2025 UConn Huskies baseball team

Last updated
2025 UConn Huskies baseball
Connecticut Huskies wordmark.svg
Big East Conference regular season champions
Conference Big East Conference
Record38–21 (17–4 Big East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jeff Hourigan (14th season)
  • Joshua McDonald (14th season)
  • Chris Podeszwa (22nd season)
Home stadium Elliot Ballpark
Seasons
  2024
2026 
2025 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Creighton  y174 .8104114 .745
UConn  174 .8103821 .644
Xavier  147 .6673227 .542
St. John's  138 .6192924 .547
Seton Hall  1011 .4762430 .444
Villanova  615 .2862228 .440
Butler  417 .1901539 .278
Georgetown  318 .1431640 .286
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 24, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 UConn Huskies baseball team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Huskies played their home games at Elliot Ballpark on campus in Storrs, Connecticut. The team is coached by Jim Penders, in his 22nd season at UConn. They played as members of the Big East Conference.

Contents

The Huskies finished the regular season with a 17–4 conference record, claiming a share of the Big East title. They entered the 2025 Big East Conference baseball tournament as the second seed, as Creighton claimed a tiebreaker from an early season series. UConn finished the tournament 2–2 and was not included in the NCAA Tournament field.

Previous Season

The 2024 Huskies finished with a record of 35–26, 17–4 in the Big East. They won the Big East regular season and finished fourth in the Tournament. They were seeded third in the NCAA Norman Regional. They won the regional, defeating Duke once and host Oklahoma twice to advance to the Tallahassee Super Regional. They were defeated in two games in their third overall appearance (and second in three years) in a Super Regional by eventual College World Series semifinalist Florida State.

Personnel

Roster

2025 Connecticut Huskies roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 10 - Jude Abbadessa - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 12 - Sean Finn - Sophomore
  • 13 - Charlie West - Sophomore
  • 15 - Hector Alejandro - Redshirt Senior
  • 18 - Jack Sullivan - Senior
  • 20 - Evan Hamberger - Junior
  • 21 - Gabe Van Emon - Graduate Student
  • 22 - Ian Cooke - Senior
  • 25 - Thomas Ellisen - Redshirt Junior
  • 30 - Frank Spirito IV - Redshirt Freshman
  • 31 - Devin Wolff - Redshirt Freshman
  • 32 - Cole Taylor - Freshman
  • 34 - Brady Afthim - Senior
  • 36 - Paxton Meyers - Graduate Student
  • 37 - Sam Hutchinson - Sophomore
  • 38 - JT Caruso - Sophomore
  • 39 - Kyle Peters - Redshirt Freshman
  • 40 - Drew Smith - Freshman
  • 41 - Greg Shaw III - Junior
  • 44 - Ben Schild - Sophomore
  • 45 - Cayden Suchy - Freshman
  • 46 - Oliver Pudvar - Redshirt Sophomore
  • 49 - Cameron Mayer - Graduate Student
  • 50 - Owen Norrell - Freshman
  • 51 - Giovanni Conte - Redshirt Freshman
  • 54 - Thomas Galusha - Redshirt Freshman
  • 55 - Garret Garbinski - Junior
 

Catchers

  • 5 - Matt Garbowski - Senior
  • 11 - Connor Lane - Freshman
  • 42 - Gabriel Tirado - Freshman

Outfielders

  • 4 - Sam Biller - Graduate Student
  • 9 - Caleb Shpur - Graduate Student
  • 23 - Carter Groen - Sophomore
  • 24 - Beau Root - Graduate Student
 

Infielders

  • 1 - Bryan Padilla - Graduate Student
  • 2 - Tyler Minick - Sophomore
  • 3 - Rob Rispoli - Redshirt Freshman
  • 8 - Jack LaRose - Freshman
  • 26 - Grant MacArthur - Junior
  • 43 - Maddix Dalena - Junior

Utility

  • 7 - Ryan Daniels - Junior
  • 47 - Anthony Belisario - Freshman
  • 52 - Aidan Dougherty - Junior

Coaches

2025 Connecticut Huskies baseball coaching staff [2]
  • 16 – Jim Penders – Head Coach – 22nd season
  • 29 – Jeff Hourigan – Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator – 14th season
  • 33 – Joshua MacDonald – Assistant Coach – 14th season
  • 14 – Chris Podeszwa – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 22nd season

Schedule

Legend
 UConn win
 UConn loss
 Cancellation
BoldUConn team member
*Non-Conference game
2025 Connecticut Huskies Baseball Game Log (33–19) [3]
Regular Season (33–19)
Post-Season (0–0)

Rankings from D1Baseball. Parentheses indicate tournament seedings.

References

  1. "2025 Baseball Standings". bigeast.com. Retrieved May 17, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "2025 Baseball Roster". UConn Huskies. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  3. "2025 Schedule". UConn Huskies athletics. Retrieved April 3, 2025.