2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team

The 2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team will represent the University of Alabama in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide play their home games in Sewell-Thomas Stadium.

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWest
2011 record3528 (1416 SEC)
Head coach
Hitting coachAndy Phillips
Pitching coachDax Norris
Home stadiumSewell-Thomas Stadium
2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  xy 228 .733  5514 .797
No. 2 Florida xy 228 .733  5319 .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt xy 228 .733  5412 .818
Georgia y 1614 .533  3332 .508
Kentucky  822 .267  2530 .455
Tennessee  723 .233  2529 .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas xy 1515 .500  4022 .645
No. 17 Mississippi State y 1416 .467  3825 .603
Alabama y 1416 .467  3528 .556
Auburn  1416 .467  2929 .500
LSU  1317 .433  3620 .643
Ole Miss   1317 .433  3025 .545
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 28, 2011; Rankings from Baseball America

Personnel

2011 Roster

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide roster
 

Pitchers

  • 7 Brett Whitaker - Senior
  • 11 Trey Pilkington - Sophomore
  • 14 Christian Talley - Freshman
  • 16 Cary Baxter - Freshman
  • 17 Jay Shaw - Freshman
  • 21 Adam Windsor - Sophomore
  • 22 Nathan Kennedy - Junior
  • 24 Case Nixon - Freshman
  • 26 Jonathan Smart - Senior
  • 27 Taylor Wolfe - Sophomore
  • 28 Nathan Killcrease - Senior
  • 29 Charley Sullivan - Sophomore
  • 32 Adam Morgan - Junior
  • 33 Jason Zylstra - Junior
  • 36 Troy Sutherland - Sophomore
  • 38 Judson Luther - Freshman
  • 44 Tucker Hawley - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 6 Josh Rosecarns - Junior
  • 23 Ladson Montgomery - Freshman
  • 37 Charley Waldrep - Freshman
  • 41 Brock Bennett - Senior

Infielders

  • 5 Brett Booth - Sophomore
  • 9 Jared Reaves - Junior
  • 18 Austen Smith - Freshman
  • 35 Josh Sanders - Senior
  • 39 James Tullidge - Junior
  • 42 Allen Dye - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 1 Taylor Dugas - Junior
  • 2 Andrew Miller - Sophomore
  • 12 Brandt Hendricks - Sophomore
  • 13 David Kindred - Senior
  • 40 Jeremiah Tullidge - Freshman
  • 46 Hunter Gregory - Junior

Utility

  • 10 Jon Kelton - Junior
  • 20 Patrick McGavin - Freshman
 

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Roster

Coaching Staff

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaching staff
  • 8 Mitch Gaspard Head Coach - 11 years at Alabama (2nd as Head Coach)
  • 3 Andy Phillips Assistant Coach, Hitting Coach - 1st year
  • 4 Dax Norris Assistant Coach, Pitching Coach, Recruiting Coordinator - 5 years
  • 43 Bobby Barbier Volunteer Coach - 2 years
  • 19 Adam Pavkovich Fifth-year student assistant coach
  • 25 Adam Scott Fifth-year student assistant coach
  • 30 Drew French Director of Operations - 4 years

Schedule/Results

2011 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2011 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Baseball America poll the week Alabama faced each opponent.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
Coaches'[1] NR NR* NR* NR NR NR 25 24 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Baseball America[2] NR NR NR NR NR NR 25 21 24 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[3] NR NR NR NR NR NR 21 19 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
NCBWA[4] 28 29 NR NR NR NR 24 24 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

2011 NCBWA Preseason All-American, Third Team
  • Josh Rosecrans
SEC Player of the Week, March 28, 2011
  • Nathan Kilcrease
SEC Pitcher of the Week, May 23, 2011

See also

Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2011 MLB Draft

The following members of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program were drafted in the 2011 MLB Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Adam MorganLHP3rd120thPhiladelphia Phillies
Taylor DugasOF8th249thChicago Cubs
Nathan KilcreaseRHP30th916thOakland Athletics
Brock BennettC33rd1017thSan Francisco Giants

References

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