2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team

The 2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team was coached by Pat Casey in his 21st season at Oregon State.

2015 Oregon State Beavers baseball
Dallas Regional, 1–2
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	39–18–1 (19–10–1 Pac-12)
Head coach	Pat Casey (21st season)
Assistant coaches	Pat Bailey (8th season) Andy Jenkins (3rd season)
Pitching coach	Nate Yeskie (7th season)
Home stadium	Goss Stadium at Coleman Field
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 UCLA ‍†‍‍y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			42	–	14	–	0		.750
No. 12 Oregon State ‍‍‍y	19	–	10	–	1		.650			38	–	16	–	1		.700
No. 16 California ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			34	–	19	–	0		.642
No. 17 USC ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			37	–	19	–	0		.661
No. 18 Arizona State ‍‍‍y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			34	–	21	–	0		.618
Oregon ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Washington  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			29	–	25	–	0		.537
Arizona  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			31	–	24	–	0		.564
Washington State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Stanford  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			24	–	32	–	0		.429
Utah  ‍‍‍	7	–	22	–	1		.250			16	–	36	–	1		.311
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2015[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Awards and honors

2015 was another award-winning year for Oregon State. It was the fourth straight year a Beaver player garnered a major conference award and third year in a row that at least four players were named to the All-Conference First Team.^[2]

2015 Pac-12 Conference Baseball Awards[3]
	Major Award KJ Harrison - Freshman of the Year First Team All-Conference KJ Harrison 1B/C Fr. Jeff Hendrix OF Jr. (2) Andrew Moore P Jr. (2) Drew Rasmussen P Fr. Kyle Nobach OF So. Honorable Mention All-Defensive Team Jeff Hendrix OF Jr. (2) Andrew Moore P Jr. (#) - Denotes number of times player has been selected

Postseason

Although the Beavers finished second in the Pac-12 they were not selected as a Regional host site for the opening round of the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[4] Oregon State was the #2 seed of the Dallas Regional with host and #1 seed Dallas Baptist, #3 Texas and #4 Virginia Commonwealth. After winning their first game against Texas the Beavers were eliminated after dropping two straight versus VCU and Dallas Baptist.

Roster

2015 Oregon State Beavers roster[5]
	Pitchers 3 Scotland Church - Sophomore 6 Ryan Mets - Freshman 12 Sam Tweedt - Freshman 15 Luke Heimlich - Freshman 17 Mak Fox - Sophomore 20 Mitch Hickey - Freshman 23 Andrew Moore - Junior 25 Drew Rasmussen - Freshman 26 Trent Shelton - Sophomore 31 Kevin Flemer - Sophomore 32 Travis Eckert - Junior 34 Clay Bauer - Senior 35 John Pomeroy - Sophomore 36 Austin Woodward - Junior 38 Zack Reser - Senior 44 Jake Thompson - Sophomore		Catchers 18 Dane Lund - Senior 24 KJ Harrison - Freshman 33 Logan Ice - Sophomore Infielders 1 Christian Donahue - Freshman 2 Joe Gillette - Freshman 4 Tyler Mildenberg - Sophomore 7 Trever Morrison - Sophomore 10 Michael Gretler - Freshman 11 Jackson Soto - Freshman 14 Caleb Hamilton - Sophomore 16 Gabe Clark - Junior 19 Billy King - Sophomore		Outfielders 9 Cary, Elliott - Freshman 28 Kyle Nobach - Sophomore 29 Jack Anderson - Freshman 30 Michael Howard - Senior 37 Cooper Brunner - Freshman 40 Jeff Hendrix - Junior 45 Joey Jansen - Junior

Coaches

2014 Oregon State Beavers baseball coaching staff[5]
5 Pat Casey - Head Coach - 21st year 27 Pat Bailey - Assistant Coach - 8th year 2 Andy Jenkins - Assistant Coach - 3rd year 21 Nate Yeskie - Assistant Coach - 7th year

Schedule

2005 Oregon State Beavers baseball game log (52–13)[6]
Regular season (38–16–1)
February (8–3) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-12 record 1 Feb 13 vs. Northwestern Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 2–1 1–0 – 2 Feb 14 vs. Michigan State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 4–3 (10) 2–0 – 3 Feb 15 vs. New Mexico Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 4–7 2–1 – 4 Feb 16 vs. New Mexico Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 2–5 2–2 – 5 Feb 19 vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 5–3 3–2 – 6 Feb 20 vs. Kansas State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 10–9 4–2 – 7 Feb 21 vs. Oklahoma Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 6–9 4–3 – 8 Feb 22 vs. Kansas Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 15–5 5–3 – 9 Feb 27 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 10–7 6–3 – 10 Feb 28 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 25–3 7–3 – 11 Feb 28 Grambling State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–2 8–3 –
March (13–4) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-12 record 12 Mar 4 at Portland Joe Etzel Field • Portland, OR W 14–2 9–3 – 13 Mar 6 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 10–3 – 14 Mar 7 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–2 11–3 – 15 Mar 7 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 12–2 12–3 – 16 Mar 8 Fresno State Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 13–3 – 17 Mar 10 Portland No. 24 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 12–3 14–3 – 18 Mar 13 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ W 1–0 15–3 1–0 19 Mar 14 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 3–4 15–4 1–1 20 Mar 15 at No. 14 Arizona State No. 24 Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ L 4–7 15–5 1–2 21 Mar 20 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–2 16–5 2–2 22 Mar 21 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–0 17–5 3–2 23 Mar 22 Washington State No. 25 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–1 (11) 18–5 4–2 24 Mar 24 San Jose State No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 6–1 19–5 – 25 Mar 25 San Jose State No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 8–2 20–5 – 26 Mar 27 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 1–8 20–6 – 27 Mar 28 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 2–7 20–7 – 28 Mar 29 Cal Poly No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 4–2 21–7 –
April (7–6) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 29 Apr 2 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA W 3–2 22–7 5–2 30 Apr 3 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 1–4 22–8 5–3 31 Apr 4 at No. 4 UCLA No. 18 Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, CA L 5–10 22–9 5–4 32 Apr 10 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR L 2–3 22–10 5–5 33 Apr 11 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR W 4–2 23–10 6–5 34 Apr 12 at Oregon No. 20 PK Park • Eugene, OR L 9–10 23–11 6–6 Apr 14 vs. Portland No. 20 Volcanoes Stadium • Keizer, OR Postponed to May 13 35 Apr 17 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–1 24–11 7–6 36 Apr 18 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 1–3 24–12 7–7 37 Apr 19 Arizona No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 5–3 25–12 8–7 38 Apr 24 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3–11 25–13 8–8 39 Apr 25 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–2 26–13 9–8 40 Apr 26 No. 11 USC No. 20 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–6 27–13 10–8 41 Apr 30 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 4–2 (10) 28–13 11–8
May (10–3–1) # Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 42 May 1 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA L 6–8 28–14 11–9 43 May 2 at Washington No. 18 Husky Ballpark • Seattle, WA W 4–1 29–14 12–9 44 May 5 Oregon No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 10–2 30–14 – 45 May 8 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 3–0 31–14 13–9 46 May 9 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 2–0 32–14 14–9 47 May 10 Utah No. 19 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR T 2–2 (15) 32–14–1 14–9–1 48 May 13 vs. Portland No. 18 Volcanoes Stadium • Keizer, OR W 20–0 33–14–1 – 49 May 15 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 5–2 34–14–1 15–9–1 50 May 16 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 7–5 35–14–1 16–9–1 51 May 17 at Stanford No. 18 Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA W 12–3 36–14–1 17–9–1 52 May 19 Oregon No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 2–3 (11) 36–15–1 – 53 May 22 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 4–0 37–15–1 18–9–1 54 May 23 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR W 9–0 38–15–1 19–9–1 55 May 24 No. 16 California No. 11 Goss Stadium • Corvallis, OR L 3–7 38–16–1 19–10–1
Postseason (1–2)
NCAA tournament: Corvallis Regional (1–2) # Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Overall record NCAAT record 56 May 29 vs. (3) No. 30 Texas (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX W 5–4 39–16–1 1–0 May 30 vs. (4) VCU (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX Postponed to May 31 (weather) 57 May 31 vs. (4) VCU (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 1–5 39–17–1 1–1 58 May 31 at (1) No. 24 Dallas Baptist (2) No. 12 Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX L 1–7 39–18–1 1–2

Ranking movements

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'		*			24		25							23	20	18
Baseball America														23	23	17
Collegiate Baseball^					24	25	19	18	20	20	20	18	19	18	11	12
NCBWA†					30	30	27					29	24	22	20	18

^ 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. "Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
2. "KJ Harrison, Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, leads Oregon State postseason honors". Oregonian. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
3. "2015 All-Conference Baseball Team named". Pac-12 Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
4. "NCAA baseball tournament: On Selection Monday, Oregon State Beavers receive added motivation". Oregonian. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
5. "2015 Baseball Roster". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
6. "Oregon State Beavers baseball schedule". Oregon State Beavers. Retrieved May 25, 2015.