2024 USC Trojans baseball team

The 2024 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California (USC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. Due to Dedeaux Field being renovated the Trojans played their home games OC Great Park Baseball Complex, Anteater Ballpark in Irvine, and Page Stadium in Los Angeles.[2] The team was coached by Andy Stankiewicz in his 2nd season at USC.

2024 USC Trojans baseball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record31-28 (17–12 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Andy Jenkins (2nd season)
  • Seth Etherton (2nd season)
  • Travis Jewett (2nd season)
Home stadiumOC Great Park Baseball Complex
Anteater Ballpark
Page Stadium
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
2024 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 25 Arizona ‍y 20 10 0   .667 36 23 0   .610
No. 10 Oregon State ‍‍‍y 19 10 0   .655 42 14 0   .750
No. 12 Oregon ‍‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 37 18 0   .673
USC ‍‍‍ 17 12 0   .586 31 28 0   .525
California ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 36 19 0   .655
Arizona State ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 32 26 0   .552
Utah ‍‍‍ 16 14 0   .533 33 22 0   .600
Stanford ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 22 32 0   .407
Washington ‍‍‍ 10 20 0   .333 19 31 1   .382
Washington State ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 21 32 0   .396
UCLA ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 19 33 0   .365
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

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The Trojans ended the 2023 season with a record of 17–13 in conference play and 34-23-1 overall record good for 4th place in the Pac-12. They would play in the Pac-12 tournament as the #4 Seed on Pool C in Game 1 of Pool Play they would beat rival UCLA by a score of 6–4, then in Game 2 of Pool Play they would lose to Washington eliminating them from the tournament and ending their season.

2023 MLB Draft

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The Trojans had one player drafted in the 2023 MLB draft.[3]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Johnny Olmstead INF 19th 563 Miami Marlins

Roster

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2024 USC Trojans roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 3 – William Watson – Junior
  • 4 – Brock Blatter – Sophomore
  • 11 – Michael Ebner – Sophomore
  • 12 – Caden Aoki – Junior
  • 14 – Xavier Martinez – Junior
  • 18 – Josh Blum – Junior
  • 21 – Jared Feikes – Graduate
  • 22 – Michael Ryhlick – Senior
  • 24 – Tyler Stromsborg – Senior
  • 25 – Fisher Johnson – Junior
  • 30 – Mason Edwards – Freshman
  • 31 – Eric Hammond –   Sophomore
  • 35 – Andrew Harbour – Freshman
  • 36 – Garren Rizzo – Freshman
  • 37 – Adrian Blanchet – Freshman
  • 38 – Sax Matson – Freshman
  • 39 – Brodie Purcell – Freshman
  • 41 – Thomas Di Landri – Junior
  • 45 – Dylan Tostrup – Junior
  • 95 – Channing Austin –   Junior

Catchers

  • 5 – Connor Clift – Graduate
  • 26 – Luca DiPaolo – Sophomore
  • 40 – Jacob Galloway – Sophomore
  • 55 – Gavin Mez – Junior

Infielders

  • 2 – KaiKea Harrison – Sophomore
  • 6 – Dean Carpentier – Freshman
  • 13 – Ryan Jackson – Senior
  • 15 – Ethan Hedges – Sophomore
  • 20 – Chris Brown – Graduate
  • 27 – Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek –   Sophomore
  • 77 – Abbrie Covarrubias – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 9 – Carson Wells – Senior
  • 10 – Austin Overn – Sophomore
  • 16 – Brayden Dowd – Freshman
  • 23 – Ty Silva – Freshman
  • 32 – Duce RobinsonFreshman

Two Way Players

  • 8 – Kevin Takeuchi – Freshman
  • 28 – Riley Hunsaker – Freshman
  • 29 – Andrew Lamb – Freshman
  • 34 – JT Waldon – Junior

Coaches

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2024 USC Trojans baseball coaching staff[4]
  • Andy Stankiewicz – Head coach – 2nd season
  • Travis Jewett – Assistant coach – 2nd season
  • Seth Etherton – Assistant coach – 2nd season
  • Andy Jenkins – Assistant coach – 2nd season

Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at USC.

Opening Day

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Opening Day Starters[5]
Name Position
Austin Overn CF
Ryan Jackson SS
Jacob Galloway C
Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek 2B
Chris Brown DH
Luca DiPaolo LF
Carson Wells RF
Ethan Hedges 1B
Abbrie Covarruibias 3B
Caden Aoki P

Game log

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2024 USC Trojans Baseball Game Log
Regular Season (28–27)
Overall: 31–28
Postseason (3–1)
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold =USC team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

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Game summaries

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Pool C

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Pool C ORE USC UTAH
3 Oregon 2-4 2-4
4 USC 4-2 7-6
7 Utah 4-2 6-7
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 (4) USC 2 2 0 11 4 +7 1.000 Advanced to Semifinals
2 (7) Utah 2 1 1 6 7 −1 .500 Eliminated
3 (3) Oregon 2 0 2 4 8 −4 .000
Source: [1]
May 21
2:30 p.m.
Game 2
(7) Utah 6-7 (4) USC Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ
Attendance: 1,738
Umpires: HP: Nate White
1B: Steve Mattingly
2B: Mike Lusky
3B: Joe Burleson
LP: Micah Ashman (1-4) WP: Xavier Martinez (4-0)
Sv: Josh Blum (8)
HR: K. Carpenter (7) HR: Carson Wells (4)

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May 23
2:30 p.m.
Game 8
(4) USC 4-2 (3) Oregon Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ
Umpires: HP: Ramon Armendariz
1B: Darren Hyman
2B: Mike Fichter
3B: Pat Riley
WP: William Watson (5-2)
Sv: Josh Blum (9)
LP: RJ Gordon (7-5)
HR: Ryan Jackson (4) HR: None

Finals

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Semifinals May 24 Final May 25
      
4 USC' 7
6 California 4
4 USC 3
1 Arizona 4
1 Arizona 6
8 Stanford 3

Semifinal

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May 24
2:30 p.m.
Game 1
No. 6 California 4-7 No. 4 USC Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ
Umpires: HP: Bill Van Raaphorst
1B: Mike Fichter
2B: Steve Mattingly
3B: Scott Letendre
LP: Trey Newmann (4–6) WP: Mason Edwards (1–3)
Sv: Josh Blum (10)
HR: Caleb Lomavita HR: Brayden Dowd

Final

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May 25
7:00 p.m.
Game 11
No. 4 USC 3–4 No. 1 Arizona Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ
Attendance: 3,813
Umpires: HP: Darren Hyman
1B: Kellen Levy
2B: Joe Burleson
3B: Bill Van Raaphorst
LP: Josh Blum (2–1) WP: Anthony Susac (2–2)

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[7]*
Baseball America[8]
NCBWA[9]

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Pac-12 Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  2. ^ "USC Ballpark being renovated". usctrojans.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  3. ^ https://usctrojans.com/news/2023/7/11/usc-baseballs-johnny-olmstead-selected-by-miami-marlins-in-2023-mlb-draft.aspx
  4. ^ a b "2024 Baseball Roster". USC Trojans. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Baseball vs BYU on 2/16/2024 – Box Score". University of Southern California Athletics. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "2024 Baseball Schedule". usctrojans.com. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. May 20, 2024.
  9. ^ "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.