2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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

2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
D1Baseball.comNo. 13
Record38–23 (13–17 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Brown
  • Mike Baxter
  • Tyler Shewmaker
Home stadiumHawkins Field
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee x‍†‍‡‍y 22–8 .73360–13 .822
No. 3 Kentucky x‍†‍‍y 22–8 .73346–16 .742
No. 11 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 17–13 .56743–17 .717
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43338–23 .623
No. 8 Florida ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43336–30 .545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43337–25 .597
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9–21 .30023–32 .418
Western
No. 17 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20–10 .66744–16 .733
No. 2 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 19–11 .63353–15 .779
No. 22 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 17–13 .56740–23 .635
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43333–24 .579
LSU  ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43343–23 .652
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .36727–29 .482
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8–22 .26727–26 .509
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 24, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season
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

Roster
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
2024 Vanderbilt Commodores coaching staff[2]
NamePosition
Tim CorbinHead Coach
Scott BrownAssociate Head Coach
Mike BaxterAssistant Coach
Tyler ShewmakerAssistant Coach

Schedule and results
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 2Western Kentucky*No. 7Hawkins FieldCanceled
April 4at No. 18 LSUNo. 7Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA		L 6–10Holman (6–1)Carter (2–1)Herring (3)SECN+10,77823–76–4
April 5at No. 18 LSUNo. 7Alex Box StadiumW 8—6McElvain (1–1)Ackenhausen (2–4)NoneSECN+12,31524–77–4
April 6at No. 18 LSUNo. 7Alex Box StadiumW 13–38Holton (5–0)Coleman (2–1)NoneSECN+12,07625–78–4
April 9Middle Tennessee State*No. 6Hawkins FieldW 14–17Guth (1–0)Sato (0–2)NoneSECN+3,27126–7–
April 12at No. 3 Texas A&MNo. 6Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX		L 0–157Prager (7–0)Cunningham (4–2)NoneSECN+7,35126–88–5
April 13at No. 3 Texas A&MNo. 6Hawkins FieldL 0–9Jones (3–1)Holton (5–1)NoneSECN8,07526–98–6
April 14at No. 3 Texas A&MNo. 6Hawkins FieldL 6–12Cortez (5–1)McElvain (1–2)Aschenbeck (5)SECN+7,06326–108–7
April 16at Lipscomb*Dugan Field
Nashville, TN		W 15–47Seiber (2–0)Harmon (2–2)NoneESPN+1,54727–10–
April 18FloridaHawkins FieldESPNU
April 19FloridaHawkins FieldESPN2
April 20FloridaHawkins FieldSECN+
April 23UT Martin*Hawkins FieldSECN+–
April 26Mississippi StateHawkins FieldSECN+
April 27Mississippi StateHawkins FieldSECN+
April 28Mississippi StateHawkins FieldSECN+
April 30Tennessee Tech*Hawkins FieldSECN+–

*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


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

2024 SEC baseball records

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

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA13–172–11–2.0–30–32–11–2.2–12–12–11–2.ALAW45–50–2
ARK20–101–22–12–1.1–23–02–13–03–02–1.1–2.ARKW17–33–0
AUB8–222–11–2..0–31–20–32–11–2.1–20–30–3AUBW72–80–4
FLA13–17.1–2.2–11–22–12–10–3.1–21–22–11–2FLAE54–60–1
UGA17–133–0..1–20–3.1–22–12–13–01–21–23–0UGAE35–53–1
KEN22–83–02–13–02–13–0..2–13–01–21–2.2–1KENE28–24–0
LSU13–171–20–32–11–2..1–22–13–0.0–32–11–2LSUW54–61–2
MSU17–132–11–23–01–22–1.2–12–11–2..1–22–1MSUW36–41–0
MIZZ9–21.0–31–23–01–21–21–21–2.1–20–3.0–3MIZZE71–91–3
MISS11–191–20–32–1.1–20–30–32–1.2–11–22–1.MISSW64–60–3
SCAR13–171–21–2.2–10–32–1..2–11–20–31–23–0SCARE64–61–2
TENN22–81–2.2–12–12–12–13–0.3–02–13–0.2–1TENNE19–13–0
TAMU19–112–12–13–01–22–1.1–22–1.1–22–1.3–0TAMUW27–32–0
VAN13–17..3–02–10–31–22–11–23–0.0–31–20–3VANE44–62–3
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.

Rankings
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
  1. "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  2. "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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