2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball
ACC Tournament Champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Division Atlantic Division
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
2015 record 44–21 (17–13 ACC)
Head coach Mike Martin (36th year)
Assistant coach Mike Martin, Jr. (18th year)
Pitching coach Mike Bell (4th year)
Home stadium Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
2015 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Atlantic
#10 Louisville xy 25 5   .833     47 18   .723
#26 Notre Dame y 17 13   .567     37 23   .617
#12 Florida State y 17 13   .567     44 21   .677
Clemson y 16 13   .552     32 29   .525
NC State y 15 14   .517     36 23   .610
Wake Forest 12 18   .400     27 26   .509
Boston College 10 19   .345     27 27   .500
Coastal
#6 Miami (FL) xy 22 8   .733     50 16   .758
#1 Virginia y 15 15   .500     44 24   .647
North Carolina 13 16   .448     34 24   .586
Virginia Tech 13 16   .448     27 27   .500
Georgia Tech 13 17   .433     32 23   .582
Duke 10 19   .345     31 22   .585
Pittsburgh 9 21   .300     20 32   .385
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Martin, in his 36th season at Florida State. It was the Seminoles' 24th season as a member of the ACC and its 10th in the ACC's Atlantic Division.

Despite having a young team, Florida State won the ACC title and reached forty wins for the thirty-eighth straight year. The Seminoles were selected to host a regional in the NCAA Tournament, marking their fifty-third tournament appearance and hosting for the thirty-second time, advancing to the super regionals for the fourteenth time.

Previous season

In 2014, the Seminoles finished the season as Atlantic division champions with a record of 43–17, 21–9 in conference play. They qualified for the ACC Tournament and were eliminated in pool play. The Seminoles qualified for the NCAA Tournament as the #5 overall national seed. They were hosts of the Tallahassee regional, which also contained Georgia Southern, Alabama, and Kennesaw State. Florida State was upset by both Georgia Southern and Alabama and was eliminated after just two games.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Florida State Seminoles roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 5 - Billy Strode - Senior
  • 6 - Cobi Johnson - Freshman
  • 7 - Steven Wells - Freshman
  • 9 - Andy Ward - Freshman
  • 16 - Taylor Blatch - Sophomore
  • 17 - Mike Compton - Junior
  • 18 - Ed Voyles - Freshman
  • 19 - Andrew Karp - Freshman
  • 24 - Dylan Silva - Junior
  • 26 - Taylor Folsom - Freshman
  • 27 - Derek Vail - Junior
  • 30 - Will Zirzow - Freshman
  • 31 - Alec Byrd - Sophomore
  • 33 - Bryant Holtmann - Senior
  • 36 - Boomer Biegalski - Sophomore
  • 38 - Alex Deise - Sophomore
  • 42 - Jim Voyles - Sophomore
  • 46 - Drew Carlton - Freshman
 

Catchers

  • 13 - Danny De La Calle - Senior
  • 20 - Gage West - Sophomore
  • 25 - Bret Maxwell - Freshman

Infielders

  • 3 - Darren Miller - Freshman
  • 10 - Taylor Walls - Freshman
  • 12 - John Sansone - Junior
  • 14 - Jackson Owens - Freshman
  • 15 - Hank Truluck - Sophomore
  • 21 - Ben DeLuzio - Sophomore
  • 23 - Chris Marconcini - Senior
  • 28 - Dylan Busby - Freshman
  • 29 - Quincy Nieporte - Sophomore
  • 32 - Hayden Kelly - Junior
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - Nick Graganella - Junior
  • 2 - Josh Delph - Senior
  • 8 - DJ Stewart - Junior
  • 43 - Timmy Delph - Freshman
 

Coaching staff

2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball coaching staff
  • 11 - Mike Martin - Head Coach - 36th season
  • 22 - Mike Bell - Associate Head Coach / Pitchers - 4th season
  • 4 - Mike Martin, Jr. - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator - 18th season

Season

Preseason

In the ACC Media Poll, Florida State was picked by the coaches to finish second in the conference and first in the Atlantic Division.[3]

Schedule

Florida State was selected to be a regional host in the NCAA tournament as the thirteenth overall seed.

2015 Florida State Seminoles Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (37–19)
Post-Season (7–2)
NCAA Tournament (3–2)
Legend:           = Win           = Loss           = Postponement
Bold = Florida State team member

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball; parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Final 
Coaches' 12 12* 16 19 18 11 9 8 8 13 11 11 10 8 14 10 10 13 
Baseball America 21 21 25 21 18 13 10 10 8 13 12 9 8 9 17 10 10 15 
Collegiate Baseball^ 11 11 22 22 11 7 7 8 7 9 8 7 7 8 10 10 9 12 
NCBWA 16 15 22 22 17 12 10 8 8 13 12 11 10 9 16 12 10 13

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Awards

D.J. Stewart

Watchlists

D.J. Stewart
Billy Strode

Honors

All-ACC

Four players were named All-ACC selections.[85]

Ben Duluzio, Chris Marconcini and Boomer Biegalski were named to the All-Tournament team, with Boomer Biegalski being named tournament MVP.

All-Americans

MLB Draft

Seven players were selected in the 2015 MLB Draft:

Round Overall Pick Name Position Team
1st 25 D.J. Stewart Outfielder Baltimore Orioles
9th 268 Danny De La Calle Catcher Tampa Bay Rays
10th 304 Billy Strode Pitcher Cleveland Indians
11th 335 Dylan Silva Pitcher Seattle Mariners
14th 428 Boomer Biegalski Pitcher Oakland Athletics
24th 706 Bryant Holtmann Pitcher Arizona Diamondbacks
37th 1,125 Josh Delph Outfielder Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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