Sr. Salute: Arizona State on Verge of 200th Win from ’07-’10

June 11, 2010
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The Arizona State Sun Devils – which begin their Super Regional series on Saturday vs. Arkansas – are one victory shy (199-50) of reaching 200 wins spanning the past four seasons (2007-10) and rank second on CB360’s exclusive Senior Class Salute. This offering is modeled after a similar feature on sister site CollegeSoccer360.com (see links below): (front page photo courtesy of Arizona State)

Four-year player Raoul Torrez has helped Arizona State compile 199 wins spanning the 2007-10 seasons (photo courtesy of ASU).

One difference between a sport such as women’s soccer and baseball is that senior classes for many baseball programs can be affected by: players leaving early for pro ball; players coming and going via transfer; and some utilizing a redshirt/extra season. Nonetheless, the 28 baseball programs listed below have experienced sustained winning over the past four seasons (with each averaging 39 or more wins per season) … and many of the players who are seniors/5th-year-seniors/redshirt juniors have played key roles in the program’s success during this four-year stretch.

(Note: the Senior-Class Salute will be a regular CB360 feature throughout the 2010 NCAAs and in future seasons … CB360 also will be developing lists for top junior classes based on career wins and top combined records over the past two seasons).

ASU – which has put up nearly identical win totals (49-15/49-13/51-14/50-8) from ‘-07-’10 – trails only fellow Super Regional entrant Coastal Carolina (202-51) among programs with the most wins over the past four seasons (ASU actually has a slight margin on CC in terms of 4-year win pct., .799 to .798). Five other Super-Regional teams currently are listed among the top-10: (4) Florida State (193-62) … (7) Texas (184-66-1) … (8) Virginia (183-66-1) … (8) TCU (183-66) … and (10) Vanderbilt (177-80).

All but three of the 16 Super-Regional teams are included on the below list (all but Alabama, Florida and UCLA).

The Super-Regional pairing featuring the most combined senior-class wins is South Carolina (172) at Coastal Carolina (202) – with 374 – followed by the 370 combined four-year win totals for the Vanderbilt (177) at Florida State (193) Super Regional and the 367 between TCU (183) at Texas (184).

The 25 teams on this list include six from the ACC, five SEC, plus three Big 12 programs and three each from the BIG EAST and Conference USA, along with two Big West squads and one each from the Atlantic-10, BIG EAST, Big South, Missouri Valley, Mountain West,  Pacific-10, Southern Conf. and the Summit League.

Three teams on this list – Wichita State (#15), Charlote (#18) and East Carolina (#20) – failed to reach the 2010 NCAAs.

There have been 76 different teams over the past four years (2007-10) that have posted at least one season with 40-plus wins.

Winningest Senior Classes in 2010 College Baseball Season (2007-10)
(prior to 2010 NCAA Super Regionals)
(research courtesy of CollegeBaseball360.com; please credit accordingly)
* – 2010 Super Regional teams

PlaceTeamWonLossTiePct.'10 W'10 L'10 T'09 W'09 L'09 T'08 W'08 L'08 T'07 W'07 L'07 T
(1)Coastal Carolina*202510.798517047160501405030
(2)Arizona State*199500.7994680511404913049150
(3)North Carolina197700.73836200481805414057160
(4)Florida State*193620.75742170451805414049130
(5)Rice186700.72738210431804715056140
(6)Louisville185770.70648120471804121047240
(7)Texas*184661.73546110501613922046170
(8)Virginia*181621.73445160392304915147110
(9)TCU*183660.74546110401804419048140
(10)Vanderbilt*177800.68941170372704122054130
(11)LSU175842.67440200561704919129261
(12)Texas A&M174831.67640191372404619048190
(13)UC Irvine173711.70837190451504218047171
(14)South Carolina*172810.68043150402304620046200
(14)Wichita State172850.66938190302704817053220
(16)Miami*171750.69537170382205311037240
(16)Cal State Fulleton*171790.68441150471604122038250
(18)Charlotte164670.71039170332204316049120
(19)Mississippi162950.63038220442003926040250
(20)Arkansas*161880.64740180412403424043210
(21)Oklahoma*160851.65244150432003626134240
(21)East Carolina160910.63732270462004221040230
(23)Georgia Tech158801.66345130381914121032250
(24)Oral Roberts157730.68335250331504814040170
(24)Southern Miss.157950.62335220402604222039230
(24)Coll. of Charleston157800.66244190352203920039190
(24)Clemson*157941.62541220442203127141230
(28)St. John's156770.67043200302204216041190

CLICK HERE to see similar Senior Class Salute on sister site CollegeSoccer360.com
(… here’s another sample of a Senior-Class Salute from CS360 … and here’s another)

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