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The 2016 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Martin, in his 37th season at Florida State. It was the Seminoles' 25th season as a member of the ACC and its 11th in the ACC's Atlantic Division.

ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
CoachesNo. 13
CBNo. 14
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2016 Florida State Seminoles baseball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
CBNo. 14
Record41–22 (16–10 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coachMike Martin, Jr. (19th season)
Pitching coachMike Bell (5th season)
Home stadiumMike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium
(Capacity: 6,700)
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2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 11 Louisville  x‍‍‍y 22–8 .73348–12 .800
No. 14 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 16–10 .61538–20 .655
No. 20 NC State  ‍‍‍y 15–13 .53636–20 .643
No. 18 Clemson  ‍‍‡‍y 16–14 .53343–18 .705
No. 16 Boston College  ‍‍‍y 13–15 .46435–22 .614
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 13–17 .43335–25 .583
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .39327–27 .500
Coastal
No. 8 Miami (FL)  x‍‍‍y 21–7 .75046–11 .807
No. 17 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 19–11 .63338–20 .655
Duke  ‍‍‍y 14–15 .48333–23 .589
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 13–16 .44836–24 .600
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .43334–21 .618
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 10–18 .35725–26 .490
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .20019–36 .345
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Florida State entered the season as the defending ACC champion and finished the season as ACC runner-up.

The Seminoles reached the post-season for the thirty-ninth straight year (the second longest active streak) and were selected as the sixteenth overall seed in the NCAA tournament, hosting for the sixth consecutive season.[2]

Previous season

Main article: 2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

In 2015, the Seminoles finished the season with a record of 44–21, 17–13 in conference play, winning the ACC tournament. The Seminoles qualified for the NCAA tournament. They were hosts of the Tallahassee Regional and advanced to the Gainesville Super Regional where they were eliminated by Florida.

Preseason

In the ACC Media Poll, Florida State was picked to finish third in the Atlantic Division.[3]

Personnel

Roster

2016 Florida State Seminoles roster[4]
 

Pitchers

  • 5 - Matthew Kinney - Redshirt Senior
  • 6 - Cobi Johnson - Sophomore
  • 7 - Steven Wells Jr. - Sophomore
  • 9 - Andy Ward - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 14 - Tyler Holton - Freshman
  • 16 - Taylor Blatch - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 - Mike Compton - Redshirt Senior
  • 18 - Ed Voyles - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 19 - Andrew Karp - Redshirt Freshman
  • 23 - Tyler Warmoth - Redshirt Senior
  • 25 - Ronnie Ramirez - Freshman
  • 26 - Cole Sands - Freshman
  • 30 - Will Zirzow - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 31 - Alec Byrd - Junior
  • 33 - Chase Haney - Freshman
  • 36 - Dillon Brown - Freshman
  • 38 - Alex Deise - Redshirt Junior
  • 42 - Jim Voyles - Junior
  • 44 - Jared Middleton - Freshman
  • 46 - Drew Carlton - Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 20 - Gage West - Junior
  • 35 - Cal Raleigh - Freshman
  • 53 - Bryan Bussey - Junior

Infielders

  • 3 - Darren Miller - Sophomore
  • 10 - Taylor Walls - Sophomore
  • 12 - John Sansone - Senior
  • 15 - Hank Truluck - Junior
  • 24 - Matt Henderson - Junior
  • 28 - Dylan Busby - Sophomore
  • 29 - Quincy Nieporte - Junior
  • 32 - Hayden Kelly - Senior
  

Outfielders

  • 1 - Nick Graganella - Redshirt Senior
  • 2 - Jackson Lueck - Freshman
  • 13 - Donovan Petrey - Freshman
  • 21 - Ben DeLuzio - Junior
  

Coaching staff

2016 Florida State Seminoles baseball coaching staff
  • 11 - Mike Martin – Head coach – 37th season
  • 22 - Mike Bell – Associate head coach / Pitchers - 5th season
  • 4 - Mike Martin, Jr. – Assistant coach/recruiting coordinator - 19th season

Schedule

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2016 Florida State Seminoles baseball game log
Regular season
February
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordACC Record
Feb 19Rhode Island*#16Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 19–1[5]Compton (1–0)[6]Moyers (0–1)[6]4,3751–0–
Feb 20Rhode Island*#16Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 8–1[7]Carlton (1–0)[8]Wilson (0–1)[8]Holton (1)[8]5,5802–0–
Feb 21Rhode Island*#16Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 23–4[9]Sands (1–0)[10]Wessel (0–1)[10]4,3823–0–
Feb 26College of Charleston*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 1–2[11]Helvey (1–0)[12]Compton (1–1)[12]Love (1)[12]4,2673–1–
Feb 27College of Charleston*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 8–3[13]Carlton (2–0)[14]Ober (0–1)[14]4,7514–1–
Feb 28College of Charleston*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 11–2[15]Sands (2–0)[16]McCutcheon (1–1)[16]4,4015–1–
March
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordACC Record
Mar 1Jacksonville*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 3–7[17]Baumann (1–0)[18]Holton (0–1)[18]Cassala (1)[18]3,8025–2–
Mar 2Villanova*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 11–1014[19]Zirzow (1–0)[20]Fradella (0–1)[20]3,6596–2–
Mar 4St. John's*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 16–4[21]Compton (2–1)[22]Christopher (0–1)[22]3,8957–2–
Mar 5St. John's*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 9–2[23]Carlton (3–0)[24]Nellis (0–2)[24]4,0398–2–
Mar 6St. John's*#11Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 1–5[25]McAuliffe (1–0)[26]Sands (2–1)[26]Hackimer (2)[26]4,0078–3–
Mar 8at USF*#14USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FLW 12–4[27]Haney (1–0)[28]Clarkson (0–1)[28]2,4319–3–
Mar 9Toledo*#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 3–2[29]Voyles, J. (1–0)[30]Jacob (0–2)[30]3,14710–3–
Mar 11#9 Georgia Tech#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 8–2[31]Compton (3–1)[32]Gold (1–1)[32]3,79211–31–0
Mar 12#9 Georgia Tech#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 14–9[33]Haney (2–0)[34]Dulaney (1–1)[34]4,06812–32–0
Mar 13#9 Georgia Tech#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 8–3[35]Sands (3–1)[36]Hughes (3–1)[36]3,94813–33–0
Mar 15at #1 Florida*#9Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FLL 0–6[37]Dunning (2–0)[38]Holton (0–2)[38]5,91713–4–
Mar 18at Pittsburgh#9Petersen Sports Complex • Pittsburgh, PAW 17–4[39]Kinney (1–0)[40]Falk (2–1)[40]Voyles, E. (1)[40]58014–44–0
Mar 19at Pittsburgh#9Petersen Sports Complex • Pittsburgh, PAW 10–2[41]Carlton (4–0)[42]Sandefur (1–2)[42]Voyles, J. (1)[42]50015–45–0
Mar 20at Pittsburgh#9Petersen Sports Complex • Pittsburgh, PAL 2–5[43]Zeuch (1–0)[44]Sands (3–2)[44]Mattson (1)[44]20815–55–1
Mar 22UCF*#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 7–2[45]Voyles, J. (2–0)[46]Pimentel (0–4)[46]4,42616–5–
Mar 23UCF*#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 5–411[47]Haney (3–0)[48]Hukari (1–2)[48]3,92017–5–
Mar 25#19 NC State#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 8–5[49]Kinney (2–0)[50]O'Donnell (3–2)[50]Warmoth (1)[50]3,95318–56–1
Mar 26#19 NC State#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLCancelled[51]
Mar 27#19 NC State#14Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLCancelled[52]
Mar 29vs. #1 Florida*#8Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville • Jacksonville, FLL 2–3[53]Kowar (3–0)[54]Carlton (4–1)[54]Anderson (4)[54]9,03518–6–
April
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordACC Record
Apr 1at Boston College#8Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, MAW 3–0[55]Compton (4–1)[56]King (4–2)[56]Warmoth (2)[56]31419–67–1
Apr 2at Boston College#8Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, MACancelled[57]
Apr 3at Boston College#8Eddie Pellagrini Diamond at John Shea Field • Chestnut Hill, MACancelled[57]
Apr 5#19 Texas Tech#5Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 10–1[58]Voyles, J. (3–0)[59]Lanning (1–3)[59]4,00220–6–
Apr 6#19 Texas Tech#5Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 4–8[60]Dugger (2–0)[61]Sands (3–3)[61]Howard (3)[61]3,82120–7–
Apr 8#4 Louisville#5Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 12–7[62]Kinney (3–0)[63]Sparger (0–1)[63]4,49521–78–1
Apr 9#4 Louisville#5Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 1–7[64]Harrington (7–1)[65]Carlton (4–2)[65]5,53921–88–2
Apr 10#4 Louisville#5Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 16–5[66]Voyles, J. (4–0)[67]Funkhouser (3–3)[67]4,21222–89–2
Apr 12#3 Florida*#4Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 2–8[68]Rubio (2–0)[69]Voyles, E. (0–1)[69]5,93622–9–
Apr 15at Wake Forest#4Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, NCL 0–9[70]Dunshee (5–3)[71]Compton (4–2)[71]1,04622–109–3
Apr 16at Wake Forest#4Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, NCW 13–8[72]Voyles, J. (5–0)[73]McCarren (3–2)[73]1,21823–1010–3
Apr 17at Wake Forest#4Gene Hooks Field • Winston-Salem, NCL 2–4[74]Johnstone (2–3)[75]Sands (3–4)[75]Craig (5)[75]1,16323–1110–4
Apr 19Stetson*#9Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 8–5[76]Holton (1–2)[77]Gonzalez (3–1)[77]Warmoth (3)[77]4,01324–11–
Apr 20Stetson*#9Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 8–6[78]Karp (1–0)[79]Schaly (1–3)[79]3,82225–11–
Apr 22#29 Notre Dame#9Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 12–6[80]Compton (5–2)[81]Solomon (3–4)[81]3,95726–1111–4
Apr 23#29 Notre Dame#9Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 7–612[82]Haney (4–0)[83]Vierling (2–1)[83]5,14727–1112–4
Apr 24#29 Notre Dame#9Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 11–6[84]Holton (2–2)[85]Bass (1–1)[85]4,27828–1113–4
Apr 30at Clemson#3Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SCL 3–10[86]Eubanks (3–4)[87]Compton (5–3)[87]5,30428–1213–5
May
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordACC Record
May 1at Clemson#3Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SCW 11–2[88]Carlton (5–2)[89]Schmidt (5–3)[89]4,19629–1214–5
May 2at Clemson#3Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SCL 3–7[90]Krall (7–1)[91]Holton (2–3)[91]3,33129–1314–6
May 6Bowling Green*#4Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 6–1[92]Voyles, E. (1–1)[93]Daugherty (4–2)[93]3,73730–13–
May 7Bowling Green*#4Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 10–0[94]Carlton (6–2)[95]Carey (3–8)[95]4,17931–13–
May 8Bowling Green*#4Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 6–1[96]Sands (4–4)[97]Lacinak (2–7)[97]3,73332–13–
May 10at Jacksonville*#4John Sessions Stadium • Jacksonville, FLL 2–6[98]Tanner (3–0)[99]Karp (1–1)[99]33732–14–
May 11Florida Gulf Coast*#4Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 8–11[100]Knoblauch (5–0)[101]Warmoth (0–1)[101]32–15–
May 13at Duke#4Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NCL 4–5[102]Urbon (7–1)[103]Carlton (6–3)[103]Stallings (8)[103]61732–1614–7
May 14at Duke#4Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NCL 1–3[104]Swart (3–2)[105]Sands (4–5)[105]81432–1714–8
May 15at Duke#4Jack Coombs Field • Durham, NCW 4–3[106]Voyles, J. (6–0)[107]McAfee (7–4)[107]Warmoth (4)[107]72733–1715–8
May 17at Stetson*#8Melching Field at Conrad Park • DeLand, FLCancelled[108]
May 19#2 Miami (FL)#8Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 2–4[109]Meyer (1–0)[110]Voyles, J. (6–1)[110]Garcia (13)[110]4,15633–1815–9
May 21[111]#2 Miami (FL)#8Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLL 5–8[112]Mediavilla (10–1)[113]Sands (4–6)[113]Garcia (14)[113]5,02433–1915–10
May 21#2 Miami (FL)#8Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FLW 3–210[112]Warmoth (1–1)[114]Guerra (1–1)[114]5,02434–1916–10
Postseason
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordACCT Record
May 25vs. #13 (5) NC State#11 (4)Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NCW 7–3[115]Haney (5–0)[116]Gilbert (3–1)[116]3,40935–191–0
May 26vs. (9) Georgia Tech#11 (4)Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NCW 6–1[117]Sands (5–6)[118]Ryan (3–3)[118]2,50436–192–0
May 28vs. #2 (1) Miami (FL)#11 (4)Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NCW 5–4[119]Byrd (1–0)[120]Meyer (1–1)[120]4,75437–193–0
May 29vs. #28 (6) Clemson#11 (4)Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC
(Championship)		L 13–18[121]Bostic (4–2)[122]Voyles, E. (1–2)[122]4,86337–203–1
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall RecordNCAAT Record
Jun 3(4) Alabama State#12 (1)Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
(Tallahassee Regional)		W 18–6[123]Carlton (7–3)[124]Camacho (10–1)[124]3,27638–201–0
Jun 4#24 (2) Southern Miss#12 (1)Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
(Tallahassee Regional)		W 7–2[125]Holton (3–3)[126]Cockrell (7–2)[126]Voyles, J. (2)[126]3,49639–202–0
Jun 5(3) South Alabama#12 (1)Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL
(Tallahassee Regional Final)		W 18–6[127]Sands (6–6)[128]Soleymani (4–4)[128]2,59240–203–0
Jun 11#2 (1) Florida#9 (16)Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL
(Gainesville Super Regional)		W 3–0[129]Carlton (8–3)[130]Faedo (13–2)[130]5,76841–204–0
Jun 12#2 (1) Florida#9 (16)Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL
(Gainesville Super Regional)		L 0–5[131]Shore (12–0)[132]Holton (3–4)[132]5,32641–214–1
Jun 13#2 (1) Florida#9 (16)Alfred A. McKethan Stadium • Gainesville, FL
(Gainesville Super Regional Final)		L 0–7[133]Dunning (6–3)[134]Sands (6–7)[134]4,47541–224–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement
Bold = Florida State team member
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball; parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
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Rankings

See also: 2016 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
More information Week, Poll ...
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'1414*141511118861068612131212*12*13
Baseball America171615151312121161155714181313*13*13
Collegiate Baseball^1611111491485493448111291414
NCBWA†1410911810775957611151313*1013
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 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

Watchlists

  • NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award[135]
Matthew Kinney
Tyler Warmoth
Jim Voyles
Taylor Walls

Finalists

John Sansone
Taylor Walls

Honors

  • Regional MVP
    • Dylan Busby
  • ACC Player of the Week
  • National Player of the Week
All-ACC[142]
  • First Team
    • John Sansone
  • Second Team
    • Taylor Walls
  • Freshman Team
    • Cal Raleigh
All-Americans
  • Louisville Slugger[143][144]
    • Third Team
      • John Sansone
    • Freshman Team
      • Cal Raleigh
  • Baseball America[145][146]
    • First Team
      • Taylor Walls
    • Freshman Team
      • Tyler Holton
      • Cal Raleigh
  • National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association[147][148]
    • Third Team
      • Taylor Walls
    • First Team (Freshman)
      • Cal Raleigh
  • D1 Baseball
    • Third Team
      • Taylor Walls
  • Perfect Game[146][149]
    • Honorable Mention
      • Taylor Walls
    • First Team (Freshman)
      • Cal Raleigh

All-Star games

Taylor Walls and Cole Sands were named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[150]

More information Game, Site ...
Game Site Player
7th College Home Run DerbyTD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NebraskaDylan Busby
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MLB draft

One player was selected in the 2016 MLB draft.[151]

More information Round, Overall Pick ...
Round Overall Pick Name Position Team
8th228John SansoneInfielderCincinnati Reds
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