2014 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2014 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his 2nd season as head coach of the Cougars. The Cougars came off a season where they exceeded expectations. After being picked to finish sixth, the Cougars finished in a 3-way tie for second and eliminated regular season champion Gonzaga in the WCC tournament.[2] The Cougars would finish 32–21.[3]

2014 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2014 record22–31 (12–15 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (2nd season)
  • Brent Haring (2nd season)
  • Jeremy Thomas (2nd season)
Captains
  • Brock Whitney (2nd year)
  • Hayden Nielsen (1st year)
  • Chris Howard (1st year)
  • Desmond Poulson (2nd year)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field (8 series)
Bruce Hurst Field (1 series)
Brent Brown Ballpark (1 game)
2014 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 11 Pepperdine  y 189 .667  4216 .724
Loyola Marymount   1710 .630  3224 .571
Gonzaga   1710 .630  2629 .473
Santa Clara   1611 .593  2630 .464
San Diego   1611 .593  3420 .630
Pacific   1512 .556  2627 .491
BYU   1215 .444  2231 .415
San Francisco   1116 .407  2529 .463
Saint Mary's   819 .296  1639 .291
Portland   522 .185  1141 .212
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of June 7, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

For 2014 the Cougars were picked to finish sixth in the WCC 2014 Pre-season rankings.[4] The Cougars played most of their home games at Larry H. Miller Field. However Bruce Hurst Field hosted one BYU home one series in late February, early March, and Brent Brown Ballpark hosted one BYU game. This was the second consecutive year the Cougars used Bruce Hurst Field for one series due weather concerns.[5] The Cougars ended the season 22–31, 12–15 in conference play, and finished 7th in the WCC Standings.

2014 Roster

2014 BYU Cougars Roster[6]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 James Lengal – Junior
  • 9 Chunner Nyberg – Senior
  • 11 Kolton Mahoney – Sophomore
  • 17 Chris Howard – Senior
  • 19 Desmond Poulson – Senior
  • 23 Hayden Rogers – Freshman
  • 25 Jeff Barker – Junior
  • 27 Arik Mack – Freshman
  • 29 Brandon Kinser – Junior
  • 34 Rhett Nelson – Junior
  • 37 Hayden Parker – Freshman
  • 38 Brendon Erickson – Sophomore
  • XX Michael Rucker – Sophomore
 

Infielders

  • 3 Brock Whitney – Senior
  • 5 Hayden Nielsen – Sophomore
  • 7 Parker Starr – Junior
  • 8 Dillon Robinson – Junior
  • 13 Bret Lopez – Senior
  • 22 Dallen Reber – Sophomore
  • 26 Trace Hansen – Sophomore
  • 28 JC Snyder – Junior
  • 36 Wyatt Padget – Sophomore
  • 38 Brendon Erickson – Sophomore
  • 41 Matt Crowder – Sophomore
  • 42 Mackav Jacobsen – Freshman
  • 43 Tyler Kendrick – Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 10 Dakota Hernandez- Junior
  • 14 Bronson Larsen – Freshman
  • 16 Jarrett Jarvis – Junior
  • 40 Bo Fisher – Junior

Outfielders

  • 2 Brennon Lund – Freshman
  • 4 Eric Urry – Sophomore
  • 12 Kelton Caldwell – Senior
  • 24 CJ Latham – Freshman
  • 32 Andy Isom – Junior
  • 35 Bryan Heward – Junior
  • 36 Wyatt Padget – Sophomore
 

Schedule

2014 BYU Cougars Game Log[7]
Regular Season

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*West Coast Conference games

TV & Radio Information

All home and conference games as well as select non-conference road games (at Utah and at UC Santa Barbara) were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 25th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts will be used. Most of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio.

BYUtv broadcast 9 home games: Mar. 13 & 15 vs. San Diego, Apr. 3 vs. Pacific, Apr. 17 vs. Loyola Marymount, May 1–3 vs. Gonzaga, and May 8 & 10 vs. Santa Clara. Sister station KBYU aired the May 6 home game vs. Utah. BYUtv/KBYU used Spencer Linton and Dave McCann as their play-by-play men. Gary Sheide returned as the analyst. An additional six games aired on the WCC's online station- TheW.tv: Mar. 4 vs. Utah, Mar. 14 vs. San Diego, Apr. 1 vs. Utah Valley, Apr. 18 vs. Loyola Marymount, May 9 vs. Santa Clara, and May 16 at Portland. TheW.tv games were the conference's first non-basketball broadcasts outside the state of California and the first game featuring a non-conference opponent in baseball. Both games at Utah, Mar. 25 & May 13, aired on Pac-12 Network (the Mar. 25 game being a Pac-12 Mountain exclusive), the game at Utah Valley, Apr. 29, aired on UVU's YouTube channel, the 3-game series at Pepperdine will air on TV-32 Malibu and be simulcast online by WavesCast, and the game at Fresno State aired on the Mountain West Network powered by Campus Insiders. Had the Cougars returned to the WCC baseball tournament, the games would have aired on TheW.tv.

2014 MLB Draft

Two BYU Cougar players were selected in the 2014 MLB Draft. Both have the option of coming back to BYU should they not sign a contract. Sophomore Pitcher Kolton Mahoney, who just completed his second full year at BYU after serving a church mission to Santa Rosa, California from 2012–13, was selected in the 23rd Round, 686th overall pick, by the Milwaukee Brewers. Shortstop Tanner Chauncey, who was serving a church mission in the Brazil João Pessoa Mission from 2013–14 and would be back for the 2015 season as a sophomore, was selected in the 35th Round, 1,059th overall pick, by the Los Angeles Dodgers.[8]

References

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