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2000 LSU Tigers baseball team

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2000 LSU Tigers baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record52-17 (19–2 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumAlex Box Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina  x‍‍y 25 5   .833 53 8   .869
No. 17 Florida  ‍‍‍y 18 11   .621 44 23   .657
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 14 15   .483 32 26   .552
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 38 20   .655
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 40 23   .635
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 5 24   .172 21 33   .389
Western
No. 1 LSU  x‍‍y 19 10   .655 52 17   .754
No. 15 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 17 10   .630 39 17   .696
No. 25 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 41 20   .672
No. 27 Alabama  ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 41 24   .631
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 12 17   .414 30 25   .545
Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 8 20   .286 24 30   .444
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2000[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his 17th season at LSU.

The Tigers won the College World Series, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game for Bertman's fifth and final national championship at LSU.

Roster

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2000 LSU Tigers roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 Chucky Son - Sophomore
  • 14 Tim Nugent - Junior
  • 18 David Miller - Junior
  • 21 Brian Tallet - Junior
  • 23 Chad Vaught - Freshman
  • 25 Jeremy Loftice - Senior
  • 27 Trey Hodges - Senior
  • 27 Ben Saxon - Senior
  • 30 Brad David - Freshman
  • 32 Sam Taulli - Freshman
  • 34 Bo Pettit - Freshman
  • 35 Hunter Gomez - Senior
  • 37 Ryan Richard - Freshman
  • 38 Heath McMurray - Junior
  • 40 Jason Scobie - Junior
  • 42 Shane Youman - Sophomore
  • 43 Billy Brian - Sophomore
  • 44 Weylin Guidry - Sophomore
  • 48 Jeremy Alford - Freshman
  • 50 David Shank - Junior
 

Infielders

  • 1 Ryan Theriot - Sophomore
  • 4 Blair Barbier - Senior
  • 6 Victor Brumfield - Sophomore
  • 8 Johnnie Thibodeaux - Junior
  • 9 Mike Daly - Junior
  • 13 Ray Wright - Junior
  • 16 Jeff Lipari - Junior
  • 25 Brad Hawpe - Junior
  • 29 Mike Fontenot - Freshman
  • 31 Wally Pontiff - Freshman
  • 46 Thomas Evans - Freshman

Catchers

 

Outfielders

  • 2 Antoine Simon - Senior
  • 3 Jeremy Witten - Senior
  • 7 Tommy Morel - Sophomore
  • 12 Billy McBride - Freshman
  • 20 David Raymer - Junior
  • 24 Cedrick Harris - Junior
  • 33 Christian Bourgeois - Junior

Coaches

  • 15 Skip Bertman17th season
  • 11 Dane Canevari – 10th season
  • 17 Turtle Thomas – 1st season
 

Schedule and results

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2000 LSU Tigers baseball game log (52–17)
Regular season (39–17)
Postseason (13–0)
Schedule Source:[2]

Awards and honors

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Blair Barbier
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[4]
Brad Cresse
Mike Fontenot
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • Freshman All-America First Team[4]
  • SEC Freshman of the Year[4]
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
Cedrick Harris
  • SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[4]
Brad Hawpe
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]
  • All-America Second Team[4]
  • SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[4]
Trey Hodges
Bo Pettit
  • Freshman All-America Honorable Mention[4]
Wally Pontiff
  • Freshman All-America Honorable Mention[4]
  • SEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player[4]
  • SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[4]
Brian Tallet
  • All-America Second Team[4]
  • SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team[4]
Ryan Theriot
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[3]

Tigers in the 2000 MLB draft

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The following members of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball draft.[5]

Player Position Round Overall MLB team
Brian Tallet LHP 2nd 55th Cleveland Indians
Brad Cresse C 5th 159th Arizona Diamondbacks
Ryan Jorgensen C 7th 193rd Chicago Cubs
Cedrick Harris OF 10th 309th Arizona Diamondbacks
Brad Hawpe 1B 11th 317th Colorado Rockies
Heath McMurray RHP 12th 351st Milwaukee Brewers
Trey Hodges RHP 17th 520th Atlanta Braves
Billy Brian RHP 25th 734th Kansas City Royals

References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. ^ "LSU Announces 2022 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). LSU Athletics. September 15, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Individual Honors" (PDF). LSUSports.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  5. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2012.