2002 Texas Longhorns baseball team

The 2002 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The team was coached by Augie Garrido in his 6th season at Texas.

2002 Texas Longhorns baseball
National Champions Big 12 Conference Champions Big 12 Conference Tournament Champions
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
CB	No. 1
2002 record	57–15 (19–8 Big 12)
Head coach	Augie Garrido (6th year)
Assistant coach	Tommy Harmon (13th year) Frank Anderson (3rd year)
Home stadium	UFCU Disch–Falk Field

2002 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Texas  ‍†‍‡‍^y	19	–	8		.704			57	–	15		.792
No. 8 Nebraska  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	11		.593			47	–	21		.691
No. 24 Texas Tech  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	11		.593			42	–	20		.677
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍^y	15	–	12		.556			35	–	27		.565
Oklahoma State  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			37	–	21		.638
Kansas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	13		.500			30	–	25		.545
Baylor  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	13		.500			36	–	26		.581
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			35	–	24		.593
Missouri  ‍‍‍	9	–	16		.360			24	–	29		.453
Kansas  ‍‍‍	5	–	21		.192			22	–	29		.431
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Longhorns won the College World Series with a 12–6 victory over South Carolina.

Roster

2002 Texas Longhorns baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town 29 RHP Alan Bomer R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Jr Altoona, IA 31 OF Chris Carmichael L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 182 lb (83 kg) Sr Decatur, GA 10 RHP Ray Clark R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Jr Grapevine, TX 46 LHP Buck Cody L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr Oklahoma City, OK 13 RHP Luis Cortez R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Sinton, TX 11 OF Christopher Townsend L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Jr Austin, TX 37 OF Nic Crosta R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 206 lb (93 kg) Fr Seattle, WA 41 LHP Geno Espineli L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) So Katy, TX 4 INF Brandon Fahey R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 161 lb (73 kg) Jr Dallas, TX 47 OF Shawn Ferguson R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Fr Houston, TX 6 OF Joe Ferin L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Ankeny, IA 5 RHP Ryan France R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Sr Austin, TX 34 RHP Kevin Frizzell R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Georgetown, TX 35 LHP Brad Halsey L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Jr Houston, TX 14 INF Michael Hollimon R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Fr Dallas, TX 39 C Ryan Hubele R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Jr Paradise Valley, AZ 20 INF Seth Johnston R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Fair Oaks Ranch, TX 26 LHP Brantley Jordan L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 184 lb (83 kg) Jr Austin, TX 2 OF Ben King L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Grapevine, TX 23 OF Dustin Majewski L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Brenham, TX 28 RHP Tim McGough R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 193 lb (88 kg) So Fort Worth, TX 9 RHP Jesen Merle R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 194 lb (88 kg) Jr Garland, TX 1 INF Tim Moss R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 177 lb (80 kg) So Lancaster, TX 7 RHP Daniel Muegge L/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Brenham, TX 2 OF Kalani Napoleon L/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 187 lb (85 kg) Sr Aurora, CO 32 INF Chris Neuman L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 202 lb (92 kg) So Fort Worth, Texas 40 INF Jeff Ontiveros R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 229 lb (104 kg) Sr Round Rock, TX 24 INF Omar Quintanilla R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So El Paso, TX 48 INF J.D. Reininger R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 183 lb (83 kg) Fr Spring Branch, TX 8 OF Matt Rosenberg L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 171 lb (78 kg) Sr Grand Junction, CO 43 OF Chris Scorfield R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Fr Fort Worth, TX 30 LHP Justin Simmons L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 217 lb (98 kg) So DeSoto, TX 25 RHP Huston Street R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Fr Austin, TX 11 OF Eric Sultmeider R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 183 lb (83 kg) So New Braunfels, TX 42 RHP Chas Taylor R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Austin, TX 27 C Curtis Thigpen R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Fr Forney, TX	Head coach 16 Augie Garrido (6th year) Assistant coach(es) 22 Tommy Harmon (13th year) 3 Frank Anderson (3rd year) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt

Schedule

2002 Texas Longhorns Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record February 6 Concordia Disch-Falk Field 7-1 Simmons (W; 1-0) 3,315 1-0 – February 6 Concordia Disch-Falk Field 7-1 Bomer (W; 1-0) 3,315 2–0 – February 8 vs. TCU Minute Maid Park 1-8 Clark (L; 0-1) 12,573 2-1 – February 9 vs. Houston Minute Maid Park 7-6 McGough (W; 1-0) 15,428 3-1 – February 10 vs. Louisiana-Lafayette Minute Maid Park 3-4 Jordan (L; 0-1) 10,409 3-2 – February 12 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Disch-Falk Field 14-2 Simmons (W; 2-0) 3,308 4-2 – February 15 Sam Houston State Disch-Falk Field 3-2 Merle (W; 1-0) 3,388 5-2 – February 16 Sam Houston State Disch-Falk Field 23-0 Bomer (W; 2-0) 3,777 6-2 – February 17 Sam Houston State Disch-Falk Field 13-1 Halsey (W; 1-0) 3,738 7-2 – February 19 Texas-San Antonio Disch-Falk Field 20-3 Espinelli (W; 1-0) 3,348 8-2 – February 20 Northwestern State Disch-Falk Field 3-2 France (W; 1-0) 3,384 9-2 – February 22 Loyola Marymount Disch-Falk Field 10-1 Simmons (W; 3-0) 3,503 10-2 – February 23 Loyola Marymount Disch-Falk Field 17-3 Bomer (W; 3-0) 4,204 11-2 – February 24 Loyola Marymount Disch-Falk Field 8-2 Halsey (W; 2-0) 3,739 12-2 – February 26 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Disch-Falk Field 12-2 Clark (W; 1-1) 3,210 13-2 –
March Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record March 1 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark 4-5 Merle (L; 1-1) 3,361 13-3 0-1 March 2 Baylor Disch-Falk Field 4-3 Simmons (W; 4-0) 4,013 14-3 1–1 March 3 Baylor Disch-Falk Field 4–11 Bomer (L; 3-1) 3,774 14–4 1–2 March 5 Winthrop Disch-Falk Field 2-1 Street (W; 1-0) 3,498 15-4 – March 8 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field 5-10 Street (L; 1-1) 3,498 15-5 1-3 March 9 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field 6-3 Simmons (W; 5-0) 3,429 16-5 2–3 March 10 at Texas Tech Dan Law Field 0-9 Clark (L; 1-2) 3,429 16–6 2–4 March 12 vs. TCU Dell Diamond 5-1 Espinelli (W; 2-0) 3,661 17-6 – March 15 at Missouri Taylor Stadium 15-0 Halsey (W; 3-0) 384 18–6 3–4 March 16 at Missouri Taylor Stadium 6-3 Simmons (W; 6-0) 378 19-6 4–4 March 17 at Missouri Taylor Stadium 7–2 Clark (W; 2-2) 393 20-6 5–4 March 19 McNeese State Disch-Falk Field 14-0 Espinelli (W; 3-0) 3,342 21-6 – March 22 Texas-Pan American Disch-Falk Field 10-0 Halsey (W; 4-0) 3,402 22–6 – March 23 Texas-Pan American Disch-Falk Field 9–0 Simmons (W; 7-0) 4,634 23-6 – March 24 Texas-Pan American Disch-Falk Field 20–0 Clark (W; 3-2) 4,085 24-6 – March 28 at Stanford Sunken Diamond 6-7 Bomer (L; 3-2) 2,310 24–7 – March 29 at Stanford Sunken Diamond 2–0 Simmons (W; 8-0) 2,828 25–7 – March 30 at Stanford Sunken Diamond 2–7 Clark (W; 3-3) 3,280 25–8 –
April Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record April 2 Texas-San Antonio Disch-Falk Field 11-1 Bomer (W; 4-2) 3,691 26-8 - April 5 Kansas Disch-Falk Field 3-5 Halsey (L; 4-1) 3,659 26-9 5-5 April 6 Kansas Disch-Falk Field 8-3 Simmons (W; 9-0) 5,116 27-9 6–5 April 6 Kansas Disch-Falk Field 5–4 Street (W; 2-1) 5,116 28–9 7–5 April 9 Rice Disch-Falk Field 3-2 Jordan (W; 1-1) 4,154 29–9 – April 12 at Oklahoma Mitchell Park 5-6 Merle (L; 1-2) 2,225 29–10 7–6 April 14 at Oklahoma Mitchell Park 8-2 Simmons (W; 10-0) 1,850 30–10 8–6 April 14 at Oklahoma Mitchell Park 8-1 Bomer (W; 5-2) 2,517 31–10 9–6 April 19 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium 6-0 Halsey (W; 5-1) 114 32–10 10–6 April 21 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium 8-4 Simmons (W; 11-0) 333 33–10 11–6 April 21 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium 8–2 Bomer (W; 6-2) 333 34–10 12–6 April 23 Southwest Texas St. Disch-Falk Field 0–2 Clark (L; 3-4) 4,484 34-11 – April 26 Oklahoma State Disch-Falk Field 3-2 Halsey (W; 6-1) 4,678 35–11 13–6 April 27 Oklahoma State Disch-Falk Field 2–1 Simmons (W; 12-0) 4,719 36–11 14–6 April 28 Oklahoma State Disch-Falk Field 7–4 Bomer (W; 7-2) 4,440 37–11 15–6 April 30 vs. TCU Dell Diamond 14-8 Muegge (W; 1-0) 2,764 38–11 -
May Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record Big 12 Record May 3 Nebraska Disch-Falk Field 3-8 Halsey (L; 6-2) 4,671 38–12 15-7 May 4 Nebraska Disch-Falk Field 3-2 Simmons (W; 13-0) 4,891 39–12 16-7 May 5 Nebraska Disch-Falk Field 5-7 Bomer (L; 7-3) 4,740 39–13 16-8 May 14 at Rice Reckling Park 4-2 Muegge (W; 2-0) 4,610 40–13 - May 17 Texas A&M Disch-Falk Field 5–1 Simmons (W; 14-0) 6,709 41–13 17–8 May 18 at Texas A&M Olsen Field 7-3 Merle (W; 2-0) 7,136 42–13 18–8 May 19 at Texas A&M Olsen Field 7–4 Espinelli (W; 4-0) 5,922 43–13 19–8
Post-Season
Big 12 Tournament Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record May 22 vs. Texas A&M Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 4–8 Simmons (L; 14-1) 13,641 43–14 May 23 vs. Oklahoma State Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 8-6 Street (W; 3-1) 7,411 44–14 May 24 vs. Texas A&M Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 9-4 Bomer (W; 8-3) 12,731 45–14 May 25 vs. Oklahoma Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 2-1 Clark (W; 4-4) 12,846 46–14 May 25 vs. Oklahoma Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 8-5 Espinelli (W; 5-0) 10,220 47–14 May 26 vs. Nebraska Rangers Ballpark in Arlington 9-6 Street (W; 4-1) 13,327 48–14
NCAA Tournament: Austin Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record May 31 vs. Central Connecticut State Disch-Falk Field 7–2 Halsey (W; 7-2) 6,712 49–14 June 1 vs. Baylor Disch-Falk Field 10–8 Clark (W; 5-4) 6,848 50–14 June 2 vs. Baylor Disch-Falk Field 2–0 Bomer (W; 9-3) 7,223 51–14
NCAA Tournament: Austin Super Regional Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record June 7 vs. Houston Disch-Falk Field 0–2 Merle (L; 2-3) 7,209 51–15 June 8 vs. Houston Disch-Falk Field 17–2 Clark (W; 6-4) 7,374 52–15 June 9 vs. Houston Disch-Falk Field 5–2 Bomer (W; 10-3) 7,277 53–15
NCAA Tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score UT Decision Attendance Overall Record June 15 vs. Rice Rosenblatt Stadium 2–1 Simmons (W; 15-1) 24,067 54–15 June 17 vs. Stanford Rosenblatt Stadium 8–7 Bomer (W; 11-3) 24,971 55–15 June 20 vs. Stanford Rosenblatt Stadium 6-5 Merle (W; 13-3) 21,554 56–15 June 22 vs. South Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 12–6 Simmons (W; 16-1) 24,089 57–15

Awards and honors

Ray Clark

• Big 12 All-Tournament Team[2]

Eugene Espinelli

• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention[3]

Brad Halsey

• All-Big 12 Second Team[3]

Michael Hollimon

• All-Big 12 Second Team[3]

Ryan Hubele

• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention[3]

Dustin Majewski

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[4]
• All-America Third Team[5]
• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention[3]
• Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player[2]

Tim Moss

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[4]
• ABCA Midwest All-Region Team First Team[6]
• All-Big 12 First Team[3]

Jeff Ontiveros

• ABCA Midwest All-Region Team Second Team[6]
• All-Big 12 Second Team[3]
• Big 12 All-Tournament Team[2]

Omar Quintanilla

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[4]
• ABCA Midwest All-Region Team Second Team[6]
• All-Big 12 Second Team[3]

J.D. Reininger

• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention[3]
• Big 12 Freshman Player of the Year[3]
• Big 12 All-Tournament Team[2]

Justin Simmons

• College World Series All-Tournament Team[4]
• All-America First Team[5]
• ABCA Midwest All-Region Team First Team[6]
• Big 12 Pitcher of the Year[3]

Huston Street

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player[4]
• All-Big 12 First Team[3]
• Big 12 Freshman Pitcher of the Year[3]
• Big 12 All-Tournament Team[2]

Longhorns in the 2002 MLB Draft

The following members of the Texas Longhorns baseball program were drafted in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft.[7]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Alan Bomer	RHP	4th	126th	New York Yankees
Ryan Hubele	C	8th	226th	Baltimore Orioles
Brad Halsey	LHP	8th	246th	New York Yankees
Brandon Fahey	3B	12th	346th	Baltimore Orioles
Dusin Majewski	OF	12th	358th	Boston Red Sox
Ray Clark	RHP	14th	426th	New York Yankees
Benjamin King	LHP	20th	606th	New York Yankees
Danny Muegge	RHP	41st	1237th	San Francisco Giants

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

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

References

1. 2013 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Big 12 Conference. p. 53. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
2. "Big 12 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). Big12Sports.com. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
3. "2002 NCBWA All-America Team Represents Cream of Division I Crop". Big12Sports.com. 11 June 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
4. "CWS Records" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
5. "2002 NCBWA All-America Team Represents Cream of Division I Crop". Big12Sports.com. 11 June 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
6. "Three Bears Earn All-Region Baseball Selections". Big12Sports.com. 1 July 2002. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
7. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 14 June 2012.