# 2022 Texas State Bobcats baseball team

The 2022 Texas State Bobcats baseball team represented Texas State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Ballpark and were led by third-year head coach Steven Trout. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

## Preseason
### Signing Day Recruits

| Player | Hometown | Previous Team |
| Pitchers |||
| Colby Diaz | Leander, Texas | Rouse HS |
| Adrian Najar | Grand Prairie, Texas | South Grand Prairie HS |
| Brian Panneton | Tomball, Texas | Tomball Memorial HS |
| Sam Peterson | Lindale, Texas | Lindale HS |
| Jack Stroud | Amarillo, Texas | Weatherford |
| Mark Zapata | Pearland, Texas | Pearland HS |
| Hitters |||
| Collin Coker | Sweeny, Texas | Sweeny HS |
| Rashawn Galloway | Boerne, Texas | Boerne HS |
| Coldon Kiser | Lubbock, Texas | Frenship HS |
| Davis Powell | Lufkin, Texas | Lufkin HS |
| Kameron Weil | Arlington, Texas | Weatherford |

### Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 9, 2022. Texas State was picked to finish seventh with 71 votes.
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | South Alabama | 139 (7) |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 118 |
| T3 | Coastal Carolina | 117 (3) |
| T3 | Louisiana | 117 (2) |
| 5 | UT Arlington | 78 |
| 6 | Troy | 74 |
| 7 | Texas State | 71 |
| 8 | Little Rock | 63 |
| 9 | Louisiana–Monroe | 59 |
| 10 | Appalachian State | 38 |
| 11 | Georgia State | 34 |
| 12 | Arkansas State | 28 |

### Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors

No players were chosen from the Bobcats.

## Schedule and results

Legend :
| | Texas State win |
| | Texas State loss |
| | Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions |
| Bold | Texas State team member |
2022 Texas State Bobcats baseball game log :
Regular season (44–11) :
February (7–1) :
| Date | Opponent | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
| Feb. 18 | Utah Valley | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 5–3 | Stivors (1-0) | Voortmeyer (0-1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,278 | 1–0 | |
| Feb. 19 | Utah Valley | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 14–4$^8$ | Keithley (1-0) | McCollough (0-1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,318 | 2–0 | |
| Feb. 19 | Utah Valley | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 3–5 | Hauck (1-0) | Bush (0-1) | Sims (1) | ESPN+ | 1,318 | 2–1 | |
| Feb. 20 | Utah Valley | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 14–2$^8$ | Robie (1-0) | Yocum (0-1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,090 | 3–1 | |
| Feb. 23 | vs. Wichita State | Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX | Game postponed | Game postponed | Game postponed | Game postponed | Game postponed | Game postponed | Game postponed | Game postponed |
| Feb. 24 | Wichita State | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 9–2 | Sundgren (1-0) | Cranz (0-1) | None | | 283 | 4–1 | |
| Feb. 25 | Ohio State | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 9–1 | Wood (1-0) | Coupet (1-1) | None | | 900 | 5–1 | |
| Feb. 26 | Ohio State | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 8–5 | Dixon (1-0) | Haberthier (0-1) | Stivors (1) | | 1,079 | 6–1 | |
| Feb. 27 | Ohio State | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 6–4 | Nicholas (1-0) | Loncar (0-1) | Stivors (2) | | 1,147 | 7–1 | |
March (13–5) :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
| Mar. 1 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 7–3 | Bush (1-2) | Serbantez (0-1) | None | ESPN+ | 985 | 8–1 | |
| Mar. 4 | at No. 11 Arizona | | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, Arizona | L 2–7 | Nichols (2-0) | Wood (1-1) | None | P12N-AZ | 2,244 | 8–2 | |
| Mar. 5 | at No. 11 Arizona | | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 6-2 | Wells (1-0) | Irvin (1-1) | Stivors (3) | P12N-AZ | 2,737 | 9-2 | |
| Mar. 6 | at No. 11 Arizona | | Hi Corbett Field • Tucson, AZ | W 7-3 | Robie (2-0) | Flanagan (1-1) | None | P12N-AZ | 2,518 | 10-2 | |
| Mar. 8 | vs. No. 1 Texas | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 8-9 | Cobb (1-0) | Sundgren (1-1) | Nixon (3) | ESPN+ | 3,283 | 10-3 | |
| Mar. 9 | at No. 1 Texas | | UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX | W 6-4 | Wofford (1-0) | Blair (0-1) | Stivors (4) | LHN | 7,469 | 11-3 | |
| Mar. 11 | Southern | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 6–2 | Wood (2-1) | Battaglia (0-3) | None | | 333 | 12–3 | |
| Mar. 12 | Southern | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 15–5 | Wells (2-0) | Davis (0-2) | None | | 1,195 | 13–3 | |
| Mar. 13 | Southern | | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 9–5 | Keithley (2-0) | Fidanza (2-1) | None | | 1,129 | 14–3 | |
| Mar. 15 | Prairie View A&M | No. 22 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 8–2 | Sundgren (2-1) | Curry (0-2) | None | | 1,405 | 15–3 | |
| Mar. 18 | at Arkansas State | No. 22 | Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR | W 13–7 | Dixon (2-0) | Anderson (0-2) | None | | 188 | 16–3 | 1–0 |
| Mar. 19 | at Arkansas State | No. 22 | Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR | W 2–1 | Wells (3-0) | Nash (1-1) | Stivors (5) | | 249 | 17–3 | 2–0 |
| Mar. 20 | at Arkansas State | No. 22 | Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR | W 5–4 | Stivors (2-0) | Wiseman (0-1) | None | | 246 | 18–3 | 3–0 |
| Mar. 22 | at Incarnate Word | No. 20 | Sullivan Field • San Antonio, TX | L 2–4 | Rollins (1-0) | Sundgren (2-2) | David (4) | | 275 | 18–4 | |
| Mar. 25 | Coastal Carolina | No. 20 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 7–4 | Dixon (3-0) | Joyce (4-1) | Stivors (6) | ESPN+ | 1,451 | 19–4 | 4–0 |
| Mar. 26 | Coastal Carolina | No. 20 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 5–7 | VanScoter (4-1) | Wells (3-1) | Yablonski (1) | ESPN+ | 1,608 | 19–5 | 4–1 |
| Mar. 27 | Coastal Carolina | No. 20 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 13–9 | Wofford (2-0) | Maton (1-1) | Stivors (7) | ESPN+ | 1,372 | 20–5 | 5–1 |
| Mar. 29 | at Sam Houston State | No. 20 | Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, TX | L 9–12 | Atkinson (3-0) | Sundgren (2-3) | None | ESPN+ | 1,036 | 20–6 | |
April (14–4) :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
| Apr. 1 | at Appalachian State | No. 20 | Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC | W 7–4 | Stivors (3-0) | Carter (1-2) | None | ESPN+ | 385 | 21–6 | 6–1 |
| Apr. 2 | at Appalachian State | No. 20 | Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC | W 6–2 | Wells (4-1) | Hamilton (1-4) | None | ESPN+ | 706 | 22–6 | 7–1 |
| Apr. 3 | at Appalachian State | No. 20 | Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium • Boone, NC | W 7–2 | Dixon (4-0) | Tujetsch (2-1) | None | ESPN+ | 286 | 23–6 | 8–1 |
| Apr. 5 | at Texas A&M | No. 10 | Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park • College Station, TX | L 4—8 | Cortez (4-1) | Sundgren (2-4) | None | SECN+ | 5,371 | 23—7 | |
| Apr. 8 | Georgia Southern | No. 10 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 4–7 | Johnson (3-2) | Stivors (3-1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,608 | 23–8 | 8–2 |
| Apr. 9 | Georgia Southern | No. 10 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 11–13 | Martin (1-0) | Zabel (0-1) | Wray (1) | ESPN+ | 1,662 | 23–9 | 8–3 |
| Apr. 10 | Georgia Southern | No. 10 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 10–9 | Stivors (4-1) | Johnson (3-3) | None | ESPN+ | 1,095 | 24–9 | 9–3 |
| Apr. 12 | Baylor | No. 19 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 11–4 | Wofford (3-0) | Cone (0-1) | None | ESPN+ | 2,047 | 25–9 | |
| Apr. 14 | at UT Arlington | No. 19 | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | W 6–1 | Wood (3-1) | King (2-4) | None | ESPN+ | 585 | 26–9 | 10–3 |
| Apr. 15 | at UT Arlington | No. 19 | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | W 5–3 | Stivors (5-1) | Moffat (0-5) | None | ESPN+ | 568 | 27–9 | 11–3 |
| Apr. 16 | at UT Arlington | No. 19 | Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX | W 17–6$^7$ | Dixon (5-0) | Winquest (1-2) | None | ESPN+ | 619 | 28–9 | 12–3 |
| Apr. 19 | UTSA | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 14–12 | Dixon (6-0) | Beaird (1-1) | Stivors (8) | | 1,517 | 29–9 | |
| Apr. 22 | Little Rock | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 3–2 | Wood (4-1) | Arnold (4-4) | Stivors (9) | ESPN+ | 1,236 | 30–9 | 13–3 |
| Apr. 23 | Little Rock | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 30–4 | Wells (5-1) | Weatherley (1-1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,307 | 31–9 | 14–3 |
| Apr. 24 | Little Rock | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 9–2 | Dixon (7-0) | Brewer (2-2) | None | ESPN+ | 1,176 | 32–9 | 15–3 |
| Apr. 26 | at UTSA | No. 17 | Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX | L 8–14 | Beaird (2-1) | Nicholas (1-1) | None | CUSA.tv | 563 | 32–10 | |
| Apr. 29 | South Alabama | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 10–2 | Wood (5-1) | Boswell (5-3) | None | | 1,204 | 33–10 | 16–3 |
| Apr. 30 | South Alabama | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 11–10 | Stivors (6-1) | Carter (0-1) | None | | 1,324 | 34–10 | 17–3 |
May (10–1) :
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | SBC record |
| May 1 | South Alabama | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | L 8–21$^7$ | Boyd (1-1) | Bush (1-2) | None | ESPN+ | 1,209 | 34–11 | 17–4 |
| May 3 | Incarnate Word | No. 17 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 3–1 | Smith (1-0) | David (2-2) | Stivors (10) | ESPN+ | 1,088 | 35–11 | |
| May 6 | at Louisiana–Monroe | No. 17 | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5–4 | Dixon (8-0) | Orton (1-1) | Stivors (11) | ESPN+ | 1,046 | 36–11 | 18–4 |
| May 7 | at Louisiana–Monroe | No. 17 | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 9–1 | Wells (6-1) | Cressend (3-5) | None | | 1,066 | 37–11 | 19–4 |
| May 8 | at Louisiana–Monroe | No. 17 | Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA | W 5–4 | Smith (2-0) | Judice (2-1) | Stivors (12) | | 982 | 38–11 | 20–4 |
| May 13 | Louisiana | No. 15 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 7–5 | Wood (6-1) | Talley (3-3) | Stivors (13) | ESPN+ | 1,656 | 39–11 | 21–4 |
| May 14 | Louisiana | No. 15 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 6–4 | Bush (2-2) | Hammond (2-1) | Stivors (14) | ESPN+ | 1,487 | 40–11 | 22–4 |
| May 15 | Louisiana | No. 15 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | W 11–9 | Robie (3-0) | Wilson (4-3) | Stivors (15) | ESPN+ | 1,296 | 41–11 | 23–4 |
| May 17 | Houston Baptist | No. 13 | Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX | Game cancelled | Game cancelled | Game cancelled | Game cancelled | Game cancelled | Game cancelled | Game cancelled | Game cancelled |
| May 19 | at Georgia State | No. 13 | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 8–7 | Nicholas (2-1) | Clark (5-1) | Stivors (16) | | 389 | 42–11 | 24–4 |
| May 20 | at Georgia State | No. 13 | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 5–4 | Wells (7-1) | Patel (2-3) | Stivors (17) | | 392 | 43–11 | 25–4 |
| May 21 | at Georgia State | No. 13 | Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA | W 4–3 | Robie (4-0) | Clark (5-2) | Martinez (1) | | 398 | 44–11 | 26–4 |
Post-season (3–3) :
SBC Tournament (1–1) :
| Date | Opponent | (Seed)/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
| May 27 | vs. (10) Louisiana–Monroe | (1)/No. 11 | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL | W 8–2 | Stivors (7-1) | Barlow (2-7) | None | ESPN+ | | 45–11 | 1–0 |
| May 28 | vs. (4) Louisiana | (1)/No. 11 | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL | L 2–3 | Schultz (4-3) | Wells (7-2) | None | ESPN+ | | 45–12 | 1–1 |
NCAA tournament (2–2) :
| Date | Opponent | (Seed)/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
| Jun. 3 | vs. (3)/No. 20 UC Santa Barbara | (2)/No. 13 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | W 7–3 | Wood (7-1) | Lewis (9-1) | None | ESPN+ | 1,596 | 46–12 | 1–0 |
| Jun. 4 | vs. (1)/No. 2 Stanford | (2)/No. 13 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | W 5–2 | Wells (8-2) | Williams (8-2) | Stivors (18) | ESPNU | 2,456 | 47–12 | 2–0 |
| Jun. 5 | vs. (1)/No. 2 Stanford | (2)/No. 13 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 4–8 | Uber (4-1) | Robie (4-1) | None | ESPNU | 1,615 | 47–13 | 2–1 |
| Jun. 6 | vs. (1)/No. 2 Stanford | (2)/No. 13 | Klein Field at Sunken Diamond • Stanford, CA | L 3–4 | Pancer (2-0) | Wells (8-3) | None | ESPN2 | 2,647 | 47–14 | 2–2 |
* ↑ New attendance record for Bobcat Ballpark
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*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

## Stanford Regional

Stanford Regional Teams :
| (1) Stanford Cardinal | (2) Texas State Bobcats | (3) UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | (4) Binghamton Bearcats |
| First Round | First Round | First Round | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | No. 2 Stanford | 20 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Binghamton | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Binghamton | 7 | 1 | No. 2 Stanford | 2 | | | | |
| | | | 2 | No. 13 Texas State | 5 | | | | |
| 3 | No. 20 UC Santa Barbara | 3 | 2 | No. 13 Texas State | 5 | | | | |
| 2 | No. 13 Texas State | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | No. 13 Texas State | 7 | | | | 2 | No. 13 Texas State | 4 | 3 |
| | | | | | | 1 | No. 2 Stanford | 8 | 4 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | 1 | No. 2 Stanford | 8 | 4 |
| | | | 3 | No. 20 UC Santa Barbara | 4 | | | | |
| 4 | Binghamton | 4 | 1 | No. 2 Stanford | 8 | | | | |
| 3 | No. 20 UC Santa Barbara | 9 | | | | | | | |

## Postseason
### Conference Awards

* Player of the Year: Dalton Shuffield – TXST
* Ron Maestri Coach of the Year: Steven Trout – TXST
References:

### National & Regional

| Accolade | Recipient |
| Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American | Tristan Stivors, P |
| Collegiate Baseball Second Team All-American | Dalton Shuffield, INF |
| NCBWA First Team All-American | Tristan Stivors, P |
| NCBWA Stopper of the Year | Tristan Stivors, P |
| ABCA First Team All-American | Tristan Stivors, P |
| ABCA First Team All-Region | Tristan Stivors, P |
| ABCA Second Team All-Region | Dalton Shuffield, INF Zeke Wood, P |

## 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 |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| Coaches' | — | —* | RV | RV | 23 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 19 |
| Baseball America | — | — | — | — | 22 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 21 |
| Collegiate Baseball^ | — | — | — | 17 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 17 |
| NCBWA† | — | — | — | — | 26 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 |
| D1Baseball | — | — | — | — | 22 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 19 |
^ 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.