2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball team

2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball
Big East Tournament Champion Big East Conference Champion Chapel Hill Regional Champion
Tucson Super Regional, L 2–0 Arizona
Conference	Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2012 record	40–23 (18–9 Big East)
Head coach	Ed Blankmeyer (17th year)
Assistant coach	Mike Hampton (11th year)
Assistant coach	Scott Brown (9th year)
Assistant coach	Brendan Monaghan (2nd year)
Home stadium	Jack Kaiser Stadium

2012 Big East Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
#25 Louisville †^y	18	–	9	–	0		.667			42	–	22	–	0		.656
St. John's †‡^y	18	–	9	–	0		.667			40	–	23	–	0		.635
Seton Hall	17	–	10	–	0		.630			34	–	24	–	0		.586
South Florida	17	–	10	–	0		.630			38	–	22	–	0		.633
Connecticut	16	–	11	–	0		.593			31	–	27	–	1		.534
Rutgers	16	–	11	–	0		.593			31	–	25	–	0		.554
Notre Dame	14	–	13	–	0		.519			31	–	27	–	0		.534
Pittsburgh	10	–	17	–	0		.370			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Georgetown	10	–	17	–	0		.370			24	–	29	–	0		.453
Villanova	10	–	17	–	0		.370			28	–	27	–	0		.509
West Virginia	9	–	18	–	0		.333			23	–	32	–	0		.418
Cincinnati	7	–	20	–	0		.259			18	–	38	–	0		.321
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 15, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball team represented St. John's University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Red Storm were coached by seventeenth year head coach Ed Blankmeyer and played their home games at Jack Kaiser Stadium.

St. John's claimed the Big East Conference regular season and Tournament championships, and also swept through the Chapel Hill Regional. The Red Storm fell to eventual champion Arizona in the Tucson Super Regional, by scores of 7–6 (10 innings) and 7–4.

Roster

2012 St. John's Red Storm baseball team
Players	Coaches
# Pos. Name Bats/Throws Height Weight Year Home town 0 INF Wessinger, MattMatt Wessinger R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Liverpool, NY 2 INF Iacomini, AnthonyAnthony Iacomini R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So North Salem, NY 3 INF O'Hare, SeanSean O'Hare S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Morristown, NJ 4 INF Talbut, PatPat Talbut R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Vestal, NY 5 C Schwindel, FrankFrank Schwindel R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Livingston, NJ 6 C Roland, DanDan Roland R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Fr Upper Brookville, NY 7 OF Kelly, MartinMartin Kelly R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Pompton Plains, NJ 8 INF Dennis, BretBret Dennis R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Burnt Hills, NY 9 C Tranchina, VincentVincent Tranchina R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Manasquan, NJ 10 OF Richardson, KyleKyle Richardson R/R 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Sr Rome, NY 11 RHP Carasiti, MattMatt Carasiti R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Berlin, CT 12 RHP Medina, EddieEddie Medina L/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Staten Island, NY 13 INF Lauricella, ZachZach Lauricella R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Buffalo, NY 14 INF Lombardo, KyleKyle Lombardo R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Setauket, NY 16 RHP Werniuk, JeromeJerome Werniuk R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Toronto, ON, Canada 17 RHP Dinges, CollinCollin Dinges R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Poughquag, NY 18 OF Baltz, JeremyJeremy Baltz R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Vestal, NY 20 LHP Horstman, RyanRyan Horstman L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr South Hadley, MA 22 RHP Rivera, StephenStephen Rivera R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Staten Island, NY 23 OF Grove, KevinKevin Grove R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS So Manhattan Beach, CA 24 OF Brennan, JimmyJimmy Brennan L/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Airmont, NY 26 C Bethea, DannyDanny Bethea R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr San Diego, CA 27 OF Plana, JulienJulien Plana L/L 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Fr Miami, FL 29 C Case, RobertRobert Case R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Miami, FL 30 LHP Hagan, SeanSean Hagan L/L 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Larchmont, NY 31 INF Heide, ShawnShawn Heide R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Medfield, MA 32 RHP Cervone, AnthonyAnthony Cervone R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Beacon, NY 33 INF Peterson, EricEric Peterson R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Allamuchy, NJ 34 LHP Lobban, BrendanBrendan Lobban L/L 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Ramsey, NJ 35 RHP Turner, KyleKyle Turner R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Nashua, NH 38 LHP Woodward, JakeJake Woodward L/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Lebanon, NH 39 RHP Bellinger, BradBrad Bellinger R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Pine City, NY 40 RHP Lomangino, JamesJames Lomangino R/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Ronkonkoma, NY 44 LHP Kilpatrick, KevinKevin Kilpatrick L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr College Point, NY 58 RHP Hanse, KyleKyle Hanse R/R 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Glen Cove, NY	Head coach Ed Blankmeyer Assistant coach(es) Mike Hampton Brendan Monaghan Pitching coach(es) Scott Brown Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: 2012-06-27

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'	21	21*
Baseball America
Collegiate Baseball^	11	18										30	20	26		29	14	16
NCBWA†	27																20	17

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "Baseball standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved June 15, 2012.