2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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2024 UCLA Bruins baseball
UCLA Bruins primary logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
Record19–33 (9–21 Pac-12)
Head coach
Hitting coachBryant Ward (10th season)
Home stadium Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 25 Arizona  y20100 .66736230 .610
No. 10 Oregon State  y19100 .65542140 .750
No. 12 Oregon  y19110 .63337180 .673
USC  17120 .58631280 .525
California  17130 .56736190 .655
Arizona State  17130 .56732260 .552
Utah  16140 .53333220 .600
Stanford  11190 .36722320 .407
Washington  10200 .33319311 .382
Washington State  9210 .30021320 .396
UCLA  9210 .30019330 .365
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium as a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by head coach John Savage, in his 20th season at UCLA.

Contents

Previous season

The Bruins finished with a record of 27–24–1, and 12–16–1 in conference play.

Personnel

Roster

2024 UCLA Bruins roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 – Cody Delvecchio – Sophomore
  • 10 – Nate Leibold – Junior
  • 16 – Jack O'Connor – Sophomore
  • 19 – Landon Stump – Freshman
  • 20 – Justin Lee – Freshman
  • 25 – Josh Alger – Junior
  • 28 – Cal Randall – Freshman
  • 29 – Finn McIllroy – Sophomore
  • 31 – Chris Aldrich – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 32 – James Hepp – Junior
  • 34 – Luke Rodriguez – Freshman
  • 35 – Luke Jewett – Junior
  • 37 – Will Goldberg – Freshman
  • 38 – Owen Egan – Freshman
  • 43 – Matthew Gobel – Freshman
  • 45 – Chris Grothues – Sophomore
  • 47 – Kaena Kiakona – Freshman
  • 50 – Rashad Ruff – Graduate
  • 51 – Caedon Kottinger – Senior
  • 55 – Michael Barnett – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 17 – Jack Holman – Junior
  • 30 – Quintt Landis – Graduate
  • 33 – Blake Balsz – Freshman
  • 40 – Cashel Duggar – Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 – Roch CholowskyFreshman
  • 2 – Duce Gourson – Junior
  • 3 – Cody Schrier – Junior
  • 4 – Phoenix Call – Freshman
  • 5 – Daylen Reyes – Senior
  • 6 – Grant Gray – Freshman
  • 7 – Roman Martin – Freshman
  • 9 – Cameron Kim – Freshman
  • 14 – AJ Salgado – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 39 – Mulivai Levu – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 11 – Payton Brennan – Sophomore
  • 15 – Jarrod Hocking – Sophomore
  • 18 – Carson Yates – Senior
  • 21 – JonJon Vaughns – Senior
  • 24 – Malakhi Knight – Junior
  • 27 – Keenan Proctor – Sophomore
  • 36 – Dean West – Freshman
  • 44 – Toussaint Bythewood – Sophomore
  • 48 – Aidan Espinoza – Freshman

Coaches

2022 UCLA Bruins baseball coaching staff [2]
  • John Savage – Head Coach – 20th season
  • Bryant Ward – Assistant Coach – 9th season
  • Niko Gallego – Assistant Coach – 10th season
  • David Berg – Assistant Coach – 6th season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at UCLA.

Schedule

2024 UCLA Bruins game log (19–33)
Regular season: 19-33 (Home: 15-11; Away: 4-20; Neutral: 0-2)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [3] 2424*
Baseball America [4] 24
NCBWA [5] 2219
D1Baseball [6] 2220
Perfect Game [7] 181625

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.

2024 MLB draft

UCLA had three players selected in the 2024 MLB draft.

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Luke JewettRHP8228 Colorado Rockies
Duce GoursonINF9264 Pittsburgh Pirates
Cody SchrierSS13394 Miami Marlins

References

  1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "2024 Baseball Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  3. USA Today Coaches Poll
  4. Baseball America Poll
  5. NCBWA Poll
  6. D1Baseball Poll
  7. Perfect Game Poll