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2015 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record28–25 (16–11 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (3rd season)
  • Brent Haring (3rd season)
  • Jeremy Thomas (3rd season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
San Diego ‍†‍‍ 19 – 8 – 0   .704 33 – 22 – 0   .600
Pepperdine ‍‍‡‍y 17 – 10 – 0   .630 30 – 27 – 0   .526
BYU  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 28 – 25 – 0   .528
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11 – 0   .593 33 – 21 – 1   .609
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12 – 0   .556 23 – 31 – 0   .426
Gonzaga  ‍‍‍ 13 – 14 – 0   .481 24 – 28 – 0   .462
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15 – 0   .444 26 – 28 – 0   .481
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 28 – 27 – 0   .509
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17 – 0   .370 14 – 37 – 0   .275
Portland  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20 – 0   .259 12 – 42 – 0   .222
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 24, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his 3rd season as head coach of the Cougars. For the second consecutive year BYU was picked to finish sixth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[2] After using three stadiums last season, the Cougars played all of their home games at Larry H. Miller Field. The Cougars surpassed expectations in the 2015 season. BYU won 7 of their 9 conference series (losing series only at San Diego and at Pacific), claimed the 3-seed in the WCC Tournament, and lost 0 home series for the season. The Cougars went 0–2 in the WCC Tournament, losing both games in the ninth inning, to finish the season 28–25, 16–11 in conference play.

2015 Roster

2015 BYU Cougars Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 James Lengal – Senior
  • 9 Mason Marshall – Sophomore
  • 11 Kolton Mahoney – Junior
  • 17 Wyatt Padget – Junior
  • 18 Brady Corless – Junior
  • 23 Hayden Rogers – Sophomore
  • 24 James Barker – Freshman
  • 25 Jeff Barker – Senior
  • 26 Riley Gates – Freshman
  • 27 Michael Rucker – Sophomore
  • 29 Brandon Kinser – Senior
  • 32 Maverick Buffo – Freshman
  • 36 Blake Brailsford – Freshman
  • 37 Keaton Cenatiempo – Sophomore
  • 41 Austin Kamel – Junior
  • 42 Seth Huxford – Freshman
  

Infielders

  • 5 Hayden Nielsen – Junior
  • 7 Parker Starr – Senior
  • 8 Dillon Robinson – Senior
  • 10 Brian Hsu – Freshman
  • 12 Tanner Chauncey – Sophomore
  • 13 Bret Lopez – Senior
  • 21 Paxton Larson – Freshman
  • 22 Dallen Reber – Junior
  • 43 Derrick Whitney – Junior
  

Catchers

  • 14 Bronson Larsen – Sophomore
  • 16 Jarrett Jarvis – Senior
  • 35 Colton Shaver – Freshman
  • 39 Grant Hodges – Freshman

Outfielders

  • 2 Brennon Lund – Sophomore
  • 3 Andy Isom – Senior
  • 4 Eric Urry – Junior
  • 19 Court Iorg – Freshman
  

Schedule

2015 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular Season

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*West Coast Conference games
y- BYU was considered the home team despite playing in Moraga because the game was originally scheduled to be played in Provo.

Radio Information

Every BYU Baseball game had a radio/internet broadcast available. 33 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 26th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts was used. 14 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 4 radio exclusives this season: Mar 6 late night & Mar 7 vs. Hartford & Apr 7 & 28 vs. Utah Valley. Robbie Bullough provided play by play for BYU Radio's exclusive games vs. Hartford as well as the Apr. 28 game at Utah Valley. He also sat in on a couple of games Brent Norton was unable to make. The Apr. 7 Utah Valley game was a BYUtv simulcast.

UC Santa Barbara, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah Valley, and Cal State Northridge all provided an internet broadcast through their respective athletic websites.

TV Announcers

  • March 5: Hartford- Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
  • March 6: Hartford, Game 1- Brent Norton & Randy Wilstead
  • March 6: Hartford, Game 2- Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • March 7: Hartford- Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • March 10: @ Utah Valley- No announcers
  • March 12: Pepperdine- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • March 13: Pepperdine- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • March 14: Pepperdine- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • March 19: @ Gonzaga- No announcers
  • March 20: @ Gonzaga- No announcers
  • March 21: @ Gonzaga- No announcers
  • March 24: @ Utah- JB Long & Kevin Stocker
  • March 26: @ San Diego- Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • March 27: @ San Diego- Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • March 28: @ San Diego- Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • March 30: @ San Diego State- Chris Elow
  • April 2: Portland- Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
  • April 3: Portland- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 4: Portland– Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
  • April 7: Utah Valley- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 9: @ Loyola Marymount- Chris Turkmany & Derek Georgino
  • April 10: @ Loyola Marymount- Justin Alderson
  • April 11: @ Loyola Marymount- Dalton Green
  • April 21: Utah- Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
  • April 23: San Francisco- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 24: San Francisco- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 25: San Francisco- Brent Norton & Randy Wilstead
  • April 28: @ Utah Valley- Jordan Bianucci & James Warnick
  • April 30: @ Pacific- Paul Muyskens
  • May 1: @ Pacific- Justin Alderson
  • May 2: @ Pacific- Ricky Garcia
  • May 7: Saint Mary's- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • May 8: Saint Mary's- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • May 9: Saint Mary's- Dave McCann & Gary Sheide- Game rained out
  • May 12: @ Utah- JB Long & Jerry Kindall
  • May 14: @ Santa Clara- David Gentile & Collin Baker
  • May 15: @ Santa Clara- No announcers
  • May 16: @ Santa Clara- No announcers
  • May 18: Saint Mary's in Moraga- Dean Boerner & Daniel Conmy
  • May 21: Pepperdine- Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz
  • May 22: San Diego- Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz

See also

References

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  4. ^ http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2015
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