2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
Record49–20 (18–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chad Holbrook (4th season)
  • Jerry Meyers (2nd/10th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (5th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y 18–11 .62149–20 .710
No. 6 Florida  ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60047–20 .701
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 18–12 .60045–18 .714
No. 25 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53335–28 .556
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 14–15 .48331–26 .544
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 8–22 .26724–31 .436
Western
No. 11 LSU  x‍†‍‍y 19–11 .63347–18 .723
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53346–22 .676
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍y 16–14 .53340–24 .625
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 14–16 .46737–26 .587
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43331–28 .525
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 9–21 .30021–34 .382
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 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 sixteenth season at Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Freshman
  • 10 Drake Thomason - Freshman
  • 14 Evan Beal - Freshman
  • 15 Nolan Belcher - Junior
  • 22 Matt Price - Junior
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman
  • 25 Adam Westmoreland - Junior
  • 27 Forrest Koumas - Sophomore
  • 29 Michael Roth - Senior
  • 32 Ethan Carter - Junior
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Freshman
  • 35 Logan Munson - Senior
  • 36 Hunter Privette - Junior
  • 38 Tyler Webb - Junior
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior
  • 44 Colby Holmes - Junior
  

Infielders

  • 4 Connor Bright - Freshman
  • 8 TJ Costen - Freshman
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Freshman
  • 13 Christian Walker - Junior
  • 16 Chase Vergason - Junior
  • 19 Tanner Lovick - Junior
  • 20 LB Dantzler - Junior
  • 24 Brison Celek - Sophomore
  • 30 Erik Payne - Sophomore
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Freshman
  • 18 Dante Rosenberg - Junior
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Freshman
  • 11 Sean Sullivan - Junior
  • 17 Seth Constable - Freshman
  • 26 Adam Matthews - Senior
  • 31 Evan Marzilli - Junior
  

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Coaching staff

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 1 Ray Tanner - Head Coach - 16 years
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Assistant Coach - 4 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Assistant Coach - 2 years / 10 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 5 years
  • 55 Drew Meyer - Assistant Coach - Undergraduate

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log
Regular season
February
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
1February 17VMICarolina Stadium2–1Webb (1–0)Watts (0–1)Koumas (1)8,2421–0–
2February 18VMICarolina Stadium3–2Carter (1–0)Garrett (0–1)None7,6752–0–
3February 18VMICarolina Stadium13–1Holmes (1–0)Brown (0–1)None7,3363–0–
4February 24ElonCarolina Stadium8–1Roth (1–0)Webb (1–1)None6,6184–0–
5February 25ElonCarolina Stadium3-2Price (1-0)Clark (1-1)Koumas (2)7,6065–0–
6February 26ElonCarolina Stadium6-0Holmes (2-0)Whitehead (0-1)None7,3046–0–
7February 28PresbyterianCarolina Stadium2-1Belcher (1-0)Dees (0-1)Webb (1)6,5217–0–
March
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
8March 2vs. ClemsonJoe Riley Park3-211Koumas (1-0)Gossett (0-1)Belcher (1)5,8518–0–
9March 3ClemsonCarolina Stadium9-6Beal (1-0)Leone (2-1)Belcher (2)8,2429–0–
10March 4@ClemsonDoug Kingsmore Stadium5-6Firth (1-0)Koumas (1-1)None6,0399–1–
11March 7UNC AshevilleCarolina Stadium8-1Seddon (1-0)Roland (2-2)None6,40310–1–
12March 9PrincetonCarolina Stadium2-1Roth (2-0)Hermans (1-1)Beal (1)6,81311–1–
13March 10PrincetonCarolina Stadium6-1Price (2-0)Ford (0-2)Koumas (3)7,42612–1–
14March 11PrincetonCarolina Stadium3-1Holmes (3-0)Bowman (1-1)Beal (2)7,12213–1–
15March 13Charleston SouthernCarolina Stadium5-2Westmoreland (1-0)Buran (0-2)Seddon (1)6,83614–1–
16March 14Appalachian StateCarolina Stadium6-4Webb (2-0)Farmer (1-1)Beal (3)7,27815–1–
17March 16@KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium3-4Peterson (2-0)Beal (1-1)None2,03215–20–1
18March 17@KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium3-4Reed (4-0)Price (2-1)Gott (4)1,95015–30–2
19March 18@KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium3-6Wijas (2-0)Belcher (1-1)Gott (5)2,57115–40–3
20March 20@FurmanFluor Field8-5Privette (1-0)Wood (3-2)Beal (4)5,96516–4–
21March 21WoffordCarolina Stadium4-511Eck (3-1)Beal (1-2)None6,92316–5–
22March 22FloridaCarolina Stadium9-3Price (3-1)Rodriguez (3-1)None8,24217–51–3
23March 23FloridaCarolina Stadium2-8Johnson (4-0)Koumas (1-2)None8,24217–61–4
24March 24FloridaCarolina Stadium4-5Maddox (2-0)Price (3-2)None8,24217–71–5
25March 27@The CitadelJoe Riley Park7-3Montgomery (1-0)Tompkins (0-1)None4,41718–7–
26March 30@VanderbiltHawkins Field8-3Roth (3-0)Ziomek (2-4)Price (1)2,52519–72–5
27March 31@VanderbiltHawkins Field4-12Beede (1-3)Beal (1-3)Miller (2)3,11319–82–6
April
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
28April 1@VanderbiltHawkins Field6-413Montgomery (2-0)Pfeifer (0-1)None2,85120–83–6
29April 4@College of CharlestonPatriot's Point7-0Westmoreland (2-0)West (2-3)None1,76721–8–
30April 6TennesseeCarolina Stadium4-5Steckenrider (3-2)Price (3-3)Blount (8)8,24221–93–7
31April 7TennesseeCarolina Stadium2-1Webb (3-0)Watson (3-1)None7,44822–94–7
32April 8TennesseeCarolina Stadium6-1Holmes (4-0)Williams (2-3)Beal (5)6,98123–95–7
33April 10The CitadelCarolina Stadium8-0Belcher (2-1)Clarkson (1-3)None7,12924–9–
34April 11@Francis MarionClifford Cormell Field4-5Broderick (6-1)Westmoreland (2-1)Stoner (2)1,75524–10–
35April 13Mississippi StateCarolina Stadium7-6Beal (2-3)Reed (0-5)Price (2)8,10525–106–7
36April 14Mississippi StateCarolina Stadium5-3Montgomery (3-0)Graveman (2-2)Price (3)8,24226–107–7
37April 15Mississippi StateCarolina Stadium6-4Holmes (5-0)Mitchell (1-1)Webb (2)7,01127–108–7
38April 17College of CharlestonCarolina Stadium3-4West (4-3)Belcher (2-2)Peterson (9)6,91327–11–
39April 20@AuburnPlainsman Park12-5Roth (4-0)Varnadore (1-6)None2,94928–119–7
40April 21@AuburnPlainsman Park5-3Montgomery (4-0)Jacobs (5-1)Price (4)3,70129–1110–7
41April 22@AuburnPlainsman Park11-7Holmes (6-0)Koger (2-4)None2,74730–1111–7
-April 26AlabamaCarolina StadiumSuspended
42April 27AlabamaCarolina Stadium1-0Webb (4-0)Keller (1-3)Price (5)7,40331–1112–7
43April 27AlabamaCarolina Stadium12-11Belcher (3-2)Keller (1-4)None8,24232–1113–7
44April 28AlabamaCarolina Stadium9-1Belcher (4-2)Kamplain (1-4)None8,24233–1114–7
May
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
45May 2DavidsonCarolina Stadium2-1Koumas (2-2)Russell (4-5)Price (6)7,17734–11–
46May 4@ArkansasBaum Stadium8-610Beal (3-3)Astin (2-4)Price (7)8,98235–1115–7
47May 5@ArkansasBaum Stadium6-7Wright (1-0)Montgomery (4-1)Astin (9)8,77435–1215–8
48May 6@ArkansasBaum Stadium10-7Price (4-3)Baxendale (6-3)None8,46136–1216–8
49May 9FurmanCarolina Stadium7-0Seddon (2-0)Carlson (1-5)None6,77437–12–
50May 11@GeorgiaFoley Field3-0Roth (5-0)Wood (6-2)Price (8)2,74438–1217–8
51May 12@GeorgiaFoley Field5-6Nagel (1-1)Price (4-4)None2,68638–1317–9
–May 13@GeorgiaFoley FieldCancelled
–May 15USC UpstateCarolina StadiumCancelled
–May 17LSUCarolina StadiumPostponed
52May 18LSUCarolina Stadium2-5Gausman (9-1)Roth (5-1)None7,91438–1417–10
53May 18LSUCarolina Stadium5-4Webb (5-0)Nola (6-4)Price (9)8,24239–1418–10
54May 19LSUCarolina Stadium2-310Cotton (6-0)Beal (3-4)Goody (10)8,24239–1518–11
Post-season
SEC Tournament
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT record
55May 23VanderbiltRegions Park2-3Ziomek (5-6)Webb (5-1)Clinard (5)6,86039–160–1
56May 24AuburnRegions Park5-3Roth (6-1)Luckie (2-2)Price (10)40–161–1
57May 25FloridaRegions Park2-7Johnson (7-4)Holmes (6-1)None9,06740–171–2
NCAA Regionals
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
58June 1ManhattanCarolina Stadium7-0Holmes (7-1)Sewitt (11-2)None7,04341–171–0
59June 2ClemsonCarolina Stadium5-412Beal (4-4)Brady (1-3)None8,24242–172–0
60June 3ClemsonCarolina Stadium4-3Montgomery (5-1)Haselden (4-2)Webb (3)8,24243–173–0
NCAA Super Regionals
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
61June 9OklahomaCarolina Stadium5-0Roth (7-1)John (8-8)None8,24244–174–0
-June 10OklahomaCarolina StadiumSuspended
62June 11OklahomaCarolina Stadium5-1Webb (6-1)Okert (9-8)Price (11)8,24245–175–0
College World Series
#DateOpponentSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
63June 16FloridaTD Ameritrade Park7-3Roth (8-1)Johnson (8-5)Price (12)25,29146–176–0
64June 18ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park1-2Stanek (8-4)Holmes (7-2)Astin (11)23,53746–186–1
-June 20Kent StateTD Ameritrade ParkPostponed
65June 21Kent StateTD Ameritrade Park4-1Roth (9-1)Skulina (11-3)None47–187–1
66June 21ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park2-0Montgomery (6-1)Fant (2-3)Price (13)23,59348–188–1
67June 22ArkansasTD Ameritrade Park3-2Price (5-4)Suggs (7-1)None22,18449–189–1
68June 24ArizonaTD Ameritrade Park1-5Wade (11-3)Koumas (2-3)None24,74849–199–2
69June 25ArizonaTD Ameritrade Park1-4Troupe (6-1)Price (5-5)None23,87249–209–3

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

Honors and awards

  • Michael Roth was named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year.[2]
  • Jordan Montgomery was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 9.[3]
  • Grayson Greiner was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 16.[4]
  • Michael Roth was named First-Team Capital One Academic All-American.[5]
  • Michael Roth was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.[6]
  • Christian Walker was named First Team All-SEC, Matt Price was named Second Team All-SEC, Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake were named Freshman All-SEC, and Michael Roth and Evan Marzilli were named Defensive All-SEC.[7]
  • Adam Matthews was named MVP of the NCAA Columbia Regional. LB Dantzler, Colby Holmes, Jordan Montgomery, Joey Pankake and Chase Vergason were also named to the All-Tournament team.[8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[9]22*3338101098533246——2
Baseball America[10]3333381111109754277——2
Collegiate Baseball^[11]22222614181813743332222
NCBWA†[12]2233369876433156542

^ 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.

Gamecocks in the 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Christian Walker1B4th132ndBaltimore Orioles
Matt PriceRHP7th222ndBaltimore Orioles
Evan MarzilliOF8th273rdArizona Diamondbacks
Michael RothLHP9th297thLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Adam MatthewsOF29th892ndCincinnati Reds

References

  1. ↑ "Baseball standings". Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Michael Roth Named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year
  3. ↑ Jordan Montgomery Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  4. ↑ Grayson Greiner Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  5. ↑ Michael Roth Repeats as First-Team Capital One Academic All-American
  6. ↑ Seven Gamecocks Honored by Southeastern Conference
  7. ↑ Seven Gamecocks Honored by Southeastern Conference
  8. ↑ Gamecocks Down Clemson 4-3, Advance to Super Regional
  9. ↑ USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  10. ↑ Baseball America College: Top 25
  11. ↑ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  12. ↑ NCBWA Division I poll
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