2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

SEC Champions Columbia Regional Champions Columbia Super Regional Champions
College World Series Champions vs. Florida, W 2-0
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#1
2011 record	55-14 (22-8 SEC)
Head coach	Ray Tanner (15th year)
Assistant coach	Chad Holbrook (3rd year)
Assistant coach	Jerry Meyers (1st/9th year)
Assistant coach	Sammy Esposito (4th year)
Home stadium	Carolina Stadium

2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
#1 South Carolina ^x	22	–	8	.733	55	–	14	.797
#2 Florida ^x‡	22	–	8	.733	53	–	19	.736
#4 Vanderbilt ^x	22	–	8	.733	54	–	12	.818
Georgia	16	–	14	.533	33	–	32	.508
Kentucky	8	–	22	.267	25	–	30	.455
Tennessee	7	–	23	.233	25	–	29	.463
Western
#24 Arkansas ^x	15	–	15	.500	40	–	22	.645
Mississippi State	14	–	16	.467	38	–	25	.603
Alabama	14	–	16	.467	35	–	28	.556
Auburn	14	–	16	.467	29	–	29	.500
LSU	13	–	17	.433	36	–	20	.643
Ole Miss	13	–	17	.433	30	–	25	.545

x – Division champion ‡ – SEC Tournament champion As of June 28, 2011; Rankings from Baseball America

The 2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Ray Tanner, who was in his fifteenth season at Carolina. The Gamecocks won the 2011 College World Series to become the sixth school in the history of the College World Series to win consecutive national tites (1949-1950 Texas Longhorns; 1970-1974 Southern California Trojans; 1987-1988 Stanford Cardinal; 1996-1997 LSU Tigers; & the 2006-2007 Oregon State Beavers).

During their postseason run, the Gamecocks also became the first team to go 10-0 through the postseason. Building on the success of the prior year's team, the Gamecocks set two NCAA records with consecutive post-season wins (16) and consecutive CWS wins (11); both streaks are active going into the 2012 season.

Personnel

Roster

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks roster

Pitchers

9 Steven Neff - Junior
10 Drake Thomason - Freshman
11 Will Casey - Junior
14 John Taylor - Senior
15 Nolan Belcher - Junior
17 Jose Mata - Senior
22 Matt Price - Sophomore
25 Adam Westmoreland - Sophomore
27 Forrest Koumas - Freshman
28 Spencer Jordan - Junior
29 Michael Roth - Junior
33 Alex Burrell - Junior
35 Logan Munson - Junior
38 Tyler Webb - Sophomore
39 Patrick Sullivan - Sophomore
44 Colby Holmes - Sophomore
45 Bryan Harper - Junior

Infielders

3 Adrian Morales - Senior
6 Peter Mooney - Junior
8 Scott Wingo - Senior
13 Christian Walker - Sophomore
20 Jake Watson - Freshman
30 Erik Payne - Freshman

Catchers

5 Patrick Harrington - Freshman
18 Dante Rosenberg - Junior
34 Greg Brodzinski - Freshman
36 Brady Thomas - Senior

Outfielders

19 Jackie Bradley, Jr. - Junior
26 Adam Matthews - Junior
31 Evan Marzilli - Sophomore
40 Jake Williams - Junior
42 DeSean Anderson - Freshman

Utility

4 Robert Beary - Senior

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching Staff

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
1 Ray Tanner - Head Coach - 15 years 2 Chad Holbrook - Assistant Coach - 3 years 12 Jerry Meyers - Assistant Coach - 1 year / 9 years 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 4 years 55 Brian Buscher - Assistant Coach - Undergraduate

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
1	February 18	Santa Clara	Carolina Stadium	12-5	Roth (1-0)	Simon (0-1)	None	8,242	1–0	–
2	February 19	Santa Clara	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Webb (1-0)	Hall (0-1)	Price (1)	8,242	2–0	–
3	February 20	Santa Clara	Carolina Stadium	6-0	Mata (1-0)	Mendoza (0-1)	None	7,316	3–0	–
4	February 25	Southern Illinois	Carolina Stadium	10-6	Roth (2-0)	Maldonado (0-2)	Price (2)	6,935	4–0	–
5	February 26	Southern Illinois	Carolina Stadium	4-0	Webb (2-0)	Forsythe (1-1)	None	7,911	5–0	–
6	February 27	Southern Illinois	Carolina Stadium	9-4	Taylor (1-0)	Eaton (1-1)	None	7,141	6–0	–

March

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
7	March 1	Furman	Carolina Stadium	14-1	Neff (1-0)	Smith (0-2)	None	6,162	7–0	–
8	March 4	Clemson	Carolina Stadium	6-3	Roth (3-0)	Weismann (2-1)	Price (3)	8,242	8–0	–
–	March 5	vs. Clemson	Fluor Field	Postponed
9	March 6	@Clemson	Doug Kingsmore Stadium	5-10	Moorefield (1-0)	Price (0-1)	None	6,320	8–1	–
10	March 8	vs. Clemson	Fluor Field	5-4	Koumas (1-0)	Frederick (0-1)	Price (4)	7,125	9–1	–
–	March 9	Davidson	Carolina Stadium	Cancelled
11	March 11	Cal State Bakersfield	Carolina Stadium	5-1	Roth (4-0)	McCarthy (1-2)	None	6,505	10–1	–
12	March 12	Cal State Bakersfield	Carolina Stadium	5-2	Neff (2-0)	Montoya (2-1)	None	7,013	11–1	–
13	March 13	Cal State Bakersfield	Carolina Stadium	3-8	Hoenshell (3-2)	Webb (2-1)	None	7,128	11–2	–
14	March 15	@Furman	Fluor Field	2-4	Stallsmith (2-1)	Westmoreland (0-1)	Cole (3)	1,422	11–3	–
15	March 16	Wofford	Carolina Stadium	8-4	Holmes (1-0)	Eck (0-3)	None	6,235	12–3	–
16	March 18	Georgia	Carolina Stadium	2-4	Wood (2-2)	Roth (4-1)	Maloof (7)	8,069	12–4	0–1
17	March 19	Georgia	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Price (1-1)	Boling (0-1)	None	8,105	13–4	1–1
18	March 20	Georgia	Carolina Stadium	8-3	Koumas (2-0)	Herman (1-2)	Price (5)	8,012	14–4	2–1
19	March 22	College of Charleston	Carolina Stadium	24-4	Holmes (2-0)	Jeroszko (2-2)	None	6,555	15–4	–
20	March 23	Rhode Island	Carolina Stadium	17-8	Mata (2-0)	Bodjiak (2-1)	None	6,397	16–4	–
21	March 25	@Florida	McKethan Stadium	9-2	Roth (5-1)	Johnson (4-1)	None	5,586	17–4	3–1
22	March 26	@Florida	McKethan Stadium	1-2	Randall (4-0)	Price (1-2)	None	4,859	17–5	3–2
23	March 27	@Florida	McKethan Stadium	4-3	Price (2-2)	Toledo (2-2)	None	4,393	18–5	4–2
24	March 30	The Citadel	Carolina Stadium	6-4	Taylor (2-0)	Cribb (0-1)	Price (6)	6,227	19–5	–

April

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
25	April 1	Kentucky	Carolina Stadium	3-1	Roth (6-1)	Meyer (3-4)	Price (7)	7,063	20–5	5–2
26	April 2	Kentucky	Carolina Stadium	4-3¹⁰	Price (3-2)	Gott (1-3)	None	8,242	21–5	6–2
27	April 3	Kentucky	Carolina Stadium	4-1	Koumas (3-0)	Rogers (2-3)	Harper (1)	7,513	22–5	7–2
28	April 5	USC Upstate	Carolina Stadium	18-2	Sullivan (1-0)	DeCecco (3-3)	None	6,202	23–5	–
29	April 7	@Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	4-0	Roth (7-1)	Catapano (2-2)	Price (8)	3,435	24–5	8–2
30	April 8	@Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	2-0	Holmes (3-0)	Gruver (3-4)	Price (9)	2,070	25–5	9–2
31	April 9	@Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	2-1	Koumas (4-0)	Watson (5-2)	Price (10)	2,244	26–5	10–2
32	April 12	@The Citadel	Joe Riley Park	0-2	Cribb (1-1)	Neff (2-1)	Clarkson (1)	5,032	26–6	–
33	April 15	Vanderbilt	Carolina Stadium	3-1	Roth (8-1)	Gray (7-2)	Price (11)	8,242	27–6	11–2
34	April 16	Vanderbilt	Carolina Stadium	4-6	Garvin (7-1)	Holmes (3-1)	Moore (8)	8,242	27–7	11–3
35	April 17	Vanderbilt	Carolina Stadium	5-3	Price (4-2)	Clinard (1-1)	None	8,242	28–7	12–3
36	April 19	@College of Charleston	Patriot's Point	8-3	Harper (1-0)	Zokan (0-1)	None	1,719	29–7	–
37	April 22	@Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field	8-2	Roth (9-1)	Stratton (4-5)	None	6,023	30–7	13–3
38	April 23	@Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field	3-5	Pollorena (5-2)	Taylor (2-1)	Reed (7)	5,971	30–8	13–4
39	April 24	@Mississippi State	Dudy Noble Field	13-4	Taylor (3-1)	Jones (2-5)	None	5,821	31–8	14–4
40	April 26	Liberty	Carolina Stadium	9-6	Mata (3-0)	Baker (5-3)	Price (12)	6,404	32–8	–
41	April 29	Auburn	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Taylor (4-1)	Ortman (0-1)	None	8,016	33–8	15–4
42	April 30	Auburn	Carolina Stadium	10-2	Holmes (4-1)	Varnadore (4-2)	None	8,242	34–8	16–4

May

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
43	May 1	Auburn	Carolina Stadium	7-3	Koumas (5-0)	Luckie (1-2)	Price (13)	8,020	35–8	17–4
44	May 4	@Wofford	King Field	9-3	Westmoreland (1-1)	Sheridan (1-4)	None	2,118	36–8	–
45	May 6	@Ole Miss	Swayze Field	6-1	Roth (10-1)	Crouse (6-4)	None	8,121	37–8	18–4
46	May 7	@Ole Miss	Swayze Field	2-10	Goforth (4-6)	Holmes (4-2)	None	8,046	37–9	18–5
47	May 8	@Ole Miss	Swayze Field	6-7	Morgan (3-0)	Price (4-3)	None	8,332	37–10	18–6
48	May 10	Presbyterian	Carolina Stadium	6-1	Neff (3-1)	Jeter (5-6)	None	6,575	38–10	–
49	May 11	Charleston Southern	Carolina Stadium	11-1	Sullivan (2-0)	Mauldin (0-4)	None	6,516	39–10	–
50	May 13	Arkansas	Carolina Stadium	2-6	Baxendale (8-1)	Roth (10-2)	Daniel (2)	7,672	39–11	18–7
51	May 14	Arkansas	Carolina Stadium	6-5	Price (5-3)	Stanek (2-2)	None	7,765	40–11	19–7
52	May 15	Arkansas	Carolina Stadium	7-1	Holmes (5-2)	Lynch (4-3)	None	8,142	41–11	20–7
53	May 17	UNC Asheville	Carolina Stadium	9-5	Webb (3-1)	Ricker (1-2)	None	7,116	42–11	–
54	May 19	@Alabama	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	1-2	Kilcrease (6-4)	Roth (10-3)	None	3,523	42–12	20–8
55	May 20	@Alabama	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	6-3	Koumas (6-0)	Morgan (5-5)	Price (14)	3,945	43–12	21–8
56	May 21	@Alabama	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	3-2	Holmes (6-2)	Smart (4-2)	Price (15)	3,764	44–12	22–8

Post-Season

SEC Tournament

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SECT Record
57	May 25	Auburn	Regions Park	7-3	Roth (11-3)	Jacobs (1-5)	None	8,814	45–12	1–0
58	May 26	Vanderbilt	Regions Park	2-7	Gray (10-3)	Koumas (6-1)	Moore (10)	7,123	45–13	1–1
59	May 27	Georgia	Regions Park	2-4	Dieterich (3-3)	Holmes (6-3)	Maloof (17)	8,068	45–14	1–2

NCAA Regionals

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
60	June 3	Georgia Southern	Carolina Stadium	2-1	Roth (12-3)	Moye (7-2)	Price (16)	8,091	46–14	1–0
61	June 4	Stetson	Carolina Stadium	11-5	Holmes (7-3)	Dorsey (7-6)	None	7,335	47–14	2–0
62	June 5	Stetson	Carolina Stadium	8-2	Taylor (5-1)	Perez (2-3)	Price (17)	6,718	48–14	3–0

NCAA Super Regionals

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
63	June 10	Connecticut	Carolina Stadium	5-1	Roth (13-3)	Barnes (11-5)	None	8,242	49–14	4–0
64	June 11	Connecticut	Carolina Stadium	8-2	Taylor (6-1)	Nappo (10-3)	Price (18)	8,242	50–14	5–0

College World Series

#	Date	Opponent	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	NCAAT Record
65	June 19	Texas A&M	TD Ameritrade Park	5-4	Price (6-3)	Martin (2-3)	None	23,395	51–14	6–0
66	June 21	Virginia	TD Ameritrade Park	7-1	Taylor (7-1)	Roberts (11-2)	None	22,027	52–14	7–0
67	June 24	Virginia	TD Ameritrade Park	3-2¹³	Price (7-3)	Winiarski (6-4)	None	25,882	53–14	8–0
68	June 27	Florida	TD Ameritrade Park	2-1¹¹	Taylor (8-1)	Maronde (0-1)	Price (19)	25,851	54–14	9–0
69	June 28	Florida	TD Ameritrade Park	5-2	Roth (14-3)	Whitson (8-1)	Price (20)	26,721	55–14	10–0

2011 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html

Honors and Awards

Forrest Koumas was named SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on April 4.^[1]
Colby Holmes was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on April 11^[2] and May 16.^[3]
Michael Roth was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on April 18.^[4]
Christian Walker was named SEC Player of the Week on April 25.^[5]
Matt Price, Michael Roth and Scott Wingo were named First-Team All-SEC, Christian Walker was named Second-Team All-SEC, and Forrest Koumas was named Freshman All-SEC.^[6]
Head coach Ray Tanner was named SEC Coach of the Year.
Michael Roth was named CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American.^[7]
Michael Roth was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team.^[8]
Michael Roth was named Louisville Slugger Third-Team All-American.^[9]
Robert Beary was named MVP of the NCAA Columbia Regional. Christian Walker, Scott Wingo, Adrian Morales, Evan Marzilli, and Michael Roth were also named to the All-Tournament team.^[10]
Robert Beary (C), Peter Mooney (SS), Matt Price (P), Michael Roth (P), Brady Thomas (DH), Christian Walker (1B) and Scott Wingo (2B) were named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team.
Scott Wingo was named Most Outstanding Player of the 2011 College World Series.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll	Pre- season	Feb. 21	Feb. 28	Mar. 7	Mar. 14	Mar. 21	Mar. 28	Apr. 4	Apr. 11	Apr. 18	Apr. 25	May 2	May 9	May 16	May 23	May 30	June 6	June 13	Final Poll
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' (Top 25)^[11]	8	8	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	4	-	-	1
Baseball America (Top 25)^[12]	7	7	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	1	4	-	-	1
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)^[13]	14	12	6	6	7	7	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	3	1	4	4	4	1
NCBWA (Top 30)^[14]	8	6	4	4	6	6	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	1	4	4	4	1

NR = Not Ranked

Gamecocks in the 2011 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.^[15]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Jackie Bradley, Jr.	OF	Comp A	40th	Boston Red Sox
Matt Price	RHP	6th	184th	Arizona Diamondbacks
Scott Wingo	2B	11th	344th	Los Angeles Dodgers
Peter Mooney	SS	21st	649th	Toronto Blue Jays
John Taylor	RHP	22nd	663rd	Seattle Mariners
Adam Matthews	OF	23rd	695th	Baltimore Orioles
Bryan Harper	LHP	30th	907th	Washington Nationals
Michael Roth	LHP	31st	938th	Cleveland Indians
Steven Neff	LHP	41st	1257th	San Francisco Giants
Tyler Webb	LHP	48th	1465th	Cincinnati Reds
Adrian Morales	3B	49th	1476th	Kansas City Royals

References

↑ Forrest Koumas Named SEC Co-Freshman Of The Week
↑ Colby Holmes Named SEC Pitcher Of The Week
↑ Colby Holmes Named SEC Pitcher Of The Week
↑ Michael Roth Named SEC Pitcher Of The Week
↑ Christian Walker Named SEC Player Of The Week
↑ Several Gamecocks Earn All-SEC Accolades
↑ Michael Roth Earns Academic All-America Honors
↑ Michael Roth Named To SEC All-Tournament Team
↑ Michael Roth Earns Louisville Slugger All-America Honors
↑ Columbia Regional Game 6 - South Carolina vs. Stetson Post-Game Notes
↑ USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
↑ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
↑ NCBWA Division I poll
↑ South Carolina MLB Draft Recap

South Carolina Gamecocks 2011 College World Series Champions

8 Scott Wingo (College World Series MOP) 13 Christian Walker 19 Jackie Bradley, Jr. 29 Michael Roth 38 Tyler Webb

Manager 1 Ray Tanner Assistant Coach 2 Chad Holbrook Assistant Coach 55 Brian Buscher

Regular season NCAA Tournament College World Series

South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

Stadium	Sarge Frye Field (1980–2008) Carolina Stadium (2009–present)

People	Head coaches Award winners Notable players

College World Series	1975 1981 1985 2002 2003 2004 2010 2011 2012

Other seasons	2013 2014 2015

National Championships in bold

NCAA Division I Baseball Champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia

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