The 2024 Texas Longhorns baseball team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Longhorns played their home games at UFCU Disch–Falk Field as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach David Pierce, in his 8th season at Texas. The team closed out the Longhorns' run in the Big 12 entirely, being the last to represent the school before UT–Austin transfers to the Southeastern Conference on July 1, 2024 with the start of the new academic year.
Previous season
Texas finished the 2023 season with a 42-22 record, 15-9 in Big 12 play. The Longhorns 15-9 conference record earned them a big-12 co-conference championship. Texas made it all the way to the super regional before being beat out to finish the 2023 season.
Personnel
Roster
2024 Texas Longhorns roster Pitchers
11 – Tanner Witt – Junior(6'6, 230) 17 – Easton Tumis – Freshman(6'4, 155) 24 – Chase Lummus – Junior(6'1, 205) 28 – Ace Whitehead – Junior(5'10, 195) 32 – Charlie Hurley – Senior(6'8, 225) 34 – Will Mercer – Senior(6'1, 210) 36 – David Shaw – Junior(6'7, 200) 38 – Max Grubbs – Sophomore(6'1, 200) 41 – Cody Howard – Sophomore(6'1, 200) 45 – Heston Tole – Senior(6’6, 230) 46 – Cole Selvig – Freshman(6'0, 205) 47 – George Zaharias – Freshman(6'3, 220) 48 – Hudson Hamilton – Freshman(6'1, 210) 49 – Oliver Santos – Freshman(6'4, 205) 53 – Luke Harrison – Sophomore(6'2, 205) 54 – Brandon Bertsch – Freshman(6'0, 170) 56 – Gage Boehm – Freshman(6'5, 255) 57 – Lebarron Johnson Jr. – Junior(6'4, 210) 88 – Andre Duplantier II – Junior(6'2, 215) 99 – Grant Fontenot – Sophomore(6'3, 225) Catchers 6 – Rylan Galvan – Sophomore(6'0, 205) 10 – Kimble Schuessler – Junior(6'2, 210) 37 – Nik Sanders – Freshman(6'2, 215) 42 – Oliver Service – Freshman(6'0, 195)
Infielders 0 – Jayden Duplantier – Sophomore(6’1, 190) 1 – Jalin Flores – Sophomore(6’2, 210) 9 – Jared Thomas – Sophomore (6’2, 190) 14 – Cade O’Hara – Sophomore(5'11, 180) 19 – Sam Ardoin – Freshman(6'1, 170) 27 – Jack O’Dowd – Senior(6'2, 210) 30 – Dee Kennedy – Freshman(5'11, 185) 31 – Casey Borba – Freshman(6'1, 210) Outfielders 4 – Porter Brown – Senior(5'11, 205) 8 – Will Gasparino – Freshman(6'6, 210) 9 – Jared Thomas – Sophomore (6’2, 190) 28 – Ace Whitehead – Junior(5'10, 195) 40 – Blake Peterson – Freshman(6'1, 210) 42 – Oliver Service – Freshman(6'0, 195) 43 – Tommy Farmer – Freshman(6'3, 190) 44 – Max Belyeu – Sophomore (6’2, 210) 51 Seth Werchan – Senior(6'3, 205) 55 – Casey Cummings – Junior(6'0, 190)
Utility Players 15 – Peyton Powell – Senior(6'1, 190) 29 – Cam Constantine – Junior(6'0, 210)
Legend (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Roster notes
Starters LineupPos. No.Player. Year C 10 Kimble Schuessler Junior 1B 9 Jared Thomas Sophomore 2B 27 Jack O'Dowd Senior 3B 15 Peyton Powell Senior SS 1 Jalin Flores Sophomore LF 4 Porter Brown Senior CF 8 Will Gasparino Freshman RF 44 Max Belyeu Sophomore DH 6 Rylan Galvan Sophomore
Weekend pitching rotation Day No.Player. Year Friday 57 Lebarron Johnson Jr. Junior Saturday 41 Cody Howard Sophomore Sunday 32 Charlie Hurley Senior
Coaches 2024 Texas Longhorns coaching staff David Pierce – Head coach – 8th year Steve Rodriguez – Assistant coach (hitting) – 2nd year Philip Miller – Assistant coach – 8th year Caleb Longley – Assistant coach – 3rd year
Support staff 2024 Texas Longhorns support staff Chris Gordon – Coordinator of hitting and pitching development – 2nd year Carli Todd – Director of operations – 9th year Troy Tulowitzki – Director of player development – 1st year Matt Couch – Assistant head coach for athletic performance – 5th year Tom Mendez – Assistant athletic trainer – 5th year
Offseason
Departures
All offseason departuresName Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Eric Kennedy 30 OF 6’0” 205 lbs Redshirt Senior Tampa, FL Graduated Preston Hoffart 40 C 5'11” 195 lbs Redshirt Junior Magnolia, TX Graduated Sam Walbridge 47 P 6'5” 210 lbs Redshirt Junior San Antonio, TX Graduated Tanner Carlson 5 IF 6’1” 195 lbs Senior Elk Grove, CA Graduated Grant Fahrlander 50 C 5'11” 215 lbs Freshman Austin, TX Departed Team Dylan Campbell 8 OF 5'11” 205 lbs Junior Houston, TX MLB Draft Garret Guillemette 35 C 6'1” 215 lbs Junior Yorba Linda, CA MLB Draft Lucas Gordon 13 P 6'1” 193 lbs Junior Los Angeles, CA MLB Draft Travis Sthele 39 P 6'0” 215 lbs Redshirt Sophomore San Antonio, TX MLB Draft Zane Morehouse 37 P 6'4” 200 lbs Redshirt Junior Dawson, TX MLB Draft
Outgoing transfers Outgoing transfersName No.Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year New school Source Cameron O'Banan 48 P 6’2” 185 lbs Dripping Springs, TX Redshirt Freshman Texas State Chris Stuart 42 P 6’0” 230 lbs Amsterdam Junior Houston DJ Burke 31 P 6’2” 225 lbs San Antonio, TX Junior Texas State Kobe Minchey 34 P 6’2” 220 lbs Jarrell, TX Freshman Dallas Baptist Mitchell Daly 19 IF 6’1” 193 lbs Madison, AL Junior Kentucky Pierce George 58 P 6'6” 240 lbs Austin, TX Freshman Alabama
2023 MLB draft
4th 35th 136th Dylan Campbell OF Los Angeles Dodgers - 6th 15th 179th Lucas Gordon P Chicago White Sox - 12th 1st 345th Travis Sthele P Washington Nationals - 14th 24th 428th Zane Morehouse P Cleveland Guardians - 15th 30th 464th Garret Guillemette C Houston Astros -
Undrafted free agents Eric Kennedy OF Kansas City Royals
Coaching staff departures Woody WilliamsAssistant CoachN/AN/A Coaching Staff Notes
Acquisitions
Incoming transfers Incoming transfersName B/TPos. Height Weight Hometown Year Previous school Source Casey Cummings R/R OF 6'0” 185 Danville, CA Junior Chabot College Gage Boehm R/R P 6'5” 244 Taylor, TX Redshirt Sophomore Blinn College Grant Fontenot R/R P 6'3” 210 Lafayette, LA Redshirt Sophomore LSU Oliver Santos L/L P 6'4” 210 Newport Coast, CA Redshirt Freshman Duke Seth Werchan L/L OF 6'3” 210 Austin, TX Redshirt Senior Penn Will Mercer L/L P 6'1” 210 Houston, TX Redshirt Senior Notre Dame Will Rigney R/R P 6'1” 210 Woodway, TX Redshirt Junior Baylor
Incoming recruits 2023 Texas recruitsName B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown High school Source Blake Peterson R/R OF 6’1” 180 lbs Austin, TX Westlake Casey Borba R/R IF 6’1” 205 lbs Santa Ana, CA Orange Lutheran Cole Selvig L/R P 6’0” 192 lbs Altoona, WI Regis Dondreone Kennedy R/R SS 5'11” 190 lbs Fort Worth, TX Prestonwood Christian Academy George Zaharias R/R P 6'3” 190 lbs Menlo Park, CA Menlo-Atherton Ean Czech R/R IF 6'4” 210 lbs Downers Grove, IL Downers Grove North Easton Tumis R/R P 6'4” 165 lbs Friendswood, TX Friendswood Hayden Morris R/R P 6’8” 255 lbs Conroe, TX Oak Ridge Hudson Hamilton R/R P 6’1” 200 lbs Spring, TX Grand Oaks Lane Allen R/R IF 6’3” 200 lbs Corinth, TX John H. Guyer MJ Sweeney L/R IF 6'8” 245 lbs Rancho Santa Fe, CA St. Augustine Matt Zatopek R/R P 6'3” 195 lbs Cypress, TX Houston Christian Nikolas Sanders R/R C 6'2” 198 lbs Waco, TX La Vega Oliver Service R/R C 6'0” 188 lbs Detroit, MI University Liggett Samuel Ardoin R/R SS 6'1” 165 lbs Lake Charles, LA Sam Houston Tommy Farmer R/R OF 6'3” 188 lbs Santa Monica, CA Oaks Christian Will Gasparino R/R OF 6’6” 215 lbs Los Angeles, CA Harvard-Westlake
Preseason
Big 12 media poll
Big 12 media poll 1 TCU 143 (11) 2 Texas 131 (2) 3 Oklahoma State 119 4 Texas Tech 107 5 Kansas State 98 T-6 Oklahoma 85 T-6 West Virginia 85 8 Kansas 67 9 Houston 56 10 UCF 45 11 Baylor 36 T-12 BYU 21 T-12 Cincinnati 21 Source:
Preseason Big 12 awards and honors Preseason All-Big 12 Team Player No. Position Class Porter Brown 4 OF Senior Lebarron Johnson Jr. 57 P Redshirt Junior
Schedule and results {| class="toccolours" width=100% style="margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |-style="" ! colspan=2|2024 Texas Longhorns baseball game log (36–24) |- ! colspan=2 | Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Texas team member |-style="" ! colspan=2 |Regular season (35–20) |- valign="top" | February (7–1) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Box Score Recap February 16 7:00 pm LHN No. 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W7–3 Grubbs(1–0) Schrier(0–1) - 7,935 1–0 - Box Score Recap February 17 2:30 pm LHN San Diego No. 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L5–6(11) Smith(1–0) Selvig(0–1) Mauterer(1) 7,230 1–1 - Box Score Recap February 18 1:00 pm LHN San Diego No. 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W9–4 Howard(1–0) Gonzalez(0–1) - 7,637 2–1 - Box Score Recap February 20 6:30 pm LHN Houston Christian No. 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W20–3 Tumis(1–0) Dagley(0–1) - 6,863 3–1 - Box Score Recap February 23 6:30 pm LHN No. 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W2–0 Johnson Jr.(1–0) Wright(1–1) Boehm(1) 7,845 4–1 - Box Score Recap February 24 1:30 pm LHN Cal Poly No. 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W6–0 Hurley(1–0) Brooks(0–2) - 8,033 5–1 - Box Score Recap February 25 1:00 pm LHN Cal Poly No. 16 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W7–0 Howard(2–0) Baum(0–2) - 7,692 6–1 - Box Score Recap February 27 6:30 pm LHN No. 15 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W15–4 Harrison(1–0) Batuyios(0–1) - 6,961 7–1 - Box Score Recap March (10–10) Date Time (CT) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big 12 Record Box Score Recap March 1 7:00 pm Astros.com vs. No. 3 LSU No. 15 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L3–6 Holman(3–0) (1–1) - 24,927 7–2 - Box Score Recap March 2 3:00 pm Astros.com vs. No. 15 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L10–11 Tippie(1–0) Shaw(0–1) - 21,726 7–3 - Box Score Recap March 3 11:00 am Astros.com vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt No. 15 Minute Maid Park • Houston, TX L11–14 Hawks(1–0) Fontenot(0–1) Ginther(2) 14,726 7–4 - Box Score Recap March 5 6:30 pm LHN No. 7 Texas A&MLone Star Showdown No. 24 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L2–9 Aschenbeck(1–0) Witt(0–1) - 8,060 7–5 - Box Score Recap March 8 6:30 pm ESPN+ at No. 17 Texas Tech* No. 24 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W22–8 Whitehead(1–0) Robinson(2–2) - 4,432 8–5 1–0 Box Score Recap March 9 2:00 pm ESPN+ at No. 17 Texas Tech* No. 24 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX L2–7 Heuer(2–0) Howard(2–1) - 4,432 8–6 1–1 Box Score Recap March 10 2:00 pm ESPN+ at No. 17 Texas Tech* No. 24 Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park • Lubbock, TX W9–7 Tumis(2–0) Parish(1–1) Boehm(2) 4,432 9–6 2–1 Box Score Recap March 12 6:30 pm LHN Incarnate Word No. 23 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W7–1 Fontenot(1–1) Dalton(2–1) - 7,211 10–6 2–1 Box Score Recap March 15 6:00 pm LHN No.23 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L3–9 Cunningham(1–2) Boehm(0–1) - 7,767 10–7 2–1 Box Score Recap March 16 2:30 pm LHN Washington No. 23 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L3–5 Kirchoff(1–0) Howard(2–2) Boyle(1) 7,646 10–8 2–1 Box Score Recap March 17 1:00 pm LHN Washington No. 23 UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W4–3(8) Grubbs(2–0) Dessart(1–1) (1) 7,312 11–8 2–1 Box Score Recap March 19 6:30 pm LHN UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W Boehm(1–1) Hentges(0–1) - 7,125 12–8 2–1 Box Score Recap March 20 4:00 pm LHN Air Force UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W12–3 Hurley(2–0) Bello(0–1) - 6,898 13–8 2–1 Box Score Recap March 22 6:30 pm LHN * UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L3–4(11) Calder(1–1) Boehm(1–2) - 7,290 13–9 2–2 Box Score Recap March 23 2:30 pm LHN Baylor* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W10–2 Whitehead(2–0) McKinney(1–3) - 7,469 14–9 3–2 Box Score Recap March 24 1:00 pm LHN Baylor* UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX W Grubbs(3–0) Green(1–2) - 7,836 15–9 4–2 Box Score Recap March 26 6:30 pm LHN Texas A&M–Corpus Christi UFCU Disch–Falk Field • Austin, TX L1–4