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American college baseball season

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball
SEC Eastern Division champions
Columbia Regional champions
Columbia Super Regional champions
College World Series Runner-up
vs. Arizona, L 0-2
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
Record49–20 (18–11 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Chad Holbrook (4th season)
  • Jerry Meyers (2nd/10th season)
  • Sammy Esposito (5th season)
Home stadiumCarolina Stadium
Seasons← 20112013 →
2012 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 2 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11   .621 49 – 20   .710
No. 6 Florida  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 47 – 20   .701
No. 19 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 45 – 18   .714
No. 25 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 35 – 28   .556
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 14 – 15   .483 31 – 26   .544
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 24 – 31   .436
Western
No. 11 LSU  ‍†‍‍ 19 – 11   .633 47 – 18   .723
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14   .533 46 – 22   .676
Mississippi State  ‍‍‡‍ 16 – 14   .533 40 – 24   .625
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 37 – 26   .587
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 31 – 28   .525
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 21 – 34   .382
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2012
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represented the University of South Carolina in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Gamecocks played their home games in Carolina Stadium. The team was coached by Ray Tanner, who was in his sixteenth season at Carolina.

Personnel

Roster

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks roster
 

Pitchers

  • 6 Joel Seddon - Freshman
  • 10 Drake Thomason - Freshman
  • 14 Evan Beal - Freshman
  • 15 Nolan Belcher - Junior
  • 22 Matt Price - Junior
  • 23 Vince Fiori - Freshman
  • 25 Adam Westmoreland - Junior
  • 27 Forrest Koumas - Sophomore
  • 29 Michael Roth - Senior
  • 32 Ethan Carter - Junior
  • 34 Jordan Montgomery - Freshman
  • 35 Logan Munson - Senior
  • 36 Hunter Privette - Junior
  • 38 Tyler Webb - Junior
  • 39 Patrick Sullivan - Junior
  • 44 Colby Holmes - Junior
  

Infielders

  • 4 Connor Bright - Freshman
  • 8 TJ Costen - Freshman
  • 9 Joey Pankake - Freshman
  • 13 Christian Walker - Junior
  • 16 Chase Vergason - Junior
  • 19 Tanner Lovick - Junior
  • 20 LB Dantzler - Junior
  • 24 Brison Celek - Sophomore
  • 30 Erik Payne - Sophomore
  • 33 Kyle Martin - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 5 Patrick Harrington - Freshman
  • 18 Dante Rosenberg - Junior
  • 21 Grayson Greiner - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 3 Tanner English - Freshman
  • 11 Sean Sullivan - Junior
  • 17 Seth Constable - Freshman
  • 26 Adam Matthews - Senior
  • 31 Evan Marzilli - Junior
  

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Roster & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Coaching staff

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball coaching staff
  • 1 Ray Tanner - Head Coach - 16 years
  • 2 Chad Holbrook - Assistant Coach - 4 years
  • 12 Jerry Meyers - Assistant Coach - 2 years / 10 years
  • 41 Sammy Esposito - Assistant Coach - 5 years
  • 55 Drew Meyer - Assistant Coach - Undergraduate

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Coaches & Bios http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/scar-m-basebl-mtt.html#coaches Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

Schedule

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball game log
Regular season
February
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
1 February 17 VMI Carolina Stadium 2–1 Webb (1–0) Watts (0–1) Koumas (1) 8,242 1–0 –
2 February 18 VMI Carolina Stadium 3–2 Carter (1–0) Garrett (0–1) None 7,675 2–0 –
3 February 18 VMI Carolina Stadium 13–1 Holmes (1–0) Brown (0–1) None 7,336 3–0 –
4 February 24 Elon Carolina Stadium 8–1 Roth (1–0) Webb (1–1) None 6,618 4–0 –
5 February 25 Elon Carolina Stadium 3-2 Price (1-0) Clark (1-1) Koumas (2) 7,606 5–0 –
6 February 26 Elon Carolina Stadium 6-0 Holmes (2-0) Whitehead (0-1) None 7,304 6–0 –
7 February 28 Presbyterian Carolina Stadium 2-1 Belcher (1-0) Dees (0-1) Webb (1) 6,521 7–0 –
March
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
8 March 2 vs. Clemson Joe Riley Park 3-2 Koumas (1-0) Gossett (0-1) Belcher (1) 5,851 8–0 –
9 March 3 Clemson Carolina Stadium 9-6 Beal (1-0) Leone (2-1) Belcher (2) 8,242 9–0 –
10 March 4 @Clemson Doug Kingsmore Stadium 5-6 Firth (1-0) Koumas (1-1) None 6,039 9–1 –
11 March 7 UNC Asheville Carolina Stadium 8-1 Seddon (1-0) Roland (2-2) None 6,403 10–1 –
12 March 9 Princeton Carolina Stadium 2-1 Roth (2-0) Hermans (1-1) Beal (1) 6,813 11–1 –
13 March 10 Princeton Carolina Stadium 6-1 Price (2-0) Ford (0-2) Koumas (3) 7,426 12–1 –
14 March 11 Princeton Carolina Stadium 3-1 Holmes (3-0) Bowman (1-1) Beal (2) 7,122 13–1 –
15 March 13 Charleston Southern Carolina Stadium 5-2 Westmoreland (1-0) Buran (0-2) Seddon (1) 6,836 14–1 –
16 March 14 Appalachian State Carolina Stadium 6-4 Webb (2-0) Farmer (1-1) Beal (3) 7,278 15–1 –
17 March 16 @Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 3-4 Peterson (2-0) Beal (1-1) None 2,032 15–2 0–1
18 March 17 @Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 3-4 Reed (4-0) Price (2-1) Gott (4) 1,950 15–3 0–2
19 March 18 @Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 3-6 Wijas (2-0) Belcher (1-1) Gott (5) 2,571 15–4 0–3
20 March 20 @Furman Fluor Field 8-5 Privette (1-0) Wood (3-2) Beal (4) 5,965 16–4 –
21 March 21 Wofford Carolina Stadium 4-5 Eck (3-1) Beal (1-2) None 6,923 16–5 –
22 March 22 Florida Carolina Stadium 9-3 Price (3-1) Rodriguez (3-1) None 8,242 17–5 1–3
23 March 23 Florida Carolina Stadium 2-8 Johnson (4-0) Koumas (1-2) None 8,242 17–6 1–4
24 March 24 Florida Carolina Stadium 4-5 Maddox (2-0) Price (3-2) None 8,242 17–7 1–5
25 March 27 @The Citadel Joe Riley Park 7-3 Montgomery (1-0) Tompkins (0-1) None 4,417 18–7 –
26 March 30 @Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 8-3 Roth (3-0) Ziomek (2-4) Price (1) 2,525 19–7 2–5
27 March 31 @Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 4-12 Beede (1-3) Beal (1-3) Miller (2) 3,113 19–8 2–6
April
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
28 April 1 @Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 6-4 Montgomery (2-0) Pfeifer (0-1) None 2,851 20–8 3–6
29 April 4 @College of Charleston Patriot's Point 7-0 Westmoreland (2-0) West (2-3) None 1,767 21–8 –
30 April 6 Tennessee Carolina Stadium 4-5 Steckenrider (3-2) Price (3-3) Blount (8) 8,242 21–9 3–7
31 April 7 Tennessee Carolina Stadium 2-1 Webb (3-0) Watson (3-1) None 7,448 22–9 4–7
32 April 8 Tennessee Carolina Stadium 6-1 Holmes (4-0) Williams (2-3) Beal (5) 6,981 23–9 5–7
33 April 10 The Citadel Carolina Stadium 8-0 Belcher (2-1) Clarkson (1-3) None 7,129 24–9 –
34 April 11 @Francis Marion Clifford Cormell Field 4-5 Broderick (6-1) Westmoreland (2-1) Stoner (2) 1,755 24–10 –
35 April 13 Mississippi State Carolina Stadium 7-6 Beal (2-3) Reed (0-5) Price (2) 8,105 25–10 6–7
36 April 14 Mississippi State Carolina Stadium 5-3 Montgomery (3-0) Graveman (2-2) Price (3) 8,242 26–10 7–7
37 April 15 Mississippi State Carolina Stadium 6-4 Holmes (5-0) Mitchell (1-1) Webb (2) 7,011 27–10 8–7
38 April 17 College of Charleston Carolina Stadium 3-4 West (4-3) Belcher (2-2) Peterson (9) 6,913 27–11 –
39 April 20 @Auburn Plainsman Park 12-5 Roth (4-0) Varnadore (1-6) None 2,949 28–11 9–7
40 April 21 @Auburn Plainsman Park 5-3 Montgomery (4-0) Jacobs (5-1) Price (4) 3,701 29–11 10–7
41 April 22 @Auburn Plainsman Park 11-7 Holmes (6-0) Koger (2-4) None 2,747 30–11 11–7
- April 26 Alabama Carolina Stadium Suspended
42 April 27 Alabama Carolina Stadium 1-0 Webb (4-0) Keller (1-3) Price (5) 7,403 31–11 12–7
43 April 27 Alabama Carolina Stadium 12-11 Belcher (3-2) Keller (1-4) None 8,242 32–11 13–7
44 April 28 Alabama Carolina Stadium 9-1 Belcher (4-2) Kamplain (1-4) None 8,242 33–11 14–7
May
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record
45 May 2 Davidson Carolina Stadium 2-1 Koumas (2-2) Russell (4-5) Price (6) 7,177 34–11 –
46 May 4 @Arkansas Baum Stadium 8-6 Beal (3-3) Astin (2-4) Price (7) 8,982 35–11 15–7
47 May 5 @Arkansas Baum Stadium 6-7 Wright (1-0) Montgomery (4-1) Astin (9) 8,774 35–12 15–8
48 May 6 @Arkansas Baum Stadium 10-7 Price (4-3) Baxendale (6-3) None 8,461 36–12 16–8
49 May 9 Furman Carolina Stadium 7-0 Seddon (2-0) Carlson (1-5) None 6,774 37–12 –
50 May 11 @Georgia Foley Field 3-0 Roth (5-0) Wood (6-2) Price (8) 2,744 38–12 17–8
51 May 12 @Georgia Foley Field 5-6 Nagel (1-1) Price (4-4) None 2,686 38–13 17–9
– May 13 @Georgia Foley Field Cancelled
– May 15 USC Upstate Carolina Stadium Cancelled
– May 17 LSU Carolina Stadium Postponed
52 May 18 LSU Carolina Stadium 2-5 Gausman (9-1) Roth (5-1) None 7,914 38–14 17–10
53 May 18 LSU Carolina Stadium 5-4 Webb (5-0) Nola (6-4) Price (9) 8,242 39–14 18–10
54 May 19 LSU Carolina Stadium 2-3 Cotton (6-0) Beal (3-4) Goody (10) 8,242 39–15 18–11
Post-season
SEC Tournament
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record
55 May 23 Vanderbilt Regions Park 2-3 Ziomek (5-6) Webb (5-1) Clinard (5) 6,860 39–16 0–1
56 May 24 Auburn Regions Park 5-3 Roth (6-1) Luckie (2-2) Price (10) 40–16 1–1
57 May 25 Florida Regions Park 2-7 Johnson (7-4) Holmes (6-1) None 9,067 40–17 1–2
NCAA Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
58 June 1 Manhattan Carolina Stadium 7-0 Holmes (7-1) Sewitt (11-2) None 7,043 41–17 1–0
59 June 2 Clemson Carolina Stadium 5-4 Beal (4-4) Brady (1-3) None 8,242 42–17 2–0
60 June 3 Clemson Carolina Stadium 4-3 Montgomery (5-1) Haselden (4-2) Webb (3) 8,242 43–17 3–0
NCAA Super Regionals
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
61 June 9 Oklahoma Carolina Stadium 5-0 Roth (7-1) John (8-8) None 8,242 44–17 4–0
- June 10 Oklahoma Carolina Stadium Suspended
62 June 11 Oklahoma Carolina Stadium 5-1 Webb (6-1) Okert (9-8) Price (11) 8,242 45–17 5–0
College World Series
# Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
63 June 16 Florida TD Ameritrade Park 7-3 Roth (8-1) Johnson (8-5) Price (12) 25,291 46–17 6–0
64 June 18 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park 1-2 Stanek (8-4) Holmes (7-2) Astin (11) 23,537 46–18 6–1
- June 20 Kent State TD Ameritrade Park Postponed
65 June 21 Kent State TD Ameritrade Park 4-1 Roth (9-1) Skulina (11-3) None 47–18 7–1
66 June 21 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park 2-0 Montgomery (6-1) Fant (2-3) Price (13) 23,593 48–18 8–1
67 June 22 Arkansas TD Ameritrade Park 3-2 Price (5-4) Suggs (7-1) None 22,184 49–18 9–1
68 June 24 Arizona TD Ameritrade Park 1-5 Wade (11-3) Koumas (2-3) None 24,748 49–19 9–2
69 June 25 Arizona TD Ameritrade Park 1-4 Troupe (6-1) Price (5-5) None 23,872 49–20 9–3

2012 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Schedule http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/scar-m-basebl-sched.html Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine

Honors and awards

  • Michael Roth was named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year.
  • Jordan Montgomery was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 9.
  • Grayson Greiner was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 16.
  • Michael Roth was named First-Team Capital One Academic All-American.
  • Michael Roth was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
  • Christian Walker was named First Team All-SEC, Matt Price was named Second Team All-SEC, Tanner English, Grayson Greiner and Joey Pankake were named Freshman All-SEC, and Michael Roth and Evan Marzilli were named Defensive All-SEC.
  • Adam Matthews was named MVP of the NCAA Columbia Regional. LB Dantzler, Colby Holmes, Jordan Montgomery, Joey Pankake and Chase Vergason were also named to the All-Tournament team.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'22*3338101098533246——2
Baseball America3333381111109754277——2
Collegiate Baseball^22222614181813743332222
NCBWA†2233369876433156542

^ 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 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the South Carolina Gamecocks baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Christian Walker 1B 4th 132nd Baltimore Orioles
Matt Price RHP 7th 222nd Baltimore Orioles
Evan Marzilli OF 8th 273rd Arizona Diamondbacks
Michael Roth LHP 9th 297th Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Adam Matthews OF 29th 892nd Cincinnati Reds

References

  1. "Baseball standings". Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. Michael Roth Named 2011-12 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Year
  3. Jordan Montgomery Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  4. Grayson Greiner Named SEC Freshman Of The Week
  5. Michael Roth Repeats as First-Team Capital One Academic All-American
  6. Seven Gamecocks Honored by Southeastern Conference
  7. Seven Gamecocks Honored by Southeastern Conference
  8. Gamecocks Down Clemson 4-3, Advance to Super Regional
  9. USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  10. Baseball America College: Top 25
  11. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  12. NCBWA Division I poll
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