Pac-12 Conference

2018 Baseball Media Guide

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2018 PAC-12 BASEBALL // PAC-12 CONFERENCE 32 2017 PAC-12 HONORS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T PCT Home Away W L T PCT Home Away Neutral Streak Oregon State*^^^ 27 3 0 .900 14-1 13-2 56 6 0 .903 31-1 15-2 10-3 L2 Stanford^ 21 9 0 .700 10-6 11-3 42 16 0 .724 24-9 18-7 0-0 L1 UCLA^ 19 11 0 .633 9-6 10-5 30 27 0 .526 19-12 11-11 0-4 L2 Arizona^ 16 14 0 .533 9-6 7-8 38 21 0 .644 24-7 11-11 3-3 L1 Utah 15 15 0 .500 11-4 4-11 27 24- 0 .529 14-9 10-14 3-1 W3 California 15 15 0 .500 11-4 4-11 25 29 0 .463 18-10 7-19 0-0 W2 Washington 14 16 0 .467 10-5 4-11 28 26 0 .519 17-11 11-15 0-0 W1 Oregon 12 18 0 .400 5-10 7-8 30 25 0 .545 16-12 12-13 2-0 L1 Washington State 10 20 0 .333 6-8 4-12 24 29 0 .453 18-10 6-19 0-0 L7 Arizona State 8 22 0 .267 5-10 3-12 23 32 0 .418 17-16 6-16 0-0 L6 USC 8 22 0 .267 2-13 6-9 21 34 0 .382 14-14 6-20 1-0 L1 * - Pac-12 Champion ^ - Competed in NCAA Baseball Championship Regional ^^ - Super Regional ^^^ - College World Series 2017 FINAL PAC-12 STANDINGS 2017 IN REVIEW 2017 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS Pac-12 baseball teams ended the season 171-91 (.653) against other conferences. The Conference had four NCAA Tournament berths and racked in many postseason honors, including Oregon State's head coach Pat Casey winning NCBWA National Coach of the Year. Four Pac-12 baseball teams earned berths to the 2017 NCAA Tournament. No 1-seeded Oregon State was joined by Arizona, Stanford and UCLA. Stanford and OSU both hosted NCAA regionals. The Beavs were the only team to advance onto the Super Regional. Despite not advancing to the College World Series Final, Oregon State's season ended in a historic fashion. The Beavs 56-6 record allowed a .903 winning percentage for the season. OSU became the fifth NCAA baseball team all-time to end the season with above a .900 winning percentage and are now tied for fourth. The Pac-12 Conference announced the baseball All-Pac-12 honors for the 2017 season, as determined by a polling of the Conference coaches. Oregon State's Nick Madrigal was voted Pac-12 Player of the Year and Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. California'S Andrew Vaughn was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year while Oregon State's Luke Heimlich was voted Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year. Oregon State head coach Pat Casey was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year. Arizona's JJ Matijevic was crowned the Pac-12 Batting Champion with a Conference-leading .389 batting average. The All-Pac-12 teams were also announced. Oregon State's Max Engelbrekt was named the Pac-12 Baseball Scholar- Athlete of the Year for the 2017 season. 46 Pac-12 Baseball players were drafted in the 2017 MLB Draft with all 11 schools having at least one student-athlete drafted. Of the 46 players, six came from Arizona, one from Arizona State, two from California, three from Oregon, five from Oregon State, ten from Stanford, six from UCLA, two from USC, four from Utah, four from Washington, and three from Washington State. In the first round, four Pac-12 baseball players were drafted among the top 75 draft picks. Oregon's David Peterson was the first Pac-12 player to be drafted as the 20th overall pick to the New York Mets. Oregon State's Drew Rasmussen was next as the 31st pick to the Tampa Bay Rays. UCLA's Griffin Canning was next as the 47th pick to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Arizona's JJ Matijevic was the final pick of the day at 75th to the Houston Astros. NCAA REGIONALS Double elimination Corvallis Regional (hosted by Oregon State) June 2: OREGON STATE 8, Holy Cross 2 June 3: OREGON STATE 11, Yale 0 June 4: OREGON STATE 8, Yale 1 Long Beach Regional (hosted by Long Beach State) June 2: Texas 3, UCLA 2 June 3: San Diego State 3, UCLA 2 Stanford Regional (hosted by Stanford) June 1: STANFORD 10, Sacramento State 0 June 2: Cal State Fullerton 4, STANFORD 1 June 3: STANFORD 9, BYU 1 June 3: Cal State Fullerton 4, STANFORD 2 Lubbock Regional (hosted by Texas Tech) June 2: Sam Houston State 5, ARIZONA 4 June 3: ARIZONA 6, Delaware 5 June 4: Sam Houston State 9, ARIZONA 3 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS Best of three series Corvallis Super Regional (hosted by Oregon State) June 9: ORGON STATE 8, Vanderbilt 4 June 10: OREGON STATE 9, Vanderbilt 2 NCAA COLLEGE WORLD SERIES Double Elimination June 17: OREGON STATE 6, Cal State Fullerton 5 June 19: OREGON STATE 13, LSU 1 June 23: LSU 3, OREGON STATE 1 June 24: LSU 6, OREGON STATE 1 FINAL NATIONAL RANKINGS BASEBALL AMERICA 3 .............. OREGON STATE 15 ................... STANFORD NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION (NCBWA) 3 .............. OREGON STATE 20 ................... STANFORD 26 ...................... ARIZONA COLLEGIATE BASEBALL 3 .............. OREGON STATE 18 ................... STANFORD 24 ...................... ARIZONA USA TODAY/ESPN COACHES 3 .............. OREGON STATE 20 ................... STANFORD

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