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2024 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
D1Baseball.comNo. 4
Record33–9 (16–5 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dan Roszel
  • Austin Cousino
  • Nick Ammirati
Home stadium Kentucky Proud Park
Seasons
←  2023
2025 →
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 8 Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16 5   .762 33 9   .786
No. 3 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 15 6   .714 37 8   .822
No. 17 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 32 13   .711
No. 15 South Carolina ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 30 14   .682
No. 19 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 32 12   .727
Florida ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 23 21   .523
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 6 15   .286 20 26   .435
Western
No. 2 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 16 5   .762 39 7   .848
No. 1 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 15 6   .714 39 6   .867
No. 16 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 12 9   .571 30 15   .667
No. 23 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 28 16   .636
LSU  ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 29 17   .630
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 23 21   .523
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 3 18   .143 21 22   .488
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 1, 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

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
May (0–0)
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: [42]

Record vs. conference opponents

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

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 9–12 2–1 5/18 . 0–3 0–3 5/12 5/05 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 . ALA W4 4–3 0–2
ARK 16–5 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 5/05 3–0 5/12 3–0 3–0 2–1 . 5/18 . ARK W1 6–1 3–0
AUB 3–18 5/18 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 0–3 5/12 5/05 . 1–2 0–3 0–3 AUB W7 0–7 0–4
FLA 9–12 . 1–2 . 5/18 5/12 2–1 2–1 0–3 . 1–2 5/05 2–1 1–2 FLA E6 3–4 0–1
UGA 10–11 3–0 . . 5/18 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 5/12 1–2 1–2 5/05 UGA E5 3–4 1–1
KEN 16–5 3–0 5/05 3–0 5/12 3–0 . . 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 . 5/18 KEN E1 5–2 4–0
LSU 7–14 5/12 0–3 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 5/18 . 0–3 5/05 1–2 LSU W6 2–5 0–2
MSU 12–9 5/05 5/12 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 2–1 5/18 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 MSU W3 4–3 1–0
MIZZ 6–15 . 0–3 5/12 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 5/18 . 5/05 0–3 . 0–3 MIZZ E7 1–6 1–3
MISS 7–14 1–2 0–3 5/05 . 1–2 0–3 5/18 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 5/12 . MISS W5 2–5 0–2
SCAR 11–10 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 5/12 2–1 . . 5/05 1–2 5/18 1–2 3–0 SCAR E3 3–4 1–0
TENN 15–6 1–2 . 2–1 5/05 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 5/18 . 5/12 TENN E2 6–1 2–0
TAMU 15–6 2–1 5/18 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 5/05 2–1 . 5/12 2–1 . 3–0 TAMU W2 6–1 2–0
VAN 11–10 . . 3–0 2–1 5/05 5/18 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 0–3 5/12 0–3 VAN E4 4–3 2–2
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 28 Apr 2024. Tie Brkrs: ARK>KEN SCAR common. TAMU>TENN ALA common. SCAR>VAN head to head. ALA>FLA ARK common. MISS>LSU TENN common.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches' [43]—*2521168558
Baseball America [44]231810779
NCBWA [45]2425212015846
D1Baseball [46]24178348
Perfect Game [47]2524151297811

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.

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