2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
SEC Tournament champions College Station Regional champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
Record	49–16 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach	Rob Childress (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Justin Seely (7th season) Will Bolt (2nd season)
Home stadium	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park

2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  x‍‍‍y	20	–	9	–	0		.690			46	–	18	–	0		.719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			52	–	16	–	0		.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			26	–	30	–	0		.464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			44	–	18	–	1		.706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			49	–	16	–	0		.754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			45	–	21	–	0		.682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Alabama  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			23	–	33	–	0		.411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represents the Texas A&M University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Aggies play their home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

Personnel

Roster

2016 Texas A&M Aggies roster
	Pitchers 10 Andrew Vinson – Senior 12 Corbin Martin – Sophomore 14 Kyle Simonds – Senior 15 Brigham Hill – Sophomore 21 Cason Sherrod – Sophomore 22 Tyler Ivey – Freshman 23 Tuner Larkins – Sophomore 27 Ryan Hendrix – Junior 28 Mark Ecker – Junior 32 Stephen Kolek – Freshman 34 Mitchell Kilkenny – Freshman 36 Ty Schlottmann – Senior 38 Jace Vines – Sophomore 41 Lee May Gonzalez – Junior 45 Dakota Klein – Freshman 47 Hunter Spaeth – Freshman 56 Kaylor Chafin – Sophomore		Catchers 5 Michael Barash – Senior 20 Dayne Sommer – Sophomore 54 Cole Bedford – Freshman Infielders 2 Ryan Birk – Junior 3 Alan Campero – Freshman 17 Joel Davis – Junior 25 Austin Homan – Junior 33 Ronnie Gideon – Junior 42 Tristan Metten – Freshman 44 George Janca – Freshman 50 Hunter Melton – Senior		Outfielders 4 Nick Banks – Junior 9 Walker Pennington – Junior 11 J.B. Moss – Senior 13 Blake Kopetsky – Senior 18 Nick Choruby – Junior 31 Trey Jimmerson – Freshman 35 Matt Collins – Freshman 37 Coll Stanley – Freshman 40 Jonathan Moroney – Senior Utility 8 Boomer White – Senior

Coaching staff

2016 Texas A&M baseball coaching staff

Rob Childress – Head Coach – 11th year Justin Seely – Assistant Coach – 7th year Will Bolt – Assistant Coach – 2nd year Jake Carlson – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st year Jason Hutchins – Director of Baseball Operations – 18th year Jeremy McMillan – Sports Performance Coach – 5th year

Schedule and results

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Rankings

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'	4	4*		3	3	2	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2
Baseball America	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1
Collegiate Baseball^	5	5	3	3	3	4	3	7	8	5	5	5	5	3	5	1
NCBWA†	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.