2025 USC Trojans baseball team

2025 USC Trojans baseball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	16–11 (6–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Andy Stankiewicz (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Andy Jenkins (3rd season) Seth Etherton (3rd season) Travis Jewett (3rd season)
Home stadium	OC Great Park Baseball Complex George C. Page Stadium
Seasons ←  2024 2026 →

2025 Big Ten Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 UCLA  ‍‍‍	10	–	2		.833			25	–	6		.806
Iowa  ‍‍‍	12	–	3		.800			20	–	10		.667
No. 15 Oregon  ‍‍‍	10	–	5		.667			22	–	9		.710
Washington  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			16	–	17		.485
Penn State  ‍‍‍	9	–	6		.600			21	–	10		.677
USC  ‍‍‍	9	–	6		.600			20	–	11		.645
Illinois  ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			18	–	11		.621
Indiana  ‍‍‍	8	–	6		.571			17	–	14		.548
Michigan  ‍‍‍	8	–	7		.533			17	–	14		.548
Northwestern  ‍‍‍	6	–	6		.500			14	–	15		.483
Rutgers  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			15	–	17		.469
Michigan State  ‍‍‍	4	–	7		.364			17	–	12		.586
Nebraska  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			14	–	18		.438
Maryland  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			14	–	18		.438
Purdue  ‍‍‍	3	–	9		.250			20	–	11		.645
Minnesota  ‍‍‍	2	–	10		.167			11	–	17		.393
Ohio State  ‍‍‍	2	–	10		.167			8	–	20		.286
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of April 7, 2025 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 USC Trojans baseball team will represent the University of Southern California (USC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. Due to Dedeaux Field being renovated the Trojans played their home games OC Great Park Baseball Complex, and Page Stadium in Los Angeles. ^[2] The team will be coached by Andy Stankiewicz in his 3rd season at USC.

Previous season

See also: 2024 USC Trojans baseball team

The Trojans ended the 2024 season with a record of 17–12 in conference play and 31–28 overall record good for 4th place in the Pac-12. They would play in the Pac-12 tournament as the #4 Seed on Pool C in Game 1 they would beat Utah and then in Game 2 would beat Oregon they would play in the Semifinals beating #6 seed California and then they would play in the Championship Game against #1 seed Arizona but would lose to Arizona and would end their season after not being accepted into the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Roster

2025 USC Trojans roster [3]
	Pitchers 11 - Michael Ebner - Junior 12 - Saden Aoki - Senior 22 - Caden Hunter - Junior 25 - Fisher Johnson - Senior 28 - Garren Rizzo - Sophomore 30 - Mason Edwards - Sophomore 31 - Sax Matson - Sophomore 35 - Andrew Harbour - Sophomore 36 - Iee Southisene - Freshman 37 - Jackson Baker - Sophomore 39 - Brodie Purcell - Sophomore 40 - Andrew Johnson - Freshman 41 - Ben Cushnie - Freshman 44 - Jude Favela - Freshman 45 - Adrian Boles - Freshman 55 - Grant Govel - Freshman	Catchers 24 - Augie Lopez - Freshman 32 - Richard Tejeda - Junior Infielders 5 - Adrian Lopez - Sophomore 6 - Dean Carpentier - Sophomore 7 - Abbrie Covarrubias - Sophomore 9 - Maddox Riske - Freshman 15 - Ethan Hedges - Junior 20 - Anthony Perritano - Freshman 27 - Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek - Junior		Outfielders 4 - Wes Hickey - Freshman 14 - Jack Basseer - Junior 16 - Brayden Dowd - Sophomore 18 - Kade Higgins - Graduate 26 - Ryder Dykstra - Freshman 34 - Matthew Priest - Freshman	Two Way Players 8 - Kevin Takeuchi - Sophomore 10 - Maximo Martinez - Freshman 13 - Will Stickney - Freshman 23 - Joshua Hanson - Freshman 29 - Andrew Lamb - Sophomore 33 - John Elliott - Freshman 48 - Zach Schwartzberg - Junior 77 - Dylan Osborne - Sophomore

Coaches

2024 USC Trojans baseball coaching staff [3]
Andy Stankiewicz – Head coach – 3rd season Travis Jewett – Assistant coach – 3rd season Seth Etherton – Assistant coach – 3rd season Andy Jenkins – Assistant coach – 3rd season Note: Season counter accounts for all stints at USC.

Personnel

Starters

Opening Night Lineup

Pos.	No.	Player.	Year
LF
CF
SS
DH
1B
RF
3B
C
2B

Weekend Pitching Rotation

Day	No.	Player.	Year
Friday	22	Caden Hunter	Junior
Saturday	12	Caden Aoki	Senior
Sunday	37	Jackson Baker	Sophomore

Schedule and results

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2025 USC Trojans baseball game log (20–11)
Regular season (20–11)
February (8–1) (Home; 5–0; Away: 3–1) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record February 14th 6:30 p.m. vs George Washington* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 15-2 Andrew Johnson (1-0) Michael Foltz Jr. (0-1) None 1,086 1-0 -- February 15th 2:00 p.m. vs George Washington* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 9-8 Mason Edwards (1-0) Teddy Brennan (0-1) Ethan Hedges (1) 1,053 2-0 -- February 16th 1:00 p.m. vs George Washington* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 7-5 Garren Rizzo (1-0) Wywoda Declan (0-1) Ethan Hedges (2) 1,018 3-0 -- February 18th 6:00 p.m. at UC Irvine* ESPN+ Anteater Ballpark • Irvine, California W 5-2 Grant Govel (1-0) Ryder Brooks (0-1) None 1,239 4-0 -- February 19th 6:00 p.m. vs Cal State Bakersfield* BTN+ Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California W 7-0 Garren Rizzo (2-0) Jacob Gutierrez (0-1) None 489 5-0 -- February 21st 4:30 p.m. at Rice* ESPN+ Reckling Park • Houston, Texas W 7-5 (11) Garren Rizzo (3-0) Gallant Reed (0-1) Dylan Osborne (1) 1,801 6-0 -- February 22nd 12:00 p.m. at Rice* ESPN+ Reckling Park • Houston, Texas Canceled (Inclement Weather) -- February 23rd 11:00 a.m. at Rice* ESPN+ Reckling Park • Houston, Texas L 3–4 Garrett Stratton (1-0) Brodie Purcell (0-1) None 1,585 6–1 -- February 25th 6:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton* ESPN+ Goodwin Field • Fullerton, California W 5-3 Garren Rizzo (4-0) Dylan Smith (0-1) Ethan Hedges (3) 1,556 7-1 -- Southern California College Baseball Classic February 28th 6:00 p.m. vs UConn* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 8-5 Caden Hunter (2-0) Caden Suchy (0-1) Grant Govel (1) 879 8-1 --
March (8–9) (Home; 2–3; Away: 4–5; Neutral: 2–1) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record March 1st 2:00 p.m. vs No. 14 Vanderbilt* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 3-1 Caden Aoki (1-0) Ethan McElvain (0-2) Ethan Hedges (4) 3,518 9-1 -- March 2nd 2:00 p.m. at UCLA* BTN+ Jackie Robinson Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 1-5 Michael Barnett (3-0) Michael Ebner (0-1) None 1,597 9-2 -- March 4th 6:00 p.m. vs No. 16 UC Santa Barbara* BTN+ Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 1–8 Nathan Aceves (1–0) Jackson Baker (0–1) None 291 9–3 -- March 7th 6:30 p.m. vs No. 10 Oregon BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California L 2–7 Grayson Grinsell (2–1) Caden Hunter (2–1) Jason Reitz (1) 2,319 9–4 0–1 March 8th 2:00 p.m. vs No. 10 Oregon BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California L 6–8 Santiago Garcia (1–0) Caden Aoki (1–1) Cole Stokes (1) 1,108 9–5 0–2 March 9th 1:00 p.m. vs No. 10 Oregon BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California L 3–5 Michael Meckna (3–0) Grant Govel (1–1) Ryan Featherson (1) 2,987 9–6 0–3 March 11th 6:00 p.m. at Cal State Fullerton* ESPN+ Goodwin Field • Fullerton, California L 6–11 Gavin Meyer (1–0) Tee Southisene (0–1) None 688 9–7 -- March 14th 1:00 p.m. at Michigan BTN+ Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan W 7–4 Caden Hunter (3–1) David Lally Jr. (1–1) Ethan Hedges (5) 1,172 10–7 1–3 March 15th 9:00 a.m. at Michigan BTN+ Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan W 4–3 Caden Aoki (2–1) Will Rogers (0–1) Mason Edwards (1) 858 11–7 2–3 March 16th 9:00 a.m. at Michigan BTN+ Ray Fisher Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan L 0–11 (7) Kurt Barr (1–2) Grant Govel (1–2) None 805 11–8 2–4 March 18th 6:30 p.m. at Arizona State* ESPN+ Phoenix Municipal Stadium • Tempe, Arizona W 6–3 Sax Matson (1–0) Josh Butler (1–1) Ethan Hedges (6) 4,562 12–8 -- March 21st 6:30 p.m. vs Nebraska FS1 OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 5–3 Caden Hunter (4–1) Will Walsh (2–4) Mason Edwards (2) 1,081 13–8 3–4 March 22nd 2:00 p.m. vs Nebraska BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California L 5–6 Luke Broderick (1–0) Ethan Hedges (0–1) None 1,209 13–9 3–5 March 23rd 12:00 p.m. vs Nebraska BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 7–1 Grant Govel (2–2) Jackson Brockett (0–2) None 1,304 14–9 4–5 March 25th 6:00 p.m. vs No. 19 UC Irvine* BTN+ Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California L 9–12 Ryan Kysar (1–1) Dylan Osborne (0–1) David Butler (1) 422 14–10 -- March 28th 11:00 a.m. at Indiana BTN+ Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana W 10–5 Caden Hunter (5–1) Gavin Seebold (1–3) Brodie Purcell (1) 1,217 15–10 5–5 March 28th 3:00 p.m. at Indiana BTN+ Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana L 6–13 Cole Gilley (5–1) Caden Aoki (2–2) None 1,876 15–11 5–6 March 29th 9:00 a.m. at Indiana BTN+ Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, Indiana W 13–12 Jackson Baker (1–1) Trey Telfer (0–1) Ethan Hedges (7) 1,987 16–11 6–6
April (4-0) (Home; 4-0; Away: 0-0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record April 1st 6:00 p.m. vs San Diego State* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 9–6 Jude Favela (1–0) Thomas Young (0–2) Brodie Purcell (2) 298 17–11 -- April 4th 6:30 p.m. vs Ohio State BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 5–3 Caden Hunter (6–1) Drew Erdmann (0–3) Brodie Purcell (3) 897 18–11 7–6 April 5th 2:00 p.m. vs Ohio State BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 12–9 Jude Favela (2–0) Blaine Wynk (1–2) Ethan Hedges (8) 1,114 19–11 8–6 April 6th 1:00 p.m. vs Ohio State BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California W 10–9 Andrew Harbour (1–0) Gavin Kuzniewski (3–2) None 1,124 20–11 9–6 April 8th 6:00 p.m. at Loyola Marymount* (This is a LMU Home Game) ESPN+ Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California -- -- April 11th 2:30 p.m. at Penn State BTN+ Medlar Field at Lubrano Park • University Park, Pennsylvania -- -- April 12th 2:30 p.m. at Penn State BTN+ Medlar Field at Lubrano Park • University Park, Pennsylvania -- -- April 13th 10:00 a.m. at Penn State BTN+ Medlar Field at Lubrano Park • University Park, Pennsylvania -- -- April 15th 6:00 p.m. vs Hawaii* BTN+ Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California -- -- April 17th 6:30 p.m. vs Gonzaga* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- April 18th 6:30 p.m. vs Gonzaga* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- April 19th 1:00 p.m. vs Gonzaga* BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- April 22nd 6:00 p.m. at Long Beach State* ESPN+ Blair Field • Long Beach, California -- -- April 25th 4:00 p.m. at Minnesota BTN+ Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota -- -- April 26th 4:00 p.m. at Minnesota BTN+ Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota -- -- April 27th 11:00 p.m. at Minnesota BTN+ Siebert Field • Minneapolis, Minnesota -- -- April 29th 6:00 p.m. at Cal State Northridge* TBD Matador Field • Northridge, California -- --
May (0-0) (Home; 0-0; Away: 0-0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record B1G record May 2nd 6:30 p.m. vs UCLA BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- May 3rd 2:00 p.m. vs UCLA BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- May 4th 1:00 p.m. vs UCLA BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- May 6th 4:30 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara* TBD Caesar Uyesaka Stadium • Santa Barbara, California -- -- May 9th 6:30 p.m. vs Michigan State BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- May 10th 2:00 p.m. vs Michigan State BTN+ OC Great Park Baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- May 11th 1:00 p.m. vs Michigan State BTN+ OC Great Park baseball Complex • Irvine, California -- -- May 13th 6:00 p.m. vs Cal State Northridge* BTN+ Page Stadium • Los Angeles, California -- -- May 15th 6:00 p.m. at Washington BTN+ Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington -- -- May 16th 6:00 p.m. at Washington BTN+ Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington -- -- May 17th 1:00 p.m. at Washington BTN+ Husky Ballpark • Seattle, Washington -- --
Postseason (0-0)
Big Ten Tournament (0-0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record Tournament record May 20th - May 25th TBD p.m. vs TBD TBD Charles Schwab Field • Omaha, Nebraska -- --
NCAA tournament (0-0) Date Time Opponent Rank TV Venue Score Win Loss Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 30th - June 23rd TBD vs TBD TBD TBD • TBD -- --
"#" represents ranking. All rankings from D1 Baseball Poll on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 10 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.   = Win,   = Loss,   = Canceled/Postponed Bold = USC Trojans team member * = Non-Conference Game
Schedule Source: [4]

Rankings

See also: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Coaches' [5]	RV	RV*	—-
Baseball America [6]	—-	—-	—-
Collegiate Baseball^ [7]	—-	—-	—-
NCBWA† [8]	—-	RV	RV
D1Baseball [9]	—-	—-	—-

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† 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.

References

1. "Big Ten Conference standings". BigTen.org. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
2. "USC Ballpark being renovated". usctrojans.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
3. "2025 Baseball Roster". USC Trojans. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
4. "2025 Baseball Schedule". USC Trojans. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
5. "NCAA Baseball Coaches Poll | USA Today Sports". USA TODAY.
6. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". www.baseballamerica.com. May 20, 2024.
7. "2021 Collegiate Baseball Polls – Collegiate Baseball Newspaper".
8. "NCBWA > News > Top 30 Poll". www.sportswriters.net.
9. "Rankings Archives • D1Baseball". d1baseball.com.