2012 UCF Knights baseball team

The 2012 UCF Knights baseball team represented the University of Central Florida in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Knights played their home games at Jay Bergman Field in Orlando, Florida. The Knights were led by head coach Terry Rooney, who was in his fourth season with the team.

2012 UCF Knights baseball
ConferenceConference USA
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
2012 record45–17 (16–8 C-USA)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumJay Bergman Field
2012 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 9 Rice  y 1770 .708  40170 .702
No. 18 UCF  y 1680 .667  43150 .741
Tulane   14100 .583  38200 .655
Southern Miss   14100 .583  32240 .571
Memphis   14100 .583  31280 .525
East Carolina  y 13101 .563  35221 .612
UAB  y 9150 .375  32280 .533
Houston   5181 .229  18351 .343
Marshall   5190 .208  17370 .315
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of May 30 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 season marked the second consecutive season that the Knights made the NCAA Tournament. Their 2011 tournament appearance was the program's first since 2004.

Personnel

Coaching Staff

2012 UCF Knights coaching staff
  • 26 Terry Rooney – Head Coach - 4th season
  • 7 Ryan Klosterman - Assistant Coach – 1st season
  • 17 Joe Mercadante - Assistant Coach – 1st season
  • 8 Brandon Romans - Assistant Coach – 3rd season

Roster

2012 UCF Knights roster
 

Pitchers

  • 11 Garrett Nuss - Freshman
  • 16 Brian Adkins - Junior
  • 19 Ben Lively - Sophomore
  • 24 Joe Rogers - Junior
  • 25 Eric Skoglund - Freshman
  • 28 Shawn McDorman - Junior
  • 32 Bryan Brown - Senior
  • 33 Harrison Hukari - Freshman
  • 34 Jimmy Reed - Junior
  • 35 Roman Madrid - Junior
  • 36 Ray Hanson - Senior
  • 37 Gregg Cooke - Sophomore
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior
  • 41 Chris Matulis - Junior
  • 43 Matt Collins - Senior
 

Infielders

  • 1 Travis Shreve - Senior
  • 3 Spencer Haynes - Freshman
  • 5 Austin Johnston - Junior
  • 13 James Vasquez - Freshman
  • 14 Tommy Williams - Freshman
  • 21 Darnell Sweeney - Junior
  • 42 D.J. Hicks - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 9 Ryan Breen - Junior
  • 15 Dale Irving - Freshman
  • 20 Chris Taladay - Junior
  • 29 Ethan Smith - Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 2 Ronnie Richardson - Junior
  • 6 JoMarcos Woods - Freshman
  • 10 Erik Barber - Freshman
  • 12 Erik Hempe - Senior
  • 27 Jeramy Matos - Junior
  • 30 Nick Carrillo - Junior
  • 39 Alex Friedrich - Senior
 

Schedule

2012 UCF Knights Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. All times Eastern. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

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'[2] RV RV* RV* 24 23 21 17 14 15 14 7 15 16 16 17 18 - - 24 
Baseball America[3] 21 19 19 18 19 21 17 15 15 15 14 15 16 16 19 20 - - - 
Collegiate Baseball^[4] 36 NR NR 30 29 28 21 17 15 12 11 15 17 19 19 21 26 26 26 
NCBWA[5] 28 24 26 21 22 19 16 14 13 10 8 13 13 13 16 15 19 21 21 
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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.

See also

References

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