2011 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team

2011 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team represented the University of Virginia in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cavaliers played their home games at Davenport Field. The team was coached by Brian O'Connor, leading his eighth season at Virginia.

2011 Virginia Cavaliers baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
2011 record56–12 (22–8 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumDavenport Field
2011 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Atlantic
No. 9 Florida State  x‍‍‍y 19–11 .633  46–19 .708
No. 21 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 17–13 .567  43–20 .683
NC State  ‍‍‍y 15–15 .500  35–27 .565
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  25–31 .446
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 7–22 .241  17–33 .340
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5–25 .167  31–25 .554
Coastal
No. 3 Virginia  x‍‍‡‍y 22–8 .733  56–12 .824
No. 19 Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y 22–8 .733  42–21 .667
No. 5 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 20–10 .667  51–16 .761
No. 22 Miami  ‍‍‍y 19–10 .655  38–23 .623
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  30–25 .545
Duke  ‍‍‍ 7–23 .233  26–30 .464
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 24, 2011[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cavaliers won the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division and the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament, then advanced to the 2011 College World Series as the top overall seed. They fell to eventual champion South Carolina in the semifinal.

Personnel

Roster
2011 Virginia Cavaliers roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 - Kyle Crockett
  • 12 - Corey Hunt
  • 16 - Branden Kline
  • 17 - Shane Halley
  • 18 - Tyler Wilson
  • 20 - Ryan Ashooh
  • 23 - Danny Hultzen
  • 25 - Will Roberts
  • 28 - Chad O'Connor
  • 29 - Scott Silverstein
  • 31 - Justin Thompson
  • 32 - Cody Winiarski
  • 34 - Artie Lewicki
  • 39 - Austin Young
  • 45 - Aaron Stull
  • 47 - Whit Mayberry
  

Infielders

  • 2 - Keith Werman
  • 4 - Reed Gragnani
  • 11 - Stephen Bruno
  • 13 - Jared King
  • 19 - Steven Proscia
  • 30 - Rob Amaro

Catchers

  • 8 - John Hicks
  • 35 - Kenny Swab
  

Outfielders

  • 5 - Mitchell Shifflet
  • 6 - Chris Taylor
  • 7 - John Barr
  • 9 - David Coleman
  • 14 - Colin Harrington
  • 22 - Mark Podlas
  • 27 - Tyler Biddix
  • 43 - Ryan Levine
  

Coaches
2011 Virginia Cavaliers baseball coaching staff

Schedule
2011 Virginia Cavaliers Baseball Game Log[3]
Regular Season
Postseason
  1. Will Roberts recorded a perfect game on March 29, 2011 against George Washington.

Ranking movements
Main article: 2011 NCAA Division I baseball 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 17 Final 
Coaches' 14 14* 14* 6 5 3 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 
Baseball America 15 13 13 11 7 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 5 2 3 
Collegiate Baseball^ 17 14 15 10 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 5 2 2 2 3 
NCBWA† 13 10 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 3 
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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.

References
  1. "2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  2. "Virginia Season Statistics". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
  3. "2011 Virginia Baseball". Virginia Cavaliers. Retrieved April 26, 2014.
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