2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

2009 season of University of Kentucky baseball team March 2026 August 2023 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball Kentucky Wildcats 2005 logo.svg 150 Southeastern Conference East SEC 28–26 12–18 Gary Henderson Cliff Hagan Stadium The 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the sport of baseball during the 2009 college baseball season. The Wildcats competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium, on the university's Lexington, Kentucky campus. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his first season at Kentucky. Roster Coaches Name Title First season at UK Alma materGary HendersonHenderson Profile @ UKAthletics.comHead coach2003San Diego State University (1980)Brad BohannonBohannon Profile @ UKAthletics.comAssistant head coach2005Berry College (1998)Brian GreenGreen Profile @ UKAthletics.comAssistant coach2009New Mexico State University (1997)Keith VorhoffVorhoff Profile @ UKAthletics.comVolunteer Assistant Coach2008Missouri Valley College (2004) Players Number Players Position Year Hometown (High School)2Brian SuedrickCSophomoreDayton, OH (Wayne)3Neiko JohnsonINFSophomoreStone Mountain, GA (Redan)4Michael WilliamsCFreshmanKnoxville, TN (Farragut)5Chris McClendonINFSeniorLufkin, TX (Lufkin)6Spencer KorusINF/OFSeniorOlympia, WA (Olympia)7Kristi JimINFSophomoreLexington, KY (Lexington Christian)8Andy StevensINFFreshmanFort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain)9Tyler HenryRHPJuniorChattanooga, TN (Red Bank)10Chris RusinLHPSeniorCanton, MI (Divine Child)11Gunner GladINF/OF/RHPJuniorTahlequah, OK (Tulsa Union)12Marcus NidifferCJuniorBristol, TN (Tennessee)13Bryan RoseOFSophomoreRenssalaer, NY (Columbia)14Nick KennedyRHPJuniorLos Angeles (Arcadia)15Logan DarnellLHPSophomoreJoelton, TN (Goodpasture)16Duran FergusonRHPSophomoreKingsport, TN (Dobyns-Bennett)17Alex MeyerRHPFreshmanGreensburg, IN (Greensburg)18Troy FrazierOFJuniorLouisville, KY (Pleasure Ridge Park)19Sean BouthiletteRHPFreshmanElizabethtown, KY (Elizabethtown)21Will CampbellINF/OFJuniorBellevue, WA (Bishop Blanchet)22James PaxtonLHPJuniorLadner, British Columbia (Delta Secondary School)23Mike KaczmarekLHPSophomoreTinley Park, IL (Victor J. Andrew)24Chad WrightOFFreshmanPaducah, KY (Heath)25Brock WrightOFJuniorPaducah, KY (Heath)28Chase GreeneRHPFreshmanNicholasville, KY (West Jessamine)29Chris BissonINFSophomoreOttawa, Ontario (Beatrice-Desloges)30Braden KapteynQB/WRFreshmanLansing, IL (Illiana Christian)31Navarro HallOFFreshmanKennesaw, GA (Kennesaw Mountain)34Clint TilfordRHPJuniorPaducah, KY (Heath)40Jonathan HuffRHPSeniorAmarillo, TX (Canyon Randall)44Cory FarrisC/OFFreshmanFlorence, KY (Boone County)46Keenan WileyOFJuniorRichmond, KY (Madison Central)47TJ DaughertyCFreshmanOwensboro, KY (Apollo) Schedule/Results background:White;color:Blue; 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball Game Log y background:Blue;color:White; Regular Season # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SEC record |- align="center" | 1 || February 20 || Troy || 8–3 || Myrtle Beach, SC || James Paxton (1–0) || Jason Walls (0–1) || Nick Kennedy (1) || 107 || 1–0 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 2 || February 21 || James Madison || 8–3 || Myrtle Beach, SC || Sean Bouthilette (1–0) || Alex Valadja (0–1) || None || 145 || 2–0 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 3 || February 21 || #22 Coastal Carolina || 1–4 || Myrtle Beach, SC || Austin Fleet (1–0) || Clint Tilford (0–1) || Nick McCully (1) || 936 || 2–1 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 4 || February 22 || #22 Coastal Carolina || 5–14 || Myrtle Beach, SC || Cody Wheeler (1–0) || Chris Rusin (0–1) || None || 676 || 2–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 5 || February 27 || Western Michigan || 16–5 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || James Paxton (2–0) || Morrison (0–2) || Alex Meyer (1) || 1539 || 3–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 6 || March 1 || Western Michigan || 15–4 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || Chris Rusin (1–1) || Stroud (0–2) || Braden Kapteyn (1) || 1410 || 4–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 7 || March 3 || Western Michigan || 12–6 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || Logan Darnell (1–0) || Hall (0–1) || None || 1556 || 5–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 8 || March 4 || Eastern Kentucky || 9–8 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || Braden Kapteyn (1–0) || Chris Hord (0–1) || None || 1620 || 6–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 9 || March 6 || Indiana State || 12–4 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 7–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 10 || March 7 || Indiana State || 5–0 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 8–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 11 || March 8 || Indiana State || 9–6 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 9–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 12 || March 10 || Georgetown (KY) || 12–5 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 10–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 13 || March 11 || Indiana || 8–7 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 11–2 || 0–0 |- align="center" | 14 || March 13 || #3 LSU || 3–5 || Alex Box Stadium || || || || || 11–3 || 0–1 |- align="center" | 15 || March 14 || #3 LSU || 1–3 || Alex Box Stadium || || || || || 11–4 || 0–2 |- align="center" | 16 || March 15 || #3 LSU || 5–2 || Alex Box Stadium || || || || || 12–4 || 1–2 |- align="center" | 17 || March 16 || Nicholls State || Cancelled || Thibodeaux, LA || || || || || || |- align="center" | 19 || March 17 || New Orleans || 5–4 || New Orleans, LA || || || || || 13–4 || 1–2 |- align="center" | 20 || March 20 || Vanderbilt || 3–1 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 14–4 || 2–2 |- align="center" | 21 || March 21 || Vanderbilt || 6–2 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 15–4 || 3–2 |- align="center" | 22 || March 22 || Vanderbilt || 2–4 || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || 15–5 || 3–3 |- align="center" | 23 || March 24 || West Virginia || || Hawley Field || || || || || || |- align="center" | 24 || March 25 || Cincinnati || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 25 || March 27 || South Carolina || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 26 || March 28 || South Carolina || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 27 || March 29 || South Carolina || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 28 || March 31 || Marshall || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 29 || April 3 || Ole Miss || || Swayze Field || || || || || || |- align="center" | 30 || April 4 || Ole Miss || || Swayze Field || || || || || || |- align="center" | 31 || April 5 || Ole Miss || || Swayze Field || || || || || || |- align="center" | 32 || April 7 || Western Kentucky || || || || || || || || |- align="center" | 33 || April 8 || Western Kentucky || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 34 || April 10 || Georgia || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 35 || April 11 || Georgia || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 36 || April 12 || Georgia || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 37 || April 14 || Louisville || || Jim Patterson Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 38 || April 17 || Mississippi State || || Dudy Noble Field || || || || || || |- align="center" | 39 || April 18 || Mississippi State || || Dudy Noble Field || || || || || || |- align="center" | 40 || April 19 || Mississippi State || || Dudy Noble Field || || || || || || |- align="center" | 41 || April 21 || Lipscomb || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 42 || April 22 || Evansville || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 43 || April 24 || Alabama || || Sewell-Thomas Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 44 || April 25 || Alabama || || Sewell-Thomas Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 45 || April 26 || Alabama || || Sewell-Thomas Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 46 || April 28 || Louisville || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 47 || May 1 || Tennessee || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 48 || May 2 || Tennessee || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 49 || May 3 || Tennessee || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 50 || May 8 || Auburn || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 51 || May 9 || Auburn || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 52 || May 10 || Auburn || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 53 || May 12 || Morehead State || || Cliff Hagan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 54 || May 14 || Florida || || Alfred A. McKethan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 55 || May 15 || Florida || || Alfred A. McKethan Stadium || || || || || || |- align="center" | 56 || May 16 || Florida || || Alfred A. McKethan Stadium || || || || || || |- y background:Blue;color:White; SEC Tournament # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record SECT record |- align="center" | 57 || || || || Regions Park || || || || || || |- y background:Blue;color:White; NCAA Tournament: College World Series # Date Opponent Score Site/stadium Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record |- align="center" | 58 || June 13 || || || Rosenblatt Stadium || || || || || || |- Rankings + Ranking movement Poll Pre-season Feb.25 Mar.3 Mar.10 Mar.17 Mar.24 Mar.31 Apr.7 Apr.14 Apr.21 Apr.28 May5 May12 May19 May26 June3 June10 FinalPoll USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25) 26https://www.espn.com/college-sports/rankings?key=BBDUSABB NCAA College Rankings and Polls – ESPN Baseball America (Top 25) NR Collegiate Baseball (Top 30) 19http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=5&url_article_id=11981&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 www.secsports.com – LSU No. 1 in Collegiate Baseball's Preseason Poll 2008-12-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090122192617/http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=5&url_article_id=11981&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 2009-01-22 dead NCBWA (Top 30)^ 23http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=5&url_article_id=12049&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 www.secsports.com – NCBWA Releases 2009 Preseason Division I Poll 2009-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20090122235903/http://secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=5&url_article_id=12049&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 2009-01-22 dead Rivals.com (Top 25)http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=627294 Rivals.com Top 25 December 23, 2008 March 11, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100311033349/http://collegebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=627294 dead NR NR = Not ranked References Category:Kentucky Wildcats baseball seasons Kentucky Wildcats Kentucky Wild