2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in the 2016 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 fourth season as head coach at Carolina.

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
SEC Eastern Division champion
Columbia Regional Champion
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
CBNo. 12
2016 record46–18 (20–9 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jerry Meyers (6th/14th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (9th season)
  • Brian Buscher (5th/6th season)
Home stadiumFounders Park
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 20–9–0 .690  46–18–0 .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y 19–10–0 .655  52–16–0 .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  43–19–0 .694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  32–25–0 .561
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .367  27–30–0 .474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  29–28–0 .509
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  26–30–0 .464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  44–18–1 .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y 20–10–0 .667  49–16–0 .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .633  45–21–0 .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  43–19–0 .694
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  32–26–0 .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8–22–0 .267  23–33–0 .411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 7–23–0 .233  26–29–0 .473
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster
2016 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 - Clarke Schmidt - Sophomore
  • 9 - Brandon Murray - Sophomore
  • 13 - Colton Provey - Junior
  • 15 - Adam Hill - Freshman
  • 16 - Harrison Smith - Freshman
  • 17 - Taylor Widener - Junior
  • 18 - Tyler Haswell - Sophomore
  • 21 - Tyler Johnson - Sophomore
  • 23 - Vince Fiori - Senior
  • 24 - Alex Destino - Sophomore
  • 26 - Matthew Vogel - Junior
  • 27 - Hayden Hefline - Junior
  • 28 - John Parke - Junior
  • 30 - Braden Webb - Freshman
  • 32 - Canaan Cropper - Sophomore
  • 35 - Kyle Anderson - Freshman
  • 37 - Wil Crowe - Junior
  • 39 - Reed Scott - Junior
  • 40 - Colie Bowers - Junior
  • 46 - Dillon Hodge - Junior"
  • 47 - Josh Reagan - Junior
  • 49 - Hank Nichols - Freshman

Catchers

  • 22 - John Jones - Sophomore
  • 33 - Chris Cullen - Freshman
  • 38 - Hunter Taylor - Sophomore
  

Infielders

  • 7 - DC Arendas - Senior
  • 8 - Marcus Mooney - Senior
  • 11 - LT Tolbert - Freshman
  • 14 - Madison Stokes - Sophomore
  • 20 - Jonah Bride - Sophomore
  • 24 - Alex Destino - Sophomore
  • 25 - Ross Grosvenor - Junior
  • 34 - Collin Steagall - Senior
  • 45 - Caleb Whitenton - Freshman
  • 48 - Matt Williams - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 3 - Jared Williams - Freshman
  • 4 - Danny Blair - Freshman
  • 5 - TJ Hopkins - Freshman
  • 10 - Clark Scolamiero - Sophomore
  • 19 - Gene Cone - Junior
  • 31 - Weber Pike - Junior
  • 42 - Dom Thompson-Williams - Junior
  • 44 - Brandon McIlwain - Freshman
  

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://www.gamecocksonline.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching Staff
2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Head Coach - 4 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Associate Head Coach - 6 years / 14 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 9 years
  • 55 Brian Buscher - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 5 years / 6 years

2016 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
2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log[1]
Regular Season
Post-Season

Rankings
See also: 2016 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'[2] 23 23* 23* 12 10 6 7 5 8 5 7 8 8 10 9 13 13 13 14 
Baseball America[3] NR NR NR NR NR 18 7 8 5 12 6 6 8 10 9 14 14 14 14 
Collegiate Baseball^ NR NR 20 21 20 13 2 6 2 4 2 2 3 6 4 6 6 12 12 
NCBWA†[4] 24 20 15 18 17 12 6 9 7 11 8 8 10 10 8 12 9 14 14 
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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 2016 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team

References
  1. "2016 Baseball Schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-09-02. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
  2. "Rankings - USA Today's Coaches Poll". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. "Baseball America Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. "Rankings - NCBWA". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
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