Top Juco Freshman in the country?
Brenden Selph is one of the top freshman arms in the country. He’s already bringing serious stuff to the mound. The 6’4”, 190-pound pitcher sits 94–95 mph and has touched 95.4, with an 80–83 mph breaking ball and an 83–85 mph changeup.
Another big time arm at @WSCCbaseball.
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College Baseball Program of the Day #018: Angelo State Rams 🐏
2023 national champions. 2024 national runner-up. 7 Division II World Series trips. 2027 and 2028 players, Angelo State in San Angelo, Texas has been one of the best programs in all of D2 baseball, and it has only ever had one head coach.
Kevin Brooks started the program in 2005 and is still running it. His record is 876-383 and he has never had a losing season. In just the program's third year, 2007, the Rams reached the D2 World Series, the fastest any program has done it in NCAA history. They are still the only Lone Star Conference team to ever make it there.
The resume:
- 2023 national champions at 56-9, a program and Lone Star Conference record for wins, beating Rollins 6-5 in the title game in Cary, N.C.
- 2024 national runner-up, making it back-to-back trips to the national title game
- World Series trips in 2007, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
- 7 South Central Regional titles and 12 NCAA tournament trips
- 151 All-LSC selections, 66 All-Region picks, 32 All-Americans and 52 pros
The 2026 season:
- 42-19 overall and 36-14 in the Lone Star Conference, ranked No. 13 nationally
- Seventh straight 40-win season
- Opened the regional 2-0, including a 5-1 win over No. 6 UT Tyler on its home field behind an Austin Beck two-run homer, with Isaac Godard getting the final 11 outs without allowing a hit
- The offense hit .303 with a .425 on-base percentage, scored 507 runs and stole 210 bases
The players:
- Austin Beck hit .339 with 20 doubles, 8 homers, 62 RBIs, a 1.009 OPS and went 50-for-54 stealing bases
- Payton Bush hit .351 with a .453 on-base percentage and scored 70 runs
- Chase Pendley hit .332 with 77 hits and 60 RBIs
- Tate Greene hit .329 with a team-high 63 RBIs
- Brett Smajstrla hit .328, slugged .561 and tripled 6 times
- Blake Wilhoite hit .323 with a .517 on-base percentage and a 28-game on-base streak
- Garrett Baumann went 10-5 with a 3.84 ERA and 72 strikeouts
- Nick Gray went 7-2 with a 3.46 ERA and held hitters to a .181 average
The pitching development is legit. Kade Bragg went 15-1 with a D2-best 1.20 ERA in 2023 and was the NCAA Division II Pitcher of the Year, then went in the 17th round of the MLB Draft, with teammate Aaron Munson going in the 19th. Trent Baker, the program's all-time winningest pitcher, went 13-1 with a 2.11 ERA in 2021 and was a 9th-round pick of the Cardinals.
The staff:
- Kevin Brooks, head coach. Played at Baylor and has built every team in program history
- Sam Mote, assistant coach, credited with making the Rams one of the best hitting teams in the country. The 2025 ABCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year, the first ever from the Lone Star Conference. His 2022 offense scored a program-record 677 runs, most in D2, and he has coached 8 All-Americans including the 2019 D2 Player of the Year
- Adam Foster, pitching coach. His staffs led the LSC in ERA in 2021, 2023 and 2024. Before ASU he was the head coach at Georgetown High School, where he helped more than 100 players reach the next level
- Cody Kingman, graduate assistant
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Excited to announce that I’ve committed to USC Sumter to continue my academic and baseball career!
Thank you to my mom and dad for the sacrifices, countless hours, and unconditional support that helped me get here. To my friends, thank you for always having my back and believing in me. I wouldn’t be where I am today without you all.
Grateful for this opportunity and ready to get to work.
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2027 Millard South standout Gavin Christensen put together a strong two-way spring.
The 5’9”, 175-pound Omaha, Nebraska athlete hit .338 with a .413 OBP, 22 hits, 10 RBIs and 12 runs in 78 plate appearances. On the mound, he posted a 1.31 ERA and held opponents to a .158 average.
Christensen plays second base, third base and pitcher, with estimated metrics of 95 mph exit velocity, 85 mph infield velocity and a 7.1-second 60-yard dash. He also plays cornerback and wide receiver for Millard South.
@G_Christensen27
College Baseball Program of the Day #017: San Jacinto College Ravens 🐦⬛
5 national championships. 15 national title games. 28 trips to the JUCO World Series. 2027 and 2028 players, San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas is one of the most decorated junior college programs in the country, and it plays its home games at John Ray Harrison Field at Andy Pettitte Park.
The history:
- NJCAA national champions in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990
- National runner-up 10 more times, most recently 2016 and 2017
- 25 NJCAA Region XIV championships
- Alumni who reached the big leagues include Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte and Brandon Belt, and San Jac developed Jackson Rutledge into a 2019 first-round pick
The pipeline is still running. In the 2026 MLB Draft:
- Tre Broussard went to Cleveland in the 3rd round (No. 95 overall) after hitting .409 at San Jac and moving on to Houston
- Catcher Jake Bennett went to Toronto in the 8th round after 18 homers and 72 RBIs as a San Jac sophomore and a big final year at Dallas Baptist
- LHP Brandon Arvidson went to the Cubs in the 12th round after an All-American season at San Jac with 108 strikeouts, then a year at Tennessee
- Mac Moyer signed with the Padres after two years at San Jac and a .353 season at Nebraska
- Incoming freshman RHP Ross Davis was drafted by Baltimore in the 20th round and is expected to honor his San Jac commitment
The 2026 season:
- Opened the year ranked No. 18 in the NJCAA preseason poll with a roster made up mostly of freshmen
- Finished 34-22 and went 24-9 at home
- Run-ruled Blinn 12-1 in the Region XIV tournament
- The offense hit .293 with a .421 on-base percentage and went 95-for-107 on stolen bases
The players:
- Danati Fronduto hit .361 with a .488 on-base percentage, 9 home runs and 42 RBIs
- RJ Olivares hit .333 with a .479 on-base percentage, 51 runs and 13 steals
- Nathan Belle hit .317 with 38 RBIs and 16 steals
- Patrick Lewis went 5-2 with 76 strikeouts in 60.1 innings
- Jorge Garza posted a 2.00 ERA over 15 appearances
Head coach Eric Weaver is 73-39 in two seasons back in Pasadena, including a 39-17 year in 2025 that closed on a 22-3 run. Before taking over, he was associate head coach and co-recruiting coordinator at Blinn for its 2024 NJCAA national title, and he spent eight seasons as a San Jac assistant, when the Ravens made six World Series trips and won six Region XIV titles. He pitched at Alvin and closed at Texas State.
His staff:
- Kory Koehler, recruiting coordinator and hitting coach. A former San Jac catcher in his 26th season with the program, he was the first junior college coach named American Coaches Association National Assistant Coach of the Year
- Woody Williams, pitching coordinator. A 15-year big leaguer with 132 wins and a 2003 All-Star selection with the Cardinals, and one of 24 pitchers to beat all 30 MLB teams. He coached San Jac from 2016-22, then was pitching coach at Texas and Houston, where he produced two Big 12 Pitchers of the Year
- Jason Krug and Matteo Martinez, assistants
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Had a good fall with @KC_Elite_S and ready to get bigger and better this off season. Here are some of my stats at the plate.
Avg: 371
Hits: 13
Singles: 9
Doubles: 3
HR: 1
RBI: 6
BB: 7
College Baseball Program of the Day #014: Johns Hopkins Blue Jays 🐦⚾
38 wins. A fourth straight conference title. The program's eighth trip to the Division III College World Series. 2027 and 2028 players, Johns Hopkins proves you never have to choose between elite baseball and an elite degree.
The 2026 season, Year 1 under head coach Nate Mulberg:
🔷 38-12 overall and 13-5 in the Centennial Conference
🔷 Fourth straight and 20th overall Centennial Conference title
🔷 Ninth NCAA Regional title and fourth Super Regional crown
🔷 Down 6-0 in the winner-take-all Super Regional game against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the Blue Jays sat through a rain delay, scored seven runs in the fifth and won 11-7 to punch their ticket to Eastlake
🔷 Eighth all-time D3 World Series appearance, and the fifth since 2019 (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2026)
🔷 Six ABCA All-Region selections, the most in Region V
The players (stats through the Super Regionals):
⚾ C Clay Hartje: https://t.co/3JoDgNDSwi Second Team All-American, .340/.483/.742 with a team-best 16 home runs and 66 RBI. He was Centennial Conference Tournament MVP after going 9-for-14 with 6 homers, 2 grand slams and 18 RBI in three games
⚾ William Jaun: First Team All-Region, .389/.470/.683 with 70 hits, 13 home runs and 68 RBI as a graduate transfer
⚾ RF Alex Shane: .387 with 70 hits, 18 doubles and 66 runs, and only the third player in program history to make All-Region four times
⚾ Jacob Harris: 15 home runs, 52 RBI and 13 stolen bases
⚾ RHP Dylan Zucker: 2.32 ERA and 8 saves as the closer, tied for the program single-season record
⚾ Kieren Collins: the school's all-time wins leader with 38, and he struck out the side to close out the Super Regional
The history is real. Legendary coach Bob Babb went 1,346-483-16 over 46 seasons, with national runner-up finishes in 2008 and 2023. According to the school, he coached 16 players who signed pro contracts, and Johns Hopkins has more Academic All-Americans than any baseball program at any level. Former Blue Jay Brian Youchak was just named to the https://t.co/3JoDgNDSwi 50th Anniversary Team.
Nate Mulberg was named ABCA and https://t.co/3JoDgNDSwi Region V Coach of the Year in his first season. He spent eight-plus years at Richmond, where he was recruiting coordinator from 2018, recruited and coached 21 players who went on to play pro ball, including Vinny Capra, who debuted with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2022. He was also first base coach for Team Israel at the Tokyo Olympics. His staff: pitching coach Andrew Furman (14th season, part of the 2023 national runner-up staff), hitting coach and recruiting coordinator Robby Faris (Hopkins alum, .366 career hitter, former Astros development scout), assistants Micah Saltzberg and Jack Buckley, and scouting and recruiting operations assistant Philip Bernstein.
The academics match the baseball. The team posted a 3.67 cumulative GPA in 2025-26 and has earned the ABCA Team Academic Excellence Award in nine of the last 10 seasons.
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College Baseball Program of the Day #016: Lewis-Clark State Warriors ⚔️
19 national championships. 140 MLB Draft picks. 18 Major Leaguers. 2027 and 2028 players, Lewis-Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho is the most decorated program in NAIA baseball, and it plays every home game on the same field that hosts the NAIA World Series.
The Avista NAIA World Series has been played at Harris Field every year since 2000, and LC State just signed the longest deal in Series history to keep it there through at least 2033. Ed Cheff Stadium seats 5,000 fans. If you play here, you play your home games on the biggest stage in the NAIA.
The 2026 season:
- 45-9 overall and 30-7 in the Cascade Conference
- Cascade Conference regular-season and tournament champions, the program's second straight tournament title
- Hosted the Opening Round as the top seed and went 3-0, clinched by Cade Westerlund's bases-loaded walk-off single in the 10th inning against Hope International
- Went 7-2 in the postseason and reached the World Series for the first time since 2023
- In Lewiston, run-ruled No. 2 seed Georgia Gwinnett 12-1 behind a nine-run first inning that tied the program record for runs in a Series inning
- The pitching staff led the NAIA in ERA and WHIP all season and finished with a 3.29 team ERA and 438 strikeouts
- The offense hit .317 with a .420 on-base percentage, 68 home runs and 486 runs in 54 games
The players:
- Jackson Jaha hit .415 with a .510 on-base percentage, 9 homers and 39 RBIs
- Brandon Nguyen hit .362 with 15 home runs, 50 RBIs, 68 runs and a .718 slugging percentage
- Izzy Madariaga hit .365 with 12 homers and a team-high 54 RBIs
- RHP Mason Goodson went 8-1 with a 1.78 ERA and threw a three-hit complete game against Georgia Gwinnett at the World Series
- RHP Jordan Lennartson, an Umpqua CC transfer, was a Third-Team NAIA All-American after posting a 1.06 ERA, six saves and a .85 WHIP that ranked second in the NAIA among pitchers with at least 20 innings
The pipeline is real. LC State has had 140 players drafted, including Beau Mills, the No. 13 overall pick in 2007. Warriors who reached the big leagues include Keith Foulke, Brendan Ryan, Blaine Hardy, Seth Brown and Connor Brogdon. Recent picks include Drake George (Giants, 13th round, 2024) and Jadon Williamson (Marlins, 11th round, 2025).
Head coach Jeremiah Robbins came back to Lewiston for 2026 and went 45-9 in his first season back, winning Cascade Conference Coach of the Year and ABCA/ATEC Regional Coach of the Year, the fifth regional honor of his LC State career. In his first run from 2013-18 he went 270-71, reached five national title games and won three straight national championships (2015, 2016, 2017). He is a two-time NAIA Coach of the Year, a three-time ABCA NAIA Coach of the Year and an LC State Athletics Hall of Famer. He earned his 300th win at LC State this spring. Before Lewiston he won seven straight GNAC titles at D2 Western Oregon, and in between he rebuilt the Umpqua Community College program.
His staff:
- Darren Trainor, recruiting coordinator and infield coach. A former Warrior catcher who was a Second-Team NAIA All-American and NAIA West Player of the Year in 2019 and played in the Cape Cod League
- Brandon Vial, pitching coach. Coached at D1 Washington State, won the 2021 NAIA title on staff at Georgia Gwinnett and was Northwoods League Coach of the Year
- Billy Silvestri, a 13-season Warrior assistant. Coaches first base, catchers and outfielders, coordinates recruiting in Northern and Southern California and was on staff for all three Robbins titles
- Bill Stevenson, works with the catchers. A 1985 NAIA All-American on the program's first two title teams who played five seasons in the minors
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2028 CF/RHP Finn Muhn brings two-way potential from Upper Arlington High School in Columbus, Ohio.
At 5’11”, 180 pounds, Muhn has been clocked at 91 mph from the outfield and 86 mph on the mound. He also runs a 6.62-second 60-yard dash and has recorded a 95 mph bat speed.
3.55 GPA
@FinnMuhn
Clutch swing from Koen Hamann.
With the game tied 1-1, Hamann delivered a three-run home run with a two-strike approach to put his team in front. Uncommitted
2027 C | Elite National-TX
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College Baseball Program of the Day #016: Lewis-Clark State Warriors ⚔️
19 national championships. 140 MLB Draft picks. 18 Major Leaguers. 2027 and 2028 players, Lewis-Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho is the most decorated program in NAIA baseball, and it plays every home game on the same field that hosts the NAIA World Series.
The Avista NAIA World Series has been played at Harris Field every year since 2000, and LC State just signed the longest deal in Series history to keep it there through at least 2033. Ed Cheff Stadium seats 5,000 fans. If you play here, you play your home games on the biggest stage in the NAIA.
The 2026 season:
- 45-9 overall and 30-7 in the Cascade Conference
- Cascade Conference regular-season and tournament champions, the program's second straight tournament title
- Hosted the Opening Round as the top seed and went 3-0, clinched by Cade Westerlund's bases-loaded walk-off single in the 10th inning against Hope International
- Went 7-2 in the postseason and reached the World Series for the first time since 2023
- In Lewiston, run-ruled No. 2 seed Georgia Gwinnett 12-1 behind a nine-run first inning that tied the program record for runs in a Series inning
- The pitching staff led the NAIA in ERA and WHIP all season and finished with a 3.29 team ERA and 438 strikeouts
- The offense hit .317 with a .420 on-base percentage, 68 home runs and 486 runs in 54 games
The players:
- Jackson Jaha hit .415 with a .510 on-base percentage, 9 homers and 39 RBIs
- Brandon Nguyen hit .362 with 15 home runs, 50 RBIs, 68 runs and a .718 slugging percentage
- Izzy Madariaga hit .365 with 12 homers and a team-high 54 RBIs
- RHP Mason Goodson went 8-1 with a 1.78 ERA and threw a three-hit complete game against Georgia Gwinnett at the World Series
- RHP Jordan Lennartson, an Umpqua CC transfer, was a Third-Team NAIA All-American after posting a 1.06 ERA, six saves and a .85 WHIP that ranked second in the NAIA among pitchers with at least 20 innings
The pipeline is real. LC State has had 140 players drafted, including Beau Mills, the No. 13 overall pick in 2007. Warriors who reached the big leagues include Keith Foulke, Brendan Ryan, Blaine Hardy, Seth Brown and Connor Brogdon. Recent picks include Drake George (Giants, 13th round, 2024) and Jadon Williamson (Marlins, 11th round, 2025).
Head coach Jeremiah Robbins came back to Lewiston for 2026 and went 45-9 in his first season back, winning Cascade Conference Coach of the Year and ABCA/ATEC Regional Coach of the Year, the fifth regional honor of his LC State career. In his first run from 2013-18 he went 270-71, reached five national title games and won three straight national championships (2015, 2016, 2017). He is a two-time NAIA Coach of the Year, a three-time ABCA NAIA Coach of the Year and an LC State Athletics Hall of Famer. He earned his 300th win at LC State this spring. Before Lewiston he won seven straight GNAC titles at D2 Western Oregon, and in between he rebuilt the Umpqua Community College program.
His staff:
- Darren Trainor, recruiting coordinator and infield coach. A former Warrior catcher who was a Second-Team NAIA All-American and NAIA West Player of the Year in 2019 and played in the Cape Cod League
- Brandon Vial, pitching coach. Coached at D1 Washington State, won the 2021 NAIA title on staff at Georgia Gwinnett and was Northwoods League Coach of the Year
- Billy Silvestri, a 13-season Warrior assistant. Coaches first base, catchers and outfielders, coordinates recruiting in Northern and Southern California and was on staff for all three Robbins titles
- Bill Stevenson, works with the catchers. A 1985 NAIA All-American on the program's first two title teams who played five seasons in the minors
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