# 2021 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team

The 2021 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team represented Kansas State University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Tointon Family Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Pete Hughes, in his 3rd season at Kansas State.

## Previous season

The 2020 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team notched a 10–7 record in February and early March; however, the remainder of the season was abruptly halted on March 13, 2020, when the Big 12 Conference canceled the remainder of the athletics season due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

## Personnel
### Coaching staff

| Name | Position | Seasons at K-State | Alma mater |
| Pete Hughes | Head coach | 3 | Davidson (1990) |
| Buck Taylor | Pitching Coach | 3 | San Francisco State (1995) |
| Austin Wates | Assistant coach | 3 | Virginia Tech (2017) |
| Thomas Hughes | Volunteer Assistant Coach | 1 | Kansas State (2019) |

### Roster
## Schedule and results

2021 Kansas State Wildcats Baseball Game Log :
Regular Season (15–11) :
February (5–2)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
February 191:00 pmFloSportsvs. Oregon State*Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZW 3–2Wicks (1–0)Abel (0–1)Eckberg (1)1,3521–0—Stats Story
February 206:00 pmFloSportsvs. Gonzaga*Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZL 5–17Jacob (1–0)Flack (0–1)—8451–1—Stats Story
February 216:00 pmFloSportsvs. New Mexico*Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZL 3–4Meza (1–0)Eckberg (0–1)—3681–2—Stats Story
February 2211:00 amFloSportsvs. Gonzaga*Surprise Stadium Surprise, AZW 6–1Ford (1–0)Spellacy (0–1)Rodriguez (1)3162–2—Stats Story
February 263:00 pmESPN+Western Michigan*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 9–8Passino (1–0)Armbrust... (0–1)Eckberg (2)4583–2—Stats Story
February 272:00 pmESPN+Western Michigan*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 11–3Seymour (1–0)Miller (0–1)—5874–2—Stats Story
February 2812:00 pmESPN+Western Michigan*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 2–1McCullough (1–0)Huisman (0–1)Littlejim (1)3985–2—Stats Story :
March (8–8)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
March 53:00 pmESPN+Eastern Illinois*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 6–3Wicks (2–0)Hampton (2–1)Eckberg (3)4026–2—Stats Story
March 61:00 pmESPN+Eastern Illinois*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSL 5–6Nicholson (2–0)Seymour (1–1)Stevenson (2)5876–3—Stats Story
March 71:00 pmESPN+Eastern Illinois*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSL 7–14Doherty (1–0)Eckberg (0–2)—5876–4—Stats Story
March 96:00 pmESPN+South Dakota State*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 15–4Herbers (1–0)McSherry (1–1)—3787–4—Stats Story
March 106:00 pmESPN+South Dakota State*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 10–0Littlejim (1–0)Bishop (0–1)—2978–4—Stats Story
March 1212:00 pmvs. Northern Illinois*Reckling Park Houston, TXW 4–3Eckberg (1–2)Seebach (0–1)—3009–4—Stats Story
March 1310:00 amvs. Northern Illinois*Reckling Park Houston, TXW 3–1$^{(10)}$Torres (1–0)Michaels (0–1)—33010–4—Stats Story
March 132:00 pmat Rice*Reckling Park Houston, TXW 8–3Wicks (3–0)Garcia (1–1)—1,23811–4—Stats Story
March 146:00 pmat Rice*Reckling Park Houston, TXL 0–1Wood (1–0)Littlejim (1–1)—1,04111–5—Stats Story
March 196:00 pmESPN+New Mexico*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 7–1Wicks (4–0)Garley (0–1)—58712–5—Stats Story
March 204:00 pmESPN+New Mexico*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSL 4–6Arbruester (3–1)Seymour (1–2)Meza (3)58712–6—Stats Story
March 211:00 pmESPN+New Mexico*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 17–8Torres (2–0)Campa (1–2)—58713–6—Stats Story
March 236:00 pmESPN+at Wichita State*Eck Stadium Wichita, KSL 1–5Kaminska (1–0)Herbers (1–1)Haase (5)1,81813–7—Stats Story
March 266:00 pmESPN+at #20 Oklahoma StateO'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OKL 5–14Scott (5–1)Wicks (4–1)—3,38313–80–1Stats Story
March 276:00 pmESPN+at #20 Oklahoma StateO'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OKL 2–4Standlee (2–0)Littlejim (1–2)—3,84613–90–2Stats Story
March 281:00 pmESPN+at #20 Oklahoma StateO'Brate Stadium Stillwater, OKL 2–8Wrobleski (2–2)McCullough (1–1)—3,20313–100–3Stats Story :
April (2–1)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
April 16:00 pmESPN+#4 Texas TechTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSL 1–17Birdsell (4–1)Wicks (4–2)—40413–110–4Stats Story
April 26:00 pmESPN+#4 Texas TechTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 7–2Seymour (2–2)Monteverde (5–1)Eckberg (4)58714–111–4Stats Story
April 34:00 pmESPN+#4 Texas TechTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KSW 10–4McCullough (2–1)Montgomery (1–1)—58715–112–4Stats Story
April 66:00 pmESPN+UAPB*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS—
April 76:00 pmESPN+UAPB*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS—
April 9TBDLHNat #4 TexasUFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX
April 10TBDLHNat #4 TexasUFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX
April 11TBDLHNat #4 TexasUFCU Disch–Falk Field Austin, TX
April 136:00 pmESPN+Northern Colorado*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS—
April 146:00 pmESPN+Northern Colorado*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS—
April 166:00 pmESPN+OklahomaTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 174:00 pmESPN+OklahomaTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 181:00 pmESPN+OklahomaTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 236:00 pmESPN+West VirginiaTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 244:00 pmESPN+West VirginiaTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 2511:00 amESPN+West VirginiaTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
April 276:00 pmESPN+Missouri*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS—
April 306:00 pmESPN+Texas Southern*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS— :
May (0–0)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRankStadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallBig 12
May 14:00 pmESPN+Texas Southern*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS—
May 21:00 pmESPN+Texas Southern*Tointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS—
May 76:30 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 83:00 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 91:00 pmESPN+at BaylorBaylor Ballpark Waco, TX
May 146:00 pmESPN+at KansasHoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS
May 152:00 pmESPN+at KansasHoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS
May 162:00 pmESPN+at KansasHoglund Ballpark Lawrence, KS
May 206:00 pmESPN+TCUTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
May 216:00 pmESPN+TCUTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS
May 224:00 pmESPN+TCUTointon Family Stadium Manhattan, KS :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled      Bold = Kansas State team member :
"*" indicates a non-conference game. "#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1Baseball on the date of the contest. "" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively. :

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| Coaches' | RV | RV* | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
| NCBWA† | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | — | RV | | | | | | | | | | | |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | |
^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season. † 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.

## 2021 MLB draft

| Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
| Jordan Wicks | LHP | 1 | 21 | Chicago Cubs |
| Carson Seymour | RHP | 6 | 172 | New York Mets |
| Zach Kokoska | OF | 10 | 290 | Colorado Rockies |
| Eric Torres | LHP | 12 | 411 | Los Angeles Angels |