2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team

The 2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represents the Texas A&M University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Aggies play their home games at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.

2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
SEC Tournament champions College Station Regional champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
2016 record	49–16 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach	Rob Childress (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Justin Seely (7th season) Will Bolt (2nd season)
Home stadium	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park

2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	9	–	0		.690			46	–	18	–	0		.719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10	–	0		.655			52	–	16	–	0		.765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			29	–	28	–	0		.509
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			26	–	30	–	0		.464
Western
No. 10 Mississippi State ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			44	–	18	–	1		.706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			49	–	16	–	0		.754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			45	–	21	–	0		.682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			43	–	19	–	0		.694
Alabama  ‍‍‍	15	–	15	–	0		.500			32	–	26	–	0		.552
Auburn  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			23	–	33	–	0		.411
Arkansas  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster

2016 Texas A&M Aggies roster
	Pitchers 10 Andrew Vinson – Senior 12 Corbin Martin – Sophomore 14 Kyle Simonds – Senior 15 Brigham Hill – Sophomore 21 Cason Sherrod – Sophomore 22 Tyler Ivey – Freshman 23 Tuner Larkins – Sophomore 27 Ryan Hendrix – Junior 28 Mark Ecker – Junior 32 Stephen Kolek – Freshman 34 Mitchell Kilkenny – Freshman 36 Ty Schlottmann – Senior 38 Jace Vines – Sophomore 41 Lee May Gonzalez – Junior 45 Dakota Klein – Freshman 47 Hunter Spaeth – Freshman 56 Kaylor Chafin – Sophomore		Catchers 5 Michael Barash – Senior 20 Dayne Sommer – Sophomore 54 Cole Bedford – Freshman Infielders 2 Ryan Birk – Junior 3 Alan Campero – Freshman 17 Joel Davis – Junior 25 Austin Homan – Junior 33 Ronnie Gideon – Junior 42 Tristan Metten – Freshman 44 George Janca – Freshman 50 Hunter Melton – Senior		Outfielders 4 Nick Banks – Junior 9 Walker Pennington – Junior 11 J.B. Moss – Senior 13 Blake Kopetsky – Senior 18 Nick Choruby – Junior 31 Trey Jimmerson – Freshman 35 Matt Collins – Freshman 37 Coll Stanley – Freshman 40 Jonathan Moroney – Senior Utility 8 Boomer White – Senior

Coaching staff

2016 Texas A&M baseball coaching staff

Rob Childress – Head Coach – 11th year Justin Seely – Assistant Coach – 7th year Will Bolt – Assistant Coach – 2nd year Jake Carlson – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 1st year Jason Hutchins – Director of Baseball Operations – 18th year Jeremy McMillan – Sports Performance Coach – 5th year

Schedule and results

2016 Texas A&M Aggies Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (41–13)
February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record Feb. 19 Hofstra #5 Blue Bell Park W 5–2 Kyle Simmons (1–0) Alec Eisenberg (0–1) Ryan Hendrix (1) SECN+ 6,806 1–0 – Feb. 20 Hofstra #5 Blue Bell Park W 15–4 Corbin Martin (1–0) Chris Weiss (0–1) none SECN+ 5,120 2–0 – Feb. 21 Hofstra #5 Blue Bell Park W 5–0 Tyler Ivey (1–0) Bowie Matteson (0–1) none SECN+ 3,980 3–0 – Feb. 23 Stephen F. Austin #5 Blue Bell Park W 21–1 Jace Vines (1–0) Austin Hagy (0–1) none SECN+ 3,585 4–0 – Feb. 24 Prairie View A&M #5 Blue Bell Park W 11–0 Kaylor Chafin (1–0) Edward Robledo (0–1) none SECN+ 3,418 5–0 – Feb. 26 at Pepperdine #5 Eddy D. Field Stadium L 5–7 A. J. Puckett (1–1) Andrew Vinson (0–1) Max Gamboa (1) 509 5–1 – Feb. 27 at Pepperdine #5 Eddy D. Field Stadium W 6–0 Kyle Simmons (2–0) Kiki Garcia (1–1) none 598 6–1 – Feb. 28 at Pepperdine #5 Eddy D. Field Stadium W 4–0 Tyler Ivey (2–0) Chandler Blanchard (1–1) Jace Vines (1) 711 7–1 –
March (15–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record Mar. 1 Houston Baptist #3 Blue Bell Park W 3–2^13 Cason Sherrod (1–0) Matt Harding (1–1) none SECN+ 3,934 8–1 – Mar. 4 Yale #3 Blue Bell Park W 12–5 Jace Vines (2–0) Mason Kukowski (0–1) none SECN+ 6,262 9–1 – Mar. 5 Yale #3 Blue Bell Park W 13–0 Brigham Hill (1–0) Scott Politz (0–1) none SECN+ 7,322 10–1 – Mar. 6 Yale #3 Blue Bell Park W 10–2 Turner Larkins (1–0) Kumar Nambiar (0–1) none SECN+ 5,068 11–1 – Mar. 8 Northwestern State #3 Blue Bell Park W 7–6 Brigham Hill (2–0) Nathan Aultman (1–1) Ryan Hendrix (2) SECN+ 3,502 12–1 – Mar. 11 Fresno State #3 Blue Bell Park W 3–2 Jace Vines (3–0) Ricky Tyler Thomas (2–1) Ryan Hendrix (3) SECN+ 13–1 – Mar. 12 Fresno State #3 Blue Bell Park W 4–3^10 Ty Schlottmann (1–0) Tim Borst (0–1) none SECN+ 5,020 14–1 – Mar. 13 Fresno State #3 Blue Bell Park W 12–1 Kyle Simonds (3–0) Antony Arias (2–1) none SECN+ 4,656 15–1 – Mar. 15 Texas #3 Blue Bell Park W 5–4 Mark Ecker (1–0) Ty Culbreth (2–2) none SECN+ 6,965 16–1 – Mar. 19 at Auburn #3 Plainsman Park W 12–8 Mark Ecker (2–0) Marc Frazier (0–2) none SECN 17–1 1–0 Mar. 19 at Auburn #3 Plainsman Park L 7–9 Gabe Klobosits (1–1) Martin Corbin (1–1) none SECN 3,614 17–2 1–1 Mar. 20 at Auburn #3 Plainsman Park W 12–10 Kyle Simonds (4–0) Cole Lipscomb (1–2) Ryan Hendrix (4) SECN+ 2,840 18–2 2–1 Mar. 22 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi #4 Blue Bell Park W 13–3^7 Stephen Kolek (1–0) Dalton D'Spain (0–3) none SECN+ 3,776 19–2 – Mar. 24 #15 LSU #4 Blue Bell Park W 6–1 Jace Vines (4–0) Jared Poche' (2–3) Brigham Hill (1) SECN 4,477 20–2 3–1 Mar. 25 #15 LSU #4 Blue Bell Park L 2–3 Caleb Gilbert (3–1) Mark Ecker (2–1) none SECN 6,436 20–3 3–2 Mar. 26 #15 LSU #4 Blue Bell Park W 3–1 Kyle Simonds (5–0) John Valek III (4–1) Ryan Hendrix (5) SECN+ 6,181 21–3 4–2 Mar. 29 at Houston #3 Schroeder Park W 7–2 Brigham Hill (3–0) Jon King (3–2) Mark Ecker (1) 3,186 22–3 –
April (12–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record April 1 at #1 Florida #3 McKethan Stadium L 4–7 Kirby Snead (2–0) Tyler Ivey (2–1) Shaun Anderson (5) SECN+ 5,197 22–4 4–3 April 2 at #1 Florida #3 McKethan Stadium L 2–7 Alex Faedo (6–0) Kyle Simonds (5–1) Dane Dunning (2) ESPNU 5,339 22–5 4–4 April 3 at #1 Florida #3 McKethan Stadium L 7–10 Kirby Snead (3–0) Ryan Hendrix (0–1) Shaun Anderson (6) ESPNU 4,824 22–6 4–5 April 5 at Rice #7 Reckling Park L 3–4 Glenn Otto (3–1) Tyler Ivey (2–2) none 5,478 22–7 – April 8 Georgia #7 Blue Bell Park W 5–0 Brigham Hill (4–0) Robert Tyler (3–2) Andrew Vinson (1) SECN+ 6,322 23–7 5–5 April 9 Georgia #7 Blue Bell Park W 15–1 Jace Vines (5–0) Connor Jones (4–2) none SECN+ 6,318 24–7 6–5 April 10 Georgia #7 Blue Bell Park W 10–2 Kyle Simonds (6–1) Bo Tucker (3–3) none SECN+ 5,673 25–7 7–5 April 12 Abilene Christian #8 Blue Bell Park W 10–4 Mitchell Kilkenny (1–0) Nate Cole (1–4) none SECN+ 3,734 26–7 – April 15 at #5 Mississippi State #8 Dudy Noble Field W 10–3 Brigham Hill (5–0) Dakota Hudson (4–3) none SECN+ 10,032 27–7 8–5 April 16 at #5 Mississippi State #8 Dudy Noble Field W 10–6 Jace Vines (6–0) Austin Sexton (3–2) Mark Ecker (2) SECN+ 15,078 28–7 9–5 April 17 at #5 Mississippi State #8 Dudy Noble Field W 10–5 Mitchell Kilkenny (2–0) Reid Humphreys (0–1) none SECN+ 8,786 29–7 10–5 April 19 Texas State #5 Blue Bell Park W 14–1 Stephen Kolek (2–0) Jonathan Hennigan (2–2) none SECN+ 3,982 30–7 – April 22 Alabama #5 Blue Bell Park W 4–3^10 Mark Ecker (3–1) Dylan Duarte (2–2) none SECN+ 5,905 31–7 11–5 April 23 Alabama #5 Blue Bell Park L 4–7 Jake Walters (4–3) Jace Vines (6–1) none SECN+ 6,543 31–8 11–6 April 24 Alabama #5 Blue Bell Park W 2–1 Andrew Vinson (1–1) Matt Foster (4–3) none SECN+ 5,936 32–8 12–6 April 26 Texas–Arlington #5 Blue Bell Park W 7–3 Turner Larkins (2–0) Matt Michalski (1–3) Cason Sherrod (1) SECN+ 3,495 33–8 – April 30 at Arkansas #5 Baum Stadium L 5–9 Dominic Taccolini (5–2) Andrew Vinson (1–2) none ESPN2 33–9 12–7 April 30 at Arkansas #5 Baum Stadium W 11–8^11 Mark Ecker (4–1) Blian Knight (2–1) Turner Larkins (1) SECN+ 9,752 34–9 13–7
May (7–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SEC Record May 1 at Arkansas #5 Baum Stadium W 6–2 Kyle Simonds (7–1) Keaton McKinney (1–3) none ESPNU 8,326 35–9 14–7 May 5 #6 Vanderbilt #5 Blue Bell Park W 1–0 Andrew Vinson (2–2) Jordan Sheffield (7–3) Mark Ecker (3) ESPN2 4,482 36–9 15–7 May 6 #6 Vanderbilt #5 Blue Bell Park L 6–1 Kyle Wright (6–3) Brigham Hill (5–1) none SECN+ 6,054 36–10 15–8 May 7 #6 Vanderbilt #5 Blue Bell Park W 3–0 Kyle Simonds (8–1) Patrick Raby (6–1) none SECN 6,550 37–10 16–8 May 13 at #3 South Carolina #5 Carolina Stadium W 3–0 Brigham Hill (6–1) Clarke Schmidt (9–2) Mark Ecker (4) SECN+ 7,702 38–10 17–8 May 14 at #3 South Carolina #5 Carolina Stadium W 5–2 Andrew Vinson (3–2) Branden Webb (9–4) none SECN 8,242 39–10 18–8 May 15 at #3 South Carolina #5 Carolina Stadium L 7–10 Josh Reagan (2–2) Kyle Simonds (8–2) Tyler Johnson (6) SECN 7,815 39–11 18–9 May 17 Sam Houston State #3 Blue Bell Park L 0–5 Dakota Mills (2–1) Tyler Ivey (2–3) none SECN+ 4,389 39–12 – May 19 #12 Ole Miss #3 Blue Bell Park W 6–1 Brigham Hill (7–1) Brady Bramlett (7–3) none SECN+ 4,494 40–12 19–9 May 20 #12 Ole Miss #3 Blue Bell Park W 11–5 Stephen Kolek (3–0) David Parkinson (4–3) Andrew Vinson (2) SECN+ 5,876 41–12 20–9 May 21 #12 Ole Miss #3 Blue Bell Park L 2–3 Will Stokes (2–0) Kyle Simonds (8–3) Wyatt Short (11) SECN 6,559 41–13 20–10
Post-Season (8–3)
SEC Tournament (4–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record SECT Record May 25 #10 Vanderbilt #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 5–6 Matt Ruppenthal (5–1) Mark Ecker (4–2) none SECN 5,637 41–14 0–1 May 26 #4 South Carolina #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 4–1 Brigham Hill (8–1) Branden Webb (10–5) Mark Ecker (5) SECN 5,232 42–14 1–1 May 27 #10 Vanderbilt #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 13–3^7 Kyle Simonds (8–3) Kyle Wright (8–4) none SECN 9,429 43–14 2–1 May 28 #16 Ole Miss #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 12–8 Corbin Martin (2–1) Wyatt Short (2–2) Mark Ecker (6) SECN 13,821 44–14 3–1 May 29 #6 Florida #5 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 12–5 Andrew Vinson (4–2) Michael Byrne (0–1) none ESPN2 8,352 45–14 4–1
NCAA College Station Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record June 3 Binghamton #1 Blue Bell Park W 4–2 Kyle Simonds (10–3) Mike Bunal (8–4) Mark Ecker (7) SECN 5,754 46–14 1–0 June 4 Wake Forest #1 Blue Bell Park W 22–2 Brigham Hill (9–1) Drew Loepprich (3–2) none SECN 5,865 47–14 2–0 June 5 Minnesota #1 Blue Bell Park W 8–2 Turner Larkins (3–0) Matt Fiedler (7–4) Mark Ecker (8) SECN 5,844 48–14 3–0
NCAA College Station Super Regional (1–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record June 10 #10 TCU #1 Blue Bell Park L 2–8 Jared Janczak (7–3) Brigham Hill (9–2) none ESPN2 6,109 48–15 3–1 June 11 #10 TCU #1 Blue Bell Park W 7–1 Kyle Simonds (11–3) Mitchell Traver (1–2) none ESPN 6,073 49–15 4–1 June 12 #10 TCU #1 Blue Bell Park L 1–4 Brian Howard (9–2) Andrew Vinson (4–3) Durbin Feltman (8) ESPN2 6,068 49–16 4–2

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2016 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Rankings

Main article: 2016 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	18	Final
Coaches'[1]	4	4*	4*	3	3	2	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2
Baseball America[2]	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	1
Collegiate Baseball^[3]	5	5	3	3	3	4	3	7	8	5	5	5	5	3	5	1
NCBWA†[4]	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	5	3	3	2	2	2	2	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.

References

1. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
2. Baseball America Poll
3. Collegiate Baseball Poll
4. NCBWA Poll