The 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the

2022 NCAA Division I baseball season The 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season was a college baseball season in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level. It began on February 18, 2022, with play progressing through the ...

Mike Littlewood Michael Rory Littlewood is an American baseball coach. He played college baseball at BYU from 1985 to 1988, before playing professionally in 1988. He then served as the head coach of then ''Dixie State Rebels'' (later called "Red Storm", now Utah ...

began the season as acting head coach of the Cougars for a tenth consecutive season. However, on April 11 Littlewood announced he was stepping away from BYU Baseball due to personal reasons that were undisclosed. Assistant coach

Trent Pratt Trent John Pratt (born August 25, 1979) is a baseball coach and former catcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the BYU Cougars. He played college baseball at Arizona State from 1999 to 200 before transferring to Auburn where he pla ...

was named acting head coaching for the remainder of the season. With 22 players returning this season the Cougars were picked to finish second in the WCC Pre-season poll. To conclude the season the WCC hosted the 2022 baseball tournament May 24–28 at

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. For the first time in WCC history the tournament expanded to 6 teams. Teams 1 and 2 received byes into the double elimination bracket while 3 played 6 and 4 played 5 in a single elimination first round. BYU qualified for the tournament as the #4 seed. However the Cougars fell in the tournament's first-round single-elimination game 5–1 to finish the season 33–21, 17–12 under Littlewood and 16–9 under Pratt. On June 8 BYU removed the interim title from Pratt and announced he'd be the new BYU baseball head coach for future seasons.

2022 roster

Schedule

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Indiana State Indiana State University (ISU) is a public university in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was founded in 1865 and offers over 100 undergraduate majors and more than 75 graduate and professional programs. Indiana State is classified among "D/PU: Doctor ...

, , – , , Centennial Park , , FloBaseball , , 2–3 , , Matt Jachec (1–0) , , Jack Sterner (0–1) , , Connor Fenlong (1) , , N/A , , 0–1 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , February 19 , , vs. Marshall , , – , , Centennial Park , , FloBaseball , , 3–6 , , Louis Davenport (1–0) , , Nate Dahle (0–1) , , None , , N/A , , 0–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , February 19 , , vs. Marshall , , – , , Centennial Park , , FloBaseball , , 3–2 , , Janzen Keisel (1–0) , , Zac Addkison (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (1) , , N/A , , 1–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , February 21 , , vs. Ohio State , , – , , Centennial Park , , FloBaseball , , 9–6 , , Justis Reiser (1–0) , , Aaron Funk (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (2) , , N/A , , 2–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , February 24 , , at Arizona State , , – , , Phoenix Municipal Stadium , , P12+ ASU , , 4–2 , , Bryce Robison (1–0) , , Christian Bodlovich (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (3) , , 2,725 , , 3–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , February 25 , , at Arizona State , , – , , Phoenix Municipal Stadium , , P12 AZ , , 6–5 , , Peyton Cole (1–0) , , Brock Peery (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (4) , , 3,388 , , 4–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , February 26 , , at Arizona State , , – , , Phoenix Municipal Stadium , , P12+ ASU , , 19–3 , , Ryan Brady (1–0) , , Josh Hansell (0–1) , , None , , 3,872 , , 5–2 , , – , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 3 , , Milwaukee , , – , ,

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, , byutv.org , , 6–5 , , Reid McLaughlin (1–0) , , Mike Edwards (0–1) , , None , , 1,100 , , 6–2 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 3 , , Milwaukee , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 0–2 , , Nick Gilhaus (1–0) , , Nate Dahle (0–2) , , AJ Blubaugh (1) , , 1,100 , , 6–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 4 , , Milwaukee , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 8–4 , , Janzen Keisel (2–0) , , Johnny Kelliher (0–1) , , None , , 1,167 , , 7–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 10 , , vs. #6 Oklahoma State , , – , , Globe Life Field , , Facebook , , 8–6 , , Bryce Robison (2–0) , , Victor Mederos (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (5) , , 498 , , 8–3 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 11 , , vs. #6 Oklahoma State , , – , , Globe Life Field , , Facebook , , 0–3 , , Kale Davis (1–1) , , Justis Reiser (1–1) , , Trevor Martin (3) , , 705 , , 8–4 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 12 , , vs. #6 Oklahoma State , , – , , Globe Life Field , , Facebook , , 5–8 , , Roman Phansalkar (3–2) , , Nate Dahle (0–3) , , Trevor Martin (4) , , 1,062 , , 8–5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 15 , , at Utah , , – , ,

Smith's Ballpark Smith's Ballpark (formerly known as Franklin Quest Field, later Franklin Covey Field, and more recently Spring Mobile Ballpark) is a minor league baseball park in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the home field of the Salt Lake Bees of the Pacific C ...

, , P12+ UT , , 10–3 , , Bryce Robison (3–0) , , David Watson (0–1) , , None , , 2,084 , , 9–5 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 17 , , at

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* , , – , , Joe Etzel Field , , WCC Net , , 6–2 , , Jack Sterner (1–1) , , Caleb Franzen (1–3) , , None , , 231 , , 10–5 , , 1–0 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 18 , , at Portland* , , – , , Joe Etzel Field , , WCC Net , , 1–11 , , Brett Gillis (4–1) , , Janzen Keisel (2–1) , , None , , 307 , , 10–6 , , 1–1 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 19 , , at Portland* , , – , , Joe Etzel Field , , WCC Net , , 1–3 , , Eli Morse (4–0) , , Ryan Brady (1–1) , , Peter Allegro (6) , , 309 , , 10–7 , , 1–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 22 , , at Utah Valley , , – , ,

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, , 12–5 , , Bryce Robison (4–0) , , Caneron Scudder (0–1) , , None , , 1,676 , , 11–7 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 24 , , #24

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* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 11–2 , , Jack Sterner (2–1) , , Gabriel Hughes (4–1) , , None , , 1,884 , , 12–7 , , 2–2 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 25 , , #24 Gonzaga* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , BYUtv , , 3–6 , , Brody Jessee (3–0) , , Janzen Keisel (2–2) , , None , , 2,113 , , 12–8 , , 2–3 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 26 , , #24 Gonzaga* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , BYUtv , , 4–9 , , Trystan Vrieling (3–1) , , Ryan Brady (1–2) , , None , , 2,373 , , 12–9 , , 2–4 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , March 29 , , Washington State , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 9–3 , , Justis Reiser (2–1) , , Cam Liss (0–1) , , None , , 385 , , 13–9 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , March 31 , , at

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Louis Guisto Field Louis Guisto Field is a baseball venue in Moraga, California, USA. It is home to the Saint Mary's Gaels baseball team of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference. Opened in 2012, the venue replaced the old Louis Guisto Field (the locat ...

, , SCS Central , , 3–4 , , Jackson Hulett (3–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (1–1) , , None , , 111 , , 13–10 , , 2–5 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 1 , , at Saint Mary's* , , – , , Louis Guisto Field , , SCS Pacific , , 12–2 , , Ryan Brady (2–2) , , Ryan Taurek (1–2) , , Bryce Robison (1) , , 97 , , 14–10 , , 3–5 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 2 , , at Saint Mary's* , , – , , Louis Guisto Field , , SCS Central , , 3–4 , , Ryan Sanders (3–1) , , Nate Dahle (0–4) , , Nathan Schneider (1) , , 242 , , 14–11 , , 3–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 5 , , at Dixie State , , – , ,

Bruce Hurst Field Bruce Hurst Field is a stadium in St. George, Utah. It is primarily used for baseball, hosting the Utah Tech University baseball team. It was formerly the home field of the St. George Roadrunners of the Golden league. It holds 2,500 people and ...

, , ESPN+ , , 5–7 , , Jake Dahle (2–2) , , Boston Maebus (0–1) , , None , , 1,951 , , 14–12 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 7 , , Santa Clara* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 5–1 , , Jack Sterner (3–1) , , Cole Kitchen (3–2) , , None , , 1,857 , , 15–12 , , 4–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 8 , , Santa Clara* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 10–0 , , Bryce Robison (5–0) , , Nick Sando (3–2) , , None , , 2,674 , , 16–12 , , 5–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 9 , , Santa Clara* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 9–5 , , Cy Nielson (1–0) , , Jared Feikes (5–2) , , None , , 2,167 , , 17–12 , , 6–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 14 , , at Nebraska , , – , , Haymarket Park , , B1G+ , , 0–1 , , Tyler Martin (2–0) , , Jack Sterner (3–2) , , Braxton Bragg (3) , , 4,382 , , 17–13 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 15 , , at Nebraska , , – , , Haymarket Park , , B1G+ , , 3–2 , , Cy Nielson (2–0) , , Shay Schanaman (2–5) , , Reid McLaughlin (6) , , 5,219 , , 18–13 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 15 , , at Nebraska , , – , , Haymarket Park , , B1G+ , , 7–6 , , Carter Smith (1–0) , , Braxton Bragg (1–4) , , Nate Dahle (1) , , 5,219 , , 19–13 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 16 , , at Nebraska , , – , , Haymarket Park , , B1G+ , , 4–3 , , Cooper McKeehan (1–0) , , Corbin Hawkins (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (7) , , 5,005 , , 20–13 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 19 , , at Utah , , – , , Smith's Ballpark , , P12 , , 7–8 , , Micah Ashman (2–0) , , Reid McLaughlin (1–2) , , None , , 1,626 , , 20–14 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 21 , , San Diego* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 11–7 , , Jack Sterner (4–2) , , Garrett Rennie (2–4) , , None , , 1,859 , , 21–14 , , 7–6 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 22 , , San Diego* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , BYUtv , , 3–8 , , Kyle Carr (1–0) , , Ryan Brady (2–3) , , None , , 1,317 , , 21–15 , , 7–7 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 23 , , San Diego* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , BYUtv , , 3–4 , , Brycen Mautz (7–1) , , Bryce Robison (5–1) , , Ryan Kysar (1) , , 1,884 , , 21–16 , , 7–8 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 26 , , Utah Valley , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 7–0 , , Peyton Cole (2–0) , , Luke McCollough (2–2) , , None , , 2,125 , , 22–16 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 28 , , at San Francisco* , , – , , Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field , , SCS Atlantic , , 3–8 , , Jonah Jenkins (1–3) , , Jack Sterner (4–3) , , None , , 178 , , 22–17 , , 7–9 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , April 29 , , at San Francisco* , , – , , Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field , , SCS Pacific , , 8–9 , , Adam Shew (3–1) , , Cooper McKeehan (1–1) , , Josh Mollerus (4) , , 213 , , 22–18 , , 7–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , April 30 , , at San Francisco* , , – , , Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field , , SCS Atlantic , , 12–4 , , Bryce Robison (6–1) , , Jesse Barron (4–3) , , None , , 300 , , 23–18 , , 8–10 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 3 , , at Cal State Fullerton , , – , , Goodwin Field , , ESPN+ , , 10–5 , , Ayden Callahan (1–0) , , Grant Kelly (0–1) , , None , , 868 , , 24–18 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 5 , , at Pepperdine* , , – , ,

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, , SCS Pacific , , 4–2 , , Cy Neilson (3–0) , , Brandon Llewellyn (3–6) , , Nate Dahle (2) , , 376 , , 25–18 , , 9–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 6 , , at Pepperdine* , , – , , Eddy D. Field Stadium , , WCC Net , , 6–3 , , Ayden Callahan (2–0) , , Bobby Christy (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (8) , , 476 , , 26–18 , , 10–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 7 , , at Pepperdine* , , – , , Eddy D. Field Stadium , , SCS Atlantic , , 4–2 , , Nate Dahle (1–4) , , Jack Chester (0–1) , , Reid McLaughlin (9) , , 489 , , 27–18 , , 11–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 10 , , Dixie State , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 3–2 , , Janzen Keisel (3–2) , , Jacob Taggart (0–2) , , Reid McLaughlin (10) , , 2,192 , , 28–18 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 12 , , Pacific* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , ,

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, , 8–7 ⁽¹²⁾ , , Cooper McKeehan (2–1) , , Austin McKinney (0–2) , , None , , 1,507 , , 29–18 , , 12–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 13 , , Pacific* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 9–3 , , Bryce Robison (7–1) , , Hunter Hayes (2–9) , , None , , 1,934 , , 30–18 , , 13–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 14 , , Pacific* , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , BYUtv , , 5–0 , , Ryan Brady (3–3) , , Marv Guarin (1–4) , , None , , 2,312 , , 31–18 , , 14–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , May 17 , , Utah , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 7–12 , , Bryson Van Sickle (3–0) , , Peyton Cole (2–1) , , None , , 3,192 , , 31–19 , , – , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 19 , , , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , byutv.org , , 4–3 ⁽¹⁰⁾ , , Nate Dahle (4–2) , , Quinn Lavelle (0–5) , , None , , 1,688 , , 32–19 , , 15–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ccffcc" , May 20 , , , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , BYUtv , , 9–3 , , Ryan Brady (4–3) , , Jimmy Galica (1–6) , , None , , 2,780 , , 33–19 , , 16–10 , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , May 21 , , , , – , , Larry H. Miller Field , , BYUtv , , 7–17 , , Quinn Lavelle (1–5) , , Ayden Callahan (2–1) , , None , , 2,816 , , 33–20 , , 16–11 , - , - align="center" bgcolor="ffbbb" , May 24 , , , , – , ,

, , SCS Atlantic , , 1–5 , , Diego Barrera (4–3) , , Jack Sterner (4–4) , , Owen Hackman (5) , , 586 , , 33–21 , , – , - , style="font-size:88%" , Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
*West Coast Conference games

Rivalries

BYU had two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. Dixie State also played the Cougars for a second consecutive season.

Radio Information

BYU Baseball was once again broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network. BYU Radio 107.9 KUMT served as the flagship station. However, because of some conflicts, some radio broadcasts were App exclusives. Jason Shepherd and Greg Wrubell rotated providing play-by-play. Tuckett Slade served as analyst on most broadcasts.

TV Announcers

*Indiana State: ''No commentary'' *Marshall: ''No commentary'' *Marshall: ''No commentary'' *Ohio State: ''No commentary'' *Arizona State: ''Matt Venezia''
''Zach Woolley''
*Arizona State
''Dominic Cotroneo''
*Arizona State
''Gareth Kwok''

''Randy Policar''
*Milwaukee: '' Greg Wrubell'' & ''Tuckett Slade '' *Milwaukee: ''Greg Wrubell '' & ''Tuckett Slade'' *Milwaukee: ''Jason Shepherd'' & ''Tuckett Slade'' *Oklahoma State: ''Greg Wrubell '' & ''Tuckett Slade'' *Oklahoma State: ''Greg Wrubell '' & ''Tuckett Slade'' *Oklahoma State: ''Greg Wrubell '' & ''Tuckett Slade'' *Utah
''Brian Preece''
*Portland
''Bryan Sleik''
& ''Korey Kier'' *Portland: ''Bryan Sleik'' & ''Korey Kier'' *Portland: ''Bryan Sleik'' *Utah Valley: ''Jordan Bianucci'' & ''Josh Kallunki'' *Gonzaga: '' Dave McCann'', ''

Gary Sheide Gary Sheide is a former American football quarterback for Brigham Young University. He was the first quarterback to come out of LaVell Edwards's BYU "quarterback factory." Sheide was born on November 6th, 1952 and grew up in Antioch, California. ...

'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Gonzaga: ''Dave McCann'' & ''Gary Sheide'' *Gonzaga: ''Dave McCann'' & ''Gary Sheide'' *Washington State: ''Dave McCann'' & ''Gary Sheide'' *Saint Mary's
''Ben Ross''

''Tim Fitzgerald ''
*Saint Mary's: ''Tim Fitzgerald'' *Saint Mary's
''Brian Brownfield''
& ''Tim Fitzgerald'' *Dixie State
''Keric Seegmiller''
*Santa Clara: ''Jason Shepherd'' & ''Gary Sheide '' *Santa Clara: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Santa Clara: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Nebraska: ''Grant Hansen'' & ''Bobby Hessling'' *Nebraska DH: ''Connor Clark'' & ''Josh Lill'' *Nebraska: ''Ryan Valenta'' & ''Andrew Pfeifer'' *Utah: ''Thad Anderson'' & ''Donnie Marbut'' *San Diego: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *San Diego: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *San Diego: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Utah Valley: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *San Francisco
''Alex Hutton''
*San Francisco
''Ben Ross''
*San Francisco
''Pat Olson''
*Cal State Fullerton
''Michael Martinez''
*Pepperdine
''Al Epstein''
*Pepperdine: ''Al Epstein'' *Pepperdine
''Karl Winter''
& ''Austin Hall'' *Dixie State: ''Dave McCann'' & ''Gary Sheide'' *Pacific
''Roy Philpott''

''Roddy Jones''
*Pacific: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Pacific: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Utah: ''Spencer Linton'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Loyola Marymount: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Loyola Marymount: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Loyola Marymount: ''Dave McCann'', ''Gary Sheide'', & ''Jason Shepherd'' *Loyola Marymount: '' Steve Quis'' & ''Bryan Sleik''

References