2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his third season as head coach at Carolina.

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	32–25 (13–17 SEC)
Head coach	Chad Holbrook (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Meyers (5th/13th season) Sammy Esposito (8th season)
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Vanderbilt  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10		.667			51	–	21		.708
No. 3 Florida  ‍‍‡‍y	19	–	11		.633			52	–	18		.743
Missouri  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	28		.517
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	14	–	15		.483			30	–	25		.545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			32	–	25		.561
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	11	–	18		.379			24	–	26		.480
Georgia  ‍‍‍	10	–	19		.345			26	–	28		.481
Western
No. 5 LSU  x‍†‍‍y	21	–	8		.724			54	–	12		.818
No. 11 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	18	–	10		.643			50	–	14		.781
No. 7 Arkansas ‍‍‍y	17	–	12		.586			40	–	25		.615
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y	15	–	14		.517			30	–	28		.517
Auburn ‍‍‍y	13	–	17		.433			36	–	26		.581
Alabama  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			32	–	28		.533
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			24	–	30		.444
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster
	Pitchers 6 - Clarke Schmidt - Freshman 9 - Brandon Murray - Freshman 13 - Jack Wynkoop - Junior 17 - Taylor Widener - Sophomore 18 - - Tyler Haswell - Freshman 21 - Tyler Johnson - Freshman 23 - Vince Fiori - Junior 24 - Alex Destino - Freshman 26 - Matthew Vogel - Sophomore 28 - John Parke - Sophomore 32 - Canaan Cropper - Freshman 37 - Wil Crowe - Sophomore 39 - Reed Scott - Sophomore 42 - Cody Mincey - Senior 44 - Preston Johnson - Junior 47 - Josh Reagan - Sophomore Catchers 16 - Logan Koch - Sophomore 36 - Jared Martin - Junior 38 - Hunter Taylor - Freshman 50 - Thatcher Coleman - Sophomore		Infielders 3 - Jared Williams - Freshman 7 - DC Arendas - Junior 8 - Marcus Mooney - Junior 14 - Madison Stokes - Freshman 15 - Jordan Gore - Sophomore 22 - Max Schrock - Junior 31 - Weber Pike - Sophomore 33 - Kyle Martin - Senior 34 - Collin Steagall - Junior 48 - Matt Williams - Freshman Outfielders 4 - Connor Bright - Senior 5 - Patrick Harrington - Senior 10 - Clark Scolamiero - Freshman 19 - Gene Cone - Sophomore 30 - Elliott Caldwell - Senior

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching staff

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff

2 Chad Holbrook – Head coach – 3 years 12 Jerry Meyers – Associate head coach - 5 years / 13 years 41 Sammy Esposito – Assistant Coach - 8 years 55 Brian Buscher – Volunteer Assistant Coach - 3 years

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios https://web.archive.org/web/20110926074934/http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule

2015 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log[1]
Regular season
February Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record February 13 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC L 3–6 Clarke (1–0) Wynkoop (0–1) None 8,013 0–1 – February 14 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 7–1 Crowe (1–0) Helvey (0–1) None 8,032 1–1 – February 14 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 8–3 Murray (1–0) Bauer (0–1) Widener (1) 8,032 2–1 – February 17 Furman Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 5–2 Schmidt (1–0) Greenfield (0–2) Murray (1) 6,652 3–1 – February 21 Northeastern Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 10–1 Wynkoop (1–1) Berger (1–1) None 7,220 4–1 – February 21 Northeastern Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 6–0 Fiori (1–0) Hunt (1–1) None 7,220 5–1 – February 22 Northeastern Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 6–4 Schmidt (2–0) Mulry (0–2) Widener (2) 7,024 6–1 – February 27 at Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC L 4–11 Crownover (2–0) Crowe (1–1) Schnell (1) 6,272 6–2 – February 28 vs. Clemson Fluor Field • Greenville, SC W 4–1 Wynkoop (2–1) Erwin (1–1) Widener (3) 7,175 7–2 –
March Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record March 2 Clemson Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC L 0–7 Koerner (2–1) Reagan (0–1) None 8,242 7–3 – March 3 Charleston Southern Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 10–4 Parke (1–0) Ministeri (0–1) Fiori (1) 6,753 8–3 – March 4 High Point Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 11–3 P. Johnson (1–0) Ripke (0–1) None 7,013 9–3 – March 6 Miami (OH) Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 2–0 Crowe (2–1) Powers (1–3) Widener (4) 6,595 10–3 – March 7 Miami (OH) Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 7–0 Wynkoop (3–1) Banks (1–3) None 7,321 11–3 – March 8 Miami (OH) Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 5–3 Fiori (2–0) Williams (0–1) Widener (5) 6,992 12–3 – March 10 Penn State Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 3–0 Reagan (1–1) Boylston (0–1) Mincey (1) 6,947 13–3 – March 11 Penn State Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 13–3 P. Johnson (2–0) Donmoyer (0–1) None 6,566 14–3 – March 13 Kentucky Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 1-0 Crowe (3–1) Brown (1–2) None 6,604 15–3 1–0 March 14 Kentucky Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 4–3 Wynkoop (4–1) Beggs (2–2) Widener (6) 7,025 16–3 2–0 March 15 Kentucky Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 6–410 Widener (1–0) Salow (1–1) None 7,499 17–3 3–0 March 17 Winthrop Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC L 5–711 Strain (2–0) Mincey (0–1) None 7,205 17–4 – March 20 at Missouri Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO L 2–3 McClain (4–1) Crowe (3–2) Williams (6) 786 17–5 3–1 March 21 at Missouri Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO L 3–410 Williams (4–0) Widener (1–1) None 2,032 17–6 3–2 March 22 at Missouri Taylor Stadium • Columbia, MO W 7–5 Murray (2–0) Tribby (0–1) Fiori (2) 1,243 18–6 4–2 March 24 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC L 8–911 Beckwith (2–0) Widener (1–2) None 3,086 18–7 – March 28 Georgia Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC L 5–611 Cheek (2–1) Wynkoop (4–2) None 7,491 18–8 4–3 March 28 Georgia Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC L 3–4 McLaughlin (3–1) Scott (0–1) None 8,242 18–9 4–4 March 29 Georgia Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 8–5 Murray (3–0) Jones (0–2) Wynkoop (1) 7,815 19–9 5–4 March 31 at The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, SC W 2–0 Mincey (1–1) Byelick (1–1) Widener (7) 5,972 20–9 –
April Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record April 2 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 2–13 Laster (4–1) Crowe (3–3) None 7,014 20–10 5–5 April 3 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS L 5–7 Brown (5–1) Wynkoop (4–3) Fitts (5) 6,682 20–11 5–6 April 4 at Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS W 13–7 Murray (4–0) Tatum None 7,527 21–11 6–6 April 7 Appalachian State Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 11–1 Scott (1–1) Mason (0–2) None 7,216 22–11 – April 8 The Citadel Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC W 4–2 Fiori (3–0) Watcher (0–1) Widener (8) 8,075 23-11 – April 10 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 3–14 Poyner (2-1) Crowe (3-4) None 5,060 23-12 6-7 April 11 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 5-12 Puk (6–3) Wynkoop (4-4) None 5,076 23-13 6–8 April 12 at Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL L 2-12 Faedo (3-1) Widener (1-3) None 2,997 23-14 6-9 April 14 Presbyterian Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC April 16 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC April 17 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC April 18 Vanderbilt Carolina Stadium • Columbia, SC April 21 vs Furman Fluor Field • Greenville, SC April 24 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN April 25 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN April 26 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN
May Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
Post-season
SEC Tournament Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT Record

Honors and awards

• Wil Crowe was named SEC Co-Pitcher of the Week on March 16,^[2]

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2015 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2015 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	12–18		0–3	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	.	.	1–2	1–2	ALA	W6	3–7	1–2
ARK	17–12	3–0		2–1	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	.	2–1	.	1–1	2–1	0–3	ARK	W3	7–2	1–1
AUB	13–17	0–3	1–2		1–2	3–0	.	1–2	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	1–2	AUB	W5	4–6	1–2
FLA	19–11	2–1	.	2–1		2–1	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	2–1	FLA	E2	7–3	2–0
UGA	10–19	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–2		2–1	0–2	.	0–3	.	2–1	3–0	.	0–3	UGA	E7	3–7	1–3
KEN	14–15	.	1–2	.	2–1	1–2		2–1	2–1	2–1	.	0–3	3–0	0–2	1–2	KEN	E4	5–5	1–1
LSU	21–8	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	2–0	1–2		2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	2–1	.	LSU	W1	9–1	2–0
MSU	8–22	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	1–2		.	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	.	MSU	W7	1–9	0–3
MIZZ	15–15	2–1	.	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	.		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–3	MIZZ	E3	6–4	1–2
MISS	15–14	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	.	1–2	3–0	1–2		.	1–2	1–1	2–1	MISS	W4	4–5	1–0
SCAR	13–17	.	.	1–2	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	.		1–2	2–1	2–1	SCAR	E5	3–7	1–1
TENN	11–18	.	1–1	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1		0–3	1–2	TENN	E6	3–6	1–3
TAMU	18–10	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	.	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–0		.	TAMU	W2	6–3	2–0
VAN	20–10	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	.	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	.		VAN	E1	7–3	3–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

See also: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[3]	10	10*	10*	8	8	6
Baseball America[4]	13	13	12	12	7	6
Collegiate Baseball^[5]	21	20	15	17	10	6
NCBWA†[6]	11	12	10	10	7	6

^ 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 2015 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team