2015 UCLA Bruins baseball team

The 2015 UCLA Bruins baseball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins compete in the Pac-12 Conference, and plays their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. John Savage is in his eleventh season as head coach. The Bruins are coming off a season in which they were 25-30-1 (12-18 Pac-12), near the bottom of the Pac-12 Conference standings.

2015 UCLA Bruins baseball
NCAA tournament, Los Angeles Regional
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	42-14 (22-8 Pac-12)
Head coach	John Savage (11th season)
Assistant coaches	Jake Silverman (5th season) T. J. Bruce (5th season) Rex Peters (4th season)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 2 UCLA ‍†‍‍^y	22	–	8	–	0		.733			42	–	14	–	0		.750
No. 12 Oregon State ‍‍‍^y	19	–	10	–	1		.650			38	–	16	–	1		.700
No. 16 California ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			34	–	19	–	0		.642
No. 17 USC ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			37	–	19	–	0		.661
No. 18 Arizona State ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0		.600			34	–	21	–	0		.618
Oregon ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Washington  ‍‍‍	14	–	16	–	0		.467			29	–	25	–	0		.537
Arizona  ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0		.400			31	–	24	–	0		.564
Washington State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			29	–	27	–	0		.518
Stanford  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			24	–	32	–	0		.429
Utah  ‍‍‍	7	–	22	–	1		.250			16	–	36	–	1		.311
† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 25, 2015^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

This season, the Bruins completed the regular season with a 42–14 record and were awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and as the host of the Los Angeles Regional. They played against the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners, and the Maryland Terrapins, beginning on May 29. They ended the season by losing the series to Maryland 1–2 in the final regional game.

Ranking movements

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball 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'	9	9*	9	6	9	9	6	6	5	3	2	2	5	4	3	2
Baseball America	11	11	8	6	11	9	9	9	7	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Collegiate Baseball^	10	8	8	7	13	9	5	4	3	2	2	2	5	4	3	2
NCBWA†	9	7	7	6	9	7	5	4	4	3	2	2	5	4	3	2

^ 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.

Awards and honors

• June 5, 2015 – Relief pitcher David Berg was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) District IX Player of the Year.^[2]

UCLA Bruins in the 2015 MLB Draft

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
James Kaprielian	Pitcher	1st	16	New York Yankees
Kevin Kramer	Shortstop	2nd	62	Pittsburgh Pirates
Cody Poteet	Pitcher	4th	116	Miami Marlins
David Berg	Pitcher	6th	173	Chicago Cubs
Ty Moore	Right Field	12th	367	Pittsburgh Pirates
Grant Watson	Pitcher	16th	486	San Francisco Giants
Chris Keck	Third Base	18th	527	Colorado Rockies
Tucker Forbes	Pitcher	30	906	San Francisco Giants

References

1. "Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
2. David Berg Named NCBWA District IX Player of the Year, UCLABruins.com, June 5, 2015

External links

• Official website