2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Ray Tanner, who was in his sixteenth season at Carolina.

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
2012 record49–20 (18–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chad Holbrook (4th season)
  • Jerry Meyers (2nd/10th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (5th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  xy 1811 .621  4920 .710
No. 6 Florida  y 1812 .600  4720 .701
No. 19 Kentucky  y 1812 .600  4518 .714
No. 25 Vanderbilt  y 1614 .533  3528 .556
Georgia   1415 .483  3126 .544
Tennessee   822 .267  2431 .436
Western
No. 11 LSU  xy 1911 .633  4718 .723
No. 3 Arkansas  y 1614 .533  4622 .676
Mississippi State  y 1614 .533  4024 .625
Ole Miss  y 1416 .467  3726 .587
Auburn   1317 .433  3128 .525
Alabama   921 .300  2134 .382
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 26, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Personnel

Roster

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Freshman
  • 10 Drake Thomason - Freshman
  • 14 Evan Beal - Freshman
  • 15 Nolan Belcher - Junior
  • 22 Matt Price - Junior
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman
  • 25 Adam Westmoreland - Junior
  • 27 Forrest Koumas - Sophomore
  • 29 Michael Roth - Senior
  • 32 Ethan Carter - Junior
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Freshman
  • 35 Logan Munson - Senior
  • 36 Hunter Privette - Junior
  • 38 Tyler Webb - Junior
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior
  • 44 Colby Holmes - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 4 Connor Bright - Freshman
  • 8 TJ Costen - Freshman
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Freshman
  • 13 Christian Walker - Junior
  • 16 Chase Vergason - Junior
  • 19 Tanner Lovick - Junior
  • 20 LB Dantzler - Junior
  • 24 Brison Celek - Sophomore
  • 30 Erik Payne - Sophomore
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Freshman
  • 18 Dante Rosenberg - Junior
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Freshman
  • 11 Sean Sullivan - Junior
  • 17 Seth Constable - Freshman
  • 26 Adam Matthews - Senior
  • 31 Evan Marzilli - Junior
 

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html

Coaching staff

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 1 Ray Tanner - Head Coach - 16 years
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Assistant Coach - 4 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Assistant Coach - 2 years / 10 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 5 years
  • 55 Drew Meyer - Assistant Coach - Undergraduate

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches

Schedule

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html

Honors and awards

  • Michael Roth was named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year.[2]
  • Jordan Montgomery was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 9.[3]
  • Grayson Greiner was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 16.[4]
  • Michael Roth was named First-Team Capital One Academic All-American.[5]
  • Michael Roth was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.[6]
  • Christian Walker was named First Team All-SEC, Matt Price was named Second Team All-SEC, Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake were named Freshman All-SEC, and Michael Roth and Evan Marzilli were named Defensive All-SEC.[7]
  • Adam Matthews was named MVP of the NCAA Columbia Regional. LB Dantzler, Colby Holmes, Jordan Montgomery, Joey Pankake and Chase Vergason were also named to the All-Tournament team.[8]

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'[9] 2 2* 2* 3 3 8 10 10 9 8 5 3 3 2 4 6 - - 2 
Baseball America[10] 3 3 3 3 3 8 11 11 10 9 7 5 4 2 7 7 - - 2 
Collegiate Baseball^[11] 2 2 2 2 2 6 14 18 18 13 7 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 
NCBWA[12] 2 2 3 3 3 6 9 8 7 6 4 3 3 1 5 6 5 4 2 
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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.

Gamecocks in the 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Christian Walker1B4th132ndBaltimore Orioles
Matt PriceRHP7th222ndBaltimore Orioles
Evan MarzilliOF8th273rdArizona Diamondbacks
Michael RothLHP9th297thLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Adam MatthewsOF29th892ndCincinnati Reds

References

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