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2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team


The 2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team represented Appalachian State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mountaineers played their home games at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium and were led by fifth-year head coach Kermit Smith. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record21–31 (11–10 SBC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Justin Aspergren
  • Britt Johnson
Home stadiumBeaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 2020
2022 →
2021 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East Division
South Alabama  x‍‍‡‍y 15 – 9   .625 36 – 22   .621
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 34 – 23   .596
Troy  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 27 – 26   .509
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10   .524 21 – 31   .404
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12   .500 18 – 37   .327
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 27 – 24   .529
West Division
Louisiana  x‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 32 – 23   .582
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 27 – 30   .474
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 26 – 26   .500
Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 21 – 30   .412
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14   .417 19 – 30   .388
Texas State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15   .375 21 – 36   .368
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 7, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

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Signing Day Recruits

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Source:[2]

Player Hometown Previous Team
Pitchers
Eli Ellington Charlotte, North Carolina Gulf Coast CC
Jeriah Henry Lake Wales, Florida Lawson State CC
Owen Kincaid Jamestown, North Carolina Southwest Guilford HS
Ben Peterson Cary, North Carolina Apex HS
AJ Stinson Hattiesburg, Mississippi Lawson State CC
Trey Tujetsch Fort Mill, South Carolina South Carolina
Hitters
Carson Arnold Mooresville, North Carolina Lake Norman HS
Hunter Bryson Charlotte, North Carolina Providence HS
Trent Lewis Sebring, Florida Avon Park HS
Austin Raynor Granite Falls, North Carolina South Caldwell HS

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

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The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Mountaineers were picked to finish fifth in the East Division with 21 votes.[3]

Coaches poll (East)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Coastal Carolina 69 (10)
2 South Alabama 51 (1)
3 Georgia Southern 51 (1)
4 Troy 44
5 Appalachian State 21
6 Georgia State 16

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team and Honors

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  • Aaron Funk (LR, Pitcher)
  • Jordan Jackson (GASO, Pitcher)
  • Conor Angel (LA, Pitcher)
  • Wyatt Divis (UTA, Pitcher)
  • Lance Johnson (TROY, Pitcher)
  • Caleb Bartolero (TROY, Catcher)
  • William Sullivan (TROY, 1st Base)
  • Luke Drumheller (APP, 2nd Base)
  • Drew Frederic (TROY, Shortstop)
  • Cooper Weiss (CCU, 3rd Base)
  • Ethan Wilson (USA, Outfielder)
  • Parker Chavers (CCU, Outfielder)
  • Rigsby Mosley (TROY, Outfielder)
  • Eilan Merejo (GSU, Designated Hitter)
  • Andrew Beesly (ULM, Utility)

Personnel

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Roster

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Source:[4]

2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 Cameron Kepley - Redshirt Junior
  • 11 Evan Mauldin - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 13 Cole Hooper - Redshirt Junior
  • 14 Cy Smith - Sophomore
  • 16 Noah Hall - Sophomore
  • 18 Quinton Martinez - Senior
  • 20 Andrew Papp - Super Senior
  • 21 Tyler Tuthill - Junior
  • 26 Jason Cornatzer - Redshirt Junior
  • 29 Eli Ellington - Redshirt Junior
  • 30 Shane Roberts - Redshirt Junior
  • 33 Austin Primm - Junior
  • 36 Owen Kincaid - Freshman
  • 37 Cam Roberts - Redshirt Junior
  • 38 Trey Tujetsch - Sophomore
  • 39 Joseph Lowder - Redshirt Senior
  • 42 Jeriah Henry - Junior
  • 44 Luke Davis - Redshirt Junior
  • 45 AJ Stinson - Junior
  • 46 Ben Peterson - Freshman
  

Catchers

  • 6 Carson Arnold - Freshman
  • 8 JD Yakubinis - Sophomore
  • 25 Jack Lipson - Senior
  • 35 Hayden Cross - Junior

Infielders

  • 3 Bailey Welch - Senior
  • 4 Luke Drumheller - Junior
  • 7 Peyton Idol - Sophomore
  • 9 Hunter Bryson - Freshman
  • 24 Trent Lewis - Freshman
  • 28 Robbie Young - Super Senior
  • 40 Vasili Kaloudis - Redshirt Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 2 Austin Raynor - Freshman
  • 5 Kendall McGowan - Senior
  • 19 Dalton Williams - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 22 Alex Leshock - Senior
  • 27 Tyler Leek - Redshirt Senior
  • 34 Phillip Cole - Junior

Utility

  • 17 Andrew Greckel - Senior
  • 32 Andrew Terrell - Junior

Coaching staff

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2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers coaching staff
  • Kermit Smith – Head Coach – 5th year
  • Justin Aspergren – Assistant Head Coach – 6th year
  • Britt Johnson – Assistant Head Coach – 5th year
  • Ryan Smoot – Volunteer Assistant – 1st year
  • Chandler Seagle – Student Assistant – 1st year

Schedule and results

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Legend
  Appalachian State win
  Appalachian State loss
  Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold Appalachian State team member
2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball game log
Regular season (20-30)
February (5-2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record
Feb. 20 at Winthrop Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC W 4-1 Hall (1-0) Crumley (0-1) None 180 1-0
Feb. 20 at Winthrop Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC W 4-0 Martinez (1-0) Jones (0-1) None 175 2-0
Feb. 21 at Winthrop Winthrop Ballpark • Rock Hill, SC L 9-10 Skinner (1-0) Smith (0-1) None 120 2-1
Feb. 23 at East Tennessee State Thomas Stadium • Johnson City, TN W 5-4 Hall (2-0) Mercer (0-1) None 308 3-1
Feb. 27 North Carolina A&T Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 6-2 Tuthill (1-0) Johnson (0-2) Hall (1) 120 4-1
Feb. 27 North Carolina A&T Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 7-6 Martinez (2-0) Meachem (0-1) Ellington (1) 120 5-1
Feb. 28 at North Carolina A&T World War Memorial Stadium • Greensboro, NC L 3-11 Parks (1-0) Hooper (0-1) None 5-2
March (6-10)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record
Mar. 2 North Carolina A&T Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 14-7 Terrell (1-0) Meachem (0-2) None 120 6-2
Mar. 5 at No. 12 East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 2-13 Spivey (1-0) Tuthill (1-1) None 1,135 6-3
Mar. 6 at No. 12 East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 2-5 Williams (1-0) Martinez (2-1) Mayhue (2) 1,184 6-4
Mar. 7 at No. 12 East Carolina Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 2-10 Whisenhunt (2-0) Tujetsch (0-1) None 1,194 6-5
Mar. 12 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 1-6 Roupp (1-2) Tuthill (1-2) None FloBaseball 492 6-6
Mar. 13 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 1-4 Gesell (2-0) Martinez (2-2) Cota (1) FloBaseball 500 6-7
Mar. 14 at UNC Wilmington Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 1-7 Chenault (1-0) Terrell (1-1) None FloBaseball 492 6-8
Mar. 16 North Carolina A&T Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 14-5 Peterson (1-0) O'Neal (0-1) None ESPN+ 210 7-8
Mar. 19 Arkansas State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 5-4 Tuthill (2-2) Nash (1-2) Hall (2) ESPN+ 220 8-8 1-0
Mar. 20 Arkansas State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 8-3 Martinez (3-2) Holt (0-2) None ESPN+ 220 9-8 2-0
Mar. 21 Arkansas State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 12-2 (7 inns) Hall (3-0) Anderson (0-3) None ESPN+ 215 10-8 3-0
Mar. 23 vs. Charlotte Atrium Health Ballpark • Kannapolis, NC L 5-15 Sims (1-0) Peterson (1-1) None CUSA.TV 1,648 10-9
Mar. 26 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 1-3 Owens (2-0) Tuthill (2-3) Jones (6) ESPN+ 779 10-10 3-1
Mar. 27 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 2-10 Dollander (3-1) Martinez (3-3) None ESPN+ 735 10-11 3-2
Mar. 28 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA W 3-1 Hall (4-0) Johnson (1-2) Ellington (2) 607 11-11 4-2
Mar. 30 at Wake Forest David F. Couch Ballpark • Winston-Salem, NC L 7-15 McNamee (3-0) Peterson (1-2) None ACCN+ 526 11-12
April (5-9)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record
Apr. 1 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol
Apr. 2 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol
Apr. 3 at Coastal Carolina Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol
Apr. 6 at NC State Doak Field • Raleigh, NC L 2-13 Villaman (2-2) Martinez (3-4) None ACCN+ 365 11-13
Apr. 9 Georgia State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 4-2 Cornatzer (1-0) Jones (0-4) Ellington (3) 220 12-13 5-2
Apr. 10 Georgia State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 9-7 Ellington (1-0) Treadway (0-4) Terrell (1) 220 13-13 6-2
Apr. 11 Georgia State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 13-15 Haston (1-0) Roberts (0-1) Barquero (1) 220 13-14 6-3
Apr. 13 Wake Forest Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 0-12 Mascolo (2-1) Tujetsch (0-2) None ESPN+ 220 13-15
Apr. 16 at Lipscomb Dugan Field • Nashville, TN W 9-5 (11 inns) Hall (5-0) Morgan (0-1) None ESPN+ 197 14-15
Apr. 17 at Lipscomb Dugan Field • Nashville, TN L 2-4 Bierman (2-3) Martinez (3-5) Maldonado (1) YouTube 227 14-16
Apr. 18 at Lipscomb Dugan Field • Nashville, TN W 4-3 'Ellington (2-0) Williams (0-2) Terrell (2) ESPN+ 207 15-16
Apr. 20 Charlotte Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 8-11 Starnes (1-1) Roberts (0-1) Lothes (5) ESPN+ 190 15-17
Apr. 23 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 0-2 Gainous (6-3) Tuthill (2-4) Oates (3) ESPN+ 843 15-18 6-4
Apr. 24 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 4-9 Ortiz (3-4) Cornatzer (1-1) None ESPN+ 804 15-19 6-5
Apr. 25 at Troy Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 2-12 (7 inns) Witcher (4-2) Martinez (3-6) None ESPN+ 804 15-20 6-6
Apr. 27 NC State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 3-7 Villaman (4-2) Tujetsch (0-3) None ESPN+ 220 15-21
Apr. 30 Louisiana–Monroe Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 6-4 Tuthill (3-4) Barnes (2-4) Hall (2) ESPN+ 205 16-21 7-6
May (4–9)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record
May 1 Louisiana–Monroe Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 7-10 Jans (1-0) Hall (5-1) Orton (4) ESPN+ 210 16-22 7-7
May 2 Louisiana–Monroe Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 5-13 (8 inns.) Longsworth (2-2) Tujetsch (0-4) None ESPN+ 200 16-23 7-8
May 7 at Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2-4 Rosario (5-4) Tuthill (3-5) Palmquist (11) ACCN+ 651 16-24
May 8 at Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 1-16 Smith (2-0) Tujetsch (0-5) None ACCN+ 653 16-25
May 9 at Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2-10 (6 inns) Mederos (2-3) Martinez (3-7) None ACCN+ 612 16-26
May 11 East Tennessee State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 5-10 Mercer (1-3) Terrell (1-2) None ESPN+ 190 16-27
May 14 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 2-1 Tuthill (4-5) Barkley (6-4) None ESPN+ 329 17-27 8-8
May 15 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR L 2-4 Funk (2-5) Cornatzer (1-2) None ESPN+ 378 17-28 8-9
May 16 at Little Rock Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 5-0 Tujetsch (1-5) Weatherley (2-2) Ellington (4) ESPN+ 271 18-28 9-9
May 18 at No. 21 South Carolina Founders Park • Columbia, SC L 0-2 Weins (1-0) Peterson (1-3) Sanders (1) SECN+ 2,538 18-29
May 20 South Alabama Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 6-4 Roberts (1-0) Smith (4-1) Papp (1) ESPN+ 389 19-29 10-9
May 21 South Alabama Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC W 4-2 Ellington (3-0) Lehrmann (3-3) None ESPN+ 469 20-29 11-9
May 22 South Alabama Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC L 3-13 (7 inns) Booker (7-0) Tujetsch (1-6) None ESPN+ 440 20-30 11-10
Post-season (1–1)
SBC Tournament (1–1)
Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record
May 25 (6W) Texas State (4E) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL W 1-0 Peterson (2-3) Leigh (4-8) Ellington (5) ESPN+ 21-30 1-0
May 26 vs. (1W) Louisiana (4E) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL L 2-7 Talley (1-1) Tuthill (4-6) Arrighetti (2) ESPN+ 21-31 1-1
Schedule Source:[5]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Postseason

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Conference accolades

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  • Player of the Year: Mason McWhorter – GASO
  • Pitcher of the Year: Hayden Arnold – LR
  • Freshman of the Year: Garrett Gainous – TROY
  • Newcomer of the Year: Drake Osborn – LA
  • Coach of the Year: Mark Calvi – USA

References:[6]

Rankings

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Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[7]——*—————————
Baseball America[8]———————————
Collegiate Baseball^[9]RV——————————
NCBWA†[10]———————————
D1Baseball[11]———————————

^ 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.

References

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  1. ^ "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "Baseball Announces Full Class of Newcomers for 2020-21". App State Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  3. ^ Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 Baseball Roster". App State Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "App State Announces 2021 Baseball Schedule". App State Athletics. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  7. ^ "Baseball Coaches Poll". Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  10. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
  11. ^ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
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