2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team

2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball
Sun Belt Conference Tournament champions
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
Record	40–21 (22–8 SBC)
Head coach	Mark Calvi (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Bob Keller Alan Luckie Chris Prothro
Home stadium	Eddie Stanky Field

2017 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East Division
Coastal Carolinax† ‍‍‍	22	–	7	–	1		.750			37	–	19	–	1		.658
No. 26 South Alabama‡y  ‍‍‍	22	–	8	–	0		.733			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			38	–	21	–	0		.644
Troy  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			22	–	33	–	0		.400
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			19	–	36	–	0		.345
West Division
UT Arlingtonx  ‍‍‍	20	–	10	–	0		.667			30	–	25	–	0		.545
Louisiana–Lafayette  ‍‍‍	19	–	10	–	1		.650			35	–	21	–	1		.623
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	0		.448			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Texas State  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			29	–	30	–	0		.492
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			21	–	34	–	0		.382
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0		.200			12	–	43	–	0		.218
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 South Alabama Jaguars baseball team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Jaguars played their home games at Eddie Stanky Field.

Roster

2017 South Alabama Jaguars roster
	Pitchers 10 Nick DeSantis – junior 13 Avery Geyer - Redshirt Junior 19 Andy Arguelles – freshman 23 Tyler Carr – junior 25 Matt Peacock - Redshirt Senior 26 Thomas Huston – senior 30 Sean Trimble - Redshirt Sophomore 31 Zach McMullen - Redshirt Sophomore 33 Tyler Perez – freshman 35 Jason Lott – junior 39 Randy Bell – senior 40 Joey Jones - Redshirt Senior 43 Alex Adair – junior 44 Harrison Spruiell - Redshirt Senior 49 Zach Melton – junior Catchers 14 Carter Perkins – sophomore 28 Jared Barnes – junior		Infielders 6 Drew Labounty - Redshirt Junior 9 Will Luft – junior 11 Brendan Donovan – sophomore 15 Torrence Sumerlin – junior 16 Matt Bolger – senior 18 Hunter Stokes – freshman 20 Adam Wolfe – senior 22 Cam Cummings - Redshirt Junior 24 Eddie Paparella - Redshirt Junior 27 Paul Russo – junior 38 Wells Davis – sophomore Outfielders 2 Dylan Hardy – sophomore 21 Travis Swaggerty – sophomore 29 Colton Thomas – junior 32 Griffin Rivers – freshman 37 Andrew Cash – freshman

Coaching staff

2017 South Alabama Jaguars coaching staff
Mark Calvi – Head coach – 6th year Bob Keller – Assistant Head coach – 6th year Alan Luckie – Assistant Head coach – 11th year Chris Prothro – Assistant Head coach/Recruiting Coordinator – 2nd year Andrew Carden – Director of Operations – 6th year

Schedule and results

South Alabama announced its 2017 baseball schedule on November 7, 2016. The 2017 schedule consisted of 25 home and 31 away games in the regular season. The Jaguars hosted Sun Belts foes Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Little Rock, Texas State, and Troy and will travel to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe.

The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship was contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and hosted by Georgia Southern.

South Alabama finished 2nd in the east division of the conference which qualified the Jaguars to compete in the tournament as the 3rd seed for the team's 12th tournament title.

Legend
	South Alabama win
	South Alabama loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	South Alabama team member

• Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll.