2017 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

2017 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Clemson Regional champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 16
CB	No. 18
Record	36–25–1 (15–13–1 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Corbin (15th season)
Assistant coach	Scott Brown (5th season)
Hitting coach	D.J. Svihlik (1st season)
Home stadium	Hawkins Field

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	19	–	0		.732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			43	–	23	–	0		.652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	15	–	13	–	1		.534			36	–	25	–	1		.589
Missouri  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			36	–	23	–	0		.610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			35	–	25	–	0		.583
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	7	–	21	–	0		.250			27	–	25	–	0		.519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	20	–	0		.722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11	–	0		.621			45	–	19	–	0		.703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	27	–	0		.597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	23	–	0		.641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			37	–	26	–	0		.587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	1		.183			19	–	34	–	1		.361
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field as a member of the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Tim Corbin, in his 15th season at Vanderbilt. The Commodores would finish the regular season 33–21–1 overall, 15–13–1 in conference play and be invited to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Vanderbilt would beat Clemson to win the Clemson Regional, before losing to #1 Oregon State in the Corvallis Super Regional.

Previous season

The Commodores had a hot start to the 2016 season, being ranked as high as #2 before compiling a 40–15 regular season record, going 18–12 in the SEC. The Commodores finished ranked #10 in the nation and earned a #6 seed in the 2016 Southeastern Conference tournament. The Commodores went 2–2 and were eliminated by Texas A&M, the eventual champions. Following the SEC tournament, the Commodores hosted a regional in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, part of the Louisville super regional. The season was marred by the death of freshman pitcher Donny Everett, who drowned the day before Vanderbilt was to take on Xavier University in their first regional game. Vanderbilt went 0–2 in the Nashville regional to end the season, falling to Xavier and Washington.

Personnel

Roster

2016 Vanderbilt Commodores roster
Pitchers 6 – Justin Wilson – Sophomore 11 – Paxton Stover – Junior 16 – Penn Murfee – Junior 24 – Reed Hayes – Junior 25 – Michael Sandborn – Freshman 27 – Chandler Day – Sophomore 28 – Matt Ruppenthal – Junior 29 – Patrick Raby – Sophomore 34 – Zach King – Freshman 35 – Jackson Gillis – Freshman 38 – Matt McGarry – Sophomore 40 – Collin Snider – Junior 42 – Maddux Conger – Sophomore 44 – Kyle Wright – Junior 45 – Reid Schaller – Freshman 49 – A.J. Franklin – Freshman 66 – Drake Fellows – Freshman		Catchers 5 – Jason Delay – Senior 19 – Stephen Scott – Sophomore 20 – Ty Duvall – Freshman Infielders 2 – Harrison Ray – Freshman 8 – Alonzo Jones – Sophomore 9 – Will Toffey – Junior 10 – Ethan Paul – Sophomore 12 – Connor Kaiser – Sophomore 21 – Alex Brewer – Freshman 22 – Julian Infante – Sophomore		Outfielders 1 – Ro Coleman – Senior 3 – Jeren Kendall – Junior 13 – Kiambu Fentress – Freshman 17 – Walker Grisanti – Sophomore 19 – Stephen Scott – Sophomore 24- Reed Hayes – Junior 51 – J.J. Bleday – Freshman

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Vanderbilt	Alma mater
Tim Corbin	Head coach	15	Ohio Wesleyan University (1984)
Scott Brown	Assistant coach	5	SUNY Cortland (1999)
D.J. Svihlik	Hitting Coach/Recruiting Coordinator	1	Illinois (2000)

Schedule

Legend
	Vanderbilt win
	Vanderbilt loss
	Postponement
Bold	Vanderbilt team member