2015 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 2015 UCLA Bruins baseball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins compete in the Pac-12 Conference, and plays their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. John Savage is in his eleventh season as head coach. The Bruins are coming off a season in which they were 25-30-1 (12-18 Pac-12), near the bottom of the Pac-12 Conference standings.

2015 UCLA Bruins baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2015 record42-14 (22-8 Pac-12)
Head coachJohn Savage (11th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jake Silverman (5th season)
  • T. J. Bruce (5th season)
  • Rex Peters (4th season)
Home stadiumJackie Robinson Stadium
2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 2 UCLA ‍†‍‍y 22–8–0 .733  42–14–0 .750
No. 12 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 19–10–1 .650  38–16–1 .700
No. 16 California ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  34–19–0 .642
No. 17 USC ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  37–19–0 .661
#18 Arizona State ‍‍‍y 18–12–0 .600  34–21–0 .618
Oregon ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  37–23–0 .617
Washington  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  29–25–0 .537
Arizona  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .400  31–24–0 .564
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .367  29–27–0 .518
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 9–21–0 .300  24–32–0 .429
Utah  ‍‍‍ 7–22–1 .250  16–36–1 .311
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

This season, the Bruins completed the regular season with a 42–14 record and were awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and as the host of the Los Angeles Regional. They played against the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners, and the Maryland Terrapins, beginning on May 29. They ended the season by losing the series to Maryland 1–2 in the final regional game.

Ranking movements
Main article: 2015 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' 9 9* 9* 6 9 9 6 6 5 3 2 2 5 4 3 2  
Baseball America 11 11 8 6 11 9 9 9 7 3 3 2 2 2 2 2  
Collegiate Baseball^ 10 8 8 7 13 9 5 4 3 2 2 2 5 4 3 2  
NCBWA† 9 7 7 6 9 7 5 4 4 3 2 2 5 4 3 2  
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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.

Awards and honors

UCLA Bruins in the 2015 MLB Draft

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
James KaprielianPitcher1st16New York Yankees
Kevin KramerShortstop2nd62Pittsburgh Pirates
Cody PoteetPitcher4th116Miami Marlins
David BergPitcher6th173Chicago Cubs
Ty MooreRight Field12th367Pittsburgh Pirates
Grant WatsonPitcher16th486San Francisco Giants
Chris KeckThird Base18th527Colorado Rockies
Tucker ForbesPitcher30906San Francisco Giants
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References
  1. "Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. David Berg Named NCBWA District IX Player of the Year, UCLABruins.com, June 5, 2015
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