2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team

2016 Texas Longhorns baseball
Conference Big 12 Conference
2016 record 14–18 (5–4 Big 12)
Head coach Augie Garrido (20th year)
Assistant coach Skip Johnson (10th year)
Assistant coach Tommy Nicholson (4th year)
Assistant coach Ryan Russ (4th year)
Home stadium UFCU Disch–Falk Field
2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#5 Texas Tech y 19 5 0   .792     47 20 0   .701
#4 Oklahoma State y 16 8 0   .667     43 22 0   .662
#3 TCU y 15 9 0   .625     49 18 0   .731
West Virginia 12 11 0   .522     36 22 0   .621
Oklahoma 11 13 0   .458     30 27 1   .526
Baylor 10 14 0   .417     24 29 0   .453
Texas 10 14 0   .417     25 32 0   .439
Kansas State 8 16 0   .333     26 31 0   .456
Kansas 6 17 0   .261     20 35 1   .366
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 1, 2016 (final)[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team represents the University of Texas at Austin during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns play their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Augie Garrido, in his 20th season at Texas.

Previous Season

The 2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team notched a 30–27 (1–13) record and finished fifth in the Big 12 Conference standings.[2] The Longhorns won the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, earning the Big 12's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3] The Longhorns were selected for the Dallas Regional, where they lost their first game to Oregon State and were eliminated from the Tournament with a loss in their second game to Regional host Dallas Baptist.[2]

Personnel

Roster

2016 Texas Longhorns Roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 - Tyler Schimpf (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 14 - Beau Ridgeway (RHP) - Freshman
  • 15 - Eric Dunbar (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 19 - Connor Mayes (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 24 - Chase Shugart (RHP) - Freshman
  • 27 - Travis Duke (LHP) - Senior
  • 29 - Jon Malmin (LHP) - Junior
  • 30 - Josh Sawyer (LHP) - Junior
  • 32 - Nicholas Kennedy (LHP) - Freshman
  • 34 - Kyle Johnston (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 35 - Blake Wellmann (RHP) - Freshman
  • 38 - Ty Culbreth (LHP) - Senior
  • 40 - James Nittoli (LHP) - Freshman
  • 41 - Morgan Cooper (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 42 - Kacy Clemens (RHP) - Junior
  • 43 - Chance Callihan (RHP) - Freshman
  • 45 - Nolan Kingham (RHP) - Freshman
  • 49 - Parker Joe Robinson (RHP) - Freshman
  • 51 - Jake McKenzie (RHP) - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 1 - Tres Barrera - Junior
  • 7 - Michael Cantu - Sophomore
  • 37 - Matthew White - Freshman
  • 46 - James Barton - Senior

Infielders

  • 2 - Kody Clemens - Freshman
  • 5 - Matthew Schmidt - Freshman
  • 11 - Travis Jones - Sophomore
  • 12 - Joe Baker - Sophomore
  • 17 - Bret Boswell - Sophomore
  • 24 - Chase Shugart - Freshman
  • 39 - Tate Shaw - Freshman
  • 42 - Kacy Clemens - Junior
  • 51 - Jake McKenzie - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 4 - Kaleb Denny - Freshman
  • 6 - Tyler Rand - Freshman
  • 8 - Brady Harlan - Freshman
  • 11 - Travis Jones - Sophomore
  • 33 - Patrick Mathis - Sophomore
  • 47 - Ben Kennedy - Sophomore
  • 50 - Zane Gurwitz - Junior
 

Coaching Staff

Name Position Seasons at
Texas
Alma Mater
Augie Garrido Head Coach 20 Fresno State University (1961)
Skip Johnson Associate Head Coach 10 University of Texas–Pan American (1990)
Tommy Nicholson Assistant Coach 4 University of Texas at Austin (2006)
Ryan Russ Volunteer Assistant Coach 4 University of Texas at Austin (2004)

Schedule & Results

2016 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log
Legend:           = Win           = Loss      Bold = Texas team member
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches'[5] RV RV* RV* RV NR NR NR NR  
Baseball America[6] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^[7] 40 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
NCBWA[8] 29 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* 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. "Big 12 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "2015 Big 12 Conference Final Weekly Release" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. "Baseball wins Big 12 Championship, 6-3 over Oklahoma State". University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics. May 24, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  4. "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  5. Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
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