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2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team

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2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
Record32-25 (18-14 C-USA)
Head coach
Hitting coachGreg Mamula
Pitching coachDavid Kopp
Home stadiumFAU Baseball Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Conference USA baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Charlotte x‍‍‍y 24 8 0   .750 40 21 0   .656
No. 16 Old Dominion ‍‍y 22 10 0   .688 44 16 0   .733
Florida Atlantic ‍‍‍ 18 14 0   .563 32 25 0   .561
Western Kentucky ‍‍‍ 15 17 0   .469 27 29 0   .482
FIU ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 20 31 0   .392
Marshall ‍‍‍ 6 26 0   .188 10 35 0   .222
West
No. 22 Louisiana Tech x‍‍‍y 22 8 0   .733 42 20 0   .677
No. 23 Southern Miss ‍‍‍y 22 9 0   .710 40 21 0   .656
UTSA ‍‍‍ 14 17 0   .452 22 26 0   .458
Middle Tennessee ‍‍‍ 12 19 1   .391 24 29 1   .454
Rice ‍‍‍ 11 20 1   .359 23 29 1   .443
UAB ‍‍‍ 11 21 0   .344 18 36 0   .333
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 7, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2021 college baseball season. The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Conference USA. They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium, on the university's Boca Raton campus. The team was coached by John McCormack, who was in his thirteenth season at Florida Atlantic.

Previous season

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The 2020 Owls finished 10–6 overall. This season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Preseason

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C-USA media poll

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The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 11, 2021 with the Owls predicted to finish in first place in the East Division.[2]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish Team 1st Place Votes
1 Florida Atlantic 10
2 Old Dominion 1
3 FIU 1
4 WKU -
5 Charlotte -
6 Marshall -

Preseason All-CUSA teams

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  • Bobby Morgensen – Outfielder
  • Mitchell Hartigan – Designated Hitter/Utility Player

Personal

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Roster

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2021 Florida Atlantic Owls roster
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Jacob Josey - Sophomore
  • 7 - Javi Rivera - Sophomore
  • 14 - Brock Helverson - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 15 - Brycen Allen - Redshirt Junior
  • 16 - Adrien Reese - Junior
  • 18 - Hunter Cooley - Sophomore
  • 21 - Jon Jon Kostantis - Sophomore
  • 22 - Jackson Vescelus - Redshirt Junior
  • 25 - Braden Ostrander - Freshman
  • 26 - Jack Stroud - Freshman
  • 27 - Dylan O'Connell - Redshirt Junior
  • 29 - Evan Waterbor - Sophomore
  • 30 - John Dwyer - Sophomore
  • 31 - TJ Stuart - Graduate Student
  • 32 - Jackson Spiller - Sophomore
  • 35 - Mike Entenza - Junior
  • 37 - Dante Visconti - Freshman
  • 38 - Matt Sparling - Redshirt Junior
  • 40 - Ethan Kramer - Freshman
  • 41 - Marc DeGusipe - Freshman
  • 42 - Sam Drumheller - Freshman
  • 44 - Nicholas Del Prado - Freshman
  • 49 - Thomas Haggerty -Redshirt Junior
 

Catchers

  • 17 - Shane Magrann - Sophomore
  • 33 - Nicolas Toney - Sophomore
  • 34 - Caleb Pendleton - Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 - Cade Parker - Freshman
  • 4 - Wilfredo Alvarez - Senior
  • 6 - Sam Low - Senior
  • 9 - B.J. Murray - Sophomore
  • 13 - Steven Loden - Freshman
  • 19 - Jared DeSantolo - Junior
  • 28 - Daulton Frank - Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 5 - Jalen DeBose - Freshman
  • 10 - Bobby Morgensen - Senior
  • 11 - Jackson Wenstrom - Junior
  • 12 - Nolan Schanuel - Freshman
  • 23 - Victor Castillo - Freshman
  • 24 - Mitchell Hartigan - Sophomore

Coaching staff

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Coaching Staff
  • John McCormack - Head Coach - 13th year
  • Greg Mamula - Hitting Coach - 6th year
  • David Kopp - Pitching Coach - 4th year
  • Tristan McGinnis - Volunteer Assistant Coach - 2nd year
  • Tyler Krull - Graduate Manager - 1st year

Schedule and results

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2021 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log
Regular season (30–23)
Post-season (2–2)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Cancelled
Bold = Florida Atlantic team member
Schedule Source:[4]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[5]—*RV22RV—*—*
Baseball America[6]25—*—*
Collegiate Baseball^[7]RV27
NCBWA[8]RVRV2622тRVRVRV—*
D1Baseball[9]2120—*—*

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
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.

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "2021 Baseball Standings". conferenceusa.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards".
  3. ^ "Baseball's Saturday Game at FGCU Postponed". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Baseball's 2021 Schedule Announced" (Press release). Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 1, 2021.
  5. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  6. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  7. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  8. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  9. ^ D1 Baseball
  10. ^ "CB National Players of Week 2-22-21". Collegiate Baseball. February 22, 2021.
  11. ^ "Schanuel Earns C-USA Hitter of the Week Honors". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. February 23, 2021.
  12. ^ "Sparling Named as National Player of the Week". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. March 1, 2021.
  13. ^ "Hot-Hitting Loden Garners C-USA Weekly Award". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 10, 2021.
  14. ^ "Final C-USA Pitcher of Week Award Goes to Adrien Reese". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 24, 2021.
  15. ^ "Three Owls Earn Four All-C-USA Honors". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. May 25, 2021.
  16. ^ "Schanuel is a Freshman All-America Honoree". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. June 9, 2021.
  17. ^ "First Team Freshman All-America Recognition Awarded to Schanuel". Florida Atlantic University Athletics. June 21, 2021.
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