2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team


The 2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team represented Georgia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Yellow Jackets played their home games at Russ Chandler Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Danny Hall, in his 28th season at Georgia Tech.

2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball
ACC Coastal Division champion
NCAA tournament, Nashville Regional
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
CBNo. 22
Record31–25 (21–15 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Zeke Pinkham (1st season)
  • Nick Ascue (1st season)
Hitting coachJames Ramsey (3rd season)
Pitching coachDanny Borrell (2nd season)
Captains
  • Luke Waddell (4th year)
  • Brant Hurter (4th year)
  • Hugh Chapman (4th year)
  • Colin Hall (4th year)
Home stadiumRuss Chandler Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Notre Dame  x‍‍‍y 25 10   .714 34 13   .723
No. 4 NC State  ‍‍‍y 19 14   .576 37 19   .661
Florida State  ‍‍‍y 20 16   .556 31 24   .564
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 16 16   .500 28 22   .560
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 16 20   .444 25 27   .481
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 22   .313 20 27   .426
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 23   .303 21 28   .429
Coastal
Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y 21 15   .583 31 25   .554
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y 20 15   .571 33 21   .611
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 18 18   .500 36 27   .571
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 18 18   .500 28 27   .509
Duke  ‍‍y 16 17   .485 33 22   .600
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 16 17   .485 23 20   .535
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 16 20   .444 27 25   .519
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 1, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Georgia Tech finished the regular season winning the Coastal Division. In the 2021 ACC baseball tournament, the Yellow Jackets reached the semifinals before losing to NC State. Georgia Tech earned an at-large bid into the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were the second seed in the Nashville Regional. They were eliminated by Vanderbilt in the Regional. Georgia Tech finished the season with a 31–25 overall record.

Previous season

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The 2020 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team notched a 11–5 (2–1) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

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Roster

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2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball roster[2]
 

Pitchers

  • 2 - Dalton Smith - Freshman
  • 8 - Marquis Grissom Jr. - Freshman
  • 12 - Jackson Finley - Freshman
  • 15 - Hugh Chapman - Junior
  • 16 - Will Coquillard - Freshman
  • 19 - Cort Roedig - Sophomore
  • 21 - Brant Hurter - Junior
  • 22 - Chance Huff - Sophomore
  • 24 - Brody Westbrooks - Freshman
  • 27 - Luke Bartnicki - Sophomore
  • 32 - Joseph Mannelly -   Sophomore
  • 34 - Will Shirah -   Sophomore
  • 35 - Dawson Brown - Freshman
  • 36 - Sam Crawford -   Sophomore
  • 37 - Xander Stephens - Freshman
  • 39 - Jake Brace - Freshman
  • 41 - Zach Maxwell - Freshman
  • 45 - Andy Archer -   Junior
  • 46 - Ben King - Freshman
  • 47 - Tyler Watson - Freshman
  • 48 - Josiah Siegel - Freshman
  • 55 - John Medich -   Junior
 

Catchers

  • 4 - Kevin Parada - Freshman
  • 11 - Jake Holland - Freshman
  • 18 - Cameron Turley - Junior
  • 20 - Jamie Taylor - Junior

Infielders

  • 6 - Jadyn Jackson - Freshman
  • 7 - Luke Waddell - Junior
  • 9 - Charlie Benson - Sophomore
  • 10 - Andrew Jenkins - Freshman
  • 25 - Drew Compton - Freshman
  • 28 - Dylan Strickland - Freshman
  • 29 - John Anderson - Freshman
  • 40 - John Giesler - Freshman
  • 42 - Justyn-Henry Malloy - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - Tres Gonzalez - Freshman
  • 3 - Jake DeLeo - Freshman
  • 5 - Colin Hall - Junior
  • 23 - Stephen Reid - Freshman
  • 38 - Tervell Johnson - Freshman

Utility

  • 12 - Jackson Finley - Freshman
  • 14 - Austin Wilhite - Senior
  • 26 - Hank Thomas - Freshman
  • 50 - Brad Grenkoski - Freshman
 

Coaching staff

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2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball coaching staff
Name Position Seasons at
Georgia Tech
Alma Mater
Danny Hall Head Coach 28 Miami University (1977)
Danny Borrell Pitching Coach 2 Wake Forest University (2009)
James Ramsey Hitting Coach 3 Florida State University (2012)
Zeke Pinkham Volunteer Assistant Coach 1 University of Louisville (2019)
Nick Ascue Director of Baseball Operations 1 Xavier University (2018)
Steve Tamborra Player Development Coach 22 Florida State University (1994)
Paul Wolkoff Assistant Director of Sports Medicine 7 Georgia Institute of Technology (2008)

Game log

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2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball game log (31–25)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = Georgia Tech team member     * Non-conference game
Regular season (28–21)
Postseason (3–4)

Nashville Regional

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Nashville Regional Teams
(1) Vanderbilt Commodores (2) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3) Indiana State Sycamores (4) Presbyterian Blue Hose
First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Vanderbilt10
4Presbyterian0
1Vanderbilt4
2Georgia Tech3
3Indiana State6
2Georgia Tech7
1Vanderbilt
2Georgia Tech
Lower round 1Lower final
3Indiana State0
4Presbyterian22Georgia Tech9
3Indiana State9

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[3]1313*10101413101621RVRVRVRVRV
Baseball America[4]222114711109152120
Collegiate Baseball^[5]RVRV161220191822RVRVRVRV25261721222222
NCBWA[6]18171113161212182630RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
D1Baseball[7]15151271211615

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
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.

2021 MLB draft

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Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Luke Waddell SS 5 157 Atlanta Braves
Justyn-Henry Malloy 1B 6 187 Atlanta Braves
Brant Hurter LHP 7 195 Detroit Tigers

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Baseball Roster". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Retrieved April 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "USA Today Baseball Coaches Poll". USA Today.
  4. ^ "Baseball America College Top 25". Baseball America.
  5. ^ "2021 Collegiate Baseball Polls". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
  6. ^ "NCBWA Polls". sportswriters.net. NCBWA.
  7. ^ "D1Baseball Top 25 Polls". d1baseball.com.
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