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2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball
College World Series runners-up, 1–2 in CWS Finals
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record53–15 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach
Associate head coachNolan Cain (3rd season)
Assistant coaches
Home stadiumOlsen Field at Blue Bell Park
Seasons
← 2023
2025 ⊟
2024 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Tennessee x‍†‍‡‍y 22 – 8   .733 60 – 13   .822
No. 3 Kentucky x‍†‍‍y 22 – 8   .733 46 – 16   .742
No. 11 Georgia  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 43 – 17   .717
Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 38 – 23   .623
No. 8 Florida ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 36 – 30   .545
South Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 37 – 25   .597
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 23 – 32   .418
Western
No. 17 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y 20 – 10   .667 44 – 16   .733
No. 2 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 19 – 11   .633 53 – 15   .779
No. 22 Mississippi State  ‍‍‍y 17 – 13   .567 40 – 23   .635
Alabama  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 33 – 24   .579
LSU  ‍‍‍y 13 – 17   .433 43 – 23   .652
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 27 – 29   .482
Auburn  ‍‍‍ 8 – 22   .267 27 – 26   .509
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 24, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Blue Bell Park.

Previous season

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Further information: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season

The Aggies finished 38–27, 14–16 in the SEC to finish in 5th place in the West.

Stadium upgrades and renovations

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Demand for Aggie baseball season tickets has greatly outweighed availability.[2] Texas A&M set a new post-2012 renovation attendance record of 8,075[3] on April 13, 2024, against the Vanderbilt Commodores and the combined attendance of 22,809[4] during the series against the Georgia Bulldogs was the second-largest crowd since the stadium opened in 1978. To address the high demand and record crowds, Texas A&M expanded the outfield seating known as "Section 12" by adding an additional 250 seats to left-center field.[5] The Aggies concluded the 2024 regular season with an average home game attendance of 6,271, which ranked 7th nationally and exceeds the stated Blue Bell Park capacity.

In May 2024, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents approved a proposal to spend $80 million to renovate Blue Bell Park and expand seating.[6] The proposed renovation would begin between September 2025 and August 2026. Discussions from November 2022 about a proposed renovation indicated the project would include new reserved seating plus renovations to concourses, restrooms, food service areas, and current premium club areas, as well as spaces used by the team such as the locker room, hitting and pitching facilities, weight room, meeting rooms, bullpens, and coaches’ offices.[7]

Personnel

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Roster

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2024 Texas A&M Aggies Roster
 

Pitchers

  • 10 – Chris Cortez – Junior
  • 14 – Isaac Morton – Freshman
  • 15 – Eldridge Armstrong III – Junior
  • 18 – Ryan Prager – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 19 – Troy Wansing – Junior
  • 21 – Weston Moss – Freshman
  • 23 – Tanner Jones – Junior
  • 28 – Brett Antolick – Freshman
  • 30 – Kaiden Wilson – Freshman
  • 32 – Brad Rudis – Junior
  • 33 – Justin Lamkin – Sophomore
  • 34 – Josh Stewart – Junior
  • 35 – Jason Bodin – Freshman
  • 37 – Ty Baker – Freshman
  • 38 – Shane Sdao – Sophomore
  • 41 – Jackson Brasseux – Freshman
  • 44 – Luke Jackson – Redshirt Freshman
  • 49 – Austin Vargas – Freshman
  • 53 – Evan Aschenbeck – Senior
  • 55 – Zane Badmaev – Redshirt Senior
  • 59 – Zach Frye – Freshman
  • 62 – Peyton Smith – Sophomore
  • 88 – Brock Peery – Senior
  

Catchers

  • 11 – Max Kaufer – Sophomore
  • 20 – Jackson Appel – Senior
  • 48 – Hank Bard – Senior

Infielders

  • 0 – Justin Vossos – Redshirt Freshman
  • 1 – Jack Bell – Freshman
  • 2 – Ali Camarillo – Junior
  • 3 – Kaeden Kent – Sophomore
  • 27 – Ted Burton – Senior
  • 31 – Carl Schmidt – Freshman
  • 50 – Boots Landry – Freshman
  • 46 – Blake Binderup (P) – Redshirt Freshman
  

Outfielders

  • 5 – Hayden Schott – Graduate
  • 13 – Caden Sorrell – Freshman
  • 17 – Jace LaViolette – Sophomore
  • 47 – Tab Tracy – Junior'
  • 52 – Brady Sullivan – Freshman
  • 6 – Braden Montgomery (P) – Junior

Utility Players

  • 4 – Travis Chestnut – Senior
  • 9 – Gavin Grahovac – Freshman
  • 12 – Ryan Targac – Senior
  • 36 – Jett Johnston (P) – Freshman

Legend

  • (P) Player is also a pitcher
  • Redshirt Redshirt
  

Coaches

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2024 Texas A&M Aggies Coaching Staff
  • Jim Schlossnagle – Head Coach – 3rd Season
  • Nolan Cain – Associate Head Coach – 3rd Season
  • Michael Earley – Assistant Coach – 3rd Season
  • Max Weiner – Assistant Coach – 1st Season

Support Staff

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2024 Texas A&M Aggies Support Staff
  • Jason Hutchins – Director of Baseball Operations – 26th Season
  • Chuck Box – Director of Player and Program Development – 3rd Season
  • Will Fox – Director of Video and Analytics – 5th Season
  • Josh Kesel – Head Strength & Conditioning Coach – 1st Season
  • Kalie Swain – Senior Associate Athletic Trainer – 1st Season
  • Jack Mahala – Director of Research & Development
  • Mindy Phillips – Associate Director, Academic Services
  • Roman Gomez – Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
  • Jace Hutchins – Student Assistant

Schedule and results

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2024 Texas A&M Aggies baseball game log
Regular season
February (8–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
February 16 McNeese State No. 8 Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX		 W 15-0 Prager (1–0) Voss (0–1) SECN 7078 1-0
February 17 McNeese State No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 6-1 Peery (1–0) Abraham (0–1) Badmaev (1) SECN 5818 2-0
February 18 McNeese State No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 10-0 Sdao (1–0) Gravel (0–1) SECN 5500 3-0
February 20 Incarnate Word No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 9-3 Cortez (1–0) Johnson (0–1) SECN 4870 4-0
February 23 Wagner No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 17-2 Prager (2–0) Wright (0–2) SECN 8634 5-0
February 24 Wagner No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 2-0 Lamkin (1–0) Hayden (0–1) Aschenbeck (1) SECN 6187 6-0
February 25 Wagner No. 8 Blue Bell Park W 21-2 Jones (1–0) Taudin-Chabot (0–2) SECN 5201 7-0
February 27 Lamar No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 13-2 Moss (1–0) Havard (1–2) SECN 5161 8-0
March (17–3)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
March 1 vs Arizona State No. 7 Globe Life Field
Arlington, TX		 W 4-0 Prager (3–0) Burns (1-1) Aschenbeck (2) FloBaseball.TV 7273 9-0
March 2 vs USC No. 7 Globe Life Field W 9-3 Moss (2–0) Stromsborg (0–2) FloBaseball.TV 10547 10-0
March 3 vs Arizona State No. 7 Globe Life Field W 10-5 Badmaev (1–0) Meyer (0–1) FloBaseball.TV 6516 11-0
March 5 at Texas No. 7 UFCU Disch–Falk Field
Austin, TX		 W 9-2 Aschenbeck (1–0) Witt (0–1) LHN 8060 12-0
March 6 Texas Southern No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 7-4 Stewart (1–0) Castillo (0–1) 4720 13-0
March 8 Rhode Island No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 11-0 Prager (4–0) Grotyohann (0–3) SECN 5480 14-0
March 9 Rhode Island No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 6-0 Rudis (1–0) Maloney (0–1) SECN 5964 15-0
March 10 Rhode Island No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 12-11 Aschenbeck (2–0) Heon (0–1) SECN 5857 16-0
March 12 Sam Houston State No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 9-8 Cortez (2–0) David (1–2) SECN 7342 17-0
March 15 at No. 8 Florida No. 4 Condron Ballpark
Gainesville, FL		 L 6-8 Fisher (2–1) Cortez (2–1) Neely (1) SECN 5863 17-1
March 16 at No. 8 Florida No. 4 Condron Ballpark W 10-6 Aschenbeck (3–0) Peterson (1–2) Sdao (1) SECN 6541 18-1
March 17 at No. 8 Florida No. 4 Condron Ballpark L 2-4 Neely (1–0) Stewart (1-1) McNeillie (1) SECN 6110 18-2
March 20 Prairie View A&M No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 11-9 Morton (1–0) Bravo (3–1) SECN 4547 19-2
March 21 No. 21 Mississippi State No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 6-3 Prager (5–0) Stevens (2–1) Aschenbeck (3) ESPNU 4776 20-2
March 22 No. 21 Mississippi State No. 7 Blue Bell Park L 1-5 Stephen (3–2) Jones (1-1) SECN 6443 20-3
March 23 No. 21 Mississippi State No. 7 Blue Bell Park W 6-1 Lamkin (2–0) Cijntje (4–1) SECN 7159 21-3
March 26 Houston Christian No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 6-3 Cortez (3–1) Coronel (0–2) SECN 4784 22-3
March 28 Auburn No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 9-7 Aschenbeck (4–0) Carlson (2–1) SECN 6466 23-3
March 29 Auburn No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 12-8 Jones (2–1) Allsup (1–2) SECN 6664 24-3
March 30 Auburn No. 4 Blue Bell Park W 10-9 Moss (3–0) Schorr (0–1) SECN 6484 25-3
April (14–3)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
April 2 at Texas State No. 3 Bobcat Ballpark
San Marcos, TX		 W 12-2 Badmaev (2–0) Robie (2-2) ESPN 2917 26-3
April 5 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 3 Founders Park
Columbia, SC		 W 9-2 Prager (6–0) Jones (2–1) SECN 7159 27-3
April 6 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 3 Founders Park W 6-3 Sdao (2–0) Pitzer (4–1) Aschenbeck (4) SECN 8242 28-3
April 7 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 3 Founders Park L 5-6 Veach (2–1) Lamkin (2–1) Gainey (5) SECN 6720 28-4
April 9 UTSA No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 6-5 Cortez (4–1) Orloski (3–4) SECN 4826 29-4
April 12 No. 6 Vanderbilt No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 15-0 Prager (7–0) Cunningham (4–2) SECN 7351 30-4
April 13 No. 6 Vanderbilt No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 9-0 Jones (3–1) Holton (5–1) SECN 8075 31-4
April 14 No. 6 Vanderbilt No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 12-6 Cortez (5–1) McElvain (1–2) Aschenbeck (5) SECN 7063 32-4
April 16 Air Force No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 15-5 Rudis (2–0) Brantingham (1–2) SECN 5407 33-4
April 19 at No. 18 Alabama No. 1 Sewell–Thomas Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL		 W 18-9 Cortez (6–1) Fay (1–2) Sdao (2) SECN 3691a 34-4
April 19 at No. 18 Alabama No. 1 Sewell–Thomas Stadium W 10-5 Peery (2–0) Hess (3–4) SECN —a 35-4
April 20 at No. 18 Alabama No. 1 Sewell–Thomas Stadium L 9-10 Davis II (4–1) Wilson (0–1) SECN 3995 35-5
April 23 Houston No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 13-11 Rudis (3–0) Solis (0–2) Aschenbeck (6) SECN 6248 36-5
April 26 No. 20 Georgia No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 5-2 Prager (8–0) Goldstein (4–1) Aschenbeck (7) SECN 7968 37-5
April 27 No. 20 Georgia No. 1 Blue Bell Park L 4-5 Sdao (3–0) Zeldin (3–2) SECN 7770 37-6
April 27 No. 20 Georgia No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 19-9 Smith (6–2) Cortez (6–2) Mracna (1) SECN 7021 38-6
April 30 Tarleton No. 1 Blue Bell Park W 10-6 Rudis (4–0) Risley (2–5) SECN 5919 39-6
May (5-5)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 3 at LSU No. 1 Alex Box Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA		 L 4-6 Ulloa (1-1) Prager (8–1) Herring (4) ESPN2 11007 39-7
May 4 at LSU No. 1 Alex Box Stadium L 4-6 Little (2–0) Sdao (3–1) Guidry (2) ESPN2 11751 39-8
May 5 at LSU No. 1 Alex Box Stadium W 14-4 Cortez (7–2) Dutton (0–1) SECN 10747 40-8
May 7 Rice No. 3 Blue Bell Park W 16-3 Rudis (5–0) Rodriguez (1-1) SECN 7111 41-8
May 10 at Mississippi No. 3 Swayze Field
Oxford, MS		 L 3-4 Mendes (2–1) Aschenbeck (4–1) Spencer (7) SECN 9155 41-9
May 11 at Mississippi No. 3 Swayze Field L 2-10 Doyle (3–2) Lamkin (2-2) SECN 9310 41-10
May 12 at Mississippi No. 3 Swayze Field W 6-0 Sdao (4–1) Nichols (4–1) SECN 9013 42-10
May 16 No. 3 Arkansas No. 5 Blue Bell Park W 1-0 Aschenbeck (5–1) Faherty (0–1) ESPN2 6976 43-10
May 17 No. 3 Arkansas No. 5 Blue Bell Park L 3-6 Molina (4–2) Stewart (1–2) SECN 7980 43-11
May 18 No. 3 Arkansas No. 5 Blue Bell Park W 14-4 Cortez (8–2) Dossett (3–1) SECN 7337 44-11
Postseason
SEC Tournament (0-2)
Date Opponent Seed Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record
May 22 vs (5) Mississippi State (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL		 L 3-5 Dohm (4–0) Cortez (8–3) Davis (5) SECN 11840 44-12
May 23 vs (1) Tennessee (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 4-7 Causey (11–3) Peery (2–1) SECN 6825 44-13
College World Series (3-0)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium
Site 		Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall
Record 		CWS
Record
June 15 vs Florida (3) Charles Schwab Field
Omaha, NE		 L 2–3 C. Cortez (10–3) L. Peterson (3–5) E. Aschenbeck (10) 25,774 50-13 1-0
June 17 vs (2) Kentucky (3) Charles Schwab Field W 5-1[8] Prager (9–1) Moore (9–4) None 25,327 51-13 2-0
June 19 (2) vs Florida (3) Charles Schwab Field W 6-0 J. Lamkin (3–2) L. Peterson (3–6) None 25,429 52-13 3-0
College World Series Finals (1-2)
June 22 vs Tennessee (1) No. 3 (3) Charles Schwab Field W 9-5 Chris Stamos (3−1) Josh Stewart (2−2) None 26,498 53−13 1−0
June 23 vs Tennessee (1) No. 1 (1) Charles Schwab Field L 1-4 Aaron Combs (3-1) Kaiden Wilson (0-2) Nate Snead 25,987 53-14 1-1
June 24 vs Tennessee (1) No. 3 (3) Charles Schwab Field L 5-6 Zander Sechrist (6-1) Justin Lamkin (3-3) Aaron Combs 24,685 53-15 1-2
Schedule and results source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  Texas A&M win •  L  Texas A&M loss •  Postponement or cancellation  • Bold denotes Texas A&M player

Record vs. conference opponents

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Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2024 SEC baseball records

Source: 2024 SEC baseball game results, 2024 SEC baseball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 13–17 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 . ALA W4 5–5 0–2
ARK 20–10 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . 1–2 . ARK W1 7–3 3–0
AUB 8–22 2–1 1–2 . . 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 0–3 AUB W7 2–8 0–4
FLA 13–17 . 1–2 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 FLA E5 4–6 0–1
UGA 17–13 3–0 . . 1–2 0–3 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 3–0 UGA E3 5–5 3–1
KEN 22–8 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 . . 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 KEN E2 8–2 4–0
LSU 13–17 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 3–0 . 0–3 2–1 1–2 LSU W5 4–6 1–2
MSU 17–13 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 . . 1–2 2–1 MSU W3 6–4 1–0
MIZZ 9–21 . 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 . 0–3 MIZZ E7 1–9 1–3
MISS 11–19 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 . MISS W6 4–6 0–3
SCAR 13–17 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 0–3 2–1 . . 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–0 SCAR E6 4–6 1–2
TENN 22–8 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 3–0 . 2–1 TENN E1 9–1 3–0
TAMU 19–11 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 2–1 . 3–0 TAMU W2 7–3 2–0
VAN 13–17 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 . 0–3 1–2 0–3 VAN E4 4–6 2–3
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tie Brkrs: TENN>KEN head to head. MSU>UGA head to head. ALA>VAN & FLA>SCAR & LSU TENN common. VAN>FLA head to head. SCAR>LSU ARK common. ARK SEC Tournament seed>KEN, ARK West champion.

Rankings

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Main article: 2024 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[9]1010*764 (3)64331 (22)1 (29)1 (29)2 (7)4 (1)33
Baseball America[10]111111115105331112544
NCBWA†[11]10986464331112433
D1Baseball[12]8877474331113544
Perfect Game[13]7444375331112855

† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 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.

Notes

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a. ^ ^ No separate attendance count for games 1 and 2 of the doubleheader

References

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  1. ^ "2024 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Ticket Information Request Form". Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  3. ^ "No. 3 Aggies Shutout No. 6 Vanderbilt, 9-0, Clinch Series". Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "No. 1 Aggies Split Doubleheader, Claim Series Against No. 17 Georgia". Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "Baseball Announces Extension of Section 12". Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "Texas A&M System Regents approve $80 million Olsen Field renovations as part of 5-year capital plan". Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  7. ^ "Proposed Olsen Field renovation project gets updated cost of $80M, start date FY 2026". Archived from the original on May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "Texas A&M vs. Kentucky (6/17)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
  9. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  10. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  11. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  12. ^ D1 Baseball
  13. ^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
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