2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
ACC Atlantic Division champions ACC regular season champions Winston-Salem Regional champions Winston-Salem Super Regional champions
College World Series, 2–2
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
CB	No. 3
Record	54–12 (22–7 ACC)
Head coach	Tom Walter (14th season)
Home stadium	David F. Couch Ballpark

2023 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Wake Forest ^x‍‍‍^y	22	–	7		.759			54	–	12		.818
No. 18 Clemson ‍‍‡‍^y	20	–	10		.667			44	–	19		.698
Boston College ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			37	–	20		.649
Norte Dame  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	24		.556
NC State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	16		.448			36	–	21		.632
Louisville  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			31	–	24		.564
Florida State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	31		.426
Coastal
No. 6 Virginia ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			50	–	13		.794
No. 20 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			42	–	21		.667
No. 15 Duke ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13		.552			39	–	23		.629
North Carolina ‍‍‍^y	14	–	14		.500			36	–	24		.600
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	17		.414			30	–	23		.566
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			30	–	27		.526
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	10	–	18		.357			24	–	31		.436
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2023[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team represented the Wake Forest University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demon Deacons played their home games at David F. Couch Ballpark as a members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Tom Walter, in his 13th season at Wake.

Previous season

Main article: 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

The 2022 team finished the season with a 41–19–1 record and a 15–14–1 record in ACC play. They went 1–1 in the ACC tournament and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, their first since 2017. The Demon Deacons were seeded second in the College Park Regional, where they went 1–2, beating LIU, but losing to Maryland and UConn.

Personnel

2023 Wake Forest Demon Deacons roster[2]
	Pitchers 2 – William Ray – Sophomore 4 – Rhett Lowder – Junior 10 – Ben Shenosky – Freshman 11 – Chase Walter – Graduate 13 – Carson Cotugno – Sophomore 14 – Camden Minacci – Junior 15 – Hudson Lee – Freshman 17 – Zach Johnston – Freshman 19 – Crawford Wade – Junior 20 – Derek Crum – Junior 22 – Teddy McGraw – Junior 23 – Josh Hartle – Sophomore 26 – Seth Keener – Junior 28 – Cole Roland – Graduate 30 – Michael Massey - Sophomore 35 – Will Andrews – Sophomore 36 – Evan Maloney – Freshman 40 – Reed Mascolo – Junior 42 – Joe Ariola – Freshman 51 – Sean Sullivan – Sophomore		Catchers 16 – Gio Cueto – Sophomore 27 – Bennett Lee – Junior 33 – Chris Katz – Sophomore Infielders 3 – Danny Corona – Sophomore 5 – Pierce Bennett – Junior 6 – Justin Johnson – Junior 7 – Marek Houston – Freshman 9 – Andrew Noland – Freshman 21 – Jack Winnay – Freshman 25 – Brock Wilken – Junior 28 – James Broderick – Freshman 29 – Kyle Joye – Graduate 31 – Parker Pilat – Sophomore 41 – Jake Reinisch – Freshman		Outfielders 0 – Lucas Costello – Junior 1 – Jackson Kraemer – Freshman 8 – Nick Kurtz – Sophomore 12 – Adam Cecere – Junior 24 – Tommy Hawke – Sophomore 31 – Jake Reinisch – Junior

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Wake Forest	Alma Mater
Tom Walter	Head Coach	14	Georgetown University (1991)
Bill Cilento	Associate Head Coach	14	Siena College (2003)
Corey Muscara	Assistant Coach	2	Franklin Pierce University (2009)

Rankings

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'[3]	10	10*	3 (2)	4 (3)	5	2 (1)	2 (2)	2 (1)	2 (1)	2 (2)	2 (1)	2 (3)	1 (27)	1 (30)	1 (29)	1 (31)	1 (31)*	1 (31)*	3
Baseball America[4]	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1*	1*	3
Collegiate Baseball^[5]	10	6	2	2	5	6	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
NCBWA†[6]	8	6	3	2	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1*	3
D1Baseball[7]	6	6	5	5 (2)	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1*	1*	3

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
2. "2021 Baseball Roster". Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
3. "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
4. "College Top 25". Baseball America. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
5. "2022 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
6. "NCBWA Top 30 Polls". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
7. "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved January 14, 2022.