2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

The 2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team participated in the Pac-12 Conference. They were coached by Pat Casey and assistant coaches Marty Lees, Pat Bailey, and Nate Yeskie.[2] They played home games in Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The Beavers finished the season with a 40–20 overall record, and came in fourth (tied with Arizona State and Stanford, just two wins behind first) in the Pac-12 Conference Championship with 18 wins and 12 losses.[3]

2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2012 record40–20 (18–12 Pac-12)
Head coachPat Casey (18th season)
Assistant coaches
Pitching coachNate Yeskie (4th season)
Home stadiumGoss Stadium at Coleman Field
2012 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

The team was selected as the #2 seed to participate in the Baton Rouge Regional in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, where they lost to #1 seed and #7 national seed Louisiana State 5–6 in the finals during extra innings.

Previous season

Oregon State finished the 2011 regular season with a 41–17 overall record, and came in third in the Pac-12 Conference Championship with 17 wins and 10 losses. The team was selected to host a Regional in the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and as such were seeded #1 in the Corvallis Regional. The Beavers won all three of their games in the Corvallis Regional and went on to play the Vanderbilt Commodores in the Nashville Super Regional, where they lost 1–11.

Highlights
  • On May 25, 2012 Pat Casey became the Oregon State University program's all-time winningest coach after winning against rival Oregon 7–3.[4]
  • Having participated in the Baton Rouge Regional they have now participated in the NCAA Tournament a school record 4 consecutive years.
  • This was their second consecutive and fifth all-time season with at least 40 wins.
  • Michael Conforto, a freshman, set a new single-season RBI record of 76.[5][6]

Roster
2012 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
PlayersCoaches
#Pos.NameBats/ThrowsHeightWeightYearHigh School/Junior CollegeHome town
33 C Ryan Barnes R/R
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 190 lb (86 kg) Jr West Linn West Linn, Oregon
20 RHP Cole Baylis R/R 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 214 lb (97 kg) So St. Francis Los Altos, California
31 LHP Matt Boyd L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Eastside Catholic Mercer Island, Wash.
22 RHP Cole Brocker R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Kimberly/Sacramento City College Appleton, Wisc.
36 RHP Tony Bryant R/R 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Kennewick Kennewick, Wash
41 RHP Dan Child R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Jesuit Rocklin, Calif
8 C Michael Conforto L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Fr Redmond Woodinville, Wash
10 INF Dylan Davis R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Redmond Redmond, Wash.
39 OF Ryan Dettman L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Del Campo/American River College Citrus Heights, Calif.
23 RHP Adam Duke R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Spanish Fork Spanish Fork, Utah
25 OF Jordan Dunatov R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Fr Horizon Scottsdale, Ariz.
2 INF Ryan Dunn R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Esperanza/Orange Coast College Bend, Ore.
6 U Nate Esposito R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Granite Bay Granite Bay, Calif
18 LHP Matt Fielding R/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Fr Rocklin Rocklin, Calif.
11 LHP Jace Fry L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Southridge Beaverton, Ore
40 OF Max Gordon L/L 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Ashland/Sierra College Ashland, Ore
16 C Ryan Gorton R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 213 lb (97 kg) Sr Tigard Tigard, Ore
9 INF Danny Hayes L/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Jesuit Rancho Murieta, Calif
30 OF Ryan Howell R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Heritage Brentwood, Calif
3 INF Kavin Keyes S/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Alta Sandy, Utah
15 OF Spencer Manjarrez R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Fr Gig Harbor Gig Harbor, Wash
35 OF Joey Matthews R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Vacaville/Sacramento City College Vacaville, Calif
19 RHP Michael McCall R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Fr Gig Harbor Gig Harbor, Wash
17 OF Sam Montgomery R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Bellarmine/Sierra College Fremont, Calif
38 LHP Zack Reser L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Fr Westview Beaverton, Or
37 LHP Carlos Rodriquez L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Fr Iolani School Kapolei, Hawaii
13 C Jake Rodriquez R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Elk Grove Elk Grove, Calif
12 OF Nick Rulli R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Lake Oswego/San Joaquin Delta College Lake Oswego, Ore
24 RHP Scott Schultz R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Gig Harbor Gig Harbor, Wash
1 INF Tyler Smith R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Jr Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, Calif
26 RHP Taylor Starr R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Sr Kelso Longview, Wash
4 INF John Tommasini S/R 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 171 lb (78 kg) RS Sr Roseburg Tenmile, Ore
29 RHP Mitchell Tripp R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Meridian Bellingham, Wash
28 LHP Ben Wetzler L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Clackamas Clackamas, Ore
32 RHP Riley Wilkerson R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Fr West Linn West Linn, OR
Head coach

5 Pat Casey
7 Marty Lees (Associate)

Assistant coach(es)

27 Pat Bailey
34 Ryan Gipson (Undergraduate)
42 Andy Jenkins (Undergraduate)
43 Jared Norris (Undergraduate)

Pitching coach(es)
21 Nate Yeskie
Other

Ron Northcutt - Director of Operations
Ryley Croghan - Manager
Peyton Gastellum - Manager
Hank Hager - Assistant Director, Athletic Communications
Kurt Lupinski - Manager
Patrick McLaughlin - Manager
Michael Miller - Manager
Tim Rabas - Strength & Conditioning Coach
Brian Richardson - Manager
Josh Therrien - Assistant Athletic Trainer
Paul Yager - Academic Counselor

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2012-06-07

Rankings
See also: 2012 NCAA Division I baseball 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 Final 
Coaches' 19 19* 19* 28 [7] 24 16 19 19 23 21 21 20 19 [8] 20 20 [9] 17 22  
Baseball America 23 21 25 19 22 20 23 [10] 23 [11] 23 [12] 16 [13] 24  
Collegiate Baseball^ 24 21 26 28 28 25 23 23 30 28 22 [14] 28 28 [15] 18 25 25 25 
NCBWA† 22 20 24 22 19 16 19 17 22 20 19 21 18 [16] 20 20 [17] 17 21 22 22 
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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.

See also

References
  1. "Baseball standings". Pac-12. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-05-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2012-05-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2012-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.osubeavers.com/sports/m-basebl/stats/2011-2012/teamcume.html
  6. http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20120525/SPORTS/305250031/Oregon-State-s-RBI-king
  7. http://collegebaseball360.com/2012/03/05/gators-move-back-to-top-of-usa-todayespn-college-baseball-coaches-poll/
  8. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/rankings/_/pollId/9/sportId/10031000
  9. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/story/2012-01-25/usa-today-espn-baseball-poll/52790710/1
  10. http://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/index.ssf/2012/05/baseball-america-rankings-ducks-beavers-pac-12.html
  11. http://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/index.ssf/2012/05/baseball_america_top_25_oregon_climbs_to_no_6_oreg.html
  12. http://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/index.ssf/2012/05/baseball_america_top_25_oregon_rises_to_no_5_orego.html
  13. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/college/top-25/rankings/2012/2613468.html
  14. http://baseballnews.com/polls/divI/currentpolldivI.htm
  15. http://baseballnews.com/polls/divI/currentpolldivI.htm
  16. http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/poll/
  17. http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/poll/
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