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 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.
• Colby Holmes was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on April 11 and May 16.
• Michael Roth was named SEC Pitcher of the Week on April 18.
• Christian Walker was named SEC Player of the Week on April 25.
• 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.
• Head coach Ray Tanner was named SEC Coach of the Year.
• Michael Roth was named CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American.
• Michael Roth was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team.
• Michael Roth was named Louisville Slugger Third-Team All-American.
• 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.
• 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)	8	8	4	4	6	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	4	-	-	1
Baseball America (Top 25)	7	7	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	1	4	-	-	1
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)	14	12	6	6	7	7	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	3	1	4	4	4	1
NCBWA (Top 30)	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.

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