2022 BYU Cougars baseball team

The 2022 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood began the season as acting head coach of the Cougars for a tenth consecutive season. However, on April 11 Littlewood announced he was stepping away from BYU Baseball due to personal reasons that were undisclosed. Assistant coach Trent Pratt was named acting head coaching for the remainder of the season.^[2]

2022 BYU Cougars baseball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	33–21 (16–11 WCC)
Head coach	Mike Littlewood (10th season; first 29 games) Trent Pratt (remainder of season)
Assistant coaches	Trent Pratt (10th season) Brent Haring (10th season) Michael Bradshaw (4th season)
Home stadium	Larry H. Miller Field
Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 West Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 14 Gonzaga  ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	7	–	0		.741			36	–	17	–	0		.679
Portland  ‍‍‍	17	–	10	–	0		.630			32	–	23	–	0		.582
San Diego  ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	10	–	0		.630			36	–	18	–	0		.667
BYU  ‍‍‍	16	–	11	–	0		.593			33	–	21	–	0		.611
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			20	–	34	–	1		.373
San Francisco  ‍‍‍	14	–	13	–	0		.519			28	–	29	–	0		.491
Pepperdine  ‍‍‍	12	–	15	–	0		.444			24	–	26	–	0		.480
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍	11	–	16	–	0		.407			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍	9	–	18	–	0		.333			25	–	30	–	0		.455
Pacific  ‍‍‍	5	–	22	–	0		.185			14	–	38	–	0		.269
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 9, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

With 22 players returning this season the Cougars were picked to finish second in the WCC Pre-season poll.^[3] To conclude the season the WCC hosted the 2022 baseball tournament May 24–28 at Banner Island Ballpark. For the first time in WCC history the tournament expanded to 6 teams. Teams 1 and 2 received byes into the double elimination bracket while 3 played 6 and 4 played 5 in a single elimination first round.^[4]

BYU qualified for the tournament as the #4 seed. However the Cougars fell in the tournament's first-round single-elimination game 5–1 to finish the season 33–21, 17–12 under Littlewood and 16–9 under Pratt.^[5]

On June 8 BYU removed the interim title from Pratt and announced he'd be the new BYU baseball head coach for future seasons.^[6]

2022 roster

2022 BYU Cougars roster^[7]
Pitchers 3 Boston Mabeus – Sophomore 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior 7 Cooper Vest – Sophomore 9 Janzen Keisel – Freshman 12 Ryan Brady – Sophomore 13 Cy Nielson – Sophomore 19 Bryce Robison – Sophomore 21 Jack Sterner –   Sophomore 23 Peyton Cole – Sophomore 26 Carter Smith – Sophomore 28 Justis Reiser – Freshman 31 Reid McLaughlin – Junior 36 Carter Foss – Freshman 37 Cooper McKeehan – Sophomore 39 Traton Staheli – Freshman 40 Ayden Callahan – Senior 41 Nate Dahle – Junior 42 Jake Porter – Freshman		Infielders 2 Brock Watkins – Sophomore 4 Andrew Pintar – Sophomore 5 Ozzie Pratt – Freshman 8 Bryan Call – Junior 14 Alex Sardina – Sophomore 16 Jacob Rogers – Junior 18 Collin Reuter – Freshman 25 Austin Deming – Junior 32 Rockwell Lybbert – Freshman 34 Max Harper – Sophomore 35 Jacob Wilk- Junior 45 Kyler Lester – Freshman		Catchers 18 Collin Reuter – Freshman 24 Mason Strong – Freshman 29 Chase Peterson – Junior 38 JD Gardner – Freshman Outfielders 6 Mitch McIntyre – Senior 7 Cooper Vest – Freshman 10 Hayden Leatham – Senior 11 Chandler Reber – Freshman 17 Joshua Cowden – Junior 22 Cole Gambill – Junior 24 Mason Strong – Freshman 27 Ryan Sepede – Sophomore 43 Dawsen Hill – Sophomore Designated Hitters 17 Joshua Cowden – Junior

Schedule

2022 BYU Cougars Game Log
Regular Season
February Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record February 18 vs. Indiana State – Centennial Park FloBaseball 2–3^[8] Matt Jachec (1–0) Jack Sterner (0–1) Connor Fenlong (1) N/A 0–1 – February 19 vs. Marshall – Centennial Park FloBaseball 3–6^[9] Louis Davenport (1–0) Nate Dahle (0–1) None N/A 0–2 – February 19 vs. Marshall – Centennial Park FloBaseball 3–2^[9] Janzen Keisel (1–0) Zac Addkison (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (1) N/A 1–2 – February 21 vs. Ohio State – Centennial Park FloBaseball 9–6 Justis Reiser (1–0) Aaron Funk (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (2) N/A 2–2 – February 24 at Arizona State – Phoenix Municipal Stadium P12+ ASU 4–2 Bryce Robison (1–0) Christian Bodlovich (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (3) 2,725 3–2 – February 25 at Arizona State – Phoenix Municipal Stadium P12 AZ 6–5 Peyton Cole (1–0) Brock Peery (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (4) 3,388 4–2 – February 26 at Arizona State – Phoenix Municipal Stadium P12+ ASU 19–3 Ryan Brady (1–0) Josh Hansell (0–1) None 3,872 5–2 –
March Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record March 3 Milwaukee – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 6–5 Reid McLaughlin (1–0) Mike Edwards (0–1) None 1,100 6–2 – March 3 Milwaukee – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 0–2 Nick Gilhaus (1–0) Nate Dahle (0–2) AJ Blubaugh (1) 1,100 6–3 – March 4 Milwaukee – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 8–4 Janzen Keisel (2–0) Johnny Kelliher (0–1) None 1,167 7–3 – March 10 vs. #6 Oklahoma State – Globe Life Field Facebook 8–6 Bryce Robison (2–0) Victor Mederos (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (5) 498 8–3 – March 11 vs. #6 Oklahoma State – Globe Life Field Facebook 0–3 Kale Davis (1–1) Justis Reiser (1–1) Trevor Martin (3) 705 8–4 – March 12 vs. #6 Oklahoma State – Globe Life Field Facebook 5–8 Roman Phansalkar (3–2) Nate Dahle (0–3) Trevor Martin (4) 1,062 8–5 – March 15 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12+ UT 10–3 Bryce Robison (3–0) David Watson (0–1) None 2,084 9–5 – March 17 at Portland* – Joe Etzel Field WCC Net 6–2 Jack Sterner (1–1) Caleb Franzen (1–3) None 231 10–5 1–0 March 18 at Portland* – Joe Etzel Field WCC Net 1–11 Brett Gillis (4–1) Janzen Keisel (2–1) None 307 10–6 1–1 March 19 at Portland* – Joe Etzel Field WCC Net 1–3 Eli Morse (4–0) Ryan Brady (1–1) Peter Allegro (6) 309 10–7 1–2 March 22 at Utah Valley – UCCU Ballpark ESPN+ 12–5 Bryce Robison (4–0) Caneron Scudder (0–1) None 1,676 11–7 – March 24 #24 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 11–2 Jack Sterner (2–1) Gabriel Hughes (4–1) None 1,884 12–7 2–2 March 25 #24 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–6 Brody Jessee (3–0) Janzen Keisel (2–2) None 2,113 12–8 2–3 March 26 #24 Gonzaga* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 4–9 Trystan Vrieling (3–1) Ryan Brady (1–2) None 2,373 12–9 2–4 March 29 Washington State – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 9–3 Justis Reiser (2–1) Cam Liss (0–1) None 385 13–9 – March 31 at Saint Mary's* – Louis Guisto Field SCS Central 3–4 Jackson Hulett (3–1) Reid McLaughlin (1–1) None 111 13–10 2–5
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record April 1 at Saint Mary's* – Louis Guisto Field SCS Pacific 12–2 Ryan Brady (2–2) Ryan Taurek (1–2) Bryce Robison (1) 97 14–10 3–5 April 2 at Saint Mary's* – Louis Guisto Field SCS Central 3–4 Ryan Sanders (3–1) Nate Dahle (0–4) Nathan Schneider (1) 242 14–11 3–6 April 5 at Dixie State – Bruce Hurst Field ESPN+ 5–7 Jake Dahle (2–2) Boston Maebus (0–1) None 1,951 14–12 – April 7 Santa Clara* – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 5–1 Jack Sterner (3–1) Cole Kitchen (3–2) None 1,857 15–12 4–6 April 8 Santa Clara* – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 10–0 Bryce Robison (5–0) Nick Sando (3–2) None 2,674 16–12 5–6 April 9 Santa Clara* – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 9–5 Cy Nielson (1–0) Jared Feikes (5–2) None 2,167 17–12 6–6 April 14 at Nebraska – Haymarket Park B1G+ 0–1 Tyler Martin (2–0) Jack Sterner (3–2) Braxton Bragg (3) 4,382 17–13 – April 15 at Nebraska – Haymarket Park B1G+ 3–2 Cy Nielson (2–0) Shay Schanaman (2–5) Reid McLaughlin (6) 5,219 18–13 – April 15 at Nebraska – Haymarket Park B1G+ 7–6 Carter Smith (1–0) Braxton Bragg (1–4) Nate Dahle (1) 5,219 19–13 – April 16 at Nebraska – Haymarket Park B1G+ 4–3 Cooper McKeehan (1–0) Corbin Hawkins (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (7) 5,005 20–13 – April 19 at Utah – Smith's Ballpark P12 7–8 Micah Ashman (2–0) Reid McLaughlin (1–2) None 1,626 20–14 – April 21 San Diego* – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 11–7 Jack Sterner (4–2) Garrett Rennie (2–4) None 1,859 21–14 7–6 April 22 San Diego* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–8 Kyle Carr (1–0) Ryan Brady (2–3) None 1,317 21–15 7–7 April 23 San Diego* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 3–4 Brycen Mautz (7–1) Bryce Robison (5–1) Ryan Kysar (1) 1,884 21–16 7–8 April 26 Utah Valley – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 7–0 Peyton Cole (2–0) Luke McCollough (2–2) None 2,125 22–16 – April 28 at San Francisco* – Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field SCS Atlantic 3–8 Jonah Jenkins (1–3) Jack Sterner (4–3) None 178 22–17 7–9 April 29 at San Francisco* – Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field SCS Pacific 8–9 Adam Shew (3–1) Cooper McKeehan (1–1) Josh Mollerus (4) 213 22–18 7–10 April 30 at San Francisco* – Dante Benedetti Diamond at Max Ulrich Field SCS Atlantic 12–4 Bryce Robison (6–1) Jesse Barron (4–3) None 300 23–18 8–10
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record May 3 at Cal State Fullerton – Goodwin Field ESPN+ 10–5 Ayden Callahan (1–0) Grant Kelly (0–1) None 868 24–18 – May 5 at Pepperdine* – Eddy D. Field Stadium SCS Pacific 4–2 Cy Neilson (3–0) Brandon Llewellyn (3–6) Nate Dahle (2) 376 25–18 9–10 May 6 at Pepperdine* – Eddy D. Field Stadium WCC Net 6–3 Ayden Callahan (2–0) Bobby Christy (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (8) 476 26–18 10–10 May 7 at Pepperdine* – Eddy D. Field Stadium SCS Atlantic 4–2 Nate Dahle (1–4) Jack Chester (0–1) Reid McLaughlin (9) 489 27–18 11–10 May 10 Dixie State – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 3–2 Janzen Keisel (3–2) Jacob Taggart (0–2) Reid McLaughlin (10) 2,192 28–18 – May 12 Pacific* – Larry H. Miller Field ESPNU 8–7 ^(12) Cooper McKeehan (2–1) Austin McKinney (0–2) None 1,507 29–18 12–10 May 13 Pacific* – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 9–3 Bryce Robison (7–1) Hunter Hayes (2–9) None 1,934 30–18 13–10 May 14 Pacific* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 5–0 Ryan Brady (3–3) Marv Guarin (1–4) None 2,312 31–18 14–10 May 17 Utah – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 7–12 Bryson Van Sickle (3–0) Peyton Cole (2–1) None 3,192 31–19 – May 19 Loyola Marymount* – Larry H. Miller Field byutv.org 4–3 ^(10) Nate Dahle (4–2) Quinn Lavelle (0–5) None 1,688 32–19 15–10 May 20 Loyola Marymount* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 9–3 Ryan Brady (4–3) Jimmy Galica (1–6) None 2,780 33–19 16–10 May 21 Loyola Marymount* – Larry H. Miller Field BYUtv 7–17 Quinn Lavelle (1–5) Ayden Callahan (2–1) None 2,816 33–20 16–11
2022 West Coast Conference baseball tournament Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Television Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record WCC record May 24 vs. Loyola Marymount* – Banner Island Ballpark SCS Atlantic 1–5 Diego Barrera (4–3) Jack Sterner (4–4) Owen Hackman (5) 586 33–21 –
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings. *West Coast Conference games

Rivalries

BYU had two main rivalries on their schedule- the Deseret First Duel vs. Utah and the UCCU Crosstown Clash vs. Utah Valley. Dixie State also played the Cougars for a second consecutive season.

Radio Information

BYU Baseball was once again broadcast as part of the NuSkin BYU Sports Network. BYU Radio 107.9 KUMT served as the flagship station. However, because of some conflicts, some radio broadcasts were App exclusives. Jason Shepherd and Greg Wrubell rotated providing play-by-play. Tuckett Slade served as analyst on most broadcasts.

TV Announcers

• Indiana State: No commentary
• Marshall: No commentary
• Marshall: No commentary
• Ohio State: No commentary
• Arizona State: Matt Venezia & Zach Woolley
• Arizona State: Dominic Cotroneo
• Arizona State: Gareth Kwok & Randy Policar
• Milwaukee: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
• Milwaukee: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
• Milwaukee: Jason Shepherd & Tuckett Slade
• Oklahoma State: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
• Oklahoma State: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
• Oklahoma State: Greg Wrubell & Tuckett Slade
• Utah: Brian Preece
• Portland: Bryan Sleik & Korey Kier
• Portland: Bryan Sleik & Korey Kier
• Portland: Bryan Sleik
• Utah Valley: Jordan Bianucci & Josh Kallunki
• Gonzaga: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Gonzaga: Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
• Gonzaga: Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
• Washington State: Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
• Saint Mary's: Ben Ross & Tim Fitzgerald
• Saint Mary's: Tim Fitzgerald
• Saint Mary's: Brian Brownfield & Tim Fitzgerald
• Dixie State: Keric Seegmiller
• Santa Clara: Jason Shepherd & Gary Sheide
• Santa Clara: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Santa Clara: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Nebraska: Grant Hansen & Bobby Hessling
• Nebraska DH: Connor Clark & Josh Lill
• Nebraska: Ryan Valenta & Andrew Pfeifer
• Utah: Thad Anderson & Donnie Marbut
• San Diego: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• San Diego: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• San Diego: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Utah Valley: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• San Francisco: Alex Hutton
• San Francisco: Ben Ross
• San Francisco: Pat Olson
• Cal State Fullerton: Michael Martinez
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• Pepperdine: Al Epstein
• Pepperdine: Karl Winter & Austin Hall
• Dixie State: Dave McCann & Gary Sheide
• Pacific: Roy Philpott & Roddy Jones
• Pacific: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Pacific: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Utah: Spencer Linton, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Loyola Marymount: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Loyola Marymount: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Loyola Marymount: Dave McCann, Gary Sheide, & Jason Shepherd
• Loyola Marymount: Steve Quis & Bryan Sleik

See also

• 2021 BYU Cougars football team
• 2021–22 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
• 2021–22 BYU Cougars women's basketball team
• 2021 BYU Cougars women's soccer team
• 2021 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team
• 2022 BYU Cougars men's volleyball team
• 2022 BYU Cougars softball team

References

1. "West Coast Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
2. "BYU Baseball Coach Mike Littlewood Resigns". KSL. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
3. "BYU Baseball Preview: Cougars optimistic for 2022". Daily Herald. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
4. "Toreros baseball: USD has eye on returning to top of WCC standings". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
5. "How BYU baseball was eliminated in the WCC Tournament". Deseret News. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
6. "Trent Pratt sheds 'interim' tag from his title, named new head coach of BYU baseball team". Deseret News. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
7. "Baseball Roster". byucougars.com. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
8. "BYU Roundup: Baseball drops opener to Indiana State, 3-2". Daily Herald. from the original on February 19, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
9. "BYU baseball earns split with Marshall for first win of 2022". Daily Herald. Retrieved February 19, 2022.