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American college baseball season

2016 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
SEC tournament champions
College Station Regional champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
Record49–16 (20–10 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Justin Seely (7th season)
  • Will Bolt (2nd season)
Home stadiumOlsen Field at Blue Bell Park
Seasons← 20152017 →
2016 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 12 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 20 – 9 – 0   .690 46 – 18 – 0   .719
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍ 19 – 10 – 0   .655 52 – 16 – 0   .765
No. 23 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 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 ‍†‍‍ 21 – 9 – 0   .700 44 – 18 – 1   .706
No. 9 Texas A&M  ‍‍‡‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 49 – 16 – 0   .754
No. 13 LSU  ‍‍‍ 19 – 11 – 0   .633 45 – 21 – 0   .682
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 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

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2016 SEC baseball records

Source: 2016 SEC baseball game results

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 15–15 3–0 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 . ALA W5 5–5 1–1
ARK 7–23 0–3 3–0 0–3 . 2–1 0–3 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 . ARK W7 2–8 1–6
AUB 8–22 1–2 0–3 . . 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 . 2–1 1–2 0–3 AUB W6 2–8 0–4
FLA 19–10 . 3–0 . 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 . 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 FLA E2 6–3 3–0
UGA 11–19 2–1 . . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 UGA E5 3–7 0–2
KEN 15–15 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 . . 2–1 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 KEN E4 6–4 0–1
LSU 19–11 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 . . 1–2 3–0 1–2 . 3–0 1–2 2–1 LSU W3 6–4 3–0
MSU 21–9 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 MSU W1 9–1 3–1
MIZZ 9–21 . 2–1 2–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–3 . 0–3 3–0 . 0–3 MIZZ E7 2–8 1–4
MISS 18–12 1–2 3–0 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 . MISS W4 6–4 3–1
SCAR 20–9 3–0 3–0 . 1–1 1–2 1–2 . . 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–2 SCAR E1 5–4 5–0
TENN 9–21 1–2 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 1–2 0–3 . 2–1 TENN E6 2–8 0–3
TAMU 20–10 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 TAMU W2 9–1 2–1
VAN 18–12 . . 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 1–2 1–2 VAN E3 5–5 3–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season.

Rankings

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'44*33215332222
Baseball America332222134322221
Collegiate Baseball^5533343785555351
NCBWA†444332153322222

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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 July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  2. Baseball America Poll
  3. Collegiate Baseball Poll
  4. NCBWA Poll
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