2015 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team

The 2015 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team will represent the University of Oklahoma during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sooners will play their home games at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Pete Hughes, in his second season at Oklahoma.

2015 Oklahoma Sooners baseball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
2015 record	32–25 (13–11 Big 12)
Head coach	Pete Hughes (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Jamie Pinzino (2nd season) Mike Anderson (2nd season)
Captain	Baker Mayfield
Home stadium	L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park

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 [1]

Previous season

In 2014, the Sooners finished the season 8th in the Big 12 with a record of 29–29, 8–16 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in the second round. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Personnel

Roster

2015 Oklahoma Sooners roster[2]
	Pitchers 11 – Jacob Evans – Junior 12 – Keaton Hernandez – Junior 13 – Thomas McIlraith – Junior 15 – Blake Rogers – Junior 18 – Troy Chezem – Freshman 24 – Hayden Jones – Sophomore 25 – Corey Copping – Junior 26 – Cole Stevens – Junior 27 – Robert Tasin – Senior 28 – Shawn Hunter – Junior 31 – Kenny Saenz – Freshman 32 – Ralph Garza, Jr. – Junior 33 – Jake Elliott – Sophomore 34 – Adam Choplick – Junior 35 – Alec Hansen – Sophomore 38 – Chad Nelson – Sophomore 40 – Jeffrey Curran – Junior 42 – Brock Barger – Freshman		Catchers 6 – Chandler Wagoner – Freshman 9 – Anthony Hermelyn – Junior 37 – Jacob Leal – Sophomore 39 – Chris Shaw – Junior Infielders 2 – Joshua Ake – Senior 5 – Kyle Mendenhall – Freshman 7 – Alex Wise – Junior 8 – Cameron Frazier – Freshman 16 – Tyler Coolbaugh – Sophomore 22 – Sheldon Neuse – Sophomore 23 – Kolbey Carpenter – Junior 29 – Quin Walbergh – Freshman 44 – Austin O'Brien – Sophomore		Outfielders 3 – Craig Aikin – Junior 4 – Hunter Haley – Junior 21 – Taylor Alspaugh – Senior

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Oklahoma	Alma Mater
Pete Hughes	Head Coach	2	Davidson College (1990)
Jamie Pinzino	Assistant Coach	2	Tufts University (1997)
Mike Anderson	Assistant Coach	2	University of Northern Colorado (1990)

Schedule

Legend
	Oklahoma win
	Oklahoma loss
	Postponement
Bold	Oklahoma team member

2015 Oklahoma Sooners Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
February # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B12 Record 1 February 13 Notre Dame L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 2 February 14 SIU Edwardsville L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 3 February 14 Notre Dame L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 4 February 15 Notre Dame L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 5 February 15 SIU Edwardsville L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 6 February 18 at Arizona State Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Phoenix, AZ 7 February 19 vs. Washington State Sloan Park • Mesa, AZ 8 February 20 vs. Washington Sloan Park • Mesa, AZ 9 February 21 vs. Oregon State Surprise Stadium • Surprise, AZ 10 February 22 vs. Utah Goodyear Ballpark • Goodyear, AZ 11 February 24 at Dallas Baptist Horner Ballpark • Dallas, TX 12 February 26 BYU L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 13 February 27 BYU L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 14 February 27 BYU L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 15 February 28 BYU L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK
March # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B12 Record 16 March 3 Arkansas–Little Rock L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 17 March 6 Purdue L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 18 March 7 Purdue L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 19 March 8 Purdue L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 20 March 10 Oral Roberts L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 21 March 12 at Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI 22 March 13 at Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI 23 March 14 at Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI 24 March 15 at Hawaii Les Murakami Stadium • Honolulu, HI 25 March 20 Texas Tech L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 26 March 21 Texas Tech L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 27 March 22 Texas Tech L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 28 March 24 at TCU Lupton Stadium • Fort Worth, TX 29 March 27 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX 30 March 28 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX 31 March 29 at Baylor Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX 32 March 31 Central Arkansas L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK
April # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B12 Record 33 April 2 Kansas L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 34 April 3 Kansas L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 35 April 4 Kansas L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 36 April 7 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, OK 37 April 10 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX 38 April 11 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX 39 April 12 at Texas UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX 40 April 14 Dallas Baptist L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 41 April 17 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV 42 April 18 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV 43 April 19 at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark • Granville, WV 44 April 24 Sam Houston State L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 45 April 25 Sam Houston State L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 46 April 26 Sam Houston State L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 47 April 28 at Wichita State Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS
May # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record B12 Record 48 May 1 vs. Oklahoma State ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK 49 May 2 vs. Oklahoma State Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK 50 May 3 vs. Oklahoma State Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark • Oklahoma City, OK 51 May 8 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS 52 May 9 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS 53 May 10 at Kansas State Tointon Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS 54 May 14 TCU L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 55 May 15 TCU L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK 56 May 16 TCU L. Dale Mitchell Park • Norman, OK
Post-Season
Big 12 Tournament # Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Tourn. Record TBD ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK TBD ONEOK Field • Tulsa, OK

All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.

Awards and honors

Sheldon Neuse

• Perfect Game USA Pre-season Second Team All-American[3]
• Baseball America Pre-season First team All-American[4]

References

1. "2020 Big 12 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–8. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
2. "Official Baseball Roster". Oklahoma Sooners. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
3. "Preseason College All-Americans". Perfect Game USA. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
4. "2015 College Preview: All-America Teams". Baseball America. Retrieved February 2, 2015.