The 2011 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team represented Mississippi State University in the NCAA Division I baseball season of 2011. The team was coached by John Cohen, in his 12th year as a collegiate head coach, and his 3rd at Mississippi State.
Mississippi State returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2007 and after three consecutive losing seasons. They were the number 3 seed in the Atlanta Regional hosted by number 1 seed Georgia Tech. They won the Regional, winning three games straight, beating Southern Miss, 3–0, Austin Peay, 8–3, and Georgia Tech, 7–3. They advanced to the Super Regional against host Florida, where they won one game but were eliminated by losing the other two games.
They started the season unranked in the four major polls, and finished in the final polls with their highest rankings of the season.
MLB draft Player Position Round Overall MLB team Devin Jones RHP 9 275 Baltimore Orioles Nick Vickerson OF 20 624 Texas Rangers Jarrod Parks 2B 24 735 Anaheim Angels Jaron Shepherd OF 33 1008 Colorado Rockies
Ranking movements
Coaches Name Title First season at MSU Alma materJohn CohenHead coach2009Mississippi State University (1990)Butch ThompsonAssociate head coach2009Birmingham Southern (1992)Lane BurroughsAssistant coach2009Mississippi College (1995)
Schedule and results For schedule and results, see the reference.
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