2024 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record14–3 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dan Roszel
  • Austin Cousino
  • Nick Ammirati
Home stadiumKentucky Proud Park
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 5 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 17 – 1   .944
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 17 – 1   .944
No. 9 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 15 – 3   .833
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 3   .824
No. 20 South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 3   .824
No. 8 Florida ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 10 – 6   .625
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 9 – 8   .529
Western
No. 4 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 17 – 0   1.000
No. 14 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 15 – 2   .882
No. 2 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 15 – 2   .882
No. 1 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 2   .875
No. 18 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 13 – 3   .813
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 13 – 5   .722
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 5   .706
‡ – Tournament champion
As of March 12, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2024 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats play their home games at Kentucky Proud Park.

Previous season

Main article: 2023 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

The Wildcats finished 40–21, 16–13 in the SEC to finish fifth in the SEC East division. They lost to Alabama in the SEC tournament. The Wildcats then competed in the NCAA tournament, winning the Lexington Regional. They would lose to eventual champion LSU in the Baton Rouge Super Regional.

Personnel

Roster

2024 Kentucky Wildcats roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 0 - Jake Titus - Freshman
  • 10 - Cameron O'Brien - Graduate Student
  • 11 - Colby Frieda - Junior
  • 20 - Mason Moore - Junior
  • 22 - Dominic Niman - Graduate Student
  • 24 - Ryan Hagenow - Senior
  • 25 - Seth Logue - Junior
  • 26 - Drew Lafferty - Redshirt Freshman
  • 28 - Hayden Smith - Redshirt Freshman
  • 29 - Robert Hogan - Junior
  • 30 - Aaron Blum - Freshman
  • 33 - Travis Smith - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 36 - Carson Applegate - Redshirt Freshman
  • 37 - Raymond Saatman - Freshman
  • 39 - Cooper Robinson - Junior
  • 40 - Zach Hise - Junior
  • 41 - Evan Byers - Redshirt Junior
  • 43 - Jackson Nove - Junior
  • 44 - Jacob Price - Sophomore
  • 46 - Christian Howe - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 48 - Ben Cleaver - Freshman
  • 49 - Johnny Hummel - Graduate Student
  • 50 - Evan Hart - Freshman
  • 51 - Trey Pooser - Graduate Student
  • 55 - Tommy Skelding - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 7 - Devin Burkes - Redshirt Junior
  • 52 - Austin Fawley - Redshirt Freshman
  • 54 - Eli Small - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Patrick Herrera - Junior
  • 2 - Michael Daly - Senior
  • 4 - Émilien Pitre - Junior
  • 6 - Reuben Church - Senior
  • 9 - Nick Lopez - Graduate Student
  • 12 - Grant Smith - Senior
  • 13 - James McCoy - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 16 - Landon Franklin - Freshman
  • 17 - Ethan Hindle - Freshman
  • 23 - Hudson Brown - Freshman
  • 25 - Ryan Nicholson - Graduate Student
  

Outfielders

  • 8 - Ty Crittenberger - Graduate Student
  • 14 - Ben Higdon - Junior
  • 19 - Nolan McCarthy - Redshirt Junior
  • 21 - Ryan Waldschmidt - Junior
  • 34 - Lukas Schramm - Redshirt Freshman
  • 42 - Griffin Cameron - Freshman

Utility

  • 5 - Josh Skrowronski - Freshman
  • 35 - Blake Bowen - Freshman
  • 47 - Kyuss Gargett - Freshman
  

Coaching Staff

2024 Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff[2]
Name Position
Nick Mingione Head coach
Dan Roszel Assistant Coach/Pitching
Austin Cousino Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Nick Ammirati Volunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

2024 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season
February
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
February 16 at USC Upstate Harley Park
Spartanburg, SC		 W 11–7[3] Smith (1–0) Sullivan (0–1) None SECN+ 437 1–0 0–0
February 17 at USC Upstate Harley Park W 3–0[4] Niman (1–0) Curtis (0–1) Hummel (1) SECN+ 245 2–0 0–0
February 18 at USC Upstate Harley Park W 9–3[5] Moore (1–0) Proger (0–1) None SECN+ 270 3–0 0–0
February 20 Morehead State Kentucky Proud Park W 9–5[6] Nove (1–0) Bettio (0–1) None SECN+ 2,844 4–0 0–0
Karbach Round Rock Classic
February 23 vs. Washington State Dell Diamond
Round Rock, TX		 L 4–6[7] Taylor (2–0) Smith (1–1) Grillo (1) D1Baseball 4–1 0–0
February 24 vs. Texas State Dell Diamond W 11–5[8] Niman (2–0) Stroud (1–1) None D1Baseball 4,105 5–1 0–0
February 25 vs. Kansas Dell Diamond W 8–5[9] Byers (1–0) Steitz (1–1) None D1Baseball 6–1 0–0
February 27 Western Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park W 5–0[10] O'Brien (1–0) Bosecker (0–1) None SECN+ 2,226 7–1 0–0
March
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
March 1 Lipscomb Kentucky Proud Park W 7–4[11] Pooser (1–0) Brewer (0–2) Nove (1) SECN+ 1,774 8–1 0–0
March 2 Lipscomb Kentucky Proud Park W 16–17[12] Niman (3–0) Witzke (0–1) None SECN+ 2,207 9–1 0–0
March 3 Lipscomb Kentucky Proud Park W 9–1[13] Moore (2–0) Dunkleberger (1–2) None SECN+ 2,803 10–1 0–0
March 5 Eastern Kentucky Kentucky Proud Park W 10–07[14] Lafferty (1–0) Hall (0–3) None SECN+ 1,906 11–1 0–0
March 6 at Eastern Kentucky Turkey Hughes Field
Richmond, KY		 W 5–2[15] Hummel (1–0) Blanton (0–2) Pooser (1) ESPN+ 1,021 12–1 0–0
March 8 Kennesaw State Kentucky Proud Park L 1–128[16] Osbolt (2–0) Smith (1–2) None SECN+ 1,922 12–2 0–0
March 9 Kennesaw State Kentucky Proud Park L 2–10[17] Aita (1–0) Niman (3–1) None SECN+ 1,980 12–3 0–0
March 10 Kennesaw State Kentucky Proud Park W 5–2[18] Moore (3–0) Pinson (0–4) Pooser (2) SECN+ 2,044 13–3 0–0
March 12 Murray State Kentucky Proud Park W 10–6[19] Cleaver (1–0) Roulette (2–1) None SECN+ 2,040 14–3 0–0
March 15 Georgia Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
March 16 Georgia Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
March 17 Georgia Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
March 19 Evansville Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
March 22 at Missouri Taylor Stadium
Columbia, MO		 SECN+
March 23 at Missouri Taylor Stadium SECN+
March 24 at Missouri Taylor Stadium SECN
March 26 Miami Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
March 29 at Ole Miss Swayze Field
Oxford, MS		 SECN+
March 30 at Ole Miss Swayze Field SECN+
March 31 at Ole Miss Swayze Field SECN+
April
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
April 2 Louisville Kentucky Proud Park SECN
April 5 Alabama Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
April 6 Alabama Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
April 7 Alabama Kentucky Proud Park SECN
April 9 at Samford Joe Lee Griffin Stadium
Birmingham, AL
April 11 at Auburn Plainsman Park
Auburn, AL		 ESPNU
April 12 at Auburn Plainsman Park SECN+
April 13 at Auburn Plainsman Park SECN+
April 16 at Louisville Jim Patterson Stadium
Louisville, KY		 ACCN
April 19 Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
April 20 Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
April 21 Tennessee Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
April 26 at South Carolina Founders Park
Columbia, SC		 SECN+
April 27 at South Carolina Founders Park SECN
April 28 at South Carolina Founders Park SECN
May
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 3 Arkansas Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 4 Arkansas Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 5 Arkansas Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 7 at Xavier J. Page Hayden Field
Cincinnati, OH		 FloSports
May 10 at Florida Condron Ballpark
Gainesville, FL		 SECN+
May 11 at Florida Condron Ballpark SECN
May 12 at Florida Condron Ballpark SECN
May 14 Wright State Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 16 Vanderbilt Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 17 Vanderbilt Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
May 18 Vanderbilt Kentucky Proud Park SECN+
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Kentucky team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Schedule source:[20]

Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2024 SEC baseball records

Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 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 0–0 4/14 5/18 . 3/24 4/07 5/12 5/05 . 4/28 3/30 3/17 4/21 . ALA W1 0–0 0–0
ARK 0–0 4/14 3/24 4/28 . 5/05 3/30 5/12 3/17 4/07 4/21 . 5/18 . ARK W1 0–0 0–0
AUB 0–0 5/18 3/24 . . 4/14 4/28 4/21 5/12 5/05 . 4/07 3/30 3/17 AUB W1 0–0 0–0
FLA 0–0 . 4/28 . 5/18 5/12 3/24 3/31 4/07 . 4/14 5/05 3/17 4/21 FLA E1 0–0 0–0
UGA 0–0 3/24 . . 5/18 3/17 . 4/07 4/14 4/21 5/12 3/31 4/28 5/05 UGA E1 0–0 0–0
KEN 0–0 4/07 5/05 4/14 5/12 3/17 . . 3/24 3/31 4/28 4/21 . 5/18 KEN E1 0–0 0–0
LSU 0–0 5/12 3/30 4/28 3/24 . . 3/17 4/21 5/18 . 4/14 5/05 4/07 LSU W1 0–0 0–0
MSU 0–0 5/05 5/12 4/21 3/31 4/07 . 3/17 5/18 4/14 . . 3/24 4/28 MSU W1 0–0 0–0
MIZZ 0–0 . 3/17 5/12 4/07 4/14 3/24 4/21 5/18 . 5/05 4/28 . 3/30 MIZZ E1 0–0 0–0
MISS 0–0 4/28 4/07 5/05 . 4/21 3/31 5/18 4/14 . 3/17 3/24 5/12 . MISS W1 0–0 0–0
SCAR 0–0 3/30 4/21 . 4/14 5/12 4/28 . . 5/05 3/17 5/18 4/07 3/24 SCAR E1 0–0 0–0
TENN 0–0 3/17 . 4/07 5/05 3/31 4/21 4/14 . 4/28 3/24 5/18 . 5/12 TENN E1 0–0 0–0
TAMU 0–0 4/21 5/18 3/30 3/17 4/28 . 5/05 3/24 . 5/12 4/07 . 4/14 TAMU W1 0–0 0–0
VAN 0–0 . . 3/17 4/21 5/05 5/18 4/07 4/28 3/30 . 3/24 5/12 4/14 VAN E1 0–0 0–0
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for all games through 11 Feb 2024.

Rankings

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[21]——*———
Baseball America[22]—————
NCBWA†[23]—24—25—
D1Baseball[24]—————
Perfect Game[25]———25—

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

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  13. ^ "Lipscomb at Kentucky (3/3)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2024.
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  22. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  23. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  24. ^ D1 Baseball
  25. ^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
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