2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

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2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Kentucky Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record31–26 (13–17 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dan Roszel
  • Austin Cousino
  • Chase Slone
Home stadium Kentucky Proud Park
Seasons
  2024
2026 
2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 4 Texas  y228 .7334414 .759
No. 6 Arkansas  y2010 .6674813 .787
No. 3 LSU  y1911 .6334715 .758
No. 2 Vanderbilt  y1911 .6334318 .705
No. 10 Georgia  y1812 .6004317 .717
No. 9 Auburn  y1713 .5674120 .672
No. 15 Ole Miss  y1614 .5334321 .672
No. 16 Tennessee  y1614 .5334619 .708
No. 24 Alabama  y1614 .5334118 .695
No. 17 Florida  y1515 .5003921 .650
Mississippi State  y1515 .5003623 .610
Oklahoma  y1416 .4673722 .627
Kentucky  y1317 .4333126 .544
Texas A&M  1119 .3673026 .536
South Carolina  624 .2002829 .491
Missouri  327 .1001639 .291
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 8, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats play their home games at Kentucky Proud Park.

Contents

Previous season

The Wildcats finished 46–16, 22–8 in the SEC to tie for the SEC regular season championship. They lost to South Carolina in the SEC tournament. The Wildcats then competed in the NCAA tournament, winning the Lexington Regional and the Lexington Super Regional earning the program's first ever trip to the College World Series in Omaha. They went 1–2 in the CWS before being eliminated.

Personnel

Roster

2025 Kentucky Wildcats roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 0 – Jaxon Jelkin – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 3 – Scott Rouse – Senior
  • 5 – Nic McCay – Senior
  • 13 – James McCoy – Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 14 – Cooper Robinson – Senior
  • 16 – Hayden Smith – Redshirt.svg Sophomore
  • 17 – Adam Hachman – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 20 – Tommy Skelding – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 21 – Chase Alderman – Sophomore
  • 22 – Cole Hentschel – Senior
  • 29 – Robert Hogan – Senior
  • 30 – Cameron Owens – Freshman
  • 31 – Oliver Boone – Sophomore
  • 36 – Nate Harris – Freshman
  • 37 – Logan Grubb – Freshman
  • 38 – Zak Spurrier – Freshman
  • 39 – Bradley Ferrell – Freshman
  • 40 – Simon Gregersen – Senior
  • 41 – Evan Byers – Redshirt.svg Senior
  • 42 – Khaleel Pratt – Freshman
  • 43 – Jackson Nove – Senior
  • 45 – Leighton Harris – Freshman
  • 46 – Ethan Walker – Junior
  • 48 – Ben Cleaver – Sophomore
  • 49 – Tristan Hunter – Freshman
  • 54 – Nile Adcock – Junior
 

Catchers

  • 4 – Raphael Pelletier – Senior
  • 7 – Devin Burkes – Redshirt.svg Fifth Year
  • 25 – Ryan Schwartz – Freshman
  • 35 – Nolan Belcher – Freshman

Infielders

  • 1 – Patrick Herrera – Senior
  • 6 – Tyler Bell – Freshman
  • 9 – Ethan Hindle – Sophomore
  • 10 – Luke Lawrence – Junior
  • 23 – Hudson Brown – Redshirt.svg Freshman
  • 24 – Dylan Koontz – Senior
  • 33 – Kyuss Gargett – Sophomore
  • 47 – Aidan Larkin – Freshman
 

Outfielders

  • 2 – Shaun Montoya – Senior
  • 8 – Griffin Cameron – Sophomore
  • 11 – Will Marcy – Senior
  • 19 – Eli Small – Sophomore
  • 34 – Carson Hansen – Junior

Utility

  • 12 – Cole Hage – Senior
 

Coaching Staff

2025 Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff [2]
NamePosition
Nick Mingione Head coach
Dan RoszelAssistant Coach/Pitching
Austin CousinoAssistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Chase SloneAssistant Coach/Hitting

Schedule and results

2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log (29–24)
Regular season (29–24)
Post-season
Clemson Regional (2–1)
DateTime (CT)TVOpponentRank (Seed)StadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverall recordTournament RecordBox Score
May 3012:00 p.m.ESPNU(2) West Virginia (3) Doug Kingsmore StadiumClemson, SC L 3–4Bassinger (7–1)Gregersen (0–6)None5,28829–250–1 [56]
May 3112:00 p.m.ESPN2(4) USC Upstate (3)Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SCW 7–3Walker (2–1)Kuskie (5–2)None5,24830–251–1 [57]
June 112:00 p.m.ESPN(1) Clemson (3)Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SCW 16-4N. Harris (5–2)Bell (0–2)None5,49231–252–1 [58]
June 16:00 p.m.ESPN+(2) West Virginia (3)Doug Kingsmore Stadium • Clemson, SCL 13–14Hudson (3–1)McCoy (1–2)None5,33031–262–2 [59]
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold = Kentucky team member
Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
*Denotes non-conference game

Schedule source: [60]

Record vs. conference opponents

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

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

TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMVANTmSRSW
ALA 16–14.1–21–22–1.1–21–23–02–1..1–2.3–01–2ALA4–62–0
ARK 20–10..1–21–2.1–2.3–0.2–13–02–13–01–23–0ARK6–44–0
AUB 17–132–1..0–32–13–02–1..1–23–02–10–3.2–1AUB7–32–2
FLA 15–152–12–1.0–3..2–13–0.1–23–00–32–1.0–3FLA6–42–3
UGA 18–121–22–13–03–02–1..3–02–1...0–32–10–3UGA7–33–2
KEN 13–17..1–2.1–2.0–3.3–01–22–12–11–22–10–3KEN4–61–2
LSU 19–112–12–10–3...3–03–03–0.2–12–11–21–2.LSU7–33–1
MSU 15–152–1.1–21–2.3–00–33–01–22–12–1.0–3..MSU5–52–2
MIZ 3–270–30–3.0–30–3.0–30–30–30–3..0–33–0.MIZ1–91–9
OKL 14–161–2...1–20–30–32–13–02–12–1.1–2.2–1OKL5–51–2
OMS 16–14.1–22–12–1.2–1.1–23–01–21–21–2..2–1OMS5–51–0
SCA 6–24.0–30–30–3.1–21–21–2.1–22–10–3.0–3.SCA1–90–5
TEN 16–142–11–21–23–0.1–21–2...2–13–0.1–21–2TEN4–62–0
TEX 22–8.0–33–01–23–02–12–13–03–02–1...3–0.TEX8–25–1
TAM 11–190–32–1..1–21–22–1.0–3..3–02–10–30–3TAM4–61–4
VAN 19–112–10–31–23–03–03–0...1–21–2.2–1.3–0VAN6–44–1
TmW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZOKLOMSSCATENTEXTAMVANTeamSRSW

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 RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches' [61] 2424*RVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Baseball America [62] 202323232324
NCBWA [63] 26RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
D1Baseball [64]
Perfect Game [65] RV

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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