2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team

2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	‡ – Tournament champion; As of May 27, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Illinois Fighting Illini baseball
2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
2018 record	33–20 (15–9 Big Ten)
Head coach	Dan Hartleb (13th season);
Hitting coach	Adam Christ (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Drew Dickinson (7th season)
Home stadium	Illinois Field

The 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Illini played their home games at Illinois Field as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by head coach Dan Hartleb, in his 13th season at Illinois.

Personnel

Roster

2018 Illinois Fighting Illini roster

Pitchers

2 – Jimmy Burnette – Freshman
7 – Ty Weber – Sophomore
13 – Ryan Schmitt – Sophomore
16 – Luke Shilling – Junior
19 – Ryan Kutt – Freshman
21 – Zak Devermann – Junior
22 – Cyrillo Watson – Sophomore
29 – Jackson Douglas – Senior
33 – Quinn Snarskis – Junior
34 – Zack Jones – Sophomore
35 – Joey Gerber – Junior
38 – Andy Fisher – RS-Junior
43 – Sean Leland – RS-Junior
44 – Quinten Sefcik – RS-Junior
45 – Ryan Thompson – Sophomore

Catchers

15 – David Craan – Junior
18 – Kellen Sarver – Freshman
25 – Mark Skonieczny – Senior
32 – Jeff Korte – Junior

Infielders

4 – Ben Troike – Sophomore
6 – Michael Massey – Sophomore
8 – Ryan Haff – RS-Junior
9 – Bren Spillane – Junior
12 – Michael Michalak – Junior
23 – Tyler Engel – Junior
27 – Grant Van Scoy – Junior
31 – Casey Dodge – RS-Sophomore

Outfielders

3 – Jack Yalowitz – Junior
17 – Jeremiah Lebron – Freshman
20 – Doran Turchin – Junior
28 – Andrew Dyke – RS-Freshman
38 – Zac Taylor – RS-Junior

Reference:[2]

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Illinois	Alma Mater
Dan Hartleb	Head Coach	13	Southern Illinois University (1989)
Drew Dickinson	Pitching Coach	7	University of Illinois (2009)
Adam Christ	Hitting Coach	3	University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2003)
Casey Fletcher	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2	University of Illinois (2015)

Reference:[3]

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'[4]	NR	NR*	NR*	NR	NR	NR	NR
Baseball America[5]	NR	NR	NR	NR	24	24	22
Collegiate Baseball^[6]	NR	NR	NR	25	25	22	12	15
NCBWA†[7]	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	25	RV
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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.

References

"Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
"2018 Baseball Roster". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
"Baseball Coaching Staff". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
Baseball Coaches Poll
Baseball America College: Top 25
NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
NCBWA Division I poll

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[1] "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] "2018 Baseball Roster". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[3] "Baseball Coaching Staff". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.

[4] Baseball Coaches Poll

[5] Baseball America College: Top 25

[6] NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

[7] NCBWA Division I poll

Illinois Fighting Illini baseball
Venues	Illinois Field (original) (1884–1987) Illinois Field (1988–present)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 15 Minnesota ‍†‍‡‍	18	–	4	.818	41	–	13	.759
No. 27 Purdue ‍‍‍	17	–	6	.739	37	–	19	.661
Michigan ‍‍‍	15	–	8	.652	33	–	21	.611
Illinois ‍‍‍	15	–	9	.625	33	–	20	.623
Indiana ‍‍‍	14	–	9	.609	38	–	17	.691
Iowa ‍‍‍	13	–	9	.591	33	–	20	.623
Ohio State ‍‍‍	14	–	10	.583	36	–	22	.621
Michigan State ‍‍‍	11	–	12	.478	20	–	32	.385
Maryland ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	24	–	30	.444
Nebraska ‍‍‍	8	–	14	.364	24	–	28	.462
Rutgers ‍‍‍	7	–	16	.304	25	–	25	.500
Northwestern ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	17	–	32	.347
Penn State ‍‍‍	3	–	21	.125	15	–	34	.306

‡ – Tournament champion As of May 27, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball