2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

The 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the sport of baseball during the 2009 college baseball season. The Wildcats competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium, on the university's Lexington, Kentucky campus. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his first season at Kentucky.

2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East
2009 record	28–26 (12–18 SEC)
Head coach	Gary Henderson
Home stadium	Cliff Hagan Stadium

2009 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 12 Florida ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			42	–	22		.656
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13		.567			40	–	23		.635
Georgia ‍‍‍^y	15	–	13		.536			38	–	24		.613
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	12	–	17		.414			37	–	27		.578
Kentucky ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			28	–	26		.519
Tennessee ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			26	–	29		.473
Western
No. 1 LSU ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	10		.667			56	–	17		.767
No. 13 Ole Miss ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	20		.688
Alabama ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11		.621			37	–	21		.638
No. 7 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	14	–	15		.483			34	–	22		.607
Auburn ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			31	–	25		.554
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	9	–	20		.310			25	–	29		.463
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Baseball America

Roster

Coaches

Name	Title	First Season at UK	Alma Mater
Gary Henderson[1]	Head Coach	2003	San Diego State University (1980)
Brad Bohannon[2]	Assistant Head Coach	2005	Berry College (1998)
Brian Green[3]	Assistant Coach	2009	New Mexico State University (1997)
Keith Vorhoff[4]	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2008	Missouri Valley College (2004)

Players

Number	Players	Position	Year	Hometown (High School)
2	Brian Suedrick	C	Sophomore	Dayton, OH (Wayne)
3	Neiko Johnson	INF	Sophomore	Stone Mountain, GA (Redan)
4	Michael Williams	C	Freshman	Knoxville, TN (Farragut)
5	Chris McClendon	INF	Senior	Lufkin, TX (Lufkin)
6	Spencer Korus	INF/OF	Senior	Olympia, WA (Olympia)
7	Kristi Jim	INF	Sophomore	Lexington, KY (Lexington Christian)
8	Andy Stevens	INF	Freshman	Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain)
9	Tyler Henry	RHP	Junior	Chattanooga, TN (Red Bank)
10	Chris Rusin	LHP	Senior	Canton, MI (Divine Child)
11	Gunner Glad	INF/OF/RHP	Junior	Tahlequah, OK (Tulsa Union)
12	Marcus Nidiffer	C	Junior	Bristol, TN (Tennessee)
13	Bryan Rose	OF	Sophomore	Renssalaer, NY (Columbia)
14	Nick Kennedy	RHP	Junior	Los Angeles (Arcadia)
15	Logan Darnell	LHP	Sophomore	Joelton, TN (Goodpasture)
16	Duran Ferguson	RHP	Sophomore	Kingsport, TN (Dobyns-Bennett)
17	Alex Meyer	RHP	Freshman	Greensburg, IN (Greensburg)
18	Troy Frazier	OF	Junior	Louisville, KY (Pleasure Ridge Park)
19	Sean Bouthilette	RHP	Freshman	Elizabethtown, KY (Elizabethtown)
21	Will Campbell	INF/OF	Junior	Bellevue, WA (Bishop Blanchet)
22	James Paxton	LHP	Junior	Ladner, British Columbia (Delta Secondary School)
23	Mike Kaczmarek	LHP	Sophomore	Tinley Park, IL (Victor J. Andrew)
24	Chad Wright	OF	Freshman	Paducah, KY (Heath)
25	Brock Wright	OF	Junior	Paducah, KY (Heath)
28	Chase Greene	RHP	Freshman	Nicholasville, KY (West Jessamine)
29	Chris Bisson	INF	Sophomore	Ottawa, Ontario (Beatrice-Desloges)
30	Braden Kapteyn	QB/WR	Freshman	Lansing, IL (Illiana Christian)
31	Navarro Hall	OF	Freshman	Kennesaw, GA (Kennesaw Mountain)
34	Clint Tilford	RHP	Junior	Paducah, KY (Heath)
40	Jonathan Huff	RHP	Senior	Amarillo, TX (Canyon Randall)
44	Cory Farris	C/OF	Freshman	Florence, KY (Boone County)
46	Keenan Wiley	OF	Junior	Richmond, KY (Madison Central)
47	TJ Daugherty	C	Freshman	Owensboro, KY (Apollo)

Schedule/Results

2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball Game Log
Regular Season # Date Opponent Score Site/Stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SEC Record 1 February 20 Troy 8-3 Myrtle Beach, SC James Paxton (1-0) Jason Walls (0-1) Nick Kennedy (1) 107 1-0 0-0 2 February 21 James Madison 8-3 Myrtle Beach, SC Sean Bouthilette (1-0) Alex Valadja (0-1) None 145 2-0 0-0 3 February 21 #22 Coastal Carolina 1-4 Myrtle Beach, SC Austin Fleet (1-0) Clint Tilford (0-1) Nick McCully (1) 936 2-1 0-0 4 February 22 #22 Coastal Carolina 5-14 Myrtle Beach, SC Cody Wheeler (1-0) Chris Rusin (0-1) None 676 2-2 0-0 5 February 27 Western Micgigan 16-5 Cliff Hagan Stadium James Paxton (2-0) Morrison (0-2) Alex Meyer (1) 1539 3-2 0-0 6 March 1 Western Michigan 15-4 Cliff Hagan Stadium Chris Rusin (1-1) Stroud (0-2) Braden Kapteyn (1) 1410 4-2 0-0 7 March 3 Western Michigan 12-6 Cliff Hagan Stadium Logan Darnell (1-0) Hall (0-1) None 1556 5-2 0-0 8 March 4 Eastern Kentucky 9-8 Cliff Hagan Stadium Braden Kapteyn (1-0) Chris Hord (0-1) None 1620 6-2 0-0 9 March 6 Indiana State 12-4 Cliff Hagan Stadium 7-2 0-0 10 March 7 Indiana State 5-0 Cliff Hagan Stadium 8-2 0-0 11 March 8 Indiana State 9-6 Cliff Hagan Stadium 9-2 0-0 12 March 10 Georgetown (KY) 12-5 Cliff Hagan Stadium 10-2 0-0 13 March 11 Indiana 8-7 Cliff Hagan Stadium 11-2 0-0 14 March 13 #3 LSU 3-5 Alex Box Stadium 11-3 0-1 15 March 14 #3 LSU 1-3 Alex Box Stadium 11-4 0-2 16 March 15 #3 LSU 5-2 Alex Box Stadium 12-4 1-2 17 March 16 Nicholls State Cancelled Thibodeaux, LA 19 March 17 New Orleans 5-4 New Orleans, LA 13-4 1-2 20 March 20 Vanderbilt 3-1 Cliff Hagan Stadium 14-4 2-2 21 March 21 Vanderbilt 6-2 Cliff Hagan Stadium 15-4 3-2 22 March 22 Vanderbilt 2-4 Cliff Hagan Stadium 15-5 3-3 23 March 24 West Virginia Hawley Field 24 March 25 Cincinnati Cliff Hagan Stadium 25 March 27 South Carolina Cliff Hagan Stadium 26 March 28 South Carolina Cliff Hagan Stadium 27 March 29 South Carolina Cliff Hagan Stadium 28 March 31 Marshall Cliff Hagan Stadium 29 April 3 Ole Miss Swayze Field 30 April 4 Ole Miss Swayze Field 31 April 5 Ole Miss Swayze Field 32 April 7 Western Kentucky 33 April 8 Western Kentucky Cliff Hagan Stadium 34 April 10 Georgia Cliff Hagan Stadium 35 April 11 Georgia Cliff Hagan Stadium 36 April 12 Georgia Cliff Hagan Stadium 37 April 14 Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium 38 April 17 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 39 April 18 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 40 April 19 Mississippi State Dudy Noble Field 41 April 21 Lipscomb Cliff Hagan Stadium 42 April 22 Evansville Cliff Hagan Stadium 43 April 24 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 44 April 25 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 45 April 26 Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 46 April 28 Louisville Cliff Hagan Stadium 47 May 1 Tennessee Cliff Hagan Stadium 48 May 2 Tennessee Cliff Hagan Stadium 49 May 3 Tennessee Cliff Hagan Stadium 50 May 8 Auburn Cliff Hagan Stadium 51 May 9 Auburn Cliff Hagan Stadium 52 May 10 Auburn Cliff Hagan Stadium 53 May 12 Morehead State Cliff Hagan Stadium 54 May 14 Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 55 May 15 Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium 56 May 16 Florida Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
SEC Tournament # Date Opponent Score Site/Stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SECT Record 57 Regions Park
NCAA Tournament: College World Series # Date Opponent Score Site/Stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record 58 June 13 Rosenblatt Stadium

Rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	Pre- season	Feb. 25	Mar. 3	Mar. 10	Mar. 17	Mar. 24	Mar. 31	Apr. 7	Apr. 14	Apr. 21	Apr. 28	May 5	May 12	May 19	May 26	June 3	June 10	Final Poll
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25)	26[5]
Baseball America (Top 25)	NR
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)	19[6]
NCBWA (Top 30)^	23[7]
Rivals.com (Top 25)[8]	NR
NR = Not Ranked

References

1. Henderson Profile @ UKAthletics.com
2. Bohannon Profile @ UKAthletics.com
3. Green Profile @ UKAthletics.com
4. Vorhoff Profile @ UKAthletics.com
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2008-12-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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8. Rivals.com Top 25