College of Charleston Cougars baseball

Charleston Cougars

2022 College of Charleston Cougars baseball team
Founded| 1991
University| College of Charleston
Head coach| Chad Holbrook (5th season)
Conference| Colonial Athletic
Location| Charleston, South Carolina
Home stadium| CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point
(Capacity: 2,000)
Nickname| Cougars
Colors| Maroon and white[1]

NCAA regional champions
2006, 2014
NCAA Tournament appearances
2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015
Conference tournament champions
SoCon: 2006
CAA: 2014
Regular season conference champions
SoCon: 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012
CAA: 2015, 2022

For information on all College of Charleston sports, see College of Charleston Cougars

The Charleston Cougars baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[2] The team is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at CofC Baseball Stadium at Patriot's Point in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The Cougars are currently coached by Chad Holbrook, who was previously the head coach at the University of South Carolina.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Year-by-year results
* 3 NCAA tournament results
* 4 Major League Baseball
* 5 See also
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## History[edit]

The College of Charleston baseball team has been a member of NCAA Division I since 1991. The Cougars have won six regular season conference titles and two conference tournament championships, one in the Southern Conference (2006) and one in the Colonial Athletic Association (2014). The Cougars have appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament seven times, most recently in 2015. They have advanced to the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament twice (2006, 2014), accounting for their deepest postseason run. The Cougars swept the 2006 Lexington Regional and the 2014 Gainesville Regional, before falling to Georgia Tech and Texas Tech, respectively.

From 2009 until 2015, the Cougars were coached by Monte Lee, a former player for Charleston. During Lee's tenure at CofC, the Cougars went 276–145, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in four of Lee's six seasons. Lee coached three players that were drafted in the first five rounds in the MLB Draft: Taylor Clarke (3rd RD, 2015), Carl Wise (4th RD, 2015) and Heath Hembree (5th RD, 2010), who reached the MLB in 2013. Lee left Charleston after the 2015 season to take the same position with the Clemson Tigers.

In 2017, Chad Holbrook was hired on as head coach after a four year stint with South Carolina. Chad was previously recruiter of the year and assistant coach of the year as an assistant coach with South Carolina lead the Gamecocks to the NCAA Super Regionals twice during his tenure as head coach. In 2022, the Cougars were the CAA regular season champions for the first time since 2015.

Charleston has produced 28 college All-Americans and 62 professional players, including Brett Gardner of the New York Yankees. From 2004 to 2015, the College of Charleston has the 13th best winning percentage in all of Division I baseball.[3] Oliver Marmol, the current manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, is a former Cougar baseball player.

## Year-by-year results[edit]

Charleston's history since joining Division I in 1991.[4]

Cougars yearly records

Year  | Overall record  | Conference record  | Accomplishments
1991  | 22–12–1  | Ind  |
1992  | 16–29  | 2–19 (TAAC)  |
1993  | 18–24  | 9–9 (TAAC)  |
1994  | 27–21  | 7–11 (TAAC)  |
1995  | 17–29  | 8–22 (TAAC)  |
1996  | 28–23  | 8–10 (TAAC)  |
1997  | 25–29–1  | 7–11 (TAAC)  |
1998  | 31–26  | 9–9 (TAAC)  |
1999  | 31–24  | 19–10 (SoCon)  |
2000  | 28–28–1  | 14–15–1 (SoCon)  |
2001  | 24–28  | 10–16 (SoCon)  |
2002  | 36–22  | 19–11 (SoCon)  |
2003  | 31–27  | 17–13 (SoCon)  |
2004  | 47–16  | 25–5 (SoCon)  | SoCon Regular Season Champions, NCAA Regional
2005  | 48–15  | 27–3 (SoCon)  | SoCon Regular Season Champions, NCAA Regional
2006  | 46–17  | 20–7 (SoCon)  | SoCon Tournament Champions, NCAA Super Regional
2007  | 39–19  | 20–7 (SoCon)  | SoCon Regular Season Champions
2008  | 39–20  | 19–8 (SoCon)  |
2009  | 35–22  | 17–13 (SoCon)  |
2010  | 44–19  | 22–8 (SoCon)  | NCAA Regional
2011  | 39–22  | 18–12 (SoCon)  |
2012  | 38–22  | 21–9 (SoCon)  | SoCon Regular Season Champions, NCAA Regional
2013  | 31–26  | 17–13 (SoCon)  |
2014  | 44–19  | 15–6 (CAA)  | CAA Tournament Champions, NCAA Super Regional
2015  | 45–15  | 21–3 (CAA)  | CAA Regular Season Champions, NCAA Regional
2016  | 31–25–1  | 12–12 (CAA)  |
2017  | 28–31  | 13–11 (CAA)  |
2018  | 36-19  | 15-8 (CAA)  |
2019  | 36-21  | 16-8 (CAA)  |
2020  | 12-2  | 0-0 (CAA)  | Season cancelled  |
2021  | 27-25  | 12-12 (CAA)  |
2022  | 37-19  | 19-5 (CAA)  | CAA Regular Season Champions

## NCAA tournament results[edit]

Charleston has appeared in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship seven times, most recently in 2015 when the Cougars lost in the Tallahassee Regional final to Florida State. Charleston's overall record in the NCAA Tournament is 14–14.

Year | Seed | Round | Opponents | Results

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2004 | #3 | Baton Rouge Regional | #2 Southern Mississippi
#4 Army
#2 Southern Mississippi
#1 LSU | L 6–5
W 2–1
W 7–3
L 11–3
2005 | #2 | Clemson Regional | #3 Oral Roberts
#1 Clemson
#3 Oral Roberts | W 5–2
L 6–0
L 6–0
2006 | #2 | Lexington Regional | #3 Notre Dame
#4 Ball State
#1 Kentucky | W 5–4
W 11–0
W 7–4
2006 | #2 | Atlanta Super Regional | #1 Georgia Tech | L 5–0
L 12–3
2010 | #2 | Myrtle Beach Regional | #3 NC State
#1 Coastal Carolina
#1 Coastal Carolina
#1 Coastal Carolina | W 9–6
W 16–6
L 8–7
L 11–10
2012 | #3 | Gainesville Regional | #2 Georgia Tech
#4 Bethune-Cookman
#2 Georgia Tech | L 8–4
W 8–2
L 3–0
2014 | #4 | Gainesville Regional | #1 Florida
#2 Long Beach State
#2 Long Beach State | W 3–2
W 6–3
W 4–2
2014 | #4 | Lubbock Super Regional | #1 Texas Tech | L 1–0
L 1–0
2015 | #2 | Tallahassee Regional | #3 Auburn
#1 Florida State
#3 Auburn
#1 Florida State | W 7–6
L 3–2
W 3–2
L 8–1

(Bold indicates furthest advancement.)

## Major League Baseball[edit]

The College of Charleston has had 60 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[5] In 2015, pitcher Taylor Clarke eclipsed outfielder Brett Gardner as the highest Charleston player ever drafted, as Clarke was the first pick of the third round (76th overall) which bested Gardner's 109th overall selection in the third round of 2005.[6]

Cougars in the Major League Baseball Draft

Year  | Player  | Round  | Team
1981 | Jeffrey Barnes | 26  | Rangers
1991 | Tony Rodriguez | 10  | Red Sox
1992 | Dave Pyc | 19  | Dodgers
1998 | Donato Calandriello | 7  | Athletics
1999 | Monte Lee | 39  | Cardinals
1999 | Scott Oliver | 8  | Yankees
2003 | Matt Lauderdale | 9  | Padres
2003 | Lee Curtis | 8  | Red Sox
2005 | Reid Price | 29  | Cardinals
2005 | D.J. Wabick | 25  | Mets
2005 | Kevin Bulger | 25  | Royals
2005 | Ryan Edell | 8  | Indians
2005 | Brett Harker | 5  | Phillies
2005 | Brett Gardner | 3  | Yankees
2006 | Graham Godfrey | 34  | Blue Jays
2006 | Larry Cobb | 27  | Athletics
2006 | Joshua McLaughlin | 20  | Athletics
2007 | Michael Harrington | 38  | Orioles
2007 | Ben Lasater | 29  | Marlins
2007 | Michael Bunton | 26  | Cubs
2007 | Brian Schlitter | 16  | Phillies
2007 | Nicholas Chigges | 13  | Yankees
2007 | Alex Garabedian | 8  | Dodgers
2007 | Oliver Marmol | 6  | Cardinals
2008 | Danny Meszaros | 48  | Astros
2008 | Brandon Sizemore | 46  | Cardinals
2008 | Clayton Caulfield | 38  | Yankees
2008 | Jake Goldberg | 36  | Mets
2008 | Mike Lynn | 30  | Mets
2008 | Austin Garrett | 25  | Nationals
2008 | Michael Kohn | 13  | Angels
2008 | Michael Harrington | 13  | Twins
2008 | Jeremie Tice | 6  | Indians
2009 | Jesse Simpson | 40  | Cardinals
2009 | Brandon Sizemore | 30  | Brewers
2009 | Joey Bergman | 22  | Cardinals
2009 | Matthew Mansilla | 22  | Tigers
2010 | Casey Lucchese | 39  | Cubs
2010 | Kevin Decker | 39  | Pirates
2010 | Joey Bergman | 33  | Cardinals
2010 | Robert Kral | 16  | Reds
2010 | Heath Hembree | 5  | Giants
2011 | David Peterson | 49  | Astros
2011 | Casey Lucchese | 38  | Cubs
2011 | Matt Leeds | 31  | Rangers
2011 | Robert Kral | 10  | Padres
2012 | David Peterson | 8  | Braves
2012 | Christian Powell | 8  | Twins
2012 | Marty Gantt | 7  | Rays
2013 | Jacob Zokan | 9  | Mariners
2014 | Gunnar Heidt | 13  | Blue Jays
2015 | Taylor Clarke | 3  | Diamondbacks
2015 | Carl Wise | 4  | Blue Jays
2015 | Blake Butler | 15  | Reds
2016 | Bradley Jones | 18  | Blue Jays
2017 | Bailey Ober | 12  | Twins
2018 | Evan Sisk | 16  | Cardinals
2018 | Luke Morgan | 20  | Rockies
2019 | Nate Ocker | 29  | Guardians
2019 | Griffin McLarty | 8  | Orioles

## See also[edit]

* List of NCAA Division I baseball programs

## References[edit]

1. ^ College of Charleston Athletics Identity Standards (PDF). June 11, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
2. ^ "College of Charleston Cougars". d1baseball.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
3. ^ "Charleston Baseball Record Book 2015" (PDF). CofCSports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
4. ^ College of Charleston 2014 Baseball Reference Book. CofCSports.com. 2014.
5. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
6. ^ "Taylor Clarke Becomes @CofCBaseball's Highest-Ever Draft Pick". CofCSports.

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