2021 Georgia State Panthers baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Team: | Georgia State Panthers |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Division: | East Division |
| Short Conf: | SBC |
| Record: | 18–37 |
| Conf Record: | 12–12 |
| Head Coach: | Brad Stromdahl |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Matt Taylor |
| Asst Coach2: | Dalton Martinez |
| Stadium: | Georgia State Baseball Complex |
The 2021 Georgia State Panthers baseball team represented Georgia State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Panthers played their home games at Georgia State Baseball Complex and were led by second-year head coach Brad Stromdahl. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Preseason
Signing Day Recruits
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| Pitchers |
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| Will Cannon | Phenix City, Alabama | Central HS |
| Johnny Dow | Roswell, Georgia | Georgia Highlands |
| Micah Earwood | Cartersville, Georgia | Cartersville HS |
| Nick Lommen | Minnetonka, Minnesota | North Iowa Area CC |
| Jeremiah Newman | Atlanta, Georgia | Mays HS |
| Kyle Stephenson | Fairburn, Georgia | Trinity Christian |
| David White | Newnan, Georgia | The Heritage School |
| Hitters |
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| Jesse Donohoe | Columbus, Georgia | Calvary Christian |
| Jo Jo Jackson | Stone Mountain, Georgia | Stephenson HS |
| Connor O'Neal | Columbus, Georgia | Northside HS |
| Trent Reddick | Dallas, Georgia | East Paulding HS |
| Max Ryerson | Conway, South Carolina | Gulf Coast State |
| Caleb Stewart | Waycross, Georgia | Ware County HS | |
Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll
The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Panthers were picked to finish last in the East Division with 16 votes.[2]
| Coaches poll (East) |
| 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 |
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Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors
- 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
Roster
[3]
Coaching staff
Schedule and results
| Legend |
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| | Georgia State win |
| | Georgia State loss |
| | Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions |
| Bold | Georgia State team member | |
| 2021 Georgia State Panthers baseball game log |
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| Regular season (17-36) |
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| February (3-6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Feb. 19 | No. 14 | | | L 3–5 (10 inn) | Jeffrey (1–0) | Patel (0–1) | None | | 299 | 0–1 | | | Feb. 20 | No. 14 West Virginia | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 7–6 | Landry (1–0) | Gonzalez (0–1) | None | | 349 | 1–1 | | | Feb. 20 | No. 14 West Virginia | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 20–4 | Acosta (1–0) | Carr (0–1) | None | | 349 | 2–1 | | | Feb. 21 | No. 14 West Virginia | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 2–3 | Hampton (1–0) | Matela (0–1) | Watters (1) | | 379 | 2–2 | | | Feb. 24 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 2–6 | Pasqua (1–0) | Patel (0–2) | None | | 279 | 2–3 | | | Feb. 26 | | | | W 4–2 | Watson (1–0) | Schultz (0–1) | Treadway (1) | | 149 | 3–3 | | | Feb. 27 | at No. 3 Vanderbilt | | Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN | L 4–5 | Garrett (1–0) | Sweatt (0–1) | Murphy (1) | SECN+ | 164 | 3–4 | | | Feb. 27 | at No. 3 Vanderbilt | | Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN | L 2–12 | Rocker (2–0) | Matela (0–2) | None | SECN+ | 164 | 3–5 | | | Feb. 28 | at No. 3 Vanderbilt | | Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN | L 6–17 | Leiter (2–0) | Treadway (0–1) | None | SECN+ | 163 | 3–6 | | |
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| March (2-15) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Mar. 2 | | | | W 10-1 | Patel (1-2) | Roedig (0-1) | None | | 713 | 4-6 | | | Mar. 5 | | | | L 1-6 | Heflin (2-0) | Watson (1-1) | None | | 958 | 4-7 | | | Mar. 6 | at No. 18 Tennessee | | Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN | L 1-5 | Tidwell (1-1) | Jones (0-1) | Walsh (2) | | 1,025 | 4-8 | | | Mar. 7 | at No. 18 Tennessee | | Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN | L 0-7 | Pleasants (2-1) | Treadway (0-2) | None | | 988 | 4-9 | | | Mar. 9 | | | | L 1-5 | Milchin (1-0) | Clark (0-1) | None | | 1,657 | 4-10 | | | Mar. 12 | | | | L 1-16 | Stupp (2-0) | Watson (1-2) | None | | 905 | 4-11 | | | Mar. 13 | at Kentucky | | Kentucky Proud Park • Lexington, KY | L 1-6 | Hazelwood (3-0) | Jones (0-2) | None | | 1,107 | 4-12 | | | Mar. 14 | at Kentucky | | Kentucky Proud Park • Lexington, KY | L 2-4 | Jones (1-0) | Patel (1-3) | Harney (5) | | | 4-13 | | | Mar. 16 | | | | L 2-7 | Hoffmann (2-0) | Matela (0-3) | None | | 1,280 | 4-14 | | | Mar. 19 | | | | W 4-3 | Watson (2-2) | Barlow (2-2) | Brandon (1) | | 358 | 5-14 | 1-0 | | Mar. 20 | at Louisiana–Monroe | | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | L 1-3 | Barnes (1-1) | Jones (0-3) | Wepf (1) | | 518 | 5-15 | 1-1 | | Mar. 21 | at Louisiana–Monroe | | Warhawk Field • Monroe | L 7-9 | Lien (3-0) | Dawson (0-1) | Lindsay (1) | | 540 | 5-16 | 1-2 | | Mar. 23 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 3-5 | Sutko (2-0) | Brandon (0-1) | None | | 305 | 5-17 | | | Mar. 26 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 1-5 | Rice (5-0) | Watson (2-3) | Holler (1) | | 291 | 5-18 | | | Mar. 27 | Kennesaw State | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 4-7 | Torbert (3-1) | Horton (0-1) | Johnson (5) | | 345 | 5-19 | | | Mar. 28 | at Kennesaw State | | | L 4-16 | Grogan (3-0) | Dawson (0-2) | None | | 120 | 5-20 | | | Mar. 29 | at Kennesaw State | | Fred Stillwell Stadium • Kennesaw, GA | L 1-5 | Kennedy (2-0) | Matela (0-4) | None | | 120 | 5-21 | | |
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| April (7-11) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| Apr. 1 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 1-23 | Owens (3-0) | Watson (2-4) | None | | 292 | 5-22 | 1-3 | | Apr. 2 | Georgia Southern | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 7-6 (10 inns) | Horton (1-1) | Johnson (1-3) | None | | 356 | 6-22 | 2-3 | | Apr. 3 | Georgia Southern | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 3-2 | Sweatt (2-1) | Jackson (1-4) | None | | 398 | 7-22 | 3-3 | | Apr. 6 | at Mercer | | | L 1-5 | Lobus (5-2) | Matela (0-5) | None | | 400 | 7-23 | | | Apr. 9 | | | | L 2-4 | Cornatzer (1-0) | Jones (0-4) | Ellington (3) | | 220 | 7-24 | 3-4 | | Apr. 10 | at Appalachian State | | Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC | L 7-9 | Ellington (1-0) | Treadway (0-4) | Terrell (1) | | 220 | 7-25 | 3-5 | | Apr. 11 | at Appalachian State | | Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC | W 15-13 | Haston (1-0) | Roberts (0-1) | Barquero (1) | | 220 | 8-25 | 4-5 | | Apr. 13 | at Georgia | | | L 7-10 | Bearden (3-0) | Koch (0-1) | None | | 664 | 8-26 | | | Apr. 16 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 0-4 | Gainous (5-3) | Jones (0-5) | None | | 214 | 8-27 | 4-6 | | Apr. 16 | Troy | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 7-5 | Treadway (1-4) | Wilkinson (0-3) | Lutz (1) | | 398 | 9-27 | 5-6 | | Apr. 17 | Troy | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 17-15 (10 inns) | Dawson (1-2) | Snell (0-1) | None | | 401 | 10-27 | 6-6 | | Apr. 20 | Georgia Tech | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 2-7 | Brown (1-0) | Barquero (0-1) | Huff (1) | | 321 | 10-28 | | | Apr. 21 | at Mercer | | OrthoGeorgia Park • Macon, GA | L 4-17 | Farmer (3-0) | Brandon (0-2) | None | | 400 | 10-29 | | | Apr. 23 | | | | L 2-4 | Smith (3-0) | Jones (0-6) | Lee (1) | | 839 | 10-30 | 6-7 | | Apr. 25 | at South Alabama | | Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL | L 1-5 | Boyd (3-1) | Horton (0-2) | None | | 850 | 10-31 | 6-8 | | Apr. 25 | at South Alabama | | Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL | L 2-4 | Booker (5-0) | Matela (0-6) | Samaniego (6) | | 850 | 10-32 | 6-9 | | Apr. 27 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 4-3 (14 inns) | Haston (2-0) | Marchal (1-2) | None | | 272 | 11-32 | | | Apr. 30 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 2-1 | Dawson (2-2) | Peavyhouse (2-2) | None | | 382 | 12-32 | 7-9 | |
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| May (5–4) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
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| May 1 | Coastal Carolina | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 4-8 | Kreuzer (1-0) | Lutz (0-1) | None | | 425 | 12-33 | 7-10 | | May 2 | Coastal Carolina | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 10-12 | Joyce (1-0) | Sweatt (2-2) | Peavyhouse (1) | | 392 | 12-34 | 7-11 | | May 7 | at | | E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TN | Game cancelled | | May 8 | at Belmont | | E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TN | Game cancelled | | May 9 | at Belmont | | E. S. Rose Park • Nashville, TN | Game cancelled | | May 11 | Mercer | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 4-7 | Lobus (8-3) | Lutz (0-2) | Sutko (9) | | 305 | 12-35 | | | May 14 | | | | W 7-4 | Jones (1-6) | Leigh (4-6) | Dawson (1) | | | 13-35 | 8-11 | | May 14 | at Texas State | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 9-4 | Watson (3-4) | Wood (3-4) | None | | 700 | 14-35 | 9-11 | | May 15 | at Texas State | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 7-5 | Lutz (1-2) | Herrmann (4-2) | Clark (1) | | 700 | 15-35 | 10-11 | | May 20 | | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | L 3-7 | Arnold (7-3) | Jones (1-7) | None | | 239 | 15-36 | 10-12 | | May 21 | Little Rock | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 5-0 | Dawson (3-2) | Funk (2-6) | Watson (1) | | 278 | 16-36 | 11-12 | | May 22 | Little Rock | | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 11-10 | Brandon (1-2) | Barkley (6-5) | Watson (2) | | 351 | 17-36 | 12-12 | |
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| Post-season (1–1) |
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| (1–1) |
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| Date | Opponent | Seed/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
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| May 25 | vs. (5E) Louisiana–Monroe | | | W 9-6 | Watson (4-4) | Orton (0-2) | Horton (1) | | | 18-36 | 1-0 | | May 26 | vs. (2E) Georgia Southern | | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL | L 1-10 | Owens (7-2) | Jones (1-8) | None | | | 18-37 | 1-1 | |
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Schedule Source:[4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Postseason
Conference accolades
- 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:[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: Panthers Add Pitching-Rich Class in Fall Signing Period . Georgia State University . 20 February 2021 . en.
- Web site: Conference . Sun Belt . Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors . sunbeltsports.org . 17 February 2021 . en.
- Web site: 2021 Baseball Roster . Georgia State University . 20 February 2021 . en.
- Web site: 2021 Baseball Schedule . Georgia State University . 20 February 2021 . en.
- Web site: Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards . sunbeltsports.org . 5 January 2022 . en.
