1994 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team

1994 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball
1994 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball
Midwest II Regional Champions
College World Series, Runner-Up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	50–17 (16–8 ACC)
Head coach	Danny Hall (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Rick Hatcher (1st season); Paul Mears (3rd season); Jeff Guy (1st season);
MVP	Nomar Garciaparra (Junior year)
Home stadium	Russ Chandler Stadium
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Clemson ‍†‍‡‍^y	20	–	4	.833	57	–	18	.760
No. 2 Georgia Tech ‍‍‍^y	16	–	8	.667	50	–	17	.746
Duke ‍‍‍	16	–	8	.667	33	–	20	.623
No. 6 Florida State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	9	.609	53	–	22	.707
NC State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11	.542	46	–	18	.719
North Carolina ‍‍‍	10	–	13	.435	34	–	21	.618
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	10	–	14	.417	37	–	20	.649
Maryland ‍‍‍	6	–	18	.250	24	–	30	.444
Virginia ‍‍‍	2	–	22	.083	20	–	34	.370

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1994 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Yellow Jackets played their home games at Russ Chandler Stadium. The team was coached by Danny Hall in his 1st season at Georgia Tech.

The Yellow Jackets lost the College World Series, defeated by the Oklahoma Sooners in the championship game.

Roster

1994 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets roster

Pitchers

Carlos Cason
Geoff Duncan
Al Gogolin
Buck Hall
Brandon Hutchins
Shane McGill
Chris Myers
Brad Rigby
L. J. Yankosky

Infielders

Scott Byers
5 Nomar Garciaparra
Brandon Hensley
Jimy Lincoln
Scott McIntyre
Michael Sorrow

Catchers

Tucker Barr
33 Jason Varitek

Outfielders

Matt Barr
Adam Easterling
Jay Payton
Ryan Ritter
Matt Saier
Michael Smith

Coaches

Danny Hall - 1st Season
Rick Hatcher - 1st Season
Paul Mears - 3rd Season
Jeff Guy - 1st Season

Schedule

1994 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball game log

Regular season

February (6–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	ACC record
February 11	Minnesota	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	3–1	1–0	–
February 12	Minnesota	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	10–5	2–0	–
February 13	Minnesota	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	8–2	3–0	–
February 19	at Georgia Southern	Unknown • Statesboro, GA	6–3	4–0	–
February 20	at Georgia Southern	Unknown • Statesboro, GA	15–2	5–0	–
February 25	vs Oklahoma	Titan Field • Fullerton, CA	6–8	5–1	–
February 26	vs San Diego	Titan Field • Fullerton, CA	5–4	6–1	–
February 27	at Cal State Fullerton	Titan Field • Fullerton, CA	0–2	6–2	–

March (15–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	ACC record
March 5	Rutgers	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	1–2	6–3	–
March 5	Rutgers	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	17–7	7–3	–
March 6	Rutgers	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	13–2	8–3	–
March 8	Appalachian State	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	22–4	9–3	–
March 9	Appalachian State	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	22–4	10–3	–
March 11	Virginia	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	4–1	11–3	1–0
March 12	Virginia	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	6–2	12–3	2–0
March 13	Virginia	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	7–6	13–3	3–0
March 19	Siena	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	26–1	14–3	3–0
March 20	Siena	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	11–1	15–3	3–0
March 22	at Maryland	Shipley Field • College Park, MD	12–4	16–3	4–0
March 23	at Maryland	Shipley Field • College Park, MD	5–6	16–4	4–1
March 24	at Maryland	Shipley Field • College Park, MD	12–4	17–4	5–1
March 25	Ohio	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	6–4	18–4	5–1
March 26	Ohio	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	12–5	19–4	5–1
March 29	Winthrop	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	12–2	20–4	5–1
March 30	Winthrop	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	17–8	21–4	5–1

April (13–6)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	ACC record
April 1	North Carolina	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	7–4	22–4	6–1
April 2	North Carolina	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	7–6	23–4	7–1
April 3	North Carolina	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	8–11	23–5	7–2
April 5	Georgia State	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	4–3	24–5	7–2
April 8	Duke	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	7–5	25–5	8–2
April 9	Duke	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	9–2	26–5	9–2
April 10	Duke	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	17–10	27–5	10–2
April 12	Georgia State	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	28–3	28–5	10–2
April 13	Davidson	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	4–6	28–6	10–2
April 15	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, NC	7–8	28–7	10–3
April 16	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, NC	11–7	29–7	11–3
April 17	at NC State	Doak Field • Raleigh, NC	7–4	30–7	12–3
April 20	at Georgia	Foley Field • Athens, GA	8–0	31–7	12–3
April 22	at Wake Forest	Ernie Shore Field • Winston-Salem, NC	1–2	31–8	12–4
April 23	at Wake Forest	Ernie Shore Field • Winston-Salem, NC	7–5	32–8	13–4
April 24	at Wake Forest	Ernie Shore Field • Winston-Salem, NC	2–14	32–9	13–5
April 26	Georgia	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	13–2	33–9	13–5
April 29	at Florida State	Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	4–6	33–10	13–6
April 30	at Florida State	Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	6–2	34–10	14–6

May (7–3)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	ACC record
May 1	at Florida State	Dick Howser Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	7–5	35–10	15–6
May 4	at Mercer	Claude Smith Field • Macon, GA	5–6	35–11	15–6
May 6	Georgia Southern	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	9–6	36–11	15–6
May 7	Georgia Southern	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	8–6	37–11	15–6
May 8	Georgia Southern	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	15–6	38–11	15–6
May 10	Georgia	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	14–1	39–11	15–6
May 11	at Georgia State	Georgia State Baseball Complex • Decatur, GA	23–9	40–11	15–6
May 13	Clemson	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	8–9	40–12	15–7
May 14	Clemson	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	20–4	41–12	16–7
May 15	Clemson	Russ Chandler Stadium • Atlanta, GA	4–7	41–13	16–8

Postseason

Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament (2–2)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	ACC record
May 18	vs North Carolina	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	7–4	42–13	16–8
May 19	vs Wake Forest	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	6–0	43–13	16–8
May 20	vs Clemson	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	6–9	43–14	16–8
May 21	vs NC State	Greenville Municipal Stadium • Greenville, SC	2–11	43–15	16–8

Midwest II Regional (4–1)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	ACC record
May 27	vs Connecticut	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	7–0	44–15	16–8
May 28	at Wichita State	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	13–1	45–15	16–8
May 29	vs Washington	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	6–2	46–15	16–8
May 30	vs Washington	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	9–12	46–16	16–8
May 30	vs Washington	Eck Stadium • Wichita, KS	18712	47–16	16–8

1994 College World Series (3–1)

Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Overall record	ACC record
June 3	vs Cal State Fullerton	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	2–0	48–16	16–8
June 5	vs Florida State	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	12–4	49–16	16–8
June 8	Cal State Fullerton	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	3–2	50–16	16–8
June 11	vs Oklahoma	Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium • Omaha, NE	5–13	50–17	16–8

Awards and honors

Nomar Garciaparra

First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference^[2]
All-Tournament Team^[3]

Jason Varitek

First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference^[2]
All-Tournament Team^[3]

Brad Rigby

First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference^[2]
All-Tournament Team^[3]

Yellow Jackets in the 1994 MLB Draft

The following members of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball program were drafted in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	MLB Club
1	12	Nomar Garciaparra	SS	Boston Red Sox
1	14	Jason Varitek	C	Seattle Mariners
1	29	Jay Payton	OF	New York Mets
2	36	Brad Rigby	P	Oakland Athletics
13	345	Al Gogolin	P	Oakland Athletics
38	1,065	Buck Hall	P	Texas Rangers

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "2019 Georgia Tech Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Georgia Institute of Technology". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1994". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

[GIT-2] "2019 Georgia Tech Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). www.ramblinwreck.com. Georgia Institute of Technology. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[CWS-3] "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

[4] "MLB Amateur Draft Picks from Georgia Institute of Technology". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved April 8, 2019.

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v t e Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball
Venues	Brisbane Park (1895–1929) Piedmont Park (alternate, 1898, 1904) Ponce de Leon Park (alternate, 1926, 1933–1934) Rose Bowl Field (1930–1985) Russ Chandler Stadium (1986–present)
Rivalries	Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia)
People	Head coaches Players
Seasons	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
College World Series appearances in italics