2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2013 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 first season as head coach at Carolina.

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
CBNo. 13
2013 record43–20 (17–12 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Meyers (3rd/11th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (6th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
2013 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 9 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‍y 26–3 .897  54–12 .818
No. 13 South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 17–12 .586  43–20 .683
Florida  ‍‍‍y 14–16 .467  29–30 .492
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  30–25 .545
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  18–32 .360
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9–19 .321  22–30 .423
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .259  21–32 .396
Western
No. 7 LSU  x‍‍‡‍y 23–7 .767  57–11 .838
No. 18 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18–11 .621  39–22 .639
No. 2 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 16–14 .533  51–20 .718
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  38–24 .613
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 14–15 .483  35–28 .556
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 13–16 .448  34–29 .540
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  33–23 .589
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 26, 2013[1][2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster
2013 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Sophomore
  • 10 Drake Thomason - Sophomore
  • 13 Jack Wynkoop - Freshman
  • 14 Evan Beal - Sophomore
  • 15 Nolan Belcher - Senior
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman
  • 25 Adam Westmoreland - Senior
  • 27 Forrest Koumas - Junior
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Sophomore
  • 35 Curt Britt - Freshman
  • 37 Josh Knab - Junior
  • 38 Tyler Webb - Senior
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Senior
  • 43 Alex Satterfield - Freshman
  • 44 Colby Holmes - Senior
  • 46 Tyler Jackson - Freshman
  

Infielders

  • 4 Connor Bright - Sophomore
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Sophomore
  • 16 Chase Vergason - Senior
  • 19 DC Arendas - Freshman
  • 20 LB Dantzler - Senior
  • 22 Max Schrock - Freshman
  • 24 Brison Celek - Junior
  • 28 George Iskenderian - Freshman
  • 30 Erik Payne - Junior
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Sophomore
  • 18 Dante Rosenberg - Senior
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Sophomore
  • 7 Shon Carson - Freshman
  • 8 TJ Costen - Sophomore
  • 11 Sean Sullivan - Senior
  • 26 Graham Saiko - Junior
  • 42 Ahmad Christian - Freshman
  

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching staff
2013 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Head Coach - 1 year
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate Head Coach - 3 years / 11 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 6 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 1 year

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule
2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season
SEC Tournament
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record
56May 22Mississippi StateHoover Metropolitan Stadium3-5Gentry (4-0)Westmoreland (7-2)None5,91339–170–1
57May 23VanderbiltHoover Metropolitan Stadium3-410Fulmer (2-0)Westmoreland (7-3)None5,70539–180–2
NCAA Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
58May 31Saint LouisCarolina Stadium7-3Webb (3-2)Smith (8-3)None7,43740–181–0
59June 1LibertyCarolina Stadium19-3Montgomery (5-1)Roy (7-6)None7,81641–182–0
-June 2LibertyCarolina StadiumSuspended
60June 3LibertyCarolina Stadium6-4Holmes (5-2)Perritt (3-2)Webb (17)7,39142–183–0
NCAA Super Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
61June 8North CarolinaBoshamer Stadium5-6Thornton (10-1)Webb (3-3)None4,35542–193–1
62June 9North CarolinaBoshamer Stadium8-0Montgomery (6-1)Johnson (4-1)None4,36543–194–1
–June 10North CarolinaBoshamer StadiumPostponed
63June 11North CarolinaBoshamer Stadium4-5Thornton (11-1)Westmoreland (7-4)Emanuel (1)4,10043–204–2

2013 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html

Honors and awards
LB Dantzler playing third base against Arkansas at Baum Stadium
  • LB Dantzler was named SEC Player of the Week on February 25.[3]
  • Grayson Greiner was named Second-Team All-SEC.[4]
  • Joey Pankake was named Collegiate Baseball's National Player of the Week and SEC Player of the Week on March 11.[5]
  • Max Schrock was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 8.[6]
  • Tyler Webb was named Third-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball[7] and Second-Team All-SEC.[8]
  • Jack Wynkoop was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 22[9] and April 29,[10] and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.[11]

Notes
  • On February 24, three pitchers combined to throw the first South Carolina no-hitter since March 26, 1975.[12]

Rankings
See also: 2013 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'[13] 5 5* 5* 7 6 6 14 11 8 14 10 9 12 12 12 14 - - 12 
Baseball America[14] 7 7 7 6 5 5 17 15 11 18 15 15 15 14 17 18 - - 14 
Collegiate Baseball^[15] 7 7 7 6 5 5 14 14 12 22 15 15 16 15 15 13 11 13 13 
NCBWA†[16] 6 7 8 8 6 6 13 12 10 15 11 9 12 12 14 16 15 13 13 
D1Baseball

^ 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 2013 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Tyler WebbLHP10th314thNew York Yankees
LB Dantzler1B14th415thToronto Blue Jays
Adam WestmorelandLHP26th772ndMiami Marlins
Brison Celek1B31st925thToronto Blue Jays

References
  1. "SEC Baseball" (PDF). Southeastern Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  2. "Southeastern Conference Standings". D1 Baseball. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  3. Dantzler Named SEC Player of the Week
  4. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  5. Pankake Named National & SEC Player Of The Week
  6. Schrock Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  7. Tyler Webb Earns All-America Honors
  8. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  9. Jack Wynkoop Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  10. Wynkoop Earns Second Straight SEC Freshman Of The Week Honor
  11. Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Honors
  12. Three pitchers combine to throw no-hitter
  13. USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  14. Baseball America College: Top 25
  15. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  16. NCBWA Division I poll
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