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2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record11–1 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dan Roszel
  • Austin Cousino
  • Chase Slone
Home stadiumKentucky Proud Park
Seasons
← 2024
2026 →
2025 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 Alabama  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 16 – 0   1.000
No. 2 Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 15 – 0   1.000
No. 5 Georgia  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 17 – 1   .944
No. 1 LSU  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 15 – 1   .938
No. 3 Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 14 – 1   .933
No. 17 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 13 – 1   .929
No. 13 Oklahoma  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 1   .923
No. 12 Texas  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 1   .923
No. 7 Florida  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 15 – 2   .882
Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 11 – 2   .846
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 13 – 3   .813
No. 22 Auburn  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 3   .800
No. 18 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 12 – 3   .800
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 10 – 4   .714
No. 14 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 9 – 5   .643
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 0 – 0   – 8 – 7   .533
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of March 8, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

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

Previous season

Main article: 2024 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

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 Junior
  • 3 – Scott Rouse – Senior
  • 5 – Nic McCay – Senior
  • 13 – James McCoy – Redshirt Junior
  • 14 – Cooper Robinson – Senior
  • 16 – Hayden Smith – Redshirt Sophomore
  • 17 – Adam Hachman – Redshirt Freshman
  • 20 – Tommy Skelding – Redshirt 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 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 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 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]
Name Position
Nick Mingione Head coach
Dan Roszel Assistant Coach/Pitching
Austin Cousino Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Chase Slone Assistant Coach/Hitting

Schedule and results

2025 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log (11–1)
Regular season (11–1)
March (4–0)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
March 1 Hofstra* Kentucky Proud Park W 6–1[11] Cleaver (2–1) Nemjo (0–2) None SECN+ 2,389 8–1 –
March 2 Hofstra* Kentucky Proud Park W 9–1[12] Rouse (1–0) Brown (0–2) None SECN+ 2,310 9–1 –
March 4 at Eastern Kentucky* Turkey Hughes Field W 16–07[13] N. Harris (2–0) Lawson (0–1) None ESPN+ 1,187 10–1 –
March 5 Eastern Kentucky* Kentucky Proud Park Canceled (weather)
March 7 Wofford* Kentucky Proud Park W 12–27[14] McCay (3–0) Little (2–1) None SECN+ 2,456 11–1 –
March 8 Wofford* Kentucky Proud Park SECN+ – –
March 9 Wofford* Kentucky Proud SECN+ – –
March 14 at Georgia Foley Field
Athens, GA		 SECN+ – –
March 15 at Georgia Foley Field SECN+ – –
March 16 at Georgia Foley Field SECN+ – –
March 18 Murray State* Kentucky Proud Park SECN+ – –
March 21 Auburn Kentucky Proud Park SECN+ – –
March 22 Auburn Kentucky Proud Park SECN+ – –
March 23 Auburn Kentucky Proud Park SECN – –
March 25 Xavier* Kentucky Proud Park SECN+ – –
March 28 at Texas A&M Blue Bell Park
College Station, TX		 SECN+ – –
March 29 at Texas A&M Blue Bell Park SECN+ – –
March 30 at Texas A&M Blue Bell Park SECN+ – –
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:[15]


Record vs. conference opponents

Date m/dd is for last scheduled game of series. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2025 SEC baseball records

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 0–0 . 4/6 5/17 5/11 . 4/19 4/13 4/27 3/30 . . 3/23 . 3/16 5/4 ALA 0–0 0–0
ARK 0–0 . . 4/27 4/13 . 5/11 . 4/6 . 3/16 3/23 5/17 5/4 4/19 3/30 ARK 0–0 0–0
AUB 0–0 4/6 . . 3/30 3/23 4/13 4/27 . . 5/17 5/11 5/4 4/19 . 3/16 AUB 0–0 0–0
FLA 0–0 5/17 4/27 . 3/23 . . 4/20 4/13 . 3/30 5/4 3/16 5/11 . 4/6 FLA 0–0 0–0
UGA 0–0 5/11 4/13 3/30 3/23 3/16 . . 5/4 4/27 . . . 4/6 5/17 4/19 UGA 0–0 0–0
KEN 0–0 . . 3/23 . 3/16 . 5/4 . 5/11 4/6 4/27 4/20 4/13 3/30 5/17 KEN 0–0 0–0
LSU 0–0 4/19 5/11 4/13 . . . 3/30 3/16 4/6 . 5/17 4/27 3/23 5/4 . LSU 0–0 0–0
MSU 0–0 4/13 . 4/27 4/20 . 5/4 3/30 5/17 3/23 5/11 4/6 . 3/16 . . MSU 0–0 0–0
MIZ 0–0 4/27 4/6 . 4/13 5/4 . 3/16 5/17 4/19 3/23 . . 3/30 5/11 . MIZ 0–0 0–0
OKL 0–0 3/30 . . . 4/27 5/11 4/6 3/23 4/19 5/4 3/16 . 5/17 . 4/13 OKL 0–0 0–0
OMS 0–0 . 3/16 5/17 3/30 . 4/6 . 5/11 3/23 5/4 4/19 4/13 . . 4/27 OMS 0–0 0–0
SCA 0–0 . 3/23 5/11 5/4 . 4/27 5/17 4/6 . 3/16 4/19 3/30 . 4/13 . SCA 0–0 0–0
TEN 0–0 3/23 5/17 5/4 3/16 . 4/20 4/27 . . . 4/13 3/30 . 4/6 5/11 TEN 0–0 0–0
TEX 0–0 . 5/4 4/19 5/11 4/6 4/13 3/23 3/16 3/30 5/17 . . . 4/27 . TEX 0–0 0–0
TAM 0–0 3/16 4/19 . . 5/17 3/30 5/4 . 5/11 . . 4/13 4/6 4/27 3/23 TAM 0–0 0–0
VAN 0–0 5/4 3/30 3/16 4/6 4/19 5/17 . . . 4/13 4/27 . 5/11 . 3/23 VAN 0–0 0–0
Tm W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZ OKL OMS SCA TEN TEX TAM VAN Team SR SW

Updated for all games through 7 March 2025.

Rankings

Main article: 2025 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516Final
Coaches'[16]2424*RVRV
Baseball America[17]20232323
NCBWA†[18]26RVRVRV
D1Baseball[19]————
Perfect Game[20]———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.

References

  1. ^ "2025 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "2025 Baseball Roster". Kentucky Wildcats. Archived from the original on February 3, 2025. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  3. ^ "Kentucky at Lipscomb (Game 1) (2/14)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  4. ^ "Kentucky at Lipscomb (Game 2) (2/14)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  5. ^ "Kentucky at Belmont (2/21)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  6. ^ "Kentucky at Belmont (2/22)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  7. ^ "Kentucky at Belmont (2/23)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 23, 2025.
  8. ^ "Evansville at Kentucky (2/25)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  9. ^ "Morehead State at Kentucky (2/26)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
  10. ^ "Hofstra at Kentucky (2/28)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  11. ^ "Hofstra at Kentucky (3/1)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  12. ^ "Hofstra at Kentucky (3/2)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  13. ^ "Kentucky at Eastern Kentucky (3/4)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  14. ^ "Wofford at Kentucky (3/7)" (PDF). ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  15. ^ "2025 Baseball Schedule". ukathletics.com. University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved February 15, 2025.
  16. ^ Baseball Coaches Poll
  17. ^ Baseball America College: Top 25
  18. ^ NCBWA Division I poll
  19. ^ D1 Baseball
  20. ^ Perfect Game Top 25 Rankings
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Kentucky_Wildcats_baseball_team