2001 College World Series

College World Series
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The 2001 College World Series was played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, NE from June 8 to June 16. The participating schools qualified by winning their Regional and Super-Regional tournaments. The fifty-fifth tournament's champion was the University of Miami coached by Jim Morris. The Most Outstanding Player was Charlton Jimerson of the University of Miami.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	California State University, Fullerton	Big West Conference	46 - 16 (14 - 4, 0 GB)	George Horton	10 (last: 1999)	1st (1979, 1984, 1995)	23 - 16
	University of Nebraska	Big Twelve Conference	50 - 14 (20 - 8, 0 GB)	Dave Van Horn	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0
	Stanford University	Pacific Ten Conference	48 - 16 (17 - 7, 1 GB)	Mark Marquess	12 (last: 2000)	1st (1987, 1988)	28 - 21
	Tulane University	Conference USA	55 - 11 (21 - 6, 0 GB)	Rick Jones	0 (last: none)	none	0 - 0

Bracket 2

School		Conference	Record (Conference)	Head Coach	CWS Appearances	CWS Best Finish	CWS W-L Record
	University of Georgia	Southeastern Conference	47 - 20 (20 - 10, 0 GB)	Ron Polk	2 (last: 1990)	1st (1990)	4 - 3
	University of Miami	Division-I Independent	49 - 12 (n/a)	Jim Morris	18 (last: 1999)	1st (1982, 1984, 1999)	39 - 30
	University of Tennessee	Southeastern Conference	46 - 18 (18 - 12, 2 GB)	Rod Delmonico	2 (last: 1995)	2nd (1951)	6 - 4
	University of Southern California	Pacific Ten Conference	44 - 17 (18 - 6, 0 GB)	Mike Gillespie	20 (last: 2000)	1st (1948, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1998)	73 - 24

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
		Stanford	13
		Tulane	1
							Stanford	5
							Cal State Fullerton	2
		Cal State Fullerton	5
		Nebraska	4
												Stanford	4	x
											Cal State Fullerton	1	x
		Tulane	6
		Nebraska	5
							Cal State Fullerton	11
							Tulane	2
																	Stanford	1	x	x
																	Miami	12	x	x
		USC	11
		Georgia	5
							USC	3
							Miami	4
		Miami	21
		Tennessee	3
												Miami	12	x
											Tennessee	6	x
		Georgia	2
		Tennessee	19
							USC	2
							Tennessee	10

Game Results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
June 8	Game 1	Stanford	13 - 1	Tulane
	Game 2	Cal State Fullerton	5 - 4	Nebraska
June 9	Game 3	Southern California	11 - 5	Georgia
	Game 4	Miami	21 - 3	Tennessee
June 10	Game 5	Tulane	6 - 5	Nebraska	Nebraska eliminated
	Game 6	Stanford	5 - 2 (10 innings)	Cal State Fullerton
June 11	Game 7	Tennessee	19 - 2	Georgia	Georgia eliminated
	Game 8	Miami	4 - 3	Southern California
June 12	Game 9	Cal State Fullerton	11 - 2	Tulane	Tulane eliminated
	Game 10	Tennessee	10 - 2	Southern California	Southern California eliminated
June 13	Game 11	Stanford	4 - 1	Cal State Fullerton	Cal State Fullerton eliminated
June 14	Game 12	Miami	12 - 6	Tennessee	Tennessee eliminated
June 16	Final	Miami	12 - 1	Stanford	Miami wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

Position	Player	Class	School
Pitcher	Jeff Bruksch	Junior	Stanford
	Tom Farmer	Senior	Miami
Catcher	Ryan Garko	Sophomore	Stanford
First baseman	Kevin Brown	Senior	Miami
Second baseman	David Bacani	Senior	Cal State Fullerton
Third baseman	Kris Bennett	Senior	Tennessee
Shortstop	Chris Burke	Junior	Tennessee
Outfielder	Jeff Christensen	Senior	Tennessee
	Sam Fuld	Freshman	Stanford
	Charlton Jimerson	Senior	Miami
Designated hitter	Danny Matienzo	Sophomore	Miami

Notable Players

• California State University, Fullerton: Chad Cordero, Shane Costa, Wes Littleton, Mike Rouse, Kirk Saarloos
• University of Georgia: Jeff Keppinger
• University of Miami: Tom Farmer, Charlton Jimerson, Mike Neu
• University of Nebraska: Drew Anderson, Dan Johnson, Shane Komine, Adam Stern
• University of Southern California: Brian Bannister, Mark Prior, Anthony Reyes
• Stanford University: Ryan Garko, Mike Gosling, Jeremy Guthrie, Carlos Quentin
• University of Tennessee: Chris Burke
• Tulane University: Andy Cannizaro, Tony Giarratano

Related Sites

• BackHomeInOmaha.net: for more info on the College World Series
• BoydsWorld.com: for more info on College Baseball