NCAA Tournament History/Records
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Rosters ..........................................................................2-3 2018 SCHEDULE Head Coach Brian O’Connor ...............................4-7 Baseball INFORMation FEBRUARY Associate Head Coach Kevin McMullan ......... 8-9 Head Coach ........Brian O’Connor (Creighton, ‘93) Fri. 16 at UCF 6:30 p.m. Assistant Coach Karl Kuhn .................................10-11 Career/UVA Record .................. 639-239-2, .727 Sat. 17 vs Samford 1 1 p.m. Assistant Coach Matt Kirby ....................................12 ...............................................................(15th season) Sun. 18 vs Rice 1 10 a.m. Support Staff ................................................................ 13 NCAA Appearances ........................14 (2004-17) Tues. 20 VMI (ACCNE) 3 p.m. Player Profiles ....................................................... 14-25 Associate Head Coach ..................Kevin McMullan Fri. 23 E. KENTUCKY (ACCNE) 3 p.m. Abbott/Allocca/Blakely/Casey........................ 14 Assistant Coaches ...............Karl Kuhn, Matt Kirby Sat. 24 E. KENTUCKY 1 p.m. Cody/Comer ............................................................ 15 Asst. AD for Baseball Admin ...Justin Armistead Sun. 25 E. KENTUCKY (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Donahue/Eikhoff/Gerstenmaier...................... 16 Baseball Administration.....................Joe Bialkoski Tues. 27 VMI (ACCNE) 3 p.m. Harrington/Harrison ..............................................17 Cord. of Video & Scouting ............... Mike Roberts Wed. 28 WILLIAM & MARY (ACCNE) 3 p.m. Hlinka/Knight/Lynch ........................................... 18 2017 Record ...................... 43-16 overall, 18-12 ACC MARCH McCarthy/McGarry/Meyer ................................. 19 (2nd Coastal) Fri. 2 Yale (ACCNE) 3 p.m. Morris/Murdock/Nicholson/Novak ...............20 2017 ACC Tournament ........................................1-1 Sat. 3 Yale (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Ortiz/Papantonis/Richardson ...........................21 2017 Postseason ......................................................... Sun. 4 Yale 1 p.m. Rivoli/Rohm/Simmons ........................................22 NCAA Fort Worth Regional (1-2) Tues. 6 DAVidson (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Sousa/Sperling ...................................................... 23 2017 Final Rankings ........................................................ Fri. 9 at Duke* (ACCNE) 6 p.m. Tappen/Weber ...................................................... 24 21 (Collegiate Baseball, USA Today) Sat. 10 at Duke* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Weiller/Whitten/Wilson..................................... 25 22 (Baseball America, D1Baseball, NCBWA) Sun. 11 at Duke* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. 2017 Season Review/Statistics .....................26-30 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ....................... 22/12 Wed. 14 (ACCNE) 4 p.m. Davenport Field at the UVA Baseball Stadium ..31-32 Position Players Returning/Lost .................12/4 JMU Starting Position Players Returning/Lost .......5/4 Fri. 16 (ACCNE) 4 p.m. Virginia Baseball History ................................. 33-34 Boston COLLEGE* Pitchers Returning/Lost .................................. 9/9 2015 National Champions ................................35-36 Sat. 17 Boston COLLEGE* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Newcomers ..................11 (10 freshmen, 1 transfer) 2009 College World Series ....................................37 Sun. 18 Boston COLLEGE* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Home Facility Tues. 20 Towson 4 p.m. 2011 College World Series ...................................... 38 .......... Davenport Field at UVA Baseball Stadium 2014 College World Series .................................... 39 Wed. 21 Towson (ACCNE) 4 p.m. Capacity/Surface ..............5,500/Natural Grass Fri. 23 at Miami* (ACCNE) 7 p.m. NCAA Tournament History/Records ...........40-41 Dimensions..................... 332-370-404-370-332 Year-by-Year Records/UVA Coaching History .. 42 Sat. 24 at Miami* (ACCNE) 7 p.m. Former Cavaliers in Professional Baseball ..43-44 Sun. 25 at Miami* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. UVA in the Major League Baseball Draft ......... 45 PROGRAM HistorY Tues. 27 LONGwood (ACCNE) 4 p.m. NCAA Tournament Appearances ........................17 2 Batting Records .........................................................46 Wed. 28 at VCU TBA (1972, ‘85, ‘96, 2004-17) Pitching Records ....................................................... 47 Fri. 30 at Pittsburgh* (ACCNE) 3 p.m. NCAA Championships ..................................1 (2015) Sat. 31 at Pittsburgh* (ACCNE) 3 p.m. Single-Game Records ..............................................48 College World Series Appearances ......................4 APRIL Annual Leaders ...................................................49-50 (2009, ‘11, ‘14, ‘15) Sun. 1 at Pittsburgh* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Single-Season Team Records ................................ 51 College World Series Finals Appearances 2 National Awards and Honors ................................52 (2014, ‘15) Tues. 3 OLD DOMINION (ACCNE) 5 p.m. Postseason Awards and Honors ......................... 53 NCAA Regional Championships ............................6 Fri. 6 VIRGINIA TECH* (ACCNE) 6 p.m. ACC Awards and Honors ....................................... 54 (2009, ‘10, ‘11, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15) Sat. 7 VIRGINIA TECH* (ACCNE) 4 p.m. Series Records ............................................................ 55 Last NCAA Regional Appearance Sun. 8 VIRGINIA TECH* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Year-by-Year Results ......................................... 56-67 Fort Worth Regional (2017) Wed. 11 RADFORD (ACCNE) 6 p.m. Game-by-Game vs ACC, 2018 Opponents ...68-73 Last NCAA Super Regional Appearance Fri. 13 NORTH CAROLINA* (ACCNE) 6 p.m. All-Time Letterwinners ......................................74-76 Charlottesville Super Regional (2015) Sat. 14 NORTH CAROLINA* (ACCNE) 4 p.m. University Administration/Senior Staff .............77 ACC Championships .............4 (1972, ‘96, ‘09, ‘11) Sun. 15 NORTH CAROLINA* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Covering the Cavaliers ............................................ 78 ACC Coastal Division Championships .................2 Tues. 17 GEORGE WasHINGton (ACCNE) 6 p.m. (2010, ‘11) Wed. 18 LIBERTY (ACCNE) 6 p.m. Fri. 20 at Louisville* (ACCNE) 6 p.m. SOCIAL MEDIA UNIVERSITY INFORMation Sat. 21 at Louisville* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Location ........................................Charlottesville, Va. Sun. 22 at Louisville* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Founded ........................by Thomas Jefferson, 1819 Tues. 24 OLD DOMINION Noon Enrollment .......... 23,883 (16,673 undergraduate) Fri. 27 CLEMSON* (ACCNE) 6 p.m. President .........................................Teresa A. Sullivan Sat. 28 CLEMSON* (ACCNE) 4 p.m. Nicknames ......................Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos Sun. 29 CLEMSON* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Colors ................................................Orange and Blue MAY Conference ........................................... Atlantic Coast @UVABaseball Tues. 1 VCU 6 p.m. Athletics Director .............................. Carla Williams Fri. 11 (ACCNE) 6 p.m. Senior Associate AD/SWA ................... Jane Miller GEORGIA TECH* FACT BOOK CREDITS Athletics Website .................... VirginiaSports.com Sat. 12 GEORGIA TECH* (ACCNE) 4 p.m. Mon. 14 GEORGIA TECH*(ESPNU) 1 p.m. Tues. 15 6 p.m. The 2018 Virginia Baseball Fact Book was MEDIA relations RICHMOND written and edited by Scott Fitzgerald with the Thu. 17 at Wake Forest* (ACCNE) 6 p.m. Assistant AD, Media Relations ............. Jim Daves assistance of Daniel Buckley and Colin Thielsch. Fri. 18 at Wake Forest* (ACCNE) 6 p.m. Main Office Phone ...................(434) 982-5500 Cover design by Lauren Taylor. Interior layout by Baseball Contact ........................... Scott Fitzgerald Sat. 19 at Wake Forest* (ACCNE) 1 p.m. Andy Fledderjohann and Scott Fitzgerald. 2 Office Phone ...............................(434) 924-9878 Tue-Sun. 22-27 ACC Championship (RSN/ESPN2) JUNE Photos by John Atkins, Jim Capony, Daily Mobile Phone .............................. (908) 246-6818 Fri.-Mon. 1-4 3 (ESPN Networks) Progress, Jim Carpenter, Jim Daves, Jim E-Mail [email protected] NCAA Regionals 3 Davidson, Pete Emerson, Tony Farlow, Mike Fri.-Mon. 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals (ESPN Networks) 4 Gentry, Kelsey Grant, Dennis Hubbard, Pete Fri.-Tue. 16-27 College World Series (ESPN/ESPN2) LaFleur, Minorwhite Studios, Bruce Newman, Home games in BOLD ; *denotes ACC games; Matt Riley, Christian Petersen, Oakland Athletics, all times Eastern; televised/webcast games in San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Andrew parentheses; 1Orlando, Fla.,2Durham, N.C.; 3Sites Shurtleff, Paul Simpson, Kenji Takabayashi, TBA; 4TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb. Rodger M. Wood, Washington Nationals, All games can be heard on VirginiaSports.com, On the Cover (L-R): Top Row: Derek Casey, with select games airing on WINA 1070-AM/98.9-FM; game times/dates subject to Daniel Lynch, Bennett Sousa, Bottom Row: Jake change McCarthy, Cameron Simmons, Caleb Knight ALPHABETICAL 2018 VIRGINIA Baseball Roster No. Name Pos. 16 Abbott, Andrew ............LHP No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 45 Allocca, Will ................ C/INF 2 Drew Blakely C R/R 6-2 190 So. Galesburg, Mich./Gull Lake 2 Blakely, Drew ....................... C 3 Jack Weiller INF L/R 6-0 185 Jr. Waccabuc, N.Y./John Jay-Cross River 14 Casey, Derek ...................RHP 12 Cody, Charlie ........... OF/INF 4 Andrew Papantonis INF/OF R/R 6-2 190 Fr. Glen Gardner, N.J./Delbarton 55 Comer, Cameron ....... C/INF 5 Caleb Knight C R/R 5-11 220 Sr. Checotah, Okla./Connors State 23