2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#4
2015 record	42-14 (25-5 ACC)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (9th year)
Assistant coach	Roger Williams (9th year)
Assistant coach	Eric Snider (1st year)
Assistant coach	Adam Vrable (1st year)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium

2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
#10 Louisville x†y	25	–	5		.833			47	–	18		.723
#26 Notre Dame y	17	–	13		.567			37	–	23		.617
#12 Florida State ‡y	17	–	13		.567			44	–	21		.677
Clemson y	16	–	13		.552			32	–	29		.525
NC State y	15	–	14		.517			36	–	23		.610
Wake Forest	12	–	18		.400			27	–	26		.509
Boston College	10	–	19		.345			27	–	27		.500
Coastal
#6 Miami (FL) xy	22	–	8		.733			50	–	16		.758
#1 Virginia y	15	–	15		.500			44	–	24		.647
North Carolina	13	–	16		.448			34	–	24		.586
Virginia Tech	13	–	16		.448			27	–	27		.500
Georgia Tech	13	–	17		.433			32	–	23		.582
Duke	10	–	19		.345			31	–	22		.585
Pittsburgh	9	–	21		.300			20	–	32		.385
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2015; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represents the University of Louisville during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals play their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They will are led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his ninth year at Louisville.

Previous season

In 2014, the Cardinals finished as champions of the American Athletic Conference with a record of 48–15, 19–5 in conference play, in their first and only season in the conference. They qualified for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, and lost in the finals to Houston. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were selected as hosts of the Louisville regional, along with rival Kentucky, Kansas, and Kent State. The Cardinals rolled to three quick wins to win the Louisville Regional and advance to the Super Regional (of which they were hosts) by defeating Kent State 5–0, Kansas 6–3, and Kentucky 4–1. In the Super Regional, Louisville faced off against Kennesaw State, who had won the Tallahassee Regional in their first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Cardinals quickly ended any hopes of a further Cinderella run by defeating the Owls, 5–3 and 7–4, which qualified them for the College World Series.

In the College World Series, Louisville first faced off against Vanderbilt, and lost 3–5 to the eventual national champions. In the Cardinals' second game, they faced Texas, and lost 1–4, leading to their elimination from the College World Series.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Louisville Cardinals roster
	Pitchers 5 - Anthony Kidston - Junior 6 - Chandler Dale - Freshman 7 - Butch Baird - Freshman 13 - Josh Rogers - Sophomore 15 - Lincoln Henzman - Freshman 16 - Kyle Funkhouser - Junior 19 - Kade McClure - Freshman 20 - Drew Harrington - Sophomore 22 - Dylan Shoffner - Junior 25 - Robert Strader - Sophomore 28 - Brandon Alphin - Senior 36 - Jonah Philley - Junior 38 - Brendan McCay - Freshman 39 - Alex Sears - Freshman 40 - Sean Leland - Freshman 43 - Zack Burdi - Sophomore 44 - Jake Sparger - Sophomore 45 - Mac Welsh - Freshman		Catchers 14 - Austin Clemons - Freshman 30 - Will Smith - Sophomore 42 - Colby Fitch - Freshman Infielders 1 - Sutton Whiting - Senior 8 - Danny Rosenbaum - Junior 10 - Drew Ellis - Freshman 11 - Zach Lucas - Senior 17 - Nick Solak - Sophomore 26 - Blake Tiberi - Freshman 29 - Devin Hairston - Freshman 31 - Grant Schreiver - Freshman 34 - Michael Bollmer - Sophomore		Outfielders 2 - Corey Ray - Sophomore 4 - Riley Jackson - Freshman 18 - Mike White - Senior 24 - Logan Taylor - Sophomore 33 - Ryan Summers - Freshman 35 - Colin Lyman - Sophomore 41 - Jimmy Faul - Junior

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Louisville	Alma Mater
Dan McDonnell	Head Coach	9	The Citadel (1992)
Roger Williams	Associate Head Coach	9	East Carolina University (1992)
Eric Snider	Assistant Coach	1	University of Northern Iowa (1987)
Adam Vrable	Assistant Coach	1	Coastal Carolina University (2006)

Schedule

Legend
	Louisville win
	Louisville loss
	Postponement
Bold	Louisville team member

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

See also: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

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	7*	7	20	15	13	7	7	6	5	4(1)	4	3	2
Baseball America	12	12	17	17	13	11	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	2
Collegiate Baseball^	12	15	24	24	21	17	11	7	5	4	3	3	4	3
NCBWA†	10	10	17	19	18	16	8	7	6	4	4	3	2	2

^ 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.

Awards and honors

Kyle Funkhouser

• Louisville Slugger Pre-season First Team All-American
• Perfect Game USA Pre-season First Team All-American