2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team

The 2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team represents Wake Forest University during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Demon Deacons play their home games at David F. Couch Ballpark as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Tom Walter in his 12th season at Wake Forest.

2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
CB	No. 17
Head coach	Tom Walter (12th season)
Assistant coaches	Bill Cilento (12th season) John Hendricks (4th season) Joey Hammond (7th season)
Home stadium	David F. Couch Ballpark

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
Boston College  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Clemson  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 24 Florida State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 5 Louisville  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 13 NC State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 17 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Coastal
Duke  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 15 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 21 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
North Carolina  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 16 Virginia  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
‡ – Tournament champion As of January 18, 2020[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Personnel

2021 Wake Forest Demon Deacons roster[2]
	Pitchers 4 – Rhett Lowder – Freshman 7 – Eric Adler – Sophomore 8 – Hunter Furtado – Freshman 10 – Camden Minacci – Freshman 15 - Brennen Oxford – Sophomore 19 – Crawford Wade – Freshman 21 – Shane Smith – Sophomore 26 – Seth Keener – Freshman 27 – Antonio Menendez – Senior 30 – Andrew Rust – Junior 33 – Ryan Cusick – Junior 35 – Will Andrews – Freshman 36 – JD Everett – Freshman 38 – William Flemming – Senior 40 – Reed Mascolo – Sophomore 42 – Teddy McGraw – Freshman 45 – Reese Robinson – Senior		Catchers 9 – Brendan Tinsman – Junior 11 – Shane Muntz – Senior 23 – John Meany – Sophomore Infielders 0 – Lucas Costello – Freshman 1 – Drew Kendall – Junior 3 – Bobby Seymour – Senior 5 – Pirece Bennett – Sophomore 6 – Michael Turconi – Junior 14 – Carmine Petosa – Freshman 17 – Cole McNamee – Senior 25 – Brock Wilken – Freshman 28 – James Broderick – Freshman 31 – Parker Pilat – Sophomore 41 – Jake Reinisch – Freshman		Outfielders 12 – Adam Cecere – Sophomore 18 – Dane Stewart – Freshman 20 – Derek Crum – Sophomore 22 – Michael Ludowig – Senior 24 – Chris Lanzilli – Senior 34 – Caleb Marmo – Freshman 39 – Pirmin Brechbuhl – Freshman

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Seasons at Wake Forest	Alma Mater
Tom Walter	Head Coach	12	Georgetown University (1991)
Bill Cilento	Assistant Coach	12	Siena College (2003)
John Hendricks	Assistant Coach	4	Wake Forest University (2000)

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'		*	*
Baseball America
Collegiate Baseball^	17
NCBWA†
D1Baseball

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

1. "Baseball Standings". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
2. "2021 Baseball Roster". Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Retrieved January 24, 2021.