2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

The 2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Kentucky was competing in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats played their home games at Kentucky Proud Park.

2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record29-23 (12-18 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Will Coggin
  • Dan Roszel
Home stadiumKentucky Proud Park
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 6 Tennessee  x‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 50 18   .735
No. 2 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 19 10   .655 49 18   .731
Florida  ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 38 22   .633
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 34 23   .596
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 31 25   .554
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 29 23   .558
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 8 22   .267 15 36   .294
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  xy 22 8   .733 50 13   .794
No. 1 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 50 18   .735
No. 13 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 45 22   .672
No. 18 LSU  ‍‍‍y 13 17   .433 38 25   .603
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 12 17   .414 32 26   .552
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 25 27   .481
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 29 27   .518
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

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The Wildcats finished 11-6 overall, and 0–0 in the conference. The season was prematurely cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

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Roster

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2021 Kentucky Wildcats roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 - Trip Lockhart - Senior
  • 16 - Cole Stupp - Sophomore
  • 20 - Braxton Cottongame - Junior
  • 21 - Wyatt Hudepohl - Freshman
  • 22 - Dillon Marsh - Junior
  • 24 - Ryan Hagenow - Freshman
  • 31 - Alex Degen - Junior
  • 34 - Sean Harney - Senior
  • 35 - Cole Daniels - Junior
  • 36 - Ron Cole - Sophomore
  • 38 - Jimmy Ramsey - Senior
  • 39 - Hunter Rigsby - Junior
  • 40 - Zach Kammin - Graduate Student
  • 41 - Evan Byers - Freshman
  • 45 - Holt Jones - Senior
  • 46 - Seth Logue - Freshman
  • 48 - Zack Lee - Sophomore
  • 49 - Austin Strickland - Freshman
  • 50 - Mason Hazelwood - Senior
  • 54 - Daniel Harper - Senior
  • 55 - Tyler Burchett -   Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 9 - Alonzo Rubalcaba - Junior
  • 13 - Brendan Hord - Sophomore
  • 25 - Coltyn Kessler - Senior
  • 44 - Devin Burkes - Freshman

Infielders

  • 4 - Zeke Lewis - Graduate Student
  • 5 - T.J. Collett - Graduate Student
  • 6 - Reuben Church - Freshman
  • 7 - Drew Grace - Sophomore
  • 10 - Jack Hicks - Freshman
  • 12 - Chase Estep - Sophomore
  • 26 - Jacob Plastiak - Junior
  • 33 - Trae Harmon - Junior
  • 47 - Ryan Ritter - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - John Rhodes - Sophomore
  • 23 - Houston King - Freshman
  • 28 - Oraj Anu - Senior
  • 30 - Jaren Shelby - Graduate Student
  • 37 - Cam Hill -   Junior
  • 51 - Chase Bryan -   Junior

Utility

  • 2 - Austin Schultz (INF/OF) - Junior
  • 8 - Kirk Liebert (OF/C) - Junior
  • 19 - Nolan McCarthy (INF/P) - Freshman
 

Coaching staff

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2020 Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff[2]
Name Position
Nick Mingione Head coach
Dan Roszel Assistant coach/Pitching
Will Coggin Assistant coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Todd Guilliams Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Kentucky win
  Kentucky loss
  Postponement
Bold Kentucky team member
2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season (18-4)
May (3-8)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 1 at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2-11[43] Tidwell (5-2) Lee (4-4) Walsh (5) SECN+ 2,101 26-15 10-11
May 6 Florida Kentucky Proud Park 7-5 Harper SECN 27-15 11-11
May 7 Florida Kentucky Proud Park 5-8 SECN+ 27-16 11-12
May 8 Florida Kentucky Proud Park 2-9 SECN+ 27-17 11-13
May 11 Morehead State Cancelled Kentucky Proud Park SECN
May 14 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park 6-12 SECN+ 27-18 11-14
May 15 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park 0-9 SECN+ 27-19 11-15
May 16 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park 6-11 SECN+ 27-20 11-16
May 18 Tennessee Tech Kentucky Proud Park 8-4 SECN+ 28-20
May 20 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 2-4 SECN+ 28-21 11-17
May 21 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 2-8 SECN+ 28-22 11-18
May 22 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 7-5 SECN+ 29-22 12-18
Postseason (0–1)
SEC Tournament
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record
May 25 Florida Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL
1-4 SECN 29-23 0-1

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

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Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2021 SEC baseball game results, 2021 SEC baseball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 12–17 1–2 2–1 . . 1–2 1–2 0–3 3–0 0–3 . 1–2 3–0 0–2 ALA W5 3–7 2–2
ARK 22–8 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 . 2–1 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 . ARK W1 10–0 2–0
AUB 10–20 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 . . 2–1 . AUB W6 3–7 0–3
FLA 17–13 . 0–3 2–1 2–1 2–1 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 2–1 FLA E3 7–3 2–2
UGA 13–17 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 . . 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 UGA E5 3–7 0–0
KEN 12–18 2–1 . 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 KEN E6 3–7 1–2
LSU 13–17 2–1 1–2 2–1 . . 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 LSU W4 5–5 0–2
MSU 20–10 3–0 0–3 3–0 . . 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 3–0 1–2 MSU W2 7–3 4–1
MIZZ 8–22 0–3 . 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 2–1 0–3 MIZZ E7 2–8 0–4
MISS 18–12 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 . 1–2 2–1 MISS W3 5–5 3–0
SCAR 16–14 . 1–2 . 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 1–2 . 1–2 SCAR E4 5–5 2–1
TENN 20–10 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 TENN E1 8–2 2–0
TAMU 9–21 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 . TAMU W7 2–8 0–3
VAN 19–10 2–0 . . 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 . VAN E2 7–3 2–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season.

2021 MLB draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
John Rhodes OF 3 76 Baltimore Orioles
Austin Schultz OF 10 285 Detroit Tigers
Holt Jones Jr. RHP 14 419 Miami Marlins

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