2017 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2017 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his fifth season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU was picked to finish fourth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[1] The Cougars would overcome all expectations and claim a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards the Cougars would win the West Coast Conference tournament for the first time in their history, claiming the conferences automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, the Cougars first tournament berth since 2002.[2] The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional where they would go 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21.

2017 BYU Cougars baseball
2017 WCC Tri-Regular Season Champions
2017 WCC Tournament Champions
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2017 record38–21 (20–7 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (5th season)
  • Brent Haring (5th season)
  • Jeremy Thomas (5th season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2017 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍ 20–7–0 .741  33–20–0 .623
BYU  ‍†‍‡‍y 20–7–0 .741  38–21–0 .644
Loyola Marymount †  ‍‍‍ 20–7–0 .741  38–18–0 .679
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 18–9–0 .667  37–20–0 .649
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 18–9–0 .667  35–18–1 .657
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .407  29–28–0 .509
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .333  13–40–0 .245
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍ 8–19–0 .296  20–32–0 .385
Pacific  ‍‍‍ 6–21–0 .222  18–35–0 .340
Portland  ‍‍‍ 5–22–0 .185  10–41–1 .202
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2017 Roster
2017 BYU Cougars roster[3]

Pitchers

  • 5 Jackson Bishop – Freshman
  • 8 Keaton Cenatiempo – Senior
  • 9 Mason Marshall – Senior
  • 13 Aaron Cross – Junior
  • 18 Brady Corless – Senior
  • 23 Hayden Rodgers – Junior
  • 26 Riley Gates – Junior
  • 28 Rhett Parkinson – Junior
  • 29 Shep Shephard – Freshman
  • 32 Maverik Buffo – Junior
  • 34 Jordan Wood – Sophomore
  • 36 Matt Favero – Freshman
  • 38 Connor Williams – Junior
  • 41 Kendall Motes – Junior
  • 42 Bo Burrup – Sophomore
  • xx Kenny Saenz – Junior
  

Infielders

  • 2 Noah Hill – Sophomore
  • 3 Brennon Anderson – Junior
  • 4 Cam Richins – Freshman
  • 11 Mackay Jacobsen – Sophomore
  • 12 Tanner Chauncey – Senior
  • 24 Brian Hsu – Sophomore
  • 25 Nate Favero- Junior
  • 35 Colton Shaver – Junior
  

Catchers

  • 2 Noah Hill – Sophomore
  • 14 Bronson Larsen – Senior
  • 22 David Clawson – Freshman
  • 35 Colton Shaver – Junior

Outfielders

  • 3 Brennon Anderson – Junior
  • 5 Jackson Bishop – Freshman
  • 7 Kyle Dean – Freshman
  • 17 Keaton Kringlen – Sophomore
  • 38 Connor Williams – Junior
  • 40 Matt Bushman – Freshman
  • 44 Brock Hale – Sophomore

Schedule
2017 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular Season
2017 West Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

*West Coast Conference games

Rivalries

BYU has two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley.

Radio Information

Many BYU Baseball series had a radio/internet broadcast available. 44 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 25th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts were used. 42 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 1 radio exclusive this season: the early Mar. 10 game vs. UC Santa Barbara.

TV Announcers

For the first time every game was shown on television or streamed live online as BYU Baseball carried the road games that weren't going to be streamed on Facebook Live.

References
See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team, 2016–17 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2016–17 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2016 BYU Cougars women's soccer team, 2016 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team, 2017 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team, 2017 BYU Cougars softball team, and 2016 BYU Cougars men's soccer team
  1. "2017 WCC Baseball Preseason Team, Poll Released". WCC Sports. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  2. "BYU overcomes the odds to advance to the NCAAs for the first time since 2002". Deseret News. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  3. http://byucougars.com/roster/m-baseball
  4. http://byucougars.com/schedule/m-baseball/2016
  5. "BYU falls to LMU, 3–2, in WCC Tournament". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  6. "Cougars win two to reach WCC title game". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  7. "Cougars sweep Gonzaga to win WCC tourney, advance to NCAAs". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
  8. "BYU falls to CS Fullerton, faces elimination game Friday vs. Sacramento State". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  9. "Rogers' strong pitching leads BYU to another elimination game win". Deseret News. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
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