2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores played their home games at Hawkins Field as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by 23rd-year head coach Tim Corbin.

2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
SEC Tournament champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
D1Baseball.comNo. 2
Record43–18 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach
  • Tim Corbin (23rd season)
Associate head coachScott Brown (9th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jayson King (1st season)
  • Ty Blankmeyer (1st season)
Pitching coachScott Brown (13th season)
Home stadiumHawkins Field
Seasons
← 2024
2026 →
2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 17 Texas ‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 44 14   .759
No. 3 Arkansas ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 50 15   .769
No. 1 LSU ‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 53 15   .779
No. 18 Vanderbilt ‍‍y 19 11   .633 43 18   .705
No. 19 Georgia ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 43 17   .717
No. 11 Auburn ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 41 20   .672
No. 21 Ole Miss ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 43 21   .672
No. 12 Tennessee ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 46 19   .708
Alabama ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 41 18   .695
Florida ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 39 22   .639
Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 36 23   .610
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 38 22   .633
Kentucky ‍‍‍y 13 17   .433 31 26   .544
Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 30 26   .536
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6 24   .200 28 29   .491
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 3 27   .100 16 39   .291
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 22, 2025
Rankings from D1Baseball

Previous season

The 2024 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team posted a 38–23 (13–17) season record. The Commodores finished fourth in the SEC east regular season, and reached the semifinals of the 2024 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament, before losing to their in-state rivals, Tennessee. Vanderbilt earned an at-large bid into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were seeded second in the Clemson Regional. There, they went two-and-out suffering defeats against Coastal Carolina and High Point.

Following the conclusion of the season, assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, Mike Baxter left the coaching staff. Assistant coach, Tyler Shewmaker, left to take a coaching role with Coastal Carolina.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

Preseason awards will be announced in February 2025.

Preseason All-SEC Team
Preseason SEC Player of the Year

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on February 7, 2025. Vanderbilt was predicted to finish seventh.

Coaches' Poll
Predicted
finish
Team Points
1 Texas A&M 228 (10)
2 Tennessee 215 (1)
3 Arkansas 214 (3)
4 LSU 204 (1)
5 Florida 183 (1)
6 Georgia 165
7 Vanderbilt 156
8 Texas 146
9 Mississippi State 112
10 Kentucky 102
11 Oklahoma 101
12 Auburn 100
13 Alabama 98
14 South Carolina 61
15 Ole Miss 60
16 Missouri 31

Personnel

Starters

Lineup
Pos. No. Player. Year
C
1B
2B
3B
SS
LF
CF
RF
DH
Weekend Pitching Rotation
Day No. Player. Year
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Roster

2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team
Players Coaches
# Pos. Name B/T Height Weight Year Home town
2 UTL RJ Hamilton R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Hoover
3 INF Jayden Davis R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Cookeville
5 INF Mike Mancini L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 173 lb (78 kg) Jr Endwell
8 INF Chris Maldonado R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Jr Short Hills
9 INF Brodie Johnston R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg) Fr Ooltewah
10 UTL Jacob Humphrey R/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Standish
13 INF Jonathan Vastine L/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 174 lb (79 kg) Sr Bartow
16 C Mac Rose L/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Rockwall
17 LHP Ryan Ginther  R/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 198 lb (90 kg) So Hendersonville
18 OF JD Rogers L/L 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Sr Carmel
19 INF Rustan Rigdon S/R 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Fr Metter
20 UTL David Mendez R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 184 lb (83 kg) So Aldie
21 RHP Hudson Barton R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Fr Franklin, TN
22 LHP JD Thompson R/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Jr Rusk
25 C AJ DePaolo R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Carrollton
26 INF Braden Holcomb R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Ocoee
28 C Will Hampton L/L 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Fr Richmond Hill
30 RHP Ethan Robinson R/R 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 223 lb (101 kg) So Murfreesboro
32 INF Riley Nelson L/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Jr Trophy Club
33 RHP Luke Guth R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 182 lb (83 kg) So Franklin
34 RHP Brennan Seiber R/R 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Newport Beach
36 LHP Levi Huesman R/L 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Jr Hanover
37 LHP Jakob Schulz R/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 206 lb (93 kg) So Houston
39 RHP Connor Fennell R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 168 lb (76 kg) So Londonderry
40 RHP Austin Nye R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Roseville
42 UTL RJ Austin R/R 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 199 lb (90 kg) Jr Atlanta
43 LHP Matthew Shorey L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Fr Nashville
44 C Colin Barczi R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 213 lb (97 kg) So Naperville
45 LHP Aiden O'Connell L/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 191 lb (87 kg) Fr Bedford
46 LHP Roman Petricca R/L 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr Mount Juliet
47 OF Tommy Goodin L/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Thousand Oaks
50 C Aukai Kea R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Kapolei
51 INF Ryker Waite S/R 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 176 lb (80 kg) Fr Queen Creek
55 RHP Cody Bowker R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 212 lb (96 kg) Jr Bowdoinham
66 RHP Deegan Cordova R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) So Lake Havasu City
70 RHP Tristan Bristow R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Fr Helotes
73 RHP Tommy O'Rourke R/R 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 211 lb (96 kg) Gr Morristown
77 RHP Alex Kranzler R/R 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 222 lb (101 kg) So Norwood
88 RHP Sawyer Hawks R/R 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Lakeland
89 LHP Ethan McElvain S/L 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So Thompson's Station
90 LHP Miller Green L/L 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Nashville
96 RHP Nate Teague R/R 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 232 lb (105 kg) So Snow Camp
99 RHP England Bryan R/R 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Fr Hillsboro
Head coach

Tim Corbin

Assistant coach(es)

Scott Brown
Jayson King
Ty Blankmeyer


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: May 28, 2025

Coaching staff

2025 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball coaching staff
Name Position Seasons at
Vandy
Alma mater
Tim Corbin Head coach 23 Ohio State University (1984)
Scott Brown Associate head coach 13 Cortland State University (1999)
Jayson King Assistant coach 1 Framingham State University (1993)
Ty Blankmeyer Assistant coach 1 St. John's University (2016)

Offseason

Departures

Offseason Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Matthew Polk 1 UTL 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 192 pounds (87 kg) Long Beach, CA Junior
Jack Bulger 16 C 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 222 pounds (101 kg) Bowie, MD Senior
Troy LaNeve 19 OF 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 205 pounds (93 kg) Pittsburgh, PA Fifth Year
Calvin Hewett 21 OF 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 218 pounds (99 kg) Greenland, NH Senior
Duke Ekstrom 31 RHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 pounds (88 kg) San Diego, CA Freshman

Outgoing transfers

Outgoing Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year New school Source
Logan Poteet 5 C 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 219 pounds (99 kg) Powell, TN Sophomore Charlotte
Matt Wolfe 6 INF 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 198 pounds (90 kg) Westerville, OH Sophomore Middle Tennessee
Ray Velazquez 9 INF 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 212 pounds (96 kg) Lowell, MA Sophomore Austin Peay
Devan Kodali 23 OF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 pounds (89 kg) New York City, NY Sophomore
Matt Ossenfort 25 INF 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 218 pounds (99 kg) Sioux Falls, SD Freshman NC State
Kaito Muto 27 UTL 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 170 pounds (77 kg) Bowling Green, KY Freshman Columbia State
Camden Kozeal 28 INF 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 207 pounds (94 kg) Omaha, NE Freshman Arkansas
Cooper Holbrook 32 OF 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 211 pounds (96 kg) Charleston, SC Sophomore Rice
Nik Copenhaver 35 RHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 pounds (95 kg) Hamilton, OH Freshman Ohio State
David Horn Jr. 38 RHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 224 pounds (102 kg) Mission Viejo, CA Sophomore San Diego
David Hliboki 40 RHP 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 207 pounds (94 kg) Los Angeles, CA Graduate Northwestern
Colton Regen 55 RHP 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 188 pounds (85 kg) Lebanon, TN Freshman Western Kentucky
Koby Kropf 80 UTL 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 pounds (98 kg) Clovis, CA RS Senior Winthrop

2024 MLB draft

Round Pick Overall Pick Player Position MLB Team Source
2 14 53 Bryce Cunningham RHP New York Yankees
2 26 62 Carter Holton LHP Atlanta Braves
5 16 152 Greysen Carter RHP New York Yankees
7 6 201 Andrew Dutkanych IV RHP St. Louis Cardinals
8 1 226 Davis Diaz C Oakland Athletics
10 12 297 Devin Futrell LHP Boston Red Sox
11 3 318 Alan Espinal C Colorado Rockies

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Hometown Year Previous school Source
Mike Mancini 5 INF 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 pounds (77 kg) Endwell, NY Junior James Madison
Mac Rose 16 C 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 200 pounds (91 kg) Rockwall, TX Sophomore McLennan
David Mendez 20 UTL 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 180 pounds (82 kg) Aldie, VA Sophomore Dayton
Riley Nelson 32 INF 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 222 pounds (101 kg) Trophy Club, TX Junior Yavapai
Connor Fennell 39 RHP 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 pounds (77 kg) Londonderry, NH Sophomore Dayton
Cody Bowker 55 RHP 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 pounds (86 kg) Bowdoinham, ME Junior Georgetown
Tommy O'Rourke 73 RHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 218 pounds (99 kg) Morristown, NJ RS Junior Stanford
Koby Kropf UTL 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 215 pounds (98 kg) Clovis, CA RS Senior USC Upstate

Incoming recruits

2024 Vanderbilt Recruits
Name Number B/T Pos. Height Weight Hometown High School Source
Brodie Johnston 9 R/R INF 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 pounds (92 kg) Ooltewah, TN Boyd-Buchanan School
Rustan Rigdon 19 S/R INF 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 177 pounds (80 kg) Metter, GA Metter
Hudson Barton 21 R/R RHP 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 199 pounds (90 kg) Franklin, TN Grace Christian Academy
AJ DePaolo 25 R/R C 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 195 pounds (88 kg) Carrollton, TX Prestonwood Christian Academy
Will Hampton 28 L/L INF/OF 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 197 pounds (89 kg) Richmond Hill, GA Calvary Day School
Austin Nye 40 R/R RHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 pounds (93 kg) Roseville, CA Woodcreek
Matthew Shorey 43 L/L LHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 176 pounds (80 kg) Nashville, TN Father Ryan
Aiden O'Connell 45 L/L LHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 191 pounds (87 kg) Bedford, NH Bedford
Roman Petricca 46 R/L LHP 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 pounds (79 kg) Mount Juliet, TN Mount Juliet
Tommy Goodin 47 L/R OF 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 192 pounds (87 kg) Thousand Oaks, CA Adolfo Camarillo
Aukai Kea 50 R/R C 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 202 pounds (92 kg) Kapolei, HI IMG Academy
Ryker Waite 51 S/R INF 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 176 pounds (80 kg) Queen Creek, AZ Queen Creek
Tristan Bristow 70 R/R RHP 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 189 pounds (86 kg) Helotes, TX Harlan
England Bryan 99 R/R RHP 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 231 pounds (105 kg) Hillsboro, TN Middle Tennessee Christian

Game log

2025 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log (42–16)
Regular Season (39–16)
Postseason (3–0)
Nashville Regional (1–2)
Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall NCAA Record Source
May 30 SECN (4) Wright State (1) No. 2 Hawkins Field W 4–3 Thompson (6–5) Hartzell (6–3) Hawks (8) 3,802 43–16 1–0 Report
May 31 ESPN2 (2) Louisville (1) No. 2 Hawkins Field L 2–3 West (2–2) Bowker (3–5) Schweitzer (3) 3,802 43–17 1–1 Report
June 1 SECN (4) Wright State (1) No. 2 Hawkins Field L 4–5 Paige (2–3) Nye (2–1) Whitesell (1) 3,802 43–18 1–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Vanderbilt team member   
* Non-conference game
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2025 SEC baseball game results, 2025 SEC baseball schedule

Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM VAN Tm SR SW
ALA 16–14 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–1 . . 1–2 . 3–0 1–2 ALA 4–6 2–0
ARK 20–10 . . 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 . 3–0 . 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 ARK 6–4 4–0
AUB 17–13 2–1 . . 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 . . 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–3 . 2–1 AUB 7–3 2–2
FLA 15–15 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . . 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 3–0 0–3 2–1 . 0–3 FLA 6–4 2–3
UGA 18–12 1–2 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . . 3–0 2–1 . . . 0–3 2–1 0–3 UGA 7–3 3–2
KEN 13–17 . . 1–2 . 1–2 . 0–3 . 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 KEN 4–6 1–2
LSU 19–11 2–1 2–1 0–3 . . . 3–0 3–0 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 . LSU 7–3 3–1
MSU 15–15 2–1 . 1–2 1–2 . 3–0 0–3 3–0 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . . MSU 5–5 2–2
MIZ 3–27 0–3 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 . . 0–3 3–0 . MIZ 1–9 1–9
OKL 14–16 1–2 . . . 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 . 1–2 . 2–1 OKL 5–5 1–2
OMS 16–14 . 1–2 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 . 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 . . 2–1 OMS 5–5 1–0
SCA 6–24 . 0–3 0–3 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 1–2 . 1–2 2–1 0–3 . 0–3 . SCA 1–9 0–5
TEN 16–14 2–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 . . . 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 1–2 TEN 4–6 2–0
TEX 22–8 . 0–3 3–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . . . 3–0 . TEX 8–2 5–1
TAM 11–19 0–3 2–1 . . 1–2 1–2 2–1 . 0–3 . . 3–0 2–1 0–3 0–3 TAM 4–6 1–4
VAN 19–11 2–1 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 3–0 . . . 1–2 1–2 . 2–1 . 3–0 VAN 6–4 4–1
Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM VAN Team SR SW

Updated for entire regular season.
Tie brkrs: LSU>VAN ARK common, OMS>TEN & OMS>ALA VAN common, TEN>ALA hd to hd, FLA>MSU hd to hd.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314151617Final
Coaches'1818*1218141913201417101510994 (10)
Baseball America1513131714181416151981411101010*
NCBWA†141414121314121714191516161193
D1Baseball1615141816221423171991511992
Perfect Game151514171420132121192514111010*

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

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