2015 VMI Keydets baseball team

The 2015 VMI Keydets baseball team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Keydets returned to the Southern Conference after an eleven-year hiatus in the Big South from 2003 to 2014. VMI was led by first-year head coach Jonathan Hadra, who replaced longtime Keydet skipper Marlin Ikenberry. Ikenberry resigned following the 2014 season for a career in private business, and was the Keydets' all-time winningest baseball coach.[2]

2015 VMI Keydets baseball
Conference	Southern Conference
2015 record	21–30 (12–12 SoCon)
Head coach	Jonathan Hadra (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Travis Beazley Mike Small Michael Donovan
Home stadium	Gray–Minor Stadium

2015 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mercer  ‍‍‍	16	–	7		.696			31	–	21		.596
Samford  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			29	–	24		.547
Wofford  ‍‍‍	13	–	10		.565			36	–	20		.643
VMI  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			20	–	28		.417
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			23	–	25		.479
Furman  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			24	–	31		.436
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			21	–	28		.429
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			25	–	28		.472
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			21	–	34		.382
‡ – Tournament champion As of May 16, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

VMI lost two of its starting pitchers following the 2014 season. Senior left-hander Connor Bach graduated, and was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 21st round of the 2014 MLB Draft.[3] Additionally, junior pitcher Reed Garrett was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 16th round, and chose to leave school early to pursue a career in baseball. Garrett played with the Spokane Indians, the Class A-Short season affiliate of the Rangers.[4] The Keydets also graduated left fielder and backup catcher Eric Mayers, as well as relievers Berkley Hawkins, Campbell Henkel, and Travis Thomas.

Returning Starters

Player	Class	Position
Andrew Woods	Senior	SP
Matt Winn	R-Senior	C
Jordan Tarsovich	R-Senior	2B
David Geary	Junior	3B
Brandon Angus	Senior	CF
Will Connerley	R-Senior	RF

Roster

2015 VMI Keydets baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Drew Bryan R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Philipsburg, PA 3 OF Will Malbon L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Virginia Beach, VA 4 OF Gary LeClair R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS Jr Richmond, VA 5 P Jack Gomersall R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Falls Church, VA 6 INF Jacob Jaye L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Winchester, VA 7 INF Ray Lopez R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Lancaster, PA 8 C Matt Winn R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr Richmond, VA 10 INF David Geary L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Richmond, VA 11 P Jonathan Kelley L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Wilmington, NC 12 OF Matt Dunlevy L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Midlothian, VA 13 P Austin Heenan L/L 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Melfa, VA 14 INF Reid Bryant L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Madison Heights, VA 16 OF Josh Worthley L/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Virginia Beach, VA 17 P Eric Byrd R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Fredericksburg, VA 18 INF Collin Fleischer R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Chester, VA 19 P Matthew Eagle R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Norfolk, VA 20 P Blaine Lafin L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Culpepper, VA 21 P TJ Lighton R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Jr Chesapeake, VA 23 C Brian Dudeck, Jr. L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Princeton, NJ 24 P Jared Silva R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 193 lb (88 kg) Fr Charles Town, WV 25 P Taylor Edens R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Suffolk, VA 26 C Peyton Maddox R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Amherst, VA 29 OF Will Connerley R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS Sr Mechanicsville, VA 30 P Ryan Bennett R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS So Chesapeake, VA 31 INF Tyler Tharp L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Virginia Beach, VA 32 P Micah Gorman R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Richmond, VA 33 INF Jordan Tarsovich R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS Sr Richmond, VA 35 P Brandon Barbery L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Manassas, VA 36 P Andrew Woods R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Richmond, VA 38 P Kyle Staats L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Fr Manassas, VA 39 OF Brandon Angus R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Mechanicsville, VA P Colby Rudis R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Chesapeake, VA	Head coach Jonathan Hadra (1st year) Assistant coach(es) Mike Small (1st year) Michael Donovan (Senior) Pitching coach(es) Travis Beazley (4th year) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 17, 2015

Schedule

Legend
	VMI win
	VMI loss
	Postponement
Bold	VMI team member

2015 VMI Keydets baseball game log
Regular Season
February (2–1) Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SoCon Record February 13 at North Florida Harmon Stadium 3–1 A. Woods (1–0) T. Moore (0–1) T. Edens (1) 402 1–0 – February 14 at North Florida Harmon Stadium 11–16 A. Smith (1–0) T. Edens (0–1) 416 1–1 – February 15 at North Florida Harmon Stadium 2–1 B. Barbery (1–0) E. Incinelli (0–1) M. Gorman (1) 343 2–1 – February 17 at William & Mary Plumeri Park Cancelled February 20 Buffalo Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled February 21 UMES Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled February 21 Buffalo Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled February 22 UMES Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled February 27 Marist Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled February 28 Marist Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled
March (4–14) Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SoCon Record March 1 Marist Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled March 3 at Virginia Davenport Field Postponed to Apr. 1 March 6 Binghamton Gray–Minor Stadium 15–4 A. Woods (2–0) Ostner (0–3) 339 3–1 – March 7 Binghamton Gray–Minor Stadium 3–7 Hardy (1–1) B. Lafin (0–1) 155 3–2 – March 8 Binghamton Gray–Minor Stadium 6–13 Grillini (1–0) B. Barbery (1–1) 104 3–3 – March 11 at James Madison Eagle Field 7–3 J. Silva (1–0) T. Jones (0–1) 234 4–3 – March 13 Central Connecticut State Gray–Minor Stadium 1–3 M. Blandino (1–0) A. Woods (2–1) 103 4–4 – March 15 Central Connecticut State Gray–Minor Stadium 5–6 A. Salnitis (1–0) T. Edens (0–2) K. Connolly (1) 203 4–5 – March 15 Central Connecticut State Gray–Minor Stadium 2–4 (7) C. Brown (1–0) A. Heenan (0–1) 221 4–6 – March 17 at Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex 5–8 M. Reinerth (1–0) R. Bennett (0–1) S. Sinnen (3) 922 4–7 – March 18 at Old Dominion Bud Metheny Baseball Complex 6–7 Z. Rutherford (1–0) M. Gorman (0–1) 505 4–8 – March 20 at Wofford Russell C. King Field 2–5 M. Milburn (5–0) J. Silva (1–1) W. Stillman (7) 182 4–9 0–1 March 21 at Wofford Russell C. King Field 7–8 J. Condra-Bogan (1–1) M. Eagle (0–1) W. Stillman (8) 267 4–10 0–2 March 22 at Wofford Russell C. King Field 2–1 B. Barbery (2–1) Scott (3–1) T. Edens (2) 226 5–10 1–2 March 24 at VCU The Diamond 0–18 Thompson (2–2) M. Eagle (0–2) 606 5–11 – March 25 Old Dominion Gray–Minor Stadium 3–11 N. Matheson (1–0) J. Kelley (0–1) 95 5–12 – March 27 Samford Gray–Minor Stadium 2–15 A. Ledford (3–2) A. Heenan (0–2) 103 5–13 1–3 March 28 Samford Gray–Minor Stadium 6–2 B. Barbery (3–1) J. Brasher (0–2) T. Edens (3) 137 6–13 2–3 March 29 Samford Gray–Minor Stadium 5–10 P. Curry (3–3) M. Eagle (0–3) A. Gracia (5) 207 6–14 2–4 March 31 at Virginia Tech English Field 5–6 C. Monaco (2–0) K. Staats (0–1) S. Kennedy (2) 844 6–15 –
April (9–8) Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SoCon Record April 1 at Virginia Davenport Field 7–6 K. Staats (1–1) R. Cummins (0–1) T. Edens (4) 3,014 7–15 – April 3 at Furman Latham Baseball Stadium 2–7 M. Solter (1–2) A. Heenan (1–3) 314 7–16 2–5 April 4 at Furman Latham Baseball Stadium 13–10 A. Woods (3–1) G. Schuermann (2–1) T. Edens (5) N/A 8–16 3–5 April 4 at Furman Latham Baseball Stadium 12–11 J. Silva (2–1) W. Gaddis (2–3) T. Edens (6) 376 9–16 4–5 April 7 Radford Gray–Minor Stadium 2–6 A. Ross (2–0) M. Eagle (0–4) 201 9–17 – April 10 East Tennessee State Gray–Minor Stadium 4–8 L. Haeberle (3–5) A. Heenan (0–4) 201 9–18 4–6 April 11 East Tennessee State Gray–Minor Stadium 6–9 J. Nesselt (4–3) B. Barbery (3–2) D. Cate (4) 245 9–19 4–7 April 12 East Tennessee State Gray–Minor Stadium 5–4 J. Gomersall (1–0) G. Krieg (1–4) T. Edens (7) 167 10–19 5–7 April 14 VCU Gray–Minor Stadium Cancelled April 15 Richmond Gray–Minor Stadium 5–10 P. Bayer (1–3) J. Gomersall (1–1) 79 10–20 – April 17 at Gardner–Webb John Henry Moss Stadium 1–3 Heiligenstad (4–3) A. Heenan (0–5) Haymes (3) 150 10–21 – April 18 at Gardner–Webb John Henry Moss Stadium 4–3 A. Woods (4–1) Hallman (4–2) T. Edens (8) 250 11–21 – April 18 at Gardner–Webb John Henry Moss Stadium 7–3 B. Barbery (4–2) Warner (2–4) T. Edens (9) 155 12–21 – April 21 William & Mary Gray–Minor Stadium 2–8 M. Aker (1–1) M. Eagle (0–5) 107 12–22 – April 24 at The Citadel Riley Park 8–7 J. Gomersall (2–1) Z. Lavery (0–3) T. Edens (10) 447 13–22 6–7 April 26 at The Citadel Riley Park 10–6 A. Woods (5–1) J. Sears (4–4) N/A 14–22 7–7 April 26 at The Citadel Riley Park 3–2 B. Barbery (5–2) T. Byelick (1–3) T. Edens (11) 475 15–22 8–7 April 28 at Radford Radford Baseball Stadium 3–6 K. Palmer (1–0) J. Kelley (0–2) R. Meisinger (12) 673 15–23 –
May (5–5) Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record SoCon Record May 1 Mercer Gray–Minor Stadium 2–7 E. Nyquist (6–2) A. Heenan (0–6) 130 15–24 8–8 May 2 Mercer Gray–Minor Stadium 6–7 C. Varga (1–0) J. Worthley (0–1) M. Pittman (3) 204 15–25 8–9 May 3 Mercer Gray–Minor Stadium 11–16 B. Lumsden (2–1) T. Edens (0–3) 162 15–26 8–10 May 8 UNC Greensboro Gray–Minor Stadium 11–3 A. Heenan (1–6) R. Clark (6–6) 188 16–26 9–10 May 9 UNC Greensboro Gray–Minor Stadium 8–2 A. Woods (6–1) A. Wantz (5–3) 223 17–26 10–10 May 10 UNC Greensboro Gray–Minor Stadium 11–13 C. Woody (1–0) B. Lafin (0–2) 265 17–27 10–11 May 12 James Madison Gray–Minor Stadium 10–6 M. Gorman (1–1) T. Jones (0–2) 222 18–27 – May 14 at Western Carolina Hennon Stadium 18–4 A. Woods (7–1) B. Sammons (4–5) 322 19–27 11–11 May 15 at Western Carolina Hennon Stadium 11–6 J. Worthley (1–1) T. Powell (2–3) 449 20–27 12–11 May 15 at Western Carolina Hennon Stadium 6–11 B. Nail (3–3) J. Kelley (0–3) 449 20–28 12–12
Postseason
SoCon Tournament Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Tournament Record May 21 #5 UNC Greensboro Riley Park • Charleston, SC 6–5 J. Gomersall (3–1) T. Frazier (3–1) T. Edens (12) N/A 21–28 1–0 May 22 #1 Mercer Riley Park • Charleston, SC 7–19 M. Wade (6–1) B. Barbery (5–3) N/A 21–29 1–1 May 22 #8 The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, SC 5–10 Mason (3–2) A. Heenan (1–7) Hunter (13) 1,066 21–30 1–2

References

Specific

1. "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
2. "Ikenberry Resigns as VMI Baseball Coach". VMIKeydets.com. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
3. "Pair of Keydets drafted; Cubs pick another Hokie". Roanoke Times. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
4. "Catching Up With: Reed Garrett '15". VMIKeydets.com. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

General

• 2015 VMI Baseball schedule
• 2015 VMI Baseball roster