2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played its home games at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his ninth season at Vanderbilt.

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
2011 record54–12 (22–8 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHawkins Field
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

The Commodores reached the 2011 College World Series, falling in the semifinals to runner-up Florida.

Regionals

The Commodores were announced as a host for the Nashville regional, which featured #6 national seed Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Troy, and fellow Nashville university Belmont. Vanderbilt marched through the regional, defeating 4 seed Belmont 10–0, 3 seed Troy 10–2, and Belmont again in the final by the score of 6–1. A year later, Vanderbilt coach Josh Holliday would become the head coach of his alma mater and 2011 regional participant, Oklahoma State University.

In the SuperRegional, Vanderbilt drew the winner of the Corvallis regional, Oregon State. With first-round draft pick Sonny Gray on the mound, the Commodores jumped out to a quick 4–0 lead in the first before coasting to an 11–1 win. Mike Yastrzemski hit a three-run home run in the 4th inning.

The second game of the series also went the way of the Commodores, led by first baseman Aaron Westlake's three home runs. Vanderbilt defeated the Beavers 9–3 to punch their first to the College World Series, the first in the history of the school.

Vanderbilt celebrates the Super Regional win

Personnel

Roster

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores roster[1]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Sonny Gray - Junior
  • 10 - Navery Moore - Junior
  • 12 - Ryan O’Connor - Freshman
  • 19 - Steven Rice - Freshman
  • 21 - Jack Armstrong - Junior
  • 24 - Corey Williams - Sophomore
  • 27 - Keenan Kolinsky - Freshman
  • 28 - Grayson Garvin - Junior
  • 31 - Robert Hansen - Freshman
  • 33 - Jake Harper - Freshman
  • 34 - Taylor Hill - Senior
  • 35 - Kevin Ziomek - Freshman
  • 39 - Sam Selman - Sophomore
  • 40 - T.J. Pecoraro - Freshman
  • 44 - Mark Lamm - Senior
  • 46 - Will Clinard - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 5 - Spencer Navin - Freshman
  • 9 - Curt Casali - Senior
  • 45 - Drew Fann - Junior

Infielders

  • 1 - Bryan Johns - Senior
  • 3 - Sam Lind - Sophomore
  • 8 - Riley Reynolds - Junior
  • 11 - Josh Lee - Freshman
  • 13 - Anthony Gomez - Sophomore
  • 15 - Will Johnson - Freshman
  • 17 - Andrew Harris - Sophomore
  • 22 - Jason Esposito - Junior
  • 25 - D.J. Luna - Sophomore
  • 42 - Joel McKeithan - Freshman
  • 55 - Conrad Gregor - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 6 - Tony Kemp - Freshman
  • 7 - Joe Loftus - Junior
  • 18 - Mike Yastrzemski - Sophomore
  • 20 - Connor Harrell - Sophomore
  • 51 - Jack Lupo - Sophomore

Utility

  • 36 - Aaron Westlake - Junior
 

Coaches

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaching staff[1]

Schedule

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log[2]
Regular Season
Post-Season

Ranking Movements

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 17 Final 
Coaches' 4 4* 4* 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 4 
Baseball America 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 7 4 3 4 
Collegiate Baseball^ 5 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 2 5 3 3 3 3 5 
NCBWA 4 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 4 
D1Baseball

^ 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.

References

  1. "2011 Baseball Roster". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  2. "2013–2014 Schedule". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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