2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record54–12 (22–8 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumHawkins Field
Seasons
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2011 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 South Carolina  x‍‍y 22 8   .733 55 14   .797
No. 2 Florida xy 22 8   .733 53 19   .736
No. 4 Vanderbilt x‍‍y 22 8   .733 54 12   .818
Georgia ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 33 32   .508
Kentucky ‍‍‍ 8 22   .267 25 30   .455
Tennessee ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 25 29   .463
Western
No. 24 Arkansas x‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 40 22   .645
No. 17 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 38 25   .603
Alabama ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 35 28   .556
Auburn ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 29 29   .500
LSU ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 36 20   .643
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 30 25   .545
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 28, 2011
Rankings from Baseball America


The 2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played its home games at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his ninth season at Vanderbilt.

The Commodores reached the 2011 College World Series, falling in the semifinals to runner-up Florida.

Regionals

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The Commodores were announced as a host for the Nashville regional, which featured #6 national seed Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Troy, and fellow Nashville university Belmont. Vanderbilt marched through the regional, defeating 4 seed Belmont 10–0, 3 seed Troy 10–2, and Belmont again in the final by the score of 6–1. A year later, Vanderbilt coach Josh Holliday would become the head coach of his alma mater and 2011 regional participant, Oklahoma State University.

In the SuperRegional, Vanderbilt drew the winner of the Corvallis regional, Oregon State. With first-round draft pick Sonny Gray on the mound, the Commodores jumped out to a quick 4–0 lead in the first before coasting to an 11–1 win. Mike Yastrzemski hit a three-run home run in the 4th inning.

The second game of the series also went the way of the Commodores, led by first baseman Aaron Westlake's three home runs. Vanderbilt defeated the Beavers 9–3 to punch their first to the College World Series, the first in the history of the school.

Vanderbilt celebrates the Super Regional win

Personnel

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Roster

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2011 Vanderbilt Commodores roster[1]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Sonny Gray - Junior
  • 10 - Navery Moore - Junior
  • 12 - Ryan O’Connor - Freshman
  • 19 - Steven Rice - Freshman
  • 21 - Jack Armstrong - Junior
  • 24 - Corey Williams - Sophomore
  • 27 - Keenan Kolinsky - Freshman
  • 28 - Grayson Garvin - Junior
  • 31 - Robert Hansen - Freshman
  • 33 - Jake Harper - Freshman
  • 34 - Taylor Hill - Senior
  • 35 - Kevin Ziomek - Freshman
  • 39 - Sam Selman - Sophomore
  • 40 - T.J. Pecoraro - Freshman
  • 44 - Mark Lamm - Senior
  • 46 - Will Clinard - Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 5 - Spencer Navin - Freshman
  • 9 - Curt Casali - Senior
  • 45 - Drew Fann - Junior

Infielders

  • 1 - Bryan Johns - Senior
  • 3 - Sam Lind - Sophomore
  • 8 - Riley Reynolds - Junior
  • 11 - Josh Lee - Freshman
  • 13 - Anthony Gomez - Sophomore
  • 15 - Will Johnson - Freshman
  • 17 - Andrew Harris - Sophomore
  • 22 - Jason Esposito - Junior
  • 25 - D.J. Luna - Sophomore
  • 42 - Joel McKeithan - Freshman
  • 55 - Conrad Gregor - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 6 - Tony Kemp - Freshman
  • 7 - Joe Loftus - Junior
  • 18 - Mike Yastrzemski - Sophomore
  • 20 - Connor Harrell - Sophomore
  • 51 - Jack Lupo - Sophomore

Utility

  • 36 - Aaron Westlake - Junior
 

Coaches

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2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaching staff[1]

Schedule

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2011 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log[2]
Regular season
Post-season

Ranking Movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'44*232221132223224
Baseball America43222211144437434
Collegiate Baseball^5433322223332533335
NCBWA432212111321132224

^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ a b "2011 Baseball Roster". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "2013–2014 Schedule". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved November 27, 2014.