2016 Georgia State Panthers baseball team

The 2016 Georgia State Panthers baseball team represented Georgia State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Panthers played their home games at the GSU Baseball Complex.

2016 Georgia State Panthers baseball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	24–31 (10–20 SBC)
Head coach	Greg Frady (9th season)
Home stadium	GSU Baseball Complex

2016 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 Louisiana–Lafayette †‡y  ‍‍‍	21	–	9		.700			43	–	21		.672
No. 26 South Alabama  ‍†‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			42	–	22		.656
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			26	–	28		.481
Troy  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			32	–	26		.552
Texas State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			31	–	28		.525
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			36	–	24		.600
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	28		.517
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			29	–	29		.500
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			20	–	35		.364
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			24	–	31		.436
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			18	–	36		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2016 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Personnel

2016 roster

2016 Georgia State Panthers roster
	Pitchers 11 Brandon Baker – Junior 13 Garrett Ford – Senior 17 Tyler Elwer – Junior 21 Chris Mejias – Freshman 23 Logan Barnette – Sophomore 26 Wayne Wages – Senior 27 Dillon Swaggerty – Junior 28 Bryan White – Sophomore 29 Bryce Conley – Junior 31 Devin Vainer – Junior 32 Clayton Payne – Senior 33 Alex Hegner – Senior 35 Will White – Sophomore 38 Marc-André Habeck – Senior 40 Liam Henry – Freshman' 49 Cole Uvila – Senior		Catchers 5 Nich Gatewood – Freshman 8 Joey Roach – Senior 18 Brandon Gozalez – Junior 25 Zach Wingate – Junior 47 Evan Leyva – Senior Infielders 1 Justin Jones – Sophomore 3 Andy Burnett – Freshman 6 Lucas Boudreau – Freshman 14 Isreal Zackery – Freshman 15 Will Kilgore – Sophomore 20 Jarrett Hood – Junior 22 Same Few – Senior 24 Darius Sewell – Freshman 34 Jack Thompson – Sophomore		Outfielders 2 Rhett Harper – Sophomore 4 James Clements – Senior 7 Jaylen Woullard – Junior 9 Will Johnson – Sophomore 12 Luke Leonard – Freshman 16 Ryan Blanton – Junior 19 Cam Sperry – Senior

Coaching staff

2016 Georgia State Panthers baseball coaching staff
10 Greg Frady – Head coach – 9th year NA Adam Scott – Assistant coach/Pitching coach – 2nd year NA Adam Pavkovich – Assistant coach/Recruiting coordinator – 1st year NA Brock Bennett – Assistant coach

Schedule

2016 Georgia State Panthers baseball game log
Regular season
February # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SBC Record 1 February 19 Western Michigan GSU Baseball Complex 3–2 1–0 – 2 February 20 VCU GSU Baseball Complex 6–8 1–1 – 3 February 21 Perdue GSU Baseball Complex 3–5 1–2 – 4 February 26 Coppin State GSU Baseball Complex 22–4 2–2 – 5 February 27 Coppin State GSU Baseball Complex 17–0 3–2 – 6 February 27 Coppin State GSU Baseball Complex 12–0 4–2 – 7 February 28 Coppin State GSU Baseball Complex 13–0 5–2 –
March # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SBC Record 8 March 1 Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA 6–11 5–3 – 9 March 4 Minnesota GSU Baseball Complex 0–3 5–4 – 10 March 5 Minnesota GSU Baseball Complex 4–3 6–4 – 11 March 6 Minnesota GSU Baseball Complex 6–11 6–5 – 12 March 8 Mercer GSU Baseball Complex 4–3 7–5 – 13 March 12 Fairmont State GSU Baseball Complex 1–2 7–6 – 14 March 12 Fairmont State GSU Baseball Complex 8–5 8–6 – 15 March 13 Jackson State GSU Baseball Complex 12–13 8–7 – 16 March 14 Jackson State GSU Baseball Complex 11–5 9–7 – 17 March 15 Savannah State GSU Baseball Complex 6–10 9–8 – 18 March 18 Arkansas State GSU Baseball Complex 1–11 9–9 0–1 19 March 19 Arkansas State GSU Baseball Complex 5–4 10–9 1–1 20 March 21 Arkansas State GSU Baseball Complex 14–6 11–9 2–1 21 March 22 Savannah State GSU Baseball Complex 4–1 12–9 2–1 22 March 24 Louisiana–Lafayette Lafayette, LA 2–4 12–10 2–2 23 March 25 Louisiana–Lafayette Lafayette, LA 1–7 12–11 2–3 24 March 26 Louisiana–Lafayette Lafayette, LA 2–4 12–12 2–4 25 March 30 Mercer Macon, GA 10–6 13–12 2–4
April # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SBC Record 26 April 1 Texas-Arlington GSU Baseball Complex 5–9 13–13 2–5 27 April 2 Texas-Arlington GSU Baseball Complex 16–18 13–14 2–6 28 April 3 Texas-Arlington GSU Baseball Complex 8–7 14–14 3–6 29 April 5 Auburn Auburn, AL 4–7 14–15 3–6 30 April 8 Arkansas–Little Rock Little Rock, AR 7–5 15–15 4–6 31 April 9 Arkansas–Little Rock Little Rock, AR 2–15 15–16 4–7 32 April 10 Arkansas–Little Rock Little Rock, AR 7–9 15–17 4–8 33 April 12 USC Upstate GSU Baseball Complex Cancelled – – 34 April 15 Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, LA 7–3 16–17 5–8 35 April 16 Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, LA 0–14 16–18 5–9 36 April 17 Louisiana-Monroe Monroe, LA 3–5 16–19 5–10 37 April 20 Georgia Tech GSU Baseball Complex 5–11 16–20 5–10 38 April 22 Appalachian State GSU Baseball Complex 10–0 17–20 6–10 39 April 23 Appalachian State GSU Baseball Complex 5–6 17–21 6–11 40 April 24 Appalachian State GSU Baseball Complex 5–4 18–21 7–11 41 April 27 Kennesaw State GSU Baseball Complex 4–3 19–21 7–11 42 April 29 South Alabama GSU Baseball Complex 3–9 19–22 7–12 43 April 30 South Alabama GSU Baseball Complex 7–4 20–22 8–12
May # Date Opponent Venue Score Overall Record SBC Record 44 May 1 South Alabama GSU Baseball Complex 1–2 20–23 8–13 45 May 3 Alabama A&M GSU Baseball Complex 13–5 21–23 8–13 46 May 4 Alabama A&M GSU Baseball Complex 8–7 22–23 8–13 47 May 6 Texas State San Marcos, TX 2–6 22–24 8–14 48 May 7 Texas State San Marcos, TX 1–10 22–25 8–15 49 May 8 Texas State San Marcos, TX 10–9 23–25 9–15 50 May 10 Kennesaw State Kennesaw, GA 2–3 23–26 9–15 51 May 13 Troy GSU Baseball Complex 2–4 23–27 9–16 52 May 14 Troy GSU Baseball Complex 3–9 23–28 9–17 53 May 15 Troy GSU Baseball Complex 3–16 23–29 9–18 54 May 19 Georgia Southern Statesboro, GA 6–0 23–30 9–19 55 May 20 Georgia Southern Statesboro, GA 5–4 24–30 10–19 56 May 21 Georgia Southern Statesboro, GA 5–1 24–31 10–20