2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Hi Corbett Field, off campus in Tucson, Arizona. Jay Johnson was in his first season as Arizona Wildcats baseball head coach. Johnson was in his fourth year as a head coach.

2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
2016 record49–23 (17–15 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sergio Brown (1st season)
  • Dave Lawn (1st season)
  • Marc Wanaka (1st season)
Home stadiumHi Corbett Field
2016 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Utah y 1911 .633  2629 .473
No. 22 Washington y 1713 .567  3323 .589
No. 29 Arizona State y 1614 .533  3623 .610
No. 2 Arizona y 1715 .531  4923 .681
Oregon State   1614 .533  3519 .648
Southern California   1515 .500  2828 .500
Stanford   1515 .500  3123 .574
California   1416 .467  3221 .604
Oregon   1416 .467  2926 .527
UCLA   1218 .400  2531 .446
Washington State   1119 .367  1935 .352
Conference champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster

2016 Arizona Wildcats roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 15 – Cody Deason – Freshman
  • 17 – Randy Labaut – Freshman
  • 22 – Kevin Ginkel – Junior
  • 25 – Austin Rubick – Freshman
  • 26 – Michael Flynn – Freshman
  • 27 – JC Cloney – Junior
  • 29 – Rio Gomez – Sophomore
  • 30 – Tyler Crawford – Senior
  • 33 – Austin Schnabel – Junior
  • 34 – Robby Medel – Sophomore
  • 35 – Nathan Bannister – Senior
  • 36 – Kaleb Roper – Freshman
  • 37 – Cody Moffett – Senior
  • 38 – Matt Hartman – Sophomore
  • 40 – Luke Soroko – Junior
  • 44 – Trent Johnson – Freshman
  • 47 – Cameron Ming – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 6 – Ryan Haug – Sophomore
  • 12 – Cesar Salazar – Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 – Sawyer Gieseke – Junior
  • 3 – Bobby DalbecJunior
  • 5 – Louis Boyd – Junior
  • 13 – Cody Ramer – Senior
  • 14 – Casey Bowman – Sophomore
  • 24 – J. J. MatijevicSophomore
  • 28 – Kyle Lewis – Junior
  • 31 – Michael Hoard – Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Justin Behnke – Senior
  • 20 – Alfonso Rivas III – Freshman
  • 21 – Ryan Aguilar – Senior
  • 23 – Zach Gibbons – Senior
  • 42 – Jared OlivaSophomore

Coaches

2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[3]
  • Jay Johnson – Head Coach
  • Sergio Brown – Assistant Coach
  • Dave Lawn – Assistant Coach
  • Marc Wanaka – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

2016 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[4]
Regular Season
Post-Season

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'[5] NR NR* NR* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 20 NR NR NR NR* NR* 2 
Baseball America[6] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 21 NR NR NR NR* NR* 2 
Collegiate Baseball^[7] NR 23 NR NR NR NR 30 NR NR NR 17 19 17 21 24 26 13 7 2 
NCBWA[8] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 27 29 25 29 NR 29 14 14* 2 
D1Baseball

^ 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. "Pac-12 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "Baseball-Roster". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  3. "Baseball-Coaches". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  4. "Baseball Schedule". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  5. Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
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