1993 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 1993 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented the Oklahoma State University–Stillwater in the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium. The team was coached by Gary Ward in his 16th year at Oklahoma State.

1993 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Big Eight champions Midwest Regional champions
College World Series, 4th
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
CB	No. 4
Record	47–16 (16–8 Big 8)
Head coach	Gary Ward (16th season)
Pitching coach	Tom Holliday (16th season)
Home stadium	Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Big Eight Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma State  ‍†‍‡‍y	16	–	8		.667			45	–	17		.726
No. 8 Kansas  ‍‍‍y	17	–	9		.654			39	–	19		.672
Missouri  ‍‍‍	15	–	10		.600			30	–	19		.612
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	16	–	12		.571			35	–	23		.603
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			31	–	24		.564
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	6	–	17		.261			15	–	34		.306
Iowa State  ‍‍‍	5	–	18		.217			17	–	28		.378
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1993[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cowboys won the Midwest Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Wichita State Shockers.

Roster

1993 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town INF Sal Bando Jr. / — — Mequon, Wisconsin RHP Jason Bell R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Orlando, Florida LHP Jake Benz L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 162 lb (73 kg) Pleasant Hill, California Bobby Buzzard / — — Thad Chaddrick L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Bridge City, Texas Chabon Childers / — — P Marcus Cuper / — — RHP Greg Dean R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Ada, Oklahoma RHP Rob Gaiko R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Stillwater, Oklahoma INF Carl Ginstead S/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Lake Worth, Florida P Brad Gore / — — Taloga, Oklahoma OF Jason Heath / — — Cleveland, Texas P Jay Hogue / — — Montgomery, Texas OF Sean Hugo L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma P Billy Kanwisher / — — P Rob Linfante / — — INF Roberto Lopez S/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Bayamón, Puerto Rico Angel Martinez / — — P Brent Nichols / — — INF Fred Ocasio / — — So Bayamón, Puerto Rico P Scott Pollan / — — OF Peter Prodanov R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Princeton Junction, New Jersey David Pruett / — — INF Ernesto Rivera / — — Skip Sharp / — — INF Hunter Triplett / — — C Joe Wallace / — — Granite City, Illinois RHP Earl Wheeler R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Dexter, Missouri P Dale Wicks / — —	Head coach 20 Gary Ward Assistant coach(es) Wade Robertson Pitching coach(es) Tom Holliday Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: March 18, 2021

Schedule

1993 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log
Regular season
February (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 1 February 21 Southern Illinois Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 9–6 1–0 – 2 February 22 Southern Illinois Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 1–2 1–1 – 3 February 26 at Grand Canyon Brazell Field • Phoenix, Arizona 5–4 2–1 – 4 February 27 at Grand Canyon Brazell Field • Phoenix, Arizona 12–4 3–1 – 5 February 28 at Grand Canyon Brazell Field • Phoenix, Arizona 4–3 4–1 –
March (10–6) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 6 March 5 vs Houston Moore Family Field • Lafayette, Louisiana 28–9 5–1 – 7 March 6 at Southwestern Louisiana Moore Family Field • Lafayette, Louisiana 10–5 6–1 – 8 March 7 vs Ole Miss Moore Family Field • Lafayette, Louisiana 4–3 7–1 – 9 March 9 at Abilene Christian Crutcher Scott Field • Abilene, Texas 6–7 7–2 – 10 March 10 at Texas–Arlington Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, Texas 13–26 7–3 – 11 March 14 New Mexico State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 16–7 8–3 – 12 March 15 New Mexico State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 8–1 9–3 – 13 March 16 Missouri Southern Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 13–0 10–3 – 14 March 17 Texas–Arlington Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 17–3 11–3 – 15 March 20 Iowa State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 10–7 12–3 1–0 16 March 21 Iowa State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 18–8 13–3 2–0 17 March 23 Kansas Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 14–4 14–3 3–0 18 March 24 Kansas Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 4–7 14–4 3–1 19 March 26 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas 8–9 14–5 3–2 20 March 27 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas 3–4 14–6 3–3 21 March 28 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, Kansas 2–9 14–7 3–4
April (15–5) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 22 April 2 Nebraska Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 7–9 14–8 3–5 23 April 2 Nebraska Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 13–2 15–8 4–5 24 April 3 Nebraska Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 11–5 16–8 5–5 25 April 6 Kansas State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 5–3 17–8 6–5 26 April 7 Kansas State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 14–13 18–8 7–5 27 April 10 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 5–4 19–8 8–5 28 April 10 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 9–6 20–8 9–5 29 April 11 at Iowa State Cap Timm Field • Ames, Iowa 5–8 20–9 9–6 30 April 16 vs Oklahoma Drillers Stadium • Tulsa, Oklahoma 0–4 20–10 9–7 31 April 17 vs Oklahoma All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 9–4 21–10 10–7 32 April 18 vs Oklahoma All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 17–5 22–10 11–7 33 April 19 at Arkansas George Cole Field • Fayetteville, Arkansas 1–4 22–11 11–7 34 April 20 at Oklahoma L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park • Norman, Oklahoma 11–9 23–11 12–7 35 April 21 Oklahoma Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 12–10 24–11 13–7 36 April 23 at Kansas State KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas 24–4 25–11 14–7 37 April 24 at Kansas State KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas 17–8 26–11 15–7 38 April 25 at Kansas State KSU Baseball Stadium • Manhattan, Kansas 5–4 27–11 16–7 39 April 26 Arkansas Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 4–1 28–11 16–7 40 April 27 at Wichita State Eck Stadium • Wichita, Kansas 7–12 28–12 16–7 41 April 30 Texas Wesleyan Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 18–0 29–12 16–7
May (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 42 May 1 Texas Wesleyan Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 11–2 30–12 16–7 43 May 1 Texas Wesleyan Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 13–0 31–12 16–7 44 May 7 Missouri Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 4–10 31–13 16–8 45 May 13 at Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, Maine 2–1 32–13 16–8 46 May 14 at Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, Maine 12–6 33–13 16–8 47 May 15 at Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, Maine 9–8 34–13 16–8
Postseason
Big Eight Conference Tournament (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 48 May 20 vs Kansas State All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 8–2 35–13 16–8 49 May 21 vs Missouri All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 8–4 36–13 16–8 50 May 22 vs Kansas All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 8–9 36–14 16–8 51 May 22 vs Nebraska All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 8–4 37–14 16–8 52 May 23 vs Kansas All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 6–4 38–14 16–8 53 May 23 vs Kansas All Sports Stadium • Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 9–8 39–14 16–8
NCAA Midwest Regional (4–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 54 May 28 Connecticut Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 9–5 40–14 16–8 55 May 29 Auburn Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 14–10 41–14 16–8 56 May 30 NC State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 8–3 42–14 16–8 57 May 31 Arizona Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 0–4 42–15 16–8 58 May 31 Arizona Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 11–10 43–15 16–8
College World Series (2–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Big 8 record 59 June 5 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–6 43–16 16–8 60 June 7 vs Arizona State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–4 44–16 16–8 61 June 8 vs Texas Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 7–6 45–16 16–8 62 June 10 vs Wichita State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 4–10 45–17 16–8

Awards and honors

Jake Benz

• All-Big Eight Conference

Thad Chaddrick

• All-Big Eight Conference
• First Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

Rob Gaiko

• Big Eight Conference All-Tournament Team

Jason Heath

• College World Series All-Tournament Team

Sean Hugo

• Big Eight Conference All-Tournament Team

Roberto Lopez

• Big Eight Conference All-Tournament Team

Fred Ocasio

• Honorable Mention All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

Ernesto Rivera

• All-Big Eight Conference
• Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• First Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

Hunter Triplett

• Big Eight Conference All-Tournament Team
• College World Series All-Tournament Team