Mountaineers in National Polls in Mazey’s Final Season Leading the Program
June 27, 2024 03:00 PM | Baseball
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Randy Mazey's final season coaching the West Virginia University baseball team ended in the national rankings.
The Mountaineers ranked 13th in polls conducted by Baseball America, D1 Baseball, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA); they were 15th in Perfect Game's Top 25 and 17th in the final USA Today Coaches Poll.
It's just the second time during college baseball's modern era with multiple polling outlets that this has happened.
Mazey's Mountaineers in 2019 ended the year ranked 19th in the USA Today and NCBWA polls, 20th in Baseball America, 21st in D1 Baseball and 27th in Collegiate Baseball Magazine's top 30 rankings.
Prior to Mazey, West Virginia concluded its season in the top 20 once under coach Dale Ramsburg in 1982 (16th in Collegiate Baseball) and five times under coach Steve Harrick from 1961-67.
Collegiate Baseball Magazine rated Harrick's Mountaineer teams 24th in 1961, 20th in 1962, 11th in 1963, 15th in 1964 and 20th in 1967 – his final campaign leading the program.
This year, West Virginia advanced to its first-ever Super Regional berth in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where it dropped a pair of close games to North Carolina, which ended its season 48-16, ranked fifth in the country.
Mazey's 12-year tenure at WVU ended with a 372-274 overall record and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2024.
It was the first time West Virginia made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament since 1963-64.
The Mountaineers ranked 13th in polls conducted by Baseball America, D1 Baseball, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA); they were 15th in Perfect Game's Top 25 and 17th in the final USA Today Coaches Poll.
It's just the second time during college baseball's modern era with multiple polling outlets that this has happened.
Mazey's Mountaineers in 2019 ended the year ranked 19th in the USA Today and NCBWA polls, 20th in Baseball America, 21st in D1 Baseball and 27th in Collegiate Baseball Magazine's top 30 rankings.
Prior to Mazey, West Virginia concluded its season in the top 20 once under coach Dale Ramsburg in 1982 (16th in Collegiate Baseball) and five times under coach Steve Harrick from 1961-67.
Collegiate Baseball Magazine rated Harrick's Mountaineer teams 24th in 1961, 20th in 1962, 11th in 1963, 15th in 1964 and 20th in 1967 – his final campaign leading the program.
This year, West Virginia advanced to its first-ever Super Regional berth in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where it dropped a pair of close games to North Carolina, which ended its season 48-16, ranked fifth in the country.
Mazey's 12-year tenure at WVU ended with a 372-274 overall record and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2024.
It was the first time West Virginia made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament since 1963-64.
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