2021 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team

The 2021 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team represents Kansas State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats play their home games at Tointon Family Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Pete Hughes, in his 3rd season at Kansas State.

2021 Kansas State Wildcats baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record15–11 (2–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Buck Taylor (3rd season)
  • Austin Wates (3rd season)
  • Thomas Hughes (1st season)
Home stadiumTointon Family Stadium
2021 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
No. 3 Texas ‍†‍‍y 17–7–0 .70850–17–0 .746
No. 8 TCU ‍†‍‡‍y 17–7–0 .70841–19–0 .683
No. 9 Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 14–10–0 .58339–17–0 .696
No. 23 Oklahoma State ‍‍‍y 12–12–0 .50036–19–1 .652
Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45827–28–0 .491
Baylor  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45831–20–0 .608
Kansas State  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41734–23–0 .596
West Virginia  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .33325–27–0 .481
Kansas  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .33330–27–0 .526
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1baseball

Previous season

The 2020 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team notched a 10–7 record in February and early March; however, the remainder of the season was abruptly halted on March 13, 2020, when the Big 12 Conference canceled the remainder of the athletics season due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[2]

Personnel

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasons at K-StateAlma Mater
Pete HughesHead coach3Davidson (1990)
Buck TaylorPitching Coach3San Francisco State (1995)
Austin WatesAssistant coach3Virginia Tech (2017)
Thomas HughesVolunteer Assistant Coach1Kansas State (2019)

Roster
2021 Kansas State Wildcats roster
 

Pitchers

  • 5 – Connor McCullough (RHP) – Redshirt Freshman
  • 7 – Luke Hauswirth (RHP) – Senior
  • 8 – Andrew Stratman (RHP) – Junior
  • 11 – Nico Rodriguez (RHP) – Freshman
  • 12 – Tyler Eckberg (RHP) – Redshirt Junior
  • 13 – Caleb Littlejim (RHP) – Senior
  • 22 – Zak Herbers (RHP) – Junior
  • 27 – Gavin Hinchliffe (RHP) – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 32 – Wesley Moore (LHP) – Junior
  • 33 – Jordan Wicks (LHP) – Sophomore
  • 34 – Tyler Ruhl (RHP) – Freshman
  • 35 – Carson Seymour (RHP) – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 37 – Eric Torres (LHP) – Sophomore
  • 40 – Griffin Hassall (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 41 – Grant Nicholson (LHP) – Freshman
  • 45 – Josh Flack (RHP) – Sophomore
  • 47 – Brett Wozniak (LHP) – Freshman
  • 55 – Casey Ford (RHP) – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 30 – Chris Ceballos – Senior
  • 36 – Mason Crews – Sophomore
  • 38 – Austin Garrett – Junior
  • 39 – Raphael Pelletier – Freshman
  • 44 – Dylan Caplinger – Junior

Infielders

  • 2 – Jaxon Passino – Junior
  • 3 – Cameron Thompson – Senior
  • 6 – Terrence Spurlin – Junior
  • 10 – Kamron William – Redshirt Junior
  • 15 – Luke Beckstein – Freshman
  • 16 – Elijah Dale – Freshman
  • 17 – Cole Johnson – Sophomore
  • 18 – Brady Day – Freshman
  • 20 – Daniel Carinci – Sophomore
  • 25 – Nick Goodwin – Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 1 – Dom Hughes – Freshman
  • 4 – Blake Burrows – Sophomore
  • 23 – Jordan Maxson – Junior
  • 24 – Dylan Phillips – Sophomore
  • 26 – Chris Herb – Junior
  • 28 – Zach Kokoska – Junior
  • 29 – Chad Shade – Senior
  • 31 – Kaden Fowler – Redshirt Junior
  • 43 – Cameron Uselton – Freshman

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Schedule and results
2021 Kansas State Wildcats Baseball Game Log[4]
Regular Season (15–11)
February (5–2)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
February 191:00 pmFloSportsvs. Oregon State*Surprise Stadium
Surprise, AZ		W
3–2		Wicks
(1–0)		Abel
(0–1)		Eckberg
(1)		1,3521–0—Stats
Story
February 206:00 pmFloSportsvs. Gonzaga*Surprise Stadium
Surprise, AZ		L
5–17		Jacob
(1–0)		Flack
(0–1)		—8451–1—Stats
Story
February 216:00 pmFloSportsvs. New Mexico*Surprise Stadium
Surprise, AZ		L
3–4		Meza
(1–0)		Eckberg
(0–1)		—3681–2—Stats
Story
February 2211:00 amFloSportsvs. Gonzaga*Surprise Stadium
Surprise, AZ		W
6–1		Ford
(1–0)		Spellacy
(0–1)		Rodriguez
(1)		3162–2—Stats
Story
February 263:00 pmESPN+Western Michigan*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
9–8		Passino
(1–0)		Armbrust...
(0–1)		Eckberg
(2)		4583–2—Stats
Story
February 272:00 pmESPN+Western Michigan*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
11–3		Seymour
(1–0)		Miller
(0–1)		—5874–2—Stats
Story
February 2812:00 pmESPN+Western Michigan*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
2–1		McCullough
(1–0)		Huisman
(0–1)		Littlejim
(1)		3985–2—Stats
Story
March (8–8)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
March 53:00 pmESPN+Eastern Illinois*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
6–3		Wicks
(2–0)		Hampton
(2–1)		Eckberg
(3)		4026–2—Stats
Story
March 61:00 pmESPN+Eastern Illinois*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		L
5–6		Nicholson
(2–0)		Seymour
(1–1)		Stevenson
(2)		5876–3—Stats
Story
March 71:00 pmESPN+Eastern Illinois*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		L
7–14		Doherty
(1–0)		Eckberg
(0–2)		—5876–4—Stats
Story
March 96:00 pmESPN+South Dakota State*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
15–4		Herbers
(1–0)		McSherry
(1–1)		—3787–4—Stats
Story
March 106:00 pmESPN+South Dakota State*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
10–0		Littlejim
(1–0)		Bishop
(0–1)		—2978–4—Stats
Story
March 1212:00 pmvs. Northern Illinois*Reckling Park
Houston, TX		W
4–3		Eckberg
(1–2)		Seebach
(0–1)		—3009–4—Stats
Story
March 1310:00 amvs. Northern Illinois*Reckling Park
Houston, TX		W
3–1(10)		Torres
(1–0)		Michaels
(0–1)		—33010–4—Stats
Story
March 132:00 pmat Rice*Reckling Park
Houston, TX		W
8–3		Wicks
(3–0)		Garcia
(1–1)		—1,23811–4—Stats
Story
March 146:00 pmat Rice*Reckling Park
Houston, TX		L
0–1		Wood
(1–0)		Littlejim
(1–1)		—1,04111–5—Stats
Story
March 196:00 pmESPN+New Mexico*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
7–1		Wicks
(4–0)		Garley
(0–1)		—58712–5—Stats
Story
March 204:00 pmESPN+New Mexico*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		L
4–6		Arbruester
(3–1)		Seymour
(1–2)		Meza
(3)		58712–6—Stats
Story
March 211:00 pmESPN+New Mexico*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
17–8		Torres
(2–0)		Campa
(1–2)		—58713–6—Stats
Story
March 236:00 pmESPN+at Wichita State*Eck Stadium
Wichita, KS		L
1–5		Kaminska
(1–0)		Herbers
(1–1)		Haase
(5)		1,81813–7—Stats
Story
March 266:00 pmESPN+at #20 Oklahoma StateO'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK		L
5–14		Scott
(5–1)		Wicks
(4–1)		—3,38313–80–1Stats
Story
March 276:00 pmESPN+at #20 Oklahoma StateO'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK		L
2–4		Standlee
(2–0)		Littlejim
(1–2)		—3,84613–90–2Stats
Story
March 281:00 pmESPN+at #20 Oklahoma StateO'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK		L
2–8		Wrobleski
(2–2)		McCullough
(1–1)		—3,20313–100–3Stats
Story
April (2–1)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
April 16:00 pmESPN+#4 Texas TechTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		L
1–17		Birdsell
(4–1)		Wicks
(4–2)		—40413–110–4Stats
Story
April 26:00 pmESPN+#4 Texas TechTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
7–2		Seymour
(2–2)		Monteverde
(5–1)		Eckberg
(4)		58714–111–4Stats
Story
April 34:00 pmESPN+#4 Texas TechTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		W
10–4		McCullough
(2–1)		Montgomery
(1–1)		—58715–112–4Stats
Story
April 66:00 pmESPN+UAPB*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
April 76:00 pmESPN+UAPB*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
April 9TBDLHNat #4 TexasUFCU Disch–Falk Field
Austin, TX
April 10TBDLHNat #4 TexasUFCU Disch–Falk Field
Austin, TX
April 11TBDLHNat #4 TexasUFCU Disch–Falk Field
Austin, TX
April 136:00 pmESPN+Northern Colorado*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
April 146:00 pmESPN+Northern Colorado*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
April 166:00 pmESPN+OklahomaTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
April 174:00 pmESPN+OklahomaTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
April 181:00 pmESPN+OklahomaTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
April 236:00 pmESPN+West VirginiaTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
April 244:00 pmESPN+West VirginiaTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
April 2511:00 amESPN+West VirginiaTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
April 276:00 pmESPN+Missouri*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
April 306:00 pmESPN+Texas Southern*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
May (0–0)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
May 14:00 pmESPN+Texas Southern*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
May 21:00 pmESPN+Texas Southern*Tointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS		—
May 76:30 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark
Waco, TX
May 83:00 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark
Waco, TX
May 91:00 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark
Waco, TX
May 146:00 pmESPN+at KansasHoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS
May 152:00 pmESPN+at KansasHoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS
May 162:00 pmESPN+at KansasHoglund Ballpark
Lawrence, KS
May 206:00 pmESPN+TCUTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
May 216:00 pmESPN+TCUTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
May 224:00 pmESPN+TCUTointon Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = Kansas State team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

Rankings
See also: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[5]RVRV*——————
Baseball America[6]————————
Collegiate Baseball^[7]RV———————
NCBWA†[8]RVRVRV—RVRV—RV
D1Baseball[9]————————

^ 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.

2021 MLB draft
Main article: 2021 MLB Draft
Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Jordan Wicks LHP 1 21 Chicago Cubs
Carson Seymour RHP 6 172 New York Mets
Zach Kokoska OF 10 290 Colorado Rockies
Eric Torres LHP 12 411 Los Angeles Angels

References
  1. "2020–21 Baseball Standings". big12sports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. "2020 Season Cancellation". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  3. "2021 Baseball Roster". Kansas State Wildcats. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  4. "2021 Baseball Schedule". Kansas State Wildcats. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  5. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA Today. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
  6. Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. NCBWA Division I poll
  9. D1Baseball poll
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