1997 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 1997 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium. The team was coached by Gary Adams in his 23rd year at UCLA.

1997 UCLA Bruins baseball
Midwest Regional champions
College World Series, T-7th
Conference	Pacific-10
CB	No. 8
Record	45–21–1 (19–11 Pac-10)
Head coach	Gary Adams (23rd season)
Hitting coach	Vince Beringhele (8th season)
Pitching coach	Tim Leary (1st season)
Captain	Jon Heinrich (Senior year)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons ← 1996 1998 →

1997 Pacific-10 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
No. 15 Washington  ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	4		.833			46	–	20		.697
Oregon State  ‍‍‍	18	–	6		.750			38	–	12		.760
Washington State  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			13	–	42		.236
Portland State  ‍‍‍	3	–	21		.125			10	–	43		.189
Southern
No. 4 Stanford  ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9		.700			45	–	20		.692
No. 8 UCLA  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			45	–	21		.682
No. 13 Southern California  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13		.567			42	–	20		.677
No. 14 Arizona State  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			39	–	22		.639
Arizona  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			32	–	26		.552
California  ‍‍‍	4	–	26		.133			21	–	38		.356
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1997^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Bruins won the Midwest Regional to advance to the College World Series, where they were eliminated after losses to the Miami (FL) Hurricanes and Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Roster

1997 UCLA Bruins baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town 1 U Peter Zamora / — — Jr 2 LHP Tom Jacquez L/L — — Fr 3 OF Eric Valent L/L — — So 4 Brennan Hymes / — — 5 C Jason Green / — — 6 OF Eric Byrnes R/R — — Jr 7 INF Jack Santora / — — So 8 Al Thielmann / — — 9 U Chad Matoian / — — Sr 10 P Rob Henkel / — — 12 P Gabe Crecion / — — 14 C Royce Valent / — — Sr 15 Matt Walker / — — 16 Rob Schult / — — 17 Derek Fowler / — — 19 Michael Hymes / — — 20 P Matt Klein / — — 21 Glenn Thompkins / — — 22 INF Brett Nista / — — Jr 23 INF Aldo Pinto / — — Fr 25 INF Troy Glaus R/R — — Jr 26 INF Nick Theodorou / — — Jr 27 Michael Caravelli / — — 28 LHP Jim Parque L/L — — Jr 29 Sam Brownell / — — 30 C Mike Jaramillo / — — Sr 31 P Sam Madrid / — — 32 OF Jon Heinrichs (C) / — — Sr 33 P Dan Keller / — — 34 P Tony Righetti / — — 36 Ryan O'Toole / — — 37 P John Phillips / — — 38 C Casey Cloud / — — Jr 39 Nick St. George / — — 40 Brandon Rogers / — — 42 Ryan Reightley / — — 43 Billy Pieper / — — 45 Ryan Roques / — — 49 INF Cassidy Olson / — — Jr 51 Jeff Lassiter / — — 53 P Jake Meyer / — — Jr	Head coach 13 Gary Adams Assistant coach(es) 24 Brian Criss Hitting coach(es) 11 Vince Beringhele Pitching coach(es) 54 Tim Leary Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule

1997 UCLA Bruins baseball game log
Regular season
January (4–0) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 1 January 23 at Hawaii Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii 23–11 1–0 0–0 2 January 24 at Hawaii Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii 10–0 2–0 0–0 3 January 25 at Hawaii Rainbow Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii 12–8 3–0 0–0 4 January 28 at UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, Nevada 7–4 4–0 0–0
February (14–2–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 5 February 1 at UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, Nevada 12–5 5–0 0–0 6 February 2 at UNLV Earl Wilson Stadium • Paradise, Nevada 10–3 6–0 0–0 7 February 4 Pepperdine Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 6–5 7–0 0–0 8 February 5 at Cal State Northridge Matador Field • Northridge, California 9–9 7–0–1 0–0 9 February 7 Nevada Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 11–3 8–0–1 0–0 10 February 8 Nevada Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 5–6 8–1–1 0–0 11 February 9 Nevada Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 11–0 9–1–1 0–0 12 February 11 at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium • San Diego, California 7–1 10–1–1 0–0 13 February 14 Loyola Marymount Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 13–1 11–1–1 0–0 14 February 15 at Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California 10–5 12–1–1 0–0 15 February 16 Loyola Marymount Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 13–4 13–1–1 0–0 16 February 18 at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, California 17–7 14–1–1 0–0 17 February 21 Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 4–3 15–1–1 1–0 18 February 22 Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 16–5 16–1–1 2–0 19 February 23 Arizona State Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 12–17 16–2–1 2–1 20 February 25 Cal State Dominguez Hills Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 21–10 17–2–1 2–1 21 February 28 vs Washington Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, Minnesota 11–5 18–2–1 2–1
March (10–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 22 March 1 vs Nebraska Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, Minnesota 12–9 19–2–1 2–1 23 March 2 at Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, Minnesota 13–5 20–2–1 2–1 24 March 4 UC Santa Barbara Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 6–9 20–3–1 2–1 25 March 7 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 2–4 20–4–1 2–2 26 March 8 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 3–13 20–5–1 2–3 27 March 9 at Arizona Jerry Kindall Field at Frank Sancet Stadium • Tucson, Arizona 12–1 21–5–1 3–3 28 March 11 Cal State Fullerton Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 7–6 22–5–1 3–3 29 March 13 Cal State Los Angeles Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 16–2 23–5–1 3–3 30 March 22 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 12–6 24–5–1 4–3 31 March 23 USC Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 8–5 25–5–1 5–3 32 March 24 at USC Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 7–8 25–6–1 5–4 33 March 27 California Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 13–1 26–6–1 6–4 34 March 28 California Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 9–0 27–6–1 7–4 35 March 29 California Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 8–0 28–6–1 8–4
April (8–8) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 36 April 1 at Pepperdine Eddy D. Field Stadium • Malibu, California 7–8 28–7–1 8–4 37 April 4 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 5–2 29–7–1 9–4 38 April 5 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 3–4 29–8–1 9–5 39 April 6 at Arizona State Packard Stadium • Tempe, Arizona 14–15 29–9–1 9–6 40 April 8 Long Beach State Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 3–14 29–10–1 9–6 41 April 11 Arizona Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 11–3 30–10–1 10–6 42 April 12 Arizona Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 13–6 31–10–1 11–6 43 April 13 Arizona Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 13–3 32–10–1 12–6 44 April 19 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 4–7 32–11–1 12–7 45 April 19 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 8–5 33–11–1 13–7 46 April 20 at Stanford Sunken Diamond • Stanford, California 5–3 34–11–1 14–7 47 April 22 San Diego Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 8–3 35–11–1 14–7 48 April 25 USC Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 6–10 35–12–1 14–8 49 April 26 at USC Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 2–11 35–13–1 14–9 50 April 27 USC Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 14–4 36–13–1 15–9 51 April 29 at Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field • Fullerton, California 3–11 36–14–1 15–9
May (4–4) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 52 May 2 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 6–5 37–14–1 16–9 53 May 3 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 7–6 38–14–1 17–9 54 May 4 at California Evans Diamond • Berkeley, California 8–9 38–15–1 17–10 55 May 6 at Long Beach State Blair Field • Long Beach, California 3–7 38–16–1 17–10 56 May 9 Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 10–9 39–16–1 18–10 57 May 10 Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 13–8 40–16–1 19–10 58 May 11 Stanford Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 6–9 40–17–1 19–11 59 May 13 Cal State Northridge Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California 6–12 40–18–1 19–11
Postseason
Midwest Regional (5–1) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-10 record 60 May 22 vs Harvard Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 2–7 40–19–1 19–11 61 May 23 vs Ohio Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 15–14 41–19–1 19–11 62 May 24 vs Tennessee Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 5–3 42–19–1 19–11 63 May 24 vs Harvard Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 14–9 43–19–1 19–11 64 May 25 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 14–2 44–19–1 19–11 65 May 25 at Oklahoma State Allie P. Reynolds Stadium • Stillwater, Oklahoma 22–2 45–19–1 19–11
College World Series (0–2) # Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record Pac-8 record 66 May 31 vs Miami (FL) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 3–7 45–20–1 19–11 67 June 1 vs Mississippi State Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, Nebraska 5–7 45–21–1 19–11

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Awards and honors

Eric Byrnes

• All-Pac-10

Troy Glaus

• All-Pac-10
• All-Midwest Regional Team
• First Team All-American Baseball America
• First Team All-American The Sports Network
• First Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
• Second Team All-American Collegiate Baseball

Jon Heinrichs

• All-Pac-10
• Second Team All-American Collegiate Baseball
• Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association
• Third Team All-American Baseball America
• Third Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

Tom Jacquez

• All-Pac-10

Jim Parque

• All-Pac-10
• All-Midwest Regional Team
• Third Team All-American Collegiate Baseball
• Second Team All-American The Sports Network
• Second Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Nick Theodorou

• All-Midwest Regional Team

Eric Valent

• All-Pac-10
• All-Midwest Regional Team
• Second Team All-American The Sports Network
• Third Team All-American American Baseball Coaches Association

Peter Zamora

• All-Pac-10
• All-Midwest Regional Team
• Third Team All-American National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boydsworld.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
2. "2020 UCLA Bruins Baseball record Book" (PDF). www.uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. Retrieved September 10, 2020.