2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
NCAA Winston-Salem Regional, 2-2
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	36-26 (12–12 Big 12)
Head coach	Randy Mazey (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Derek Matlock (5th season) Steve Sabins (2nd season)
Home stadium	Monongalia County Ballpark

2017 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Texas Tech  ‍†‍‍y	16	–	8		.667			45	–	17		.726
No. 4 TCU  ‍‍‍y	16	–	8		.667			50	–	18		.735
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍y	12	–	11		.522			35	–	24		.593
Baylor  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12		.500			34	–	23		.596
West Virginia  ‍‍‍y	12	–	12		.500			36	–	26		.581
No. 28 Texas  ‍‍‍y	11	–	12		.478			39	–	24		.619
Kansas  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			30	–	28		.517
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍y	8	–	14		.364			30	–	27		.526
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			29	–	26		.527
† – Conference champion ‡ – Conference Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represented West Virginia University during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 5th season at West Virginia. They reached the Winston-Salem Regional final in the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Wake Forest.

Previous season

West Virginia finished the 2016 season with an overall record of 36–22 and a 12–11 record in Big 12 play, placing fifth in the conference standings. The team surged late in the year and made a deep run in the Big 12 Baseball Championship, defeating Oklahoma twice and Texas Tech to reach the tournament final, where they fell to TCU.

Personnel

Coaching staff

2017 West Virginia Mountaineers coaching staff

Randy Mazey - Head coach - 5th year Derek Matlock - Assistant Coach - 5th year Steve Sabins - Assistant Coach - 2nd year

Roster

2017 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town 2 RHP Michael Grove R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Wheeling, West Virginia 3 INF Jimmy Galusky R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Arthurdale, West Virginia 4 RHP Cody Wood R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Denver, Colorado 5 OF Kyle Davis R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Cincinnati, Ohio 6 RHP Riley Troutt R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Bartow, Florida 7 RHP Frank Vesuvio R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Armonk, New York 8 RHP Shane Ennis R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Romney, West Virginia 9 INF Kyle Gray L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Blanco, Texas 10 RHP Conner Dotson R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Flower Mound, Texas 12 OF TJ Lake R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Toledo, Ohio 13 INF Jackson Cramer L/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Coppell, Texas 15 RHP Endy Morales R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 218 lb (99 kg) So Holyoke, Massachusetts 16 RHP Ryan McDonald R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Las Vegas, Nevada 22 RHP Tanner Campbell R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So DeLeon Springs, Florida 23 INF Kevin Brophy L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Randolph, New Jersey 24 C Chase Illig S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Bluefield, West Virginia 25 INF Marques Inman R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Elyria, Ohio 26 INF Braden Zarbnisky L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Marietta, Georgia 27 OF Gibson Krzeminski R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Tecumseh, Ontario 28 INF Cole Austin R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Kennesaw, Georgia 29 LHP Phillip Ahern L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Austin, Texas 30 OF Zach Miller R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Lawrenceville, Georgia 31 OF Darius Hill L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Dallas, Texas 32 C Ivan Gonzalez R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Round Rock, Texas 33 RHP BJ Myers R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Flower Mound, Texas 34 RHP Jackson Sigman R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Austin, Texas 37 C Nick Denicola R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr East Hanover, New Jersey 40 RHP Jacob Potock R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Glenshaw, Pennsylvania 41 INF Isaiah Kearns R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Lewistown, Pennsylvania 42 RHP Sam Kessler R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Mount Sinai, New York 43 RHP Kade Strowd R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Fort Worth, Texas 44 RHP Carter Camp R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr McKinney, Texas 45 INF Andrew Zitel R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 207 lb (94 kg) So Hillsborough, New Jersey 46 OF Brandon White R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Fr Winter Springs, Florida 47 RHP Alek Manoah R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Miami, Florida	Head coach {{{head_coach}}} Assistant coach(es) {{{asst_coach}}} Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Rankings

See also: 2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings