TABLE OF CONTENTS Rosters ............................................................. 2-3 Head Coach ................ Brian O’Connor (Creighton, ‘93) 2020 SCHEDULE Head Coach Brian O’Connor ............................... 4-7 Career/UVA Record ................... 700-288-2 (.708) DATE OPPONENT TIME Associate Head Coach Kevin McMullan ............... 8-9 .................................................... (17th season) Wahoos Classic (Pensacola, Fla.) Assistant Coach Drew Dickinson .......................... 10 NCAA Appearances ......................... 14 (2004-17) Fri. 2/14 vs. Oklahoma1 (CST) 7 p.m. Assistant Coach Matt Kirby/Mike Garza................ 11 Associate Head Coach .....................Kevin McMullan Sat. 2/15 vs. Oklahoma1 (CST) 5 p.m. Support Staff ...................................................... 12 Assistant Coaches ...........Drew Dickinson, Matt Kirby Sun. 2/16 vs. Oklahoma1 (CST) Noon Player Profiles ................................................ 13-25 Asst. AD for Baseball Admin ............Justin Armistead Baseball Administration ........................Joe Bialkoski Abbott/Agee/Baldino/Bales ............................ 13 Tues. 2/18 VMI (ACCNX) 3 p.m. Cord. of Video & Scouting ................... Michael Garza Ballestero/Cotier/Deegan/Gelof ...................... 14 Fri. 2/21 BUCKNELL (ACCNX) 3 p.m. 2098 Record .....................32-24 overall, 14-16 ACC Hamrock/Harrington/Hlinka ............................ 15 Sat. 2/22 BUCKNELL (ACCNX) Noon (5th Coastal) Hodorovich/Hoopes/Jenkins/Kent ................... 16 Sat. 2/22 BUCKNELL (ACCNX) 3:30 p.m. Kosanovich/Lebreux/McGarry ......................... 17 2019 ACC Tournament ................................... 0-2 2019 Postseason ..........................................n/a Sun. 2/23 BUCKNELL (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Messinger/Michaels/Neeck/Newell ................. 18 Tues. 2/25 WILLIAM & MARY (ACCNX) 3 p.m. Ortiz/Petri/Price ............................................. 19 2019 Final Rankings ...........................................NR Letterwinners Returning/Lost ........................ 17/11 Fri. 2/28 DARTMOUTH (ACCNX) 3 p.m. Rivoli/Sanchez/Savino/Schoch ....................... 20 Position Players Returning/Lost ..................... 9/8 Sat.2/29 DARTMOUTH (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Sleight/Sperling/Sullivan ................................ 21 Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ............. 5/3 Sun. 3/1 DARTMOUTH (ACCNX) Noon Tappen/Vasil .................................................. 22 Pitchers Returning/Lost .............................. 13/3 Tues. 3/3 RICHMOND (ACCNX) 3 p.m. Whitten/Wyatt ................................................ 23 Newcomers ............15 (11 freshmen, 4 transfers) Fri. 3/6 NC STATE* (ACCNX) 4 p.m. 2019 Season Review/Statistics ..................... 24-28 Home Facility Sat. 3/7 NC STATE* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Davenport Field at Disharoon Park ........................ 29-30 ............................Davenport Field at Disharoon Park Sun. 3/8 NC STATE* (ACC Network) 3 p.m. Virginia Baseball History ................................. 31-32 Capacity/Surface .................5,359/Natural Grass Tues. 3/10 UMASS LOWELL (ACCNX) 1 p.m. 2015 National Champions .............................. 33-34 Dimensions .......................332-370-404-370-332 Wed. 3/11 UMASS LOWELL (ACCNX) 11 a.m. 2009 College World Series .................................. 35 Fri. 3/13 at Pittsburgh* (ACCNX) 3 p.m. 2011 College World Series .................................. 36 PROGRAM HISTORY Sat. 3/14 at Pittsburgh* (ACCNX) 3 p.m. 2014 College World Series .................................. 37 NCAA Tournament Appearances .......................... 17 Sun. 3/15 at Pittsburgh* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. NCAA Tournament History/Records ................. 38-39 (1972, ‘85, ‘96, 2004-17) Tues. 3/17 LONGWOOD (ACCNX) 4 p.m. Year-by-Year Records/UVA Coaching History ............. 40 NCAA Championships .................................1 (2015) Fri. 3/20 at Miami* (ACCNX) 7 p.m. UVA in the Major League Baseball Draft................ 41 College World Series Appearances ......................... 4 Sat. 3/21 at Miami* (ACCNX) 7 p.m. Former Cavaliers in Professional Baseball .......... 42-43 (2009, ‘11, ‘14, ‘15) Sun. 3/22 at Miami* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Virginia Baseball Hall of Fame ......................... 44-49 College World Series Finals Appearances 2 Tues. 3/24 JMU (ACCNX) 4 p.m. Single-Game Records .......................................... 50 (2014, ‘15) Fri. 3/27 VIRGINIA TECH* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Batting Records .................................................. 51 NCAA Regional Championships .............................. 6 Sat. 3/28 VIRGINIA TECH* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Pitching Records ................................................. 52 (2009, ‘10, ‘11, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15) Sun. 3/29 VIRGINIA TECH* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Annual Leaders .............................................. 53-54 Last NCAA Regional Appearance Tues. 3/31 CORNELL (ACCNX) 4 p.m. Single-Season Team Records ............................... 55 Fort Worth Regional (2017) Wed. 4/1 CORNELL (ACCNX) 4 p.m. National Awards and Honors ................................ 56 Last NCAA Super Regional Appearance Fri. 4/3 at Louisville* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Postseason Awards and Honors ........................... 57 Charlottesville Super Regional (2015) Sat. 4/4 at Louisville* (ACCNX) ACC Awards and Honors ................................. 58-59 ACC Championships .............. 4 (1972, ‘96, ‘09, ‘11) 1 p.m. Series Records ................................................... 60 ACC Coastal Division Championships ..................... 2 Sun. 4/5 at Louisville* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Year-by-Year Results ....................................... 61-74 (2010, ‘11) Tues. 4/7 at VCU 7 p.m. Game-by-Game vs ACC, 2020 Opponents ........... 75-80 Thurs. 4/9 WAKE FOREST* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. All-Time Letterwinners .................................... 81-83 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Fri. 4/10 WAKE FOREST* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. University Administration/Senior Staff ............. 84-85 Location ......................................Charlottesville, Va. Sat. 4/11 WAKE FOREST* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Covering the Cavaliers ......................................... 86 Founded .........................by Thomas Jefferson, 1819 Tues. 4/14 ODU (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Wed. 4/15 RADFORD (ACCNX) 6 p.m. BASEBALL INFORMATION Enrollment .............. 22,985 (16,239 undergraduate) President ................................................... Jim Ryan Fri. 4/17 at Boston College* (ACCNX) 5:30 p.m. Nicknames ........................Cavaliers, Wahoos, ‘Hoos Sat. 4/18 at Boston College* (ACCNX) 2 p.m. SOCIAL MEDIA Colors ............................................Orange and Blue Sun. 4/19 at Boston College* (ACCNX) Noon Conference .........................................Atlantic Coast Tues. 4/21 LIBERTY (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Athletics Director ............................... Carla Williams Wed. 4/22 GEORGE WASHINGTON (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Senior Associate AD/Baseball Admin. ........Ted White Fri. 4/24 at Duke* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Athletics Website ........................ VirginiaSports.com Sat. 4/25 at Duke* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. Sun. 4/26 at Duke* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. MEDIA RELATIONS Tues. 4/28 at ODU TBD @UVABaseball Assistant AD, Media Relations .................. Jim Daves Fri. 5/8 GEORGIA TECH* (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Main Office Phone ...................... (434) 982-5500 Sat. 5/9 GEORGIA TECH* (ACC Network) 4 p.m. Baseball Contact ............................. Scott Fitzgerald Sun. 5/10 GEORGIA TECH* (ACCNX) 1 p.m. FACT BOOK CREDITS Office Phone .............................. (434) 924-9878 Tues. 5/12 VCU (ACCNX) 6 p.m. Mobile Phone ............................. (908) 246-6818 The 2020 Virginia Baseball Fact Book was written and Thurs. 5/14 NORTH CAROLINA* (ACC Network) 7 p.m. edited by Scott Fitzgerald with assistance from Jack E-Mail [email protected] Fri. 5/15 NORTH CAROLINA* (ACC Network) 7 p.m. Neary and Drew Buckley. Cover design by Lauren Taylor. Sat. 5/16 NORTH CAROLINA* (ACC Network) 3 p.m. Interior layout by Scott Fitzgerald. 2 Tue.-Sun 5/19-24 ACC Tournament (RSN/ACC Network) Photos by John Atkins, Jim Capony, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Daily Progress, Detroit Tigers, Jim Fri-Mon. 5/29-6/1 NCAA Regionals3 (ESPN Networks) 3 Carpenter, Jim Daves, Jim Davidson, Pete Emerson, Fri.-Mon. 6/5-8 NCAA Super Regionals (ESPN Networks) Tony Farlow, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mike Gentry, Kelsey 4 Fri.-Tue. 6/13-24 College World Series (ESPN/ESPN2) Grant, Houston Astros, Dennis Hubbard, Pete LaFleur, Minorwhite Studios, Ryan Morris, Bruce Newman, Matt Riley, Christian Petersen, Emma Sharon, Andrew *Indicates ACC Contest | Home Games in BOLD Shurtleff, Paul Simpson, Kenji Takabayashi, Rodger M. 1 Played in Pensacola, Fla.| 2 Played in Charlotte, N.C. Wood, Washington Nationals. 3Sites TBA | 4TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb. On the Cover (L-R): Top Row: Christian Hlinka, Blake All Times Eastern Bales, Devin Ortiz, Walker Jenkins, Fifth Row: Stephen Shoch, Griff McGarry, Brendan Rivoli. Fourth Row: Most games can be heard on VirginiaSports.com, Chesdin Harrington, Evan Sperling, Kyle Whitten. Third with select games airing on WINA 1070-AM/98.9-FM; game times/dates Row: Alex Tappen, Marc Lebreux. Second Row: Paul and TV designations are subject to change Kosanovich, Logan Michaels. Front: Andrew Abbott ALPHABETICAL 2020 VIRGINIA BASEBALL ROSTER NO. NAME POS. 16 Abbott, Andrew ...............LHP No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 23 Agee, Griff .......................LHP 2 Max Cotier INF L/R 5-11