2022 Oklahoma State Cowboy Baseball Season Superlatives

2022 Oklahoma State Cowboy Baseball

August 10, 2022 | Cowboy Baseball

• Oklahoma State ended the season with a 42-22 record, marking its highest win total since 2016. The Cowboys finished second in the Big 12 Conference standings, one game out of first place, with a 15-9 league mark.

• The Cowboys earned a ninth consecutive NCAA Tournament bid.

• OSU's NCAA Regional berth was the 47^th in program history, which ranks as the fourth most in NCAA history.

• OSU was selected to host an NCAA Regional for the fourth time under Josh Holliday. The 2022 NCAA Stillwater Regional was the first ever at O'Brate Stadium.

• The Cowboys earned the No. 7 national seed in the NCAA Tournament, their highest ever.

• OSU advanced to the NCAA Stillwater Regional final, its sixth Regional finals appearance under Josh Holliday.

• The Cowboys set a program record for runs in an NCAA Tournament game in a 29-15 win over Missouri State. OSU erased a 12-0 deficit in the game to claim a victory over the Bears.

• OSU had five players named to the NCAA Stillwater Regional All-Tournament Team – Roc Riggio (2B), Jake Thompson (LF), Caeden Trenkle (CF), Griffin Doersching (DH) and Trevor Martin (P).

• The Cowboys were ranked in at least one national poll every week during the 2022 season, peaking at No. 2 twice (3/28 and 4/18) and extending their streak to 37 consecutive weeks in the rankings. OSU finished as high as No. 17 in the D1 Baseball, USA Today coaches and NCBWA rankings; the Pokes were ranked 19^th by Baseball America and 21^st by Collegiate Baseball in their final polls.

• OSU came in at No. 10 in the final NCAA RPI.

• Justin Campbell became the 12^th two-time All-American in OSU program history and first since 2007.

• Justin Campbell became the 27^th player in OSU baseball history to earn first-team All-America honors. He was named to three All-America teams.
• NCBWA – first team
• Collegiate Baseball – second team
• Perfect Game/Rawlings – second team

• Jake Thompson was named to the NCBWA All-America Third Team.

• Nolan McLean earned a spot on the Perfect Game/Rawlings All-America Second Team.

• Cowboy Baseball raised its total number of All-America honors to 132.

• Roc Riggio was tabbed a Freshman All-America First Team performer by D1Baseball. He was named to the Freshman All-America Second Team by both Baseball America and Perfect Game/Rawlings.

• Justin Campbell was named the NCBWA District 6 Co-Player of the Year.

• Justin Campbell was a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.

• Nolan McLean was a semifinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award.

• Jake Thompson was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy.

• Trevor Martin was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List.

• Justin Campbell and Jake Thompson were named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region First Team.

• OSU had 12 players garner All-Big 12 accolades in 2022. The Cowboys led the conference with five All-Big 12 First Team selections as Justin Campbell, Griffin Doersching, Nolan McLean, Roman Phansalkar and Jake Thompson earned that distinction; the five first teamers were the second most in program history.

• Also earning a spot on the All-Big 12 Second Team was Nolan McLean, while collecting honorable mention accolades were McLean, Marcus Brown, Trevor Martin, David Mendham, Hueston Morrill and Bryce Osmond.

• Nolan McLean became the third player in OSU history to earn All-Big 12 honors at two different positions in the same season, joining Jordy Mercer and Justin Campbell on that list. He was named All-Big 12 First Team as a utility player, All-Big 12 Second Team as a relief pitcher and All-Big 12 Honorable Mention as an infielder.

• Zach Ehrhard and Roc Riggio were named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Ehrhard was a unanimous selection.

• Griffin Doersching, David Mendham, Roc Riggio and Caeden Trenkle were named to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team.

• The Cowboys collected eight Big 12 Conference weekly awards on the season.
• Feb. 21 – Trevor Martin, Big 12 Pitcher of the Week
• March 28 - Justin Campbell, Big 12 Pitcher of the Week
• April 11 – Roc Riggio, Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
• April 18 - Justin Campbell, Big 12 Pitcher of the Week
• April 25 - Justin Campbell, Big 12 Pitcher of the
• May 2 – Nolan McLean, Big 12 Player of the Week
• May 23 – Mitchell Stone, Big 12 Pitcher of the Week
• May 23 – Zach Ehrhard, Big 12 Newcomer of the Week

• The pitching staff shattered OSU's season record for strikeouts in a season with 679, besting the previous mark by 91.

• OSU's 679 strikeouts ranked fifth nationally, and the Cowboys ranked seventh in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings at 10.7.

• The Pokes ranked in the top 20 nationally in walks (14^th), doubles (13), fielding percentage (19), hits (18), runs (19), strikeout-to-walk ratio (17) and strikeouts per nine innings (7).

• The Cowboys' .978 fielding percentage tied for the third best in program history, just shy of the record of .980.

• OSU's .298 team batting average was its highest for a full season since 2010 (not counting the COVID-shortened 2020 season in which the Cowboys played only 18 games).

• The Cowboys drew 330 walks, their highest total since 2001.

• OSU's .400 on-base percentage marked the program's highest since 2008.

• Justin Campbell recorded 141 strikeouts, the fifth highest single-season total in OSU history.

• Campbell's 141 strikeouts was the seventh-highest total in the NCAA in 2022.

• Justin Campbell became only the fourth Cowboy pitcher to record 100-plus strikeouts in a season twice in a career.

• Justin Campbell moved into seventh place on OSU's all-time strikeouts list with 265 career strikeouts.

• Trevor Martin tied OSU's single-game strikeout record with 16 punchouts against Missouri State in an elimination game at the NCAA Stillwater Regional.

• Jake Thompson ranked in the top 10 in the Big 12 in nine offensive categories.

• OSU had nine players selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft.
• Justin Campbell, RHP, 1^st round (Competitive Balance A), pick 37 – Cleveland Guardians
• Nolan McLean, RHP, 3^rd round, pick 81 – Baltimore Orioles
• Trevor Martin, RHP, 3^rd round, pick 104 – Tampa Bay Rays
• Victor Mederos, RHP, 6^th round, pick 178 – Los Angeles Angels
• Roman Phansalkar, RHP, 7^th round, pick 208 – Los Angeles Angels
• Griffin Doersching, 1B, 8^th round, pick 240 – San Diego Padres
• Caeden Trenkle, OF, 9^th round, pick 274 – Oakland Athletics
• Bryce Osmond, RHP, 15^th round, pick 448 – Los Angeles Angels
• Kale Davis, RHP, 16^th round, pick 488 – Toronto Blue Jays

• OSU's nine draft picks tied for the third most among Division I schools in 2022.

• The Cowboys' nine draftees are the fourth most in program history, two shy of the school record.

• Justin Campbell became the 19^th first-round MLB Draft pick in Cowboy Baseball history.

• OSU set a program record with seven players selected in the top 10 rounds of the MLB Draft, besting the previous high of five set on three occasions.

• Josh Holliday became the second-winningest coach in OSU program history; he ended the 2022 season with 362 wins at his alma mater.

• A crowd of 7,811 set an OSU baseball single-game home attendance record as the Cowboys beat Oklahoma on April 9 at O'Brate Stadium.

• OSU ranked in the top 10 nationally in average home attendance at 5,580 fans per game. O'Brate Stadium counted 178,566 fans in its 32 home dates.

• OSU had 12 players earn Academic All-Big 12 honors, with 10 of those on the first team. Making the list were Ryan Bogusz, Marcus Brown, Jaxson Crull, Kale Davis, Nolan McLean, Bryce Osmond, Roman Phansalkar, Mitchell Stone, Jake Thompson and Caeden Trenkle. On the second team for the Cowboys were John Bay and Hueston Morrill.

• Marcus Brown, Bryce Osmond, Jake Thompson and Caeden Trenkle were named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 First Team.

• Josh Holliday served as an assistant coach on the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team that won a bronze medal at Honkbalweek Haarlem.