2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

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2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Oklahoma State University Athletics logo (four colors).svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches #RV
2016 record 34–18 (15–8 Big 12)
Head coach Josh Holliday (4th year)
Assistant coach Rob Walton (4th year)
Assistant coach James Vilade (1st year)
Assistant coach Mark Ginther (2nd year)
Home stadium Allie P. Reynolds Stadium
Seasons
« 2015 2017 »
2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
#6 Texas Tech 19 5 0   .792     41 16 0   .719
#19 Oklahoma State 16 8 0   .667     36 20 0   .643
#15 TCU 15 9 0   .625     41 15 0   .732
West Virginia 12 11 0   .522     36 21 0   .632
Oklahoma 11 13 0   .458     30 27 1   .526
Baylor 10 14 0   .417     24 29 0   .453
Texas 10 14 0   .417     25 32 0   .439
Kansas State 8 16 0   .333     26 31 0   .456
Kansas 6 17 0   .261     20 35 1   .366
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 25, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represents Oklahoma State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys play their home games at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his fourth season at Oklahoma State.

Previous Season

The 2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team notched a 38–20 (14–8) regular season record and finished second in the Big 12 Conference standings.[2] The Cowboys reached the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament championship game, where they fell to Texas.[3] Oklahoma State received an at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and was selected as one of the sixteen Regional hosts.[4] The Cowboys were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament with losses to Arkansas and St. John's (NY).[5]

Personnel

Roster

2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 14 - Ben Leeper (RHP) - Freshman
  • 15 - Garrett Williams (LHP) - Junior
  • 19 - Carson Teel (LHP) - Redshirt Freshman
  • 23 - Bryce Verplank (RHP) - Freshman
  • 24 - Conor Costello (RHP) - Senior
  • 25 - Trey Cobb (RHP) - Junior
  • 26 - Luke Matheny (RHP) - Freshman
  • 27 - Michael Mertz (RHP) - Junior
  • 28 -Corey Hassel (RHP) - Senior
  • 30 - Remey Reed (RHP) - Junior
  • 31 - Matt Wilson (LHP) - Sophomore
  • 34 - Jensen Elliott (RHP) - Freshman
  • 36 - Max Simpson (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 37 - Tyler Buffett (RHP) - Junior
  • 39 - Alex Hackerott (LHP) - Senior
  • 42 - Jake Cowan (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 43 - Blake Battenfield (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 45 - Thomas Hatch (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 46 - Joe Lienhard (RHP) - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 16 - Collin Theroux - Junior
  • 17 - Baylor Rowlett - Freshman
  • 18 - Colin Simpson - Freshman

Infielders

  • 2 - J.R. Davis - Sophomore
  • 4 - Jacob Chappell - Sophomore
  • 5 - Donnie Walton - Senior
  • 6 - David Petrino - Senior
  • 7 - Garrett Benge - Sophomore
  • 22 - Dustin Williams - Junior
  • 33 - Mason O'Brien - Sophomore
  • 38 - Nick Gallo - Junior
  • 44 - Andrew Rosa - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - Alex Shaver - Freshman
  • 3 - Garrett McCain - Sophomore
  • 8 - Ryan Sluder - Junior
  • 13 - Jon Littell - Sophomore
  • 23 - Bryce Verplank - Freshman
  • 24 - Conor Costello - Senior
  • 28 - Corey Hassel - Senior
 

Coaching Staff

Name Position Seasons at
Oklahoma State
Alma Mater
Josh Holliday Head Coach 4 Oklahoma State University (2004)
Rob Walton Assistant Coach–Pitching 4 Oklahoma State University (1986)
James Vilade Assistant Coach–Recruiting Coordinator 1 Baylor University (1995)
Josh Holliday Volunteer Assistant Coach 2 Oklahoma State University (2012)

Schedule & Results

2016 Oklahoma State Cowboys Baseball Game Log
Legend:           = Win           = Loss      Bold = Oklahoma State team member
Regular Season
Postseason

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball as-of the date of the contest.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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'[7] 10 10* 10* RV RV 25 20 25 RV RV  
Baseball America[8] 9 13 22 22 22 19 16 16 NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^[9] 25 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
NCBWA[10] 11 16 27 26 24 22 18 19 27 25

^ 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

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  7. Baseball Coaches Poll
  8. Baseball America College: Top 25
  9. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  10. NCBWA Division I poll