UT Tyler Baseball

2025 & 2026 NCAA Division II World Series / 2018 NCAA DIVISION III NATIONAL CHAMPIONS / NCAA Division II & Lone Star Conference Member / @PatriotsBSBdata

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REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Click the link to sign up for the 2026 UT Tyler Baseball Alumni, Friends, and Family Golf Tournament. Come enjoy a day on the course and get to know the Patriots!

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College Baseball Program of the Day #013: UT Tyler Patriots 🦅⚾

50 wins. A trip to the national semifinals. Back-to-back Division II College World Series. the University of Texas at Tyler is one of the best Division II programs in the country, and it's right here in East Texas.

The 2026 season was the best in program history:
🦅 Program-record 50-14 overall, the first 50-win season in school history
🦅 First Lone Star Conference regular-season title and first LSC Tournament title
🦅 Won the South Central Regional, then went to Grand Junction and beat No. 1 Colorado Mesa (53-7) in a winner-take-all Game 3 of the Super Regional, 8-5
🦅 Second straight trip to Cary, N.C. (the first came in 2025), and the program's first appearance in the national semifinals
🦅 Won four postseason elimination games before falling 6-5 to eventual finalist West Chester, one of the final four teams standing in Division II
🦅 The coaching staff was named LSC Coaching Staff of the Year

The players:
⚾ C Cole Ketzner was the Lone Star Conference Player of the Year, the first in the program's Division II era. He hit .399 in the regular season with 12 home runs, a league-leading 62 RBI, a .505 on-base percentage and a .709 slugging percentage, and was named an NCBWA Honorable Mention All-American
⚾ RHP Julio Garcia was the LSC Pitcher of the Year after going 8-2 in the regular season with a conference-best 2.55 ERA and just 9 walks in 60 innings. He signed a pro contract with the Great Falls Voyagers of the Pioneer League this summer
⚾ 1B/OF Kaston Mason, a Rockwall-Heath HS product who spent his whole career in Tyler, hit .529 at the College World Series with 7 RBIs and a 113 mph three-run homer in the semifinal
⚾ LHP Dylan Blomquist threw 8 scoreless innings against Central Missouri to open the World Series
⚾ OF Connor Clark set the program record with 30 stolen bases, and 2B Tanner Hornback posted a team-high .527 on-base percentage

Winning isn't new here. UT Tyler won the 2018 NCAA Division III national championship before moving up to Division II.

New head coach Taylor White was promoted in June after eight seasons as associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. He built the roster: the No. 2-ranked Division II transfer portal class before the 2025 season and the nation's top-ranked portal class entering 2026, and his hitters rewrote the program record book. Before Tyler he helped Tyler Junior College win two NJCAA national championships and was the 2018 ABCA National Assistant Coach of the Year for junior college baseball. He played second base at the University of Houston. Assistant coach and recruiting coordinator Jeff Robinson and assistant coach Rawley Hector, a former Patriots All-American pitcher who went 10-2 on the 2025 World Series team, round out the staff.
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“The best idea is the best idea, right? It doesn't matter who it comes from.” 💡

@uttylerbaseball Head Coach Taylor White broke down his collaborative leadership philosophy. Great programs aren't built on ego, they’re built on listening to your staff, trusting your team, and putting the best ideas to work.

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The Willy J PatsChats era has begun! Watch along with the debut to see who hit the first HR of the fall!

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REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Click the link to sign up for the 2026 UT Tyler Baseball Alumni, Friends, and Family Golf Tournament. Come enjoy a day on the course and get to know the Patriots!

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🔥Fired Up for our Partnership with D2 Powerhouse @uttylerbaseball to provide Armored Heat for all their Pitchers💪

Excited to continue to work with @taylorwhite25 @coach_rob31 and the rest of this awesome coaching staff to play our small role in their Player Development Process! 📈

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Congratulations to the 2026 Lone Star Conference Pitcher of the Year, Julio Garcia, on signing a free agent contract with the Great Falls Voyagers of the Pioneer League to begin his professional career! #ProPats

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History is happening in Tyler 🏆

Recap the Patriots historic 2026 season below!

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Congratulations to Kaston Mason on being named the All-Tournament Team Designated Hitter for the NCAA DII Baseball Championship! A well deserved honor to cap off an incredible career for one of the Patriot greats!
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BASE | FINAL

@uttylerbaseball’s historic season comes to a close in Cary after setting a new program record with 50 wins and making a memorable run to the NCAA Division II College World Series.

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THREE-RUN HOMER 💣🔥

Mason launched a three-run homer to right field, giving @uttylerpatriots the lead in the bottom of the 7th.

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BRAGG WITH A HOMER TO TIE THE GAME FOR @uttylerpatriots!

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Business to handle.

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Same Goal, Different Day

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BASE | IT’S GAMEDAY!

@uttylerbaseball takes on No. 1 West Chester in a rematch with their season on the line as the Patriots look to keep dancing in Cary.

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BASE | PATS WIN!

@uttylerbaseball survives elimination with a win over #4 Central Missouri behind a five-times-on-base performance from Spencer Simpson and 4.1 clutch innings out of the bullpen from Coleson Abel!

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THE @uttylerpatriots RUN STILL CONTINUES!

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FINAL: @NCAADII World Series Game 9 (Elimination Game):
No.5 seed @uttylerbaseball 11, No.4 seed Central Missouri 7 (UT Tyler to semis)

The Patriots were powered by a 6-run 8th.
Spencer Simpson - 3/4, 2 RBI
Kaston Mason - 3/5, 2B, 2 RBI
Bryce Jewell - 2/3, 2B, 3 RBI
Coleson Abel got the W in relief: 4.1, 2 H, 1 R, 4 K

UT Tyler will play tomorrow (6/3) at 1:30 PM ET against West Chester. The Patriots will need to win twice to advance to the Championship series.

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