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2024 Georgia Bulldogs baseball
2024 Georgia Bulldogs baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
D1Baseball.com	No. 20
Record	31–12 (10–11 SEC)
Head coach	Wes Johnson (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Will Coggin; Josh Simpson; Brock Bennett;
Home stadium	Foley Field
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

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2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee ^x‍†‍‍	22	–	8	.733	46	–	10	.821
No. 2 Kentucky ^x‍†‍‍	22	–	8	.733	39	–	12	.765
No. 11 Georgia ‍‍‍	17	–	13	.567	39	–	14	.736
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	35	–	20	.636
Florida ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	28	–	26	.519
South Carolina ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	33	–	21	.611
Missouri ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	23	–	32	.418
Western
No. 5 Arkansas ^x‍‍‍	20	–	10	.667	43	–	12	.782
No. 4 Texas A&M ‍‍‍	19	–	11	.633	44	–	11	.800
No. 15 Mississippi State ‍‍‍	17	–	13	.567	36	–	19	.655
Alabama ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	33	–	21	.611
LSU ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	36	–	20	.643
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	27	–	28	.491
Auburn ‍‍‍	8	–	22	.267	27	–	26	.509

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 18, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represents the University of Georgia in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs play their home games for the 68th season at Foley Field as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They are led by head coach Wes Johnson, in his first year as head coach.

Previous season

The Bulldogs finished 29–27, 11–19 in the SEC to finish in sixth place in the East division. They were not invited to the postseason. As a result, head coach Scott Stricklin was fired.^[2]

Personnel

Roster

2024 Georgia Bulldogs roster^[3]

Pitchers

3 - Zach Harris - Sophomore
4 - Jarvis Evans - Sophomore
12 - Leighton Finley - Sophomore
15 - Matthew Hoskins - Sophomore
16 - Kolten Smith - Sophomore
18 - James Hays - Freshman
19 - Ethan Sutton - Freshman
20 - Blake Gillespie - Sophomore
21 - Coleman Willis - Sophomore
26 - Brian Zeldin - Graduate
29 - Charlie Goldstein - Graduate
30 - Brandt Pancer - Senior
31 - Chandler Marsh - Junior
32 - Josh Roberge - Graduate
33 - Max DeJong - Junior
34 - Tyler McLoughlin - Senior
35 - Paul Farley - Freshman
38 - DJ Radtke - Sophomore
39 - Wyatt Land - Freshman
42 - Daniel Padysak - Graduate
43 - Luke Wiltrakis - Freshman
45 - Christian Mracna - Graduate
46 - Zach DeVito - Senior
47 - Collin Caldwell - Senior
48 - Ryker Chavis - Freshman
55 - Ryan Gold - Freshman

Catchers

11 - Henry Hunter - Junior
13 - Fernando Gonzalez - Senior
50 - Josh Katz - Junior

Infielders

2 - Sebastian Murillo - Senior
9 - Kolby Branch - Sophomore
14 - Trey King - Freshman
23 - Paul Toetz - Graduate
36 - Tre Phelps - Freshman
44 - Slate Alford - Junior

Outfielders

0 - Josh Stinson - Senior
1 - Dillon Carter - Graduate
8 - Clayton Chadwick - Graduate
10 - John Marant - Junior
25 - Dylan Goldstein - Graduate
40 - Cooper Milford - Freshman

Utility

6 - Corey Collins (OF/C) - Senior
17 - Logan Jordan (OF/C) - Graduate
24 - Charlie Condon (1B/OF) - Sophomore
27 - Lukas Farris (OF/1B) - Sophomore

Coaching staff

2024 Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff^[3]
Name	Position	Seasons at Georgia	Alma Mater
Wes Johnson	Head coach	1	Arkansas–Monticello (1994)
Will Coggin	Assistant coach	1	Mississippi State (2008)
Josh Simpson	Assistant coach	1	Northwestern Oklahoma State (2003)
Brock Bennett	Assistant coach	1	Alabama (2011)

Schedule and results

2024 Georgia Bulldogs Baseball Game Log

Regular Season

February (8–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
February 16	UNC Asheville		Foley Field Athens, GA	W 11–2	Goldstein (1–0)	Johnson (0–1)	None	SECN+	2,504	1–0	–
February 17	UNC Asheville		Foley Field	W 17–5⁸	Mracna (1–0)	Honeycutt (0–1)	None	SECN+	2,790	2–0	–
February 18	UNC Asheville		Foley Field	W 10–0⁷	Finley (1–0)	Edmondson (0–1)	Roberge (1)	SECN+	1,787	3–0	–
February 20	at Georgia State		GSU Baseball Complex Decatur, GA	W 15–0	Evans (1–0)	Butler (0–1)	None	None	475	4–0	–
February 23	Northern Kentucky		Foley Field	W 15–5⁷	Goldstein (2–0)	Gillis (0–1)	None	SECN+	1,522	5–0	–
February 24	Northern Kentucky		Foley Field	W 7–6	Smith (1–0)	Johnson (0–1)	None	SECN+	2,866	6–0	–
February 25	Northern Kentucky		Foley Field	W 12–11	Zeldin (1–0)	Massie (0–1)	None	SECN+	1,505	7–0	–
February 27	Presbyterian		Foley Field	W 4–3	Harris (1–0)	Chamberlin (0–1)	Zeldin (1)	SECN+	747	8–0	–
February 28	Michigan State		Foley Field	L 6–19⁷	Pikur (1–0)	Sutton (0–1)	None	SECN+	1,054	8–1	–

March (14–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
March 1	at Georgia Tech		Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, GA	Canceled (rain)^[4]
March 2	Georgia Tech		Foley Field	W 3–1	Roberge (1–0)	McKee (0–1)	Zeldin (2)	SECN+	3,638	9–1	–
March 3	vs. Georgia Tech		Coolray Field Lawrenceville, GA	W 11–9	Roberge (2–0)	Jones (1–1)	Zeldin (3)	None	8,163	10–1	–
March 5	vs. Georgia Southern		SRP Park North Augusta, SC	W 7–2	DeVito (1–0)	Smith (1–2)	None	None	5,685	11–1	–
March 6	Stetson		Foley Field	W 11–5	Harris (2–0)	Shine (0–1)	None	SECN+	802	12–1	–
March 8	Northern Colorado		Foley Field	W 11–1⁷	Goldstein (3–0)	Smith (0–4)	None	SECN+	778	13–1	–
March 9 (DH 1)	Northern Colorado		Foley Field	W 19–1⁷	Finley (2–0)	Sharp (0–2)	None	SECN+	1,602	14–1	–
March 9 (DH 2)	Northern Colorado		Foley Field	W 14–6	Padysak (1–0)	Storey (0–2)	None	SECN+	1,602	15–1	–
March 10	Northern Colorado		Foley Field	W 11–1⁷	Evans (2–0)	Moser (0–3)	None	SECN+	2,143	16–1	–
March 12	Iowa		Foley Field	W 10–5	Mracna (2–0)	Cadieux-Lanque (3–1)	None	SECN+	2,958	17–1	–
March 15	at Kentucky		Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY	L 10–16	Byers (2–0)	Smith (1–1)	None	SECN+	2,040	17–2	0–1
March 16	at Kentucky		Kentucky Proud Park	L 3–9	Niman (4–1)	Finley (2–1)	Nove (2)	SECN+	2,893	17–3	0–2
March 17	at Kentucky		Kentucky Proud Park	L 2–12⁷	Moore (4–0)	Mracna (2–1)	None	SECN+	2,899	17–4	0–3
March 19	Wofford		Foley Field	W 18–6⁷	DeVito (2–0)	Bouchard (0–2)	None	SECN+	1,153	18–4	0–3
March 23 (DH 1)	No. 11 Alabama		Foley Field	W 9–5	Zeldin (2–0)	Moza (2–1)	None	SECN	3,920	19–4	1–3
March 23 (DH 2)	No. 11 Alabama		Foley Field	W 6–5	Smith (2–1)	Davis II (1–1)	None	SECN+	3,604	20–4	2–3
March 24	No. 11 Alabama		Foley Field	W 10–5	Mracna (3–1)	Banks (0–1)	Zeldin (4)	SECN+	3,724	21–4	3–3
March 26	Mercer		Foley Field	Postponed (rain)^[5]
March 29	at No. 5 Tennessee		Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN	W 16–2⁷	Goldstein (4–0)	Causey (5–1)	None	SECN+	5,575	22–4	4–3
March 30	at No. 5 Tennessee		Lindsey Nelson Stadium	L 11–16	Connell (3–0)	Smith (2–2)	None	SECN	5,677	22–5	4–4
March 31	at No. 5 Tennessee		Lindsey Nelson Stadium	L 0–7	Sechrist (1–0)	Mracna (3–2)	Snead (2)	SECN	5,006	22–6	4–5

April (9–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
April 2	Georgia State		Foley Field	W 10–1	Smith (3–2)	Lutz (0–1)	None	SECN+	2,923	23–6	4–5
April 5	at No. 23 Mississippi State		Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS	L 1–6	Stephen (4–2)	Evans (2–1)	Schuelke (2)	SECN+	12,315	23–7	4–6
April 6	at No. 23 Mississippi State		Dudy Noble Field	W 3–2	Zeldin (3–0)	Schuelke (1–2)	None	SECN	13,477	24–7	5–6
April 7	at No. 23 Mississippi State		Dudy Noble Field	L 8–9	Davis (3–0)	Roberge (2–1)	None	SECN+	11,337	24–8	5–7
April 9	Kennesaw State		Foley Field	W 15–5⁸	Harris (3–0)	Eidson (0–2)	None	SECN+	1,489	25–8	5–7
April 11	Missouri		Foley Field	W 15–10	Evans (3–1)	Rustad (4–5)	None	SECN	3,171	26–8	6–7
April 12	Missouri		Foley Field	L 5–6¹⁰	Magdic (1–1)	Zeldin (3–1)	None	SECN+	3,760	26–9	6–8
April 13	Missouri		Foley Field	W 10–7	Smith (4–2)	Pimental (1–2)	None	SECN+	3,521	27–9	7–8
April 19	Ole Miss	No. 24	Foley Field	W 17–6⁸	Finley (3–1)	Maddox (2–5)	Zeldin (5)	SECN+	3,708	28–9	8–8
April 20 (DH 1)	Ole Miss	No. 24	Foley Field	W 7–2	Smith (5–2)	Mallitz (0–1)	None	SECN+	3,849	29–9	9–8
April 20 (DH 2)	Ole Miss	No. 24	Foley Field	L 2–3	Quinn (1–1)	Wiltrakis (0–1)	Jones (1)	SECN+	3,066	29–10	9–9
April 23	No. 5 Clemson	No. 20	Foley Field	W 4–3¹⁵	Marsh (1–0)	Fitzgerald (0–1)	None	ESPNU	4,183	30–10	9–9
April 26	at No. 1 Texas A&M	No. 20	Blue Bell Park College Station, TX	L 2–5	Prager (8–0)	Goldstein (4–1)	Aschenbeck (7)	SECN+	7,968	30–11	9–10
April 27 (DH 1)	at No. 1 Texas A&M	No. 20	Blue Bell Park	L 9–19	Sdao (3–0)	Zeldin (3–2)	None	SECN+	7,770	30–12	9–11
April 27 (DH 2)	at No. 1 Texas A&M	No. 20	Blue Bell Park	W 5–4	Smith (6–2)	Cortez (6–2)	Mracna (1)	SECN+	7,021	31–12	10–11
April 30	at Kennesaw State		Fred Stillwell Stadium Kennesaw, GA

May
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 3	Vanderbilt		Foley Field					SECN+
May 4	Vanderbilt		Foley Field					SECN+
May 5	Vanderbilt		Foley Field					SECN+
May 9	at South Carolina		Founders Park Columbia, SC					ESPNU
May 10	at South Carolina		Founders Park					SECN+
May 11	at South Carolina		Founders Park
May 16	Florida		Foley Field
May 17	Florida		Foley Field
May 18	Florida		Foley Field

Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled
Bold = Georgia team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2024 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	13–17		2–1	1–2	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	ALA	W4	5–5	0–2
ARK	20–10	1–2		2–1	2–1	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	.	1–2	.	ARK	W1	7–3	3–0
AUB	8–22	2–1	1–2		.	.	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	AUB	W7	2–8	0–4
FLA	13–17	.	1–2	.		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	FLA	E5	4–6	0–1
UGA	17–13	3–0	.	.	1–2		0–3	.	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	3–0	UGA	E3	5–5	3–1
KEN	22–8	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0		.	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	KEN	E2	8–2	4–0
LSU	13–17	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	.		1–2	2–1	3–0	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	LSU	W5	4–6	1–2
MSU	17–13	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	2–1		2–1	1–2	.	.	1–2	2–1	MSU	W3	6–4	1–0
MIZZ	9–21	.	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2		.	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	1–9	1–3
MISS	11–19	1–2	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	2–1	.		2–1	1–2	2–1	.	MISS	W6	4–6	0–3
SCAR	13–17	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	0–3	2–1	.	.	2–1	1–2		0–3	1–2	3–0	SCAR	E6	4–6	1–2
TENN	22–8	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	3–0	2–1	3–0		.	2–1	TENN	E1	9–1	3–0
TAMU	19–11	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	2–1	.		3–0	TAMU	W2	7–3	2–0
VAN	13–17	.	.	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		VAN	E4	4–6	2–3
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for all games through 18 May 2024. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.

References

^ "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
^ "Georgia fires baseball coach Scott Stricklin after 10 seasons". AP News. May 26, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Official Baseball Roster". Georgia Bulldogs. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
^ "Georgia Holds 9-3 Lead Over Tech When Game Halted". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
^ "Georgia-Mercer Baseball Game Postponed". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[1] "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved May 18, 2024.

[2] "Georgia fires baseball coach Scott Stricklin after 10 seasons". AP News. May 26, 2023. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[roster-3] "Official Baseball Roster". Georgia Bulldogs. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

[4] "Georgia Holds 9-3 Lead Over Tech When Game Halted". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

[5] "Georgia-Mercer Baseball Game Postponed". University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

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v t e Georgia Bulldogs baseball
Venues	Herty Field (1891–1910) Sanford Field (1911–1943) Ag. Hill (1946–1961) Freshman Field (1962–1965) Foley Field (1966–present)
Rivalries	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia Tech)
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in Bold; College World Series appearances in italics