2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2016 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Augie Garrido, in his 20th and final season at Texas.

2016 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2016 record25–32 (10–14 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Skip Johnson (10th season)
  • Tommy Nicholson (4th season)
  • Ryan Russ (4th season)
Home stadiumUFCU Disch–Falk Field
2016 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 5 Texas Tech ‍†‍‍y 19–5–0 .792  47–20–0 .701
No. 4 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 16–8–0 .667  43–22–0 .662
No. 3 TCU ‍‍‡‍y 15–9–0 .625  49–18–0 .731
West Virginia ‍‍‍ 12–11–0 .522  36–22–0 .621
Oklahoma ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  30–27–1 .526
Baylor ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  24–29–0 .453
Texas ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  25–32–0 .439
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .333  26–31–0 .456
Kansas ‍‍‍ 6–17–0 .261  20–35–1 .366
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball [1]

Previous Season

The 2015 Texas Longhorns baseball team notched a 30–27 (1–13) record and finished fifth in the Big 12 Conference standings.[2] The Longhorns won the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, earning the Big 12's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3] The Longhorns were selected for the Dallas Regional, where they lost their first game to Oregon State and were eliminated from the Tournament with a loss in their second game to Regional host Dallas Baptist.[2]

Personnel

Roster
2016 Texas Longhorns Roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 13 - Tyler Schimpf (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 14 - Beau Ridgeway (RHP) - Freshman
  • 15 - Eric Dunbar (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 19 - Connor Mayes (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 24 - Chase Shugart (RHP) - Freshman
  • 27 - Travis Duke (LHP) - Senior
  • 29 - Jon Malmin (LHP) - Junior
  • 30 - Josh Sawyer (LHP) - Junior
  • 32 - Nicholas Kennedy (LHP) - Freshman
  • 34 - Kyle Johnston (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 35 - Blake Wellmann (RHP) - Freshman
  • 38 - Ty Culbreth (LHP) - Senior
  • 40 - James Nittoli (LHP) - Freshman
  • 41 - Morgan Cooper (RHP) - Sophomore
  • 42 - Kacy Clemens (RHP) - Junior
  • 43 - Chance Callihan (RHP) - Freshman
  • 45 - Nolan Kingham (RHP) - Freshman
  • 49 - Parker Joe Robinson (RHP) - Freshman
  • 51 - Jake McKenzie (RHP) - Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 1 - Tres Barrera - Junior
  • 7 - Michael Cantu - Sophomore
  • 37 - Matthew White - Freshman
  • 46 - James Barton - Senior

Infielders

  • 2 - Kody Clemens - Freshman
  • 5 - Matthew Schmidt - Freshman
  • 11 - Travis Jones - Sophomore
  • 12 - Joe Baker - Sophomore
  • 17 - Bret Boswell - Sophomore
  • 24 - Chase Shugart - Freshman
  • 39 - Tate Shaw - Freshman
  • 42 - Kacy Clemens - Junior
  • 51 - Jake McKenzie - Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 4 - Kaleb Denny - Freshman
  • 6 - Tyler Rand - Freshman
  • 8 - Brady Harlan - Freshman
  • 11 - Travis Jones - Sophomore
  • 33 - Patrick Mathis - Sophomore
  • 47 - Ben Kennedy - Sophomore
  • 50 - Zane Gurwitz - Junior
  

Coaching Staff
NamePositionSeasons at
Texas		Alma Mater
Augie GarridoHead Coach20Fresno State University (1961)
Skip JohnsonAssociate Head Coach10University of Texas–Pan American (1990)
Tommy NicholsonAssistant Coach4University of Texas at Austin (2006)
Ryan RussVolunteer Assistant Coach4University of Texas at Austin (2004)

Schedule & Results
2016 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = Texas team member
Regular Season
Post-Season
Big 12 Tournament
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Big 12 Tourn.
May 25TBDOklahoma StateChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKL
4–10		22-310-1
May 26TBDBaylorChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKW
15–3		23-311-1
May 27TBDOklahoma StateChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKW
12–8		24-312-1
May 28TBDTCUChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKW
2–1		25-313-1
May 29TBDTCUChickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OKL
2–8		25-323-2

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings
See also: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball 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] RV RV* RV* RV NR NR NR NR  
Baseball America[6] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Collegiate Baseball^[7] 40 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
NCBWA†[8] 29 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
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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.

References
  1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. "2015 Big 12 Conference Final Weekly Release" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  3. "Baseball wins Big 12 Championship, 6-3 over Oklahoma State". University of Texas at Austin Department of Athletics. May 24, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
  4. "Official Baseball Roster". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved February 12, 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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