2013 BYU Cougars baseball team


The 2013 BYU Cougars baseball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Littlewood was in his 1st season as head coach of the Cougars. BYU's baseball team came off a 2012 season in which they were 22–27. The Cougars played their home games at Larry H. Miller Field, part of the Miller Park Baseball/ Softball Complex. Picked to finish sixth in the WCC, BYU stunned most people and finished in a 3-way tie for second place. The Cougars won the #3 seed in the WCC Tournament where they knocked out #1-seed Gonzaga. BYU lost twice to eventual tournament champion San Diego to finish the season 32–21.

2013 Roster

Schedule

TV & Radio Information

All conference games, most home games, and select road games were broadcast on KOVO with Brent Norton calling the games for his 24th consecutive season. A rotating selection of analysts was used. Jeff Bills acted as analyst for games in California, Nevada, & Utah while Gary Pullins called the games in Oregon & Washington. Pullins was used as the sole analyst for the WCC Tournament. Many of these broadcasts were also broadcast on BYU Radio.
BYUtv broadcast 9 home games. BYUtv used a broadcast team of Robbie Bullough as play-by-play man on weekday games, Dave McCann as play-by-play man on Saturday's, and Gary Sheide as the analyst. The WCC Tournament games were broadcast on with a team of Andy Masur, Keith Ramsey, and .

Post-season awards

4 BYU Cougars- Jaycob Brugman, Jacob Hanneman, Adam Law, and Brock Whitney were selected to the 2013 All-Conference Baseball Team.
4 members of the 2013 BYU Cougars baseball team, and 1 incoming Junior College Player, were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft. NCAA Rules allow players drafted to return as long as they don't sign a contract with the team that has drafted them. Should they do so, they will be eligible to be drafted again next season as rights last only for 1 year for members who don't sign a contract with the team who drafts them. All the drafted Cougar players would sign the contracts and go professional instead of returning.
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownNotes
Jacob Hannemann24OF195Alpine, UtahSelected 3rd Round, 75th pick, by the Chicago Cubs
Adam Law72B/SS193Provo, UtahSelected 12th Round, 364th pick, by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Jaycob Brugman4OF195Phoenix, ArizonaSelected 17th Round, 521st pick, by the Oakland Athletics
Adam Miller22RHP190Yucaipa, CaliforniaSelected 20th round, 600th pick, by the Arizona Diamondbacks
JC Snyder28RHP/3B170Salem, UtahJC Transfer who spent Freshman and Sophomore years at SLCC, Selected 36th Round, 1,077th pick, by the Seattle Mariners