2015 UCF Knights baseball team

2015 UCF Knights baseball
Conference American Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 11
2015 record 20–5 (0–0 The American)
Head coach Terry Rooney (7th year)
Assistant coach Kevin Schnall (3rd year)
Assistant coach Ryan Klosterman (4th year)
Home stadium Jay Bergman Field
2015 American Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Houston y 16 8 0   .667     43 20 0   .683
East Carolinay 15 9 0   .625     40 22 0   .645
Tulane y 13 11 0   .542     35 25 0   .583
South Floriday 13 11 0   .542     34 26 1   .566
Memphis 12 12 0   .500     37 21 0   .638
Connecticut 11 13 0   .458     35 25 0   .583
UCF 10 14 0   .417     31 27 0   .534
Cincinnati 6 18 0   .250     15 41 0   .268
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 UCF Knights baseball team represents the University of Central Florida during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Knights play their home games at Jay Bergman Field as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Terry Rooney, in his seventh season at UCF.

Previous Season

In 2014, the Knights finished the season 2nd in the American with a record of 36–23, 17–7 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament and were eliminated in pool play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 UCF Knights roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 4 - Cre Finfrock - Freshman
  • 22 - Kyle Marsh - Freshman
  • 25 - Pat Stephens - Freshman
  • 27 - Spencer Davis - Senior
  • 28 - Tanner Olson - Senior
  • 32 - Parker Thomas - Senior
  • 33 - Harrison Hukari - Junior
  • 34 - Mitchell Tripp - Junior
  • 36 - Brad Rowley - Freshman
  • 38 - Joe Marotta - Senior
  • 39 - Zach Rodgers - Senior
  • 40 - Drew Faintich - Sophomore
  • 41 - Robby Howell - Sophomore
  • 42 - Trent Thompson - Sophomore
  • 43 - Eric Hepple - Freshman
  • 44 - Ryan Meyer - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 23 - Logan Heiser - Freshman
  • 24 - Kyle Perkins - Sophomore
  • 29 - Jordan Savinon - Senior
  • 30 - Matt Diorio - Sophomore

Infielders

  • 2 - Dylan Moore - Senior
  • 3 - Kam Gellinger - Sophomore
  • 5 - Brooks Morgan - Sophomore
  • 13 - James Vasquez - Senior
  • 14 - Tommy Williams - Senior
  • 15 - Tyler Hayden - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 6 - JoMarcos Woods - Senior
  • 10 - Erik Barber - Senior
  • 11 - Dalton Duty - Sophomore
  • 16 - Sam Tolleson - Senior
  • 17 - Derrick Salberg - Senior
  • 18 - Eugene Vazquez - Sophomore
  • 20 - Josh Moser - Freshman
 

Coaching Staff

Name Position Seasons at
UCF
Alma Mater
Terry Rooney Head Coach 7 Radford University (1996)
Kevin Schnall Assistant Coach 3 Coastal Carolina University (2001)
Ryan Klosterman Assistant Coach 4 Vanderbilt University (2004)

Schedule

Legend
 UCF win
 UCF loss
 Postponement
BoldUCF team member
2015 UCF Knights Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Post-Season

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' NR NR* NR 14 10 14 11  
Baseball America 22 22 15 13 6 7 6  
Collegiate Baseball^ RV RV 17 10 9 10 8  
NCBWA 34 26 21 18 12 15 9

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards and honors

Zach Rodgers
Dylan Moore
Matt Diorio

References

  1. "2015 Baseball Standings". American Athletic Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
  2. "Official Baseball Roster". UCF Knights. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "2015 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll And Awards". College Baseball Daily. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
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