2012 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 2012 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Hi Corbett Field, off campus in Tucson, AZ. This was the first full season for the Wildcats at Hi Corbett Field, which is the former spring training home of the Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies. Andy Lopez was in his seventh season as Arizona Wildcats baseball head coach. Lopez was in his twenty-fourth year as head coach. The Wildcats tied for first in the Pac-12 Conference with UCLA, finishing with a 20–10 conference record. The Wildcats finished the season with a 48-17 record. Six players were picked in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

2012 Arizona Wildcats baseball
College World Series Champions vs. South Carolina
Pac-12 Regular Season Co-Champions Tucson Super Regional Champions Tucson Regional Champions, W, 5-1 and 4-1
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
CB	No. 1
2012 record	48–17 (20–10 Pac-12)
Head coach	Andy Lopez (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Shaun Cole (3 season) Matt Siegel (1 season) Brett Scyphers (3 season)
Home stadium	Hi Corbett Field

2012 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 UCLA  ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			48	–	16		.750
No. 11 Arizona  ‍‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			48	–	17		.738
No. 10 Oregon  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			46	–	19		.708
No. 13 Stanford  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			41	–	18		.695
No. 17 Oregon State  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			40	–	20		.667
Arizona State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			36	–	20		.643
Washington  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			30	–	25		.545
California  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			29	–	25		.537
Washington State  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			28	–	28		.500
USC  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			23	–	32		.418
Utah  ‍‍‍	7	–	23		.233			14	–	42		.250
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of May 28, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

In the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, the Wildcats performed well in the NCAA Regional and Super Regional rounds, hosting in Tucson for first time since 1982 and winning 5 straight games. The Wildcats defeated Missouri once and Louisville twice to win the Tucson Regional. They then won the Tucson Super Regional by defeating St. John's in two consecutive games. The team reached the 2012 College World Series for the sixteenth time in program history, beating Florida State twice in the first and third game and UCLA in game two. The Wildcats faced two-time defending champion South Carolina in the championship series, sweeping both games to win the 2012 College World Series. This was Arizona's first College World Series championship since 1986, and fourth overall. They finished the post-season with a 10-0 record and were only the second team after South Carolina the previous year to do so.

Roster

2012 Arizona Wildcats baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town 29 C Jordan Berger L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Tarzana, CA 33 LHP Augey Bill L/L 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Jr Danville, CA 49 LHP Xavier Borde L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Playa del Rey, CA 37 OF Bobby Brown L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Sr San Diego, CA 46 RHP Ismael Castro R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Phoenix, AZ 30 LHP Tyler Crawford R/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr DeLand, FL 42 RHP Nick Cunningham R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 204 lb (93 kg) Jr Indianapolis, IN 47 C Anthony de Jesus R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Fr Houston, TX 21 OF Collin Dewell L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Santa Barbara, CA 22 INF Brandon Dixon R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 211 lb (96 kg) So Murrieta, CA 11 RHP Jacob Doyle R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Glendale, AZ 36 RHP James Farris R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Gilbert, AZ 1 INF Johnny Field R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 194 lb (88 kg) So Las Vegas, NV 4 INF Trent Gilbert L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Torrance, CA 10 RHP Tyler Hale R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Abilene, TX 26 RHP Kurt Heyer R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Jr Huntington Beach, CA 14 LHP Vincent Littleman L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Lechee, AZ 23 RHP Lucas Long R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Minneapolis, MN 28 INF David Lopez L/R 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) 171 lb (78 kg) RS So Tucson, AZ 45 RHP Michael Lopez R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Tucson, AZ 15 OF Joseph Maggi L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Phoenix, AZ 31 RHP Stephen Manthei R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Las Vegas, NV 13 INF Alex Mejia R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Sylmar, CA 5 INF Seth Mejias-Brean R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Tucson, AZ 6 C Riley Moore S/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Santa Barbara, CA 24 INF Tyler Parmenter R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr Yuma, AZ 2 OF Rob Refsnyder R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Jr Laguna Hills, CA 35 OF Joey Rickard R/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Las Vegas, NV 27 C David Schuknecht L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Palm Desert, CA 43 OF Ethan Springston L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Chandler, AZ 34 OF Luke Sutton L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Vista, CA 44 RHP Matthew Troupe R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Northridge, CA 48 RHP Konner Wade L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 182 lb (83 kg) So Scottsdale, AZ 38 C Sean Yanuss R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Brier, WA	Head coach Andy Lopez Assistant coach(es) Shaun Cole Matt Siegel Brett Scyphers Josh Garcia Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2012-06-09

Schedule

2012 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February: 5–2 (Conference: 0–0; Home: 5–2; Road: 0–0) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-12 Record 1 February 17 North Dakota State Hi Corbett Field 3-1 K. Heyer (1-0) J.Straka (0-1) S. Manthei (1) 3997 1–0 – 2 February 18 North Dakota State Hi Corbett Field 2-8 L. Anderson (1-0) V. Littleman (0-1) 2920 1–1 – 3 February 19 North Dakota State Hi Corbett Field 8-0 J. Farris (1-0) Z. Wentz (0-1) 1953 2–1 – 4 February 21 Utah Valley Hi Corbett Field 12-6 L. Long (1-0) J. Campbell (0-1) 1694 3–1 – 5 February 24 Auburn Hi Corbett Field 8-1 K. Heyer (2-0) D. Varnadore (1-1) 2470 4–1 – 6 February 25 Auburn Hi Corbett Field 15-4 K. Wade (1-0) S. Smith (0-2) 5–1 – 7 February 25 Auburn Hi Corbett Field 3-8 D. Koger (1-0) J. Farris (1-1) 1362 5–2 –
March: 15–5 (Conference: 6–2; Home: 12–3; Road: 3–2) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-12 Record 9 March 2 Harvard Hi Corbett Field 7-1 K. Heyer (3-0) B. Suter (0-1) 1611 6–2 – 10 March 3 Harvard Hi Corbett Field 3-1 K. Wade (2-0) J. Novak (0-1) M. Troupe (1) 2187 7–2 – 11 March 4 Harvard Hi Corbett Field 13-2 J. Farris (2-1) J. Kremers (0-1) 1745 8–2 – 12 March 6 UC Davis Hi Corbett Field 6-0 L. Long (3-0) E. Wolf (0-1) 1248 9–2 – 13 March 7 UC Davis Hi Corbett Field 6-4 M. Troupe (1-0) C. Levy (3-1) 1305 10–2 – 14 March 9 Eastern Michigan Hi Corbett Field 9-2 K. Heyer (4-0) J. Battistelli (1-2) 1310 11–2 – 15 March 10 Eastern Michigan Hi Corbett Field 16-7 K. Wade (3-0) S. Weber (1-2) 1623 12–2 – 16 March 11 Eastern Michigan Hi Corbett Field 9-8 M. Troupe (2-0) N. Butara (0-1) 1801 13–2 – 17 March 13 Rice Reckling Park 1-5 A. Benak (3-0) L. Long (2-1) 3599 13–3 – 18 March 14 Rice Reckling Park 8-5 S. Manthei (1-0) T. Wall (3-2) M. Troupe (2) 3640 14–3 0–0 19 March 16 Washington State Hi Corbett Field 0-6 JD. Leckenby (3-2) K. Heyer (4-1) 2306 14–4 0–1 20 March 17 Washington State Hi Corbett Field 8-7 S. Manthei (2-0) J. Pistorese (2-1) M. Troupe (3) 1496 15–4 1–1 21 March 17 Washington State Hi Corbett Field 12-9 S. Manthei (3-0) K. Swannack (1-2) 2025 16–4 2–1 22 March 20 New Mexico State Hi Corbett Field 4-7 E. Mott (1-2) S. Manthei (3-1) 1286 15–5 2–1 23 March 21 New Mexico State Hi Corbett Field 8-13 R. Montoya (1-0) L. Long (2-2) 1520 16–6 2–1 24 March 23 Oregon State Goss Stadium 5-6 T. Bryant (3-0) S. Manthei (3-2) 1623 16–7 2–2 25 March 24 Oregon State Goss Stadium 5-4 S. Manthei (4-2) C. Brocker (0-3) M. Troupe (4) 1873 17–7 3–2 26 March 25 Oregon State Goss Stadium 7-5 J. Farris (3-1) J. Fry (1-1) M. Troupe (5) 1512 18–7 4–2 27 March 30 Stanford Hi Corbett Field 8-7 S. Manthei (5-2) D. Schmidt (2-1) 4191 19–7 5–2 28 March 31 Stanford Hi Corbett Field 4-2 K. Wade (4-0) B. Mooneyham (5-1) 3506 20–7 6–2 29 April 1 Stanford Hi Corbett Field 6-2 J. Farris (4-1) J. Hochstatter (3-3) 2959 21–7 7–2
April: 9–7 (Conference: 5–4; Home: 5–2; Road: 4–4) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-12 Record 25 April 4 Utah Valley Brent Brown Ballpark 4-5 J. Gendlek (4-3) T. Crawford (0-1) 2014 21–8 7–2 26 April 5 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 11-2 K. Heyer (5-1) J. Pond (2-5) 580 22–8 8–2 27 April 6 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 6-7 M. Watrous (2-0) S. Manthei (5-3) T. Wagner (1) 461 22–9 8–3 28 April 7 Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark 11-7 T. Hale (1-0) T. Tripp (0-2) M. Troupe (6) 565 23–9 9–3 29 April 13 UCLA Hi Corbett Field 4-3 K. Heyer (6-1) D. Berg (4-1) 4080 24–9 10–3 30 April 14 UCLA Hi Corbett Field 3-15 N. Vander Tuig (4-2) K. Wade (4-1) 2380 24–10 10–4 31 April 15 UCLA Hi Corbett Field 2-6 Z. Weiss (2-1) J. Farris (4-2) 2858 24–11 10–5 32 April 17 Arizona State Packard Stadium 8-12 J. Lopez (1-0) M. Troupe (2-1) 2972 24–12 10–5 33 April 20 Washington Husky Ballpark 10-2 25–12 11–5 34 April 21 Washington Husky Ballpark 4-1 K. Wade (5-1) T. Kane (2-1) 518 26–12 12–5 35 April 22 Washington Husky Ballpark 5-6 T. Kane (3-1) S. Manthei (5-4) 532 26–13 12–6 36 April 27 East Tennessee State Hi Corbett Field 24-7 K. Heyer (8-1) J. Long (2-6) 2047 27–13 12–6 37 April 28 East Tennessee State Hi Corbett Field 6-4 K. Wade (6-1) J. Long (5-5) 1706 28–13 12–6 38 April 29 East Tennessee State Hi Corbett Field 21-6 J. Farris (5-2) K. Doane 1737 29–13 12–6
May: 9–4 (Conference: 9–4; Home: 3–3; Road: 6–1) # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Pac-12 Record 39 May 4 Oregon Hi Corbett Field 1-6 A. Keudell (8-3) K. Heyer (8-2) 3317 29–14 12–7 40 May 5 Oregon Hi Corbett Field 12-6 T. Crawford (1-1) J. Reed (5-3) 3385 30–14 13–7 41 May 6 Oregon Hi Corbett Field 1-3 J. Sherfy (4-2) J. Farris (5-3) 1996 30–15 13–8 42 May 11 California Evans Diamond 3-1 K. Heyer (9-2) M. Theofanopoul (3-5) 276 31–15 14–8 43 May 12 California Evans Diamond 4-1 K. Wade (7-1) M. Flemer (7-4) 474 32–15 15–8 44 May 13 California Evans Diamond 7-4 T. Hale (2-0) J. Jones (4-7) 774 33–15 16–8 45 May 16 Arizona State Packard Stadium 10-2 M. Troupe (3-1) D. Gillies (1-4) 3098 34–15 16–8 46 May 18 USC Dedeaux Field 11-1 K. Heyer (10-2) B. Mount (1-7) 501 35–15 17–8 47 May 19 USC Dedeaux Field 4-8 A. Triggs (5-6) K. Wade (7-2) 548 35–16 17–9 48 May 20 USC Dedeaux Field 6-1 J. Farris (6-3) S. Tarpley (5-3) 706 36–16 18–9 51 May 25 Arizona State Hi Corbett Field 1-0 K. Heyer (11-2) B. Rodgers (10-3) 37–16 19–9 52 May 26 Arizona State Hi Corbett Field 7-9 T. Williams (12-2) K. Wade (7-3) 5677 37–17 19–10 53 May 27 Arizona State Hi Corbett Field 8-7 S. Manthei (6-4) R. Ravago (4-1) 2927 38–17 20–10
Post-Season
NCAA Tucson Regional # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record 54 June 1 Missouri Hi Corbett Field 15-3 K. Heyer (12-2) B. Holovach (7-5) 5086 39–17 1–0 55 June 2 Louisville Hi Corbett Field 16-4 K. Wade (8-3) J. Ruxer (8-3) 4007 40–17 2–0 56 June 4 Louisville Hi Corbett Field 16-3 J. Farris (7-3) J. Thompson (9-4) None 3485 41–17 3–0
NCAA Tucson Super Regional # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record 57 June 8 St. John's Hi Corbett Field 7-6 M. Troupe (4-1) K. Kilpatrick (3-3) 2514 42–17 4–0 58 June 9 St. John's Hi Corbett Field 7-4 K. Wade (9-3) S. Hagan (9-3) 3907 43–17 5–0
College World Series # Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record 59 June 15 Florida State TD Ameritrade Park 4-3 M. Troupe (5-1) R. Benincasa 22,391 44–17 6–0 60 June 17 UCLA TD Ameritrade Park 4-0 K. Wade (10-3) N. Vander Tuig (10-4) 19,198 45–17 7–0 61 June 21 Florida State TD Ameritrade Park 10-3 K. Heyer (13-2) Leibrandt (8-3) 20,596 46–17 8–0 62 June 24 South Carolina TD Ameritrade Park 5-1 K. Wade (11-3) F. Koumas (2-3) 24,748 47–17 9–0 63 June 25 South Carolina TD Ameritrade Park 4-1 M. Troupe (6-1) M.Price (5-5) 23,872 48–17 10–0

Honors and awards

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'	20	20*	20*	11	9	11	12	8	12	16	16	16	18	17	13	11
Baseball America	5	8	7	7	6	5	8	4	4	13	11	11	14	14	13	13
Collegiate Baseball^	20	22	18	18	13	14	15	5	8	8	6	6	10	8	8	8	7
NCBWA†	18	18	14	12	9	10	13	10	12	16	18	16	19	17	13	13	9
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^ 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.

Arizona Wildcats in the 2012 MLB Draft

The following members of the Arizona Wildcats baseball program were drafted in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Alex Mejia	IF	4th	150th	St. Louis Cardinals
Rob Refsnyder	OF	5th	187th	New York Yankees
Kurt Heyer	RHP	6th	210th	St. Louis Cardinals
Seth Mejias-Brean	3B	8th	262nd	Cincinnati Reds
Joey Rickard	CF	9th	302nd	Tampa Bay Rays

• Refsnyder would eventually make his Major League debut with the Yankees in 2015
• Rickard would make his Major League Debut with the Baltimore Orioles in 2016.
• Mejia would make his Major League Debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2017.

References

1. "Baseball standings". Pac-12. Retrieved May 28, 2012.