2024 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2024 UCLA Bruins baseball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	19–33 (9–21 Pac-12)
Head coach	John Savage (20th season)
Hitting coach	Bryant Ward (10th season)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons ←  2023 2025  →

2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 25 Arizona  ‍†‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			36	–	23	–	0		.610
No. 10 Oregon State  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			42	–	14	–	0		.750
No. 12 Oregon  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			37	–	18	–	0		.673
USC  ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			31	–	28	–	0		.525
California  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			36	–	19	–	0		.655
Arizona State  ‍‍‍	17	–	13	–	0		.567			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Utah  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Stanford  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			22	–	32	–	0		.407
Washington  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			19	–	31	–	1		.382
Washington State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			21	–	32	–	0		.396
UCLA  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			19	–	33	–	0		.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.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 UCLA Bruins baseball team

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 – 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 Cholowsky – Freshman 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 – 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)
February: 5-3 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 1 February 16 5:00 p.m. 22 Gonzaga* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 8–7 Delvecchio (1–0) Sotelo (0–1) Ruff (1) 638 1–0 — 2 February 17 2:00 p.m. 22 Gonzaga* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 10–3 McIllroy (1–0) Payton (0–1) — 578 2–0 – 3 February 18 12:00 p.m. 22 Gonzaga* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 6–0 Barnett (1–0) DeSchryver (0–1) — 704 3–0 — — February 20 5:00 p.m. 22 Loyola Marymount* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California Postponed (weather) 3–0 — 4 February 23 4:30 p.m. 20 at No. 5 TCU* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3–4 Tolle (1–0) Jewett (0–1) Abeldt (3) 5,004 3–1 — 5 February 24 2:00 p.m. 20 at No. 5 TCU* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3–6 Sloan (1–0) McIllroy (1–1) Hoover (1) 5,278 3–2 – 6 February 25 11:00 AM 20 at No. 5 TCU* Lupton Stadium Fort Worth, Texas 3–13 Morris (1–0) Barnett (1–1) — 4,825 3–3 — 7 February 27 5:00 p.m. Nevada* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 5–4 Leibold (1–0) Desch (0–1) Ruff (2) 312 4–3 — 8 February 28 5:00 p.m. Long Beach State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 12–11 (10) Ruff (1–0) Villani (0–1) — 404 5–3 —
March: 5-12 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 9 March 1 5:00 p.m. Michigan* Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 3–4 Volt (1–1) Delvecchio (1–1) — 770 5–4 — — March 2 2:00 p.m. San Diego* Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California Cancelled (weather) 5–4 — 10 March 3 3:00 p.m. No. 20 UC Irvine* Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic Dodger Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–5 Ojeda (1–0) Rodriguez (0–1) Tibbett (3) 4,617 5–5 — 11 March 5 6:00 p.m. at Long Beach State* Blair Field Long Beach, California 0–2 Donegan (2–0) Stump (0–1) Villani (3) 2,066 5–6 — 12 March 8 6:00 p.m. at California Stu Gordon Stadium Berkeley, California 7–11 Becerra (3–0) Rodriguez (0–2) — 546 5–7 0–1 13 March 9 2:00 p.m. at California Stu Gordan Stadium Berkeley, California 1–4 Sullivan (1–0) Rodriguez (0–3) — 745 5–8 0–2 14 March 10 1:00 p.m. at California Stu Gordon Stadium Berkeley, California 5–6 Stasiowski (1–0) Ruff (1–1) — 957 5–9 0–2 15 March 12 6:00 p.m. UConn* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–5 Coe (2–3) Kottinger (0–1) Quinn (1) 332 5–10 0–2 16 March 15 6:00 p.m. Washington State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–1 Jewett (1–1) Taylor (3–1) Ruff (3) 607 6–10 1–2 17 March 16 2:00 p.m. Washington State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 5–12 Brotherton (2–1) Kottinger (0–2) — 668 6–11 1–3 18 March 17 12:00 p.m. Washington State* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 9–4 Aldrich (1–0) Jones (1–2) — 510 7–11 2–3 19 March 22 7:00 p.m. USC* Rivalry Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–15 Aoki (2–3) Jewett (1–2) — 1,010 7–12 2–4 20 March 23 2:00 p.m. USC* Rivalry Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 7–6 Barnett (2–1) Stromsborg (0–5) Ruff (4) 881 8–12 3–4 21 March 24 2:00 p.m. USC* Rivalry Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 6–3 Rodriguez (1–3) Feikes (1–1) Ruff (5) 1,321 9–12 4–4 22 March 26 6:00 p.m. UC Santa Barbara Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 13–12 Vaughns (1–0) Moring (1–3) — 680 10–12 4–4 23 March 28 7:00 p.m. at Arizona* Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona 3–5 Hintz (1–1) Egan (0–1) — 2,168 10–13 4–5 24 March 29 7:00 p.m. at Arizona* Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona 2–3 Candiotti (2–1) Ruff (1–2) — 3,291 10–14 4–6 25 March 30 1:00 p.m. at Arizona* Hi Corbett Field Tucson, Arizona 9–10 Netz (1–0) Ruff (1–3) — 3,349 10–15 4–7
April: 4–13 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 26 April 2 6:00 p.m. at Loyola Marymount* George C. Page Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–1 Lee (1–0) Geis (0–1) Ruff (6) 538 11–15 4–7 27 April 5 7:05 p.m. #20 Oregon Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–8 Gordon (4–2) Jewett (1–3) — 699 11–16 4–8 28 April 6 6:05 p.m. #20 Oregon Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 4–3 (10) Ruff (2–3) Featherston (1–1) — 1,100 12–16 5–8 29 April 7 12:05 p.m. #20 Oregon Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 3–6 Seitter (4–1) Stump (0–2) — 927 12–17 5–9 30 April 9 6:00 p.m. Pepperdine* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–10 Troy (1–1) Gobel (0–1) — 291 12–18 5–9 31 April 12 6:05 p.m. at Washington Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington 4–5 Cunningham (2–2) Vaughns (1–1) — 1,122 12–19 5–10 32 April 13 2:05 p.m. at Washington Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington 13–5 Barnett (3–1) Kirchoff (2–3) — 1,440 13–19 6–10 33 April 14 1:05 p.m. at Washington Husky Ballpark Seattle, Washington 4–8 McAdams (1–0) Lee (1–1) — 1,391 13–20 6–11 34 April 16 4:35 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara* Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Santa Barbara, California 0–6 Camarillo (1–0) Rodriguez (1–4) Flora (5) 597 13–21 6–11 35 April 19 6:00 p.m. Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 3–5 Jacobs (4–2) Jewett (1–4) Schiefer (3) 649 13–22 6–12 36 April 20 2:00 p.m. Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 2–8 Markl (4–2) Barnett (3–2) — 779 13–23 6–13 37 April 21 1:00 p.m. Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 1–13 Carlon (3–1) Stump (0–3) — 1,205 13–24 6–14 38 April 23 6:00 p.m. #12 UC Irvine* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 7–9 Martin (1–0) Ruff (2–4) Utagawa (1) 680 13–25 6–14 39 April 26 5:00 p.m. at Utah Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah 2–3 (12) Hostert (5–3) Ruff (2–5) — 1,597 13–26 6–15 40 April 27 1:00 p.m. at Utah Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah 3–7 Jones (3–2) Barnett (3–3) — 1,887 13–27 6–16 41 April 28 12:00 p.m. at Utah Smith's Ballpark Salt Lake City, Utah 7–12 McAnelly (4–2) Stump (0–4) — 2,004 13–28 6–17 42 April 30 3:00 p.m. at Pepperdine* Eddy D. Field Stadium Malibu, California 16–2 Rodriguez (2–4) Cole (1–3) — 349 14–28 6–17
May: 5–5 Game Date/Time (PST) Rank Opponent Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Pac-12 43 May 3 6:05 p.m. Cal State Fullerton* Angel Stadium Anaheim, California 1–2 (12) Tomczak (2–2) Lee (1–2) — 3,487 14–29 6–17 44 May 4 4:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton* Goodwin Field Fullerton, California 4–1 Barnett (4–3) Rodriguez (2–6) Ruff (7) 1,484 15–29 6–17 45 May 5 2:00 p.m. Cal State Fullerton* Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 11–4 Lee (2–2) Turner (0–3) — 990 16–29 6–17 56 May 7 6:00 p.m. at No. 16 UC Irvine* Anteater Ballpark Irvine, California 6–9 Ojeda (4–1) Stump (0–5) — 1,990 16–30 6–17 57 May 10 7:00 p.m. at No. 7 Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon 0–11 May (5–0) Jewett (1–5) Lawson (1) 4,034 16–31 6–18 58 May 11 5:00 p.m. at No. 7 Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon 11–12 Holmes (3–3) Ruff (2–6) — 4,032 16–32 6–19 59 May 12 12:00 p.m. at No. 7 Oregon State Goss Stadium at Coleman Field Corvallis, Oregon 1–15 Segura (6–1) Rodriguez (2–5) — 4,066 16–33 6–20 60 May 16 7:00 p.m. Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 8–3 Jewett (2–5) Scott (4–9) — 580 17–33 7–20 61 May 17 6:00 p.m. Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 8–3 Barnett (5–3) Moore (3–1) Randall (1) 1,042 18–33 8–20 62 May 18 12:00 p.m. Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium Los Angeles, California 10–8 Vaughns (2–1) O'Harran (1–4) Lee (1) 979 19–33 9–20

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches' [3]	24	24*	—	—
Baseball America [4]	—	24	—	—
NCBWA† [5]	22	19	—	—
D1Baseball [6]	22	20	—	—
Perfect Game [7]	18	16	25	—

† 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.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Luke Jewett	RHP	8	228	Colorado Rockies
Duce Gourson	INF	9	264	Pittsburgh Pirates
Cody Schrier	SS	13	394	Miami Marlins

References

1. "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
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

External links

• UCLA Bruins baseball