2000 LSU Tigers baseball team

2000 LSU Tigers baseball
College World Series champions SEC tournament Champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	52-17 (19–2 SEC)
Head coach	Skip Bertman (17th year)
Assistant coaches	Dane Canevari (10th year) Turtle Thomas (1st year)
Home stadium	Alex Box Stadium
Seasons ← 1999 2001 →

2000 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Eastern
No. 9 South Carolina ^x‍†‍‍^y	25	–	5	.833	53	–	8	.869
No. 17 Florida ‍‍‍^y	18	–	11	.621	44	–	23	.657
Georgia ‍‍‍	14	–	15	.483	32	–	26	.552
Kentucky ‍‍‍	12	–	16	.429	38	–	20	.655
Tennessee ‍‍‍	10	–	18	.357	40	–	23	.635
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍	5	–	24	.172	21	–	33	.389
Western
No. 1 LSU ^x‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	10	.655	52	–	17	.754
No. 15 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	17	–	10	.630	39	–	17	.696
No. 25 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	41	–	20	.672
No. 27 Alabama ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	.533	41	–	24	.631
Ole Miss ‍‍‍	12	–	17	.414	30	–	25	.545
Arkansas ‍‍‍	8	–	20	.286	24	–	30	.444

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2000^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2000 LSU Tigers baseball team represented Louisiana State University in the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tigers played their home games at Alex Box Stadium. The team was coached by Skip Bertman in his 17th season at LSU.

The Tigers won the College World Series, defeating the Stanford Cardinal in the championship game for Bertman's fifth and final national championship at LSU.

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Roster

2000 LSU Tigers roster

Pitchers

10 Chucky Son - Sophomore
14 Tim Nugent - Junior
18 David Miller - Junior
21 Brian Tallet - Junior
23 Chad Vaught - Freshman
25 Jeremy Loftice - Senior
27 Trey Hodges - Senior
27 Ben Saxon - Senior
30 Brad David - Freshman
32 Sam Taulli - Freshman
34 Bo Pettit - Freshman
35 Hunter Gomez - Senior
37 Ryan Richard - Freshman
38 Heath McMurray - Junior
40 Jason Scobie - Junior
42 Shane Youman - Sophomore
43 Billy Brian - Sophomore
44 Weylin Guidry - Sophomore
48 Jeremy Alford - Freshman
50 David Shank - Junior

Infielders

1 Ryan Theriot - Sophomore
4 Blair Barbier - Senior
6 Victor Brumfield - Sophomore
8 Johnnie Thibodeaux - Junior
9 Mike Daly - Junior
13 Ray Wright - Junior
16 Jeff Lipari - Junior
25 Brad Hawpe - Junior
29 Mike Fontenot - Freshman
31 Wally Pontiff - Freshman
46 Thomas Evans - Freshman

Catchers

22 Brad Cresse - Senior
39 Ryan Jorgensen - Junior
41 Nathan Meiners - Freshman
47 Jamin Garidel - Junior

Outfielders

2 Antoine Simon - Senior
3 Jeremy Witten - Senior
7 Tommy Morel - Sophomore
12 Billy McBride - Freshman
20 David Raymer - Junior
24 Cedrick Harris - Junior
33 Christian Bourgeois - Junior

Coaches

15 Skip Bertman – 17th season
11 Dane Canevari – 10th season
17 Turtle Thomas – 1st season

Schedule and results

2000 LSU Tigers baseball game log (52–17)

Regular season (39–17)

February (7–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
February 12	Virginia	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–0	Tallet (1–0)			1–0	–
February 12	Virginia	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–2	Pettit (1–0)			2–0	–
February 13	Virginia	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–4	Brian (1–0)			3–0	–
February 15	SE Louisiana	No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	W 11–0	Gomez (1–0)			4–0	–
February 18	No. 19 Arizona State	No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–4	Tallet (2–0)			5–0	–
February 19	No. 19 Arizona State	No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	W 6–5	Saxon (1–0)			6–0	–
February 20	No. 19 Arizona State	No. 5	Alex Box Stadium	L 2–6		Brian (1–1)		6–1	–
February 22	McNeese State	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 8–9		Guidry (0–1)		6–2	–
February 25	No. 10 Houston	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 2–10		Tallet (2–1)		6–3	–
February 26	No. 10 Houston	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 7–11		Guidry (0–2)		6–4	–
February 27	No. 10 Houston	No. 3	Alex Box Stadium	L 2–10		Brian (1–2)		6–5	–
February 29	Nicholls State	No. 15	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–2	Hodges (1–0)			7–5	–

March (13–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
March 1	Tulane	No. 15	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–5	Tallet (3–1)			8–5	–
March 3	at Central Florida	No. 15	Tinker Field	L 13–14		Pettit (1–1)		8–6	–
March 4	at Central Florida	No. 15	Tinker Field	W 11–4	Hodges (2–0)			9–6	–
March 5	at Central Florida	No. 15	Tinker Field	W 4–1	Tallet (4–1)			10–6	–
March 7	Southern	No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	W 7–3	Brian (2–2)			11–6	–
March 10	Georgia	No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	L 3–7		Tallet (4–2)		11–7	0–1
March 11	Georgia	No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	L 8–10		McMurray (0–1)		11–8	0–2
March 12	Georgia	No. 16	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–3	Saxon (2–0)			12–8	1–2
March 14	at SE Louisiana	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 11–4	Gomez (2–0)			13–8	–
March 17	at Vanderbilt	No. 23	McGugin Field	W 6–0	Tallet (5–2)			14–8	2–2
March 18	at Vanderbilt	No. 23	McGugin Field	W 17–4	Gomez (3–0)			15–8	3–2
March 22	New Orleans	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 17–2	Pettit (2–1)			16–8	–
March 24	No. 2 South Carolina	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–6	Saxon (3–0)			17–8	4–2
March 25	No. 2 South Carolina	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	W 7–6	Youman (1–0)			18–8	5–2
March 26	No. 2 South Carolina	No. 23	Alex Box Stadium	L 7–9		Pettit (2–2)		18–9	5–3
March 28	at Centenary	No. 17	Sheehee Stadium	W 6–3	Brian (3–2)			19–9	–
March 31	at No. 7 Auburn	No. 17	Plainsman Park	W 18–11	Gomez (4–0)			20–9	6–3

April (15–5)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
April 1	at No. 7 Auburn	No. 17	Plainsman Park	L 1–7		Hodges (2–1)		20–10	6–4
April 2	at No. 7 Auburn	No. 17	Plainsman Park	W 12–10	McMurray (1–1)			21–10	7–4
April 4	at New Orleans	No. 12	Maestri Field	W 10–2	Tallet (6–2)			22–10	–
April 5	Southern	No. 12	Alex Box Field	W 10–5	Brian (4–2)			23–10	–
April 7	Arkansas	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–3	Gomez (5–0)			24–10	8–4
April 8	Arkansas	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–3	Tallet (7–2)			25–10	9–4
April 9	Arkansas	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 17–11	Scobie (1–0)			26–10	10–4
April 11	No. 9 Louisiana–Lafayette	No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–2	Pettit (3–2)			27–10	–
April 15	at No. 29 Florida	No. 7	McKethan Stadium	W 10–4	Gomez (6–0)			28–10	11–4
April 15	at No. 29 Florida	No. 7	McKethan Stadium	W 9–6	Tallet (8–2)			29–10	12–4
April 16	at No. 29 Florida	No. 7	McKethan Stadium	L 5–7		Hodges (2–2)		29–11	12–5
April 18	Louisiana–Monroe	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 12–5	Saxon (4–0)			30–11	–
April 19	at No. 29 Tulane	No. 8	Turchin Stadium	W 21–6	Hodges (3–2)			31–11	–
April 21	No. 15 Mississippi State	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	L 13–15		Pettit (3–3)		31–12	12–6
April 22	No. 15 Mississippi State	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	W 18–15	Tallet (9–2)			32–12	13–6
April 23	No. 15 Mississippi State	No. 8	Alex Box Stadium	L 3–10		Scobie (1–1)		32–13	13–7
April 25	Northwestern State	No. 9	Alex Box Stadium	W 13–0	McMurray (2–1)			33–13	–
April 28	at Mississippi	No. 9	Swayze Field	W 12–6	Gomez (7–0)			34–13	14–7
April 29	at Mississippi	No. 9	Swayze Field	L 4–6		Tallet (9–3)		34–14	14–8
April 30	at Mississippi	No. 9	Swayze Field	W 9–2	Pettit (4–3)			35–14	15–8

May (4–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SEC record
May 2	at McNeese State	No. 10	Cowboy Diamond	L 3–4		McMurray (2–2)		35–15	–
May 5	at Kentucky	No. 10	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 9–0	Tallet (10–3)			36–15	16–8
May 6	at Kentucky	No. 10	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 6–4	Pettit (5–3)			37–15	17–8
May 7	at Kentucky	No. 10	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 4–7		Gomez (7–1)		37–16	17–9
May 12	No. 18 Alabama	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 11–4	Tallet (11–3)			38–16	18–9
May 13	No. 18 Alabama	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	W 6–4	Gomez (8–1)			39–16	19–9
May 14	No. 18 Alabama	No. 12	Alex Box Stadium	L 0–14		McMurray (2–3)		39–17	19–10

Postseason (13–0)

SEC Tournament (4–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	SECT record
May 17	vs. (7) Georgia	(2) No. 10	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 11–3	Tallet (12–3)			40–17	1–0
May 18	vs. (6) No. 19 Alabama	(2) No. 10	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 18–12	Brian (5–2)			41–17	2–0
May 20	vs. (6) No. 19 Alabama	(2) No. 10	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 6–5	Youman (2–0)			42–17	3–0
May 21	vs. (4) No. 21 Florida	(2) No. 10	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 9–6	Gomez (9–1)			43–17	4–0

NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Regional (3–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
May 26	vs. (4) Jackson State	(1) No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 19–1	Saxon (5–0)			44–17	1–0
May 27	vs. (3) Louisiana–Monroe	(1) No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 21–0	Tallet (13–3)			45–17	2–0
May 28	vs. (3) Louisiana–Monroe	(1) No. 7	Alex Box Stadium	W 5–3	Youman (3–0)			46–17	3–0

NCAA tournament – Baton Rouge Super Regional (2–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 2	vs. No. 14 UCLA	(2) No. 4	Alex Box Stadium	W 8–2	Tallet (14–3)			47–17	4–0
June 3	vs. No. 14 UCLA	(2) No. 4	Alex Box Stadium	W 14–8	Brian (6–2)			48–17	5–0

College World Series (4–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Overall record	NCAAT record
June 10	vs. No. 6 Texas	(2) No. 2	Rosenblatt Stadium	W 13–5	Tallet (15–3)			49–17	6–0
June 12	vs. No. 5 Southern California	(2) No. 2	Rosenblatt Stadium	W 10–4	Hodges (4–2)			50–17	7–0
June 15	vs. (6) No. 4 Florida State	(2) No. 2	Rosenblatt Stadium	W 6–3	Guidry (1–2)			51–17	8–0
June 17	vs. (8) No. 1 Stanford	(2) No. 2	Rosenblatt Stadium	W 6–5	Hodges (5–2)			52–17	9–0

Schedule Source:^[2]

Awards and honors

Blair Barbier

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team^[4]

Brad Cresse

Johnny Bench Award^[4]
All-America First Team^[4]
All-SEC First Team^[4]

Mike Fontenot

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
Freshman All-America First Team^[4]
SEC Freshman of the Year^[4]
College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Cedrick Harris

SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team^[4]

Brad Hawpe

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
All-America Second Team^[4]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team^[4]

Trey Hodges

College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]

Bo Pettit

Freshman All-America Honorable Mention^[4]

Wally Pontiff

Freshman All-America Honorable Mention^[4]
SEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player^[4]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team^[4]

Brian Tallet

All-America Second Team^[4]
SEC Tournament All-Tournament Team^[4]

Ryan Theriot

College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Tigers in the 2000 MLB draft

The following members of the LSU Tigers baseball program were drafted in the 2000 Major League Baseball draft.^[5]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB team
Brian Tallet	LHP	2nd	55th	Cleveland Indians
Brad Cresse	C	5th	159th	Arizona Diamondbacks
Ryan Jorgensen	C	7th	193rd	Chicago Cubs
Cedrick Harris	OF	10th	309th	Arizona Diamondbacks
Brad Hawpe	1B	11th	317th	Colorado Rockies
Heath McMurray	RHP	12th	351st	Milwaukee Brewers
Trey Hodges	RHP	17th	520th	Atlanta Braves
Billy Brian	RHP	25th	734th	Kansas City Royals

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2000". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
^ "LSU Announces 2022 Baseball Schedule" (Press release). LSU Athletics. September 15, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "College World Series Record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "Individual Honors" (PDF). LSUSports.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2012.

v t e LSU Tigers 2000 College World Series champions
1 Ryan Theriot 21 Brian Tallet 22 Brad Cresse 25 Brad Hawpe 27 Trey Hodges (College World Series MOP) 29 Mike Fontenot 39 Ryan Jorgensen 40 Jason Scobie 42 Shane Youman
Head Coach 15 Skip Bertman
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

v t e LSU Tigers baseball
Venues	State Field (1893–1924) First LSU Diamond (1929–1935) Second LSU Diamond (1936–1937) Alex Box Stadium (1938–2008) Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field (2009–present) Worley Family Batting Cage Pavilion LSU Baseball Training Facility Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
Culture & lore	Championships History Traditions
People	Head coaches College Baseball Hall of Fame inductees All-Americans Player awards Coaches awards
Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in underline; College World Series appearances in italics

NCAA Division I baseball champions

1947: California
1948: USC
1949: Texas
1950: Texas
1951: Oklahoma
1952: Holy Cross
1953: Michigan
1954: Missouri
1955: Wake Forest
1956: Minnesota
1957: California
1958: USC
1959: Oklahoma State
1960: Minnesota
1961: USC
1962: Michigan
1963: USC
1964: Minnesota
1965: Arizona State
1966: Ohio State
1967: Arizona State
1968: USC
1969: Arizona State
1970: USC
1971: USC
1972: USC
1973: USC
1974: USC
1975: Texas
1976: Arizona
1977: Arizona State
1978: USC
1979: Cal State Fullerton
1980: Arizona
1981: Arizona State
1982: Miami
1983: Texas
1984: Cal State Fullerton
1985: Miami
1986: Arizona
1987: Stanford
1988: Stanford
1989: Wichita State
1990: Georgia
1991: LSU
1992: Pepperdine
1993: LSU
1994: Oklahoma
1995: Cal State Fullerton
1996: LSU
1997: LSU
1998: USC
1999: Miami
2000: LSU
2001: Miami
2002: Texas
2003: Rice
2004: Cal State Fullerton
2005: Texas
2006: Oregon State
2007: Oregon State
2008: Fresno State
2009: LSU
2010: South Carolina
2011: South Carolina
2012: Arizona
2013: UCLA
2014: Vanderbilt
2015: Virginia
2016: Coastal Carolina
2017: Florida
2018: Oregon State
2019: Vanderbilt
2020: No tournament
2021: Mississippi State
2022: Ole Miss
2023: LSU

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