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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE KENTUCKY VANDERBILT SEC Highlights . 2-3 Schedule..........................63 Schedule..........................95 Inclement Weather Policy.............4 Quick Facts .......................64 Quick Facts .......................96 2014 Schedule Grid..................5 Head Coach Gary Henderson/ Head Coach Tim Corbin/ Standard of Excellence ...............6 Assistant Coaches................64 Assistant Coaches................96 SEC in 20012-13 NCAA 2014 Roster . .65 2014 Roster . .97 Championships.................6-7 Players to Watch...................65 Players to Watch...................97 SEC All-Time National Champions .....8 2013 Results ......................66 2013 Results . ....................98 SECU Academic Initiative ............9 SEC Headquarters .................10 LSU 2013 IN REVIEW Media Relations Contacts............11 Schedule..........................67 2013 Year in Review ...............100 SEC Milestones .................12-13 Quick Facts .......................68 2013 Awards .................106-108 Commissioner Slive.................14 Head Coach Paul Mainieri/ SEC Staff.........................15 Assistant Coaches................68 SEC BASEBALL HISTORY SEC Corporate Sponsor Program .....16 2014 Roster . .69 All-Time Champions/Records....110-111 SEC Media Services ................17 Players to Watch...................69 Standings....................112-119 SEC Television Agreements ..........18 2013 Results ......................70 Yearly Statistical Leaders.......120-128 2014 SEC Baseball TV Schedule ......19 SEC Network...................20-21 OLE MISS RECORDS 2014 SEC Tournament ..............22 Schedule..........................71 SEC Records .................130-139 2014 SEC Tournament Bracket .......23 Quick Facts .......................72 SEC Notes.......................140 SEC Tournament History............24 Head Coach Mike Bianco/ SEC All-Tournament Teams ......25-27 Assistant Coaches................72 HONORS SEC Tournament Results.........28-38 2014 Roster . .73 National Player of the Year . 142-143 SEC Tournament Records ........39-42 Players to Watch...................73 All-Americans ................144-145 2013 Results ......................74 SEC Awards..................146-147 ALABAMA SEC Player of the Week ........148-151 Schedule..........................43 MISSISSIPPI STATE All-SEC Teams ...............152-162 Quick Facts .......................44 Schedule..........................75 All Freshman Team ...............162 Head Coach Mitch Gaspard/ Quick Facts .......................76 All Defensive Team................163 Assistant Coaches................44 Head Coach John Cohen/ Academic Honor Roll ..........164-171 2014 Roster . .45 Assistant Coaches................76 SEC In Major League Baseball. 172-173 Players to Watch...................45 2014 Roster . .77 All-Time Coaching Records . ......174 2013 Results/Statistics ..............46 Players to Watch...................77 2013 Results ......................78 NCAA TOURNAMENT ARKANSAS MISSOURI SEC in the College World Series . .176 Schedule..........................47 NCAA Tournament Results . 177-186 Quick Facts .......................48 Schedule..........................79 Head Coach Dave Van Horn/ Quick Facts .......................80 POLLS Assistant Coaches................48 Head Coach Tim Jamieson/ Collegiate Baseball ............188-194 Assistant Coaches................80 2014 Roster . .49 USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll . 195-197 2014 Roster . .81 Players to Watch...................49 SEC Baseball Attendance...........198 2012 Results ......................50 Players to Watch...................81 2013 Results ......................82 Composite Schedule .......... IFC/IBC AUBURN Schedule..........................51 SOUTH CAROLINA Quick Facts .......................52 Schedule..........................83 Head Coach Sunny Golloway / Quick Facts .......................84 Assistant Coaches................52 Head Coach Chad Holbrook/ 2014 Roster . .53 Assistant Coaches................84 Players to Watch...................53 2014 Roster . .85 2013 Results ......................54 Players to Watch...................85 2013 Results ......................86 CREDITS FLORIDA Schedule..........................55 TENNESSEE Editor Quick Facts .......................56 Schedule..........................87 Chuck Dunlap, SEC Director of Communications Quick Facts .......................88 Head Coach Kevin O’Sullivan/ Special Assistance Assistant Coaches................56 Head Coach Dave Serrano / 2014 Roster . .57 Assistant Coaches................88 Allison Jacobs (SEC Communications Intern); Rich Davi (Alabama), Derek Satterfield (Arkansas), Wes Todd, Players to Watch...................57 2014 Roster . .89 Players to Watch...................89 (Auburn), John Hines, (Florida), Christopher Lakos, 2013 Results ......................58 (Georgia), Brent Ingram (Kentucky), Bill Franques 2013 Results ......................90 (LSU), Bill Bunting (Ole Miss), Kyle Niblett (Mississippi GEORGIA State), Shawn Davis (Missouri), Andrew Kitick (South Schedule..........................59 TEXAS A&M Carolina), Brian Bruce (Tennessee), Thomas Dick Quick Facts .......................60 Schedule..........................91 (Texas A&M), Kyle Parkinson (Vanderbilt). Quick Facts .......................92 Head Coach Scott Stricklin/ Printing Assistant Coaches................60 Head Coach Rob Childress/ EBSCO Media Printing; Birmingham, Ala. 2014 Roster . .61 Assistant Coaches................92 Players to Watch...................61 2014 Roster . .93 Layout and Cover Design 2013 Results ......................62 Players to Watch...................93 EBSCO Media Printing; Birmingham, Ala. 2013 Results ......................94 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SEC SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SEC 1 SEC HIGHLIGHTS he Southeastern Conference, with its storied 80-year NOTES history of athletic achievements and academic excellence, Thas built perhaps the greatest tradition of intercollegiate The SEC has sent 48 teams to the College World Series since competition in baseball of any league in the country since its 1990. That was accomplished despite no SEC teams making inception in 1933. the field in 1992. LSU has been to Omaha 13 times, Florida The SEC posted another tremendous season in 2013 as the eight times, South Carolina six times, Georgia and Mississip- conference had nine teams earn selection to NCAA postseason pi State five times, while Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee play with LSU and Mississippi State advancing to the College have been three times each. Auburn has been twice. World Series. A SEC squad has now appeared in the College World Series 28 of the last 29 years. Mississippi State advanced to the SEC teams have won nine of the last 23 national champion- National Championship Series, marking the ninth time since 2000 ships, with LSU winning six (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, a SEC team played for the national championship in Omaha and 2009), South Carolina winning two (2010, 2011) and Geor- sixth in a row. LSU won the SEC tournament title over Vanderbilt. gia claiming the 1990 title. The SEC has finished runner up Vanderbilt won the SEC regular-season title with a 26-3 conference seven times in that time, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012 record, while LSU won the Western Division with a 23-7 record. and 2013. The Southeastern Conference boasts 12 former National Players of the Year (Florida’s Mike Zunino won in 2012), 11 SEC teams are 98-85 since 1990 in Omaha, a 53.6 winning Baseball America Coach of the Year and 10 Collegiate Baseball percentage. Not counting games against each other, the SEC Coach of the Year honors. Also, 161 student-athletes have been has posted a 73-60 record in the College World Series since named first-team All-American, six of which came in 2013. 1990, a 54.9 winning percentage. Three SEC players were taken in the first round of the 2013 The SEC has played 46 games in the “Final Four” of the Col- Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, held in June in New lege World Series since 1990, an average of over 1.5 per year. York City. Mississippi State’s Hunter Renfroe was selected Only five times, 1992,1994, 2003, 2006 and 2007 has the SEC 13th overall by San Diego. Jonathan Crawford of Florida was failed to get a team to the “Final Four” of the CWS. selected 20th by Detroit, while Arkansas’ Ryne Stanek was 27th by Tampa Bay. With those three selections this year, the SEC has The SEC has averaged nearly eight games played per year now had a first round selection in each year since 1991 and 96 in the College World Series since 1990. In 2004, 12 of the 15 total in the first round during that time. games played in Omaha involved a SEC team. In 1997, the The SEC drew a record of over 2.25 million fans to its on- SEC had a team in 13 of the 14 games played in the CWS. campus ballparks in 2013, the seventh year in a row to draw over Since 1990, an SEC team has played in 158 of the 344 games 1.6 million. Nine SEC teams drew in excess of 100,000 fans to in the College World Series, an amazing 46 percent of games. their parks in 2013. The SEC averaged nearly 5,000 fans per game SEC teams played in 8 of the 14 in 2013. in 2013, the seventh straight year to exceed the 4,000 mark. The The SEC has sent 10 of its 12 schools to the College World Se- SEC Baseball Tournament drew a new record-high of 134,496 fans ries since 1990 - Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Geor- in 2013, 7,912 per game. The event has become the Birmingham gia,