2014 Roster 2013 Big 12 Champions
No. Name Yr. 2 Joshua Ake Jr. 3 Craig Aikin So. 4 Hunter Haley So. 5 Colt Bickerstaff RJr. 8 Keach Ballard Jr. 9 Anthony Hermelyn So. 10 Niko Buentello Fr. 11 Jacob Evans So. 12 Hector Lorenzana Sr. 13 Tyler Gibson Fr. 15 Connor Buchmann Jr. 16 Tyler Coolbaugh RFr. 17 Kindle Ladd Sr. 18 Dylan Neal Sr. 20 Cody Thomas Fr. 21 Taylor Alspaugh RJr. 22 Sheldon Neuse Fr. 23 Kolbey Carpenter So. 24 Hayden Jones RFr. 25 Corey Copping So. 26 Cole Stevens RSo. 27 Robert Tasin RJr. 28 Mac James Jr. 32 Ralph Garza Jr. So. 33 Jake Elliott Fr. 34 Adam Choplick RSo. 35 Alec Hansen Fr. 36 Kyle Hayes Sr. 38 Taylor Neitsch Fr. 39 Chad Nelson So. 40 Jeffrey Curran So. 42 Drew Krittenbrink RSr. 44 Austin O’Brien Fr. 51 Octavio Rodriguez Fr.
Pos. IF OF OF OF IF C IF LHP IF RHP RHP IF RHP C OF OF IF IF LHP RHP RHP RHP C RHP RHP LHP RHP RHP IF RHP LHP RHP IF LHP
B/T Ht./Wt. Hometown/High School R/R 5-11/175 Readington, N.J./Howard College/Hunterdon Central L/L 5-10/170 Coppell, Texas/Coppell L/R 5-10/175 Nacogdoches, Texas/Central Heights L/R 6-1/220 Mineola, Texas/Howard College/Mineola L/R 6-0/170 Durant, Okla./Murray State J.C./Silo R/R 6-1/200 McKinney, Texas/McKinney L/R 6-3/210 Lewisville, Texas/Lewisville L/L 6-2/205 Broken Arrow, Okla./Broken Arrow R/R 5-11/190 San Diego, Calif./Howard College/Eastlake R/R 6-4/180 Wister, Okla./Wister L/R 6-1/190 Keller, Texas/Howard College/Keller S/R 5-10/175 Colleyville, Texas/Grapevine R/R 6-1/182 McKinney, Texas/McKinney North R/R 6-2/195 McKinney, Texas/Blinn College/McKinney Boyd L/R 6-5/215 Colleyville, Texas/Heritage L/L 6-0/175 Broken Arrow, Okla./Baylor/Union R/R 6-0/195 Fort Worth, Texas/Keller Fossil Ridge R/R 6-0/175 Waco, Texas/West L/L 6-1/190 Houston, Texas/Langham Creek R/R 6-1/175 Temple City, Calif./Temple City R/R 6-6/215 Blanchard, Okla./Blanchard R/R 6-1/190 Klein, Texas/Howard College/Klein R/R 6-1/195 New Braunfels, Texas/Brookhaven Coll./New Braunfels Canyon R/R 6-3/185 New Braunfels, Texas/New Braunfels Senior R/R 6-7/200 Coppell, Texas/Coppell L/L 6-8/261 Denton, Texas/Billy Ryan R/R 6-7/235 Loveland, Colo./Loveland L/R 6-2/210 Santee, Calif./Howard College/Grossmont North R/R 6-1/170 Allen, Texas/Lovejoy R/R 5-11/190 Edmond, Okla./OKC University/Heritage Hall L/L 6-3/165 Long Beach, Calif./Fullerton College/St. Anthony R/R 6-1/184 Okarche, Okla./Okarche R/R 6-3/200 Owasso, Okla./Owasso L/L 6-5/205 El Paso, Texas/Franklin
Head Coach: #19 Pete Hughes (First Season, Davidson ’90) Assistant Coach: #14 Mike Anderson (First Season, Northern Colorado ’90) Assistant Coach: #41 Jamie Pinzino (First Season, Tufts ‘97) Assistant Coach: #46 Ryan Connolly (First Season, Notre Dame ’09) Director of Operations: Ryan Gaines (Ninth Season, Oklahoma ’95) Sooners By Class Seniors (5) Juniors (7) Kyle Hayes Joshua Ake Drew Krittenbrink Taylor Alspaugh Kindle Ladd Keach Ballard Hector Lorenzana Colt Bickerstaff Dylan Neal Connor Buchmann Sophomores (11) Mac James Craig Aikin Robert Tasin Kolbey Carpenter Freshmen (11) Adam Choplick Niko Buentello Corey Copping Tyler Coolbaugh Jeffrey Curran Jake Elliott Jacob Evans Tyler Gibson Ralph Garza Jr. Alex Hansen Hunter Haley Hayden Jones Anthony Hermelyn Taylor Neitsch Chad Nelson Sheldon Neuse Cole Stevens Austin O’Brien Octavio Rodriguez Cody Thomas
Sooners By State Oklahoma (8) Texas (20) Taylor Alspaugh Craig Aikin Keach Ballard Colt Bickerstaff Jacob Evans Connor Buchmann Tyler Gibson Niko Buentello Drew Krittenbrink Kolbey Carpenter Chad Nelson Adam Choplick Austin O’Brien Tyler Coolbaugh Cole Stevens Jake Elliott California (4) Ralph Garza Jr. Corey Copping Hunter Haley Jeffrey Curran Anthony Hermelyn Kyle Hayes Mac James Hector Lorenzana Hayden Jones Colorado (1) Kindle Ladd Alec Hansen Dylan Neal New Jersey (1) Taylor Neitsch Joshua Ake Sheldon Neuse Octavio Rodriguez Robert Tasin Cody Thomas
Alphabetical Roster 3 2 21 8 5 15 10 23 34 16 25 40 33 11 32 13 4 35 36 9 28 24 42 17 12 18 38 39 22 44 51 26 27 20
Craig Aikin Joshua Ake Taylor Alspaugh Keach Ballard Colt Bickerstaff Connor Buchmann Niko Buentello Kolbey Carpenter Adam Choplick Tyler Coolbaugh Corey Copping Jeffrey Curran Jake Elliott Jacob Evans Ralph Garza Jr. Tyler Gibson Hunter Haley Alec Hansen Kyle Hayes Anthony Hermelyn Mac James Hayden Jones Drew Krittenbrink Kindle Ladd Hector Lorenzana Dylan Neal Taylor Neitsch Chad Nelson Sheldon Neuse Austin O’Brien Octavio Rodriguez Cole Stevens Robert Tasin Cody Thomas
Pronunciation Guide Alspaugh ALL-spaw Buchmann BUCK-mun Buentello bwayne-TELL-oh Coolbaugh COOL-baw Neitsch neetch Neuse NOYZ-ee Tasin tuh-SEEN
1951 & 1994 National Champions • 10 NCAA College World Series Appearances | 23