2022 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

2022 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record33–22 (14–10 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Steve Sabins (7th season)
  • Mark Ginther (4th season)
  • Jacob Garcia (3rd season)
Home stadiumMonongalia County Ballpark
2022 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 TCU ‍†‍‍y 16 – 8   .667 38 – 22   .633
Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 42 – 22   .656
No. 2 Oklahoma ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 45 – 24   .652
No. 24 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 39 – 22   .639
No. 8 Texas  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 47 – 22   .681
 ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 33 – 22   .600
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 29 – 29   .500
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 26 – 28   .481
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 4 – 20   .167 20 – 35   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament[1] champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2022 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represented West Virginia University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 10th season at West Virginia.

Previous season

The 2021 team finished the season with a 25–27 record and an 8–16 record in the Big 12. In the 2021 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the eighth-seeded Mountaineers upset top-seeded Texas in the first round 5–1, but fell 2–12 to fourth-seeded Oklahoma State and 2–3 to Texas to end their conference tournament in the Second Round. The Mountaineers did not earn an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at WVU Alma Mater
Randy Mazey Head Coach 10 Clemson (1988)
Steve Sabins Associate Head Coach 7 Embry–Riddle (2011)
Mark Ginther Assistant Coach 4 Oklahoma State (2013)
Jacob Garcia Assistant Coach 3 Northern Colorado (2018)

Roster

2022 West Virginia Mountaineers Roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 1 Kevin Dowdell – junior (6'1, 210)
  • 3 Josh Heath – freshman (6'1, 205)
  • 7 Trevor Sharp – sophomore (6'3, 190)
  • 8 Tim Wynia – junior (6'3, 210)
  • 11 Ben Hampton – sophomore (6'1, 205)
  • 12 Chase Smith – Fifth Year (6'2, 180)
  • 15 Trent Hodgdon – freshman (6'3, 205)
  • 17 Carlson Reed – sophomore (6'4, 200)
  • 23 Zach Bravo – Fifth Year (6'0, 170)
  • 24 Jacob Watters – junior (6'4, 230)
  • 30 Beau Lowery – senior (6'0, 210)
  • 31 Tyler Strechay – RS sophomore (6'3, 220)
  • 32 Chris Sleeper – freshman (6'3, 230)
  • 35 Deaton Oak – freshman (6'1, 165)
  • 36 Noah Short – RS junior (6'1, 190)
  • 37 Zach Ottinger – senior (6'1, 190)
  • 39 Trey Braithwaite – Fifth Year (6'3, 220)
  • 40 Aidan Major – freshman (5'11, 210)
  • 42 Tommy Beam – freshman (6'7, 200)
  • 43 Daniel Ouderkirk – RS junior (6'9, 255)
  • 45 Michael Kilker – freshman (6'2, 205)
  • 46 Will Watson – freshman (6'6, 235)
  • 48 David Hagaman – freshman (6'4, 185)
  

Catchers

  • 10 Joel Gardner – freshman (5'11, 210)
  • 25 McGwire Holbrook – sophomore (6'1, 215)
  • 26 Vince Ippoliti – RS senior (6'0, 200)
  • 33 Dane Leonard – RS junior (6'0, 190)

Infielders

  • 2 Tevin Tucker – RS junior (6'0, 190)
  • 9 Grant Hussey – freshman (6'3, 220)
  • 16 Nathan Blasick – sophomore (6'3, 205)
  • 19 Alex Khan – freshman (6'2, 185)
  • 20 Ben Abernathy – sophomore (5’10, 160)
  • 27 JJ Wetherholt – freshman (5'10, 190)
  • 29 Jimmy Sadler – freshman (6'0, 190)
  • 41 Evan Smith – freshman (6'2, 200)
  • 50 Mikey Kluska – sophomore (6'1, 185)

Outfielders

  • 5 Tyler Cox – freshman (5'10, 170)
  • 6 Victor Scott II – junior (5’11, 190)
  • 13 Braden Berry – sophomore (6'4, 190)
  • 21 Austin Davis – senior (5'11, 175)
  

Schedule and results

2022 West Virginia Baseball Game Log (33–22)[3]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = West Virginia team member
Regular Season (33–22)
Postseason (0–2)
* indicates a non-conference game. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.

Rankings

See also: 2022 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[4]——*RVRV—————RVRVRV———————
Baseball America[5]———————————————————
Collegiate Baseball^[6]—30——————2428—————————
NCBWA†[7]RVRVRV———RVRVRVRV—RV————
D1Baseball[8]——————————————————

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† 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. ^ "2022 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference.
  2. ^ "Official Baseball Roster". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Baseball Schedule". West Virginia Mountaineers. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  6. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  7. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  8. ^ D1Baseball poll
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.