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2015 BYU Cougars baseball team

2015 BYU Cougars baseball team

American college baseball season

The 2015 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood acted in his 3rd season as head coach of the Cougars. For the second consecutive year BYU was picked to finish sixth in the WCC Pre-season rankings.[2] After using three stadiums last season, the Cougars played all of their home games at Larry H. Miller Field. The Cougars surpassed expectations in the 2015 season. BYU won 7 of their 9 conference series (losing series only at San Diego and at Pacific), claimed the 3-seed in the WCC Tournament, and lost 0 home series for the season. The Cougars went 0–2 in the WCC Tournament, losing both games in the ninth inning, to finish the season 28–25, 16–11 in conference play.

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2015 Roster

2015 BYU Cougars Roster[3]
 

Pitchers

  • 6 James Lengal – Senior
  • 9 Mason Marshall – Sophomore
  • 11 Kolton Mahoney – Junior
  • 17 Wyatt Padget – Junior
  • 18 Brady Corless – Junior
  • 23 Hayden Rogers – Sophomore
  • 24 James Barker – Freshman
  • 25 Jeff Barker – Senior
  • 26 Riley Gates – Freshman
  • 27 Michael Rucker – Sophomore
  • 29 Brandon Kinser – Senior
  • 32 Maverick Buffo – Freshman
  • 36 Blake Brailsford – Freshman
  • 37 Keaton Cenatiempo – Sophomore
  • 41 Austin Kamel – Junior
  • 42 Seth Huxford – Freshman
  

Infielders

  • 5 Hayden Nielsen – Junior
  • 7 Parker Starr – Senior
  • 8 Dillon Robinson – Senior
  • 10 Brian Hsu – Freshman
  • 12 Tanner Chauncey – Sophomore
  • 13 Bret Lopez – Senior
  • 21 Paxton Larson – Freshman
  • 22 Dallen Reber – Junior
  • 43 Derrick Whitney – Junior
  

Catchers

  • 14 Bronson Larsen – Sophomore
  • 16 Jarrett Jarvis – Senior
  • 35 Colton Shaver – Freshman
  • 39 Grant Hodges – Freshman

Outfielders

  • 2 Brennon Lund – Sophomore
  • 3 Andy Isom – Senior
  • 4 Eric Urry – Junior
  • 19 Court Iorg – Freshman
  

Schedule

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Radio Information

Every BYU Baseball game had a radio/internet broadcast available. 33 games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton (play-by-play) calling the games for his 26th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts was used. 14 of the games were simulcast on BYU Radio. BYU Radio also had 4 radio exclusives this season: Mar 6 late night & Mar 7 vs. Hartford & Apr 7 & 28 vs. Utah Valley. Robbie Bullough provided play by play for BYU Radio's exclusive games vs. Hartford as well as the Apr. 28 game at Utah Valley. He also sat in on a couple of games Brent Norton was unable to make. The Apr. 7 Utah Valley game was a BYUtv simulcast.

UC Santa Barbara, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah Valley, and Cal State Northridge all provided an internet broadcast through their respective athletic websites.

TV Announcers

  • March 5: Hartford- Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
  • March 6: Hartford, Game 1- Brent Norton & Randy Wilstead
  • March 6: Hartford, Game 2- Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • March 7: Hartford- Robbie Bullough & Marc Oslund
  • March 10: @ Utah Valley- No announcers
  • March 12: Pepperdine- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • March 13: Pepperdine- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • March 14: Pepperdine- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • March 19: @ Gonzaga- No announcers
  • March 20: @ Gonzaga- No announcers
  • March 21: @ Gonzaga- No announcers
  • March 24: @ Utah- JB Long & Kevin Stocker
  • March 26: @ San Diego- Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • March 27: @ San Diego- Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • March 28: @ San Diego- Jack Murray & John Cunningham
  • March 30: @ San Diego State- Chris Elow
  • April 2: Portland- Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
  • April 3: Portland- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 4: Portland– Brent Norton & Jeff Bills
  • April 7: Utah Valley- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 9: @ Loyola Marymount- Chris Turkmany & Derek Georgino
  • April 10: @ Loyola Marymount- Justin Alderson
  • April 11: @ Loyola Marymount- Dalton Green
  • April 21: Utah- Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
  • April 23: San Francisco- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 24: San Francisco- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • April 25: San Francisco- Brent Norton & Randy Wilstead
  • April 28: @ Utah Valley- Jordan Bianucci & James Warnick
  • April 30: @ Pacific- Paul Muyskens
  • May 1: @ Pacific- Justin Alderson
  • May 2: @ Pacific- Ricky Garcia
  • May 7: Saint Mary's- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • May 8: Saint Mary's- Spencer Linton & Gary Sheide
  • May 9: Saint Mary's- Dave McCann & Gary Sheide- Game rained out
  • May 12: @ Utah- JB Long & Jerry Kindall
  • May 14: @ Santa Clara- David Gentile & Collin Baker
  • May 15: @ Santa Clara- No announcers
  • May 16: @ Santa Clara- No announcers
  • May 18: Saint Mary's in Moraga- Dean Boerner & Daniel Conmy
  • May 21: Pepperdine- Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz
  • May 22: San Diego- Justin Alderson & Frank Cruz

See also

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