2015 UCLA Bruins baseball team

2015 UCLA Bruins baseball

Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2015 record	42-14 (22-8 Pac-12)
Head coach	John Savage (11th year)
Assistant coach	Jake Silverman (5th year)
Assistant coach	T.J. Bruce (5th year)
Assistant coach	Rex Peters (4th year)
Home stadium	Jackie Robinson Stadium

2015 Pac-12 Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
#2 UCLA †^y	22	–	8	–	0	.733	42	–	14	–	0	.750
#12 Oregon State ^y	19	–	10	–	1	.650	38	–	16	–	1	.700
#16 California ^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	34	–	19	–	0	.642
#17 USC ^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	37	–	19	–	0	.661
#18 Arizona State ^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	34	–	21	–	0	.618
Oregon ^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	37	–	23	–	0	.617
Washington	14	–	16	–	0	.467	29	–	25	–	0	.537
Arizona	12	–	18	–	0	.400	31	–	24	–	0	.564
Washington State	11	–	19	–	0	.367	29	–	27	–	0	.518
Stanford	9	–	21	–	0	.300	24	–	32	–	0	.429
Utah	7	–	22	–	1	.250	16	–	36	–	1	.311

† – Conference champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2015^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 UCLA Bruins baseball team represents the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins compete in the Pac-12 Conference, and plays their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. John Savage is in his eleventh season as head coach. The Bruins are coming off a season in which they were 25-30-1 (12-18 Pac-12), near the bottom of the Pac-12 Conference standings.

This season, the Bruins completed the regular season with a 42–14 record and were awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and as the host of the Los Angeles Regional. They played against the Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners, and the Maryland Terrapins, beginning on May 29. They ended the season by losing the series to Maryland 1–2 in the final regional game.

Ranking movements

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	9	9*	9	6	9	9	6	6	5	3	2	2	5	4	3	2
Baseball America	11	11	8	6	11	9	9	9	7	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Collegiate Baseball^	10	8	8	7	13	9	5	4	3	2	2	2	5	4	3	2
NCBWA†	9	7	7	6	9	7	5	4	4	3	2	2	5	4	3	2

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* 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 and honors

June 5, 2015 – Relief pitcher David Berg was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) District IX Player of the Year.^[2]

UCLA Bruins in the 2015 MLB Draft

The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
James Kaprielian	Pitcher	1st	16	New York Yankees
Kevin Kramer	Shortstop	2nd	62	Pittsburgh Pirates
Cody Poteet	Pitcher	4th	116	Miami Marlins
David Berg	Pitcher	6th	173	Chicago Cubs
Ty Moore	Right Field	12th	367	Pittsburgh Pirates
Grant Watson	Pitcher	16th	486	San Francisco Giants
Chris Keck	Third Base	18th	527	Colorado Rockies
Tucker Forbes	Pitcher	30	906	San Francisco Giants

References

↑ "Baseball Standings". pac-12.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
↑ David Berg Named NCBWA District IX Player of the Year, UCLABruins.com, June 5, 2015

External links

Official website

UCLA Bruins baseball

Venues	Moore Field (1920–29) Campus Diamond (1930–32) Sawtelle Field (1933–38) Joe E. Brown Field (1939–1963) Sawtelle Field (1964–79) Eddy D. Field Stadium (1980) Jackie Robinson Stadium (1981–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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