2015 Houston Cougars baseball team

American college baseball season March 2026 August 2023 baseball 2015 Houston Cougars Houston Cougars logo.svg 150 American Athletic Conference The American 23 43–20 16–8 Todd Whitting 5th Frank Anderson 3rd Trip Couch 5th Mike Taylor 2nd Cougar Field AAC regular season champions Houston Regional 1–2 The 2015 Houston Cougars baseball team represented the University of Houston during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cougars played their home games at Cougar Field as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by head coach Todd Whitting, in his fifth season at Houston. Previous season In 2014, the Cougars finished the season 3rd in the American Athletic Conference with a record of 48–16, 14–9 in conference play. They went on to win the 2014 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament. In the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the Cougars upset LSU to win the Baton Rouge Regional, before falling to Texas in two games in the Austin Super Regional. Personnel Roster 2015 Houston Cougars y y Colin Butkiewicz 37 C R R 6 2 175 FR Milwaukee, WI Greendale HS Jacob Campbell 31 C R R 5 10 200 JR Alvin, TX Alvin HS Taylor Cobb 19 RHP R R 6 3 220 SR Houston, TX Austin HSBlinn College Chase Cryer 36 INF R R 5 8 189 FR Belton, TX Belton HS Derek Dickerson 27 INF R R 5 11 269 FR Cypress, TX Cypress Ranch HS Garrett Domingue 5 INF L R 5 11 170 fr y Spring, TX Klein HS Kyle Dowdy y 33 RHP R R 6 2 205 jr y San Diego, CA Francis Parker SchoolHawaiiOrange Coast College Micah Edwards 51 RHP R R 6 2 170 fr Kingwood, TX Kingwood Park HS Aaron Fletcher y 47 LHP L L 5 11 240 fr Cypress, TX Langham Creek HS Ashford Fulmer 23 OF R R 6 1 190 jr Cypress, TX Cypress Ranch HS Aaron Garza 21 RHP R R 6 4 200 sr Galveston, TX Ball HS Robert Grilli 1 INF L R 5 7 170 jr Toronto, ON St. Michael's College SchoolSalt Lake Community College Daniel Halevy 32 OF R R 6 0 187 fr Houston, TX St. John's School Connor Hollis 44 INF R R 5 10 172 so Arlington, TX Lamar High School Braeden Holub 43 RHP R R 6 3 292 fr Tomball, TX Tomball HS Chris Iriart 25 INF R R 6 2 230 jr Chino Hills, CA Chino Hills HSOrange Coast College Corey Julks y 24 INF R R 5 10 180 fr Friendswood, TX Clear Brook HS Marshall Kasowski 14 RHP L R 6 3 220 so The Woodlands, TX Oak Ridge HS Andrew Lantrip 13 RHP R R 6 2 175 so Livingston, TX Livingston HS Jake Lemoine y 26 RHP R R 6 5 220 jr Bridge City, TX Bridge City HS Matt Locus 29 LHP L L 5 11 180 sr Katy, TX Katy HS David Longville 38 RHP R R 6 3 210 sr Mission Viejo, CA Capistrano Valley HSHawaiiOrange Coast College Gino Marucci 40 OF R R 5 11 175 fr y Baton Rouge, LA University HS Bubba Maxwell 28 RHP R R 5 11 185 jr Vidor, TX Vidor HSLamarPanola College Justin Montemayor 20 INF L R 6 3 225 jr Austin, TX Anderson HS Austin Moore 17 RHP R R 6 3 215 jr Tucson, AZ Mountain View HS George Pappas 30 C R R 6 1 205 fr Houston, TX Memorial HS Michael Pyeatt 2 OF L R 5 9 190 sr Lake Jackson, TX Brazoswood HS Chris Reed 15 RHP R R 6 2 175 fr Aledo, TX Aledo HS Ian Rice 7 C R R 6 0 190 jr Huntsville, AL Madison AcademyChipola College Jared Robinson 12 RHP R R 6 0 180 sr Lubbock, TX Monterey HSMidland College Seth Romero y 41 LHP L L 6 1 242 fr West Columbia, TX Columbia HS Jordan Stading 35 INF L R 6 3 205 so Katy, TX Second Baptist School Kyle Survance 34 OF L R 6 1 190 jr Jersey Village, TX Jersey Village HS Zac Taylor 4 OF R R 6 0 174 fr Downers Grove, IL Downers Grove South HS Josh Vidales 8 INF S R 5 8 160 jr La Porte, TX La Porte HS Patrick Weigel y 18 RHP R R 6 5 222 jr Ventura, CA St. Bonaventure HSPacificOxnard College Michael Wisz 42 INF R R 6 1 220 fr Lemont, IL Lemont HS Connor Wong y 10 INF R R 5 10 170 fr Pearland, TX Pearland HS http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-basebl/m-basebl-roster-mtt.html November 4, 2014 Todd Whitting Frank AndersonTrip CouchMike Taylor Coaching staff Name Position Seasons atHouston Alma mater Todd Whitting Head coach 5 University of Houston (1995) Trip Couch Assistant coach 5 University of Louisiana at Lafayette (1991) Frank Anderson Assistant coach 3 Emporia State University (1983) Mike Taylor Assistant coach 2 Prairie View A&M University (1997) Season February The Cougars opened their season with a three-game series against 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota. The Cougars, ranked 8th in the nation, swept the Golden Gophers over the three game series. Houston outscored Minnesota 14–1 over the first two games of the series, and won the third game on a walk-off to complete the series sweep.http://www.khou.com/story/sports/2015/02/15/3-uh-walks-off-with-opening-series-sweep/23466915/ UH walks off with opening series sweep khou.com February 26, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150227023231/http://www.khou.com/story/sports/2015/02/15/3-uh-walks-off-with-opening-series-sweep/23466915/ February 27, 2015 dead mdy-all The Cougars also had an 11–5 win over 2015 Texas Southern Tigers Texas Southern the following Wednesday (after it was pushed back from Tuesday). On the second weekend of the season, the Cougars hosted 30th ranked Alabama. After winning the first two games of the series, the Crimson Tide salvaged a win in game three, thanks to 14 hits.http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20150222/news/150229895 Alabama baseball pulls away vs. Houston tuscaloosanews.com February 26, 2015 On February 25, the Cougars took their second straight loss, this time on the road to 2015 Texas State Bobcats Texas State. The Cougars closed out the month with a four-game series against 2015 Columbia Lions Columbia. Houston was subject to a major upset in the second and fourth games of the series and ended up splitting the four game set with Columbia, the two time defending Ivy League champions.http://columbiaspectator.com/sports/2015/03/01/baseball-earns-two-historic-wins-over-no-6-houston Baseball earns two historic wins over No. 6 Houston columbiaspectator.com March 3, 2015 https://archive.today/20150308140922/http://columbiaspectator.com/sports/2015/03/01/baseball-earns-two-historic-wins-over-no-6-houston 2015-03-08 dead The losses, coupled with the loss to Texas State earlier in the week, caused the Cougars to drop to #12 in two of the major polls. Schedule Legend Houston win Houston loss PostponementBoldHouston team member background:#CC0000;color:white; 2015 Houston Cougars baseball game log ! style="background:#CC0000;color:white;" | Regular season |- background:#FFFFFF;color:#CC0000; February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 13 || 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers Minnesota || #8 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 9–1 || Lantrip (1–0) || Meyer (0–1) || || 2,132 || 1–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 14 || Minnesota || #8 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 5–0 || Lemoine (1–0) || Sawyer (0–1) || Romero (1) || 2,003 || 2–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 15 || Minnesota || #8 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 5–4 || Maxwell (1–0) || Thonvold (0–1) || || 1,797 || 3–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 18 || 2015 Texas Southern Tigers Texas Southern || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 11–5 || Longville (1–0) || Konarik (1–1) || Cobb (1) || 1,442 || 4–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 20 || #30 Alabama || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 3–1 || Lantrip (2–0) || Guilbeau (1–1) || Romero (2) || 1,989 || 5–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 21 || #30 Alabama || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 14–9 || Maxwell (2–0) || Burrows (0–1) || || 2,463 || 6–0 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | February 22 || #30 Alabama || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || L 3–8 || Bramblett (2–0) || Garza (0–1) || || 1,883 || 6–1 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | February 25 || at 2015 Texas State Bobcats Texas State || #6 || Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX || L 6–7 || Whitter (1–0) || Longville (1–1) || || 1,316 || 6–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 27 || 2015 Columbia Lions Columbia || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 3–0 || Lantrip (3–0) || Thanopoulos (0–1) || Romero (3) || 1,279 || 7–2 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | February 28 || Columbia || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || L 4–5 (13) || Barr (1–0) || Robinson (0–1) || Gannaway (1) || 1,772 || 7–3 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 28 || Columbia || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 8–7 || Weigel (1–0) || Ratner (0–1) || || 1,772 || 8–3 || – |- background:#FFFFFF;color:#CC0000; March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 1 || Columbia || #6 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || L 7–12 || Wiest (1–0) || Romero (0–1) || Marks (1) || 1,216 || 8–4 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 3 || 2015 Houston Baptist Huskies Houston Baptist || #12 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || L 1–2 || Jones (1–1) || Longville (1–2) || Garza (1) || 1,231 || 8–5 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 6 || vs. #3 LSU || #12 || Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX || L 2–4 || Poche' (4–0) || Lantrip (3–1) || Stallings (6) || 10,651 || 8–6 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 7 || vs. #11 2015 Texas A&M Aggies Texas A&M || #12 || Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX || L 0–6 || Long (3–0) || Lemoine (1–1) || || 16,276 || 8–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 8 || vs. 2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Hawaii || #12 || Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX || W 8–6 || Romero (1–1) || Torres-Costa (0–3) || || 10,866 || 9–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 10 || at 2015 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State || || Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX || W 17–7 || Dowdy (1–0) || Bisacca (1–1) || || 803 || 10–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 13 || Buffalo || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 9–1 || Lantrip (4–1) || Hartz (0–3) || || 1,355 || 11–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 14 || Buffalo || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 9–3 || Weigel (2–0) || Magovney (1–3) || || 1,462 || 12–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 15 || Buffalo || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 5–0 || Cobb (1–0) || McGee (1–1) || || 1,308 || 13–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 17 || #15 2015 Rice Owls Rice || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 8–3 || Romero (2–1) || Stephens (1–1) || Garza (1) || 2,789 || 14–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 20 || at 2015 New Mexico Lobos New Mexico || || Lobo Field • Albuquerque, NM || W 6–5 || Lantrip (5–1) || Boardman (4–1) || Garza (2) || 769 || 15–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 21 || at New Mexico || || Lobo Field • Albuquerque, NM || W 6–5 || Dowdy (2–0) || Stevens (1–1) || Garza (3) || 982 || 16–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 22 || at New Mexico || || Lobo Field • Albuquerque, NM || W 8–7 || Romero (3–1) || Estrella (0–1) || || 463 || 17–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 24 || Lamar || #16 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || W 6–5 (10) || Moore (1–0) || Oquendo (0–1) || || 1,502 || 18–7 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 27 || at #8 UCF || #16 || Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL || L 2–9 || Finfrock (6–0) || Lantrip (5–1) || || 1,397 || 18–8 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 28 || at #8 UCF || #16 || Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL || W 7–5 || Dowdy (3–0) || Howell (4–2) || Romero (4) || 1,555 || 19–8 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 29 || at #8 UCF || #16 || Jay Bergman Field • Orlando, FL || L 3–4 || Rodgers (4–0) || Romero (3–2) || || 1,281 || 19–9 || 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 31 || at Baylor || #14 || Baylor Ballpark • Waco, TX || W 11–0 || Longville (2–2) || Kay (3–2) || || 2,104 || 20–9 || – |- background:#FFFFFF;color:#CC0000; April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | April 2 || at Memphis || #14 || FedExPark • Memphis, TN || W 3–2 || Lantrip (6–2) || Wallingford (3–3) || || 712 || 21–9 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 3 || at Memphis || #14 || FedExPark • Memphis, TN || L 6–14 || Toscano (3–1) || Dowdy (3–1) || || 912 || 21–10 || 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 4 || at Memphis || #14 || FedExPark • Memphis, TN || L 2–6 || Alexander (4–0) || Romero (3–2) || Blackwood (10) || 829 || 21–11 || 2–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | April 7 || at Louisiana–Lafayette || #25 || M. 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Tigue Moore Field • Lafayette, LA || L 5–6 || Marks (2–0) || Garza (0–2) || || 3,885 || 21–12 || – |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 10 || Tulane || #25 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 11 || Tulane || #25 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 12 || Tulane || #25 || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 14 || at Rice || || Reckling Park • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 17 || Cincinnati || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 18 || Cincinnati || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 19 || Cincinnati || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 21 || at 2015 McNeese State Cowboys McNeese State || || Cowboy Diamond • Lake Charles, LA || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 24 || at South Florida || || USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 25 || at South Florida || || USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 26 || at South Florida || || USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | April 28 || Sam Houston State || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- background:#FFFFFF;color:#CC0000; May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AAC Record |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 1 || at Tulane || || Greer Field • New Orleans, LA || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 2 || at Tulane || || Greer Field • New Orleans, LA || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 3 || at Tulane || || Greer Field • New Orleans, LA || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 5 || McNeese State || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 8 || East Carolina || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 9 || East Carolina || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 10 || East Carolina || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 12 || vs. Rice || || Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 14 || Connecticut || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 15 || Connecticut || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 16 || Connecticut || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || || || || || || || |- |- ! style="background:#CC0000;color:white;" | Postseason |- background:#FFFFFF;color:#CC0000; AAC Tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record AACT Record |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 19 || || || Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL || || || || || || || |- align="center" bgcolor="" | May 19 || || || Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL || || || || || || || |- |- | style="font-size:88%"| All rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Rankings 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings 2015 18 11 3 8 7 3 6 6 11 3 6 6 13 8 12 12 RV 24 NR 21 25 22 NR 21 19 17 16 19 20 20 14 20 22 NR 25 22 NR NR 28 25 25 NR 28 22 22 NR 27 20 21 25 28 21 21 19 26 21 18 14 23 18 15 13 19 16 23 NR 23 NR 23 NR Awards and honors Jake Lemoine Louisville Slugger Pre-season Third team All-Americanhttp://baseballnews.com/all-americans-collegiate-baseball/ncaa-div-pre-season-americans/ NCAA Div. I Pre-Season All-Americans Collegiate Baseball Newspaper December 24, 2014 Perfect Game USA Pre-season Second team All-Americanhttp://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=10790 Preseason College All-Americans Perfect Game USA January 9, 2015 Pre-season All-AAChttp://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2014/12/22/2015-american-athletic-conference-preseason-poll-and-awards/ 2015 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll And Awards College Baseball Daily December 24, 2014 Baseball America Pre-season Second team All-Americanhttp://www.baseballamerica.com/college/2015-college-preview-america-teams/ 2015 College Preview: All-America Teams Baseball America February 2, 2015 Aaron Garza Pre-season All-AAC Andrew Lantrip Pre-season All-AAC Jared Robinson Pre-season All-AAC Connor Hollis Pre-season All-AAC Kyle Survance Pre-season All-AAC References Houston Cougars Category:Houston Cougars baseball seasons Houston Houston Cougars baseball Category:2015 in Houston