2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball team

The 2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Arizona in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Hi Corbett Field, off campus in Tucson, Arizona. Jay Johnson was in his first season as Arizona Wildcats baseball head coach. Johnson was in his fourth year as a head coach.

2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
CBNo. 2
2016 record49–23 (17–15 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Sergio Brown (1st season)
  • Dave Lawn (1st season)
  • Marc Wanaka (1st season)
Home stadiumHi Corbett Field
2016 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Utah ‍†‍‍y 19–11 .63326–29 .473
No. 22 Washington ‍‍‍y 17–13 .56733–23 .589
No. 29 Arizona State ‍‍‍y 16–14 .53336–23 .610
No. 2 Arizona ‍‍‍y 17–15 .53149–23 .681
Oregon State  ‍‍‍ 16–14 .53335–19 .648
Southern California  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50028–28 .500
Stanford  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .50031–23 .574
California  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .46732–21 .604
Oregon  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .46729–26 .527
UCLA  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .40025–31 .446
Washington State  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .36719–35 .352
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

Roster
2016 Arizona Wildcats roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 15 – Cody Deason – Freshman
  • 17 – Randy Labaut – Freshman
  • 22 – Kevin Ginkel – Junior
  • 25 – Austin Rubick – Freshman
  • 26 – Michael Flynn – Freshman
  • 27 – JC Cloney – Junior
  • 29 – Rio Gomez – Sophomore
  • 30 – Tyler Crawford – Senior
  • 33 – Austin Schnabel – Junior
  • 34 – Robby Medel – Sophomore
  • 35 – Nathan Bannister – Senior
  • 36 – Kaleb Roper – Freshman
  • 37 – Cody Moffett – Senior
  • 38 – Matt Hartman – Sophomore
  • 40 – Luke Soroko – Junior
  • 44 – Trent Johnson – Freshman
  • 47 – Cameron Ming – Sophomore

Catchers

  • 6 – Ryan Haug – Sophomore
  • 12 – Cesar Salazar – Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 – Sawyer Gieseke – Junior
  • 3 – Bobby Dalbec – Junior
  • 5 – Louis Boyd – Junior
  • 13 – Cody Ramer – Senior
  • 14 – Casey Bowman – Sophomore
  • 24 – J. J. Matijevic – Sophomore
  • 28 – Kyle Lewis – Junior
  • 31 – Michael Hoard – Junior
  

Outfielders

  • 4 – Justin Behnke – Senior
  • 20 – Alfonso Rivas III – Freshman
  • 21 – Ryan Aguilar – Senior
  • 23 – Zach Gibbons – Senior
  • 42 – Jared Oliva – Sophomore

Coaches
2016 Arizona Wildcats baseball coaching staff[3]
  • Jay Johnson – Head Coach
  • Sergio Brown – Assistant Coach
  • Dave Lawn – Assistant Coach
  • Marc Wanaka – Volunteer Assistant Coach

Opening day
Opening Day Starters[4]
NamePosition
Cody RamerSecond baseman
Jared OlivaCenter fielder
Ryan AguilarFirst baseman
Bobby DalbecThird baseman
Zach GibbonsRight fielder
J.J. MatijevicDesignated hitter
Ryan HaugCatcher
Justin BehnkeLeft fielder
Louis BoydShortstop
J.C. CloneyStarting pitcher

Schedule and results
2016 Arizona Wildcats Baseball Game Log[5]
Regular Season
Post-Season

Rankings
See also: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[6]——*—*—————————20————*—*2
Baseball America[7]————————————21————*—*2
Collegiate Baseball^[8]—23————30———1719172124261372
NCBWA†[9]——————————27292529—291414*2

^ 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. "Pac-12 Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "Baseball-Roster". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  3. "Baseball-Coaches". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
  4. "BOX SCORE (PDF)" (PDF). University of Arizona Athletics. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. "Baseball Schedule". Arizona Wildcats. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  6. Baseball Coaches Poll
  7. Baseball America College: Top 25
  8. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  9. NCBWA Division I poll
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