2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
D1Baseball.comNo. 13
Record27–10 (8–7 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Brown
  • Mike Baxter
  • Tyler Shewmaker
Home stadiumHawkins Field
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 4 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 19 – 6   .760 36 – 10   .783
No. 1 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 18 – 7   .720 41 – 9   .820
No. 15 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 15 – 11   .577 37 – 12   .755
No. 13 South Carolina ‍‍‍ 13 – 13   .500 33 – 17   .660
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 33 – 17   .660
Florida ‍‍‍ 10 – 15   .400 25 – 24   .510
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 8 – 17   .320 22 – 28   .440
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 18 – 7   .720 41 – 9   .820
No. 3 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 16 – 9   .640 41 – 9   .820
No. 14 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 11   .560 32 – 17   .653
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 11 – 14   .440 31 – 18   .633
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 10 – 15   .400 26 – 23   .531
LSU  ‍‍‍ 9 – 16   .360 32 – 19   .627
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 4 – 21   .160 23 – 25   .479
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 10, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field.

Previous season[edit]

Main article: 2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

In 2023, the Commodores finished 42–20, 19–11 in the SEC to finish second place in the Eastern Division. They would go on to win the 2023 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament, beating Texas A&M to win the conference. They played in the Nashville Regional of the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, being knocked out of the tournament by Xavier.

Personnel[edit]

Roster[edit]

2024 Vanderbilt Commodores roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 17 – Ryan Ginther – Junior
  • 20 – Carter Holton – Junior
  • 22 – JD Thompson – Sophomore
  • 30 – Ethan Robinson – Freshman
  • 31 – Duke Ekstrom – Freshman
  • 33 – Luke Guth – Freshman
  • 34 – Brennan Seiber – Freshman
  • 35 – Nik Copenhaver – Freshman
  • 36 – Levi Huesman – Sophomore
  • 37 – Jacob Schulz – Freshman
  • 38 – David Horn Jr. – Sophomore
  • 40 – Sam Hliboki – Fifth Year
  • 55 – Colton Regen – Junior
  • 66 – Deegan Cordova – Freshman
  • 77 – Alex Kranzler – Freshman
  • 80 – Andrew Dutkyanch IV – Sophomore
  • 88 – Sawyer Hawks – Junior
  • 89 – Ethan McElvain – Freshman
  • 90 – Miller Green – Freshman
  • 95 – Devin Futrell – Junior
  • 96 – Nate Teague – Freshman
  • 97 – Bryce Cunningham – Junior
  • 98 – Greysen Carter – Junior
  

Catchers

  • 5 – Logan Poteet – Sophomore
  • 16 – Jack Bulger – Senior
  • 44 – Colin Barczi – Freshman
  • 45 – Alan Espinal – Senior

Infielders

  • 6 – Matt Wolfe – Sophomore
  • 8 – Chris Maldonado – Sophomore
  • 9 – Ray Velasquez – Sophomore
  • 11 – Davis Diaz – Junior
  • 13 – Jonathan Vastine – Junior
  • 25 – Matt Ossenfort – Freshman
  • 26 – Braden Holcomb – Freshman
  • 28 – Camden Kozeal – Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 18 – JD Rogers – Junior
  • 19 – Troy LaNeve – Fifth Year
  • 21 – Calvin Hewett – Senior
  • 23 – Devan Kodali – Sophomore
  • 32 – Cooper Holbrook – Sophomore

Utility players

  • 1 – Matthew Polk – Junior
  • 2 – RJ Hamilton – Freshman
  • 10 – Jacob Humphrey – Junior
  • 27 – Kaito Muto – Freshman
  • 42 – RJ Austin – Sophomore
  

Coaching staff[edit]

2024 Vanderbilt Commodores coaching staff[2]
Name Position
Tim Corbin Head Coach
Scott Brown Associate Head Coach
Mike Baxter Assistant Coach
Tyler Shewmaker Assistant Coach

Schedule and results[edit]

2023 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log (26–10)
Regular Season (26–10)
April (3–3)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
April 2 Western Kentucky* No. 7 Hawkins Field Canceled
April 4 at No. 18 LSU No. 7 Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA		 L 6–10 Holman (6–1) Carter (2–1) Herring (3) SECN+ 10,778 23–7 6–4
April 5 at No. 18 LSU No. 7 Alex Box Stadium W 8—6 McElvain (1–1) Ackenhausen (2–4) None SECN+ 12,315 24–7 7–4
April 6 at No. 18 LSU No. 7 Alex Box Stadium W 13–38 Holton (5–0) Coleman (2–1) None SECN+ 12,076 25–7 8–4
April 9 Middle Tennessee State* No. 6 Hawkins Field W 14–17 Guth (1–0) Sato (0–2) None SECN+ 3,271 26–7 –
April 12 at No. 3 Texas A&M No. 6 Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX		 L 0–157 Prager (7–0) Cunningham (4–2) None SECN+ 7,351 26–8 8–5
April 13 at No. 3 Texas A&M No. 6 Hawkins Field L 0–9 Jones (3–1) Holton (5–1) None SECN 8,075 26–9 8–6
April 14 at No. 3 Texas A&M No. 6 Hawkins Field L 6–12 Cortez (5–1) McElvain (1–2) Aschenbeck (5) SECN+ 7,063 26–10 8–7
April 16 at Lipscomb* Dugan Field
Nashville, TN		 W 15–47 Seiber (2–0) Harmon (2–2) None ESPN+ 1,547 27–10 –
April 18 Florida Hawkins Field ESPNU
April 19 Florida Hawkins Field ESPN2
April 20 Florida Hawkins Field SECN+
April 23 UT Martin* Hawkins Field SECN+ –
April 26 Mississippi State Hawkins Field SECN+
April 27 Mississippi State Hawkins Field SECN+
April 28 Mississippi State Hawkins Field SECN+
April 30 Tennessee Tech* Hawkins Field SECN+ –

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  Vanderbilt win •  L  Vanderbilt loss •  Postponement or cancellation  • Bold denotes Vanderbilt player

Record vs. conference opponents[edit]

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2024 SEC baseball records

Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 10–14 2–1 5/18 . 0–3 0–3 5/12 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 . ALA W4 4–4 0–2
ARK 17–7 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 5/12 3–0 3–0 2–1 . 5/18 . ARK W1 6–2 3–0
AUB 4–20 5/18 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 0–3 5/12 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 0–3 AUB W7 0–8 0–4
FLA 10–14 . 1–2 . 5/18 5/12 2–1 2–1 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 FLA E6 3–5 0–1
UGA 13–11 3–0 . . 5/18 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 5/12 1–2 1–2 3–0 UGA E4 4–4 2–1
KEN 18–6 3–0 2–1 3–0 5/12 3–0 . . 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 . 5/18 KEN E1 6–2 4–0
LSU 9–15 5/12 0–3 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 5/18 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 LSU W6 3–5 0–2
MSU 14–10 2–1 5/12 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 2–1 5/18 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 MSU W3 5–3 1–0
MIZZ 7–17 . 0–3 5/12 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 5/18 . 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 MIZZ E7 1–7 1–3
MISS 9–15 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 5/18 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 5/12 . MISS W5 3–5 0–2
SCAR 13–11 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 5/12 2–1 . . 2–1 1–2 5/18 1–2 3–0 SCAR E3 4–4 1–0
TENN 17–7 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 5/18 . 5/12 TENN E2 7–1 2–0
TAMU 16–8 2–1 5/18 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 . 5/12 2–1 . 3–0 TAMU W2 6–2 2–0
VAN 11–13 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 5/18 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 0–3 5/12 0–3 VAN E5 4–4 2–3
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for all games through 5 May 2024. Tie Brkrs: TENN>ARK KEN common. SCAR>UGA KEN common. ALA>FLA ARK common. MISS>LSU TENN common.

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[3]66*141010396612
Baseball America[4]77998276513
NCBWA†[5]710131210496613
D1Baseball[6]66999377613
Perfect Game[7]671198388612

† 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[edit]

  1. ^ "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Baseball Roster". vucommodores.com. Vanderbilt University Athletics. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  4. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  5. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  6. ^ D1 Baseball
  7. ^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
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