The 2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the sport of baseball for the 2023 college baseball season . The Owls competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA . They played their home games at FAU Baseball Stadium , on the university's Boca Raton campus. The team was coached by John McCormack , who was in his fifteenth season at Florida Atlantic.
On October 21, 2021, Florida Atlantic accepted the invitation to join the American Athletic Conference (AAC) and will become a full member on July 1, 2023.[2] The 2023 season was the program's last as a member of C-USA.[3]
Previous season [ edit ] The 2022 Owls finished 35-23 overall, and 19-11 in the conference. They lost to Southern Miss during the 2022 Conference USA baseball tournament .
Preseason [ edit ] C-USA media poll [ edit ] The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 2, 2023, with the Owls predicted to finish in third place.[4]
Media poll Rank School (1st Place Votes) Total 1 LA Tech (5) 91 2 DBU (4) 90 3 Florida Atlantic 74 4 Charlotte (1) 70 5 UTSA 66 T6 Middle Tennessee 39 T6 UAB 39 8 Rice 32 9 FIU 28 10 WKU 21
Preseason All-CUSA teams [ edit ] Nolan Schanuel - Outfielder Hunter Cooley – Starting Pitcher Personnel [ edit ] 2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball team Players Coaches # Pos. Name Bats/throws Height Weight Year Home town 1 INF Armando Albert L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Jr Plantation, Florida 2 RHP Jacob Josey R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Ellenton, Florida 4 INF Joey Slattery L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Charlotte, North Carolina 5 OF Jalen DeBose R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jr Sanford, Florida 6 INF Lucas Phelps R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Valrico, Florida 7 INF Dom Presto R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 8 OF Dylan Goldstein L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Southwest Ranches, Florida 9 OF Spencer Rich R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Longmont, Colorado 10 C John Schroeder R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Lakewood Ranch, Florida 11 INF Patrick Ward R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Lakewood Ranch, Florida 12 INF Nolan Schanuel L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Boynton Beach, Florida 13 RHP C.J. Williams R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Deerfield Beach, Florida 14 RHP Tyler Murphy R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Palm City, Florida 15 INF Jackson Ross R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Lakeland, Florida 16 RHP Robert Wegielnik R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Fort Myers, Florida 17 RHP Sammy Beir R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Coral Springs, Florida 18 LHP Hunter Cooley R/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Gr Vero Beach, Florida 19 INF Christian Adams L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Royal Palm Beach, Florida 21 RHP Danny Trehey R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Kansas City, Kansas 22 OF Jake Millan R/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Springbrook, Pennsylvania 23 RHP Dawson Ball L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Wellington, Florida 24 OF Mitchell Hartigan L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Jupiter, Florida 25 RHP Braden Ostrander R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Melbourne, Florida 28 INF Daulton Frank R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Loxahatchee, Florida 29 LHP Evan Waterbor L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Trinity, Florida 30 C Andrew Hernandez R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Gr Miami, Florida 31 RHP Tibur Rivero R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Stuart, Florida 32 LHP Tyler Monzon L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Miami, Florida 33 RHP Dylan Oborne R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Richmond Hill, Ontario , Canada 34 C Caleb Pendleton R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Jensen Beach, Florida 35 RHP Bryan Boully R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Dover, Florida 37 RHP Brandon Smith S/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Woodstock, Georgia 39 C Phoenix Medina R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Lawton, Oklahoma 40 RHP Sean Goodwin R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Niceville, Florida 41 LHP Marc Degusipe L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Tampa, Florida 42 LHP Sam Drumheller R/L 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Jr Tampa, Florida 43 LHP Max Martzolf L/L 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 250 lb (113 kg) So Port St. Lucie, Florida 44 RHP Nicholas Del Prado R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Miami, Florida 55 RHP Hayden Compton R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Centerburg, Ohio
Head coach John McCormack (Lynn )
Assistant coach(es) Jordan Tabakman (UConn ) Michael Cleary (Dayton ) Ricky Santiago (Lander )
Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 5 February 2023
Schedule and results [ edit ] Legend Florida Atlantic win Florida Atlantic loss Postponement Bold Florida Atlantic team member
2023 Florida Atlantic Owls baseball game log Regular season February (7–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Feb. 17 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium Boca Raton, FL W 6–2 H. Cooley (1–0) A. Barker (0–1) None 611 1–0 Feb. 18 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–8 J. Josey (1–0) J. Ventresca (0–1) None 687 2–0 Feb. 19 Monmouth FAU Baseball Stadium W 17–2 N. Del Prado (1-0) J. Sisco (0–1) None 579 3–0 Feb. 21 UCF John Euliano Park Orlando, FL W 13–3 E. Waterbor (1–0) J. Marlowe (0–1) None 1,650 4–0 Feb. 24 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 H. Mink (2–0) H. Cooley (1–1) None 638 4–1 Feb. 25 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–711 M. DeGusipe (1-0) J. Cothren (0-1) None 646 5–1 Feb. 26 South Florida FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–6 S. Drumheller (1-0) L. Gailey (0-1) C.J. Williams (1) 559 6–1 Feb. 28 No. 22 Miami FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–5 M. DeGusipe (2-0) R. Gallo (0-1) R. Wegielnik (1) 1,180 7–1
March (9–10) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Mar. 3 No. 16 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 4–6 I. Cooke (1-1) H. Cooley (1-2) J. Willis (1) 659 7–2 – Mar. 4 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 1–5 S. Quigley (1-0) J. Jacob (1-1) None 520 7–3 – Mar. 5 UConn FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–8 T. Ellisen (1-0) N. Del Prado (1-1) None 543 7–4 – Mar. 7 at No. 6 Florida Condron Ballpark Gainesville, FL L 11–18 T. Nesbitt (1-0) M. Martzolf (0-1) None 4,737 7–5 – Mar. 8 at No. 6 Florida Condron Ballpark L 0–118 R. Slater (3-0) C.J. Williams (0-1) P. Abner (1) 4,760 7–6 – Mar. 10 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–3 H. Cooley (2-2) J. Driver (0-1) None 445 8–6 – Mar. 11 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 11–3 J. Josey (2-1) C. Clark (0-1) None 491 9–6 – Mar. 12 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 9–6 R. Wegielnik (1-0) C. Fang (0-1) None 449 10–6 – Mar. 13 Harvard FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–1110 B. Smith (2-0) J. Smith (0-1) None 477 11–6 – Mar. 15 Bradley FAU Baseball Stadium W 15–27 M. Martzolf (1-1) E. Harris (0-1) None 351 12–6 – Mar. 17 at UTSA Roadrunner Field San Antonio, TX L 2–8 L. Malone (2-2) H. Cooley (2-3) None 362 12–7 0–1 Mar. 19 (1) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 2–77 U. Quiroga (4-0) J. Josey (2-2) None 412 12–8 0–2 Mar. 19 (2) at UTSA Roadrunner Field L 3–57 S. Miller (5–0) E. Waterbor (1–1) D. Shafer (3) 412 12–9 0–3 Mar. 22 at No. 17 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field Coral Gables, FL L 5–10 R. Schlesinger (1-0) M. Martzolf (1-2) None 2,801 12–10 0–3 Mar. 24 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 13–5 H. Cooley (3-3) P. Johnson (1-1) None 458 13–10 1–3 Mar. 25 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 6–2 J. Josey (3-2) J. Hamm (3-2) C.J. Williams (2) 435 14–10 2–3 Mar. 26 Middle Tennessee FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–5 N. Del Prado (2-1) J. Lee (2-1) R. Wegielnik (2) 426 15–10 3–3 Mar. 28 UCF FAU Baseball Stadium W 4–2 B. Smith (3-0) D. Castellan (0-1) C.J. Williams (3) 515 16–10 3–3 Mar. 31 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium L 0–1 P. Smith (2-1) H. Cooley (3-4) M. Linskey (2) 547 16–11 3–4
April (10–8) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record Apr. 1 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 10–7 E. Waterbor (2–1) J. Marlowe (0–1) None 410 17–11 4–4 Apr. 2 Rice FAU Baseball Stadium W 14–48 D. Oborne (1–0) B. Brogdon (1-3) None 390 18–11 5–4 Apr. 4 No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (2-0) N. Love (2-1) None 467 19–11 5–4 Apr. 6 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park Miami, FL W 8–4 N. Del Prado (3-1) R. Cabarcas (0-4) None 630 20–11 6–4 Apr. 7 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park W 7–3 J. Josey (4-2) O. Hernandez (1-3) E. Waterbor (1) 595 21–11 7–4 Apr. 8 at FIU Infinity Insurance Park L 2–167 A. Tiburcio (3-2) D. Oborne (1–1) None 671 21–12 7–5 Apr. 11 at No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium Fort Myers, FL W 5–4 T. Murphy (1-0) W. Haberstock (4-1) R. Wegielnik (3) 362 22–12 7–5 Apr. 14 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–10 R. Johnson (4-2) H. Cooley (3-5) None 389 22–13 7–6 Apr. 15 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 3–11 B. Bragg (4-1) J. Josey (4-3) None 446 22–14 7–7 Apr. 16 Dallas Baptist FAU Baseball Stadium L 2–3 Z. Russell (1-1) E. Waterbor (2–2) K. Amendt (8) 286 22–15 7–8 Apr. 19 No. 17 Miami FAU Baseball Stadium W 7–611 N. Del Prado (4-1) G. Braendel (0-1) None 779 23–15 7–8 Apr. 21 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY L 4–6 D. Mesaris (2-1) H. Cooley (3-6) CJ Weins (6) 267 23–16 7–9 Apr. 22 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 8–914 M. Burns (4-1) R. Wegielnik (2-1) None 327 23–17 7–10 Apr. 23 at Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field L 2–4 D. Hall (5-3) N. Del Prado (4-2) CJ Weins (7) 215 23–18 7–11 Apr. 25 at No. 16 Miami Alex Rodriguez Park L 9–12 R. Gallo (1-3) D. Oborne (1–2) A. Walters (6) 2,948 23–19 7–11 Apr. 28 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 13-3 C.J. Williams (1-1) A. Tiburcio (3-5) None 389 24–19 8–11 Apr. 29 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 8-4 H. Cooley (4-6) D. Eckaus (0-1) None 585 25–19 9–11 Apr. 30 FIU FAU Baseball Stadium W 10-1 N. Del Prado (5-2) R. Cabarcas (1-5) R. Wegielnik (4) 429 26–19 10–11
May (7-4) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record C-USA record May 5 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium Charlotte, NC W 8–4 R. Wegielnik (3-1) E. Michelson (1-3) None 660 27–19 11–11 May 6 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium W 10–9 R. Wegielnik (4-1) M. Langhorne (1-2) None 718 28–19 12–11 May 7 at Charlotte Robert and Mariam Hayes Stadium L 4–12 C. Kramer (4-4) N. Del Prado (5-3) None 680 28–20 12–12 May 9 at Florida Gulf Coast Swanson Stadium L 3–11 N. Love (4-2) J. Josey (4-4) LJ McDonough (6) 218 28–21 12–12 May 12 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium W 9-5 C.J. Williams (2-1) J. Fincher (8-4) R. Wegielnik (5) 428 29–21 13–12 May 13 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium L 12–616 R. Smith (3-3) J. Josey (4-5) None 646 29–22 13–13 May 14 Louisiana Tech FAU Baseball Stadium W 12–1110 B. Ostrander (1-0) G. Martinez (0-5) None 324 30–22 14–13 May 16 Florida Gulf Coast FAU Baseball Stadium W 15-58 H. Cooley (5-6) M. Rippl (2-2) None 267 31–22 14–13 May 18 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field Birmingham, AL W 16-5 H. Cooley (6-6) B. Walton (3-7) J. Josey (1) 137 32–22 15–13 May 19 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field W 8–6 S. Drumheller (2-0) L. Harris (1-1) R. Wegielnik (6) 142 33–22 16–13 May 20 at UAB Jerry D. Young Memorial Field L 5-10 J. Smith (1-1) B. Smith (1-1) None 153 33–23 16–14
Post-season C-USA Tournament (1-2) Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Tournament record May 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling Park Houston, TX L 9–10 M. Burns (6-2) R. Wegielnik (4-2) None ESPN+ 927 0-1 May 25 vs. (8) Rice 5 Reckling Park W 6-1 H. Cooley (7-6) JD McCracken (1-5) None ESPN+ 1-1 May 24 vs. (4) Western Kentucky 5 Reckling Park L 7–9 CJ Weins (1-2) R. Wegielnik (4-3) None ESPN+ 589 1-2
Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled Bold = Florida Atlantic team member
Schedule Source: [5]
End of Year awards Player Award Date awarded Ref. Nolan Schanuel Conference USA Player of the Year May 23, 2023 [6]
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] • FAU Baseball