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2015 Houston Baptist Huskies baseball
Southland Conference tournament champions
Houston Regional, 0–2
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	28–27 (14–13 Southland)
Head coach	Jared Moon (10th season)
Assistant coaches	Xavier Hernandez Russell Stockton
Home stadium	Husky Field

2015 Southland Conference baseball standings

	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Southeastern Louisiana ‍†‍‍	25	–	5	–	0		.833			42	–	17	–	0		.712
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	20	–	8	–	0		.714			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			34	–	19	–	1		.639
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Houston Baptist ‍‍‡‍y	14	–	13	–	0		.519			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0		.481			26	–	27	–	0		.491
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			17	–	38	–	0		.309
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			17	–	34	–	0		.333
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			21	–	33	–	0		.389
Lamar  ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0		.345			21	–	31	–	0		.404
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	3	–	27	–	0		.100			14	–	40	–	0		.259
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 31, 2015 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition

The 2015 Houston Baptist Huskies baseball team represented Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University) during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies played their home games at Husky Field and were led by tenth-year head coach Jared Moon. They were members of the Southland Conference. The Huskies won the Southland Conference Tournament Championship for the first time in program history, earning an automatic bid for the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, their first appearance.

Previous season

The 2014 Huskies had a regular season record of 23–28 and a conference record of 12–18 finishing in tenth place in Southland Conference play, which was their first season in the conference. They did not qualify for the 2014 Southland Conference baseball tournament.

Preseason

Southland Conference Preseason Poll

The Huskies were picked to finish tenth out of thirteen in the Southland Conference with 48 votes in the Coaches' Poll and 50 votes in the Sports Information Directors' Poll released on January 28, 2015.

Coaches

Coaches' poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Sam Houston State	138 (8)
2	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	128 (4)
3	Southeastern Louisiana	115 (1)
4	Northwestern State	109
5	Nicholls	98
6	McNeese State	90
7	Central Arkansas	89
8	Lamar	77
9	Stephen F. Austin	49
10	Houston Baptist	48
11	Abilene Christian	27
12	Incarnate Word	26
13	New Orleans	20

Sports Information Directors

Sports Information Directors' poll
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Sam Houston State	137 (8)
2	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	130 (2)
3	Southeastern Louisiana	119 (1)
4	Northwestern State	108 (2)
5	McNeese State	91
6	Central Arkansas	90
7	Nicholls	85
8	Lamar	79
9	Stephen F. Austin	52
10	Houston Baptist	50
11	Abilene Christian	28
12	Incarnate Word	26
13	New Orleans	20

Preseason All-Southland team

Samm Wiggins, a catcher, was named to the conference preseason second team.

First Team

• Caleb Dugas* (NWST, SR, 1st Base)
• Andrew Guillotte* (MCN, SR, 2nd Base)
• Chase Daughdrill* (NWST, SR, 3rd Base)
• Samuel Capielano* (UNO, SO, Shortstop)
• Brandon Provost (LU, SR, Catcher)
• Colt Atwood* (SHSU, SR, Outfield)
• Tyler Ware* (TAMUCC, SR, Outfield)
• Hayden Simerly* (SHSU, SR, Outfield)
• Billy Sommers* (MCN, JR, Designated Hitter)
• Matt Danton* (TAMUCC, SR, Pitcher)
• Adam Oller* (NWST, SO, Pitcher)
• Grant Borne* (NICH, JR, Pitcher)

*-Returning Southland All-Conference Selection

Second Team

• Nate Ferrell (UCA, SR, 1st Base)
• Chris Townsend (UCA, JR, 2nd Base)
• Reed Seely* (LU, SR, 3rd Base)
• Connor Lloyd (MCN, SR, Shortstop)
• Samm Wiggins (HBU, SR, Catcher)
• Jordan Lee* (TAMUCC, JR, Outfield)
• Hezekiah Randolph (UNO, SO, Outfield)
• Lucas Quary (MCN, SR, Outfield)
• Kyle Markum (LU, SR, Designated Hitter)
• Connor Gilmore* (UCA, JR, Pitcher)
• Sam Odom (SHSU, SO, Pitcher)
• Tate Scioneaux (SELA, JR, Pitcher)

*-Returning Southland All-Conference Selection