2017 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team

The 2017 Ole Miss Rebels Baseball team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rebels played their home games in Swayze Field.

2017 Ole Miss Rebels baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
CB	No. 22
Record	32–25 (12–15 SEC)
Head coach	Mike Bianco (17th season)
Assistant coach	Marc MacMillan (2nd season)
Hitting coach	Mike Clement (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Carl Lafferty (11th season)
Home stadium	Swayze Field
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	19	–	0		.732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			43	–	23	–	0		.652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y	15	–	13	–	1		.534			36	–	25	–	1		.589
Missouri  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			36	–	23	–	0		.610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			35	–	25	–	0		.583
Georgia  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			25	–	32	–	0		.439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	7	–	21	–	0		.250			27	–	25	–	0		.519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			52	–	20	–	0		.722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y	18	–	11	–	0		.621			45	–	19	–	0		.703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	27	–	0		.597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	23	–	0		.641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			37	–	26	–	0		.587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Alabama  ‍‍‍	5	–	24	–	1		.183			19	–	34	–	1		.361
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Previous season

The Rebels finished the 2016 season 43–19 overall and 18–12 in the conference. The Rebels advanced to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament before suffering elimination at the hands of eventual champion Texas A&M in the semifinals. The Rebels earned regional hosting status in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, but two straight losses to Utah and Tulane brought the season to an end.

2016 MLB Draft Selections

The Rebels had six players selected in the 2016 MLB draft.^[1] The Rebels also had four signees drafted out of high school.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
J.B. Woodman	Outfielder	2	57	Toronto Blue Jays
Errol Robinson	Shortstop	6	191	Los Angeles Dodgers
Henri Lartigue	Catcher	7	197	Philadelphia Phillies
Chad Smith	Pitcher	11	323	Miami Marlins
Brady Bramlett	Pitcher	13	388	Boston Red Sox
Wyatt Short	Pitcher	13	404	Chicago Cubs
Grae Kessinger†	Shortstop	26	774	San Diego Padres
Cooper Johnson†	Catcher	28	828	Cincinnati Reds
Will Ethridge†	Pitcher	35	1047	Seattle Mariners
Ryan Rolison†	Pitcher	37	1104	San Diego Padres

†Grae Kessinger, Cooper Johnson, Will Ethridge, and Ryan Rolison were drafted out of high school, but decided to attend Ole Miss.

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

3rd Team

• Colby Bortles – Third Baseman (Collegiate Baseball)^[2]

SEC Media poll

In the 2017 SEC media poll, released February 10, 2017, the Rebels were predicted to finish third place in the Western Division.^[3]

Media poll (West)
Predicted Finish	Team	Votes (1st Place)
1	LSU	72 (13)
2	Texas A&M	55 (1)
3	Ole Miss	51
4	Mississippi State	36
5	Arkansas	27
T6	Alabama	16
T6	Auburn	16

Preseason All-SEC teams

2nd Team

• Tate Blackman – Second Baseman
• Colby Bortles – Third Baseman

Roster

2017 Ole Miss Rebels roster
	Pitchers 1 – DJ Miller – Sophomore 10 – David Parkinson – Junior 12 – Greer Holston – Freshman 17 – Will Stokes – Junior 18 – Connor Green – Sophomore 19 – Andy Pagnozzi – Sophomore 20 – Will Ethridge – Freshman 22 – Ryan Rolison – Freshman 24 – Dallas Woolfolk – Sophomore 26 – James McArthur – Sophomore 28 – Jackson Tavel – Freshman 29 – Andrew Lowe – Sophomore 31 – Jason Barber – Freshman 33 – Sean Johnson – Senior 36 – Thomas Spinelli – Freshman 38 – Korey Bell – Freshman 39 – Brady Feigl – Sophomore 40 – Houston Roth – Freshman 65 – Parker Caracci – Freshman		Catchers 7 – Nick Fortes – Sophomore 13 – Cooper Johnson – Freshman 43 – Carson Klepzig – Freshman Infielders 3 – Bryce Blaum – Freshman 4 – Tate Blackman – Junior 11 – Chase Cockrell – Sophomore 14 – Cole Zabowski – Freshman 15 – Grae Kessinger – Freshman 25 – Colby Bortles – Senior 32 – Michael Fitzsimmons – Sophomore 35 – Trace Tyre – Freshman		Outfielders 27 – Bryan Seamster – Freshman 42 – Tim Rowe – Junior Utility 2 – Ryan Olenek (INF/OF) – Sophomore 6 – Thomas Dillard (C/OF) – Freshman 8 – Will Golsan (INF/OF) – Junior 9 – Kyle Watson (INF/OF) – Junior

Schedule and results

2017 Ole Miss Rebels Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (32–25)
February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 17 No. 10 East Carolina No. 24 Swayze Field Oxford, MS W 5–4 David Parkinson (1–0) Evan Kruczynski (0–1) Will Stokes (1) 12,117 1–0 — Feb. 18 No. 10 East Carolina No. 24 Swayze Field W 3–2 Andy Pagnozzi (1–0) Sam Lanier (0–1) Will Stokes (2) 11,494 2–0 — Feb. 19 No. 10 East Carolina No. 24 Swayze Field W 8–6 Ryan Rolison (1–0) Hunter Hood (0–1) Dallas Woolfolk (1) 9,459 3–0 — Feb. 21 Arkansas State No. 24 Swayze Field W 16–4 Will Ethridge (1–0) Bo Ritter (0–1) 6,784 4–0 — Feb. 24 UNC Wilmington No. 24 Swayze Field W 7–2 David Parkinson (2–0) Alex Royalty (1–1) Dallas Woolfolk (2) 10,041 5–0 — Feb. 25 UNC Wilmington No. 24 Swayze Field W 8–4 Will Stokes (1–0) Austin Magestro (0–1) 9,159 6–0 — Feb. 26 UNC Wilmington No. 24 Swayze Field W 8–4 Brady Feigl (1–0) Logan Beehler (0–1) Dallas Woolfolk (3) 7,668 7–0 — Feb. 28 Memphis No. 24 Swayze Field L 6–9 Drew Crosby (2–0) Greer Holston (0–1) Colton Hathcock (3) 7,178 7–1 —
March (9–10) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record March 3 vs. Baylor No. 24 Minute Maid Park Houston, TX L 0–4 Nick Lewis (3–0) David Parkinson (2–1) 4,189 7–2 — March 4 vs. No. 19 Texas Tech No. 24 Minute Maid Park L 1–5 Steven Gingery (3–0) James McArthur (0–1) 7–3 — March 5 vs. No. 1 TCU No. 24 Minute Maid Park L 3–5 Jared Janczak (3–0) Brady Feigl (1–1) Durbin Feltman (3) 7–4 — March 7 Georgia State No. 20 Swayze Field W 1–0 Ryan Rolison (2–0) Brandon Baker (0–2) Will Stokes (3) 7,399 8–4 — March 8 Georgia State No. 20 Swayze Field L 0–211 Logan Barnette (2–0) Dallas Woolfolk (0–1) Rhett Harper (2) 6,859 8–5 — March 10 Furman No. 20 Swayze Field W 2–0 David Parkinson (3–1) Will Gaddis (1–2) Will Stokes (4) 7,375 9–5 — March 11 Furman No. 20 Swayze Field W 5–0 Brady Feigl (2–1) Grant Schuermann (3–1) 6,804 10–5 — March 12 Furman No. 20 Swayze Field W 1–0 Andy Pagnozzi (2–0) Heath Hawkins (2–1) Dallas Woolfolk (4) 6,924 11–5 — March 14 vs. Nicholls No. 19 MGM Park Biloxi, MS W 5–0 Ryan Rolison (3–0) Kyle Craft (0–2) 3,064 12–5 — March 17 No. 23 Vanderbilt No. 19 Swayze Field W 1–0 David Parkinson (4–1) Kyle Wright (0–3) Dallas Woolfolk (5) 8,257 13–5 1–0 March 18 No. 23 Vanderbilt No. 19 Swayze Field L 2–6 Patrick Raby (3–2) Brady Feigl (2–2) 9,010 13–6 1–1 March 19 No. 23 Vanderbilt No. 19 Swayze Field W 10–8 Dallas Woolfolk (1–1) Penn Murfee (0–1) 8,221 14–6 2–1 March 21 Memphis No. 14 Autozone Park Memphis, TN L 1–211 Hunter Smith (1–0) Andy Pagnozzi (2–1) 1,912 14–7 2–1 March 23 at No. 25 Kentucky No. 14 Cliff Hagan Stadium Lexington, KY W 9–6 James McArthur (1–1) Sean Hjelle (3–2) Dallas Woolfolk (6) 2,738 15–7 3–1 March 24 at No. 25 Kentucky No. 14 Cliff Hagan Stadium L 2–4 Zach Logue (4–1) Greer Holston (0–2) Logan Salow (5) 2,270 15–8 3–2 March 25 at No. 25 Kentucky No. 14 Cliff Hagan Stadium L 1–4 Justin Lewis (4–1) Will Ethridge (1–1) Logan Salow (6) 2,841 15–9 3–3 March 28 Little Rock No. 22 Swayze Field W 5–410 Houston Roth (1–0) McKinley Moore (0–1) 6,709 16–9 3–3 March 30 Mississippi State No. 22 Swayze Field L 3–4 Riley Self (4–0) Will Ethridge (1–2) Spencer Price (7) 8,521 16–10 3–4 March 31 Mississippi State No. 22 Swayze Field L 3–5 Jacob Barton (2–0) David Parkinson (4–2) Spencer Price (8) 11,017 16–11 3–5
April (11–6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record April 1 Mississippi State No. 22 Swayze Field L 1–2 Jake Mangum (2–2) Ryan Rolison (3–1) Spencer Price (9) 11,204 16–12 3–6 April 4 vs. No. 20 Southern Miss Trustmark Park Pearl, MS W 6–512 Dallas Woolfolk (2–1) Austin Millet (0–2) 4,684 17–12 3–6 April 7 Alabama Swayze Field W 7–2 James McArthur (2–1) Dylan Duarte (2–2) 8,456 18–12 4–6 April 8 Alabama Swayze Field W 5–4 Dallas Woolfolk (3–1) Garret Suchey (1–4) 10,247 19–12 5–6 April 9 Alabama Swayze Field W 8–2 Ryan Rolison (4–1) Sam Finnerty (1–3) 7,597 20–12 6–6 April 11 at No. 18 Southern Miss Pete Taylor Park Hattiesburg, MS W 6–2 Greer Holston (1–2) Taylor Braley (3–1) Brady Feigl (1) 5,458 21–12 6–6 April 13 at No. 8 LSU Alex Box Stadium Baton Rouge, LA L 2–15 Alex Lange (4–4) James McArthur (2–2) 10,439 21–13 6–7 April 14 at No. 8 LSU Alex Box Stadium W 2–1 David Parkinson (5–2) Jared Poche' (6–2) Dallas Woolfolk (7) 11,203 22–13 7–7 April 15 at No. 8 LSU Alex Box Stadium L 2–3 Eric Walker (5–0) Ryan Rolison (4–2) Hunter Newman (5) 10,757 22–14 7–8 April 19 Arkansas–Pine Bluff Swayze Field W 14–6 Greer Holston (2–2) Nathan Sawrie (2–4) 7,578 23–14 7–8 April 21 Missouri Swayze Field L 3–9 Cole Bartlett (5–0) James McArthur (2–3) 8,004 23–15 7–9 April 22 Missouri Swayze Field W 3–1 Ryan Rolison (5–2) Tanner Houck (3–6) Dallas Woolfolk (8) 8,129 24–15 8–9 April 23 Missouri Swayze Field W 9–6 Houston Roth (2–0) Bryce Montes De Oca (3–3) Will Ethridge (1) 7,208 25–15 9–9 April 25 vs. No. 13 Mississippi State Governor's Cup Trustmark Park L 2–4 Denver McQuary (1–1) Greer Holston (2–3) Riley Self (2) 8,536 25–16 9–9 April 27 at No. 11 Arkansas Baum Stadium Fayetteville, AR W 9–1 James McArthur (3–3) Blaine Knight (6–3) 7,419 26–16 10–9 April 28 (1) at No. 11 Arkansas Baum Stadium W 4–1 Ryan Rolison (6–2) Trevor Stephan (4–3) Dallas Woolfolk (9) 8,492 (DH) 27–16 11–9 April 28 (2) at No. 11 Arkansas Baum Stadium L 4–7 Jake Reindl (2–0) Will Stokes (1–1) Evan Lee (1) 8,492 (DH) 27–17 11–10
May (5–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record May 2 Louisiana–Monroe Swayze Field W 21–77 Houston Roth (3–0) Chase Cater (1–2) 8,042 28–17 11–10 May 3 Louisiana–Monroe Swayze Field W 5–3 Sean Johnson (1–0) Stephen Morrison (0–1) Dallas Woolfolk (10) 7,224 29–17 11–10 May 5 at No. 7 Florida McKethan Stadium Gainesville, FL L 2–11 Alex Faedo (7–1) James McArthur (3–4) 3,447 29–18 11–11 May 6 at No. 7 Florida McKethan Stadium L 4–7 Nick Horvath (3–0) Dallas Woolfolk (3–2) Michael Byrne (12) 4,227 29–19 11–12 May 7 at No. 7 Florida McKethan Stadium L 4–6 Jackson Kowar (8–0) David Parkinson (5–3) Michael Byrne (13) 3,747 29–20 11–13 May 12 No. 19 Texas A&M Swayze Field L 5–12 Kaylor Chafin (7–1) James McArthur (3–5) 7,403 29–21 11–14 May 13 No. 19 Texas A&M Swayze Field W 6–4 Will Ethridge (2–2) John Doxakis (2–3) Dallas Woolfolk (11) 8,132 30–21 12–14 May 14 No. 19 Texas A&M Swayze Field W 6–3 David Parkinson (6–3) Stephen Kolek (3–3) Dallas Woolfolk (12) 7,228 31–21 13–14 May 16 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field Jonesboro, AR L 0–5 Bryan Ayers (3–5) Sean Johnson (1–1) 1,188 31–22 13–14 May 18 at No. 23 Auburn Plainsman Park Auburn, AL L 1–4 Keegan Thompson (6–4) James McArthur (3–6) Cole Lipscomb (6) 31–23 13–15 May 19 at No. 23 Auburn Plainsman Park L 1–9 Davis Daniel (4–2) Ryan Rolison (6–3) 2,896 31–24 13–16 May 20 at No. 23 Auburn Plainsman Park W 8–4 Will Stokes (2–1) Calvin Coker (3–2) 3,003 32–24 14–16
Post-Season (0–1)
SEC Tournament (0–1) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record May 23 vs. (8) Auburn (9) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, AL L 4–5 Casey Mize (7–2) Will Stokes (2–2) 2,930 32–25 0–1
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Ole Miss team member

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Coaches Poll.

Awards and honors

Award watch lists

Award watch lists

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Will Stokes	NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List	February 13, 2017	[4]
Cooper Johnson	Johnny Bench Award Watch List	March 9, 2017	[5]
Colby Bortles	Senior CLASS Award candidate	March 27, 2017	[6]

Regular season awards

Weekly Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Ryan Olenek	SEC Player of the Week	February 20, 2017	[7]
David Parkinson	SEC Pitcher of the Week	March 13, 2017	[8]
Ryan Rolison	SEC Freshman of the Week	April 24, 2017	[9]
James McArthur	SEC Pitcher of the Week	May 1, 2017	[10]

All-SEC Awards

All Conference Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Colby Bortles	Second-team All-SEC, 3B	May 23, 2017	[11]
Ryan Rolison	Freshman All-SEC, SP	May 23, 2017

All-American Awards

All-American Awards

Player	Award	Date awarded	Ref.
Will Ethridge	Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, SP	June 7, 2017	[12]
Ryan Rolison	Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, SP	June 7, 2017
Houston Roth	Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, RP	June 7, 2017

2017 MLB Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
David Parkinson	Pitcher	12	353	Philadelphia Phillies
Tate Blackman	Second baseman	13	387	Chicago White Sox
Colby Bortles	Third baseman	22	665	Detroit Tigers
Brady Feigl	Pitcher	35	1045	Los Angeles Angels
Kyle Watson	Shortstop	37	1108	Pittsburgh Pirates

Players in bold will return to Ole Miss.

Record vs. conference opponents

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

2017 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2017 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	5–24		1–2	3–0	0–3	.	.	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	0–2	ALA	W7	1–9	1–6
ARK	18–11	2–1		1–2	.	3–0	.	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	1–1	2–1	2–1	ARK	W2	6–3	2–0
AUB	16–14	0–3	2–1		3–0	2–1	.	0–3	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	.	AUB	W5	7–3	1–2
FLA	21–9	3–0	.	0–3		3–0	2–1	2–1	.	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	FLA	E1	8–2	4–1
UGA	11–19	.	0–3	1–2	0–3		2–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	UGA	E6	4–6	0–3
KEN	19–11	.	.	.	1–2	1–2		2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	KEN	E2	7–3	2–0
LSU	21–9	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	3–0	1–2		3–0	.	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	LSU	W1	7–3	4–0
MSU	17–13	3–0	0–3	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	0–3		.	3–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	.	MSU	W3	6–4	3–2
MIZZ	14–16	3–0	1–2	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	.		1–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	MIZZ	E4	4–6	2–2
MISS	14–16	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1		.	.	2–1	2–1	MISS	W6	5–5	1–2
SCAR	13–17	2–1	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	.		3–0	.	1–2	SCAR	E5	2–8	1–0
TENN	7–21	.	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	.	0–3		1–2	1–1	TENN	E7	1–7	0–4
TAMU	16–14	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	.	0–3	2–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	.	2–1		1–2	TAMU	W4	5–5	2–1
VAN	15–13	2–0	1–2	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	.	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1		VAN	E3	5–4	0–0
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. Alabama and Vanderbilt had one tie game.

Rankings

Main article: 2017 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	24	24*		20	19	14	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—			—
Baseball America	—	22	20	21	18	11	20	—	—	—									—
Collegiate Baseball^	22	14	9	25	25	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		—
NCBWA†	27	21	13	18	26	17	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ 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.

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