2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Ray Tanner, who was in his sixteenth season at Carolina.

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
SEC Eastern Division champions Columbia Regional champions Columbia Super Regional champions
College World Series Runner-up vs. Arizona, L 0-2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
CB	No. 2
Record	49–20 (18–11 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Tanner (16th season)
Assistant coaches	Chad Holbrook (4th season) Jerry Meyers (2nd/10th season) Sammy Esposito (5th season)
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	18	–	11		.621			49	–	20		.710
No. 6 Florida  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			47	–	20		.701
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			45	–	18		.714
No. 25 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			35	–	28		.556
Georgia  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			31	–	26		.544
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			24	–	31		.436
Western
No. 11 LSU  x‍†‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			47	–	18		.723
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			46	–	22		.676
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	14		.533			40	–	24		.625
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16		.467			37	–	26		.587
Auburn  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			31	–	28		.525
Alabama  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			21	–	34		.382
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 26, 2012[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Personnel

Roster

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
	Pitchers 6 Joel Seddon - Freshman 10 Drake Thomason - Freshman 14 Evan Beal - Freshman 15 Nolan Belcher - Junior 22 Matt Price - Junior 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman 25 Adam Westmoreland - Junior 27 Forrest Koumas - Sophomore 29 Michael Roth - Senior 32 Ethan Carter - Junior 34 Jordan Montgomery - Freshman 35 Logan Munson - Senior 36 Hunter Privette - Junior 38 Tyler Webb - Junior 39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior 44 Colby Holmes - Junior		Infielders 4 Connor Bright - Freshman 8 TJ Costen - Freshman 9 Joey Pankake - Freshman 13 Christian Walker - Junior 16 Chase Vergason - Junior 19 Tanner Lovick - Junior 20 LB Dantzler - Junior 24 Brison Celek - Sophomore 30 Erik Payne - Sophomore 33 Kyle Martin - Freshman		Catchers 5 Patrick Harrington - Freshman 18 Dante Rosenberg - Junior 21 Grayson Greiner - Freshman Outfielders 3 Tanner English - Freshman 11 Sean Sullivan - Junior 17 Seth Constable - Freshman 26 Adam Matthews - Senior 31 Evan Marzilli - Junior

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Coaching staff

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff

1 Ray Tanner - Head Coach - 16 years 2 Chad Holbrook - Assistant Coach - 4 years 12 Jerry Meyers - Assistant Coach - 2 years / 10 years 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 5 years 55 Drew Meyer - Assistant Coach - Undergraduate

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Schedule

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log
Regular season
February # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 1 February 17 VMI Carolina Stadium 2–1 Webb (1–0) Watts (0–1) Koumas (1) 8,242 1–0 – 2 February 18 VMI Carolina Stadium 3–2 Carter (1–0) Garrett (0–1) None 7,675 2–0 – 3 February 18 VMI Carolina Stadium 13–1 Holmes (1–0) Brown (0–1) None 7,336 3–0 – 4 February 24 Elon Carolina Stadium 8–1 Roth (1–0) Webb (1–1) None 6,618 4–0 – 5 February 25 Elon Carolina Stadium 3-2 Price (1-0) Clark (1-1) Koumas (2) 7,606 5–0 – 6 February 26 Elon Carolina Stadium 6-0 Holmes (2-0) Whitehead (0-1) None 7,304 6–0 – 7 February 28 Presbyterian Carolina Stadium 2-1 Belcher (1-0) Dees (0-1) Webb (1) 6,521 7–0 –
March # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 8 March 2 vs. Clemson Joe Riley Park 3-211 Koumas (1-0) Gossett (0-1) Belcher (1) 5,851 8–0 – 9 March 3 Clemson Carolina Stadium 9-6 Beal (1-0) Leone (2-1) Belcher (2) 8,242 9–0 – 10 March 4 @Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium 5-6 Firth (1-0) Koumas (1-1) None 6,039 9–1 – 11 March 7 UNC Asheville Carolina Stadium 8-1 Seddon (1-0) Roland (2-2) None 6,403 10–1 – 12 March 9 Princeton Carolina Stadium 2-1 Roth (2-0) Hermans (1-1) Beal (1) 6,813 11–1 – 13 March 10 Princeton Carolina Stadium 6-1 Price (2-0) Ford (0-2) Koumas (3) 7,426 12–1 – 14 March 11 Princeton Carolina Stadium 3-1 Holmes (3-0) Bowman (1-1) Beal (2) 7,122 13–1 – 15 March 13 Charleston Southern Carolina Stadium 5-2 Westmoreland (1-0) Buran (0-2) Seddon (1) 6,836 14–1 – 16 March 14 Appalachian State Carolina Stadium 6-4 Webb (2-0) Farmer (1-1) Beal (3) 7,278 15–1 – 17 March 16 @Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 3-4 Peterson (2-0) Beal (1-1) None 2,032 15–2 0–1 18 March 17 @Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 3-4 Reed (4-0) Price (2-1) Gott (4) 1,950 15–3 0–2 19 March 18 @Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 3-6 Wijas (2-0) Belcher (1-1) Gott (5) 2,571 15–4 0–3 20 March 20 @Furman Fluor Field 8-5 Privette (1-0) Wood (3-2) Beal (4) 5,965 16–4 – 21 March 21 Wofford Carolina Stadium 4-511 Eck (3-1) Beal (1-2) None 6,923 16–5 – 22 March 22 Florida Carolina Stadium 9-3 Price (3-1) Rodriguez (3-1) None 8,242 17–5 1–3 23 March 23 Florida Carolina Stadium 2-8 Johnson (4-0) Koumas (1-2) None 8,242 17–6 1–4 24 March 24 Florida Carolina Stadium 4-5 Maddox (2-0) Price (3-2) None 8,242 17–7 1–5 25 March 27 @The Citadel Joe Riley Park 7-3 Montgomery (1-0) Tompkins (0-1) None 4,417 18–7 – 26 March 30 @Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 8-3 Roth (3-0) Ziomek (2-4) Price (1) 2,525 19–7 2–5 27 March 31 @Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 4-12 Beede (1-3) Beal (1-3) Miller (2) 3,113 19–8 2–6
April # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 28 April 1 @Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 6-413 Montgomery (2-0) Pfeifer (0-1) None 2,851 20–8 3–6 29 April 4 @College of Charleston Patriot's Point 7-0 Westmoreland (2-0) West (2-3) None 1,767 21–8 – 30 April 6 Tennessee Carolina Stadium 4-5 Steckenrider (3-2) Price (3-3) Blount (8) 8,242 21–9 3–7 31 April 7 Tennessee Carolina Stadium 2-1 Webb (3-0) Watson (3-1) None 7,448 22–9 4–7 32 April 8 Tennessee Carolina Stadium 6-1 Holmes (4-0) Williams (2-3) Beal (5) 6,981 23–9 5–7 33 April 10 The Citadel Carolina Stadium 8-0 Belcher (2-1) Clarkson (1-3) None 7,129 24–9 – 34 April 11 @Francis Marion Clifford Cormell Field 4-5 Broderick (6-1) Westmoreland (2-1) Stoner (2) 1,755 24–10 – 35 April 13 Mississippi State Carolina Stadium 7-6 Beal (2-3) Reed (0-5) Price (2) 8,105 25–10 6–7 36 April 14 Mississippi State Carolina Stadium 5-3 Montgomery (3-0) Graveman (2-2) Price (3) 8,242 26–10 7–7 37 April 15 Mississippi State Carolina Stadium 6-4 Holmes (5-0) Mitchell (1-1) Webb (2) 7,011 27–10 8–7 38 April 17 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium 3-4 West (4-3) Belcher (2-2) Peterson (9) 6,913 27–11 – 39 April 20 @Auburn Plainsman Park 12-5 Roth (4-0) Varnadore (1-6) None 2,949 28–11 9–7 40 April 21 @Auburn Plainsman Park 5-3 Montgomery (4-0) Jacobs (5-1) Price (4) 3,701 29–11 10–7 41 April 22 @Auburn Plainsman Park 11-7 Holmes (6-0) Koger (2-4) None 2,747 30–11 11–7 - April 26 Alabama Carolina Stadium Suspended 42 April 27 Alabama Carolina Stadium 1-0 Webb (4-0) Keller (1-3) Price (5) 7,403 31–11 12–7 43 April 27 Alabama Carolina Stadium 12-11 Belcher (3-2) Keller (1-4) None 8,242 32–11 13–7 44 April 28 Alabama Carolina Stadium 9-1 Belcher (4-2) Kamplain (1-4) None 8,242 33–11 14–7
May # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record 45 May 2 Davidson Carolina Stadium 2-1 Koumas (2-2) Russell (4-5) Price (6) 7,177 34–11 – 46 May 4 @Arkansas Baum Stadium 8-610 Beal (3-3) Astin (2-4) Price (7) 8,982 35–11 15–7 47 May 5 @Arkansas Baum Stadium 6-7 Wright (1-0) Montgomery (4-1) Astin (9) 8,774 35–12 15–8 48 May 6 @Arkansas Baum Stadium 10-7 Price (4-3) Baxendale (6-3) None 8,461 36–12 16–8 49 May 9 Furman Carolina Stadium 7-0 Seddon (2-0) Carlson (1-5) None 6,774 37–12 – 50 May 11 @Georgia Foley Field 3-0 Roth (5-0) Wood (6-2) Price (8) 2,744 38–12 17–8 51 May 12 @Georgia Foley Field 5-6 Nagel (1-1) Price (4-4) None 2,686 38–13 17–9 – May 13 @Georgia Foley Field Cancelled – May 15 USC Upstate Carolina Stadium Cancelled – May 17 LSU Carolina Stadium Postponed 52 May 18 LSU Carolina Stadium 2-5 Gausman (9-1) Roth (5-1) None 7,914 38–14 17–10 53 May 18 LSU Carolina Stadium 5-4 Webb (5-0) Nola (6-4) Price (9) 8,242 39–14 18–10 54 May 19 LSU Carolina Stadium 2-310 Cotton (6-0) Beal (3-4) Goody (10) 8,242 39–15 18–11
Post-season
SEC Tournament # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record 55 May 23 Vanderbilt Regions Park 2-3 Ziomek (5-6) Webb (5-1) Clinard (5) 6,860 39–16 0–1 56 May 24 Auburn Regions Park 5-3 Roth (6-1) Luckie (2-2) Price (10) 40–16 1–1 57 May 25 Florida Regions Park 2-7 Johnson (7-4) Holmes (6-1) None 9,067 40–17 1–2
NCAA Regionals # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record 58 June 1 Manhattan Carolina Stadium 7-0 Holmes (7-1) Sewitt (11-2) None 7,043 41–17 1–0 59 June 2 Clemson Carolina Stadium 5-412 Beal (4-4) Brady (1-3) None 8,242 42–17 2–0 60 June 3 Clemson Carolina Stadium 4-3 Montgomery (5-1) Haselden (4-2) Webb (3) 8,242 43–17 3–0
NCAA Super Regionals # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record 61 June 9 Oklahoma Carolina Stadium 5-0 Roth (7-1) John (8-8) None 8,242 44–17 4–0 - June 10 Oklahoma Carolina Stadium Suspended 62 June 11 Oklahoma Carolina Stadium 5-1 Webb (6-1) Okert (9-8) Price (11) 8,242 45–17 5–0
College World Series # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record 63 June 16 Florida TD Ameritrade Park 7-3 Roth (8-1) Johnson (8-5) Price (12) 25,291 46–17 6–0 64 June 18 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park 1-2 Stanek (8-4) Holmes (7-2) Astin (11) 23,537 46–18 6–1 - June 20 Kent State TD Ameritrade Park Postponed 65 June 21 Kent State TD Ameritrade Park 4-1 Roth (9-1) Skulina (11-3) None 47–18 7–1 66 June 21 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park 2-0 Montgomery (6-1) Fant (2-3) Price (13) 23,593 48–18 8–1 67 June 22 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park 3-2 Price (5-4) Suggs (7-1) None 22,184 49–18 9–1 68 June 24 Arizona TD Ameritrade Park 1-5 Wade (11-3) Koumas (2-3) None 24,748 49–19 9–2 69 June 25 Arizona TD Ameritrade Park 1-4 Troupe (6-1) Price (5-5) None 23,872 49–20 9–3

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Honors and awards

• Michael Roth was named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year.^[2]
• Jordan Montgomery was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 9.^[3]
• Grayson Greiner was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 16.^[4]
• Michael Roth was named First-Team Capital One Academic All-American.^[5]
• Michael Roth was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.^[6]
• Christian Walker was named First Team All-SEC, Matt Price was named Second Team All-SEC, Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake were named Freshman All-SEC, and Michael Roth and Evan Marzilli were named Defensive All-SEC.^[7]
• Adam Matthews was named MVP of the NCAA Columbia Regional. LB Dantzler, Colby Holmes, Jordan Montgomery, Joey Pankake and Chase Vergason were also named to the All-Tournament team.^[8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[9]	2	2*	3	3	3	8	10	10	9	8	5	3	3	2	4	6	—	—	2
Baseball America[10]	3	3	3	3	3	8	11	11	10	9	7	5	4	2	7	7	—	—	2
Collegiate Baseball^[11]	2	2	2	2	2	6	14	18	18	13	7	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
NCBWA†[12]	2	2	3	3	3	6	9	8	7	6	4	3	3	1	5	6	5	4	2

^ 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.

Gamecocks in the 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Christian Walker	1B	4th	132nd	Baltimore Orioles
Matt Price	RHP	7th	222nd	Baltimore Orioles
Evan Marzilli	OF	8th	273rd	Arizona Diamondbacks
Michael Roth	LHP	9th	297th	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Adam Matthews	OF	29th	892nd	Cincinnati Reds