2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
SEC tournament champions; College Station Regional champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
Record	49–16 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach	Rob Childress (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Justin Seely (7th season); Will Bolt (2nd season);
Home stadium	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park
	Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	9	–	0	.690	46	–	18	–	0	.719
No. 7 Florida ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10	–	0	.655	52	–	16	–	0	.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	43	–	19	–	0	.694
Kentucky ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	32	–	25	–	0	.561
Georgia ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0	.367	27	–	30	–	0	.474
Tennessee ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	29	–	28	–	0	.509
Missouri ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0	.300	26	–	30	–	0	.464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	44	–	18	–	1	.706
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	49	–	16	–	0	.754
No. 13 LSU ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	45	–	21	–	0	.682
Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	43	–	19	–	0	.694
Alabama ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0	.500	32	–	26	–	0	.552
Auburn ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	23	–	33	–	0	.411
Arkansas ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0	.233	26	–	29	–	0	.473

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented the Texas A&M University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

Personnel

Roster

2016 Texas A&M Aggies roster

Pitchers

10 Andrew Vinson – Senior
12 Corbin Martin – Sophomore
14 Kyle Simonds – Senior
15 Brigham Hill – Sophomore
21 Cason Sherrod – Sophomore
22 Tyler Ivey – Freshman
23 Tuner Larkins – Sophomore
27 Ryan Hendrix – Junior
28 Mark Ecker – Junior
32 Stephen Kolek – Freshman
34 Mitchell Kilkenny – Freshman
36 Ty Schlottmann – Senior
38 Jace Vines – Sophomore
41 Lee May Gonzalez – Junior
45 Dakota Klein – Freshman
47 Hunter Spaeth – Freshman
56 Kaylor Chafin – Sophomore

Catchers

5 Michael Barash – Senior
20 Dayne Sommer – Sophomore
54 Cole Bedford – Freshman

Infielders

2 Ryan Birk – Junior
3 Alan Campero – Freshman
17 Joel Davis – Junior
25 Austin Homan – Junior
33 Ronnie Gideon – Junior
42 Tristan Metten – Freshman
44 George Janca – Freshman
50 Hunter Melton – Senior

Outfielders

4 Nick Banks – Junior
9 Walker Pennington – Junior
11 J.B. Moss – Senior
13 Blake Kopetsky – Senior
18 Nick Choruby – Junior
31 Trey Jimmerson – Freshman
35 Matt Collins – Freshman
37 Coll Stanley – Freshman
40 Jonathan Moroney – Senior

Utility

8 Boomer White – Senior

Coaching staff

2016 Texas A&M baseball coaching staff
Rob Childress – Head coach – 11th year Justin Seely – Assistant coach – 7th year Will Bolt – Assistant coach – 2nd year Jake Carlson – Volunteer assistant coach – 1st year Jason Hutchins – Director of baseball operations – 18th year Jeremy McMillan – Sports performance coach – 5th year

Schedule and results

2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log

Regular season (41–13)

February (7–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
Feb. 19	Hofstra	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 5–2	Kyle Simmons (1–0)	Alec Eisenberg (0–1)	Ryan Hendrix (1)	SECN+	6,806	1–0	–
Feb. 20	Hofstra	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 15–4	Corbin Martin (1–0)	Chris Weiss (0–1)	none	SECN+	5,120	2–0	–
Feb. 21	Hofstra	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 5–0	Tyler Ivey (1–0)	Bowie Matteson (0–1)	none	SECN+	3,980	3–0	–
Feb. 23	Stephen F. Austin	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 21–1	Jace Vines (1–0)	Austin Hagy (0–1)	none	SECN+	3,585	4–0	–
Feb. 24	Prairie View A&M	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 11–0	Kaylor Chafin (1–0)	Edward Robledo (0–1)	none	SECN+	3,418	5–0	–
Feb. 26	at Pepperdine	#5	Eddy D. Field Stadium	L 5–7	A. J. Puckett (1–1)	Andrew Vinson (0–1)	Max Gamboa (1)		509	5–1	–
Feb. 27	at Pepperdine	#5	Eddy D. Field Stadium	W 6–0	Kyle Simmons (2–0)	Kiki Garcia (1–1)	none		598	6–1	–
Feb. 28	at Pepperdine	#5	Eddy D. Field Stadium	W 4–0	Tyler Ivey (2–0)	Chandler Blanchard (1–1)	Jace Vines (1)		711	7–1	–

March (15–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
Mar. 1	Houston Baptist	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 3–2¹³	Cason Sherrod (1–0)	Matt Harding (1–1)	none	SECN+	3,934	8–1	–
Mar. 4	Yale	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 12–5	Jace Vines (2–0)	Mason Kukowski (0–1)	none	SECN+	6,262	9–1	–
Mar. 5	Yale	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 13–0	Brigham Hill (1–0)	Scott Politz (0–1)	none	SECN+	7,322	10–1	–
Mar. 6	Yale	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 10–2	Turner Larkins (1–0)	Kumar Nambiar (0–1)	none	SECN+	5,068	11–1	–
Mar. 8	Northwestern State	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 7–6	Brigham Hill (2–0)	Nathan Aultman (1–1)	Ryan Hendrix (2)	SECN+	3,502	12–1	–
Mar. 11	Fresno State	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 3–2	Jace Vines (3–0)	Ricky Tyler Thomas (2–1)	Ryan Hendrix (3)	SECN+		13–1	–
Mar. 12	Fresno State	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 4–3¹⁰	Ty Schlottmann (1–0)	Tim Borst (0–1)	none	SECN+	5,020	14–1	–
Mar. 13	Fresno State	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 12–1	Kyle Simonds (3–0)	Antony Arias (2–1)	none	SECN+	4,656	15–1	–
Mar. 15	Texas	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 5–4	Mark Ecker (1–0)	Ty Culbreth (2–2)	none	SECN+	6,965	16–1	–
Mar. 19	at Auburn	#3	Plainsman Park	W 12–8	Mark Ecker (2–0)	Marc Frazier (0–2)	none	SECN		17–1	1–0
Mar. 19	at Auburn	#3	Plainsman Park	L 7–9	Gabe Klobosits (1–1)	Martin Corbin (1–1)	none	SECN	3,614	17–2	1–1
Mar. 20	at Auburn	#3	Plainsman Park	W 12–10	Kyle Simonds (4–0)	Cole Lipscomb (1–2)	Ryan Hendrix (4)	SECN+	2,840	18–2	2–1
Mar. 22	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	#4	Blue Bell Park	W 13–3⁷	Stephen Kolek (1–0)	Dalton D'Spain (0–3)	none	SECN+	3,776	19–2	–
Mar. 24	#15 LSU	#4	Blue Bell Park	W 6–1	Jace Vines (4–0)	Jared Poche' (2–3)	Brigham Hill (1)	SECN	4,477	20–2	3–1
Mar. 25	#15 LSU	#4	Blue Bell Park	L 2–3	Caleb Gilbert (3–1)	Mark Ecker (2–1)	none	SECN	6,436	20–3	3–2
Mar. 26	#15 LSU	#4	Blue Bell Park	W 3–1	Kyle Simonds (5–0)	John Valek III (4–1)	Ryan Hendrix (5)	SECN+	6,181	21–3	4–2
Mar. 29	at Houston	#3	Schroeder Park	W 7–2	Brigham Hill (3–0)	Jon King (3–2)	Mark Ecker (1)		3,186	22–3	–

April (12–6)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
April 1	at #1 Florida	#3	McKethan Stadium	L 4–7	Kirby Snead (2–0)	Tyler Ivey (2–1)	Shaun Anderson (5)	SECN+	5,197	22–4	4–3
April 2	at #1 Florida	#3	McKethan Stadium	L 2–7	Alex Faedo (6–0)	Kyle Simonds (5–1)	Dane Dunning (2)	ESPNU	5,339	22–5	4–4
April 3	at #1 Florida	#3	McKethan Stadium	L 7–10	Kirby Snead (3–0)	Ryan Hendrix (0–1)	Shaun Anderson (6)	ESPNU	4,824	22–6	4–5
April 5	at Rice	#7	Reckling Park	L 3–4	Glenn Otto (3–1)	Tyler Ivey (2–2)	none		5,478	22–7	–
April 8	Georgia	#7	Blue Bell Park	W 5–0	Brigham Hill (4–0)	Robert Tyler (3–2)	Andrew Vinson (1)	SECN+	6,322	23–7	5–5
April 9	Georgia	#7	Blue Bell Park	W 15–1	Jace Vines (5–0)	Connor Jones (4–2)	none	SECN+	6,318	24–7	6–5
April 10	Georgia	#7	Blue Bell Park	W 10–2	Kyle Simonds (6–1)	Bo Tucker (3–3)	none	SECN+	5,673	25–7	7–5
April 12	Abilene Christian	#8	Blue Bell Park	W 10–4	Mitchell Kilkenny (1–0)	Nate Cole (1–4)	none	SECN+	3,734	26–7	–
April 15	at #5 Mississippi State	#8	Dudy Noble Field	W 10–3	Brigham Hill (5–0)	Dakota Hudson (4–3)	none	SECN+	10,032	27–7	8–5
April 16	at #5 Mississippi State	#8	Dudy Noble Field	W 10–6	Jace Vines (6–0)	Austin Sexton (3–2)	Mark Ecker (2)	SECN+	15,078	28–7	9–5
April 17	at #5 Mississippi State	#8	Dudy Noble Field	W 10–5	Mitchell Kilkenny (2–0)	Reid Humphreys (0–1)	none	SECN+	8,786	29–7	10–5
April 19	Texas State	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 14–1	Stephen Kolek (2–0)	Jonathan Hennigan (2–2)	none	SECN+	3,982	30–7	–
April 22	Alabama	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 4–3¹⁰	Mark Ecker (3–1)	Dylan Duarte (2–2)	none	SECN+	5,905	31–7	11–5
April 23	Alabama	#5	Blue Bell Park	L 4–7	Jake Walters (4–3)	Jace Vines (6–1)	none	SECN+	6,543	31–8	11–6
April 24	Alabama	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 2–1	Andrew Vinson (1–1)	Matt Foster (4–3)	none	SECN+	5,936	32–8	12–6
April 26	Texas–Arlington	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 7–3	Turner Larkins (2–0)	Matt Michalski (1–3)	Cason Sherrod (1)	SECN+	3,495	33–8	–
April 30	at Arkansas	#5	Baum Stadium	L 5–9	Dominic Taccolini (5–2)	Andrew Vinson (1–2)	none	ESPN2		33–9	12–7
April 30	at Arkansas	#5	Baum Stadium	W 11–8¹¹	Mark Ecker (4–1)	Blian Knight (2–1)	Turner Larkins (1)	SECN+	9,752	34–9	13–7

May (7–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
May 1	at Arkansas	#5	Baum Stadium	W 6–2	Kyle Simonds (7–1)	Keaton McKinney (1–3)	none	ESPNU	8,326	35–9	14–7
May 5	#6 Vanderbilt	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 1–0	Andrew Vinson (2–2)	Jordan Sheffield (7–3)	Mark Ecker (3)	ESPN2	4,482	36–9	15–7
May 6	#6 Vanderbilt	#5	Blue Bell Park	L 6–1	Kyle Wright (6–3)	Brigham Hill (5–1)	none	SECN+	6,054	36–10	15–8
May 7	#6 Vanderbilt	#5	Blue Bell Park	W 3–0	Kyle Simonds (8–1)	Patrick Raby (6–1)	none	SECN	6,550	37–10	16–8
May 13	at #3 South Carolina	#5	Carolina Stadium	W 3–0	Brigham Hill (6–1)	Clarke Schmidt (9–2)	Mark Ecker (4)	SECN+	7,702	38–10	17–8
May 14	at #3 South Carolina	#5	Carolina Stadium	W 5–2	Andrew Vinson (3–2)	Branden Webb (9–4)	none	SECN	8,242	39–10	18–8
May 15	at #3 South Carolina	#5	Carolina Stadium	L 7–10	Josh Reagan (2–2)	Kyle Simonds (8–2)	Tyler Johnson (6)	SECN	7,815	39–11	18–9
May 17	Sam Houston State	#3	Blue Bell Park	L 0–5	Dakota Mills (2–1)	Tyler Ivey (2–3)	none	SECN+	4,389	39–12	–
May 19	#12 Ole Miss	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 6–1	Brigham Hill (7–1)	Brady Bramlett (7–3)	none	SECN+	4,494	40–12	19–9
May 20	#12 Ole Miss	#3	Blue Bell Park	W 11–5	Stephen Kolek (3–0)	David Parkinson (4–3)	Andrew Vinson (2)	SECN+	5,876	41–12	20–9
May 21	#12 Ole Miss	#3	Blue Bell Park	L 2–3	Will Stokes (2–0)	Kyle Simonds (8–3)	Wyatt Short (11)	SECN	6,559	41–13	20–10

Post-season (8–3)

SEC Tournament (4–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	SECT Record
May 25	#10 Vanderbilt	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	L 5–6	Matt Ruppenthal (5–1)	Mark Ecker (4–2)	none	SECN	5,637	41–14	0–1
May 26	#4 South Carolina	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 4–1	Brigham Hill (8–1)	Branden Webb (10–5)	Mark Ecker (5)	SECN	5,232	42–14	1–1
May 27	#10 Vanderbilt	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 13–3⁷	Kyle Simonds (8–3)	Kyle Wright (8–4)	none	SECN	9,429	43–14	2–1
May 28	#16 Ole Miss	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 12–8	Corbin Martin (2–1)	Wyatt Short (2–2)	Mark Ecker (6)	SECN	13,821	44–14	3–1
May 29	#6 Florida	#5	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 12–5	Andrew Vinson (4–2)	Michael Byrne (0–1)	none	ESPN2	8,352	45–14	4–1

NCAA College Station Regional (3–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 3	Binghamton	#1	Blue Bell Park	W 4–2	Kyle Simonds (10–3)	Mike Bunal (8–4)	Mark Ecker (7)	SECN	5,754	46–14	1–0
June 4	Wake Forest	#1	Blue Bell Park	W 22–2	Brigham Hill (9–1)	Drew Loepprich (3–2)	none	SECN	5,865	47–14	2–0
June 5	Minnesota	#1	Blue Bell Park	W 8–2	Turner Larkins (3–0)	Matt Fiedler (7–4)	Mark Ecker (8)	SECN	5,844	48–14	3–0

NCAA College Station Super Regional (1–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 10	#10 TCU	#1	Blue Bell Park	L 2–8	Jared Janczak (7–3)	Brigham Hill (9–2)	none	ESPN2	6,109	48–15	3–1
June 11	#10 TCU	#1	Blue Bell Park	W 7–1	Kyle Simonds (11–3)	Mitchell Traver (1–2)	none	ESPN	6,073	49–15	4–1
June 12	#10 TCU	#1	Blue Bell Park	L 1–4	Brian Howard (9–2)	Andrew Vinson (4–3)	Durbin Feltman (8)	ESPN2	6,068	49–16	4–2

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2016 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2016 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	15–15		3–0	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	ALA	W5	5–5	1–1
ARK	7–23	0–3		3–0	0–3	.	2–1	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3	.	1–2	.	ARK	W7	2–8	1–6
AUB	8–22	1–2	0–3		.	.	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–3	.	2–1	1–2	0–3	AUB	W6	2–8	0–4
FLA	19–10	.	3–0	.		2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	.	1–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	FLA	E2	6–3	3–0
UGA	11–19	2–1	.	.	1–2		1–2	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	UGA	E5	3–7	0–2
KEN	15–15	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		.	.	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	KEN	E4	6–4	0–1
LSU	19–11	1–2	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	.		1–2	3–0	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	LSU	W3	6–4	3–0
MSU	21–9	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	.	2–1		3–0	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	MSU	W1	9–1	3–1
MIZZ	9–21	.	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3		.	0–3	3–0	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	2–8	1–4
MISS	18–12	1–2	3–0	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–2	.		0–3	2–1	1–2	.	MISS	W4	6–4	3–1
SCAR	20–9	3–0	3–0	.	1–1	1–2	1–2	.	.	3–0	3–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	SCAR	E1	5–4	5–0
TENN	9–21	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		.	2–1	TENN	E6	2–8	0–3
TAMU	20–10	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	.		2–1	TAMU	W2	9–1	2–1
VAN	18–12	.	.	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	.	2–1	1–2	1–2		VAN	E3	5–5	3–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'^[1]	4	4*		3	3	2	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2
Baseball America^[2]	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1
Collegiate Baseball^^[3]	5	5	3	3	3	4	3	7	8	5	5	5	5	3	5	1
NCBWA†^[4]	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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

^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^ Baseball America Poll
^ Collegiate Baseball Poll
^ NCBWA Poll

[1] "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.

[2] Baseball America Poll

[3] Collegiate Baseball Poll

[4] NCBWA Poll

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