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2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team represented Appalachian State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season . The Mountaineers played their home games at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium and were led by fifth-year head coach Kermit Smith . They were members of the Sun Belt Conference .
Preseason [ edit ] Signing Day Recruits [ edit ] Source: [2]
Player
Hometown
Previous Team
Pitchers
Eli Ellington
Charlotte, North Carolina
Gulf Coast CC
Jeriah Henry
Lake Wales, Florida
Lawson State CC
Owen Kincaid
Jamestown, North Carolina
Southwest Guilford HS
Ben Peterson
Cary, North Carolina
Apex HS
AJ Stinson
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Lawson State CC
Trey Tujetsch
Fort Mill, South Carolina
South Carolina
Hitters
Carson Arnold
Mooresville, North Carolina
Lake Norman HS
Hunter Bryson
Charlotte, North Carolina
Providence HS
Trent Lewis
Sebring, Florida
Avon Park HS
Austin Raynor
Granite Falls, North Carolina
South Caldwell HS
Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll [ edit ] The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Mountaineers were picked to finish fifth in the East Division with 21 votes.[3]
Coaches poll (East)
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Coastal Carolina
69 (10)
2
South Alabama
51 (1)
3
Georgia Southern
51 (1)
4
Troy
44
5 Appalachian State 21
6
Georgia State
16
Preseason All-Sun Belt Team and Honors [ edit ] Aaron Funk (LR, Pitcher)
Jordan Jackson (GASO, Pitcher)
Conor Angel (LA, Pitcher)
Wyatt Divis (UTA, Pitcher)
Lance Johnson (TROY, Pitcher)
Caleb Bartolero (TROY, Catcher)
William Sullivan (TROY, 1st Base)
Luke Drumheller (APP, 2nd Base) Drew Frederic (TROY, Shortstop)
Cooper Weiss (CCU, 3rd Base)
Ethan Wilson (USA, Outfielder)
Parker Chavers (CCU, Outfielder)
Rigsby Mosley (TROY, Outfielder)
Eilan Merejo (GSU, Designated Hitter)
Andrew Beesly (ULM, Utility) Personnel [ edit ] Source: [4]
2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers roster
Pitchers
10 Cameron Kepley - Redshirt Junior
11 Evan Mauldin - Redshirt Sophomore
13 Cole Hooper - Redshirt Junior
14 Cy Smith - Sophomore
16 Noah Hall - Sophomore
18 Quinton Martinez - Senior
20 Andrew Papp - Super Senior
21 Tyler Tuthill - Junior
26 Jason Cornatzer - Redshirt Junior
29 Eli Ellington - Redshirt Junior
30 Shane Roberts - Redshirt Junior
33 Austin Primm - Junior
36 Owen Kincaid - Freshman
37 Cam Roberts - Redshirt Junior
38 Trey Tujetsch - Sophomore
39 Joseph Lowder - Redshirt Senior
42 Jeriah Henry - Junior
44 Luke Davis - Redshirt Junior
45 AJ Stinson - Junior
46 Ben Peterson - Freshman
Catchers
6 Carson Arnold - Freshman
8 JD Yakubinis - Sophomore
25 Jack Lipson - Senior
35 Hayden Cross - Junior Infielders
3 Bailey Welch - Senior
4 Luke Drumheller - Junior
7 Peyton Idol - Sophomore
9 Hunter Bryson - Freshman
24 Trent Lewis - Freshman
28 Robbie Young - Super Senior
40 Vasili Kaloudis - Redshirt Freshman
Outfielders
2 Austin Raynor - Freshman
5 Kendall McGowan - Senior
19 Dalton Williams - Redshirt Sophomore
22 Alex Leshock - Senior
27 Tyler Leek - Redshirt Senior
34 Phillip Cole - Junior Utility
17 Andrew Greckel - Senior
32 Andrew Terrell - Junior
Coaching staff [ edit ]
2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers coaching staff
Kermit Smith – Head Coach – 5th yearJustin Aspergren – Assistant Head Coach – 6th year
Britt Johnson – Assistant Head Coach – 5th year
Ryan Smoot – Volunteer Assistant – 1st year
Chandler Seagle – Student Assistant – 1st year
Schedule and results [ edit ]
Legend
Appalachian State win
Appalachian State loss
Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold Appalachian State team member
2021 Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball game log
Regular season (20-30)
March (6-10)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
Mar. 2
North Carolina A&T
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 14-7Terrell (1-0)Meachem (0-2)
None 120
6-2
Mar. 5
at No. 12 East Carolina
Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC L 2-13Spivey (1-0)
Tuthill (1-1)None 1,135
6-3
Mar. 6
at No. 12 East Carolina
Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC
L 2-5Williams (1-0)
Martinez (2-1)Mayhue (2)
1,184
6-4
Mar. 7
at No. 12 East Carolina
Clark–LeClair Stadium • Greenville, NC
L 2-10Whisenhunt (2-0)
Tujetsch (0-1)None 1,194
6-5
Mar. 12
at UNC Wilmington
Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC L 1-6Roupp (1-2)
Tuthill (1-2)None FloBaseball 492
6-6
Mar. 13
at UNC Wilmington
Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC
L 1-4Gesell (2-0)
Martinez (2-2)Cota (1)
FloBaseball 500
6-7
Mar. 14
at UNC Wilmington
Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC
L 1-7Chenault (1-0)
Terrell (1-1)None FloBaseball 492
6-8
Mar. 16
North Carolina A&T
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 14-5Peterson (1-0)O'Neal (0-1)
None ESPN+ 210
7-8
Mar. 19
Arkansas State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 5-4Tuthill (2-2)Nash (1-2)
Hall (2)ESPN+ 220
8-8
1-0
Mar. 20
Arkansas State
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 8-3Martinez (3-2)Holt (0-2)
None ESPN+ 220
9-8
2-0
Mar. 21
Arkansas State
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 12-2 (7 inns)Hall (3-0)Anderson (0-3)
None ESPN+ 215
10-8
3-0
Mar. 23
vs. Charlotte
Atrium Health Ballpark • Kannapolis, NC L 5-15Sims (1-0)
Peterson (1-1)None CUSA.TV
1,648
10-9
Mar. 26
at Georgia Southern
J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 1-3Owens (2-0)
Tuthill (2-3)Jones (6)
ESPN+ 779
10-10
3-1
Mar. 27
at Georgia Southern
J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA
L 2-10Dollander (3-1)
Martinez (3-3)None ESPN+ 735
10-11
3-2
Mar. 28
at Georgia Southern
J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA
W 3-1Hall (4-0)Johnson (1-2)
Ellington (2)607
11-11
4-2
Mar. 30
at Wake Forest
David F. Couch Ballpark • Winston-Salem, NC L 7-15McNamee (3-0)
Peterson (1-2)None ACCN+ 526
11-12
April (5-9)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
Apr. 1
at Coastal Carolina
Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol
Apr. 2
at Coastal Carolina
Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC
Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol
Apr. 3
at Coastal Carolina
Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC
Game postponed due to COVID-19 protocol
Apr. 6
at NC State
Doak Field • Raleigh, NC L 2-13Villaman (2-2)
Martinez (3-4)None ACCN+ 365
11-13
Apr. 9
Georgia State Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 4-2Cornatzer (1-0)Jones (0-4)
Ellington (3)220
12-13
5-2
Apr. 10
Georgia State
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 9-7Ellington (1-0)Treadway (0-4)
Terrell (1)220
13-13
6-2
Apr. 11
Georgia State
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 13-15Haston (1-0)
Roberts (0-1)Barquero (1)
220
13-14
6-3
Apr. 13
Wake Forest
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 0-12Mascolo (2-1)
Tujetsch (0-2)None ESPN+ 220
13-15
Apr. 16
at Lipscomb
Dugan Field • Nashville, TN W 9-5 (11 inns)Hall (5-0)Morgan (0-1)
None ESPN+ 197
14-15
Apr. 17
at Lipscomb
Dugan Field • Nashville, TN
L 2-4Bierman (2-3)
Martinez (3-5)Maldonado (1)
YouTube 227
14-16
Apr. 18
at Lipscomb
Dugan Field • Nashville, TN
W 4-3'Ellington (2-0)
Williams (0-2)
Terrell (2)ESPN+ 207
15-16
Apr. 20
Charlotte
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 8-11Starnes (1-1)
Roberts (0-1)Lothes (5)
ESPN+ 190
15-17
Apr. 23
at Troy
Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL L 0-2Gainous (6-3)
Tuthill (2-4)Oates (3)
ESPN+ 843
15-18
6-4
Apr. 24
at Troy
Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL
L 4-9Ortiz (3-4)
Cornatzer (1-1)None ESPN+ 804
15-19
6-5
Apr. 25
at Troy
Riddle–Pace Field • Troy, AL
L 2-12 (7 inns)Witcher (4-2)
Martinez (3-6)None ESPN+ 804
15-20
6-6
Apr. 27
NC State
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 3-7Villaman (4-2)
Tujetsch (0-3)None ESPN+ 220
15-21
Apr. 30
Louisiana–Monroe Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 6-4Tuthill (3-4)Barnes (2-4)
Hall (2)ESPN+ 205
16-21
7-6
May (4–9)
Date
Opponent
Rank
Site/stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
TV
Attendance
Overall record
SBC record
May 1
Louisiana–Monroe
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 7-10Jans (1-0)
Hall (5-1)Orton (4)
ESPN+ 210
16-22
7-7
May 2
Louisiana–Monroe
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 5-13 (8 inns.)Longsworth (2-2)
Tujetsch (0-4)None ESPN+ 200
16-23
7-8
May 7
at Miami
Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL L 2-4Rosario (5-4)
Tuthill (3-5)Palmquist (11)
ACCN+ 651
16-24
May 8
at Miami
Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL
L 1-16Smith (2-0)
Tujetsch (0-5)None ACCN+ 653
16-25
May 9
at Miami
Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field • Coral Gables, FL
L 2-10 (6 inns)Mederos (2-3)
Martinez (3-7)None ACCN+ 612
16-26
May 11
East Tennessee State
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 5-10Mercer (1-3)
Terrell (1-2)None ESPN+ 190
16-27
May 14
at Little Rock
Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR W 2-1Tuthill (4-5)Barkley (6-4)
None ESPN+ 329
17-27
8-8
May 15
at Little Rock
Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR
L 2-4Funk (2-5)
Cornatzer (1-2)None ESPN+ 378
17-28
8-9
May 16
at Little Rock
Gary Hogan Field • Little Rock, AR
W 5-0Tujetsch (1-5)Weatherley (2-2)
Ellington (4)ESPN+ 271
18-28
9-9
May 18
at No. 21 South Carolina
Founders Park • Columbia, SC L 0-2Weins (1-0)
Peterson (1-3)Sanders (1)
SECN+ 2,538
18-29
May 20
South Alabama Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 6-4Roberts (1-0)Smith (4-1)
Papp (1)ESPN+ 389
19-29
10-9
May 21
South Alabama
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
W 4-2Ellington (3-0)Lehrmann (3-3)
None ESPN+ 469
20-29
11-9
May 22
South Alabama
Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC
L 3-13 (7 inns)Booker (7-0)
Tujetsch (1-6)None ESPN+ 440
20-30
11-10
Post-season (1–1)
Schedule Source: [5] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Postseason [ edit ] Conference accolades [ edit ] Player of the Year: Mason McWhorter – GASO
Pitcher of the Year: Hayden Arnold – LR
Freshman of the Year: Garrett Gainous – TROY
Newcomer of the Year: Drake Osborn – LA
Coach of the Year: Mark Calvi – USA
All Conference First Team
Connor Cooke (LA)
Hayden Arnold (LR)
Carlos Tavera (UTA)
Nick Jones (GASO)
Drake Osborn (LA)
Robbie Young (APP) Luke Drumheller (APP) Drew Frederic (TROY)
Ben Klutts (ARST)
Mason McWhorter (GASO)
Logan Cerny (TROY)
Ethan Wilson (USA)
Cameron Jones (GSU)
Ben Fitzgerald (LA)
All Conference Second Team
JoJo Booker (USA)
Tyler Tuthill (APP) Jeremy Lee (USA)
Aaron Barkley (LR)
BT Riopelle (CCU)
Dylan Paul (UTA)
Travis Washburn (ULM)
Eric Brown (CCU)
Grant Schulz (ULM)
Tyler Duncan (ARST)
Parker Chavers (CCU)
Josh Smith (GSU)
Andrew Miller (UTA)
Noah Ledford (GASO)
References: [6]
Rankings [ edit ] ^ 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.
References [ edit ]
^ "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings" . D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021 .^ "Baseball Announces Full Class of Newcomers for 2020-21" . App State Athletics . Retrieved February 18, 2021 .^ Conference, Sun Belt. "Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors" . sunbeltsports.org . Retrieved February 17, 2021 . ^ "2021 Baseball Roster" . App State Athletics . Retrieved February 18, 2021 .^ "App State Announces 2021 Baseball Schedule" . App State Athletics . Retrieved February 18, 2021 .^ "Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards" . sunbeltsports.org . Retrieved January 5, 2022 .^ "Baseball Coaches Poll" . Retrieved February 28, 2021 .^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings" . baseballamerica.com . Retrieved February 28, 2021 .^ "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper" . baseballnews.com . Retrieved February 28, 2021 .^ "NCBWA > News" . sportswriters.net . Retrieved February 28, 2021 .^ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis" . d1baseball.com . Retrieved February 28, 2021 .
