2022 Texas Longhorns baseball team
The 2022 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2022 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 6th season at Texas.
Previous season
Regular season
The Longhorns finished the 2021 season with a 50–17 record and a 17–7 record in conference play where they were crowned Big 12 Regular season co-champions for the 9th time alongside TCU. This was the 24th time the Longhorns have won 50 plus games in a season and the first 50 win season for Texas since 2010.Postseason
After the regular season, the Longhorns went 2–2 in the Big 12 Conference tournament. However, the Longhorns went on to win the Austin Regional by defeating Fairfield and the Austin Super Regional by defeating South Florida, sending them to College World Series. The Longhorns went on to go 3–2 in the College World Series and making the final four. After a first round loss to [2021 2021 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team|Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team|Mississippi State], Texas won three straight games against Tennessee, [2021 2021 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team|Virginia Cavaliers baseball team|Virginia], and Mississippi State, and then was defeated by Mississippi State in the second game of the Semifinals.Personnel
Roster
'Sources:'''''Starters
| Day | No. | Player. | Year |
| Friday | 33 | Pete Hansen | RS So. |
| Saturday | 35 | Tristan Stevens | RS. Sr. |
| Sunday | 13 | Lucas Gordon | So. |
Offseason
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Ty Madden | 32 | P | 6’3 | 215 | Redshirt Sophomore | Cypress, TX | Drafted in the Competitive Balance Round A of the 2021 MLB draft by the Detroit Tigers |
| Mike Antico | 5 | OF | 5’10 | 210 | Redshirt Senior | Colts Neck, NJ | Drafted in the 8th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals |
| Cole Quintanilla | 34 | P | 6’5 | 220 | Redshirt Sophomore | Cedar Park, TX | Drafted in the 9th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals |
| Kolby Kubichek | 27 | P | 6’0 | 180 | Redshirt Sophomore | Bryan, TX | Drafted in the 18th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the New York Mets |
| Cam Williams | 55 | IF | 6’2 | 200 | Redshirt Junior | Odessa, FL | Drafted in the 19th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals |
| Zach Zubia | 52 | IF | 6’4 | 230 | Redshirt Junior | Richmond, TX | Drafted in the 20th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Miami Marlins |
| DJ Petrinsky | 6 | C | 6’0 | 195 | Redshirt Senior | Magnolia, TX | Graduated |
| Palmer Wenzel | 46 | P | 6’1 | 195 | Redshirt Senior | McKinney, TX | Graduated |
| Drew Shifflet | 54 | P | 6’0 | 188 | Redshirt Sophomore | Woden, TX | Transferred to Louisiana |
| Dalton Porter | 51 | OF | 6’0 | 190 | Freshman | Leander, TX | Transferred to Texas Tech |
| Austin Wallace | 40 | P | 6’4 | 212 | Redshirt Freshman | Flower Mound, TX | Transferred to Wichita State |
| Mason Bryant | 58 | P | 6’5 | 220 | Redshirt Sophomore | Austin, TX | Transferred to Temple College |
| Lance Ford | 28 | IF | 5’10 | 175 | Redshirt Sophomore | Kerrville, TX | N/A |
| Dawson Merryman | 42 | P | 6’1 | 215 | Redshirt Sophomore | Greenwood, TX | N/A |
| Peter Geib | 43 | IF | 6’2 | 210 | Redshirt Sophomore | Houston, TX | N/A |
| Caston Peter | 48 | C | 6’0 | 210 | Redshirt Sophomore | Houston, TX | N/A |
Transfers
| Name | No. | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | Year | New school |
| Drew Shifflet | 54 | P | 6’0 | 188 | Woden, TX | Redshirt Sophomore | Louisiana |
| Dalton Porter | 51 | OF | 6’0 | 190 | Leander, TX | Freshman | Texas Tech |
| Mason Bryant | 58 | P | 6’5 | 220 | Austin, TX | Redshirt Sophomore | Temple College |
| Austin Wallace | 40 | P | 6’4 | 212 | Flower Mound, TX | Redshirt Freshman | Wichita State |
| Name | B/T | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | Year | Previous school |
| Daniel Blair | R/R | P | 6’3 | 205 | Peachtree City, GA | Senior | Winthrop |
| Skyler Messinger | R/R | IF | 6’3 | 220 | Niwot, CO | Senior | Kansas |
| Kimble Schuessler | R/R | C | 6’2 | 205 | Llano, TX | Sophomore | Texas A&M |
| Jack O’Dowd | L/R | IF | 6’2 | 195 | Nashville, TN | Sophomore | Vanderbilt |
| Zane Morehouse | R/R | P | 6’4 | 200 | Dawson, TX | Redshirt Sophomore | Dyersburg State |
| Jace Hutchins | R/R | P | 6’5 | 220 | College Station, TX | Redshirt Junior | Blinn |
| Preston Hoffart | R/R | C | 5’11 | 190 | Magnolia, TX | Redshirt Sophomore | Blinn |
| Marcus Olivarez | R/R | P | 6’3 | 200 | Columbus, TX | Senior | Lamar |
| Cameron Dayton | L/L | IF | 6’3 | 207 | Round Rock, TX | Senior | Midland |
Recruits
Over the off-season, Texas signed 8 players to its 2021 signing class. Texas signed 5 pitchers, 1 first baseman, and 2 outfielders.| Name | B/T | Pos. | Height | Weight | Hometown | High School |
| Joshua Stewart | R/R | P | 6’2 | 195 | Georgetown, TX | St. Dominic Savio |
| Gavin Kash | L/R | 1B | 6’4 | 195 | Sour Lake, TX | Monsignor Kelly |
| Jack Arthur | R/R | OF | 6’2 | 196 | Flower Mound, TX | Flower Mound |
| Alec Grossman | R/R | P | 5’10 | 170 | Austin, TX | Lake Travis |
| Luke Harrison | L/L | P | 6’2 | 165 | Friendswood, TX | Lutheran South Academy |
| Carson McKinney | R/R | P | 6’4 | 220 | Columbiana, AL | Briarwood Christian |
| Cameron O’Banan | R/R | P | 6’1 | 185 | Dripping Springs, TX | Dripping Springs |
| Ace Whitehead | L/L | OF | 5’11 | 175 | Lampasas, TX | Lampasas |
2021 MLB draft
At the conclusion of the 2021 season, Texas lost 6 players to the 2021 MLB draft. Texas ace Ty Madden was the 32nd pick in the first round. Other picks included outfielder Mike Antico picked in the 8th round, relief pitcher Cole Quintanilla picked in the 9th round, starting pitcher Kolby Kubichek picked in the 18th round, starting 3rd baseman Cam Williams picked in the 19th round, and starting 1st baseman Zach Zubia picked in the 20th round. At the end of the draft, Zach Zubia was the 307th player drafted in the history of the University of Texas.| #1 | #32 | Ty Madden | P | Detroit Tigers |
| #8 | #241 | Mike Antico | OF | St. Louis Cardinals |
| #9 | #263 | Cole Quintanilla | P | Washington Nationals |
| #18 | #532 | Kolby Kubichek | P | New York Mets |
| #19 | #559 | Cam Williams | IF | Kansas City Royals |
| #20 | #599 | Zach Zubia | IF | Miami Marlins |
'Source:'''''
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released| Golden Spikes Award | Pete Hansen | P | RS Sophomore |
| Golden Spikes Award | Tanner Witt | P | Sophomore |
Big 12 media poll
Texas was ranked the #1 team in the Big 12 by members of conference media. The second ranked team, Oklahoma State, had 12 fewer votes than the Longhorns.| Big 12 media poll | - | - |
| 1 | Texas | 64 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | 52 |
| 3 | Texas Tech | 49 |
| 4 | TCU | 48 |
| 5 | Baylor | 33 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | 25 |
| 7 | Kansas State | 23 |
| 8 | West Virginia | 20 |
| 9 | Kansas | 10 |
Preseason Big 12 awards and honors
^Ivan Melendez and Tristan Stevens were unanimous selections.Preseason All-Americans
'Sources:'''''Schedule and results
'''Schedule Notes'''Statistics
Individual batting
Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played| Player | GP | AB | Avg. | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB |
| Ivan Melendez | 67 | 248 | .387 | 96 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 94 | 52 | 51 | 1 |
| Murphy Stehly | 68 | 278 | .367 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 19 | 61 | 17 | 43 | 8 |
| Skyler Messinger | 67 | 250 | .364 | 91 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 59 | 18 | 58 | 1 |
| Douglas Hodo III | 69 | 282 | .319 | 90 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 47 | 42 | 74 | 9 |
| Trey Faltine | 69 | 241 | .282 | 68 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 56 | 33 | 104 | 6 |
| Silas Ardoin | 69 | 240 | .271 | 65 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 39 | 46 | 1 |
| Dylan Campbell | 65 | 176 | .267 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 14 |
| Mitchell Daly | 67 | 207 | .237 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 32 | 47 | 4 |
| Ace Whitehead | 25 | 18 | .556 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Kimble Schuessler | 17 | 20 | .350 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Austin Todd | 51 | 187 | .332 | 62 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 1 |
| Eric Kennedy | 45 | 170 | .300 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 20 | 31 | 10 |
| Peyton Powell | 6 | 8 | .250 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack O'Dowd | 21 | 39 | .231 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Gavin Kash | 16 | 23 | .174 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Cam Constantine | 10 | 7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cameron Dayton | 5 | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Individual pitching
Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G| Player | GP | GS | W | L | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | SV | ERA |
| Marcus Olivarez | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26.0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 0.69 |
| Tanner Witt | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1.64 |
| Jared Southard | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 29.1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 46 | 0 | 2.76 |
| Lucas Gordon | 18 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 85.2 | 71 | 36 | 29 | 26 | 77 | 0 | 3.05 |
| Luke Harrison | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 3.06 |
| Pete Hansen | 17 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 107.2 | 94 | 47 | 45 | 19 | 120 | 0 | 3.76 |
| Coy Cobb | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15.2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4.60 |
| Joshua Stewart | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4.63 |
| Tristan Stevens | 26 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 85.2 | 90 | 49 | 45 | 24 | 72 | 3 | 4.73 |
| Aaron Nixon | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 30.1 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 25 | 38 | 5 | 5.04 |
| Andre Duplantier II | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30.1 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 5.93 |
| Zane Morehouse | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 39.0 | 39 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 43 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Travis Sthele | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 34.1 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 6.03 |
| Daniel Blair | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15.2 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 7.47 |
| Justin Eckhardt | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25.1 | 30 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 8.17 |
| Cameron Dayton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sam Walbridge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Lebarron Johnson Jr. | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 3.18 |
| Ace Whitehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 |
'Source:'''''
Awards and honors
| Honors | Player | Position | Ref. |
| Golden Spikes Award | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Year | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| D1Baseball Player Of The Year | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| Baseball America College Player of the Year Award | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| ABCA Player of the Year | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| Perfect Game/Rawlings Player of the Year | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year | Ivan Melendez | IF | |
| Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American | Ivan Melendez | IF | |
| Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American | Pete Hansen | P | |
| Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American | Murphy Stehly | OF | |
| NCAA Austin Regional Most Valuable Player | Skyler Messinger | 3B | |
| NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team | Skyler Messinger | 3B | |
| NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team | Trey Faltine | SS | |
| NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team | Murphy Stehly | OF | |
| NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team | Dylan Campbell | OF | |
| NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team | Austin Todd | DH | |
| NCAA Austin Regional All-Tournament Team | Tristan Stevens | P | |
| ABCA First Team All-American | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| ABCA Second Team All-American | Pete Hansen | P | |
| ABCA Second Team All-American | Murphy Stehly | OF | |
| NCBWA First Team All-American | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| NCBWA Third Team All-American | Pete Hansen | P | |
| NCBWA Third Team All-American | Murphy Stehly | OF | |
| D1Baseball First Team All-American | Ivan Melendez | 1B | |
| D1Baseball Third Team All-American | Murphy Stehly | OF | |
| D1Baseball Third Team All-American | - | - | - |
| Honors | Player | Position | Ref. |
| Big 12 Player of the Year | Ivan Melendez | IF | |
| All-Big 12 First Team | Pete Hansen | P | |
| All-Big 12 First Team | Ivan Melendez | IF | |
| All-Big 12 First Team | Silas Ardoin | C | |
| All-Big 12 First Team | Murphy Stehly | OF | |
| All-Big 12 Second Team | Trey Faltine | IF | |
| All-Big 12 Second Team | Skyler Messinger | IF | |
| All-Big 12 Second Team | Lucas Gordon | P | |
| All-Big 12 Third Team | Austin Todd | OF | |
| All-Big 12 Third Team | Douglas Hodo III | OF | |
| Big 12 All-Tournament Team | Skyler Messinger | 3B | |
| Big 12 All-Tournament Team | Douglas Hodo III | OF | |
| Big 12 All-Tournament Team | Pete Hansen | P |
| Honors | Player | Position | Date Awarded | Ref. |
| Big 12 Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | March 14, 2022 | |
| Big 12 Player of the Week | Murphy Stehly | IF | March 21, 2022 | |
| Big 12 Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | March 28, 2022 | |
| Big 12 Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | April 25, 2022 | |
| Big 12 Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | May 9, 2022 | |
| Big 12 Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | May 23, 2022 | |
| Big 12 Pitcher of the Week | Pete Hansen | P | April 4, 2022 | |
| Big 12 Pitcher of the Week | Pete Hansen | P | April 11, 2022 | |
| Golden Spikes Performance of the Week | Pete Hansen | P | April 13, 2022 | |
| Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | April 25, 2022 | |
| NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | May 10, 2022 | |
| Perfect Game National Player of the Week | Ivan Melendez | IF | May 10, 2022 |
| Honors | Player | Position | Date Awarded | Ref. |
| Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Month | Ivan Melendez | IF | April 4, 2022 | |
| Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Month | - | - | - | - |
| Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Month | - | - | - | - |