2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

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2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
USC baseball logo.svg
Columbia Regional, 2-2
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
CBNo. 25
2014 record44–18 (18–12 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Meyers (4th/12th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (7th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
Seasons
← 2013
2015 →
2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida x‍†‍‍y 21 – 9 – 0   .700     40 – 23 – 0   .635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     44 – 18 – 0   .710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567     51 – 21 – 0   .708
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467     37 – 25 – 0   .597
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400     31 – 23 – 0   .574
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 18 – 1   .383     26 – 29 – 1   .473
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24 – 0   .200     20 – 33 – 0   .377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss x‍‍‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633     48 – 21 – 0   .696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 11 – 1   .603     46 – 16 – 1   .738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 18 – 12 – 0   .600     39 – 24 – 0   .619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533     40 – 25 – 0   .615
Alabama ‍‍‍y 15 – 14 – 0   .517     37 – 24 – 0   .607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467     36 – 26 – 0   .581
Auburn ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333     28 – 28 – 0   .500
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks play their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team is coached by Chad Holbrook, who is in his second season as head coach at Carolina.

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Junior
  • 13 Jack Wynkoop - Sophomore
  • 14 Evan Beal - Junior
  • 17 Taylor Widener - Freshman
  • 18 Tyler Haswell - Freshman
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Sophomore
  • 26 Matthew Vogel - Freshman
  • 28 John Parke - Freshman
  • 32 Canaan Cropper - Freshman
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Junior
  • 35 Curt Britt - Sophomore
  • 36 Hunter Privette - Senior
  • 37 Wil Crowe - Freshman
  • 39 Reed Scott - Freshman
  • 42 Cody Mincey - Junior
  • 46 Jackson Smith - Freshman
  • 47 Josh Reagan - Freshman
  • 54 Trey McNickle - Junior
  

Infielders

  • 7 DC Arendas - Sophomore
  • 8 Marcus Mooney - Sophomore
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Junior
  • 15 Jordan Gore - Freshman
  • 22 Max Schrock - Sophomore
  • 24 Brison Celek - Senior
  • 31 Weber Pike - Freshman
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Junior
  

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Junior
  • 16 Logan Koch - Freshman
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Junior

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Junior
  • 4 Connor Bright - Junior
  • 11 Zack Madden - Freshman
  • 19 Gene Cone - Freshman
  • 20 Brock Maxwell - Freshman
  • 30 Elliot Caldwell - Junior
  

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Coaching staff[]

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Head Coach - 2 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate Head Coach - 4 years / 12 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 7 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 2 years

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule[]

2014 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February
March
April
May
Post-Season
NCAA Tournament: Columbia Regional

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Honors and awards[]

  • Wil Crowe was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on February 18,[1] SEC Freshman of the Week on February 25,[2] and Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American.[3]
  • Tanner English was named Second-Team All-SEC.[4]
  • Grayson Greiner was named SEC Player of the Week on March 31,[5] SEC All-Defensive Team,[6] Baseball America Second-Team All-American,[7] and Johnny Bench Award semifinalist.[8]
  • Joey Pankake was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team.[9]
  • Joel Seddon was named Second-Team All-SEC.[10] and NCBWA Second-Team All-American.[11]

Rankings[]

See also: 2014 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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'[12] 14 14* 14* 1 1 2 3 3 4 6 8 7 11 8 6 13 -  
Baseball America[13] 7 5 3 3 1 1 2 2 5 11 11 9 17 17 15 18 -  
Collegiate Baseball^[14] 14 10 5 1 1 1 2 1 4 15 18 14 19 17 15 15 25  
NCBWA†[15] 12 9 6 3 1 2 4 2 4 6 8 7 12 9 9 12 23  
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^ 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.


Gamecocks in the 2014 MLB Draft[]

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Grayson Greiner C 3rd 99th Detroit Tigers
Jordan Montgomery LHP 4th 122nd New York Yankees
Joey Pankake 3B 7th 220th Detroit Tigers
Tanner English OF 11th 320th Minnesota Twins
Joel Seddon RHP 11th 342nd Oakland A's
Kyle Martin 1B 20th 599th Anaheim Angels
Evan Beal RHP 21st 633rd Kansas City Royals

References[]

  1. ^ Crowe Named SEC Pitcher of the Week
  2. ^ Crowe Named SEC Freshman of the Week
  3. ^ Wil Crowe Earns Freshman All-America Honors From Collegiate Baseball
  4. ^ Several Gamecocks Honored By Southeastern Conference
  5. ^ Greiner Named SEC Player of the Week
  6. ^ Several Gamecocks Honored By Southeastern Conference
  7. ^ Greiner Earns All-America Honors From Baseball America
  8. ^ Greiner Named Semifinalist For Johnny Bench Award
  9. ^ Several Gamecocks Honored By Southeastern Conference
  10. ^ Several Gamecocks Honored By Southeastern Conference
  11. ^ Joel Seddon Earns All-America Honors From NCBWA
  12. ^ USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  13. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  14. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  15. ^ NCBWA Division I poll

External links[]

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