2018 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2018 BYU Cougars baseball team represents Brigham Young University in the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acts in his sixth season as head coach of the Cougars. The Cougars overcame all expectations in 2017 and claimed a tri-team championship in the regular season. Afterwards the Cougars won 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.[1] The Cougars were placed in the Stanford Regional where they would go 1–2. The Cougars finished the season 38–21. For 2018 BYU was picked to finish first in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[2]

2018 BYU Cougars baseball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
2018 record22-28 (11-16 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Trent Pratt (6th season)
  • Brent Haring (6th season)
  • Jeremy Thomas (6th season)
Home stadiumLarry H. Miller Field
2018 West Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Pepperdine   1710 .630  3124 .564
Gonzaga y 1611 .593  3324 .579
San Francisco   1512 .556  2830 .483
Loyola Marymount   1412 .538  2530 .455
Saint Mary's   1413 .519  3123 .574
Santa Clara   1215 .444  2626 .500
Portland   1215 .444  2330 .434
San Diego   1215 .444  2332 .418
Pacific   1116 .407  2227 .449
BYU   1116 .407  2228 .440
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of Jun 3, 2018; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2018 Roster

2018 BYU Cougars roster[3]

Pitchers

  • 6 Mitch McIntyre - Freshman
  • 8 Rhett Parkinson - Senior
  • 14 Blake Inouye - Junior
  • 18 Justin Sterner - Freshman
  • 21 Kenny Saenz - Junior
  • 23 Hayden Rodgers - Senior
  • 24 Drew Zimmerman - Freshman
  • 26 Riley Gates - Senior
  • 27 Alex Perron - Junior
  • 32 Walker Sigman - Freshman
  • 34 Jordan Wood - Junior
  • 35 James Barker - Freshman
  • 37 Ryan Brady - Freshman
  • 41 Kendall Motes - Senior
  • 42 Bo Burrup - Junior
  • 43 Jake Suddreth - Sophomore
 

Infielders

  • 2 Noah Hill - Junior
  • 3 Brennon Anderson - Senior
  • 4 Cam Richins - Sophomore
  • 9 Paxton Larson - Sophomore
  • 10 Daniel Schneemann - Junior
  • 11 Mackay Jacobsen - Junior
  • 12 Colton Kent - Freshman
  • 13 Brian Hsu - Junior
  • 16 Casey Jacobsen - Junior
  • 19 Koby Kelton - Freshman
  • 25 Nate Favero - Senior
 

Catchers

  • 2 Noah Hill - Junior
  • 11 Mackay Jacobsen - Junior
  • 22 David Clawson - Sophomore
  • 28 Dustin Thelander - Freshman
  • 31 Cooper Hansen - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 Brennon Anderson - Senior
  • 5 Jarrett Perns - Junior
  • 6 Mitch McIntyre - Freshman
  • 7 Kyle Dean - Sophomore
  • 17 Keaton Kringlen - Junior
  • 19 Koby Kelton - Freshman
  • 36 Jake Brown - Sophomore
  • 44 Brock Hale - Junior

Schedule

2018 BYU Cougars Game Log[4]
Regular Season

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

BYU Baseball broadcasts were officially made part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network broadcast package for the 2018 season. BYU Radio and KOVO will serve as the flagship station with each station carrying most of the games and some exclusives (KOVO has exclusives on Feb 24 (Gm 1), Mar 3, Mar 17, & Mar 31; BYU Radio has exclusives on Mar 8, 9, & 16). Brent Norton returns to provide play-by-play for his 26th consecutive season. Tuckett Slade will provide analysis for most games, but a small selection of former players will also be used.

TV Announcers

  • Feb 16: Ross Porter
  • Feb 17 (DH): Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 19: Ross Porter
  • Feb 22: Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 23: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 24 (Gm 1): Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Feb 24 (Gm 2): Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 2: Brad Law & Mark Fuller
  • Mar 3 (DH): Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 8: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 9: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar 10: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar. 13: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar. 15: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar. 16: Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Mar. 17: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar. 20: Jarom Jordan, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar. 22: Roxy Bernstein & Wes Clements
  • Mar. 23: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar. 24: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Mar. 27: Jordan Bianucci & Ryan Pickens
  • Mar. 29: Al Epstein
  • Mar. 30: Sam Farber, Keith Ramsey, & Sammy O'Brien
  • Mar. 31: Al Epstein
  • Apr. 3: Daron Sutton & Ben Francisco
  • Apr. 5: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Apr. 6 (Gm 1): Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
  • Apr. 6 (Gm 2): Brent Norton & Tuckett Slade
  • Apr. 12: No commentary
  • Apr. 13: No commentary
  • Apr. 14: No commentary
  • Apr. 17: Daron Sutton & Ben Francisco
  • Apr. 24: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Apr. 26: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • Apr. 27: Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • Apr. 28: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
  • May 1: Ted Robinson & J.T. Snow
  • May 3: Alex Jensen & Austin Lonestar
  • May 4: George Devine & Alex Jensen
  • May 5: Dean Burner
  • May 8: Thad Anderson & Kevin Stocker
  • May 10: Cheyene Inman
  • May 11: Pat Olsen
  • May 12:
  • May 15: Kevin Danna & Tim Swartz
  • May 17:
  • May 18:
  • May 19:

References

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