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2024 Texas Longhorns baseball
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Record36–24 (20–10 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachPhilip Miller (8th season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumUFCU Disch–Falk Field
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Oklahoma ‍†‍‍y 23 – 7   .767 37 – 19   .661
No. 16 Oklahoma State ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 9   .679 40 – 17   .702
Texas ‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 35 – 22   .614
West Virginia ‍‍‍y 19 – 11   .633 33 – 22   .600
Cincinnati ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 32 – 25   .561
Kansas State ‍‍‍y 15 – 15   .500 32 – 24   .571
Kansas ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 31 – 23   .574
UCF ‍‍‍y 14 – 15   .483 35 – 19   .648
TCU ‍‍‍ 14 – 16   .467 33 – 21   .611
Texas Tech ‍‍‍ 12 – 17   .414 33 – 26   .559
Baylor ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 22 – 31   .415
Houston ‍‍‍ 7 – 21   .250 26 – 28   .481
BYU ‍‍‍ 7 – 23   .233 21 – 31   .404
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2024 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his 8th season at Texas. The team closed out the Longhorns' run in the Big 12 entirely, being the last to represent the school before UT–Austin transfers to the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2024 with the start of the new academic year.

Previous season

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Texas finished the 2023 season with a 42-22 record, 15-9 in Big 12 play. The Longhorns 15-9 conference record earned them a big-12 co-conference championship. Texas made it all the way to the super regional before being beat out to finish the 2023 season.

Personnel

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Roster

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2024 Texas Longhorns roster
 

Pitchers

  • 11 – Tanner Witt – Redshirt Junior
    (6'6, 230)
  • 17 – Easton Tumis – Freshman
    (6'4, 155)
  • 24 – Chase Lummus – Redshirt Junior
    (6'1, 205)
  • 28 – Ace Whitehead[a] – Junior
    (5'10, 195)
  • 32 – Charlie Hurley – Senior
    (6'8, 225)
  • 34 – Will Mercer – Redshirt Senior
    (6'1, 210)
  • 36 – David Shaw – Junior
    (6'7, 200)
  • 38 – Max Grubbs – Sophomore
    (6'1, 200)
  • 41 – Cody Howard – Redshirt Sophomore
    (6'1, 200)
  • 45 – Heston Tole – Senior
    (6’6, 230)
  • 46 – Cole Selvig – Freshman
    (6'0, 205)
  • 47 – George Zaharias – Freshman
    (6'3, 220)
  • 48 – Hudson Hamilton – Freshman
    (6'1, 210)
  • 49 – Oliver Santos – Redshirt Freshman
    (6'4, 205)
  • 53 – Luke Harrison – Redshirt Sophomore
    (6'2, 205)
  • 54 – Brandon Bertsch – Freshman
    (6'0, 170)
  • 56 – Gage Boehm – Redshirt Freshman
    (6'5, 255)
  • 57 – Lebarron Johnson Jr. – Redshirt Junior
    (6'4, 210)
  • 88 – Andre Duplantier II – Redshirt Junior
    (6'2, 215)
  • 99 – Grant Fontenot – Redshirt Sophomore
    (6'3, 225)
 

Catchers

  • 6 – Rylan Galvan – Sophomore
    (6'0, 205)
  • 10 – Kimble Schuessler – Redshirt Junior
    (6'2, 210)
  • 37 – Nik Sanders – Freshman
    (6'2, 215)
  • 42 – Oliver Service[a] – Freshman
    (6'0, 195)

Infielders

  • 0 – Jayden Duplantier – Sophomore
    (6’1, 190)
  • 1 – Jalin Flores – Sophomore
    (6’2, 210)
  • 9 – Jared Thomas[a] – Sophomore
    (6’2, 190)
  • 14 – Cade O’Hara – Sophomore
    (5'11, 180)
  • 19 – Sam Ardoin – Freshman
    (6'1, 170)
  • 27 – Jack O’Dowd – Senior
    (6'2, 210)
  • 30 – Dee Kennedy – Freshman
    (5'11, 185)
  • 31 – Casey Borba – Freshman
    (6'1, 210)
 

Outfielders

  • 4 – Porter Brown – Redshirt Senior
    (5'11, 205)
  • 8 – Will Gasparino – Freshman
    (6'6, 210)
  • 9 – Jared Thomas[a] – Sophomore
    (6’2, 190)
  • 28 – Ace Whitehead[a] – Junior
    (5'10, 195)
  • 40 – Blake Peterson – Freshman
    (6'1, 210)
  • 42 – Oliver Service[a] – Freshman
    (6'0, 195)
  • 43 – Tommy Farmer – Freshman
    (6'3, 190)
  • 44 – Max Belyeu – Sophomore
    (6’2, 210)
  • 51 Seth Werchan – Redshirt Senior
    (6'3, 205)
  • 55 – Casey Cummings – Junior
    (6'0, 190)

Utility Players

  • 15 – Peyton Powell – Redshirt Senior
    (6'1, 190)
  • 29 – Cam Constantine – Redshirt Junior
    (6'0, 210)

Legend

  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt
  

Roster notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Plays two different positions

Starters

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Lineup
Pos. No. Player. Year
C 10 Kimble Schuessler Junior
1B 9 Jared Thomas Sophomore
2B 27 Jack O'Dowd Senior
3B 15 Peyton Powell Senior
SS 1 Jalin Flores Sophomore
LF 4 Porter Brown Senior
CF 8 Will Gasparino Freshman
RF 44 Max Belyeu Sophomore
DH 6 Rylan Galvan Sophomore
Weekend pitching rotation
Day No. Player. Year
Friday 57 Lebarron Johnson Jr. Junior
Saturday 41 Cody Howard Sophomore
Sunday 32 Charlie Hurley Senior

Coaches

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2024 Texas Longhorns coaching staff
  • David Pierce – Head coach – 8th year
  • Steve Rodriguez – Assistant coach (hitting) – 2nd year
  • Philip Miller – Assistant coach – 8th year
  • Caleb Longley – Assistant coach – 3rd year

Support staff

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2024 Texas Longhorns support staff
  • Chris Gordon – Coordinator of hitting and pitching development – 2nd year
  • Carli Todd – Director of operations – 9th year
  • Troy Tulowitzki – Director of player development – 1st year
  • Matt Couch – Assistant head coach for athletic performance – 5th year
  • Tom Mendez – Assistant athletic trainer – 5th year

Offseason

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Departures

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All offseason departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Eric Kennedy 30 OF 6’0” 205 lbs Redshirt Senior Tampa, FL Graduated
Preston Hoffart 40 C 5'11” 195 lbs Redshirt Junior Magnolia, TX Graduated
Sam Walbridge 47 P 6'5” 210 lbs Redshirt Junior San Antonio, TX Graduated
Tanner Carlson 5 IF 6’1” 195 lbs Senior Elk Grove, CA Graduated
Grant Fahrlander 50 C 5'11” 215 lbs Freshman Austin, TX Departed Team
Dylan Campbell 8 OF 5'11” 205 lbs Junior Houston, TX MLB Draft
Garret Guillemette 35 C 6'1” 215 lbs Junior Yorba Linda, CA MLB Draft
Lucas Gordon 13 P 6'1” 193 lbs Junior Los Angeles, CA MLB Draft
Travis Sthele 39 P 6'0” 215 lbs Redshirt Sophomore San Antonio, TX MLB Draft
Zane Morehouse 37 P 6'4” 200 lbs Redshirt Junior Dawson, TX MLB Draft

Outgoing transfers

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Outgoing transfers
Name No. Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year New school Source
Cameron O'Banan 48 P 6’2” 185 lbs Dripping Springs, TX Redshirt Freshman Texas State [2]
Chris Stuart 42 P 6’0” 230 lbs Amsterdam Junior Houston [3]
DJ Burke 31 P 6’2” 225 lbs San Antonio, TX Junior Texas State [4]
Kobe Minchey 34 P 6’2” 220 lbs Jarrell, TX Freshman Dallas Baptist [5]
Mitchell Daly 19 IF 6’1” 193 lbs Madison, AL Junior Kentucky [6]
Pierce George 58 P 6'6” 240 lbs Austin, TX Freshman Alabama [7]

2023 MLB Draft

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Main article: 2023 Major League Baseball draft
Round Pick Overall Pick Player Position MLB team Source
4th 35th 136th Dylan Campbell OF Los Angeles Dodgers -
6th 15th 179th Lucas Gordon P Chicago White Sox -
12th 1st 345th Travis Sthele P Washington Nationals -
14th 24th 428th Zane Morehouse P Cleveland Guardians -
15th 30th 464th Garret Guillemette C Houston Astros -

Undrafted free agents

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Player Position MLB team Source
Eric Kennedy OF Kansas City Royals [8]

Coaching staff departures

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Name Position New team New position Source
Woody Williams Assistant Coach N/A N/A [9]

Coaching Staff Notes

Acquisitions

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Incoming transfers

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Incoming transfers
Name B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year Previous school Source
Casey Cummings R/R OF 6'0” 185 Danville, CA Junior Chabot College [10]
Gage Boehm R/R P 6'5” 244 Taylor, TX Redshirt Sophomore Blinn College [11]
Grant Fontenot R/R P 6'3” 210 Lafayette, LA Redshirt Sophomore LSU [12]
Oliver Santos L/L P 6'4” 210 Newport Coast, CA Redshirt Freshman Duke [13]
Seth Werchan L/L OF 6'3” 210 Austin, TX Redshirt Senior Penn [14]
Will Mercer L/L P 6'1” 210 Houston, TX Redshirt Senior Notre Dame [15]
Will Rigney R/R P 6'1” 210 Woodway, TX Redshirt Junior Baylor [16]

Incoming recruits

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2023 Texas recruits
Name B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown High school Source
Blake Peterson R/R OF 6’1” 180 lbs Austin, TX Westlake [17]
Casey Borba R/R IF 6’1” 205 lbs Santa Ana, CA Orange Lutheran [18]
Cole Selvig L/R P 6’0” 192 lbs Altoona, WI Regis [19]
Dondreone Kennedy R/R SS 5'11” 190 lbs Fort Worth, TX Prestonwood Christian Academy [20]
George Zaharias R/R P 6'3” 190 lbs Menlo Park, CA Menlo-Atherton [21]
Ean Czech R/R IF 6'4” 210 lbs Downers Grove, IL Downers Grove North [22]
Easton Tumis R/R P 6'4” 165 lbs Friendswood, TX Friendswood [23]
Hayden Morris R/R P 6’8” 255 lbs Conroe, TX Oak Ridge [24]
Hudson Hamilton R/R P 6’1” 200 lbs Spring, TX Grand Oaks [25]
Lane Allen R/R IF 6’3” 200 lbs Corinth, TX John H. Guyer [26]
MJ Sweeney L/R IF 6'8” 245 lbs Rancho Santa Fe, CA St. Augustine [27]
Matt Zatopek R/R P 6'3” 195 lbs Cypress, TX Houston Christian [28]
Nikolas Sanders R/R C 6'2” 198 lbs Waco, TX La Vega [29]
Oliver Service R/R C 6'0” 188 lbs Detroit, MI University Liggett [30]
Samuel Ardoin R/R SS 6'1” 165 lbs Lake Charles, LA Sam Houston [31]
Tommy Farmer R/R OF 6'3” 188 lbs Santa Monica, CA Oaks Christian [32]
Will Gasparino R/R OF 6’6” 215 lbs Los Angeles, CA Harvard-Westlake [33]


Preseason

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Big 12 media poll

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Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 TCU 143 (11)
2 Texas 131 (2)
3 Oklahoma State 119
4 Texas Tech 107
5 Kansas State 98
T-6 Oklahoma 85
T-6 West Virginia 85
8 Kansas 67
9 Houston 56
10 UCF 45
11 Baylor 36
T-12 BYU 21
T-12 Cincinnati 21

Source:[34]

Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

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Preseason All-Big 12 Team[35]
Player No. Position Class
Porter Brown 4 OF Senior
Lebarron Johnson Jr. 57 P Redshirt Junior

Schedule and results

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2024 Texas Longhorns baseball game log (36–24)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = Texas team member
Regular season (35–20)
Postseason (1–4)
NCAA College Station Regional (1–2)
Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Seed Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Regional record Box Score Recap
May 31 5:00 pm ESPNU vs. No. 22 (2) Louisiana (3) Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX W
12–5		 Grubbs
(6–4)		 Fluno
(4–1)		 - 7,020 36–22 1–0 Box Score Recap
June 1 8:00 pm ESPN vs. No. 4 (1) Texas A&M[j]
Lone Star Showdown		 (3) Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L
2–4(11)		 Aschenbeck
(6–1)		 Duplantier II
(2–2)		 - 7,630 36–23 1–1 Box Score Recap
June 2 2:00 pm ESPN2 vs. No. 22 (2) Louisiana (3) Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX L
2–10		 Morgan
(5–3)		 Whitehead
(4–2)		 - 6,989 36–24 1–2 Box Score Recap

Schedule Notes

  1. ^ 7,935 is the largest Opening Day attendance to date at UFCU Disch–Falk Field, 9th highest attendance all-time.
  2. ^ 7,845 was the 13th highest attendance all time at UFCU Disch–Falk Field. Was the 12th highest attendance until it pushed down by the regular season record 8,033 the following day.
  3. ^ 8,033 is the new Regular Season attendance record and 5th largest All-Time attendance record to date at UFCU Disch–Falk Field.
  4. ^ 8,060 is the new Regular Season attendance record and 5th largest All-Time attendance record to date at UFCU Disch–Falk Field. Surpassing the previous regular season record of 8,033 set on February 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Start time moved up 1 hour from 7:00 pm due to the threat of inclement weather.
  6. ^ Game was delayed 90 minutes due to inclement weather, and consequentially ended after 8 innings because of travel.
  7. ^ Game was suspended after the 8th inning due to inclement weather, and completed the next day at 6pm before the game on April 10th.
  8. ^ Game was delayed in the top of the eighth inning due to lightning, and was unable to resume.
  9. ^ Game was pushed back from its original 7:30 pm start time due to previous tournament game going to extras.
  10. ^ Texas was the Designated Home Team.

Awards, accomplishments, and honors

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Conference honors

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Conference honors
Honors Player Position Ref.
Big 12 Player of the Year Max Belyeu OF [36]
All-Big 12 First Team Jalin Flores IF
Jared Thomas IF
Max Belyeu OF
Gage Boehm RP
All-Big 12 Second Team Peyton Powell IF
All-Big 12 Freshman Team Will Gasparino OF

Weekly honors

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Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
Big 12 Player of the Week Peyton Powell UTL February 26, 2024 [37]
Big 12 Pitcher of the Week Lebarron Johnson Jr. P
Big 12 Player of the Week Max Belyeu OF March 11, 2024 [38]
Big 12 Player of the Week March 25, 2024 [39]

Rankings

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See also: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[40]1313*132224RVRVRV————RVRV24RV
Baseball America[41]1314142323RVRVRV————252424RV
NCBWA†[42]915142424RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV25RV
D1Baseball[43]1616152423RVRVRV————RV2524RV
Perfect Game[44]8981414———————181819

† 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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  5. ^ "Excited to announce my commitment to DBU!". Twitter. July 17, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Geoghegan Zack (June 23, 2023). "Kentucky baseball adds another transfer in Texas shortstop Mitchell Daly". On3. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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  13. ^ "Oliver Santos". Texas Sports. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  14. ^ "Seth Werchan". Texas Sports. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  15. ^ Davis Danny (June 22, 2023). "Two left-handed pitchers commit to transferring into Texas Longhorns' baseball program". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  16. ^ Davis Danny (June 16, 2023). "Texas adds RHP Will Rigney from transfer portal". HornSports. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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  28. ^ "MATT ZATOPEK". Perfect Game. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  29. ^ "NIKOLAS SANDERS". Perfect Game. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  30. ^ "OLIVER SERVICE". Perfect Game. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  31. ^ "SAMUEL ARDOIN". Perfect Game. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  32. ^ "TOMMY FARMER". Perfect Game. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  33. ^ "WILL GASPARINO". Perfect Game. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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  36. ^ "UT's Belyeu, TCU's Tolle Highlight Big 12 Baseball Awards". Big12Sports.com.
  37. ^ "UT's Powell, Johnson Jr., TTU's Pompey Nab Big 12 Baseball Weekly Honors". Big 12 Sports.
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  39. ^ "Baseball's Belyeu named Big 12 Player of the Week". texassports.com.
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  42. ^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.
  43. ^ "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com.
  44. ^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
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