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2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball team

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Division
  
Atlantic Division

2015 record
  
44–21 (17–13 ACC)

Coaches
  
No. 13


Conference
  
Atlantic Coast Conference

Head coach
  
Mike Martin (36th year)

Assistant coach
  
Mike Martin, Jr. (18th year)

The 2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represented Florida State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Mike Martin, in his 36th season at Florida State. It was the Seminoles' 24th season as a member of the ACC and its 10th in the ACC's Atlantic Division.

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Despite having a young team, Florida State won the ACC title and reached forty wins for the thirty-eighth straight year. The Seminoles were selected to host a regional in the NCAA Tournament, marking their fifty-third tournament appearance and hosting for the thirty-second time, advancing to the super regionals for the fourteenth time.

Previous season

In 2014, the Seminoles finished the season as Atlantic division champions with a record of 43–17, 21–9 in conference play. They qualified for the ACC Tournament and were eliminated in pool play. The Seminoles qualified for the NCAA Tournament as the #5 overall national seed. They were hosts of the Tallahassee regional, which also contained Georgia Southern, Alabama, and Kennesaw State. Florida State was upset by both Georgia Southern and Alabama and was eliminated after just two games.

Preseason

In the ACC Media Poll, Florida State was picked by the coaches to finish second in the conference and first in the Atlantic Division.

Schedule

Florida State was selected to be a regional host in the NCAA tournament as the thirteenth overall seed.

Rankings from Collegiate Baseball; parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.

Rankings

^ 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.

Awards

D.J. Stewart
  • Louisville Slugger Pre-season First Team All-American
  • Perfect Game USA Pre-season First Team All-American
  • Baseball America Pre-season First Team All-American
  • D1Baseball.com Pre-season First Team All-American
  • NCBWA Pre-season First Team All-American
  • Golden Spikes Semifinalist
  • Watchlists

  • Golden Spikes Award
  • NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award
  • Honors

  • ACC Player of the Week
  • D.J. Stewart
  • Chris Marconcini
  • ACC Pitcher of the Week
  • Billy Strode
  • Boomer Biegalski
  • NCBWA Hitter of the Week
  • D.J. Stewart
  • National Player of the Week (Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball)
  • D.J. Stewart
  • Chris Marconcini
  • Boomer Biegalski
  • All-ACC

    Four players were named All-ACC selections.

  • First Team
  • D.J. Stewart
  • Second Team
  • Billy Strode
  • Third Team
  • Quincy Nieporte
  • Freshman Team
  • Dylan Busby
  • Ben Duluzio, Chris Marconcini and Boomer Biegalski were named to the All-Tournament team, with Boomer Biegalski being named tournament MVP.

    All-Americans

  • Dylan Busby
  • D.J. Stewart
  • Billy Strode
  • MLB Draft

    Seven players were selected in the 2015 MLB Draft:

    References

    2015 Florida State Seminoles baseball team Wikipedia