2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

The 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the sport of baseball during the 2009 college baseball season. The Wildcats competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium, on the university's Lexington, Kentucky campus. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his first season at Kentucky.

2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEast
2009 record28–26 (12–18 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCliff Hagan Stadium
2009 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 12 Florida xy 1911 .633  4222 .656
No. 25 South Carolina y 1713 .567  4023 .635
Georgia y 1513 .536  3824 .613
Vanderbilt y 1217 .414  3727 .578
Kentucky  1218 .400  2826 .519
Tennessee  1119 .367  2629 .473
Western
No. 1 LSU xy 2010 .667  5617 .767
No. 13 Ole Miss xy 2010 .667  4420 .688
Alabama y 1811 .621  3721 .638
No. 7 Arkansas y 1415 .483  3422 .607
Auburn  1119 .367  3125 .554
Mississippi State   920 .310  2529 .463
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Baseball America

Roster

Coaches

Name Title First Season at UK Alma Mater
Gary Henderson[1] Head Coach 2003 San Diego State University (1980)
Brad Bohannon[2] Assistant Head Coach 2005 Berry College (1998)
Brian Green[3] Assistant Coach 2009 New Mexico State University (1997)
Keith Vorhoff[4] Volunteer Assistant Coach 2008 Missouri Valley College (2004)

Players

Number Players Position Year Hometown (High School)
2 Brian Suedrick C Sophomore Dayton, OH (Wayne)
3 Neiko Johnson INF Sophomore Stone Mountain, GA (Redan)
4 Michael Williams C Freshman Knoxville, TN (Farragut)
5 Chris McClendon INF Senior Lufkin, TX (Lufkin)
6 Spencer Korus INF/OF Senior Olympia, WA (Olympia)
7 Kristi Jim INF Sophomore Lexington, KY (Lexington Christian)
8 Andy Stevens INF Freshman Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain)
9 Tyler Henry RHP Junior Chattanooga, TN (Red Bank)
10 Chris Rusin LHP Senior Canton, MI (Divine Child)
11 Gunner Glad INF/OF/RHP Junior Tahlequah, OK (Tulsa Union)
12 Marcus Nidiffer C Junior Bristol, TN (Tennessee)
13 Bryan Rose OF Sophomore Renssalaer, NY (Columbia)
14 Nick Kennedy RHP Junior Los Angeles (Arcadia)
15 Logan Darnell LHP Sophomore Joelton, TN (Goodpasture)
16 Duran Ferguson RHP Sophomore Kingsport, TN (Dobyns-Bennett)
17 Alex Meyer RHP Freshman Greensburg, IN (Greensburg)
18 Troy Frazier OF Junior Louisville, KY (Pleasure Ridge Park)
19 Sean Bouthilette RHP Freshman Elizabethtown, KY (Elizabethtown)
21 Will Campbell INF/OF Junior Bellevue, WA (Bishop Blanchet)
22 James Paxton LHP Junior Ladner, British Columbia (Delta Secondary School)
23 Mike Kaczmarek LHP Sophomore Tinley Park, IL (Victor J. Andrew)
24 Chad Wright OF Freshman Paducah, KY (Heath)
25 Brock Wright OF Junior Paducah, KY (Heath)
28 Chase Greene RHP Freshman Nicholasville, KY (West Jessamine)
29 Chris Bisson INF Sophomore Ottawa, Ontario (Beatrice-Desloges)
30 Braden Kapteyn QB/WR Freshman Lansing, IL (Illiana Christian)
31 Navarro Hall OF Freshman Kennesaw, GA (Kennesaw Mountain)
34 Clint Tilford RHP Junior Paducah, KY (Heath)
40 Jonathan Huff RHP Senior Amarillo, TX (Canyon Randall)
44 Cory Farris C/OF Freshman Florence, KY (Boone County)
46 Keenan Wiley OF Junior Richmond, KY (Madison Central)
47 TJ Daugherty C Freshman Owensboro, KY (Apollo)

Schedule/Results

2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball Game Log

Rankings

Ranking Movement
PollPre-
season
Feb.
25
Mar.
3
Mar.
10
Mar.
17
Mar.
24
Mar.
31
Apr.
7
Apr.
14
Apr.
21
Apr.
28
May
5
May
12
May
19
May
26
June
3
June
10
Final
Poll
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25) 26[5]
Baseball America (Top 25) NR
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30) 19[6]
NCBWA (Top 30)^ 23[7]
Rivals.com (Top 25)[8] NR
NR = Not Ranked

References

  1. Henderson Profile @ UKAthletics.com
  2. Bohannon Profile @ UKAthletics.com
  3. Green Profile @ UKAthletics.com
  4. Vorhoff Profile @ UKAthletics.com
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-12-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Rivals.com Top 25
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