2025 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

2025 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
D1Baseball.com	No. 6
Record	14–2 (1–2 ACC)
Head coach	Scott Forbes (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Bryant Gaines (15th season) Jesse Wierzbicki (9th season) Scott Jackson (9th season) Jason Howell (5th season)
Home stadium	Boshamer Stadium
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 14 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	3	–	0		1.000			14	–	3		.824
No. 18 Stanford  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			12	–	3		.800
Duke  ‍‍‍	2	–	1		.667			10	–	6		.625
Boston College  ‍‍‍	1	–	0		1.000			5	–	5		.500
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	1	–	1		.500			12	–	3		.800
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	1	–	1		.500			11	–	4		.733
No. 6 North Carolina  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			14	–	2		.875
No. 23 Virginia  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			9	–	5		.643
California  ‍‍‍	1	–	2		.333			7	–	8		.467
No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	0		1.000
No. 10 Clemson  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			15	–	1		.938
Louisville  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			12	–	2		.857
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
NC State  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	5		.688
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	0	–	3		.000			8	–	4		.667
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			9	–	5		.643
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of March 10, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Tar Heels play their home games at Boshamer Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Scott Forbes, in his fifth season as head coach. Forbes was assisted by Bryant Gaines, Jesse Wierzbicki, and Jason Howell. Dave Arendas served as director of operations.

Previous season

Further information: 2024 North Carolina Tar Heels baseball team

Preseason

Coaches poll

The coaches poll was released on January 30, 2025. The Tar Heels were projected to finish in third place in the conference.

Coaches' Poll — Coastal

Predicted finish	Team	Points
1	Virginia	251 (13)
2	Florida State	230 (2)
3	North Carolina	217
4	Clemson	214 (1)
5	Duke	182
6	Wake Forest	171
7	NC State	168
8	Stanford	143
9	Louisville	128
10	Georgia Tech	113
11	Miami (FL)	87
12	Virginia Tech	85
13	California	60
14	Pitt	52
15	Notre Dame	44
16	Boston College	31

Source: ^[2]

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

Class Listing as reflected on GoHeels.com

2025 North Carolina Tar Heels roster [3]
	Pitchers 10 – Tom Chmielewski – Graduate 15 – Cameron Padgett – Junior 17 – Boston Flannery – Sophomore 19 – Camron Seagraves – Freshman 24 – Matthew Matthijs – Junior 26 – Kyle Percival – Junior 28 – Riley Leatherman – Freshman 29 – Jason DeCaro – Sophomore 31 – Olin Johnson – Sophomore 35 – Francesco Capocci – Sophomore 36 – Folger Boaz – Sophomore 38 – Cale Bolton – Graduate 39 – Harrison Lewis – Freshman 40 – Walker McDuffie – Freshman 41 – Jacob Kirby – Sophomore 42 – Jake Knapp – Graduate 46 – Will Simmons – Junior 47 – Aidan Haugh – Senior 48 – Ryan Hench – Freshman 49 – Dylan Weber – Graduate 51 – Tim Lawson – Freshman 52 – Andrew Wallen – Freshman 53 – Ryan Lynch – Freshman 54 – Mason Yokum – Freshman 55 – John Hughes – Freshman		Catchers 12 – Macaddin Dye – Sophomore 44 – Luke Stevenson – Sophomore 50 – Mitch Wilson – Freshman Infielders 1 – Alex Madera – Graduate 3 – Lee Sowers – Freshman 5 – Gavin Gallaher – Sophomore 6 – Jackson Van De Brake – Senior 8 – Boaz Harper – Freshman 14 – Parker McCoy – Freshman 20 – Alex Ferrell – Freshman 23 – Sam Angelo – Graduate 43 – Tyler Parks – Freshman 45 – Hunter Stokely – Graduate		Outfielders 2 – Reece Holbrook – Junior 4 – Sawyer Black – Freshman 7 – Perry Hargett – Freshman 11 – Tyson Bass – Graduate 18 – Carter French – Junior 27 – Kane Kepley – Junior Utility 25 – Rom Kellis V (C/INF) – Junior

Coaching Staff

2025 North Carolina Tar Heels coaching staff [3]
Name	Position	Seasons	Alma Mater
Scott Forbes	Head Coach	5	NC Wesleyan (1998)
Bryant Gaines	Assistant Head Coach/Pitching Coach	15	North Carolina (2011)
Jesse Wierzbicki	Assistant Coach/Hitting Coach/Infielders & Catchers	9	North Carolina (2011)
Scott Jackson	Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator	9	Campbell (1998)
Jason Howell	Director of Pitching Performance, Development and Analytics	5	North Carolina (2002)
Dave Arendas	Director of Baseball Operations	20	North Carolina (1990)

Offseason

Departures

Offseason Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Colby Wilkerson	3	INF	5'10"	180	Senior	Oxford, North Carolina
Patrick Alvarez	8	INF/OF	5'7"	165	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina
Eliot Dix	10	INF	5'10"	195	Graduate	Maplewood, New Jersey
Parks Harber	14	INF	6'3"	225	Senior	Atlanta, Georgia
Johnny Castagnozzi	19	INF	6'2"	205	Senior	Massapequa, New York
Kaleb Cost	20	OF	5'10"	190	Freshman	Atlanta, Georgia
Ben Peterson	25	RHP	6'3"	217	Senior	Cary, North Carolina
Connor Bovair	27	RHP	6'1"	210	Senior	Moreau, New York
Matt Poston	38	RHP	6'4"	235	Senior	Hampton, South Carolina
Hugh Collins	50	LHP	6'1"	185	Freshman	Clayton, North Carolina
Ryan Fischer	51	RHP	6'2"	225	Graduate	Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Parker Haskin	52	C	5'9"	185	Graduate	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Luke Osteen	56	RHP	6'1"	185	Freshman	Huntersville, North Carolina

Outgoing transfers

Outgoing Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	New school	Source
Ryker Galaska	12	INF/OF	6'1"	195	Greenville, NC	Junior	UNC Wilmington
Alberto Osuna	23	1B/DH	6'1"	245	Mauldin, SC	Senior	Tennessee [a]	[5]

2024 MLB Draft

Main article: 2024 Major League Baseball draft

2024 MLB draft class

Round	Pick	Overall Pick	Player	Position	MLB Team	Source
1	22	22	Vance Honeycutt	OF	Baltimore Orioles	[6]
3	29	103	Casey Cook	OF	Texas Rangers	[7]
10	18	303	Anthony Donofrio	OF	Seattle Mariners	[7]
11	30	345	Dalton Pence	LHP	Texas Rangers	[8]
13	12	387	Shea Sprague	LHP	Boston Red Sox	[8]
16	23	488	Aidan Haugh	RHP	Minnesota Twins	[8]

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	Year	Previous school	Source
Tom Chmielewski	10	LHP	6'2"	210	Needham, MA	Graduate	Princeton	[9]
Tyson Bass	11	OF	6'3"	211	Lucama, NC	Graduate	North Carolina Wesleyan	[10]
Macaddin Dye	12	C	6'1"	215	Virginia Beach, VA	Sophomore	Liberty	[11]
Sam Angelo	23	INF	6'0"	225	Toms River, NJ	Graduate	Montclair State	[12]
Rom Kellis V	25	C/INF	6'1"	203	Gilbert, SC	Junior	Florence–Darlington TC
Kane Kepley	27	OF	5'8"	180	Salisbury, NC	Junior	Liberty	[13]
Cale Bolton	38	RHP	6'5"	240	Louisburg, NC	Graduate	Liberty	[13]
Dylan Weber	49	LHP	6'0"	197	Sterling, VA	Graduate	Christopher Newport

Incoming recruits

2024 North Carolina Recruits

Name	Number	B/T	Pos.	Height	Weight	Hometown	High School	Source
Lee Sowers	3	L/R	INF	5'10"	185	Glen Allen, Virginia	Douglas S. Freeman
Sawyer Black	4	L/R	OF	6'1"	194	Oak Ridge, North Carolina	Wesleyan Christian Academy	[14]
Perry Hargett	7	R/R	OF	6'0"	187	Peachland, North Carolina	Metrolina Christian Academy
Boaz Harper	8	S/R	INF	5'11"	175	Angier, North Carolina	Grace Christian
Parker McCoy	14	R/R	INF	6'1"	205	Pembroke, Georgia	Benedictine Military	[15]
Camron Seagraves	19	R/R	RHP	6'3"	179	Ellerbe, North Carolina	Grace Christian	[16]
Alex Ferrell	20	R/R	INF	6'1"	209	Mount Olive, North Carolina	Southern Wayne
Riley Leatherman	28	R/R	RHP	6'2"	180	Maple Grove, Minnesota	Wayzata
Walker McDuffie	40	R/R	RHP	6'0"	200	Broadway, North Carolina	Lee County
Mitch Wilson	50	R/R	C	6'3"	212	Pauline, South Carolina	Dorman
Tim Lawson	51	L/L	LHP	6'5"	230	Fort Myers, Florida	Bishop Verot	[17]
Andrew Wallen	52	R/R	RHP	6'7"	245	Greenville, North Carolina	JH Rose	[18]
Ryan Lynch	53	R/R	RHP	6'3"	235	Moorestown, New Jersey	Moorestown
John Hughes	55	L/L	LHP	6'0"	215	Hinsdale, Illinois	Nazareth Academy

Game log

2025 North Carolina Tar Heels Baseball Game Log (14–2)
Regular Season (14–2)
February (10–0) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Source February 14 (DH 1) ACCNX Texas Tech* No. 6 Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC W 5–1 DeCaro (1–0) Cebert (0–1) None 2,245 1–0 — February 14 (DH 2) ACCNX Texas Tech* No. 6 Boshamer Stadium W 8–3 McDuffie (1–0) Parish (0–1) None 2,822 2–0 — February 15 ACCNX Texas Tech* No. 6 Boshamer Stadium W 4–2 Lynch (1–0) Burns (0–1) Matthijs (1) 2,475 3–0 — February 18 ACCNX Kansas State* No. 6 Boshamer Stadium W 12–9 Seagraves (1–0) Guyette (0–1) None 2,326 4–0 — February 22 vs. East Carolina* No. 6 Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC W 2–0 DeCaro (2–0) Norby (0–2) McDuffie (1) 6,695 5–0 — February 23 ACCNX East Carolina* No. 6 Boshamer Stadium W 11–6 Boaz (1–0) Williams (0–1) None 3,914 6–0 — February 24 ESPN+ at East Carolina* No. 5 Clark–LeClair Stadium Greenville, NC W 6–3 Haugh (1–0) Zayac (0–1) Matthijs (2) 5,802 7–0 — February 25 ACCNX VCU* No. 5 Boshamer Stadium W 9–4 McDuffie (2–0) Coston (0–1) None 2,628 8–0 — February 26 ACCNX North Carolina A&T* No. 5 Boshamer Stadium W 13–4 Padgett (1–0) Duke (0–1) None 2,538 9–0 — February 28 ACCNX Stony Brook* No. 5 Boshamer Stadium W 16–2 DeCaro (3–0) Smink (0–1) None 2,912 10–0 —
March (4–2) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Source March 1 ACCNX Stony Brook* No. 5 Boshamer Stadium W 6–1 Knapp (1–0) Rizzo (1–1) None 3,828 11–0 — March 2 ACCNX Stony Brook* No. 5 Boshamer Stadium W 9–5 Haugh (2–0) Colagrande (0–1) None 2,531 12–0 — March 4 ACCNX No. 24 Coastal Carolina* No. 4 Boshamer Stadium W 5–411 Padgett (2–0) Potok (1–1) None 2,550 13–0 — March 5 ACCNX College of Charleston* No. 4 Boshamer Stadium Postponed March 7 ACCNX Stanford No. 4 Boshamer Stadium L 9–13 Uber (1–0) DeCaro (3–1) None 3,075 13–1 0–1 March 8 ACCNX Stanford No. 4 Boshamer Stadium W 11–17 Knapp (2–0) Lim (1–2) None 3,393 14–1 1–1 March 9 ACCNX Stanford No. 4 Boshamer Stadium L 0–7 Volchko (2–0) Haugh (2–1) None 2,906 14–2 1–2 March 11 at UNC Wilmington* No. 6 Brooks Field Wilmington, NC — March 14 ACCNX at Louisville No. 6 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville March 15 ACCNX at Louisville No. 6 Jim Patterson Stadium March 16 ACCNX at Louisville No. 6 Jim Patterson Stadium March 19 UConn* Boshamer Stadium — March 21 ACCNX at Boston College Pellagrini Diamond Boston, MA March 22 ACCNX at Boston College Pellagrini Diamond March 23 ACCNX at Boston College Pellagrini Diamond Carolinas Series March 25 vs. South Carolina* Truist Field Charlotte, NC — March 28 Miami (FL)* Boshamer Stadium March 29 Miami (FL) Boshamer Stadium March 30 Miami (FL) Boshamer Stadium
April (0–0) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Source April 1 B1G+ Gardner–Webb* Boshamer Stadium — Tobacco Road Series April 3 ACCN Duke Boshamer Stadium April 4 Duke Boshamer Stadium April 5 Duke Boshamer Stadium April 8 at Elon* Walter C. Latham Park Elon, NC — Carlyle Series April 10 ACCN Wake Forest Boshamer Stadium April 11 Wake Forest Boshamer Stadium April 12 ESPNU Wake Forest Boshamer Stadium April 15 Charlotte* Boshamer Stadium — April 18 Virginia Tech Boshamer Stadium April 19 Virginia Tech Boshamer Stadium April 20 ACCN Virginia Tech Boshamer Stadium April 22 Presbyterian* Boshamer Stadium — April 25 at Pitt Charles L. Cost Field Pittsburgh, PA April 26 at Pitt Charles L. Cost Field April 27 at Pitt Charles L. Cost Field April 29 George Mason* Boshamer Stadium — April 30 Queens (NC)* Boshamer Stadium —
May (0–0) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Source May 6 Campbell* Boshamer Stadium — Triangle Series May 8 NC State Boshamer Stadium May 9 NC State Boshamer Stadium May 11 NC State Boshamer Stadium May 13 UNCW* Boshamer Stadium — May 15 ACCN at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium Tallahassee, FL May 16 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium May 17 at Florida State Dick Howser Stadium
Postseason (0–0)
ACC tournament (0–0) Date TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall b1gT Record Source May 20–24 Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, NC
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled Bold =North Carolina team member   *Non-conference game Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll. [19]

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches' [20]	8	8*	6	4	8
Baseball America [21]	12	10	9	7	10
NCBWA† [22]	6	7	5	3	3
D1Baseball [23]	6	6	5	4	6
Perfect Game [24]	19	10	8	7	12

† 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.

Awards and honors

Preseason awards and honors

Preseason awards — National

Name	Pos.	Award	Team	Selector	Source

Preseason awards — Regional

Name	Pos.	Award	Team	Selector	Source

Preseason awards — Conference

Name	Pos.	Award	Team	Selector	Source

Notes

1. Originally committed to play at Tampa. ^[4]

References

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External links

• UNC Baseball