 J. Lamkin (3–2) L. Peterson (3–6) None 25,429 52-13 3-0 College World Series Finals (1-2) June 22 vs Tennessee (1) No. 3 (3) Charles Schwab Field W 9-5 Josh Stewart (2−2) Chris Stamos (3−1) None 26,498 53−13 1−0 June 23 vs Tennessee (1) No. 1 (1) Charles Schwab Field L 1-4 Aaron Combs (3-1) Kaiden Wilson (0-2) Nate Snead 25,987 53-14 1-1 June 24 vs Tennessee (1) No. 3 (3) Charles Schwab Field L 5-6 Zander Sechrist (6-1) Justin Lamkin (3-3) Aaron Combs 24,685 53-15 1-2	Schedule and results source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll  W  Texas A&M win •  L  Texas A&M loss •  Postponement or cancellation  • Bold denotes Texas A&M player

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two did not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2024 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	13–17		2–1	1–2	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	ALA	W4	5–5	0–2
ARK	20–10	1–2		2–1	2–1	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	.	1–2	.	ARK	W1	7–3	3–0
AUB	8–22	2–1	1–2		.	.	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	AUB	W7	2–8	0–4
FLA	13–17	.	1–2	.		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	FLA	E5	4–6	0–1
UGA	17–13	3–0	.	.	1–2		0–3	.	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	UGA	E3	5–5	3–1
KEN	22–8	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0		.	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	KEN	E2	8–2	4–0
LSU	13–17	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	.		1–2	2–1	3–0	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	LSU	W5	4–6	1–2
MSU	17–13	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	2–1		2–1	1–2	.		1–2	2–1	MSU	W3	6–4	1–0
MIZZ	9–21	.	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2		.	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	1–9	1–3
MISS	11–19	1–2	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	2–1	.		2–1	1–2	2–1	.	MISS	W6	4–6	0–3
SCAR	13–17	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	0–3	2–1	.	.	2–1	1–2		0–3	1–2	3–0	SCAR	E6	4–6	1–2
TENN	22–8	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	3–0	2–1	3–0		.	2–1	TENN	E1	9–1	3–0
TAMU	19–11	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	.		3–0	TAMU	W2	7–3	2–0
VAN	13–17	.	.	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		VAN	E4	4–6	2–3
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches' [9]	10	10*	7	6	4 (3)	6	4	3	3	1 (22)	1 (29)	1 (29)	2 (7)	4 (1)	3	3
Baseball America [10]	11	11	11	11	5	10	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	5	4	4
NCBWA† [11]	10	9	8	6	4	6	4	3	3	1	1	1	2	4	3	3
D1Baseball [12]	8	8	7	7	4	7	4	3	3	1	1	1	3	5	4	4
Perfect Game [13]	7	4	4	4	3	7	5	3	3	1	1	1	2	8	5	5

† 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.

Notes

a. ^ ^ No separate attendance count for games 1 and 2 of the doubleheader

References

1. "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
2. "Ticket Information Request Form" . Retrieved May 20, 2024.
3. "No. 3 Aggies Shutout No. 6 Vanderbilt, 9-0, Clinch Series" . Retrieved May 20, 2024.
4. "No. 1 Aggies Split Doubleheader, Claim Series Against No. 17 Georgia" . Retrieved May 20, 2024.
5. "Baseball Announces Extension of Section 12" . Retrieved May 20, 2024.
6. "Texas A&M System Regents approve $80 million Olsen Field renovations as part of 5-year capital plan" . Retrieved May 20, 2024.
7. "Proposed Olsen Field renovation project gets updated cost of $80M, start date FY 2026". Archived from the original on May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
8. "Texas A&M vs. Kentucky (6/17)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
9. Baseball Coaches Poll
10. Baseball America College: Top 25
11. NCBWA Division I poll
12. D1 Baseball
13. Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings