2015 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team

2015 Kansas State Wildcats baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	13–14 (2–5 Big 12)
Head coach	Brad Hill (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Andy Sawyers (1st season) Josh Reynolds (5th season)
Home stadium	Tointon Family Stadium

2015 Big 12 Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 TCU ‍†‍‍y	18	–	5		.783			51	–	15		.773
No. 19 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y	14	–	8		.636			38	–	20		.655
Oklahoma ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			34	–	27		.557
Texas Tech ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			31	–	24		.564
Texas ‍‍‡‍y	11	–	13		.458			30	–	27		.526
Kansas State ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			27	–	30		.474
West Virginia ‍‍‍	9	–	13		.409			27	–	27		.500
Baylor ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			23	–	32		.418
Kansas ‍‍‍	8	–	15		.348			23	–	32		.418
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team will represent Kansas State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats will play their home games at Tointon Family Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Brad Hill, in his 12th season at Kansas State.

Previous season

In 2014, the Wildcats finished the season 9th in the Big 12 with a record of 25–30, 5–18 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament or the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Kansas State Wildcats roster
	Pitchers 14 – Colton Kalmus – Sophomore 20 – Lucas Benenati – Junior 21 – Bryce Ward – Freshman 23 – Blake McFadden – Sophomore 24 – Nate Griep – Sophomore 28 – Mark Biesma – Senior 29 – Levi MaVorhis – Junior 30 – Jordan Floyd – Sophomore 34 – Kyle Halbohn – Junior 36 – Brandon Courville – Junior 37 – Corey Fischer – Junior 38 – Brandon Erickson – Junior 40 – Mitch Plassmeyer – Freshman 44 – Jackson Douglas – Freshman 45 – Nate Williams – Junior		Catchers 8 – Steve Serratore – Sophomore 10 – Alex Bee – Junior 17 – Tyler Moore – Junior 39 – Matt Nerz – Freshman Infielders 1 – Jake Wodtke – Sophomore 2 – Dalon Farkas – Freshman 4 – Trae Patterson – Sophomore 6 – Carter Yagi – Senior 7 – Tyler Wolfe – Junior 13 – Ethan Klosterboer – Freshman 15 – Shane Conlon – Senior		Outfielders 5 – Clayton Dalrymple – Junior 9 – Danny Krause – Junior 12 – Keith Browning – Sophomore 16 – Max Brown – Senior 19 – Brian O'Bannon – Sophomore 22 – Sam Chadick – Freshman 26 – Taylor Anderson – Junior 27 – Cole DuPont – Freshman 31 – Brooks DeBord – Junior 35 – Dominic Thornton – Freshman

Coaching staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Kansas State	Alma Mater
Brad Hill	Head coach	12	Emporia State University (1985)
Andy Sawyers	Associate head coach	1	University of Nebraska (1998)
Josh Reynolds	Assistant coach	5	Kansas State University (2006)

Schedule

Legend
	Kansas State win
	Kansas State loss
	Postponement
Bold	Kansas State team member

2015 Kansas State Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B12 Record February 13 vs. Iowa Charlotte Sports Park • Port Charlotte, FL W 5–4 Floyd (1–0) Grant (0–1) Halbohn (1) 432 1–0 – February 14 vs. Pittsburgh North Charlotte Regional Park • Port Charlotte, FL W 7–0 MaVorhis (1–0) Berube (0–1) N/A 2–0 – February 14 vs. George Mason North Charlotte Regional Park • Port Charlotte, FL L 0–5 Williams (1–0) Biesma (0–1) N/A 2–1 – February 15 vs. Saint Louis North Charlotte Regional Park • Port Charlotte, FL L 4–7 Plohr (1–0) Floyd (1–1) N/A 2–2 – February 19 vs. Utah Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ W 3–2 Griep (1–0) Drachler (0–2) N/A 3–2 – February 20 vs. Oregon State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ L 9–10 Hickey (2–0) Floyd (1–2) 2,301 3–3 – February 21 vs. Washington Sloan Park • Mesa, AZ L 5–6 (10) Jones (1–0) Halbohn (0–1) 484 3–4 – February 22 vs. Washington State Sloan Park • Mesa, AZ W 12–3 Fischer (1–0) Leonard (0–1) 135 4–4 – February 28 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 2–4 Jeffries (2–1) Griep (1–1) Nelson (1) 336 4–5 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B12 Record March 1 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 2–6 Mason (2–0) Kalmus (0–1) Muse-Fisher (2) 451 4–6 – March 2 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, CA L 1–9 Ladrech (2–1) Fischer (1–1) 115 4–7 – March 6 Santa Clara Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 4–1 Griep (2–1) Steffens (2–2) Erickson (1) 2,667 5–7 – March 7 Santa Clara Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 17–5 Floyd (2–2) Wilson (1–1) 2,387 6–7 – March 8 Santa Clara Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 10–3 Douglas (1–0) George (1–1) 2,331 7–7 – March 10 Creighton Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 10–5 Halbohn (1–1) Elman (0–1) 2,520 8–7 – March 11 Creighton Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 3–6 DeCaster (1–0) Douglas (1–1) 2,203 8–8 – March 13 Missouri State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 4–0 Griep (3–1) Hall (3–1) 2,849 9–8 – March 14 Missouri State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 10–6 Douglas (2–1) Cheray (2–2) 2,410 10–8 – March 15 Missouri State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS L 7–10 Young (1–0) Erickson (0–1) 2,660 10–9 – March 17 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX W 3–2 Halbohn (2–1) Stone (0–1) Erickson (2) 150 11–9 – March 18 at Stephen F. Austin Jaycees Field • Nacogdoches, TX Cancelled March 21 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 3–5 Bellow (2–1) Courville (0–1) Culbreth (3) 5,372 11–10 0–1 March 21 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–3 Hollingsworth (3–1) Calmus (0–2) Bellow (2) 5,372 11–11 0–2 March 22 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L 1–6 Clemens (2–1) Fischer (1–2) Mayes (1) 5,695 11–12 0–3 March 25 Omaha Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS Postponed March 27 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK W 4–2 Fischer (2–2) Perrin (2–3) 1,404 12–12 1–3 March 28 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 3–12 Buffett (2–1) Halbohn (2–2) 2,224 12–13 1–4 March 29 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK L 1–4 Freeman (5–0) Fischer (2–3) 1,802 12–14 1–5
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B12 Record April 2 West Virginia Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS W 8–2 Fischer (3–3) Dotson (0–3) 2,737 13–14 2–5 April 3 West Virginia Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 4 West Virginia Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 7 Nebraska Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 8 at Omaha Werner Park • Papillion, NE April 10 TCU Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 11 TCU Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 12 TCU Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 14 Wichita State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 17 Texas Tech Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 18 Texas Tech Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 19 Texas Tech Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS April 21 at Nebraska Haymarket Park • Lincoln, NE April 24 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX April 25 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX April 26 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX April 28 at Minnesota Siebert Field • Minneapolis, MN April 29 at Minnesota Siebert Field • Minneapolis, MN
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B12 Record May 1 Arkansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS May 2 Arkansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS May 3 Arkansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS May 5 at Wichita State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS May 8 Oklahoma Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS May 9 Oklahoma Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS May 10 Oklahoma Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS May 15 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS May 16 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS May 17 at Kansas Hoglund Ballpark • Lawrence, KS
Post-season
Big 12 Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B12 Record TBD ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK TBD ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK
All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.