1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball team

American college baseball season

1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball
National champions
West Coast Conference champions
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record48-11-1 (23-4 WCC)
Head coach
  • Andy Lopez (4th year)
Home stadiumEddy D. Field Stadium
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 West Coast Conference baseball standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Pepperdine  ‍‍‍y 23 4   .852 48 11   .814
San Diego  ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 28 24   .538
Santa Clara  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 23 32   .418
San Francisco  ‍‍‍ 13 16   .448 16 39   .291
Loyola Marymount  ‍‍‍ 10 16   .385 16 36   .308
Saint Mary's  ‍‍‍ 9 18   .333 15 36   .294
† – Conference champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1992[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball team represented Pepperdine University in the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Waves played their home games at Eddy D. Field Stadium. The team was coached by Andy Lopez in his 4th season at Pepperdine.

The Waves won the College World Series, defeating the Cal State Fullerton Titans in the championship game.

Roster

1992 Pepperdine Waves roster
 

Pitchers

 

Infielders

 

Outfielders

  • Matt McElreath
  • Matt Nuez
  • Jorge Paz
  • Chris Sheff

Catchers

  • Kevin Dell'Amico
  • Scott Vollmer
 

Schedule

1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball game log
Regular season
Regular season
Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record WCC record
Westmont Eddy D. Field Stadium 8-5 1–0
Southern California Eddy D. Field Stadium 5-3 2–0
at Southern California Dedeaux Field 10-9 3–0
Cal Poly Pomona Eddy D. Field Stadium 8-6 4–0
Chapman Eddy D. Field Stadium 5-2 5–0
at Stanford Sunken Diamond 1-7 5–1
at Stanford Sunken Diamond 3-4 5–2
at Stanford Sunken Diamond 3-4 5–3
Cal State Dominguez Hills Eddy D. Field Stadium 7-6 6–3
Northwestern Eddy D. Field Stadium 19-8 7–3
Northwestern Eddy D. Field Stadium 8-2 8–3
at Long Beach State Blair Field 5-6 8–4
at San Francisco Benedetti Diamond 14-0 9–4 1–0
at San Francisco Benedetti Diamond 3-2 10–4 2–0
at San Francisco Benedetti Diamond 5-11 10–5 2–1
Santa Clara Eddy D. Field Stadium 1-0 11–5 3–1
Santa Clara Eddy D. Field Stadium 13-0 12–5 4–1
at UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium 1-0 12–6
at Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 17-4 13–6 5–1
at Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 7-1 14–6 6–1
at Loyola Marymount George C. Page Stadium 6-2 15–6 7–1
Long Beach State Eddy D. Field Stadium 4-4 15–6–1
Hartford Eddy D. Field Stadium 5-0 16–6–1
Hartford Eddy D. Field Stadium 11-10 17–6–1
at Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field 13-1 18–6–1 8–1
at Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field 2-4 18–7–1 8–2
at Saint Mary's Louis Guisto Field 4-6 18–8–1 8–3
Stanford Eddy D. Field Stadium 5-4 19–8–1
San Diego Eddy D. Field Stadium 2-0 20–8–1 9–3
San Diego Eddy D. Field Stadium 5-0 21–8–1 10–3
San Diego Eddy D. Field Stadium 2-4 21–9–1 10–4
at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium 3-1 22–9–1 11–4
at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium 6-1 23–9–1 12–4
at San Diego John Cunningham Stadium 2-1 24–9–1 13–4
UC Santa Barbara Eddy D. Field Stadium 10-6 25–9–1
San Francisco Eddy D. Field Stadium 14-0 26–9–1 14–4
San Francisco Eddy D. Field Stadium 5-2 27–9–1 15–4
San Francisco Eddy D. Field Stadium 6-1 28–9–1 16–4
at UC Santa Barbara Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 7-9 28–10–1
at Chapman W.O. Park 5-2 29–10–1
at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 9-8 30–10–1 17–4
at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 8-7 31–10–1 18–4
at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 16-0 32–10–1 19–4
at Santa Clara Buck Shaw Stadium 10-1 33–10–1 20–4
UC Irvine Anteater Field 4-3 34–10–1
Cal State Northridge Eddy D. Field Stadium 11-2 35–10–1
Loyola Marymount Eddy D. Field Stadium 6-1 36–10–1 21–4
Loyola Marymount Eddy D. Field Stadium 3-2 37–10–1 22–4
Loyola Marymount Eddy D. Field Stadium 17-2 38–10–1 23–4
at Cal State Northridge Matador Field 6-4 39–10–1
UCLA Eddy D. Field Stadium 16-8 40–10–1
Post-season
NCAA tournament: West Regional
Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
vs. Fresno State Sancet Stadium 5–4 41–10–1
vs. Southeastern Louisiana Sancet Stadium 8–5 42–10–1
vs. Washington Sancet Stadium 11–0 43–10–1
vs. Hawaii Sancet Stadium 3–6 43–11–1
vs. Hawaii Sancet Stadium 9–0 44–11–1
NCAA tournament: College World Series
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record
May 30 vs. Wichita State Rosenblatt Stadium 6–0 45–11–1
June 1 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 7–0 46–11–1
June 4 vs. Texas Rosenblatt Stadium 5–4 47–11–1
June 6 vs. Cal State Fullerton Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 48–11–1

Awards and honors

Pat Ahearne
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-America First Team[3]
  • WCC Pitcher of the Year[3]
  • All-WCC First Team[3]
Steve Duda
  • All-WCC First Team[3]
David Main
  • All-WCC First Team[3]
Dan Melendez
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-America Second Team[3]
  • All-WCC First Team[3]
Steve Montgomery
  • All-America Second Team[3]
  • All-WCC First Team[3]
Steve Rodriguez
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-America Third Team[3]
  • WCC Player of the Year[3]
  • All-WCC First Team[3]
Chris Sheff
  • All-WCC First Team[3]
Scott Vollmer
  • College World Series All-Tournament Team[2]
  • All-WCC First Team[3]

Waves in the 1992 MLB Draft

The following members of the Pepperdine Waves baseball program were drafted in the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft.[4]

Player Position Round Overall MLB Team
Derek Wallace RHP 1st 11th Chicago Cubs
Dan Melendez 1B 2nd 57th Los Angeles Dodgers
Steve Montgomery RHP 3rd 83rd St. Louis Cardinals
Steve Rodriguez 2B 5th 142nd Boston Red Sox
Pat Ahearne RHP 7th 196th Detroit Tigers
Chris Sheff OF 10th 292nd Florida Marlins
Jeff Myers LHP 14th 383rd San Francisco Giants
Jerry Aschoff LHP 39th 1090th Seattle Mariners

References

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "College World Series record Book" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Individual Honors" (PDF). PepperdineSports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  4. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)"". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
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