National limelight surrounded BYU baseball for much of the 2016 season for good reason en route to earning a share of the West Coast Conference title.
The tri-champion Cougars posted a 37-17 overall record and an 18-9 mark in the WCC, highlighted by No. 16 rankings after getting off to a 16-1 start.
The 12-game winning streak and an 11-0 start by All-American pitcher Michael Rucker were some of the reasons to attract national attention. The Cougars cracked the top 25 for a five-week period, ranked No. 16 in consecutive weeks in early April.
BYU was ranked among the NCAA leaders in batting average (No.