2022 VCU Rams baseball team

The 2022 VCU Rams baseball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Rams played their home games at The Diamond as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They were led by head coach Shawn Stiffler, in his 10th season at VCU.
VCU earned their first 40-win season since 2015, and repeated as Atlantic 10 Tournament champions. The reached the Regional Final of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional before losing to North Carolina in game 7.

Previous season

The 2021 VCU Rams baseball team notched a 38–16 regular season record. Due to ongoing issues associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rams began their season on February 20, about a week later than usual, due to the pandemic. VCU won the 2021 Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament over Dayton, and qualified for the NCAA Division I baseball tournament for the first time since 2015. They were seeded number two in the Starkville Regional, their highest seeding since 2003. There, they defeated Campbell in the opening round, before losing to Mississippi State, the eventual National Champions, and Campbell for a second loss, causing their elimination.
Freshman Tyler Locklear won the Atlantic 10 Player and Rookie of the Year. Locklear earned a number of allocades including national recognition from ABCA, Baseball America, NCBWA, and Collegiate Baseball.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Golden Spikes Award

Tyler Locklear

INF

RS Sophomore

Coaches poll

The Atlantic 10 baseball coaches' poll was released on February 15, 2022. VCU was picked to finish first in the Atlantic 10.

1	VCU	143
2	Dayton	122
3	Rhode Island	101
4	Saint Louis	94
5	Davidson	91
6	Fordham	83
7	George Washington	80
8	Richmond	76
9	Saint Joseph's	73
10	George Mason	33
11	UMass	26
12	St. Bonaventure	14

Preseason Atlantic 10 awards and honors

Tyler Locklear was named the Atlantic 10 Preseason Player of the Year, while Locklear, Mason Delane, and Michael Haydak were named to the All-Atlantic 10 Preseason team.

Offseason

Signing Day Recruits

The following players signed National Letter of Intents to play for VCU in 2022.

2021 MLB draft

#7	#194	Bradford Webb	RHP	Texas Rangers
#15	#453	Danny Watson	RHP	New York Yankees

Tournaments

Atlantic 10 tournament

NCAA Chapel Hill Regional

Statistics

Statistics current through May 20, 2022.

Individual batting

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 2 PA/G and 75% of games played

Player

Avg.

RBI

Individual pitching

Note: leaders must meet the minimum requirement of 1 IP/G

Player

ERA

Awards and honors

Honors	Player	Position	Date awarded	Ref.
Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week	Campbell Ellis	LHP	May 9, 2022
Atlantic 10 Player of the Week	Tyler Locklear	3B	May 16, 2022

Honors

Player

Position

Date awarded

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