2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

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2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Kentucky Wildcats logo.svg
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2021 record26-15 (10-11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Will Coggin
  • Dan Roszel
Home stadiumKentucky Proud Park
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 6 Tennessee  x‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 50 18   .735
No. 2 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 19 10   .655 49 18   .731
Florida  ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 38 22   .633
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 34 23   .596
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 31 25   .554
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 29 23   .558
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 8 22   .267 15 36   .294
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  xy 22 8   .733 50 13   .794
No. 1 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 50 18   .735
No. 13 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 45 22   .672
No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍y 13 17   .433 38 25   .603
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12 17   .414 32 26   .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 25 27   .481
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 29 27   .518
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2021[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Kentucky is competing in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats play their home games at Kentucky Proud Park.

Previous season[]

The Wildcats finished 11-6 overall, and 0–0 in the conference. The season was prematurely cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel[]

Roster[]

2021 Kentucky Wildcats roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 - Trip Lockhart - Senior
  • 16 - Cole Stupp - Sophomore
  • 20 - Braxton Cottongame - Junior
  • 21 - Wyatt Hudepohl - Freshman
  • 22 - Dillon Marsh - Junior
  • 24 - Ryan Hagenow - Freshman
  • 31 - Alex Degen - Junior
  • 34 - Sean Harney - Senior
  • 35 - Cole Daniels - Junior
  • 36 - Ron Cole - Sophomore
  • 38 - Jimmy Ramsey - Senior
  • 39 - Hunter Rigsby - Junior
  • 40 - Zach Kammin - Graduate Student
  • 41 - Evan Byers - Freshman
  • 45 - Holt Jones - Senior
  • 46 - Seth Logue - Freshman
  • 48 - Zack Lee - Sophomore
  • 49 - Austin Strickland - Freshman
  • 50 - Mason Hazelwood - Senior
  • 54 - Daniel Harper - Senior
  • 55 - Tyler Burchett - Redshirt Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 9 - Alonzo Rubalcaba - Junior
  • 13 - Brendan Hord - Sophomore
  • 25 - Coltyn Kessler - Senior
  • 44 - Devin Burkes - Freshman

Infielders

  • 4 - Zeke Lewis - Graduate Student
  • 5 - T.J. Collett - Graduate Student
  • 6 - Reuben Church - Freshman
  • 7 - Drew Grace - Sophomore
  • 10 - Jack Hicks - Freshman
  • 12 - Chase Estep - Sophomore
  • 26 - Jacob Plastiak - Junior
  • 33 - Trae Harmon - Junior
  • 47 - Ryan Ritter - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - John Rhodes - Sophomore
  • 23 - Houston King - Freshman
  • 28 - Oraj Anu - Senior
  • 30 - Jaren Shelby - Graduate Student
  • 37 - Cam Hill - Redshirt Junior
  • 51 - Chase Bryan - Redshirt Junior

Utility

  • 2 - Austin Schultz (INF/OF) - Junior
  • 8 - Kirk Liebert (OF/C) - Junior
  • 19 - Nolan McCarthy (INF/P) - Freshman
 

Coaching Staff[]

2020 Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff[2]
Name Position
Nick Mingione Head Coach
Dan Roszel Assistant Coach/Pitching
Will Coggin Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Todd Guilliams Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results[]

Legend
  Kentucky win
  Kentucky loss
  Postponement
Bold Kentucky team member
2021 Kentucky Wildcats Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (18-4)
May (0-1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record
May 1 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2-11[43] Tidwell (5-2) Lee (4-4) Walsh (5) SECN+ 2,101 26-15 10-11
May 6 Florida Kentucky Proud Park SECN
May 7 Florida Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 8 Florida Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 11 Morehead State Kentucky Proud Park SECN
May 14 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 15 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 16 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 18 Tennessee Tech Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 20 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field SECN+
May 21 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field SECN+
May 22 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field SECN+
Postseason (0–0)

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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