2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Vanderbilt Commodores (2022) logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
D1Baseball.comNo. 13
Record27–10 (8–7 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Brown
  • Mike Baxter
  • Tyler Shewmaker
Home stadium Hawkins Field
Seasons
  2023
2025 
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 3 Kentucky  141 .933315 .861
No. 4 Tennessee  105 .667316 .838
No. 20 South Carolina  87 .5332611 .703
No. 13 Vanderbilt  87 .5332710 .730
Florida  78 .4671917 .528
No. 24 Georgia  78 .467279 .750
Missouri  510 .3331721 .447
Western
No. 2 Arkansas  123 .800325 .865
No. 1 Texas A&M  114 .733334 .892
Mississippi State  78 .4672314 .622
No. 18 Alabama  69 .4002413 .649
Ole Miss  510 .3332016 .556
LSU  312 .2002315 .605
Auburn  213 .1331917 .528
Tournament champion
As of April 17, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field.

Contents

Previous season

In 2023, the Commodores finished 42–20, 19–11 in the SEC to finish second place in the Eastern Division. They would go on to win the 2023 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament, beating Texas A&M to win the conference. They played in the Nashville Regional of the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, being knocked out of the tournament by Xavier.

Personnel

Roster

2024 Vanderbilt Commodores roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 17 – Ryan Ginther – Junior
  • 20 – Carter Holton – Junior
  • 22 – JD Thompson – Sophomore
  • 30 – Ethan Robinson – Freshman
  • 31 – Duke Ekstrom – Freshman
  • 33 – Luke Guth – Freshman
  • 34 – Brennan Seiber – Freshman
  • 35 – Nik Copenhaver – Freshman
  • 36 – Levi Huesman – Sophomore
  • 37 – Jacob Schulz – Freshman
  • 38 – David Horn Jr. – Sophomore
  • 40 – Sam Hliboki – Fifth Year
  • 55 – Colton Regen – Junior
  • 66 – Deegan Cordova – Freshman
  • 77 – Alex Kranzler – Freshman
  • 80 – Andrew Dutkyanch IV – Sophomore
  • 88 – Sawyer Hawks – Junior
  • 89 – Ethan McElvain – Freshman
  • 90 – Miller Green – Freshman
  • 95 – Devin Futrell – Junior
  • 96 – Nate Teague – Freshman
  • 97 – Bryce Cunningham – Junior
  • 98 – Greysen Carter – Junior
 

Catchers

  • 5 – Logan Poteet – Sophomore
  • 16 – Jack Bulger – Senior
  • 44 – Colin Barczi – Freshman
  • 45 – Alan Espinal – Senior

Infielders

  • 6 – Matt Wolfe – Sophomore
  • 8 – Chris Maldonado – Sophomore
  • 9 – Ray Velasquez – Sophomore
  • 11 – Davis Diaz – Junior
  • 13 – Jonathan Vastine – Junior
  • 25 – Matt Ossenfort – Freshman
  • 26 – Braden Holcomb – Freshman
  • 28 – Camden Kozeal – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 18 – JD Rogers – Junior
  • 19 – Troy LaNeve – Fifth Year
  • 21 – Calvin Hewett – Senior
  • 23 – Devan Kodali – Sophomore
  • 32 – Cooper Holbrook – Sophomore

Utility players

  • 1 – Matthew Polk – Junior
  • 2 – RJ Hamilton – Freshman
  • 10 – Jacob Humphrey – Junior
  • 27 – Kaito Muto – Freshman
  • 42 – RJ Austin – Sophomore
 

Coaching staff

2024 Vanderbilt Commodores coaching staff [2]
NamePosition
Tim Corbin Head Coach
Scott BrownAssociate Head Coach
Mike BaxterAssistant Coach
Tyler ShewmakerAssistant Coach

Schedule and results

2023 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log (26–10)
Regular Season (26–10)
April (3–3)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
April 2 Western Kentucky*No. 7Hawkins FieldCanceled
April 4at No. 18 LSU No. 7 Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA
L 6–10Holman (6–1)Carter (2–1)Herring (3)SECN+10,77823–76–4
April 5at No. 18 LSUNo. 7Alex Box StadiumW 8—6McElvain (1–1)Ackenhausen (2–4)NoneSECN+12,31524–77–4
April 6at No. 18 LSUNo. 7Alex Box StadiumW 13–38Holton (5–0)Coleman (2–1)NoneSECN+12,07625–78–4
April 9 Middle Tennessee State*No. 6Hawkins FieldW 14–17Guth (1–0)Sato (0–2)NoneSECN+3,27126–7
April 12at No. 3 Texas A&M No. 6 Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX
L 0–157Prager (7–0)Cunningham (4–2)NoneSECN+7,35126–88–5
April 13at No. 3 Texas A&MNo. 6Hawkins FieldL 0–9Jones (3–1)Holton (5–1)NoneSECN8,07526–98–6
April 14at No. 3 Texas A&MNo. 6Hawkins FieldL 6–12Cortez (5–1)McElvain (1–2)Aschenbeck (5)SECN+7,06326–108–7
April 16at Lipscomb* Dugan Field
Nashville, TN
W 15–47Seiber (2–0)Harmon (2–2)None ESPN+ 1,54727–10
April 18 Florida Hawkins Field ESPNU
April 19FloridaHawkins FieldESPN2
April 20FloridaHawkins FieldSECN+
April 23 UT Martin*Hawkins FieldSECN+
April 26 Mississippi State Hawkins FieldSECN+
April 27Mississippi StateHawkins FieldSECN+
April 28Mississippi StateHawkins FieldSECN+
April 30 Tennessee Tech*Hawkins FieldSECN+

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  Vanderbilt win •  L  Vanderbilt loss •  Postponement or cancellation Bold denotes Vanderbilt player

Record vs. conference opponents


Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 6–92–15/18.0–30–35/125/05.4/282–12–14/21.ALAW43–20–2
ARK 12–31–22–14/28.5/053–05/123–03–04/21.5/18.ARKW14–13–0
AUB 2–135/181–2..0–34/284/215/125/05.1–20–30–3AUBW70–50–3
FLA 7–8.4/28.5/185/122–12–10–3.1–25/052–14/21FLAE53–20–1
UGA 7–83–0..5/180–3.1–22–14/215/121–24/285/05UGAE52–31–1
KEN 14–13–05/053–05/123–0..2–13–04/284/21.5/18KENE15–04–0
LSU 3–125/120–34/281–2..1–24/215/18.0–35/051–2LSUW60–50–2
MSU 7–85/055/124/211–22–1.2–15/181–2..1–24/28MSUW32–30–0
MIZZ 5–10.0–35/123–01–21–24/215/18.5/054/28.0–3MIZZE71–41–2
MISS 5–104/280–35/05.4/210–35/182–1.2–11–25/12.MISSW52–30–2
SCAR 8–71–24/21.2–15/124/28..5/051–25/181–23–0SCARE32–31–0
TENN 10–51–2.2–15/052–14/213–0.4/282–15/18.5/12TENNE24–11–0
TAMU 11–44/215/183–01–24/28.5/052–1.5/122–1.3–0TAMUW24–12–0
VAN 8–7..3–04/215/055/182–14/283–0.0–35/120–3VANE33–22–2
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for all games through 14 Apr 2024.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [3] 66*141010396612
Baseball America [4] 77998276513
NCBWA [5] 710131210496613
D1Baseball [6] 66999377613
Perfect Game [7] 671198388612

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

  1. "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Baseball Roster". vucommodores.com. Vanderbilt University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  3. Baseball Coaches Poll
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