2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball team

The 2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball team represented St. John's University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Storm were coached by seventeenth year head coach Ed Blankmeyer and played their home games at Jack Kaiser Stadium.

2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball
Big East tournament Champion Big East Conference Champion Chapel Hill Regional Champion
Tucson Super Regional, L 2–0 Arizona
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Record	40–23 (18–9 Big East)
Head coach	Ed Blankmeyer (17th season)
Assistant coaches	Mike Hampton (11th season) Scott Brown (9th season) Brendan Monaghan (2nd season)
Home stadium	Jack Kaiser Stadium

2012 Big East Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#25 Louisville †y  ‍‍‍	18	–	9	–	0		.667			42	–	22	–	0		.656
St. John's  ‍†‍‡‍y	18	–	9	–	0		.667			40	–	23	–	0		.635
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			34	–	24	–	0		.586
South Florida  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			38	–	22	–	0		.633
Connecticut  ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			31	–	27	–	1		.534
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			31	–	27	–	0		.534
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Georgetown  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Villanova  ‍‍‍	10	–	17	–	0		.370			28	–	27	–	0		.509
West Virginia  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			23	–	32	–	0		.418
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍	7	–	20	–	0		.259			18	–	38	–	0		.321
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 15, 2012 Rankings from Coaches' Poll

St. John's claimed the Big East Conference regular season and Tournament championships, and also swept through the Chapel Hill Regional. The Red Storm fell to eventual champion Arizona in the Tucson Super Regional, by scores of 7–6 (10 innings) and 7–4.

Roster

2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town 0 INF Matt Wessinger R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Liverpool, NY 2 INF Anthony Iacomini R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So North Salem, NY 3 INF Sean O'Hare S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Morristown, NJ 4 INF Pat Talbut R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Vestal, NY 5 C Frank Schwindel R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Livingston, NJ 6 C Dan Roland R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Upper Brookville, NY 7 OF Martin Kelly R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Pompton Plains, NJ 8 INF Bret Dennis R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Burnt Hills, NY 9 C Vincent Tranchina R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Manasquan, NJ 10 OF Kyle Richardson R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Rome, NY 11 RHP Matt Carasiti R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Berlin, CT 12 RHP Eddie Medina L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Staten Island, NY 13 INF Zach Lauricella R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Buffalo, NY 14 INF Kyle Lombardo R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Setauket, NY 16 RHP Jerome Werniuk R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Toronto, ON, Canada 17 RHP Collin Dinges R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Poughquag, NY 18 OF Jeremy Baltz R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Vestal, NY 20 LHP Ryan Horstman L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr South Hadley, MA 22 RHP Stephen Rivera R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Staten Island, NY 23 OF Kevin Grove R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS So Manhattan Beach, CA 24 OF Jimmy Brennan L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Airmont, NY 26 C Danny Bethea R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr San Diego, CA 27 OF Julien Plana L/L 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Miami, FL 29 C Robert Case R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Miami, FL 30 LHP Sean Hagan L/L 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Larchmont, NY 31 INF Shawn Heide R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Medfield, MA 32 RHP Anthony Cervone R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Beacon, NY 33 INF Eric Peterson R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Allamuchy, NJ 34 LHP Brendan Lobban L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Ramsey, NJ 35 RHP Kyle Turner R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Nashua, NH 38 LHP Jake Woodward L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Lebanon, NH 39 RHP Brad Bellinger R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Pine City, NY 40 RHP James Lomangino R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Ronkonkoma, NY 44 LHP Kevin Kilpatrick L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr College Point, NY 58 RHP Kyle Hanse R/R 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Glen Cove, NY	Head coach Ed Blankmeyer Assistant coach(es) Mike Hampton Brendan Monaghan Pitching coach(es) Scott Brown Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2012-06-27

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	21	21*
Baseball America
Collegiate Baseball^	11	18										30	20	26		29	14	16
NCBWA†	27																20	17

^ 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.