2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Vanderbilt Athletics logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
D1Baseball.comNo. 13
Record38–23 (13–17 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadium Hawkins Field
Seasons
  2023
2025  
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee  xy228 .7336013 .822
No. 3 Kentucky  xy228 .7334616 .742
No. 11 Georgia  y1713 .5674317 .717
Vanderbilt  y1317 .4333823 .623
No. 8 Florida  y1317 .4333630 .545
South Carolina  y1317 .4333725 .597
Missouri  921 .3002332 .418
Western
No. 17 Arkansas  xy2010 .6674416 .733
No. 2 Texas A&M  y1911 .6335315 .779
No. 22 Mississippi State  y1713 .5674023 .635
Alabama  y1317 .4333324 .579
LSU  y1317 .4334323 .652
Ole Miss  1119 .3672729 .482
Auburn  822 .2672726 .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 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores played 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

2024 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log (38–23)
Regular Season (35–20)
Postseason (3–3)

*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

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

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

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 13–172–11–2.0–30–32–11–2.2–12–12–11–2.ALAW45–50–2
ARK 20–101–22–12–1.1–23–02–13–03–02–1.1–2.ARKW17–33–0
AUB 8–222–11–2..0–31–20–32–11–2.1–20–30–3AUBW72–80–4
FLA 13–17.1–2.2–11–22–12–10–3.1–21–22–11–2FLAE54–60–1
UGA 17–133–0..1–20–3.1–22–12–13–01–21–23–0UGAE35–53–1
KEN 22–83–02–13–02–13–0..2–13–01–21–2.2–1KENE28–24–0
LSU 13–171–20–32–11–2..1–22–13–0.0–32–11–2LSUW54–61–2
MSU 17–132–11–23–01–22–1.2–12–11–2.1–22–1MSUW36–41–0
MIZZ 9–21.0–31–23–01–21–21–21–2.1–20–3.0–3MIZZE71–91–3
MISS 11–191–20–32–1.1–20–30–32–1.2–11–22–1.MISSW64–60–3
SCAR 13–171–21–2.2–10–32–1..2–11–20–31–23–0SCARE64–61–2
TENN 22–81–2.2–12–12–12–13–0.3–02–13–0.2–1TENNE19–13–0
TAMU 19–112–12–13–01–22–1.1–22–1.1–22–1.3–0TAMUW27–32–0
VAN 13–17..3–02–10–31–22–11–23–0.0–31–20–3VANE44–62–3
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

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

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.

References

  1. "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Baseball Roster". vucommodores.com. Vanderbilt University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  3. Baseball Coaches Poll
  4. Baseball America College: Top 25
  5. NCBWA Division I poll
  6. D1 Baseball
  7. Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings