2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team explained

Mode:baseball
Year:2021
Team:Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Short Conf:ACC
Cbrank:22
Record:31–25
Conf Record:21–15
Head Coach:Danny Hall
Hc Year:28th
Asst Coach1:Zeke Pinkham
Ac1 Year:1st
Asst Coach2:Nick Ascue
Ac2 Year:1st
Hit Coach:James Ramsey
Htc Year:3rd
Pitch Coach:Danny Borrell
Pc Year:2nd
Captain:Luke Waddell
Captain Year:4th
Captain2:Brant Hurter
Captain2 Year:4th
Captain3:Hugh Chapman
Captain3 Year:4th
Captain4:Colin Hall
Captain4 Year:4th
Stadium:Russ Chandler Stadium
Champion:ACC Coastal Division champion
Bowl:NCAA tournament
Bowl Result:Nashville Regional

The 2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team represented Georgia Tech during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Yellow Jackets played their home games at Russ Chandler Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Danny Hall, in his 28th season at Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech finished the regular season winning the Coastal Division. In the 2021 ACC baseball tournament, the Yellow Jackets reached the semifinals before losing to NC State. Georgia Tech earned an at-large bid into the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were the second seed in the Nashville Regional. They were eliminated by Vanderbilt in the Regional. Georgia Tech finished the season with a 31–25 overall record.

Previous season

The 2020 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team notched a 11–5 (2–1) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

Coaching staff

2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball coaching staff
Name Position Seasons at
Georgia Tech
Alma Mater
Head Coach 28 Miami University (1977)
Danny Borrell Pitching Coach 2 Wake Forest University (2009)
Hitting Coach 3 Florida State University (2012)
Zeke Pinkham Volunteer Assistant Coach 1 University of Louisville (2019)
Nick Ascue Director of Baseball Operations 1 Xavier University (2018)
Steve Tamborra Player Development Coach 22 Florida State University (1994)
Paul Wolkoff Assistant Director of Sports Medicine 7 Georgia Institute of Technology (2008)

Game log

2021 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball game log (31–25)
Legend:      = Win      = Loss      = Canceled      Bold = Georgia Tech team member     * Non-conference game
Regular season (28–21)
Postseason (3–4)

Rankings

See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings.

2021 MLB draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
Luke WaddellSS5157Atlanta Braves
Justyn-Henry Malloy1B6187Atlanta Braves
Brant HurterLHP7195Detroit Tigers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Baseball Roster. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. April 4, 2021.