2021 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team explained

The 2021 UT Arlington Mavericks baseball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Mavericks played their home games at Clay Gould Ballpark and were led by fourteenth-year head coach Darin Thomas. They were members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Preseason

Signing Day Recruits

Source:^[1]

Pitchers
Gray Bailey	Glendale, Arizona	Mountain Ridge HS
Hitters
Tanner Rice	Mesa, Arizona	Red Mountain HS
Evan Anderson	Allen, Texas	Allen HS

Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll

The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 15, 2021 and the Mavericks were picked to finish second in the West Division.^[2]

Coaches poll (West)
1	Texas State	65 (6)
2	UT Arlington	58 (4)
3	Louisiana	52 (2)
4	Little Rock	33
5	Louisiana–Monroe	27
6	Arkansas State	13

Preseason All-Sun Belt Team & Honors

• Aaron Funk (LR, Pitcher)
• Jordan Jackson (GASO, Pitcher)
• Conor Angel (LA, Pitcher)
• Wyatt Divis (UTA, Pitcher)
• Lance Johnson (TROY, Pitcher)
• Caleb Bartolero (TROY, Catcher)
• William Sullivan (TROY, 1st Base)
• Luke Drumheller (APP, 2nd Base)
• Drew Frederic (TROY, Shortstop)
• Cooper Weiss (CCU, 3rd Base)
• Ethan Wilson (USA, Outfielder)
• Parker Chavers (CCU, Outfielder)
• Rigsby Mosley (TROY, Outfielder)
• Eilan Merejo (GSU, Designated Hitter)
• Andrew Beesly (ULM, Utility)

Roster

Source:^[3]

Coaching staff

Schedule and results

Legend
	UT Arlington win
	UT Arlington loss
	Postponement/Cancelation/Suspensions
Bold	UT Arlington team member

2021`UT Arlington Mavericks baseball game log
Regular season (25-29)
February (3-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Feb. 19 Cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in Corpus Christi Feb. 20 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX Cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in Corpus Christi Feb. 21 at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Chapman Field • Corpus Christi, TX Cancelled due to threat of freezing rain/sleet/snow in Corpus Christi Feb. 23 vs. W 14-1 Bullard (1-0) Waltmon (0-1) None 1-0 Feb. 24 at Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX L 1-7 Carmichael (1-0) Norris (0-1) None 1-1 Feb. 26 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 2-5 Gennari (1-0) Novis (0-1) None 1-2 Feb. 27 Stephen F. Austin Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5-3 Bullard (2-0) Stobart (0-1) Wong (1) 314 2-2 Feb. 27 Stephen F. Austin Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 2-1 Moffat (1-0) Todd (0-1) Norris (1) 314 3-2
March (7-12) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Mar. 2 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 3-2 Norris (1-1) Sells (0-1) None 314 4-2 Mar. 5 L 1-13 Malone (1-0) Tavera (0-1) None 130 4-3 Mar. 6 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX L 0-3 (7 inns) Daughety (2-0) Bullard (2-1) None 4-4 Mar. 6 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX W 2-1 King (1-0) Mason (1-1) Wong (2) 148 5-4 Mar. 7 at UTSA Roadrunner Field • San Antonio, TX L 1-16 Easterling (1-0) Novis (0-2) None 109 5-5 Mar. 9 at Oklahoma L 5-15 Carmichael (2-0) Winquest (0-1) None 545 5-6 Mar. 11 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 0-3 Palmer (1-0) Tavera (0-2) Dallas (4) 314 5-7 Mar. 12 Lamar Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 0-2 Bravo (2-0) Bullard (2-2) Dallas (5) 314 5-8 Mar. 13 Lamar Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 11-3 Moffat (2-0) Mize (1-1) None 314 6-8 Mar. 14 Lamar Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 0-4 Johnson (1-0) Winquest (0-2) Douthit (1) 314 6-9 Mar. 19 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 3-2 Wong (1-0) Dalton (3-2) None 314 7-9 1-0 Mar. 20 South Alabama Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 4-6 Smith (1-0) Norris (1-2) Samaniego (3) 314 7-10 1-1 Mar. 21 South Alabama Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3-6 Booker (1-0) Moffat (2-1) Dalton (1) 314 7-11 1-2 Mar. 23 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 4-3 Austin (1-0) Boyd (0-1) None 314 8-11 Mar. 26 at L 1-4 Gasser (3-2) Tavera (0-3) Cherry (2) 209 8-12 Mar. 27 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 12-7 Bullard (3-2) Schultz (2-2) None 214 9-12 Mar. 28 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX W 8-7 Norris (2-2) Prayer (0-3) Wong (3) 214 10-12 Mar. 28 at Houston Schroeder Park • Houston, TX L 4-5 Huggins (1-0) Austin (1-1) None 145 10-13 Mar. 30 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3-5 King (2-1) Winquest (0-3) Green (5) 314 10-14
April (9-8) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record Apr. 1 L 0-2 Leigh (1-4) Tavera (0-4) None 681 10-15 1-3 Apr. 2 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 9-3 Bullard (4-2) Bush (1-3) None 700 11-15 2-3 Apr. 3 at Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, TX W 10-6 Norris (3-2) Stivors (1-2) None 700 12-15 3-3 Apr. 6 at Baylor L 6-7 Leckich (1-0) Norris (3-3) Boyd (5) 1,027 12-16 Apr. 9 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 7-8 Sharkey (1-1) Wong (1-1) None 314 12-17 3-4 Apr. 10 Coastal Carolina Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 7-3 Bullard (5-2) Parker (2-2) None 314 13-17 4-4 Apr. 11 Coastal Carolina Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5-1 Moffat (3-1) Maton (2-3) Wong (4) 314 14-17 5-4 Apr. 13 at Abilene Christian L 10-11 Huffing (4-0) Winquest (0-4) Riley (4) 204 14-18 Apr. 16 W 7-5 King (2-0) Algee (0-2) Wong (5) 415 15-18 6-4 Apr. 17 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR W 9-2 Bullard (6-2) Nash (1-4) None 356 16-18 7-4 Apr. 18 at Arkansas State Tomlinson Stadium–Kell Field • Jonesboro, AR L 3-5 Holt (2-2) Moffat (3-2) Stone (4) 307 16-19 7-5 Apr. 20 at No. 5 TCU L 1-9 Savage (1-0) Bost (0-1) None 2,145 16-20 Apr. 21 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 8-1 Winquest (1-4) Hazelwood (2-2) None 314 17-20 Apr. 23 W 8-1 Tavera (1-4) Dion (4-4) King (1) 412 18-20 Apr. 24 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA W 6-5 Wong (2-1) Brady (1-1) Austin (1) 377 19-20 Apr. 25 at McNeese State Joe Miller Ballpark • Lake Charles, LA L 3-5 Ellison (3-2) Moffat (3-3) Foster (2) 439 19-21 Apr. 27 No. 5 TCU Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3-8 Savage (2-0) Winquest (1-5) None 314 19-22
May (6–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SBC record May 1 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 1-0 King (3-0) Evans (1-2) None 314 20-22 8-5 May 2 Little Rock Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 5-4 Wong (3-1) Barkley (5-3) King (2) 314 21-22 9-5 May 2 Little Rock Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 3-0 Moffat (4-3) DeCooman (0-3) Austin (2) 314 22-22 10-5 May 4 vs. Globe Life Field • Arlington, TX L 4-8 Menefee (3-2) Brooks (0-1) Jozwiak (7) 22-23 May 7 W 6-1 Tavera (2-4) Barnes (2-5) None 549 23-23 11-5 May 8 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 1-5 Barlow (6-4) Bullard (6-3) Orton (5) 23-24 11-6 May 9 at Louisiana–Monroe Warhawk Field • Monroe, LA L 8-10 Goleman (2-1) Moffat (4-4) Orton (6) 580 23-25 11-7 May 14 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 3-4 (15 inns) Marshall (1-0) Brooks (0-2) Dixon (1) 314 23-26 11-8 May 15 Louisiana Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX W 6-2 Bullard (7-3) Cooke (6-3) King (3) 314 24-26 12-8 May 15 Louisiana Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX L 4-7 Marshall (2-0) Austin (1-2) Talley (7) 314 24-27 12-9 May 18 Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, TX Game cancelled May 20 W 5-3 Norris (4-3) Thompson (6-1) King (4) 457 25-27 13-9 May 21 at Georgia Southern J. I. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 2-3 Jackson (4-6) Bullard (7-4) Jones (16) 487 25-28 13-10 May 22 at Georgia Southern J. Il. Clements Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 3-6 Davis (1-1) Moffat (4-5) Jones (17) 529 25-29 13-11
Post-season (2–1)
(2–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 27 vs. (5W) Arkansas State (2W) W 8-3 Tavera (3-4) Hudson (5-3) None 26-29 1-0 May 28 (2W) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL W 11-5 Seals (4-0) Gainous (9-5) None 27-29 2-0 May 29 vs. (1E) South Alabama (2W) Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium • Montgomery, AL L 4-5 Samaniego (2-2) Wong (3-2) Dalton (4) 27-30 2-1

Schedule Source:^[4] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Postseason

Conference accolades

• Player of the Year: Mason McWhorter – GASO
• Pitcher of the Year: Hayden Arnold – LR
• Freshman of the Year: Garrett Gainous – TROY
• Newcomer of the Year: Drake Osborn – LA
• Coach of the Year: Mark Calvi – USA

All Conference First Team

• Connor Cooke (LA)
• Hayden Arnold (LR)
• Carlos Tavera (UTA)
• Nick Jones (GASO)
• Drake Osborn (LA)
• Robbie Young (APP)
• Luke Drumheller (APP)
• Drew Frederic (TROY)
• Ben Klutts (ARST)
• Mason McWhorter (GASO)
• Logan Cerny (TROY)
• Ethan Wilson (USA)
• Cameron Jones (GSU)
• Ben Fitzgerald (LA)

All Conference Second Team

• JoJo Booker (USA)
• Tyler Tuthill (APP)
• Jeremy Lee (USA)
• Aaron Barkley (LR)
• BT Riopelle (CCU)
• Dylan Paul (UTA)
• Travis Washburn (ULM)
• Eric Brown (CCU)
• Grant Schulz (ULM)
• Tyler Duncan (ARST)
• Parker Chavers (CCU)
• Josh Smith (GSU)
• Andrew Miller (UTA)
• Noah Ledford (GASO)

References:^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thomas Announces Recruiting Class . University of Texas Arlington Athletics . 1 March 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Conference . Sun Belt . Sun Belt Conference Announces 2021 Baseball Preseason Honors . sunbeltsports.org . 17 February 2021 . en.
3. Web site: 2021 Baseball Roster . University of Texas Arlington Athletics . 1 March 2021 . en.
4. Web site: Thomas Announces 2021 Baseball Schedule . University of Texas Arlington Athletics . 1 March 2021 . en.
5. Web site: Sun Belt Announces 2021 Baseball All-Conference Teams & Postseason Awards . sunbeltsports.org . 5 January 2022 . en.