2013 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2013 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood was in his 1st season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU's baseball team came off a 2012 season in which they were 22–27.[2] The Cougars played their home games at Larry H. Miller Field, part of the Miller Park Baseball/ Softball Complex. Picked to finish sixth in the WCC, BYU stunned most people and finished in a 3-way tie for second place.[3] The Cougars won the #3 seed in the WCC Tournament where they knocked out #1-seed Gonzaga. BYU lost twice to eventual tournament champion San Diego to finish the season 32–21.

2013 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2013 record32–21 (15–9 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt
  • Brett Haring
  • Jeremy Thomas
Captains
  • Brock Whitney
  • Jaycob Brugman
  • Adam Law
  • Desmond Poulson
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2013 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍ 18–6–0 .750  32–21–1 .602
BYU  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .625  32–21–0 .604
San Francisco ‍‍‍y 15–9–0 .625  37–25–0 .597
San Diego  ‍‍‡‍y 15–9–0 .625  35–24–0 .593
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .542  27–23–0 .540
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  24–27–0 .471
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  21–34–0 .382
Portland  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .333  18–36–0 .333
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 1–23–0 .042  14–39–0 .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 3, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2013 Roster
2013 BYU Cougars Roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 James Lengal – Sophomore
  • 9 Chunner Nyberg – Junior
  • 14 Daniel Welch – Senior
  • 17 Chris Howard – Senior
  • 18 Keaton Cenatiempo – Freshman
  • 19 Desmond Poulson – Junior
  • 21 Marc Oslund – Junior
  • 22 Adam Miller – Junior
  • 23 Mark Anderson – Senior
  • 25 Jeff Barker – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 28 Matt Milke – Junior
  • 32 Brandon Erickson – Freshman
  • 34 Drew Dennis – Junior
  • 35 Derek Speigner – Redshirt Junior
  

Infielders

  • 2 Brennon Anderson – Freshman
  • 3 Brock Whitney – Junior
  • 5 Hayden Nielsen – Freshman
  • 7 Adam Law – Junior
  • 8 Dillon Robinson – Junior
  • 13 Bret Lopez – Junior
  • 26 Trace Hansen – Freshman
  • 27 Nate Favero – Freshman
  • 32 Brandon Erickson – Freshman

Utility

  • 29 Cody Shepherd – Sophomore
  • 31 Morgan Flinders – Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 10 Dakota Hernandez- Sophomore
  • 11 Collin Brathwaite – Freshman
  • 16 Jarrett Jarvis – Sophomore

Outfielders

  

Schedule
2013 BYU Cougars Game Log[5]
Regular Season
WCC Tournament

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

*West Coast Conference games

TV & Radio Information

All conference games, most home games, and select road games (at Utah, UNLV, and Utah Valley) were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 24th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts was used. Jeff Bills acted as analyst for games in California, Nevada, & Utah while Gary Pullins called the games in Oregon & Washington. Pullins was used as the sole analyst for the WCC Tournament. Many of these broadcasts were also broadcast on BYU Radio.

BYUtv broadcast 9 home games (Mar. 21 vs. Kansas, Mar. 29 vs. Pepperdine, Apr. 2 vs. Utah Valley, Apr. 12 vs. Portland, May 10–11 vs. San Francisco, and May 16–18 vs. Saint Mary's). BYUtv used a broadcast team of Robbie Bullough as play-by-play man on weekday games, Dave McCann as play-by-play man on Saturday's, and Gary Sheide as the analyst. The WCC Tournament games were broadcast on WCC Network with a team of Andy Masur (play-by-play), Keith Ramsey (analyst), and Amanda Blackwell (reporter).

Post-season awards

4 BYU Cougars- Jaycob Brugman, Jacob Hanneman, Adam Law, and Brock Whitney were selected to the 2013 All-Conference Baseball Team.[6]

4 members of the 2013 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 1 incoming Junior College Player, were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft.[7] NCAA Rules allow players drafted to return as long as they don't sign a contract with the team that has drafted them. Should they do so, they will be eligible to be drafted again next season as rights last only for 1 year for members who don't sign a contract with the team who drafts them. All the drafted Cougar players would sign the contracts and go professional instead of returning.

NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Jacob Hannemann24OF6'1"195FreshmanAlpine, UtahSelected 3rd Round, 75th pick, by the Chicago Cubs
Adam Law72B/SS6'1"193JuniorProvo, UtahSelected 12th Round, 364th pick, by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Jaycob Brugman4OF6'0"195JuniorPhoenix, ArizonaSelected 17th Round, 521st pick, by the Oakland Athletics
Adam Miller22RHP6'2"190JuniorYucaipa, CaliforniaSelected 20th round, 600th pick, by the Arizona Diamondbacks
JC Snyder28RHP/3B6'2"170SophomoreSalem, UtahJC Transfer who spent Freshman and Sophomore years at SLCC, Selected 36th Round, 1,077th pick, by the Seattle Mariners

References
  1. "2013 West Coast Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". West Coast Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  2. http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2012
  3. "Bozars Predicted 2013 WCC Finish". sjswacwccbaseball.blogspot.com. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  4. http://byucougars.com/roster/m-baseball
  5. http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball
  6. "Four Cougars named to All-WCC squad". BYUCougars.com. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  7. "Five Cougars selected in Major League Draft". KSL. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
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