2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team

The 2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team represented Dallas Baptist University during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Patriots played their home games at Horner Ballpark as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference. They were led by head coach Dan Heefner, in his 12th season at Dallas Baptist.

2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball
MVC Regular Season Champion
NCAA Tournament, Lubbock Regional
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
2019 record43–20 (14–7 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dan Fitzgerald (7th season)
  • Josh Hopper (1st season)
  • Trevin Sonnier (2nd season)
Home stadiumHorner Ballpark
2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  y 147 .667  4320 .683
Illinois State  y 147 .667  3626 .581
No. 23 Indiana State  y 138 .619  4318 .705
Bradley   1110 .524  3119 .620
Evansville   1110 .524  2429 .453
Missouri State   1011 .476  2036 .357
Valparaiso   615 .286  1436 .280
Southern Illinois   516 .238  2629 .473
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous Season

The 2018 Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball team notched a 36–17 (16–5) regular season record and finished second in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. The Patriots reached the finals of the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, where they were defeated by Missouri State in 10 innings. Dallas Baptist received an at-large bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Patriots were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Arkansas in the Fayetteville Regional.[2]

Personnel

Coaching Staff

NamePositionSeasons at
Dallas Baptist
Alma Mater
Dan HeefnerHead Coach12Olivet Nazarene University (2001)
Dan FitzgeraldAssociate Head Coach - Recruiting Coordinator7University of Minnesota (2000)
Josh HopperAssistant Coach - Pitching1Berry College (1999)
Trevin SonnierAssistant Coach2Oral Roberts University (2016)

Roster

2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 8 - Travis Stone - RS Senior
  • 9 - JT Penick - Sophomore
  • 15 - MacGregor Hines - RS Senior
  • 17 - Luke Trahan - Freshman
  • 20 - Ray Gaither - RS Sophomore
  • 26 - Luke Eldred - RS Sophomore
  • 28 - Burl Carraway - Sophomore
  • 30 - Jordan Martinson - Senior
  • 32 - Kragen Kechely - Junior
  • 33 - Jarod Bayless - Senior
  • 34 - MD Johnson - Senior
  • 36 - Cole Reeves - Sophomore
  • 37 - Tim Ewald - Freshman
  • 38 - Jimmy Fouse - Senior
  • 39 - Reagan MacDonald - RS Junior
  • 41 - Peyton Sherlin - Sophomore
  • 44 - Kyle Rich - Freshman
  • 45 - Parker Towns - Senior
  • 46 - Zach Heaton - RS Freshman
  • 47 - Alec Baker - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 7 - Herbert Iser - Junior
  • 12 - Christian Boulware - Junior
  • 16 - Treet Williams - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Andres Sosa - Junior
  • 2 - Blayne Jones - Sophomore
  • 4 - Augie Isaacson - RS Senior
  • 6 - Hayden Ebrecht - Freshman
  • 13 - Jimmy Glowenke - Sophomore
  • 18 - Trevor Hatton - Freshman
  • 19 - Jackson Glenn - Junior
  • 27 - Jose Gutierrez - Freshman
  • 29 - Bryce Ball - Junior
  • 42 - Luke Bandy - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 3 - Hunter Vansau - RS Senior
  • 5 - Austin Bell - RS Junior
  • 14 - Ben McConnell - Junior
  • 25 - Evan Sandmann - RS Senior
 

Schedule & Results

2019 Dallas Baptist Patriots Baseball Game Log[4]
Legend:        = Win        = Loss      Bold = Dallas Baptist team member
Regular Season (38–16)
Postseason (5–4)

"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Missouri Valley Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 25* 25* RV 
Baseball America[6] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 23 22 NR NR* NR* NR 
Collegiate Baseball^[7] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 27 28 NR NR NR NR 
NCBWA[8] RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 27т 23 26 26* 26* 28т 
D1Baseball[9] NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 24 24 24* 24* 24

^ 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. "Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018 Baseball Schedule". Dallas Baptist Patriots. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  3. "2019 Baseball Roster". Dallas Baptist Patriots. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  4. "2019 Baseball Schedule". Dallas Baptist Patriots. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  5. Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
  9. D1Baseball poll
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