2016 Florida State Seminoles baseball team


The 2016 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Martin, in his 37th season at Florida State. It was the Seminoles' 25th season as a member of the ACC and its 11th in the ACC's Atlantic Division.
Florida State entered the season as the defending ACC champion and finished the season as ACC runner-up.
The Seminoles reached the post-season for the thirty-ninth straight year and were selected as the sixteenth overall seed in the NCAA tournament, hosting for the sixth consecutive season.

Previous season

In 2015, the Seminoles finished the season with a record of 44–21, 17–13 in conference play, winning the ACC tournament. The Seminoles qualified for the NCAA tournament. They were hosts of the Tallahassee Regional and advanced to the Gainesville Super Regional where they were eliminated by Florida.

Preseason

In the ACC Media Poll, Florida State was picked to finish third in the Atlantic Division.

Schedule

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Awards

Watchlists

NCBWA Stopper of the Year AwardNational Pitcher of the Year Award

Finalists

Honors

  • Regional MVP
  • *Dylan Busby
  • ACC Player of the Week
  • *John Sansone
  • *Quincy Nieporte
  • National Player of the Week
  • *Quincy Nieporte
;All-ACC
  • First Team
  • *John Sansone
  • Second Team
  • *Taylor Walls
  • Freshman Team
  • *Cal Raleigh
;All-Americans
  • Louisville Slugger
  • *Third Team
  • **John Sansone
  • *Freshman Team
  • **Cal Raleigh
  • Baseball America
  • *First Team
  • **Taylor Walls
  • *Freshman Team
  • **Tyler Holton
  • **Cal Raleigh
  • National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
  • *Third Team
  • **Taylor Walls
  • *First Team
  • **Cal Raleigh
  • D1 Baseball
  • *Third Team
  • **Taylor Walls
  • Perfect Game
  • *Honorable Mention
  • **Taylor Walls
  • *First Team
  • **Cal Raleigh

All-Star games

Taylor Walls and Cole Sands were named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.

MLB draft

One player was selected in the 2016 MLB draft.