2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team

2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record33–20 (15–9 Big Ten)
Head coach
Hitting coachAdam Christ (3rd season)
Pitching coachDrew Dickinson (7th season)
Home stadiumIllinois Field
2018 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Minnesota  ‍†‍‡‍ 18 – 4   .818 44 – 13   .772
No. 27 Purdue  ‍‍‍ 17 – 6   .739 38 – 21   .644
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15 – 8   .652 33 – 21   .611
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9   .625 33 – 20   .623
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 14 – 9   .609 40 – 19   .678
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 13 – 9   .591 33 – 20   .623
Ohio State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10   .583 36 – 24   .600
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 12   .478 20 – 32   .385
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 24 – 30   .444
Nebraska  ‍‍‍ 8 – 14   .364 24 – 28   .462
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 25 – 25   .500
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 17 – 32   .347
Penn State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 21   .125 15 – 34   .306
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 24, 2023[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team represented the University of Illinois during the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Fighting Illini played their home games at Illinois Field as a member of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by head coach Dan Hartleb, in his 13th season at Illinois.

Personnel

Roster

2018 Illinois Fighting Illini roster
 

Pitchers

  • 2 – Jimmy Burnette – Freshman
  • 7 – Ty Weber – Sophomore
  • 13 – Ryan Schmitt – Sophomore
  • 16 – Luke Shilling – Junior
  • 19 – Ryan Kutt – Freshman
  • 21 – Zak Devermann – Junior
  • 22 – Cyrillo Watson – Sophomore
  • 29 – Jackson Douglas – Senior
  • 33 – Quinn Snarskis – Junior
  • 34 – Zack Jones – Sophomore
  • 35 – Joey Gerber – Junior
  • 38 – Andy Fisher – RS-Junior
  • 43 – Sean Leland – RS-Junior
  • 44 – Quinten Sefcik – RS-Junior
  • 45 – Ryan Thompson – Sophomore
  

Catchers

  • 15 – David Craan – Junior
  • 18 – Kellen Sarver – Freshman
  • 25 – Mark Skonieczny – Senior
  • 32 – Jeff Korte – Junior

Infielders

  • 4 – Ben Troike – Sophomore
  • 6 – Michael Massey – Sophomore
  • 8 – Ryan Haff – RS-Junior
  • 9 – Bren Spillane – Junior
  • 12 – Michael Michalak – Junior
  • 23 – Tyler Engel – Junior
  • 27 – Grant Van Scoy – Junior
  • 31 – Casey Dodge – RS-Sophomore
  

Outfielders

  • 3 – Jack Yalowitz – Junior
  • 17 – Jeremiah Lebron – Freshman
  • 20 – Doran Turchin – Junior
  • 28 – Andrew Dyke – RS-Freshman
  • 38 – Zac Taylor – RS-Junior
  

Reference:[2]

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Illinois		 Alma mater
Dan Hartleb Head Coach 13 Southern Illinois University (1989)
Drew Dickinson Pitching Coach 7 University of Illinois (2009)
Adam Christ Hitting Coach 3 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2003)
Casey Fletcher Volunteer Assistant Coach 2 University of Illinois (2015)

Reference:[3]

Rankings

See also: 2018 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'[4]——*—————
Baseball America[5]————242422
Collegiate Baseball^[6]———2525221215
NCBWA†[7]———RVRVRV25RV

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 30 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 25 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ^ "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 Baseball Roster". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Baseball Coaching Staff". Illinois Fighting Illini. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  4. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  5. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  6. ^ NCAA DIV I Baseball Polls-Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
  7. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
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