2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
CB	No. 9
Record	43–23 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach	Nick Mingione (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Jim Belanger (1st season) Roland Fanning (1st season) Todd Guilliams (1st season)
Home stadium	Cliff Hagan Stadium

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 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by head coach Nick Mingione, who was in his first year at Kentucky. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wildcats were selected to host their second NCAA Regional, the first since 2006. The Wildcats won their regional, and faced Louisville in the super regionals, losing 2 games to none.

Roster

2017 Kentucky Wildcats roster
	Pitchers 9 – Josh Smith – Sophomore 12 – Alec Maley – Junior 14 – Zack Thompson – Freshman 21 – Justin Lewis – Sophomore 22 – Austin Keen – Freshman 24 – Brett Marshall – Freshman 25 – Gunnar McNeill – Senior 28 – Logan Salow – Senior 30 – Sean Hjelle – Sophomore 33 – Chris Machamer – Freshman 34 – Carson Coleman – Freshman 39 – Zach Logue – Junior 42 – Brad Schaenzer – Junior 44 – Colton Cleary – Senior 52 – Zach Pop – Junior		Catchers 5 – T.J. Collett – Freshman 13 – Kole Cottam – Sophomore 16 – Troy Squires – Junior 50 – Marshall Gei – Sophomore Infielders 2 – Riley Mahan – Junior 3 – Tyler Marshall – Junior 4 – Zeke Lewis – Freshman 7 – Connor Heady – Senior 10 – Luke Becker – Junior 20 – Joey Bellini – Freshman 23 – Brayden Combs – Freshman 26 – Luke Heyer – Junior		Outfielders 6 – Tristan Pompey – Sophomore 8 – Storm Wilson – Senior 15 – Marcus Carson – Freshman 19 – Evan White – Junior 40 – Zach Reks – Senior

Schedule

Legend
	Kentucky win
	Kentucky loss
	Postponement
Bold	Kentucky team member