2023 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team

2023 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball
Big 12 Regular Season champions
Lexington Regional
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 22
CB	No. 29
Record	40-20 (15–9 Big 12)
Head coach	Randy Mazey (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Steve Sabins (2nd season) Mark Ginther (5th season) Jacob Garcia (4th season)
Home stadium	Monongalia County Ballpark

2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Texas ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			42	–	22		.656
Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			41	–	20		.672
West Virginia ‍†‍‍y	15	–	9		.625			40	–	20		.667
No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍y	13	–	11		.542			44	–	24		.647
Kansas State ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			35	–	24		.593
Texas Tech ‍‍‍y	12	–	12		.500			41	–	23		.641
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y	11	–	13		.458			32	–	28		.533
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			25	–	32		.439
Baylor ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			20	–	35		.364
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023 Rankings from D1baseball

The 2023 West Virginia Mountaineers baseball team represent the West Virginia University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Monongalia County Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Randy Mazey, in his 11th season at West Virginia.

The Mountaineers traveled to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona to take part in an MLB Spring Training game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on January 27. On May 20, West Virginia was awarded a share in the Big 12 championship alongside the Texas Longhorns.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at WVU	Alma Mater
Randy Mazey	Head Coach	11	Clemson (1988)
Steve Sabins	Associate Head Coach	8	Embry–Riddle (2011)
Mark Ginther	Assistant Coach	5	Oklahoma State (2013)
Jacob Garcia	Assistant Coach	4	Northern Colorado (2018)

Roster

2023 West Virginia Mountaineers Roster
	Pitchers 1 Kevin Dowdell (LHP) – graduate (6'1, 210) 11 Ben Hampton (LHP) – junior (6'1, 205) 12 Blaine Traxel (RHP) – graduate (5'10, 200) 15 Maxx Yehl (LHP) – freshman (6'6, 225) 16 David Hagaman (RHP) – RS freshman (6'4, 190) 17 Carlson Reed (RHP) – junior (6'4, 195) 20 Nick Matson (LHP) – freshman (5'11, 160) 21 Cole Fehrman (LHP) – freshman (6'3, 180) 24 Aidan Major (RHP) – sophomore (5'11, 200) 30 Bryce Amos (RHP) – freshman (6'5, 235) 31 Jake Carr (LHP) – senior (5'10, 170) 32 Chris Sleeper (RHP) – sophomore (6'3, 225) 35 Gavin Van Kempen (RHP) – freshman (6'6, 225) 36 Noah Short (RHP) – graduate (6'1, 195) 37 Grant Siegel (RHP) – sophomore (6'1, 195) 40 Carson Estridge (RHP) – freshman (6'7, 205) 42 Tommy Beam (RHP) – RS freshman (6'7, 205) 43 Robby Porco (RHP) – freshman (6'8, 235) 44 Keegan Allen (RHP) – sophomore (6'0, 180) 45 Michael Kilker (RHP) – sophomore (6'2, 205) 46 Will Watson (RHP) – sophomore (6'6, 245)		Catchers 8 Dayne Leonard – graduate (6'0, 195) 33 Logan Sauve – freshman (5'10, 185) 41 Sam White – freshman (5'11, 195) 83 Zack Ramppen – freshman (5'9, 200) Infielders 2 Tevin Tucker – graduate (6'0, 180) 7 Michael McKinney – freshman (6'3, 160) 8 Dayne Leonard – graduate (6'0, 195) 9 Grant Hussey – sophomore (6'3, 225) 23 Ellis Garcia – freshman (6'0, 215) 26 Nick Barone – freshman (6'0, 175) 27 JJ Wetherholt – sophomore (5'10, 190) 41 Sam White – freshman (5'11, 195) 50 Caleb McNeely – RS senior (6'1, 180) 83 Zack Ramppen – freshman (5'9, 200) Outfielders 1 Kevin Dowdell – graduate (6'1, 210) 5 Tyler Cox – sophomore (5'10, 185) 6 Evan Smith – sophomore (6'2, 205) 13 Braden Berry – junior (6'4, 190) 18 Skylar King – freshman (6'1, 180) 19 Tré Keels – freshman (6'0, 185) 25 Landon Wallace – junior (6'2, 170)