# 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

The 2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the sport of baseball during the 2009 college baseball season. The Wildcats competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium, on the university's Lexington, Kentucky campus. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his first season at Kentucky.

## Roster
### Coaches

| Name | Title | First Season at UK | Alma Mater |
| Gary Henderson | Head coach | 2003 | San Diego State University (1980) |
| Brad Bohannon | Assistant head coach | 2005 | Berry College (1998) |
| Brian Green | Assistant coach | 2009 | New Mexico State University (1997) |
| Keith Vorhoff | Volunteer Assistant Coach | 2008 | Missouri Valley College (2004) |

### Players

| Number | Players | Position | Year | Hometown (High School) |
| 2 | Brian Suedrick | C | Sophomore | Dayton, OH (Wayne) |
| 3 | Neiko Johnson | INF | Sophomore | Stone Mountain, GA (Redan) |
| 4 | Michael Williams | C | Freshman | Knoxville, TN (Farragut) |
| 5 | Chris McClendon | INF | Senior | Lufkin, TX (Lufkin) |
| 6 | Spencer Korus | INF/OF | Senior | Olympia, WA (Olympia) |
| 7 | Kristi Jim | INF | Sophomore | Lexington, KY (Lexington Christian) |
| 8 | Andy Stevens | INF | Freshman | Fort Collins, CO (Rocky Mountain) |
| 9 | Tyler Henry | RHP | Junior | Chattanooga, TN (Red Bank) |
| 10 | Chris Rusin | LHP | Senior | Canton, MI (Divine Child) |
| 11 | Gunner Glad | INF/OF/RHP | Junior | Tahlequah, OK (Tulsa Union) |
| 12 | Marcus Nidiffer | C | Junior | Bristol, TN (Tennessee) |
| 13 | Bryan Rose | OF | Sophomore | Renssalaer, NY (Columbia) |
| 14 | Nick Kennedy | RHP | Junior | Los Angeles (Arcadia) |
| 15 | Logan Darnell | LHP | Sophomore | Joelton, TN (Goodpasture) |
| 16 | Duran Ferguson | RHP | Sophomore | Kingsport, TN (Dobyns-Bennett) |
| 17 | Alex Meyer | RHP | Freshman | Greensburg, IN (Greensburg) |
| 18 | Troy Frazier | OF | Junior | Louisville, KY (Pleasure Ridge Park) |
| 19 | Sean Bouthilette | RHP | Freshman | Elizabethtown, KY (Elizabethtown) |
| 21 | Will Campbell | INF/OF | Junior | Bellevue, WA (Bishop Blanchet) |
| 22 | James Paxton | LHP | Junior | Ladner, British Columbia (Delta Secondary School) |
| 23 | Mike Kaczmarek | LHP | Sophomore | Tinley Park, IL (Victor J. Andrew) |
| 24 | Chad Wright | OF | Freshman | Paducah, KY (Heath) |
| 25 | Brock Wright | OF | Junior | Paducah, KY (Heath) |
| 28 | Chase Greene | RHP | Freshman | Nicholasville, KY (West Jessamine) |
| 29 | Chris Bisson | INF | Sophomore | Ottawa, Ontario (Beatrice-Desloges) |
| 30 | Braden Kapteyn | QB/WR | Freshman | Lansing, IL (Illiana Christian) |
| 31 | Navarro Hall | OF | Freshman | Kennesaw, GA (Kennesaw Mountain) |
| 34 | Clint Tilford | RHP | Junior | Paducah, KY (Heath) |
| 40 | Jonathan Huff | RHP | Senior | Amarillo, TX (Canyon Randall) |
| 44 | Cory Farris | C/OF | Freshman | Florence, KY (Boone County) |
| 46 | Keenan Wiley | OF | Junior | Richmond, KY (Madison Central) |
| 47 | TJ Daugherty | C | Freshman | Owensboro, KY (Apollo) |

## Schedule/Results

2009 Kentucky Wildcats baseball Game Log :
Regular Season
#DateOpponentScoreSite/stadiumWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
1February 20Troy8–3Myrtle Beach, SCJames Paxton (1–0)Jason Walls (0–1)Nick Kennedy (1)1071–00–0
2February 21James Madison8–3Myrtle Beach, SCSean Bouthilette (1–0)Alex Valadja (0–1)None1452–00–0
3February 21#22 Coastal Carolina1–4Myrtle Beach, SCAustin Fleet (1–0)Clint Tilford (0–1)Nick McCully (1)9362–10–0
4February 22#22 Coastal Carolina5–14Myrtle Beach, SCCody Wheeler (1–0)Chris Rusin (0–1)None6762–20–0
5February 27Western Michigan16–5Cliff Hagan StadiumJames Paxton (2–0)Morrison (0–2)Alex Meyer (1)15393–20–0
6March 1Western Michigan15–4Cliff Hagan StadiumChris Rusin (1–1)Stroud (0–2)Braden Kapteyn (1)14104–20–0
7March 3Western Michigan12–6Cliff Hagan StadiumLogan Darnell (1–0)Hall (0–1)None15565–20–0
8March 4Eastern Kentucky9–8Cliff Hagan StadiumBraden Kapteyn (1–0)Chris Hord (0–1)None16206–20–0
9March 6Indiana State12–4Cliff Hagan Stadium7–20–0
10March 7Indiana State5–0Cliff Hagan Stadium8–20–0
11March 8Indiana State9–6Cliff Hagan Stadium9–20–0
12March 10Georgetown (KY)12–5Cliff Hagan Stadium10–20–0
13March 11Indiana8–7Cliff Hagan Stadium11–20–0
14March 13#3 LSU3–5Alex Box Stadium11–30–1
15March 14#3 LSU1–3Alex Box Stadium11–40–2
16March 15#3 LSU5–2Alex Box Stadium12–41–2
17March 16Nicholls StateCancelledThibodeaux, LA
19March 17New Orleans5–4New Orleans, LA13–41–2
20March 20Vanderbilt3–1Cliff Hagan Stadium14–42–2
21March 21Vanderbilt6–2Cliff Hagan Stadium15–43–2
22March 22Vanderbilt2–4Cliff Hagan Stadium15–53–3
23March 24West VirginiaHawley Field
24March 25CincinnatiCliff Hagan Stadium
25March 27South CarolinaCliff Hagan Stadium
26March 28South CarolinaCliff Hagan Stadium
27March 29South CarolinaCliff Hagan Stadium
28March 31MarshallCliff Hagan Stadium
29April 3Ole MissSwayze Field
30April 4Ole MissSwayze Field
31April 5Ole MissSwayze Field
32April 7Western Kentucky
33April 8Western KentuckyCliff Hagan Stadium
34April 10GeorgiaCliff Hagan Stadium
35April 11GeorgiaCliff Hagan Stadium
36April 12GeorgiaCliff Hagan Stadium
37April 14LouisvilleJim Patterson Stadium
38April 17Mississippi StateDudy Noble Field
39April 18Mississippi StateDudy Noble Field
40April 19Mississippi StateDudy Noble Field
41April 21LipscombCliff Hagan Stadium
42April 22EvansvilleCliff Hagan Stadium
43April 24AlabamaSewell-Thomas Stadium
44April 25AlabamaSewell-Thomas Stadium
45April 26AlabamaSewell-Thomas Stadium
46April 28LouisvilleCliff Hagan Stadium
47May 1TennesseeCliff Hagan Stadium
48May 2TennesseeCliff Hagan Stadium
49May 3TennesseeCliff Hagan Stadium
50May 8AuburnCliff Hagan Stadium
51May 9AuburnCliff Hagan Stadium
52May 10AuburnCliff Hagan Stadium
53May 12Morehead StateCliff Hagan Stadium
54May 14FloridaAlfred A. McKethan Stadium
55May 15FloridaAlfred A. McKethan Stadium
56May 16FloridaAlfred A. McKethan Stadium :
SEC Tournament
#DateOpponentScoreSite/stadiumWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordSECT record
57Regions Park :
NCAA Tournament: College World Series
#DateOpponentScoreSite/stadiumWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
58June 13Rosenblatt Stadium :

## Rankings

Ranking Movement :
| Poll | Pre- season |
| USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25) | 26 |
| Baseball America (Top 25) | NR |
| Collegiate Baseball (Top 30) | 19 |
| NCBWA (Top 30)^ | 23 |
| Rivals.com (Top 25) | NR |
| NR = Not Ranked |||||||||||||||||||