2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team

American college baseball season

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

SEC Eastern Division champion Columbia Regional Champion
Columbia Super Regional, 0–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
CB	No. 12
Record	46–18 (20–9 SEC)
Head coach	Chad Holbrook (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Jerry Meyers (6th/14th season) Sammy Esposito (9th season) Brian Buscher (5th/6th season)
Home stadium	Founders 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 ‍‍‍	20	–	9	–	0	.690	46	–	18	–	0	.719
No. 7 Florida ‍‍‍	19	–	10	–	0	.655	52	–	16	–	0	.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	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 ‍†‍‍	21	–	9	–	0	.700	44	–	18	–	1	.706
No. 9 Texas A&M ‍‍‡‍	20	–	10	–	0	.667	49	–	16	–	0	.754
No. 13 LSU ‍‍‍	19	–	11	–	0	.633	45	–	21	–	0	.682
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	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 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Chad Holbrook, who was in his fourth season as head coach at Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster
	Pitchers 6 – Clarke Schmidt – Sophomore 9 – Brandon Murray – Sophomore 13 – Colton Provey – Junior 15 – Adam Hill – Freshman 16 – Harrison Smith – Freshman 17 – Taylor Widener – Junior 18 – Tyler Haswell – Sophomore 21 – Tyler Johnson – Sophomore 23 – Vince Fiori – Senior 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore 26 – Matthew Vogel – Junior 27 – Hayden Hefline – Junior 28 – John Parke – Junior 30 – Braden Webb – Freshman 32 – Canaan Cropper – Sophomore 35 – Kyle Anderson – Freshman 37 – Wil Crowe – Junior 39 – Reed Scott – Junior 40 – Colie Bowers – Junior 46 – Dillon Hodge – Junior 47 – Josh Reagan – Junior 49 – Hank Nichols – Freshman Catchers 22 – John Jones – Sophomore 33 – Chris Cullen – Freshman 38 – Hunter Taylor – Sophomore		Infielders 7 – DC Arendas – Senior 8 – Marcus Mooney – Senior 11 – LT Tolbert – Freshman 14 – Madison Stokes – Sophomore 20 – Jonah Bride – Sophomore 24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore 25 – Ross Grosvenor – Junior 34 – Collin Steagall – Senior 45 – Caleb Whitenton – Freshman 48 – Matt Williams – Sophomore Outfielders 3 – Jared Williams – Freshman 4 – Danny Blair – Freshman 5 – TJ Hopkins – Freshman 10 – Clark Scolamiero – Sophomore 19 – Gene Cone – Junior 31 – Weber Pike – Junior 42 – Dom Thompson-Williams – Junior 44 – Brandon McIlwain – Freshman

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks active roster

Pitchers

6 – Clarke Schmidt – Sophomore
9 – Brandon Murray – Sophomore
13 – Colton Provey – Junior
15 – Adam Hill – Freshman
16 – Harrison Smith – Freshman
17 – Taylor Widener – Junior
18 – Tyler Haswell – Sophomore
21 – Tyler Johnson – Sophomore
23 – Vince Fiori – Senior
24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore
26 – Matthew Vogel – Junior
27 – Hayden Hefline – Junior
28 – John Parke – Junior
30 – Braden Webb – Freshman
32 – Canaan Cropper – Sophomore
35 – Kyle Anderson – Freshman
37 – Wil Crowe – Junior
39 – Reed Scott – Junior
40 – Colie Bowers – Junior
46 – Dillon Hodge – Junior
47 – Josh Reagan – Junior
49 – Hank Nichols – Freshman

Catchers

22 – John Jones – Sophomore
33 – Chris Cullen – Freshman
38 – Hunter Taylor – Sophomore

Infielders

7 – DC Arendas – Senior
8 – Marcus Mooney – Senior
11 – LT Tolbert – Freshman
14 – Madison Stokes – Sophomore
20 – Jonah Bride – Sophomore
24 – Alex Destino – Sophomore
25 – Ross Grosvenor – Junior
34 – Collin Steagall – Senior
45 – Caleb Whitenton – Freshman
48 – Matt Williams – Sophomore

Outfielders

3 – Jared Williams – Freshman
4 – Danny Blair – Freshman
5 – TJ Hopkins – Freshman
10 – Clark Scolamiero – Sophomore
19 – Gene Cone – Junior
31 – Weber Pike – Junior
42 – Dom Thompson-Williams – Junior
44 – Brandon McIlwain – Freshman

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios

Coaching staff

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
2 Chad Holbrook – Head coach – 4 years 12 Jerry Meyers – Associate head coach – 6 years / 14 years 41 Sammy Esposito – Assistant coach – 9 years 55 Brian Buscher – Volunteer assistant coach – 5 years / 6 years

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios

Schedule

2016 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log

Regular season

February

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record
February 19	Albany	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 10–1	Schmidt (1–0)	Woods (0–1)	None	7,434	1–0
February 20	Albany	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 6–2	Webb (1–0)	Failing (0–1)	Reagan (1)	7,825	2–0
February 21	Albany	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 8–1	Bowers (1–0)	Romero (0–1)	None	7,221	3–0
February 23	Appalachian State	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 5–0	Hill (1–0)	Gorham (0–1)	None	6,423	4–0
February 24	Winthrop	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 16–4	Haswell (1–0)	Sultan (0–1)	None	6,523	5–0
February 26	Penn State	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 7–1	Schmidt (2–0)	Lehman (0–2)	None	7,014	6–0
February 27	Penn State	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 16–5	Webb (2–0)	Biasi (1–1)	None	7,668	7–0
February 28	Penn State	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	W 4–2	Scott (1–0)	Hagenman (1–1)	Reagan (2)	7,804	8–0

March

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Rank	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
March 1	at The Citadel	Riley Park • Charleston, SC		W 6–3	Hill (2–0)	Watcher (1–1)	Reagan (3)	6,298	9–0
March 4	Clemson	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 8–1	Schmidt (3–0)	Barnes (1–1)	None	8,242	10–0
March 5	Clemson	Fluor Field • Greenville, SC		L 5–0	Schmidt (3–0)	Webb (2–1)	Krall (1)	7,216	10–1
March 6	at Clemson	Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SC		L 4–1	Eubanks (2–1)	Widener (0–1)	Bostic (1)	6,524	10–2
March 8	Wofford	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 7–1	Hill (3–0)	Higginbotham (0–2)	None	6,432	11–2
March 9	Furman	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 5–4	Haswell (2–0)	Dvorak (0–1)	Reagan (4)	6,325	12–2
March 11	Charleston Southern	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 9–0	Schmidt (4–0)	Raynor (3–1)	None	6,670	13–2
March 12	Charleston Southern	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 5–4	Webb (3–1)	Johnson (2–2)	Reagan (5)	7,412	14–2
March 13	Charleston Southern	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 2–0	Hill (4–0)	Piriz (0–2)	Reagan (6)	6,643	15–2
March 15	USC Upstate	Fluor Field • Greenville, SC		W 12–6	Murray (1–0)	Jackson (2–2)	None	2,005	16–2
March 16	Davidson	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 15–2	Vogel (1–0)	Roberts (0–2)	None	6,525	17–2
March 18	Arkansas	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 10–6	Schmidt (5–0)	Taccolini (3–1)	None	7,511	18–2	1–0
March 19	Arkansas	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 6–2	Webb (4–1)	Teague (2–2)	Johnson (1)	7,258	19–2	2–0
March 20	Arkansas	Founders Park • Columbia, SC		W 8–6	Reagan (1–0)	Jackson (1–2)	None	6,867	20–2	3–0
March 24	at Ole Miss	Swayze Field • Oxford, Mississippi	#18	W 5–1	Schmidt (6–0)	Bramlett (4–1)	Reagan (7)	8,167	21–2	4–0
March 25	at Ole Miss	Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	#18	W 9–5	Webb (5–1)	Smith (2–2)	None	9,064	22–2	5–0
March 26	at Ole Miss	Swayze Field • Oxford, MS	#18	W 4–0	Hill (5–0)	Pagnozzi (4–1)	Johnson (2)	10,184	23–2	6–0
March 26	College of Charleston	Founders Park • Columbia, SC	#18	L 5–6	Love (1–1)	Scott (1–1)	Hunt (1)	8,242	23–3
March 26	at Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN	#18	L 3–6	Sheffield (4–1)	Schmidt (6–1)	Bowden (3)	3,384	23–4	6–1

April

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Rank
April 1	at Vanderbilt	Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN	#7
April 2			#7
April 5			#8
April 8			#8
April 9			#8
April 10			#8
April 13			#5
April 15			#5
April 16			#5
April 17			#5
April 20			#12
April 22			#12
April 23			#12
April 24			#12
April 29			#6
April 30			#6

May

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record

Post-season

SEC Tournament

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall Record	SECT Record

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
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	23	23*	16	12	10	6	7	5	8	5	7	8	8	10	9	13	13	13	14
Baseball America	—	—	—	—	—	18	7	8	5	12	6	6	8	10	9	14	14	14	14
Collegiate Baseball^	—	—	20	21	20	13	2	6	2	4	2	2	3	6	4	6	6	12	12
NCBWA†	24	20	15	18	17	12	6	9	7	11	8	8	10	10	8	12	9	14	14

^ 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.

Gamecocks in the 2016 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team

References

"2016 Baseball Schedule". Archived from the original on September 2, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
"Rankings – USA Today's Coaches Poll". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
"Baseball America Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
"Rankings – NCBWA". NCAA. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

External links

Gamecock Baseball official website

v t e South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
Stadium	Sarge Frye Field (1977–2008) Founders Park (2009–present)
Rivalries	Clemson
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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