Team VA 17U Roster; Team VA 15U Roster; Team VA 14U Roster; Team VA 13U Roster; Team VA 12U Roster; . Virginia has succeeded in the classroom as well. Box 641, Midlothian VA 23113 Name * First Last Email * How can we help you? Prior to the shutdown the Cavaliers had been ranked as high as No. The Cavaliers were off to a 14-4 start and were 2-1 in the ACC after a weekend series win over previously unbeaten and No. Outfielder Joe McCarthy posted the highest batting average for a UVa freshman in 29 years and was tabbed the ACC Freshman of the Year as well as a Freshman All-American. Mike Papi was named a First-Team All-American while becoming UVas first ACC batting champion since 1981. Sophomore, S/R He has been recognized in a poll of 70 Division I head coaches by Baseball America as the top assistant coach in college baseball three times (2012, 2017, 2020). Mahopac, N.Y. Lakeland Jr. Sr. 5-10 / Virginia is one of 16 programs ever to advance to an NCAA Regional 14-straight years. Three Cavaliers earned All-America honors: RHP Connor Jones, catcher Matt Thaiss and two-way standout Adam Haseley. Virginia also earned its first-ever No. / Email Address Phone Image; Administration; Peggy Davis: . / Virginias offense was flourishing ranking in the top-10 in scoring (9.0 rpg), runs (162), hits (187), triples (10) and home runs (22). OConnor was named the 2001 National Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Baseball America and was AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2003. Virginia set a program record with 56 victories in 2011, earning the No. Despite featuring a team with 23 underclassmen, the Cavaliers set 11 team records, including hits (767), runs (507) and strikeouts (593), while posting a 49-15-1 mark. / / Contact; Sponsors; REGISTER; PROFILE; Search; Team Virginia Baseball. Richmond, Va. In 2007, Virginia boasted a 45-16 record and 19-9 mark in the ACC en route to a second-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division. / In 2011 the UVA baseball program earned a public recognition award from the NCAA for its multi-year Academic Progress Rate scores. "He was planning on coaching . / 3 midway through the year. That kind of stability is rarer at the Power Five conference level, where O'Connor is one of just seven coaches to lead an Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten, Big 12, Southeastern Conference or Pacific 12 team for that long. The 2009 National Assistant Coach of the Year, McMullan has helped guide Virginia to 789 wins in his 19 seasons, an average of nearly 42 wins per season. He is one of nine coaches ever to collect 700 wins while coaching an ACC program. UVA racked up another 40-win season in 2005, going 41-20 overall and 14-14 in the ACC. The official Baseball Coach List for the University of Washington Huskies. In his first season with the Cavaliers, McMullan helped UVa to major increases in runs scored (101) and bases on balls (87) from the previous year. Mark Reynolds (Arizona), Joe Koshansky (Colorado), Brandon Guyer (Tampa Bay), Michael Schwimer (Toronto), Mike Ballard (Baltimore), Sean Doolittle (Oakland), David Adams (New York Yankees), Phil Gosselin (Atlanta), Kyle Crockett (Cleveland), Chris Taylor (Seattle), Jarrett Parker (San Francisco), Tyler Wilson (Baltimore), John Hicks (Seattle), Derek Fisher (Houston), Danny Hultzen (Chicago Cubs), Branden Kline (Baltimore), Josh Sborz (Los Angeles Dodgers), Matt Thaiss (Los Angeles Angels), Adam Haseley (Philadelphia), Joe McCarthy (San Francisco) Brandon Waddell (Pirates), Pavin Smith (Diamondbacks), Tommy Doyle (Rockies), Alec Bettinger (Brewers), Daniel Lynch (Royals), Ernie Clement (Indians), Jake McCarthy (Diamondbacks) and Bennett Sousa (Chicago White Sox) also have made it to baseballs highest level after playing under OConnor while at UVA. Sophomore, L/L The 18 wins were the most ever by a Cavalier team in league play at the time, and for the first time in school history, Virginia played host to an NCAA regional. As a team, the Cavaliers hit .292 as a team, the second highest in the league while committing just 47 errors, the second lowest amongst ACC Cohorts. uvabaseball@virginia.edu E-Mail Bio After leading the Virginia baseball program to its first NCAA National Championship in 2015, five-time ACC Coach of the Year and three-time national coach of the year Brian O'Connor has built his program into a college baseball powerhouse and turned Virginia Baseball into a national brand. Rehoboth Beach, Del. After leading the ACC in three offensive categories total bases, slugging percentage and runs, Zack Gelof was a second team All-America choice byCollegiate Baseball Newspaper. / / Coastal Carolina @jackt_oconnor In videos . Norfolk, Va. / A season of promise was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic that shutdown all of college baseball. Virginia reached its 14th-straight NCAA Tournament in 2017. Papi and McCarthy were joined by Branden Cogswell, Reed Gragnani and Nick Howard on the All-ACC squad. The Cavaliers also finished seventh nationally in fielding percentage with a then-school record mark of .977. At St. Johns, McMullan was the recruiting coordinator and hitting coach and also coached the catchers. UVa finished the season with a No. @JustinRubin12 Randolph-Macon Athletics 103 E. Patrick St., Ashland, VA. 23005-5505 Main: 804-752-7200 Admissions: 800-888-1762 Athletics: 804-752-7223 Virginia has ranked among the top 20 nationally in attendance in 11 of the last 13 seasons, including a program-best 142,496 fans in 2014 as UVA finished 11th in attendance. @the_ethana Three Cavaliers were selected in the first round in 2014, the most of any program in the country. 185 Brian Patrick O'Connor (born April 20, 1971) is the head baseball coach of the Virginia Cavaliers.Previously serving as an Associate Head Coach at Notre Dame, he was hired on July 8, 2003, to replace the retiring Dennis Womack (who moved on to assistant athletic director of facilities management and operations). Rochester, N.Y. Four qualified hitters sported .300 batting averages including Tanner Morris (.345) and Nic Kent (.337) who ranked 7th and 11th in the ACC, respectively. / His last three Notre Dame teams were among the most successful in the schools history. / 195 East Carolina won three conference championships and an NCAA Regional Championship while earning two No. / As a pitcher on the Creighton baseball team under then-CU head coach and former Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, OConnor posted a career record of 20-13 with seven saves and a 3.78 ERA. Email Address Twitter; Senior Administration; Wren Baker: Vice President and Director of Athletics . Left-handed pitcher Danny Hultzen was taken second overall in the 2011 MLB Draft by the Seattle Mariners, marking UVAs highest draft pick ever. Coaches Schedule Stats Facilities Recruits Kevin McMullan Associate Head Coach Position (434) 982-5129 Phone uvabaseball@virginia.edu E-Mail Bio The 2023 season will be Kevin McMullan's 19th season at Virginia and 15th as associate head coach. The Cavaliers also posted a.975 fielding percentage, which ranked seventh nationally. / @_ethan.anderson_, 6-0 * CAPTCHA / Full-Time. / / / A tribute to the hitting philosophy instilled by McMullan and the Virginia baseball coaching staff, the Cavaliers were among the toughest in the country to strikeout in 2018. The VBCA believes that better coaches create better players and more importantly, better people. @Henrygodbout West Virginia went 36-26 and earned an NCAA at-large bid for the first time in program history. Eighty-three Virginia players have nabbed All-ACC honors under OConnor, the second most of any ACC school since 2004. Sophomore, L/L / George Wythe 180 The Cavaliers landed in the upper echelon of the ACC in both hitting and fielding under McMullans direction. After advancing to its first College World Series in 2009, Virginia has amassed 573 wins, the fifth-most of any college baseball program. Baseball Coaches - Virginia Military Institute Baseball at Mercer May 14, 2022 2 p.m. Boxscore Baseball at Mercer May 14, 2022 2 p.m. BB Final Sun May 15 VMI 7 Mercer 8 Recap Baseball at Mercer May 15, 2022 1 p.m. Boxscore Baseball at Mercer May 15, 2022 1 p.m. BB Final Tue May 17 Old Dominion 8 VMI 6 During OConnors tenure, Virginia players have garnered 34 All-America honors, including Hultzen, who was a three-time First-Team All-American, and Doolittle, Papi, Matt Thaiss and Haseley, each of whom was a two-time All-American. McMullan also was vital in development of the Washington Nationals Chad Tracy (1B-3B) while coaching him at East Carolina. / / / Three Cavaliers were selected in the first round in 2014, the most of any program in the country. Doolittle, a two-time MLB All-Star, became the first former Cavalier pitcher to appear in the All-Star Game in 2014. 210 In the sixth home game of the year, six pitchers combined for an 11-inning no-hitter against William & Mary, the fourth in the OConnor era. @_alexgreene, 6-3 After posting the leagues 7th-best batting average, Tanner Morris was selected in the 5th round (147th overall) by the Toronto Blue Jays, continuing a streak of 10-straight seasons with a player selected in the first five rounds in each of the last 10 years. After a strong regular season, Virginia caught fire in the postseason, winning the ACC Baseball Championship with four wins in as many days. At ECU, he served as the recruiting coordinator, hitting coach and catching instructor. UVA went 56-12 and won its third straight NCAA regional title before taking the super regional against UC Irvine after a dramatic ninth-inning rally in Game 3. / / 200 Staff Directory Members By Category/Department; Image Name Title Area Code 540 Email Address; Cam Davis: Director of Baseball Operations (276) 596-4005 (276) 596-4005: camd25@vt.edu 2 seed in the NCAA tournament. / @ethanodonnell, L/R After graduating with a bachelors degree in marketing, OConnor was selected in the 29th round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. After sustaining success throughout the McMullan tenure, Virginia reached college baseballs summit in 2015 with the programs first national championship. / In 1990, he was a Pioneer League All-Star. @caseysaucke, 6-4 / Taylor won his first World Series with the Dodgers in 2020. / Benedictine Six Cavaliers were selected in the top 15 rounds for the fifth time in program history, led by second rounders, Andrew Abbott (53rd overall) and Zack Gelof (60th overall). / / During the summer of 2018, OConnor joined forces with his former boss at Notre Dame and former LSU head coach Paul Mainieri on the staff of the U.S. Collegiate National Team. / / Virginia played host to a regional in 2012 while going 39-19-1 and earning a second-place finish in the ACC Coastal Division. / 195 3 national seed, UVA won four games at the CWS in reaching the CWS championship game. UVA owns the best fielding percentage in the ACC since his arrival in 2004 (.973). / / Virginia won 10 of its last 14 regular-season games that included a pair of one-run road losses against then-No. Virginia Tech 17, Radford 2: Carson Jones hit a grand slam to cap a nine-run fourth . Email Address Phone; Chris Fenisey: Head Baseball Coach chris.fenisey@greensboro.edu (336) 272-7102, ext.5213 (336) 272-7102, ext.5213: Footer. In addition, 23 Cavaliers have claimed Freshman All-America distinctions. 215 Main Navigation Menu. @evandob21 The official Baseball Coach List for the . Along with Gelof, two-way player Devin Ortiz earned All-America honors from three different publications. The Official Athletics Site of the Greensboro College Pride. Ridgewood 180 He is a five-time recipient of ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year laurels (2004, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015) and five-time ACC Coach of the Year honoree (2004, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014). / Virginia had one of the best years in program history in 2014, culminating with the programs first trip to the College World Series Finals. Highlands Ranch, Colo. 1 draft pick Stephen Strasburg before shutting down top-ranked UC Irvine twice on its home field to win the regional crown. McMullan also serves as Virginias recruiting coordinator and hitting coach and works defensively with the Cavaliers infielders and catchers. / The 2006 team set a school record for conference wins (21), led by 2006 ACC Player of the Year Sean Doolittle. / / The 2004 team had a 44-15 overall record and 18-6 mark in the ACC. UVA posted nine wins over ranked opponents, including a three-game sweep of No. Howard and Mike Papi joined Kirby as 2014 All-Americans. @chrisbaker_33 Northwestern / Email Address Phone; Head Coach Tracy Woodson: twoodson@richmond.edu: 289-8391 289-8391: Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator Nate Mulberg: nmulberg@richmond.edu: @_nickjparker_, 6-0 Georgetown @ChaseHungate The Cavaliers won 13 of their 15 games at Disharoon Park. Baseball; Randy Mazey: Head Coach (304) 293-2300 (304) 293-2300: CoachMazey: Steve Sabins . / Among the 310 colleges with a Division I baseball program, Virginia is one of only 32 to have had the same head coach since 2004. Virginia Cavaliers Official Athletic Site, Academics and Student-Athlete Development, Virginia Sports Radio Network - Listen Live. UVa had a school-record five players earn first-team All-ACC honors, while utility Danny Hultzen and outfielder Jarrett Parker each gleaned All-America laurels. / / Jersey City, N.J. / Virginia Beach, Va. In 2009 Virginia won 49 games and earned the ACC Championship as well as NCAA Irvine Regional and Oxford Super Regional titles en route to the schools first College World Series appearance. Under OConnors direction, Virginia qualified for its 14th consecutive NCAA Tournament and finished with 43 wins, the 11th time his club reached the 40-win mark. 6-1 He served on Mainieris staff as the pitching coach alongside his former college coach Jim Hendry who was the teams bench coach. / / He has a proven track record of developing pitchers into top-level prospects, including a pair of first-round selections Brad Lidge in 1998 and Aaron Heilman in 2001 who werent drafted in the first 40 rounds coming out of high school (Lidge was a 42nd-round pick, Heilman a 55th-rounder). Baseball; Mike McRae: Head Baseball Coach (757) 221-3492 (757) 221-3492: Daniel Sweeney: Pitching Coach . Since 2009, UVA owns 50 NCAA tournament wins tied for the fifth most in the nation. Junior, L/R / 15 North Carolina. Abingdon, Va. Thompson notched a silver medal with Team USA at the 2007 Pan American Games. Tony Bennett. Coach Chuck Spraker : 15U (757) 773-8858 The Cavaliers battled through a tumultuous, injury-riddled regular season, but caught fire in the postseason, winning the Lake Elsinore (Calif.) Regional before coming home to defeat Maryland twice to win the Charlottesville Super Regional. / Collegiate Mahwah Sophomore, R/R @ant.stephan, 6-0 Baylor School (TN) Outfielder Joe McCarthy posted the highest batting average for a UVA freshman in 29 years and was tabbed the ACC Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American; he also was one of a league-high six Cavaliers on the All-ACC Team. Virginia reached its 13th straight NCAA tournament in 2016 while hosting its ninth regional in the last 13 seasons. / The couple has three children, Maggie, Emma and Jack. League All-Star Howard and Mike Papi joined Kirby as 2014 All-Americans ; Sponsors ; REGISTER ; PROFILE Search... 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