Draft:2024 Evansville Purple Aces baseball team

2024 Evansville Purple Aces baseball
2024 Evansville Purple Aces baseball
MVC Tournament champions; NCAA Greenville Regional champions
Knoxville Super Regional, 1–2
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	39–26 (17–10 MVC)
Head coach	Wes Carroll (16th season);
Hitting coach	Matt Wollenzin (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Tyler Shipley (2nd season)
Home stadium	Charles H. Braun Stadium
	Seasons ← 2023 2025 →

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2024 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
No. 20 Indiana State ‍†‍‍^y	22	–	5	–	0	.815	44	–	15	–	0	.746
Murray State ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0	.630	37	–	20	–	0	.649
Evansville ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	10	–	0	.630	39	–	26	–	0	.600
UIC ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0	.593	35	–	20	–	0	.636
Illinois State ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0	.593	30	–	27	–	0	.526
Southern Illinois ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0	.444	33	–	27	–	0	.550
Belmont ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0	.444	26	–	32	–	0	.448
Missouri State ‍‍‍	11	–	16	–	0	.407	23	–	34	–	0	.404
Valparaiso ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0	.222	14	–	38	–	0	.269
Bradley ‍‍‍	6	–	21	–	0	.222	13	–	37	–	1	.265

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 8, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Evansville Purple Aces baseball team represented the University of Evansville during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. They were led by head coach Wes Carroll. They played their home games at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.

Previous season

The Purple Aces finished the 2023 regular season with a 33–22 (15–12) record, tying Southern Illinois for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. They would then reach the championship game of the 2023 MVC baseball tournament, facing off against top-seeded Indiana State. Evansville would take Game One but would be shut out in Game Two, ending their season. Evansville finished the season with a 37–24 record, their best since they went 43–22 in 2006. On August 3, 2023, Evansville was announced as the recipient of the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award after posting a team GPA of 3.382 during the 2022–23 academic year.

Offseason

Summer assignments

Summer Assignments
Player	Position	Summer Team(s)
Ty Rumsey	OF	Mankato MoonDogs	—
Brent Widder	INF	Wausau Woodchucks	—
Drew Howard	INF	Dubois County Bombers	—
Kevin McCormick	INF	Southern Ohio Copperheads	—
Kannon Stull	OF	Louisville Jockeys	—
Simon Scherry	INF	Wausau Woodchucks	—
Ethan Bell	RHP	Dubois County Bombers	Waterloo Bucks
Max Hansmann	RHP	Mankato MoonDogs	—
Jack Taczy	LHP	Southern Ohio Copperheads	—
Kip Fougerousse	INF	Mankato MoonDogs	—
Brendan Hord	C	Mankato MoonDogs	—
Mark Shallenberger	OF	Chatham Anglers	Wausau Woodchucks
Elias Hachem	RHP	Addison Braves	—
Ben Stuart	INF	Cincinnati Steam	—
Will Peterson	LHP	Madison Mallards	—

Departures

Team departures

Team Departures
Player	No.	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Max Malley	8	C/INF	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr.	Frankfort, Illinois	Graduated
Brendon Herrin	13	INF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr.	Orland Park, Illinois	Graduated
Danny Borgstrom	14	INF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sr.	Morris, Illinois	Completed college eligibility
Kieren Hall	16	RHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr.	Perth, Australia	Did not return; signed by Perth Heat
Eric Roberts	24	OF/RHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr.	Hamilton, Ohio	Completed college eligibility
John MacCauley	26	RHP	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Gr.	Paducah, Kentucky	Completed college eligibility
Garrett Presko	27	RHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr.	Weatherby Lake, Missouri	Completed college eligibility
Jarrett Blunt	29	RHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Gr.	Ottumwa, Iowa	Completed college eligibility
Ryan Schneider	33	RHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr.	Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin	Did not return
Tyler Denu	34	LHP	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr.	Mount Horeb, Wisconsin	Graduated
Willard Peterson	39	LHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr.	Evansville, Wisconsin	Suspended from team
Michael Parks	40	LHP	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Gr.	St. Louis, Missouri	Completed college eligibility

Outgoing transfers

Outgoing Transfers
Player	No.	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	New school
Blake Herrmann	1	OF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So.	Newburgh, Indiana	Oakland City
Kannon Stull	7	OF	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So.	Jeffersonville, Indiana	Olney Central
Adam Euler	20	OF	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr.	Evansville, Indiana	Southern Indiana
Caden Crawford	21	UTL	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr.	Liberty Township, Ohio	Fort Lauderdale
Nate Hardman	31	RHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Gr.	Normal, Illinois	Notre Dame

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Player	No.	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Matt Maloney	27	RHP	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr.	Mokena, Illinois	Southwestern Illinois
Jacob Jarvis	31	LHP	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr.	Farmington, Missouri	Jefferson

Recruiting class

Recruiting Class
Player	No.	Position	Height	Weight	B/T	Hometown	High school
Aaron Nehls	1	OF	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	R/R	Newburgh, Indiana	Evansville North High School
Charlie Longmeier	8	OF	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	L/L	Seymour, Indiana	Seymour High School
Kenton Deverman	16	C	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	L/L	Dardenne Prairie, Missouri	Fort Zumwalt West High School
Kevin Reed	24	LHP	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	L/L	Paragon, Indiana	Martinsville High School
Brodie Peart	26	INF	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	R/R	Markham, Ontario	Peoples Christian Academy
Kellen Roberts	29	RHP	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	R/R	Monroe, Michigan	Monroe High School
Chance Bentley	41	C	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	R/R	Connersville, Indiana	Connersville High School

Walk-ons

Walk-Ons
Player	No.	Position	Height	Weight	B/T	Hometown	High school
Kaleb Wilkey	38	C	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	R/R	Manhattan, Illinois	Lincoln-Way West High School

Preseason

Preseason MVC awards and honors

Player	No.	Position	Class
Preseason All-MVC Team
Chase Hug	11	1B	Graduate

Coaches poll

**MVC Coaches' Poll**
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Indiana State	95 (8)
2	Missouri State	89 (1)
3	Evansville	81 (1)
4	Murray State	67
5	Southern Illinois	63
6	Belmont	40
7	Illinois State	39
8	UIC	34
9	Valparaiso	22
10	Bradley	20

Personnel

Roster

2024 Evansville Purple Aces baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
0	C	Brendan Hord	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Gr	Kentucky	Lexington, KY
1	OF	Aaron Nehls	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	North HS	Evansville, IN
2	OF	Ty Rumsey	L/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	North HS	Evansville, IN
3	INF	Brent Widder	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Gr	Sheboygan North HS	Sheboygan, WI
4	INF	Drew Howard	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Gr	Forest Park HS	Ferdinand, IN
5	INF	Kevin McCormick	L/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS So	St. Laurence HS	Orland Park, IL
7	INF	Cal McGinnis	L/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Bradley	Kimberly, WI
8	OF	Charlie Longmeier	L/L	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Seymour HS	Seymour, IN
9	INF	Simon Scherry	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Heritage Hills HS	Santa Claus, IN
10	LHP	Jace Kressin	L/L	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Gr	Menomonie HS	Menomonie, WI
11	UTL	Chase Hug	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Gr	Olney Central CC	Indianapolis, IN
12	RHP	Ethan Bell	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	RS So	Southridge HS	Huntingburg, IN
14	INF	Ben Stuart	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	William Mason HS	Mason, OH
15	RHP	Max Hansmann	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	York Community HS	Elmhurst, IL
16	LHP	Kenton Deverman	L/L	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Fort Zumwalt West HS	Dardenne Prairie, MO
17	RHP	Shane Harris	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Louisville	Poseyville, IN
18	INF	Kip Fougerousse	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Indiana	Linton, IN
20	RHP	Drew Fieger	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Lincoln Trail CC	Fort Mitchell, KY
21	OF	Harrison Taubert	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Northeast CC	Casper, WY
24	LHP	Kevin Reed	L/L	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Martinsville HS	Martinsville, IN
25	C	Evan Waggoner	L/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Bedford North Lawrence HS	Bedford, IN
26	INF	Brodie Peart	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Peoples Christian Academy	Markham, ON
27	RHP	Matt Maloney	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Southwestern Illinois CC	Mokena, IL
29	RHP	Kellen Roberts	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Monroe HS	Monroe, MI
31	LHP	Jacob Jarvis	L/L	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Jefferson CC	Farmington, MO
32	OF	Mark Shallenberger	L/L	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Gr	Saint Louis Priory School	St. Louis, MO
34	RHP	Andrew Dusablon	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	RS So	Cypress CC	Palmdale, CA
35	RHP	Nick Smith	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Boonville HS	Boonville, IN
36	RHP	Elias Hachem	R/R	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Mount Carmel HS	Oak Park, IL
37	LHP	Jack Taczy	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Cary-Grove HS	Fox River Grove, IL
38	C	Kaleb Wilkey	R/R	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Lincoln-Way West HS	Manhattan, IL
40	RHP	Parker MacCauley	L/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS So	Tennessee Tech	Paducah, KY
41	C	Chance Bentley	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Connersville HS	Connersville, IN
42	LHP	Donovan Schultz	R/L	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Gr	Kimberly HS	Kimberly, WI
44	RHP	Jakob Meyer	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Gr	Columbus North HS	Columbus, IN

Head coach

Wes Carroll (Evansville)

Assistant coach(es)

Tyler Shipley (Drury)
Matt Wollenzin (Austin Peay)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: June 8, 2024

Note: While listed above as a graduate student for NCAA eligibility purposes, Meyer is a fifth-year senior.

Starters

Starting Lineup
Pos.	No.	Player	Year
C	0	Brendan Hord	Graduate
1B	11	Chase Hug	Graduate
2B	7	Cal McGinnis	Junior
3B	3	Brent Widder	Graduate
SS	9	Simon Scherry	Senior
LF	32	Mark Shallenberger	Graduate
CF	2	Ty Rumsey	Junior
RF	21	Harrison Taubert	Junior
DH	18	Kip Fougerousse	Junior

Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day	No.	Player	Year
Friday	42	Donovan Schultz	Senior
Saturday	16	Kenton Deverman	Freshman
Sunday	24	Kevin Reed	Freshman

Coaching staff

2024 Evansville Purple Aces coaching staff
Name	Position	Season at Evansville
Wes Carroll	Head coach	16th
Tyler Shipley	Pitching coach/recruiting coordinator	2nd
Matt Wollenzin	Hitting coach	2nd
Griffin McCormick	Volunteer assistant coach	1st
Jarrett Blunt	Graduate assistant coach	1st
Eric Harcourt	Athletic trainer	4th

Schedule and results

2024 Evansville Purple Aces Game Log

Regular season (31–23)

February (4–4)

Date	Site city, state	Opponent^#	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	MVC record
February 16	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK	at No. 26 Oral Roberts	10–12	Ure (1–0)	Harris (0–1)	Patten (1)	0–1	0–0
February 17	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK	at No. 26 Oral Roberts	14–3	Deverman (1–0)	Fowler (0–1)	—	1–1	0–0
February 18	J. L. Johnson Stadium Tulsa, OK	at No. 26 Oral Roberts	7–6	Reed (1–0)	Ruthardt (0–1)	Meyer (1)	2–1	0–0
February 20	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Bellarmine	16–6	Bell (1–0)	Irwin (0–1)	—	3–1	0–0
February 23	Maestri Field at Privateer Park New Orleans, LA	at New Orleans	8–10	Tyson-Long (1–0)	Meyer (0–1)	Dennis (1)	3–2	0–0
February 24	Maestri Field at Privateer Park New Orleans, LA	at New Orleans	2–3 (10)	Blasick (1–0)	Meyer (0–2)	—	3–3	0–0
February 25	Maestri Field at Privateer Park New Orleans, LA	at New Orleans	18–4 (8)	Harris (1–1)	Seroski (1–1)	—	4–3	0–0
February 28	Hawkins Field Nashville, TN	at No. 9 Vanderbilt	3–7	Ginther (1–0)	Harris (1–2)	—	4–4	0–0

March (7–12)

Date	Site city, state	Opponent^#	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	MVC record
March 1	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Purdue Fort Wayne	18–5	Bell (2–0)	Ayres (0–2)	—	5–4	0–0
March 2 (1)	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Purdue Fort Wayne	3–11	Sabol (1–2)	Smith (0–1)	—	5–5	0–0
March 2 (2)	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Purdue Fort Wayne	16–3 (8)	Deverman (2–0)	Kuhns (0–2)	—	6–5	0–0
March 3	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Purdue Fort Wayne	10–9	Reed (2–0)	Fine (0–2)	Hansmann (1)	7–5	0–0
March 8	Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS	at Mississippi State	2–5	Dohm (3–0)	Smith (0–2)	Auger (2)	7–6	0–0
March 9	Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS	at Mississippi State	3–8	Stephen (2–1)	Schultzv (0–1)	—	7–7	0–0
March 10	Dudy Noble Field Starkville, MS	at Mississippi State	3–13 (8)	Cijntje (3–0)	Deverman (2–1)	—	7–8	0–0
March 13	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. SE Missouri State	6–5 (10)	Meyer (1–2)	White (0–1)	—	8–8	0–0
March 15	McLane Baseball Stadium East Lansing, MI	at Michigan State	3–11	Dzierwa (2–1)	Smith (0–3)	—	8–9	0–0
March 16	McLane Baseball Stadium East Lansing, MI	at Michigan State	5–3 (11)	Meyer (2–2)	Szczepanski (0–2)	—	9–9	0–0
March 17	McLane Baseball Stadium East Lansing, MI	at Michigan State	5–6	Pianto (1–0)	Harris (1–3)	Szczepanski (2)	9–10	0–0
March 19	Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY	at No. 21 Kentucky	3–11	Cleaver (2–0)	Bell (1–2)	—	9–11	0–0
March 22	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Murray State	6–13	Vernon (4–1)	Smith (0–4)	—	9–12	0–1
March 23	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Murray State	6–7	Roulette (3–1)	Harris (1–4)	Holler (4)	9–13	0–2
March 24	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Murray State	5–6 (10)	McNabb (2–0)	Meyer (2–3)	—	9–14	0–3
March 26	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. SIU Edwardsville	6–14	Martin (1–0)	Meyer (2–4)	—	9–15	0–3
March 28	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Southern Illinois	12–2 (8)	Harris (2–4)	Hansell (3–2)	—	10–15	1–3
March 29	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Southern Illinois	6–10	Dermody (2–0)	Hansmann (0–1)	—	10–16	1–4
March 30	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Southern Illinois	11–10 (10)	Smith (1–4)	Harper (1–2)	—	11–16	2–4

April (14–3)

Date	Site city, state	Opponent^#	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	MVC record
April 2	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Austin Peay	13–6	Smith (2–4)	Washington (0–1)	—	12–16	2–4
April 5	E. S. Rose Park Nashville, TN	at Belmont	3–2	Deverman (3–1)	Pryor (3–2)	Harris (1)	13–16	3–4
April 6	E. S. Rose Park Nashville, TN	at Belmont	8–3	Schultz (1–1)	Baratta (3–2)	—	14–16	4–4
April 7	E. S. Rose Park Nashville, TN	at Belmont	0–12 (7)	Ruzicka (3–3)	Smith (2–5)	—	14–17	4–5
April 9	Bulldog Park Indianapolis, IN	at Butler	15–5 (7)	Kressin (1–0)	Finnigan (0–1)	—	15–17	4–5
April 12	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Illinois State	9–1	Deverman (4–1)	Mabee (4–2)	—	16–17	5–5
April 13	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Illinois State	6–5	Meyer (3–4)	Husak (2–2)	—	17–17	6–5
April 14	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Illinois State	13–1 (7)	Harris (3–4)	Perry (4–4)	—	18–17	7–5
April 16	Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, IN	at Indiana	5–4	Reed (3–0)	Moffitt (1–2)	Hansmann (2)	19–17	7–5
April 19	Dozer Park Peoria, IL	at Bradley	9–7	Deverman (5–1)	Edders (4–5)	Meyer (2)	20–17	8–5
April 20	Dozer Park Peoria, IL	at Bradley	6–1	Schultz (2–1)	Lutz (2–6)	—	21–17	9–5
April 21	Dozer Park Peoria, IL	at Bradley	7–2	Harris (4–4)	Marks (0–4)	—	22–17	10–5
April 23	Alexander Field West Lafayette, IN	at Purdue	Postponed (rain); Makeup: April 24
April 24	Alexander Field West Lafayette, IN	at Purdue	6–10	Pratt (1–0)	Reed (3–1)	—	22–18	10–5
April 26	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Missouri State	4–1	Deverman (6–1)	Thompson (5–1)	—	23–18	11–5
April 27	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Missouri State	8–7	Schultz (3–1)	Schaaf (2–2)	Meyer (3)	24–18	12–5
April 28	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Missouri State	8–19 (7)	Schissler (1–0)	Harris (4–5)	—	24–19	12–6
April 30	Capaha Field Cape Girardeau, MO	at SE Missouri State	7–6	Hansmann (1–1)	Miller (3–2)	—	25–19	12–6

May (6–4)

Date	Site city, state	Opponent^#	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	MVC record
May 3	Emory G. Bauer Field Valparaiso, IN	at Valparaiso	13–1 (7)	Deverman (7–1)	Krier (1–6)	—	26–19	13–6
May 4	Emory G. Bauer Field Valparaiso, IN	at Valparaiso	4–8	Jablonski (3–1)	Fieger (0–1)	Jakubowski (2)	26–20	13–7
May 5	Emory G. Bauer Field Valparaiso, IN	at Valparaiso	9–0	Harris (5–5)	Konitzer (1–2)	—	27–20	14–7
May 7	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. Southern Indiana	10–0 (7)	Reed (4–1)	Weihe (1–3)	—	28–20	14–7
May 10	Bob Warn Field Terre Haute, IN	at No. 14 Indiana State	4–5	Pruitt (3–2)	Harris (5–6)	—	28–21	14–8
May 11	Bob Warn Field Terre Haute, IN	at No. 14 Indiana State	4–6	Davidson (3–1)	Schultz (3–2)	Gregersen (6)	28–22	14–9
May 12	Bob Warn Field Terre Haute, IN	at No. 14 Indiana State	4–5	Harris (6–6)	Hayden (6–2)	Meyer (4)	29–22	15–9
May 14	Raymond C. Hand Park Clarksville, TN	at Austin Peay	Cancelled (rain)
May 16	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. UIC	4–5 (10)	Millsap (3–0)	Fieger (0–2)	Lawler (12)	29–23	15–10
May 17	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. UIC	9–3	Schultz (4–2)	Hawkins (2–2)	—	30–23	16–10
May 18	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	vs. UIC	8–2	Reed (5–1)	Hawkins (2–3)	—	31–23	17–10

Postseason (8–3)

MVC Tournament (4–0)

Date	Site city, state	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	MVCT record
May 22	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	(3)	vs. (4) Illinois State First Round	17–6 (7)	Harris (7–6)	Donnison (0–3)	—	32–23	1–0
May 24	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	(3)	vs. (5) UIC Second Round	12–1 (7)	Schultz (5–2)	Bak (4–3)	—	33–23	2–0
May 25 (1)	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	(3)	vs. (4) Illinois State Semifinals	17–7 (7)	Harris (8–6)	Chadwick (3–6)	—	34–23	3–0
May 25 (2)	Charles H. Braun Stadium Evansville, IN	(3)	at (1) Indiana State Championship	8–6	Deverman (8–1)	Edmonson (5–2)	Meyer (5)	35–23	4–0

NCAA Tournament – Greenville Regional (3–1)

Date	Site city, state	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 31	Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC	(4)	at (1) No. 16 East Carolina Regional Quarterfinals	4–1	Deverman (9–1)	Root (6–1)	Harris (2)	36–23	1–0
June 1	Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC	(4)	at (3) VCU Regional Semifinals	17–11	Schultz (6–2)	Cosentino (3–2)	—	37–23	2–0
June 2	Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC	(4)	vs. (1) No. 16 East Carolina Regional Final Game 1	6–19	Norby (4–0)	Reed (5–2)	—	37–24	2–1
June 3	Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC	(4)	vs. (1) No. 16 East Carolina Regional Final Game 2	6–5	Hansmann (2–1)	Root (6–2)	Harris (3)	38–24	3–1

NCAA Tournament – Knoxville Super Regional (1–2)

Date	Site city, state	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 7	Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN	(4)	at (1) No. 1 Tennessee Super Regional Game 1	6–11	Causey (13–3)	Deverman (9–2)	—	38–25	3–2
June 8	Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN	(4)	vs. (1) No. 1 Tennessee Super Regional Game 2	10–8	Meyer (4–4)	Connell (4–1)	Harris (4)	39–25	4–2
June 9	Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, TN	(4)	at (1) No. 1 Tennessee Super Regional Game 3	1–12	Sechrist (2–1)	Reed (5–3)	—	39–26	4–3

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement/cancelation
Bold = Evansville team member

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll • (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

MVC Tournament


Play-In Round			First Round			Second Round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			MVC Championship



			1	Indiana State	9

			6	Southern Illinois	10¹¹



6	Southern Illinois	12⁸

7	Belmont	2
									6	Southern Illinois	4

									4	Illinois State	14⁸
			7	Belmont	6

			8	Missouri State	4



5	UIC	9				7	Belmont	4

8	Missouri State	8				4	Illinois State	6
												4	Illinois State	7

												3	Evansville	17⁷
			3	Evansville	17⁷

			4	Illinois State	6



						3	Evansville	12⁸							3	Evansville	8

						5	UIC	1							1	Indiana State	6



			2	Murray State	2

			5	UIC	12⁷
												1	Indiana State	7

									1	Indiana State	5	6	Southern Illinois	3

						1	Indiana State	11	5	UIC	3

						2	Murray State	4

Greenville Regional

Greenville Regional Teams
(1) East Carolina Pirates	(2) Wake Forest Demon Deacons	(3) VCU Rams	(4) Evansville Purple Aces


First Round			Semi-Finals			Regional Final



1	East Carolina	1

4	Evansville	4
			4	Evansville	17
Winner's bracket
			3	VCU	11
3	VCU	1

2	Wake Forest	0
						4	Evansville	6	6
Greenville Regional – Clark–LeClair Stadium
						1	East Carolina	19	5
1	East Carolina	7

2	Wake Forest	6
			3	VCU	7
Loser's bracket
			1	East Carolina	10

Greenville Regional Round 1
(4) Evansville Purple Aces	vs.	(1) East Carolina Pirates

May 31, 2024 1:06 pm (CDT) at Clark–LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(4) Evansville	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0
(1) East Carolina	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
WP: Kenton Deverman (9–1) LP: Zach Root (6–1) Sv: Shane Harris (2) Attendance: 5,628

Greenville Regional Round 2
(4) Evansville Purple Aces	vs.	(3) VCU Rams

June 1, 2024 6:06 pm (CDT) at Clark–LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(4) Evansville	0	3	0	3	7	2	0	2	0	17	16	0
(3) VCU	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	1	11	14	1
WP: Donovan Schultz (6–2) LP: Nick Cosentino (3–2) Attendance: 5,571

Greenville Regional Final Game 1
(1) East Carolina Pirates	vs.	(4) Evansville Purple Aces

June 2, 2024 6:06 pm (CDT) at Clark–LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) East Carolina	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	2	7	19	19	0
(4) Evansville	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	7	2
WP: Ethan Norby (4–0) LP: Kevin Reed (5–2) Attendance: 5,644

Greenville Regional Final Game 1
(1) East Carolina Pirates	vs.	(4) Evansville Purple Aces

June 3, 2024 12:06 pm (CDT) at Clark–LeClair Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) East Carolina	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	6	1
(4) Evansville	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	X	6	9	1
WP: Max Hansmann (2–1) LP: Zach Root (6–2) Sv: Shane Harris (3) Attendance: 5,559

Awards and honors

Weekly honors

**Weekly honors**
Honors	Player	No.	Position	Class	Date awarded
MVC Player of the Week	Cal McGinnis	7	INF	Junior	February 19
MVC Player of the Week	Mark Shallenberger	32	OF	Graduate Student	April 8
MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week	Donovan Schultz	42	LHP	Senior	April 25
MVC Player of the Week	Mark Shallenberger	32	OF	Graduate Student	April 29
MVC Pitcher of the Week	Shane Harris	17	RHP	Redshirt Senior	May 6

Postseason awards

Player	No.	Position	Class	Award
Postseason Awards
Kenton Deverman	16	LHP	Freshman	MVC Freshman of the Year
Donovan Schultz	42	LHP	Senior	MVC Elite 17 Award

All-American selections

**NCAA All-American Honors**
Player	ABCA	BA	NCBWA
Mark Shallenberger	3rd		—

**NCAA Freshman All-American Honors**
Player	NCBWA
Kenton Deverman	2nd

All-MVC selections

**All-MVC Team**
Player	Position	Team
Kenton Deverman	SP	1st
Mark Shallenberger	OF	1st
Shane Harris	RP	HM
Kip Fougerousse	OF	HM
HM = Honorable Mention. Source:

**MVC Scholar-Athlete Team**
Player	Position	Team
Mark Shallenberger	OF	1st
Donovan Schultz	LHP	1st
Brendan Hord	C	2nd
Cal McGinnis	INF	2nd
Source:

All-Tournament selections

**MVC All-Tournament Team**
Player	Position
Brendan Hord	C
Cal McGinnis	MOP
Kip Fougerousse	UTL
Harrison Taubert	OF
Source:

**Greenville All-Regional Tournament Team**
Player	Position
Simon Sherry	SS
Kenton Deverman	P
Kip Fougerousse	MOP
Mark Shallenberger	OF
Source:

Player	No.	Position	Class
ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region First Team
Kip Fougerousse	18	DH	Senior
Mark Shallenberger	32	OF	Graduate Student

Player	No.	Position	Class
ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region Second Team
Kenton Deverman	16	P	Freshman

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[2]	—	—*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Baseball America^[3]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA†^[4]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16
D1Baseball^[5]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Perfect Game^[6]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16

† 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.

Statistics

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for the conference tournament. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2024 MVC baseball game results Source: 2024 MVC baseball game results, 2024 MVC baseball schedule
Team	W–L	BEL	BRA	UE	ILSU	INSU	MSU	MUR	SIU	UIC	VAL	Team	Conf	SR	SW
BEL	12–15		2–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	3–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	BEL	7th	4–5	1–2
BRA	6–21	1–2		0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	BRA	10th	1–8	0–4
UE	17–10	2–1	3–0		3–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	2–1	UE	3rd	7–2	2–1
ILSU	16–11	2–1	1–2	0–3		1–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	ILSU	4th	5–4	3–1
INSU	22–5	3–0	3–0	2–1	2–1		2–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	3–0	INSU	1st	9–0	4–0
MSU	11–16	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2		1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	MSU	8th	3–6	0–1
MUR	17–10	0–3	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–1		2–1	1–2	3–0	MUR	2nd	6–3	3–1
SIU	12–15	3–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2		0–3	3–0	SIU	6th	3–6	2–2
UIC	16–11	2–1	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0		2–1	UIC	5th	6–3	2–1
VAL	6–21	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2		VAL	9th	1–8	0–4
Team	W–L	BEL	BRA	UE	ILSU	INSU	MSU	MUR	SIU	UIC	VAL	Team	Conf	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: MUR>UE head to head. ILSU>UIC head to head. SIU>BEL head to head. VAL>BRA head to head.

Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Mark Shallenberger	65	243	72	91	21	2	17	64	6	4	45	28	.374	.514	.687	1.201
Kip Fougerousse	65	270	71	94	21	1	22	71	1	0	31	75	.348	.428	.678	1.106
Cal McGinnis	52	198	38	69	14	2	6	39	1	0	16	22	.348	.394	.530	.924
Harrison Taubert	64	240	54	70	21	1	9	49	8	1	30	71	.292	.400	.500	.900
Simon Scherry	65	253	57	73	15	0	6	44	16	0	35	35	.289	.376	.419	.795
Ty Rumsey	61	195	45	55	8	1	7	45	16	2	27	61	.282	.391	.441	.832
Brent Widder	65	261	46	73	20	0	12	58	2	3	30	50	.280	.384	.494	.878
Brendan Hord	62	198	51	48	19	0	9	44	0	0	39	63	.242	.378	.475	.853
Ben Stuart	6	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.400	.500	.600	1.100
Chase Hug	39	126	30	35	11	0	6	31	2	1	35	34	.278	.446	.508	.954
Evan Waggoner	32	70	11	19	2	0	0	9	0	0	16	17	.271	.416	.300	.716
Brodie Peart	40	122	20	33	5	0	2	17	2	2	11	28

Pitching

References

^ "2024 Baseball standings". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
^ "Baseball Coaches Poll". USA Today. Gannett. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
^ Flaherty, Peter; Cahill, Teddy (February 26, 2024). "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". Baseball America. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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2024 Evansville Purple Aces baseball

MVC Tournament champions NCAA Greenville Regional champions
Knoxville Super Regional, 1–2
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	39–26 (17–10 MVC)
Head coach	Wes Carroll (16th season)
Hitting coach	Matt Wollenzin (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Tyler Shipley (2nd season)
Home stadium	Charles H. Braun Stadium
Seasons ← 2023 2025 →