2016 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2016 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his fourth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fifth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[2] The Cougars would claim a co-regular season title before falling in the WCC Tournament.

2016 BYU Cougars baseball
2016 WCC Regular Season Co-Champions
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2016 record37–17 (18–9 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (4th season)
  • Brent Haring (4th season)
  • Jeremy Thomas (4th season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2016 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
BYU  ‍†‍‍ 18–9 .667  37–17 .685
Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍y 18–9 .667  36–21 .632
Saint Mary's  ‍†‍‡‍y 18–9 .667  33–25 .569
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .593  29–24 .547
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  22–34 .393
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  26–27 .491
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  27–29 .482
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  22–30 .423
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 10–17 .370  23–29 .442
Portland  ‍‍‍ 3–24 .111  17–37 .315
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2016 Roster
2016 BYU Cougars Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 Keaton Cenatiempo – Junior
  • 9 Mason Marshall – Junior
  • 11 Easton Walker – Freshman
  • 18 Connor Williams – Sophomore
  • 21 Clay Sisler – Freshman
  • 22 Zach Brinkerhoff – Freshman
  • 23 Hayden Rogers – Junior
  • 26 Riley Gates – Sophomore
  • 27 Michael Rucker – Junior
  • 32 Maverik Buffo – Sophomore
  • 34 Jordan Wood – Freshman
  • 37 Triston Busse – Freshman
  • 40 Bo Burrup – Freshman
  • 41 Kendall Motes – Junior
  • xx Rhett Parkinson – Junior
  

Infielders

  • 3 Brennon Anderson – Sophomore
  • 5 Hayden Nielsen – Senior
  • 6 Noah Hill – Freshman
  • 10 Daniel Schneemann – Freshman
  • 11 Easton Walker – Freshman
  • 12 Tanner Chauncey – Junior
  • 16 Casey Jacobsen – Freshman
  • 24 Bryan Call – Freshman
  • 25 Nate Favero – Sophomore
  • 31 Jackson Cluff – Freshman
  • 35 Colton Shaver – Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 6 Noah Hill – Freshman
  • 14 Bronson Larsen – Junior
  • 35 Colton Shaver – Sophomore
  • 39 Grant Hodges – Sophomore

Outfielders

  • 2 Brennon Lund – Sophomore
  • 4 Eric Urry – Junior
  • 7 Kyle Dean – Freshman
  • 13 Danny Gelalich – Freshman
  • 17 Keaton Kringlen – Freshman
  • 18 Connor Williams – Sophomore
  • 19 Court Iorg – Sophomore
  • 21 Clay Sisler – Freshman
  • 44 Brock Hale – Freshman
  

Schedule
2016 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular Season

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*West Coast Conference games

Radio Information

All but one BYU Baseball series had a radio/internet broadcast available. 36 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 24th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts were used. 29 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 4 radio exclusives this season: Mar. 8 vs. Utah Valley, Mar. 10 & 11 early vs. Niagara, and May 3 vs. Utah Valley. Robbie Bullough provided play by play for BYU Radio's exclusive games outside of May 3, which was a BYUtv simulcast.

Samford and Kansas both provided an internet broadcast through their respective athletic websites.

TV Announcers
  • March 3: Steven Davis & Kevin Wheeler
  • March 4: Steven Davis & Kevin Wheeler
  • March 5: Steven Davis & Kevin Wheeler
  • March 8: Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • March 10: Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • March 11 (early): Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • March 11 (late): Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
  • March 12: Brent Norton & Cameron Coughlan
  • March 15: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 17: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 19: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 24: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 25: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • March 31: No commentators
  • April 1: Travis Demers & Keith Ramsey
  • April 2: No commentators
  • April 4: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 7: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 8: Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
  • April 9: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 12: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 14: Daniel Conmy & Tyler Bendy
  • April 15: George Devine & Keith Ramsey
  • April 16: Tyler Bendy & Konrad Saint
  • April 22: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 23 (early): Brent Norton & Alex Wolfe
  • April 23 (late): Brent Norton & Cameron Coughlan
  • April 28: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 29: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • April 30: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 3: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 5: Sam Ravech
  • May 6: Steve Quis & Keith Ramsey
  • May 7: Sam Ravech
  • May 10: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
  • May 12: Joe Castellano
  • May 13: George Devine
  • May 14: No commentators
  • May 17: Roxy Bernstein & Andy Lopez
  • May 19: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 20: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 21: Mike Couzens & Wes Clements
  • May 26: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele
  • May 27: Steve Quis, Keith Ramsey, & Sarah Kezele

References
See also: 2015 BYU Cougars football team, 2015–16 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2015–16 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2015 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2015 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2016 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2016 BYU Cougars softball team, and 2016 BYU Cougars men's soccer team
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